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The Dealmaker
- Lessons from a Life in Private Equity
- By: Guy Hands
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd, Guy Hands - introduction
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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The Dealmaker is a frank and honest account of how a severely dyslexic child who struggled at school went on to graduate from Oxford and become a serial entrepreneur. It describes Guy Hand's career in private equity, first at Nomura and then as head of his own company, Terra Firma. It looks in detail at the huge deals that Terra Firma has done over the years, involving everything from cinema chains and pubs to waste management, aircraft leasing and green energy.
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Comes across as a bit of a T****r
- By Steve on 11-11-21
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The Dealmaker
- Lessons from a Life in Private Equity
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd, Guy Hands - introduction
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 04-11-21
- Language: English
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The Elements of Eloquence
- By: Mark Forsyth
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
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In an age unhealthily obsessed with substance, this is a book on the importance of pure style, from the best-selling author of The Etymologicon and The Horologicon. From classic poetry to pop lyrics and from the King James Bible to advertising slogans, Mark Forsyth explains the secrets that make a phrase - such as 'Tiger, Tiger, burning bright', or 'To be or not to be' - memorable. In his inimitably entertaining and witty style he takes apart famous lines and shows how you, too, can write like Shakespeare or Oscar Wilde.
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Rhetoric, Rhetoric, Rhetoric!
- By Sarah on 20-07-15
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The Elements of Eloquence
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 28-04-14
- Language: English
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We Are Nature
- How to Reconnect with the Wild
- By: Ray Mears
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
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Bushcraft and survival legend Ray Mears takes us on his own lifetime's journey through the natural world, into the British countryside and across continents, and shows us how to tune our senses, enhance our experience of nature, and understand our place within it. Guiding us through practical fieldcraft tips, Ray brings us up close with creatures we share our planet with, and reveals how we can learn from them, from the stealth of the leopard to the patience and stillness of the crocodile, and even the colour-changing camouflage of the octopus.
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How difficult was that to get through!
- By Jon on 15-06-21
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We Are Nature
- How to Reconnect with the Wild
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 25-03-21
- Language: English
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Danger Close
- Commanding 3 Para in Afghanistan
- By: Colonel Stuart Tootal
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
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3 PARA was the first unit into Helmand in 2006. Sent on a peace mission, it became engaged in a level of combat that had not been experienced by the British Army since the end of the Korean War. Undermanned and suffering from equipment shortages, 3 PARA fought doggedly to win the break in battle. Numerous gallantry decorations were awarded, but they were not without cost. This is a dramatic, and often moving, insight into the leadership of soldiers at the sharp end of war.
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Honest and accurate
- By mac on 25-01-15
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Danger Close
- Commanding 3 Para in Afghanistan
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 11-10-13
- Language: English
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Live from Downing Street
- By: Nick Robinson
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
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The relationship between those who wield power and those whose job it is to tell us what they are doing has always been fraught with tension. Politicians now expect to be on camera and facing aggressive questions from the moment they open their front door to the moment they return home at night. Everything they say and do is instantly broadcast and dissected on 24-hour news channels, blogs, and Twitter. It was not always this way. Live from Downing Street takes us on an absorbing journey through the hard-fought battles for the right to tell the public about the decisions taken on their behalf.
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Interesting Book, Appalling Accents
- By John Bates on 14-12-12
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Live from Downing Street
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 25-10-12
- Language: English
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After Hitler
- The Last Days of the Second World War in Europe
- By: Michael Jones
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
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On 30 April 1945, Adolf Hitler committed suicide. The following day, his propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, also killed himself, and the crumbling Third Reich passed to Admiral Karl Dönitz. The Nazis' position seemed hopeless. Yet remarkably, the war in the rest of Europe went on for another 10 days. After Hitler looks at these days as a narrative day-by-day countdown but also as a broader global history of a European war that had seen some of the most savage battles in history.
