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Author: Simon Russell Beale
Author Simon Russell Beale
Narrator The Author
Duration 11h 50m
Simon Russell Beale is one of Britain's most recognisable and well-loved actors. He has played many roles on stage, film, television and radio - ranging from Winston Churchill to Stalin, George Smiley to King Arthur. But ever since his appearance at school as a glamorous Desdemona, complete with false eyelashes that rendered him half-blind, he has...
View BookAuthor: Emma Kenny
Author Emma Kenny
Narrator The Author
Duration 8h 59m
Taking readers on a journey into the dark side of humanity, Emma Kenny explores the ingredient list of experiences that turns regular people into murderous monsters, looking at crimes that shook the world. From Ted Bundy to Joanna Dennehy, Richard Trenton Chase to Aileen Wuornos and many more besides, Emma explores the crime scenes and criminal min...
View BookAuthor: Gabby Logan
Author Gabby Logan
Narrator The Author
Duration 6h 8m
Packed to the brim with advice and life lessons from experts in their field (Dr Louise Newson, Prof Greg Whyte amongst others) and successful people navigating this time of life (Claudia Winkleman, Jo Whiley, Lee Mack, Michael Johnson, Caitlin Moran, Phil Neville and so many more) the book draws on their wise words to help you to navigate the bigge...
View BookAuthor: Khalida Popal
Author Khalida Popal
Narrator Lara Sawalha
Duration 7h 29m
For Khalida Popal, the team's first captain and co-founder, this is not an unprecedented event. Born in Afghanistan, as a child she fled Taliban rule with her family and grew up in a refugee camp in Pakistan. On her return to Afghanistan, football gave her and her teammates power, comradeship and freedom. But advocating for women's rights in sport...
View BookHISTORY HIT Guide to Medieval England
Author: Matthew Lewis
Author Matthew Lewis
Narrator The Author
Duration 8h 4m
Have you ever wondered about Edgar Ætheling, the fourteen-year-old who took on William the Conqueror? Or about the woeful collapse of the Angevin Empire under King John? Or what about Eleanor Cobham, a noblewoman found guilty of witchcraft for predicting the death of the King? Join Matthew Lewis and the creators of History Hit on a guided tou...
View BookAuthor: Maggie Harltey
Author Maggie Harltey
Narrator Penelope McDonald
Duration 6h
Six-year-old Ralph has only been in the care system for three days and has already been rejected by three different foster carers. After hitting a teacher at his school and causing mayhem since he arrived four months ago, staff are unable to get a hold of his mum and her partner. Social Services are called and when Ralph turns up at Maggie's house,...
View BookAuthor: Bryony Gordon
Author Bryony Gordon
Narrator Bryony Gordon
Duration 6h
Bryony Gordon has OCD. It's the snake in her brain that has told her ever since she was a teenager that her world is about to come crashing down: that her family might die if she doesn't repeat a phrase five times, or that she might have murdered someone and forgotten about it. It's caused alopecia, bulimia, and drug dependency. And Bryony is sick...
View BookAuthor: Paul Merson
Author Paul Merson
Narrator George Greenland
Duration 7h
Paul Merson's wonderfully moving and brutally honest memoir of battling addiction for three decades. For 21 years, Paul Merson played professional football. He won two First Division titles with Arsenal and was one of the finest players of his generation. But for 30 years, Paul Merson has also been an addict. Alcohol, drugs, gambling: a desperately...
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Duration 7h
From the Academy Award-winning actor, an unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction. I've been in this life for 50 years, been trying to work out its riddle for 42, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last 35. Notes about successes an...
View BookAuthor: Gerald Durrell
Author Gerald Durrell
Narrator Rupert Degas
Duration 5h 23m
A Zoo in My Luggage is the colourful, first-hand account of Gerald Durrell's six-month animal-collecting trip in British Cameroon, and his attempts to create his own zoo. Motivated by a passion for wildlife, and a desire to save endangered species from extinction, Durrell assembles a glorious panoply of exotic animals—including a female baboo...
View BookAuthor: Tom Michell
Author Tom Michell
Narrator Bill Nighy
Duration 6h
Tom Michell is in his roaring twenties: single, free-spirited and seeking adventure. He has a plane ticket to South America, a teaching position in a prestigious Argentine boarding school, and endless summer holidays.What he doesn't need is a pet. What he really doesn't need is a pet penguin.But while on holiday in Uruguay he spots a penguin strugg...
