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The Gift of Rain
- By: Tan Twan Eng
- Narrated by: Daniel York Loh, Eric Mok
- Length: 17 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall66
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Penang, 1939. Sixteen-year-old Philip Hutton is a loner. Half English, half Chinese and feeling neither, he discovers a sense of belonging in an unexpected friendship with Hayato Endo, a Japanese diplomat. Philip shows his new friend around his adored island of Penang, and in return Endo trains him in the art and discipline of aikido. But such friendship comes at a terrible price.
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Takes a while to get into
- By Mr C. on 02-09-24
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The Gift of Rain
- Narrated by: Daniel York Loh, Eric Mok
- Length: 17 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 04-05-23
- Language: English
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A Whole Life
- By: Robert Seethaler, Charlotte Collins - translation
- Narrated by: Sam Peter Jackson
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Set in the mid-twentieth century and told with beauty and tenderness, Robert Seethaler's A Whole Life is a story of man's relationship with an ancient landscape, of the value of solitude, of the arrival of the modern world, and above all, of the moments, great and small, that make us who we are. Andreas Egger knows every path and peak of his mountain valley, the source of his sustenance, his livelihood, his home.
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A Whole Life
- Narrated by: Sam Peter Jackson
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 09-04-26
- Language: English
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Another Planet
- A Teenager in Suburbia
- By: Tracey Thorn
- Narrated by: Tracey Thorn
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall118
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Performance108
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Story108
In a 1970s commuter town, Tracey Thorn's teenage life was forged from what failed to happen. Her diaries were packed with entries about not buying things, not going to the disco, the school coach not arriving. Before she was a best-selling musician and writer, Tracey Thorn was a typical teenager: bored and cynical, despairing of her aspirational parents. Her only comfort came from house parties, Meaningful Conversations and the female pop icons who hinted at a new kind of living.
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Beautifully written
- By HELEN on 04-10-23
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Another Planet
- A Teenager in Suburbia
- Narrated by: Tracey Thorn
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 07-02-19
- Language: English
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The Girl Who Saved Christmas
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall565
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Performance493
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Story494
If magic has a beginning, can it also have an end? When Amelia wants a wish to come true she knows just the man to ask - Father Christmas. But the magic she wants to believe in is starting to fade, and Father Christmas has more than impossible wishes to worry about. Upset elves, reindeers dropping out of the sky, angry trolls and the chance that Christmas might be cancelled.
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The Girl Who Saved Christmas
- By Kindle Customer on 19-01-17
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The Girl Who Saved Christmas
- Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
- Series: A Boy Called Christmas, Book 2
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 03-11-16
- Language: English
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Just Jimmy
- By: Richmal Crompton
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance10
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Story10
A collection of stories in which Jimmy could almost be younger brother to William Brown (of Just William fame). Like William, Jimmy has a big heart and all of his efforts go towards trying to make his family and friends happy. Unfortunately, and again like William, his plans always take a turn for the worst, or don't turn out in the way that he intended. Fortunately for a listener, this makes for a myriad of classic comedy moments.
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Just grateful for Martin Jarvis
- By H W Giddens on 14-08-23
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Just Jimmy
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 59 mins
- Release date: 11-03-20
- Language: English
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In Search of Now
- The Science and Mystery of the Present Moment
- By: Jo Marchant
- Narrated by: Jo Marchant
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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We feel that the present is everything; all we can know. Yet physics finds no universal ’now’. To explore what a moment really is, In Search of Now draws on state-of-the-art discoveries in neuroscience, psychology, cosmology and quantum physics, revealing a dynamic, creative process in which we all play a part.
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In Search of Now
- The Science and Mystery of the Present Moment
- Narrated by: Jo Marchant
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 12-02-26
- Language: English
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The Middle Daughter
- By: Chika Unigwe
- Narrated by: Nneka Okoye, Charles Ohanwe
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall39
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Performance38
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Story38
Udodi's death was the beginning of the raging storm but at that moment, we thought that the worst had already happened, and that life would treat us with more kindness. When Nani is only seventeen, she loses her beloved sister and father. Misunderstood by the rest of her family, she is beguiled by an itinerant preacher, a handsome self-proclaimed 'man of God' who seems to offer all the answers. But instead of building a better future with him, Nani is forced too soon into a challenging womanhood with an oppressive husband.