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If you love WW2 history get this now
- By mat brown on 31-07-18
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After Hitler
- The Last Days of the Second World War in Europe
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 26-07-18
- Language: English
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Stalin's Englishman
- The Lives of Guy Burgess
- By: Andrew Lownie
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
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Guy Burgess is the most important, complex and fascinating of 'The Cambridge Spies' - the group of British men recruited to pass intelligence to the Soviets during World War Two and the Cold War. Burgess' story takes us from his student days in 1930s Cambridge, where he was first approached by Soviet scouts, through his daring infiltration of the BBC and the British government to his final escape to Russia and lonely, tragic-comic exile there.
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Outstanding! Fascinating subject!
- By iris on 26-11-15
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Stalin's Englishman
- The Lives of Guy Burgess
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 10-09-15
- Language: English
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The Panama Papers
- How the World's Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money
- By: Frederik Obermaier, Bastian Obermayer
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
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Late one evening, investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer receives an anonymous message offering him access to secret data. Through encrypted channels he then receives documents showing a mysterious bank transfer for $500,000,000 in gold. This is just the beginning. Obermayer and fellow Süddeutsche Zeitung journalist Frederik Obermaier find themselves immersed in a secret world where complex networks of shell companies help to hide people who don't want to be found.
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Leaves me feeling angry and ashamed.
- By c on 13-03-18
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The Panama Papers
- How the World's Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 06-10-16
- Language: English
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My Outdoor Life
- By: Ray Mears
- Narrated by: Ray Mears, Simon Shepherd
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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Ray Mears is a household name through his television series Tracks, World of Survival, Bushcraft Survival, The Real Heroes of Telemark, and many more.
He is a private individual who shuns publicity whenever possible and would prefer to let his many skills tell their own tale - until now. In My Outdoor Life, Ray tells of his childhood and the formative years when he first developed a passion for both bushcraft and the martial arts skills that are central to his life.
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Great book ... But
- By Matthew on 29-09-16
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My Outdoor Life
- Narrated by: Ray Mears, Simon Shepherd
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 05-06-14
- Language: English
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The Butterfly Isles
- By: Patrick Barkham
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 10 hrs
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Butterflies animate our summers, but the 59 species found in the British Isles can be surprisingly elusive. Some bask unseen at the top of trees in London parks; others lurk at the bottom of damp bogs in Scotland. A few survive for months while other ephemeral creatures only fly for three days. Several are virtually extinct. Simon Shepherd reads this bewitching book charting Patrick Barkham’s quest to find each of them - from the Adonis Blue to the Dingy Skipper - in one unforgettable summer.
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A strangely nostalgic book
- By Amazon Customer on 14-02-12
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The Butterfly Isles
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 10-01-12
- Language: English
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Election Notebook
- By: Nick Robinson
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
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Just after 10 o’clock on Thursday, 7th May 2015, Nick Robinson stared down the lens of camera five in the BBC’s Election Night Studio to explain to millions the significance of an exit poll that shocked the country and heralded an earthquake in British politics. That moment was a personal milestone for the BBC’s political editor, who had been discharged from hospital just hours earlier following weeks of treatment for cancer and the loss of his voice after surgery.
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Outstanding
- By Elizabeth Stewart on 21-10-15
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Election Notebook
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 06-07-15
- Language: English
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The Etymologicon
- A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
- By: Mark Forsyth
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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A quirky, entertaining and thought-provoking tour of the unexpected connections between words, read by Simon Shepherd. What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces? The Etymologicon springs from Mark Forsyth's Inky Fool blog on the strange connections between words.
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Brilliant and hilarious book
- By Sally Hawes on 06-01-13
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The Etymologicon
- A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 01-05-12
- Language: English
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The Act of Living
- What the Great Psychologists Can Teach Us About Surviving Discontent in an Age of Anxiety
- By: Frank Tallis
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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Science, technology and Western liberal democracy have all had a dramatic impact on our quality of life. Compared to previous generations, we have unprecedented access to information, increased personal freedom, more material comforts and more possessions. Yet, even before the shock of COVID-19, more people than ever before were reporting being depressed, anxious or unfulfilled. As our material circumstances become easier, life seems to get harder.