View BookAuthor: Gabriel Zuchtriegel
Author Gabriel Zuchtriegel
Narrator Nick Biadon
Duration 6h 22m
A vast area of Pompeii is being excavated for the first time, revealing astonishing insights into how people really lived. In this revelatory new history, Director of Pompeii Gabriel Zuchtriegel shares the untold stories that are at last emerging. Pompeii is a world frozen in time. There are unmade beds, dishes left drying, tools abandoned by workm...
View BookAuthor: Raynor Winn
Author Raynor Winn
Narrator The Author
Duration 9h 1m
Brought to you by Penguin.The uplifting true story of the couple who lost everything and embarked on a journey of salvation across the South West coastline.OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDETHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERINCLUDED IN THE SUNDAY TIMES 2024 LIST OF 'THE TOP 100 BOOKS OF THE PAST FIFTY YEARS'Just days after Raynor Winn learns that Moth,...
View BookAuthor: Gabor Mate
Author Gabor Mate
Narrator Daniel Mate
Duration 11h 41m
Brought to you by Penguin. Can a person literally die of loneliness? Is there a connection between the ability to express emotions and Alzheimer's disease? Is there such a thing as a 'cancer personality'?Drawing on deep scientific research and Dr Gabor Maté's acclaimed clinical work, When the Body Says No provides the answers to critical que...
View BookAuthor: Christopher Stephens, Louise Radnofsky
Author Christopher Stephens, Louise Radnofsky
Narrator Christopher Stephens
Duration 9h 43m
'Sir, we are homosexuals . . .' So began the letter penned by Roger Butler and sent to several British newspaper editors - some of whom were so shocked they thought it was a hoax - in June 1960. Writing such a letter seven years before the decriminalisation of homosexuality was a radical and dangerous move. This is the story of the first man to com...
View BookAuthor: Owain Mulligan
Author Owain Mulligan
Narrator The Author
Duration 9h 29m
Owain Mulligan was never what you'd call a career soldier. Nor even a particularly good one. At weekends he trained with the Territorial Army and dreamt of swapping the mayhem of teaching in a tough school for the adventure of service in Iraq. At least they'd let him wear a helmet in Iraq. But when the job in headquarters he's been expecting doesn'...
View BookAuthor: Sonny Jane Wise
Author Sonny Jane Wise
Narrator Malachi Latchman
Duration 6h 44m
This affirming and thoughtful guide outlines how and why we need to fundamentally shift our thinking about neurodivergent people. We need to accept differences rather than framing them as a problem, abnormality or disorder. At times challenging and radical, Sonny Jane Wise explores the intersections of neurodivergence with disability, gender, sexua...
View BookAuthor: Loren Grush
Author Loren Grush
Narrator Inés del Castillo
Duration 11h 42m
The remarkable true story of America's first women astronauts. When NASA sent astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s the agency excluded women from the corps. It was an era in which women were steered away from jobs in science and deemed too fragile for space flight. Eventually, though, NASA relented and opened the application process to eve...
View BookAuthor: Danny Baker
Author Danny Baker
Narrator The Author
Duration 9h 52m
Born in 1957 in Deptford, south London, Danny's first job after dropping out of school at the age of 15 was in One Stop Records, a small record shop in London's West End. His career in print journalism began in 1976 when he co-founded the fanzine Sniffin' Glue leading to an offer from the New Musical Express, where his first job was as a receptioni...
View BookAuthor: Jake Hall
Author Jake Hall
Narrator Octavia Nyombi
Duration 10h 48m
The best queer history book you'll listen to this year. Shoulder to Shoulder is a love letter to the LGBTQ+ pioneers of solidarity and coalition. Offering a new global look at forgotten moments when those from marginalised backgrounds stood shoulder to shoulder to build a better future for all. Through astounding research and fascinating storytelli...
View BookAuthor: Danny Baker
Author Danny Baker
Narrator The Author
Duration 9h 13m
Danny Baker is a national treasure with a well-documented - thanks to the recent eight-part BBC TV adaptation - and colourful life. For over a quarter of a century, he has amused and entertained audiences on both radio and television. Beginning his career at the age of 15 in a small record shop in London's West End, Danny went on to become an accla...
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