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Author: Victoria Bennett
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Author Victoria Bennett
Narrator Fenella Fudge
Duration 11h 15m
At seven months pregnant, Victoria Bennett was looking forward to new motherhood and all that was to come. But when the telephone rang, the news she received changed everything. Her eldest sister had died in a canoeing accident. Five years later, struggling with grief, the demands of being a parent-carer for her young son, and the impact of deeper...
View BookAuthor: Chimene Suleyman
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Author Chimene Suleyman
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Duration 6h 9m
In January 2017, Chimene Suleyman was on her way to an abortion clinic in Queens, New York with her boyfriend, the father of her nascent child. It was the last day they would spend together. In an extraordinary sequence of events, Chimene was to discover the truth of her boyfriend's life: that she and many other women had been subtly, patiently and...
View BookAuthor: Dylan Jones
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Author Dylan Jones
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Duration 20h 55m
Decades tend to crest halfway through, and 1995 was the year of the Nineties: peak Britpop (Oasis v Blur), peak YBA (Tracey Emin's tent), peak New Lad (when Nick Hornby published High Fidelity, when James Brown's Loaded detonated the publishing industry, and when pubs were finally allowed to stay open on a Sunday). Faster than a Cannonball is a cul...
View BookAuthor: Amy Jeffs
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Author Amy Jeffs
Narrator Lucy Paterson
Duration 7h 27m
Soaked in mist and old magic, Storyland tells a history of Britain and the politics of its people through medieval eyes. Grounded in research, related as fiction, it begins before the Great Flood, with a troop of African giants quarrying stones. Later, the first migrants enter the Atlantic, calling themselves the Scoti and Britons, followed by the...
View BookAuthor: Suzie Fletcher
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Author Suzie Fletcher
Narrator Sarah Durham, The Author
Duration 8h 5m
Suzie Fletcher is the warm and friendly face on TV's The Repair Shop as the resident leather expert - a craft she has honed over four decades and was born out of her love of horses. But while she tends to be the one repairing and offering a gentle kindness to others, Suzie has also been in a process of change, reflection, and healing. In her first...
View BookAuthor: Gail Simmons
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Author Gail Simmons
Narrator Fenella Fudge, Barnaby Kay
Duration 10h 27m
An old map. A lost pilgrimage route. A journey in search of our walking heritage. When Henry VIII banned pilgrimage in 1538, he ended not only a centuries-old tradition of walking as an act of faith, but a valuable chance to discover the joy of walking as an escape from the burdens of everyday life. Much was lost when these journeys faded from our...
View BookAuthor: Chloe Pierre
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Author Chloe Pierre
Narrator Chloe Pierre
Duration 6h 54m
Take Care prioritises Black women and their experiences and encourages them to take care of themselves in order to bring their best self into the world. A space for Black women to cultivate their joy is truly a necessity at a time when Black lives are at the forefront of discussions online and in the media, and Take Care is the audiobook to ensure...
View BookAuthor: Peter Ross
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Author Peter Ross
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Duration 11h 47m
Churches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in our towns, villages and cities, even as their influence and authority has waned. They contain art and architectural wonders - one huge gallery scattered, like a handful of jewels, across these isles. Award-winning writer Peter Ross sets out to tell their stories, and through them a stor...
View BookAuthor: Maggie Hartley
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Author Maggie Hartley
Narrator Penny Mcdonald
Duration 6h 25m
Three young siblings arrive at Maggie's door after being taken into care. Teachers of eight-year-old Bobby spotted distinct hand-shaped bruises on his arm and his dad and stepmother are uncooperative and hostile to Social Services. While they investigate, Bobby, as well as Melodie and Poppy, are looked after in Maggie's home. As the children settle...
View BookAuthor: Emily Katy
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Author Emily Katy
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Duration 6h 44m
To the outside world, Emily looks like a typical girl, with a normal family, living an ordinary life. But inside, Emily does not feel typical, and the older she gets, the more she realises that she is different. As she finally discovers when she is 16, Emily is autistic. Girl Unmasked is the extraordinary story of how she got there - and how she ve...