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Wonderful narration - average story
- By Liz on 15-10-23
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The Middle Daughter
- Narrated by: Nneka Okoye, Charles Ohanwe
- Length: 9 hrs
- Release date: 06-04-23
- Language: English
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Galahad at Blandings
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Abridged
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Overall95
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Performance80
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Story81
A major mix-up at Blandings Castle, in which Galahad introduces yet another imposter to Lord Emsworth's residence and the Empress of Blandings gets sloshed in her sty. Formidable comic characters designed to interrupt Lord Emsworth's peace include his overbearing sister Lady Hermione Wedge who comes complete her own meddling secretary, and Dame Daphne Winkworth who has her eye on becoming the next Countess. As ever the stage is set for Gally to try and restore order to the ensuing chaos!
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Great Nonsense!
- By Mrs. E. D'agostino on 26-11-16
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Galahad at Blandings
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 09-02-12
- Language: English
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My Name Is Why
- By: Lemn Sissay
- Narrated by: Lemn Sissay, Richard Burnip, Zoe Mills
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,377
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Performance2,118
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Story2,112
At the age of 17, after a childhood in an fostered family followed by six years in care homes, Norman Greenwood was given his birth certificate. He learned that his real name was not Norman. It was Lemn Sissay. He was British and Ethiopian. And he learned that his mother had been pleading for his safe return to her since his birth. Here Sissay recounts his life story. It is a story of neglect and determination. Misfortune and hope. Cruelty and triumph.
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Painful reading
- By candide on 01-09-19
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My Name Is Why
- Narrated by: Lemn Sissay, Richard Burnip, Zoe Mills
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 29-08-19
- Language: English
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You Could Make This Place Beautiful
- By: Maggie Smith
- Narrated by: Maggie Smith
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance12
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In her long-awaited debut memoir, You Could Make This Place Beautiful, award-winning poet Maggie Smith explores in lyrical vignettes the end of her marriage and the beginning of a surprising new life. With the spirit of reflection and empathy she's known for, Smith interweaves snapshots of a life with meditations on secrets, anger, forgiveness and narrative itself.
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Beautifully told story of divorce
- By JDTS on 30-08-25
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You Could Make This Place Beautiful
- Narrated by: Maggie Smith
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 07-09-23
- Language: English
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The Truth Pixie
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Chris Mould, Olivia Colman
- Length: 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall144
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Performance134
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Story132
From number one best-selling author Matt Haig comes a hilarious and heartwarming story. Wherever she is, whatever the day, She only has one kind of thing to say. Just as cats go miaow and cows go moo, The Truth Pixie can only say things that are true. A very funny and lovable tale of how one special pixie learned to love herself. The Truth Pixie is an enchanting, rhyming story that will delight younger children.
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Review by a 6 and a half year old
- By Hellen T. on 12-04-19
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The Truth Pixie
- Narrated by: Chris Mould, Olivia Colman
- Series: The Truth Pixie, Book 1
- Length: 23 mins
- Release date: 04-12-18
- Language: English
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The Shadow King
- By: Maaza Mengiste
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall270
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Performance239
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Story238
Ethiopia, 1935. With the threat of Mussolini's army looming, recently orphaned Hirut struggles to adapt to her new life as a maid. Her new employer, Kidane, an officer in Emperor Haile Selassie's army, rushes to mobilise his strongest men before the Italians invade. Hirut and the other women long to do more than care for the wounded and bury the dead. When Emperor Haile Selassie goes into exile and Ethiopia quickly loses hope, it is Hirut who offers a plan to maintain morale.
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A gun that has tasted blood wants more...
- By james walker on 10-08-20
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The Shadow King
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 18-02-20
- Language: English
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Widow Basquiat
- A Memoir
- By: Jennifer Clement
- Narrated by: Noma Dumezweni
- Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall57
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Performance49
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Madonna. Andy Warhol. Keith Haring. Fab 5 Freddie. Debbie Harry. Julian Schnabel. Jean-Michel Basquiat's transition from the subways to the chic gallery spaces of Manhattan brought the artist into the company of many of New York's established and aspiring stars. Unable to deal with the demands that his new fame brought, in 1987, at the age of 27, Basquiat, the most successful black visual artist in history, died from a heroin overdose.
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Good book, poor production.
- By Amazon Customer on 14-05-24
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Widow Basquiat
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Noma Dumezweni
- Series: Canons
- Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 09-11-17
- Language: English
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A History of Women in 101 Objects
- A Walk Through Female History
- By: Annabelle Hirsch, Eleanor Updegraff - translator
- Narrated by: Gillian Anderson, Katy Hessel, Anita Rani, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall86
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Performance77
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This is a neglected history. No attempt at a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular, told by Annabelle Hirsch through her selection of 101 objects, and now brought thrillingly alive for you by a chorus of 101 remarkable women in this ground-breaking audio release.
