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A History of English Food
- By: Clarissa Dickson Wright
- Narrated by: Clarissa Dickson Wright
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
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In this major new history of English food, Clarissa Dickson Wright takes the reader on a journey from the time of the Second Crusade and the feasts of medieval kings to the cuisine - both good and bad - of the present day. She looks at the shifting influences on the national diet as new ideas and ingredients have arrived, and as immigrant communities have made their contribution to the life of the country. She evokes lost worlds of open fires and ice houses, of constant pickling and preserving, and of manchet loaves and curly-coated pigs.
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Great holiday 'reading'
- By Cate on 07-04-13
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A History of English Food
- Narrated by: Clarissa Dickson Wright
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 12-04-12
- Language: English
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Dam Busters
- The Race to Smash the Dams, 1943
- By: James Holland
- Narrated by: James Holland
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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It was the night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge cylindrical bomb strapped underneath them. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland, which provide the lifeblood to the Third Reich's war machine. What followed was an incredible race against time, which, despite numerous set-backs and against huge odds, became one of the most successful and game-changing raids of all time.
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Riveting stuff - just superb
- By CMR on 27-08-12
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Dam Busters
- The Race to Smash the Dams, 1943
- Narrated by: James Holland
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 10-05-12
- Language: English
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At Home
- A Short History of Private Life
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
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In At Home, Bill Bryson applies the same irrepressible curiosity, irresistible wit, stylish prose and masterful storytelling that made A Short History of Nearly Everything one of the most lauded books of the last decade, and delivers one of the most entertaining and illuminating books ever written about the history of the way we live. Bill Bryson was struck one day by the thought that we devote a lot more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what history really consists of: centuries of people quietly going about their daily business – eating, sleeping and merely endeavouring to get more comfortable.
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A bit thin
- By Button Shiner on 14-12-22
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At Home
- A Short History of Private Life
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 27-05-10
- Language: English
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The Popes
- A History
- By: John Julius Norwich
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
- Length: 21 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Well known for his histories of Norman Sicily, Venice, the Byzantine Empire and the Mediterranean, John Julius Norwich has now turned his attention to the oldest continuing institution in the world, tracing the papal line down the centuries from St Peter himself – traditionally (though by no means historically) the first pope – to the present Benedict XVI.Of the 280-odd holders of the supreme office, some have unquestionably been saints; others have wallowed in unspeakable iniquity.
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A Stroll through 2,000 Years of European History
- By R on 15-09-11
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The Popes
- A History
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
- Length: 21 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 08-04-11
- Language: English
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The Road to Unfreedom
- By: Timothy Snyder
- Narrated by: Timothy Snyder
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Road to Unfreedom, written and read by Timothy Snyder. The past is another country, the old saying goes. The same might be said of the future. But which country? For Europeans and Americans today, the answer is Russia.Today's Russia is an oligarchy propped up by illusions and repression. But it also represents the fulfilment of tendencies already present in the West. And if Moscow's drive to dissolve Western states and values succeeds, this could become our reality, too. In this visionary work of contemporary history, Timothy Snyder shows how Russia works within the West to destroy the West.
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From Russian communism to Russian fascism & chaos
- By Wras on 22-04-18
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The Road to Unfreedom
- Narrated by: Timothy Snyder
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 05-04-18
- Language: English
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Buster
- The dog who saved a thousand lives
- By: RAF Police Sergeant Will Barrow, Isabel George
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
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The Sunday Times top ten best seller. Thousands of lives have been saved by this spaniel. He is a best friend in dog's clothing. An RAF dog with his mossy feet firmly on the ground. A brave dog who has served his colleagues and his country with unstinting devotion. A dog in a million. This is the story of the partnership of Buster and Will, told by Will himself, describing how each came to save the other's life.
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inspirational and humbling
- By Amazon Customer on 19-03-16
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Buster
- The dog who saved a thousand lives
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 10-09-15
- Language: English
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Hellfire
- By: James Holland
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
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August, 1942. North Africa. The desert war hangs in the balance. When the commander of the Eighth Army, General Gott, is killed, it's clear that foul play is at work. An impenetrable Axis spy circuit is compromising any hope the Allies have of stemming the Nazi tide. Jack Tanner, recovering from wounds in a Cairo hospital, is astonished to receive a battlefield commission which will propel him into a very different world when he returns to action. Fit once more, he finds himself facing the full onslaught of Rommel's latest offensive.