View BookAuthor: Rebecca Smethurst
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Author Rebecca Smethurst
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Duration 2h
This book is for anyone who wants to easily understand the mind-blowing fundamentals of our extraordinary, expanding universe. Written by Oxford astrophysicist Dr Becky Smethurst and composed of 10 captivating, simple essays, it guides you swiftly through the galaxies, explaining the mysteries of black holes, dark matter and what existed before the...
View BookAuthor: Andrew Ziminski
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Author Andrew Ziminski
Narrator Thomas Judd
Duration 8h 7m
Part hands-on archaeological history of Britain, part deeply personal insight into this ancient craft by a stonemason who has worked on Britain's greatest monuments, from Salisbury Cathedral to St Paul's. Following a tradition that dates back hundreds of years, stonemason Andrew Ziminski has worked on many of Britain's greatest monuments, from the...
View BookAuthor: Billy Dee Williams
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Author Billy Dee Williams
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Duration 11h 34m
WHAT HAVE WE HERE? follows Billy Dee Williams from his childhood growing up in Harlem to his days on Broadway and in Hollywood before landing the role in George Lucas' space opera that would win him everlasting fame. Over a 60-year career spanning Broadway, music, movies, and television, Billy's tales and travels include Lawrence Olivier, Marlon Br...
View BookAuthor: Arsène Wenger
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Author Arsène Wenger
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Duration 6h 41m
There is only one Arsène Wenger - and for the very first time, in his own words, this is his story. In this definitive autobiography, the world-renowned, revolutionary football manager discusses his life and career, sharing his leadership principles for success on and off the field. At Arsenal, Wenger won multiple Premier League titles, a re...
View BookAuthor: Billie Jean King
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Author Billie Jean King
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Duration 18h 6m
Brought to you by Penguin. An inspiring and intimate self-portrait of the champion of equality that encompasses her brilliant tennis career, unwavering activism, and an ongoing commitment to fairness and social justice.In this spirited account, Billie Jean King details her life's journey to find her true self. She recounts her groundbreaking tennis...
View BookAuthor: Steven Bartlett
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Author Steven Bartlett
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Duration 6h 45m
Brought to you by Penguin.The latest book by STEVEN BARTLETT: entrepreneur, podcaster and Dragon's Den starThis is not a book about business strategy. Strategy changes like the seasons. This is a book about something much more permanent. At the very heart of all the success and failure I've been exposed to - both my own entrepreneurial journey and...
View BookAuthor: Rory Stewart
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Author Rory Stewart
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Duration 16h 20m
Brought to you by Penguin.From the former Conservative Cabinet minister and co-presenter of 2022's breakout hit podcast The Rest is Politics, a searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in ParliamentOver the course of a decade from 2010, Rory Stewart went from being a political outsider to standing for prime minister - before being sacke...
View BookAuthor: Tom Chivers
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Author Tom Chivers
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Duration 8h 5m
Thomas Bayes was an eighteenth-century Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician whose obscure life belied the profound impact of his work. Like most research into probability at the time, his theorem was mainly seen as relevant to games of chance, like dice and cards. But its implications soon became clear. Bayes' theorem helps explain why h...
View BookAuthor: Pamela Anderson
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Author Pamela Anderson
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Duration 5h 29m
In this honest, layered and unforgettable book that alternates between storytelling and her own poetry, Pamela Anderson breaks the mould of the celebrity memoir while taking back the tale that has been crafted about her. Pamela Anderson's childhood was not easy, but it allowed her to create her own world-surrounded by nature and imaginary friends....
View BookAuthor: Tracy Borman
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Author Tracy Borman
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Duration 8h 50m
Anne Boleyn is a subject of enduring fascination. For the most part, she is considered in the context of her relationship with Tudor England's much-married monarch. Dramatic though this story is, of even greater interest - and significance - is the relationship between Anne and her daughter, the future Elizabeth I. Elizabeth was less than three yea...
View BookAuthor: Melanie Chisholm
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Author Melanie Chisholm
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Duration 13h 37m
I never told my story before because I wasn't ready. Now, finally, I am. Twenty-five years ago, The Spice Girls, a girlband that began after answering an advert in the paper, released our first single. 'Wannabe' became a hit and from that moment, my life changed for ever. I was suddenly part of one of the biggest music groups in history, releasing...
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