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What a therapeutic read
- By Michael Kallenbach on 25-02-21
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The Act of Living
- What the Great Psychologists Can Teach Us About Surviving Discontent in an Age of Anxiety
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 14-01-21
- Language: English
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The Churchill Factor
- How One Man Made History
- By: Boris Johnson
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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Now leader of the UK himself, Boris Johnson explores what makes up the 'Churchill Factor' - the singular brilliance of one of the most important leaders of the 20th century. Taking on the myths and misconceptions along with the outsized reality, he portrays - with characteristic wit and passion - a man of multiple contradictions, contagious bravery, breath-taking eloquence, matchless strategizing and deep humanity.
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"Churchill can't be blamed for ..."
- By Alexander Hirsch on 29-07-19
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The Churchill Factor
- How One Man Made History
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 23-10-14
- Language: English
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The Georgette Heyer BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Four Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Proud, Simon Shepherd, Simon Russell Beale, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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The acknowledged ‘queen of Regency romance’, best-selling author Georgette Heyer, also penned a dozen delightful mystery novels. Included here are dramatisations of four of her finest stories from both genres, full of her characteristic wit, charm and period detail.
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Disappointing - especially for Heyer fans
- By Rebecca Webb on 17-07-20
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The Georgette Heyer BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Four Full-Cast Dramatisations
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Proud, Simon Shepherd, Simon Russell Beale, Anna Massey, Nathaniel Parker, James Fleet, Helen Baxendale, Full Cast, Elli Garnett, James Frain
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 16-07-20
- Language: English
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The Horologicon
- By: Mark Forsyth
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
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The Horologicon - which means 'a book of things appropriate to each hour' - follows a day in the life of unusual, beautiful, and forgotten English words. From the moment you wake to the second your head hits the pillow, there's a cornucopia of hidden words ready for every aspect of your day.
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Wonderfully funny and informative
- By Penguin on 07-04-13
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The Horologicon
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 01-11-12
- Language: English
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The History Keepers: Circus Maximus
- By: Damian Dibben
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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The History Keepers are in terrible danger once more. Stocks of Atomium - the crucial ingredient which allows them to travel through time - are perilously low, and the agents must embark on a risky mission to find more. And now a new and even more evil member of the Zeldt family is planning a hideous take-over of the Ancient world, and they are forced to travel further back into history than ever before in order to save the day. Well, all of the days actually.
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Excellent adventure
- By Talbot on 13-08-20
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The History Keepers: Circus Maximus
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 11-07-13
- Language: English
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Horowitz Horror
- By: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
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Welcome to a world where everything seems normal. At least, at first. But the sinister and truly terrifying lurk just beneath the surface. Like a bathtub with a history so haunted, no one dares get in it ... or an ordinary-looking camera that does unspeakable things to its subjects ... or a mysterious computer game that has terrible consequences if you lose ...
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Great stories but I feel conned
- By franwan on 25-12-17
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Horowitz Horror
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 02-03-09
- Language: English
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Total War
- From Stalingrad to Berlin
- By: Michael Jones
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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The powerful story of the Red Army's battle of liberation against the Nazi invader - from Stalingrad all the way to Berlin. In February 1943, German forces surrendered to the Red Army at Stalingrad, and the tide of war turned. By May 1945 Soviet soldiers had stormed Berlin and brought down Hitler's regime. Total War follows the fortunes of these fighters as they liberated Russia and the Ukraine from the Nazi invader and fought their way into the heart of the Reich. It reveals the horrors they experienced.
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Eastern Front in Perspective
- By Evelyn O'Connor on 18-08-18
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Total War
- From Stalingrad to Berlin
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 24-05-18
- Language: English
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The Outstanding Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes
- By: Gerard Kelly
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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This compilation, comprising a Baker's (Street) Dozen of his adventures, re-creates the gas-lit, fog-enshrouded world of Victorian London as once more Sherlock Holmes urges, 'Come, Watson, the game is afoot!'
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Good stories
- By B. Whitnell on 16-01-15
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The Outstanding Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 19-02-13
- Language: English
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