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What a fantastic good old fashioned adventrue
- By J NEILL on 02-02-15
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Hellfire
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Series: Jack Tanner, Book 4
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 15-01-15
- Language: English
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Postwar
- A History of Europe Since 1945
- By: Tony Judt
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 43 hrs and 1 min
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Postwar by Tony Judt, read by Ralph Cosham. Tracing the story of postwar Europe and its changing role in the world, Judt's magnificent history of the continent of our times investigates the political, social and cultural history of Europe from the wreckage of postwar Europe to the expansion of the EU into the former Soviet empire. Judt's stress is on the continent as a whole, from Greece to Norway, from Portugal to Russia.
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Monumental
- By Ben Lewis on 17-02-19
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Postwar
- A History of Europe Since 1945
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 43 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 21-12-17
- Language: English
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Forgotten Voices of the Great War
- By: Max Arthur
- Narrated by: Richard Bebb
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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In 1960, the Imperial War Museum began a momentous task. A team of academics, archivists and volunteers set about tracing ordinary men and women who had lived through one of the most harrowing periods of modern history, the First World War. Veterans were interviewed in details about their day-to-day experiences, on and off the front. The project has since grown to be the most important archive of its kind in the world, and provides a unique account of life during the Great War.
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Astounding listen
- By Matthew on 07-08-14
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Forgotten Voices of the Great War
- Narrated by: Richard Bebb
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 06-03-14
- Language: English
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In the Garden of Beasts
- Love and terror in Hitler's Berlin
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
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Berlin, 1933. William E. Dodd, a mild-mannered academic from Chicago, has, to his own and everyone else's surprise, become America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany in a year that proves to be a turning point in history. Dodd and his family, most notably his vivacious daughter, Martha, observe at first-hand the many changes - some subtle, some disturbing, and some horrifically violent - that signal Hitler's consolidation of power. Dodd has little choice but to associate with key figures in the Nazi party.
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Enthralling
- By Anna Dundas on 09-12-20
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In the Garden of Beasts
- Love and terror in Hitler's Berlin
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 02-08-12
- Language: English
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And the Weak Suffer What They Must?
- Europe, Austerity and the Threat to Global Stability
- By: Yanis Varoufakis
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh, Yanis Varoufakis
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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In 2008, the universe of Western finance outgrew planet Earth. When Wall Street imploded, a death embrace between insolvent banks and bankrupt states consumed Europe. Half a dozen national economies imploded, and several more came close. But the storm is far from over.... From the aftermath of the Second World War to the present, Varoufakis recounts how the eurozone emerged not as a route to shared prosperity but as a pyramid scheme of debt.
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This book should be read or heard by everyone.
- By Trish F on 16-05-16
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And the Weak Suffer What They Must?
- Europe, Austerity and the Threat to Global Stability
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh, Yanis Varoufakis
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 07-04-16
- Language: English
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Watching War Films with My Dad
- By: Al Murray
- Narrated by: Al Murray
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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Have you ever watched a film with someone who, at the most dramatic scene, argues that the plane on screen hasn't been invented yet? Or that the tank rumbling towards the hero at the end of the film is the wrong tank altogether? Al Murray is that someone. Try as he might, he can’t help himself. Growing up in the 1970s, Al, with the help of his dad, became fascinated with the history of World War Two.
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Really interesting way of learning about the war
- By andrew on 05-01-14
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Watching War Films with My Dad
- Narrated by: Al Murray
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 28-11-13
- Language: English
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England's Mistress
- By: Kate Williams
- Narrated by: Sophie Ward
- Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins
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A dramatic, sparkling tale of sex, glamour, intrigue, romance and heartbreak, England's Mistress traces the rise and rise of the gorgeous Emma Hamilton. Born into poverty, she clawed her way up through London’s underworlds of sex for sale to become England’s first media superstar. Nothing could stand in the way of her dreams– except her self-destructive desires.