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Ambitious audiobook concept and lots to learn!
- By ladygrey on 10-05-24
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A History of Women in 101 Objects
- A Walk Through Female History
- Narrated by: Gillian Anderson, Katy Hessel, Anita Rani, Jackie Kay, Len Pennie, Shirley Manson, Rebecca Solnit, Sandi Toksvig, Marina Hyde, Naomi Shimada
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 05-03-24
- Language: English
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Father Christmas and Me
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Natascha McElhone
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall216
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Performance193
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It isn't always easy growing up as a human in Elfhelm, even if your adoptive parents are the newly married Father Christmas and Mary Christmas. For one thing, Elf School can be annoying when you have to sing Christmas songs every day - even in July - and when you fail all your toy-making tests. Also it can get very, very cold. But when the jealous Easter Bunny and his rabbit army launch an attack to stop Christmas, it's up to Amelia, her new family and the elves to keep Christmas alive. Before it's too late....
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Technical Issue Spoils a Great Story
- By Donn Edwards on 24-12-17
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Father Christmas and Me
- Narrated by: Natascha McElhone
- Series: A Boy Called Christmas, Book 3
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 12-10-17
- Language: English
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Consolations II
- The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
- By: David Whyte
- Narrated by: David Whyte
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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David Whyte's Consolations use everyday words to present us with a prism through which to better understand ourselves and the lives we walk through. At the request of readers globally, Whyte returns with fifty-two short, elegant meditations on a single word ranging from 'Anxiety' to 'Body', 'Freedom', 'Shame' and 'Moon'. He embraces their nuances, amplitudes and depths, and, in doing so, confronts realities that many of us would spend a lifetime trying senselessly to avoid.
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Consolations II
- The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
- Narrated by: David Whyte
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 07-11-24
- Language: English
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The Girls of Slender Means
- By: Muriel Spark
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall453
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Performance406
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Story410
The Girls of Slender Means is the third Muriel Spark audio release of 2012, following The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Complete Short Stories. It is 1945; a time of cultural and political change, and also one of slender means. Spark's evocative and sharply drawn novel focuses on a group of women living together in a hostel in Kensington who face new challenges in uncertain times. The novel is at once dramatic and character-based, and shows Muriel Spark at the height of her literary powers.
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Slender indeed...
- By FictionFan on 14-05-18
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The Girls of Slender Means
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 18-10-12
- Language: English
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3 Shades of Blue
- Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans & the Lost Empire of Cool
- By: James Kaplan
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall29
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Performance27
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1959 saw Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the other members of Miles's sextet come together to record the seminal jazz album of all time Kind of Blue. 3 Shades of Blue is a magnificent blended biography on the meandering paths which led Miles, Coltrane and Evans to the mountaintop of 1959 and the aftermath. It's a book about music, business, race, addiction and the cities that gave jazz its home; from New York and LA to Philadelphia, Chicago and Kansas City. Kaplan meditates on creativity and the great forebears of this golden age who would take the music down strange new paths.
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A standout group biography
- By woodwild on 21-05-24
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3 Shades of Blue
- Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans & the Lost Empire of Cool
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 07-03-24
- Language: English
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Evie and the Animals
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Natascha McElhone
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall145
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Performance122
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Evie is a little girl with a special talent. She can talk to animals. But when she rescues the school rabbit Gerald, and sets him free, Evie lands in big trouble. She promises her dad never to talk to animals again. For a whole year, Evie ignores them all. She doesn’t chat to the birds and dogs. She even ignores a little silver tabby cat who miaows: ‘Help me! Help me!’ But when Evie sees the same silver kitten on a missing poster, she secretly starts using her magical gift again.
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Fairly nice.
- By MG on 20-02-21
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Evie and the Animals
- Narrated by: Natascha McElhone
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 06-06-19
- Language: English
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The Incomplete Tim Key
- About 300 of His Poetical Gems and What-Nots
- By: Tim Key
- Narrated by: Tim Key
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall429
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Performance373
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A wildly original poetry collection written and read by one of the UK’s most exciting young comics. A poet who favours dark suits, lager and long hot baths, he works on BBC Four in Charlie Brooker's Newswipe and on Radio 4, doing his late night poetry show. In 2009 he won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for his poetical recital The Slutcracker and has filmed some of his verse in black and white to overwhelming critical approval.
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Annoying music
- By Paul Carley on 09-11-19
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The Incomplete Tim Key
- About 300 of His Poetical Gems and What-Nots
- Narrated by: Tim Key
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 05-08-11
- Language: English
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