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Venus, Vanishing
- a gripping story of resistance and forbidden passion in 1930s Berlin
- By: Rebecca Birrell
- Narrated by: Lydia Wilson
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Blisteringly passionate, Venus, Vanishing by Rebecca Birrell is a page-turning debut novel of desire, art, and the stories lost to the darkness of history. 'Gripping, gorgeously written . . . I couldn't put it down' - Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone Theatre 'This vivid novel of 1930s...
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Venus, Vanishing
- a gripping story of resistance and forbidden passion in 1930s Berlin
- Narrated by: Lydia Wilson
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 16-07-26
- Language: English
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Tomorrow's People
- The Future of Humanity in Ten Numbers
- By: Paul Morland
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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‘Morland predicts the future of humanity in 10 illuminating statistics (could the Japanese and Italians now go the way of the dodo?) and looks back to how ebbs and flows of population have shaped history’ - The Daily Telegraph ‘The Best Books for Summer 2022’ The great forces of...
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I never knew demography was important until now
- By Anonymous on 07-08-22
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Tomorrow's People
- The Future of Humanity in Ten Numbers
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 31-03-22
- Language: English
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Father and Son
- A memoir about family, the past and mortality
- By: Jonathan Raban
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2023 'A beautiful, compelling memoir . . . Father and Son is an exquisite, sometimes lunatic tension between powerful emotions and carnage on one side, and on the other, the conventional codes of what must remain unsaid. This, Raban's final work, is a gorgeous...
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Great Writer, Great Last Book.
- By John Nigel Needs on 20-11-23
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Father and Son
- A memoir about family, the past and mortality
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 14-09-23
- Language: English
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Lucy
- By: Jamaica Kincaid
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Lucy, a teenage girl from the West Indies, comes to North America to work as an au pair for Lewis and Mariah and their four children. At first glance Lewis and Mariah are a blessed couple – handsome, rich, and seemingly happy. Almost at once, however, Lucy begins to notice cracks in their...
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Lucy
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 07-07-22
- Language: English
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The Man Who Saved Britain
- By: Simon Winder
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning author Simon Winder takes us through the legacy of one of Britain's most influential and enduring cultural figures, James Bond. 'An entertaining romp through the literary and cinematic heartland of James Bond country' – Sunday Times 'A hilarious blend of cultural history...
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seemed very toxic and negative. don't know why the author wrote it
- By Amazon Customer on 07-07-24
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The Man Who Saved Britain
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 11-04-24
- Language: English
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A Chorus of Ears
- On 'the voice of the poem'
- By: Denise Riley
- Narrated by: Denise Riley
- Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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‘One of the most eloquent thinkers about our life in language’ – The Sunday Times Read by the author, Denise Riley A Chorus of Ears is a series of essays on voice, lyric and the persona of the poet from one of the greatest living English poets. Originally delivered as a lecture series at...
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A Chorus of Ears
- On 'the voice of the poem'
- Narrated by: Denise Riley
- Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 25-06-26
- Language: English
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The World and All That It Holds
- By: Aleksandar Hemon
- Narrated by: Aleksander Mikic
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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'This life-stuffed novel is Aleksandar Hemon’s masterpiece' - David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas The epic, cross-continental tale of a love so strong it conquers the Great War, revolution, and even death itself. As the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo one June day in 1914...
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A rather weird realist fable of tenderness in a rough world
- By Angus Jenkinson on 01-10-24
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The World and All That It Holds
- Narrated by: Aleksander Mikic
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 02-02-23
- Language: English
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We Had to Remove This Post
- By: Hanna Bervoets, Emma Rault - translator
- Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall70
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Performance62
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'The dank underside of social media, its cruelty and delusions . . . superbly poised, psychologically astute and subtle' - Ian McEwan, author of Atonement 'A glimpse of the foetid underbelly of the internet' - The Times We Had To Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets is a chilling, powerful and...
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Meh
- By Anonymous on 05-08-22
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We Had to Remove This Post
- Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 26-05-22
- Language: English
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Before We Say Goodbye
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Book 4
- By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- Narrated by: Kevin Shen
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance30
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The fourth book in the multi-million-copy bestselling series about a cosy Tokyo cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time. Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s poignant Before We Say Goodbye, translated from Japanese, explores the age-old question: what would you do if you could travel...
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Narration sweet
- By bunnypath on 19-05-24
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Before We Say Goodbye
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Book 4
- Narrated by: Kevin Shen
- Series: Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Book 4
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 14-09-23
- Language: English
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A Place For Everything
- The Curious History of Alphabetical Order
- By: Judith Flanders
- Narrated by: Julia Winwood
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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'Marvellous . . . I read it with astonished delight . . . It is equally scholarly and entertaining.' - Jan Morris 'Quirky and compelling.' - The Times Once we've learned it as children, few of us think much of the alphabet and its familiar sing-song order. And yet the order of the alphabet, that...
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A Place For Everything
- The Curious History of Alphabetical Order
- Narrated by: Julia Winwood
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 15-10-20
- Language: English
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Bonding
- a darkly addictive novel about love in the digital age, for fans of Cleopatra and Frankenstein
- By: Mariel Franklin
- Narrated by: Ellie Kendrick
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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'I absolutely loved it. Anyone interested in the relationship between tech, our bodies and our minds should bump it to the top of their queue immediately' - Zadie Smith, author of The Fraud 'This bold and highly impressive debut novel has its thumb right over the sore spots of modern life' -...