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Interesting but not a novel!
- By louise on 10-07-11
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England's Mistress
- Narrated by: Sophie Ward
- Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 22-02-11
- Language: English
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The Button Box
- Lifting the Lid on Women's Lives
- By: Lynn Knight
- Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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I used to love the rattle and whoosh of my grandma's buttons as they scattered from their Quality Street tin. An inlaid wooden chest the size of a shoe box holds Lynn Knight's button collection. A collection that has been passed down through three generations of women: a chunky '60s-era toggle from a favourite coat, three tiny pearl buttons from her mother's first dress after she was adopted as a baby, a jet button from a time of Victorian mourning. Each button tells a story.
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A fascinating book
- By Chris Hollis on 03-04-19
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The Button Box
- Lifting the Lid on Women's Lives
- Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 14-04-16
- Language: English
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
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Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. Across the moth-holed chest was a golden thunderbolt. It may have looked like an old college football sweater, but young Bryson knew better.
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Another 'Bill' Classic
- By Susan on 19-10-06
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 13-09-06
- Language: English
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Dadland
- A Journey into Uncharted Territory
- By: Keggie Carew
- Narrated by: Pippa Haywood, Robert Bathurst, Tom Golding, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
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Keggie Carew grew up in the gravitational field of an unorthodox father who lived on his wits and dazzling charm. As his memory begins to fail, she embarks on a quest to unravel his story and soon finds herself in a far more consuming place than she had bargained for. Tom Carew was a maverick, a left-handed stutterer, a law unto himself. As a member of an elite SOE unit, he was parachuted behind enemy lines to raise guerrilla resistance in France, then Burma, in the Second World War.
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Wonderful story
- By silverlinings on 03-02-19
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Dadland
- A Journey into Uncharted Territory
- Narrated by: Pippa Haywood, Robert Bathurst, Tom Golding, Dermot Crowley
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 28-07-16
- Language: English
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Forgotten Voices of the Holocaust
- By: Lyn Smith
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
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Following the success of Forgotten Voices of the Great War, the series now chronicles one of human histories darkest hours. The author comes to the project following her significant work in recording the experiences of Holocaust survivors for the Imperial War Museum sound archive, one of the most important archives of its kind in the world. The intertwined moving and revealing interviews reveal the sheer complexity and horror of the Holocaust.
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Poignant memories
- By Judith on 11-04-06
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Forgotten Voices of the Holocaust
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 01-11-05
- Language: English
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The Black Count
- Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
- By: Tom Reiss
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
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Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Who was the real Count of Monte Cristo? In this extraordinary biography, Tom Reiss traces the almost unbelievable life of the man who inspired not only Monte Cristo, but all three of the Musketeers: the novelist's own father. Born in St Dominigue in 1762, the son of a French nobleman and a sugar plantation slave, General Alexandre Dumas did not have an auspicious start in life.
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A rich detailed biography, of a fascinating man.
- By Wras on 29-05-15
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The Black Count
- Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 02-10-14
- Language: English
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London
- The Biography, Street Life and the People
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
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Ackroyd portrays London from the time of the druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs, but this is not a simple chronological record. It is a comprehensive account, animated by Ackroyd's concern for the close relationship between the present and the past as well as by what he describes as the peculiar "echoic" quality of London whereby its texture and history actively affect the lives and personalities of its citizens.
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Why is this so short?
- By E. Walker on 05-10-19
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London
- The Biography, Street Life and the People
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 02-11-05
- Language: English
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The Conservatives
- By: Robin Harris
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
- Length: 19 hrs and 48 mins
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The history of the Conservative party has, extraordinarily, rarely been written in a single volume for the general reader. There are academic multi-volume accounts and a multitude of smaller books with limited historical scope. But now, Robin Harris, Margaret Thatcher's speechwriter and party insider, has produced this authoritative but lively history book which tells the whole story and fills a gaping hole in Britain's historiographical record.
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Conservative Party Unwrapped
- By Kevin Viney on 21-11-15
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The Conservatives
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
- Length: 19 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 10-11-11
- Language: English
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