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Badly written
- By Eva G. on 11-08-24
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Bonding
- a darkly addictive novel about love in the digital age, for fans of Cleopatra and Frankenstein
- Narrated by: Ellie Kendrick
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 27-06-24
- Language: English
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Who Are We Now?
- Stories of Modern England
- By: Jason Cowley
- Narrated by: Jason Cowley, Thomas Judd
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance34
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A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year 2022 'I can’t tell you how refreshing it is in these polarised times to read a book on politics that doesn’t have an axe to grind . . . an essential read.' The Sunday Times 'Subtle, sophisticated . . . compellingly told . . . This is a gentle and...
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Very thought provoking
- By Jim on 15-03-23
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Who Are We Now?
- Stories of Modern England
- Narrated by: Jason Cowley, Thomas Judd
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 31-03-22
- Language: English
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Rental Person Who Does Nothing
- A Memoir
- By: Shoji Morimoto, Don Knotting - translator
- Narrated by: Kevin Shen
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance12
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Need a rental person who does nothing? Shoji Morimoto provides a fascinating service to the lonely and socially anxious. After an old boss told him that he contributed nothing and that it made no difference whether he showed up to work or not, he wondered if a person who ‘does nothing’ could...
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A really interesting concept
- By Tessa on 19-11-23
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Rental Person Who Does Nothing
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Kevin Shen
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 06-07-23
- Language: English
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Freedom Round the Globe
- How the World Made the American Revolution
- By: Sarah M. S. Pearsall
- Narrated by: Beth Hicks
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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'Fascinating' – The New Yorker 'Delightfully readable' – The Wall Street Journal 'Intricate and layered' – Financial Times 'Engaging . . . Pearsall's book does so much to illuminate' – The New York Times 'She casts her net wide . . . fluent and engaging . . . offers a decentered...
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Freedom Round the Globe
- How the World Made the American Revolution
- Narrated by: Beth Hicks
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 28-05-26
- Language: English
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Nature's Mutiny
- How the Little Ice Age Transformed the West and Shaped the Present
- By: Philipp Blom
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance14
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‘Europe where the sun dares scarce appear For freezing meteors and congealed cold.’ Christopher Marlowe In this innovative and compelling work of environmental history, Philipp Blom chronicles the great climate crisis of the 1600s, a crisis that would transform the entire social and...
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Global cooling
- By StephanQuintet on 14-10-23
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Nature's Mutiny
- How the Little Ice Age Transformed the West and Shaped the Present
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 07-03-19
- Language: English
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The City Without Jews
- Life and Death in Nazi Vienna
- By: Douglas Smith
- Narrated by: Helen Stern
- Length: 22 hrs
- Unabridged
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‘A truly major work, both deeply moving and incredibly powerful. A masterpiece of research, structure and writing . . . unforgettable’ - Sir Antony Beevor, bestselling author of Stalingrad 'Painful, profound, prescient . . . a magisterial work' - Sonia Purnell, internationally bestselling...
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The City Without Jews
- Life and Death in Nazi Vienna
- Narrated by: Helen Stern
- Length: 22 hrs
- Release date: 03-09-26
- Language: English
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The Order of the Day
- By: Eric Vuillard, Mark Polizzotti - translator
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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'A thoroughly gripping and mesmerising work of black comedy and political disaster' Guardian Winner of the 2017 Prix Goncourt Éric Vuillard’s gripping novel The Order of the Day tells the story of the pivotal meetings which took place between the European powers in the run-up to World War Two...
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Packs a mighty punch; history at its finest
- By Adam on 29-05-19
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The Order of the Day
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 10-01-19
- Language: English
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Killjoy
- How a small voice made a big change
- By: Jo Cheetham
- Narrated by: Jo Cheetham
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Fearne Cotton's Happy Place Book Club Pick 'Fiercely funny, truly fascinating and inspiring . . . I was hooked from the first page.' - Mel Giedroyc 'Warm, wise, witty and wet your pants hilarious' - Laura Bates, author of Everyday Sexism Jo Cheetham was a long way from home, studying and working...
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Laugh, cry, then laugh again - BUY THIS BOOK.
- By Charlotte on 13-03-23
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Killjoy
- How a small voice made a big change
- Narrated by: Jo Cheetham
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 02-03-23
- Language: English
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The Hidden Globe
- How Wealth Hacks the World
- By: Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
- Narrated by: Patrick Harrison
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
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'This book did nothing less than make me re-see the world . . . Original, and very clever' - Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland Borders draw one map of the world; money draws another. A journalist’s riveting account exposes a parallel universe exempt from the laws of the land, and how the...
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Eye opening!!
- By Claire Leslie on 09-05-25
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The Hidden Globe
- How Wealth Hacks the World
- Narrated by: Patrick Harrison
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 20-02-25
- Language: English
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Rosarita
- From the three times Booker-shortlisted author
- By: Anita Desai
- Narrated by: Meera Simhan
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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'Anita Desai is a magnificent writer' - Salman Rushdie 'Every new work from her is a gift' - Kamila Shamsie 'Rosarita is transcendent . . . a testament to Desai’s enduring genius as a writer' - The Guardian 'Tantalising' - Financial Times From three times Booker-shortlisted author Anita Desai...
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Utterly disappointing
- By sam on 20-08-24
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Rosarita
- From the three times Booker-shortlisted author
- Narrated by: Meera Simhan
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 04-07-24
- Language: English
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