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Author: David Holmes
Format: Online
Author David Holmes
Narrator The Author
Duration 10h 5m
As stunt double to Daniel Radcliffe in the Harry Potter film franchise, stuntman David Holmes helped to move J.K. Rowling's era-defining story from the page to the big screen. In living his own hero's journey, David was also one of only a handful of people to have worn the iconic wizard's cape, glasses and scar in front of the cameras. That is, unt...
View BookAuthor: Thomas Firbank
Format: Online
Author Thomas Firbank
Narrator Elliot Fitzpatrick
Duration 11h 26m
With a foreword by Patrick Barkham. And an essay by Welsh hill farmer, Dafydd Morris-Jones. Written on the eve of the Second World War, this memoir tells the remarkable story of how 21-year-old Thomas Firbank decided on impulse to purchase a 2,400-acre hill farm in the rugged, inhospitable mountains of Snowdonia, and how he and his wife struggled t...
View BookAuthor: Mary McCormack, Melissa Fitzgerald
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Author Mary McCormack, Melissa Fitzgerald
Narrator Alison Janney, The Authors
Duration 16h 12m
A behind-the-scenes look into the creation and legacy of The West Wing as told by cast members Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack, with compelling insights from cast and crew exploring what made the show what it was and how its impassioned commitment to service has made the series and relationships behind it endure. Includes an exclusive forewor...
View BookAuthor: Robert Verkaik
Format: Online
Author Robert Verkaik
Narrator Jonathan Keeble
Duration 10h 25m
The end of the Second World War is in sight. Following the overwhelming victory on D-Day, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin all seek to shape the global future to their own ends and win the race to Berlin. The British launch Operation Market Garden, the greatest airborne operation the world has ever seen. It is a bold roll of the dice, which, if succ...
View BookAuthor: Ellen Atlanta
Format: Online
Author Ellen Atlanta
Narrator The Author
Duration 10h 24m
A generation defining exposé of toxic beauty culture and the realities of coming of age online We are living in a new age of beauty. With advancements in cosmetic surgery, augmented reality face filters, photo editing apps, and exposure to more images than ever, we have the ability to craft a version of ourselves that we want everyone to see...
View BookAuthor: John Sweeney
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Author John Sweeney
Narrator The Author
Duration 10h 16m
2:19pm, Moscow time, 16 February 2024. The Federal Penitentiary Service of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District announces that Alexei Navalny is dead. In Murder in the Gulag, award-winning journalist John Sweeney goes behind the headlines to reveal what really happened to the Russian opposition leader in the freezing Polar Wolf penal colony in a r...
View BookAuthor: Rachel Cockerell
Format: Online
Author Rachel Cockerell
Narrator Henry Goodman
Duration 11h 22m
On June 7th 1907, a ship packed with Russian Jews sets sail not to Jerusalem or New York, as many on board have dreamt, but to Texas. The man who persuades the passengers to go is David Jochelmann, Rachel Cockerell's great-grandfather. It marks the beginning of the Galveston Movement, a forgotten moment in history when 10,000 Jews fled to Texas in...
View BookA History of the World in 47 Borders
Author: Jonn Elledge
Format: Online
Author Jonn Elledge
Narrator The Author
Duration 9h 50m
People have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty or the decisions of a handful of tired Europeans had gone a different way. By telling the stories of these borders, we can...
View BookI Haven't Been Entirely Honest with You
Author: Miranda Hart
Format: Online
Author Miranda Hart
Narrator The Author
Duration 10h 9m
Brought to you by Penguin. The #1 bestsellerPacked with hard-won wisdoms and gentle revelations, this is Miranda's honest exploration of the lessons that have helped her.Hello to you, I am with news. I have a new book: I Haven't Been Entirely Honest With You. I know – what an intriguing title!Basically, I have had an unexpectedly difficult de...
View BookAuthor: Sonnet
Format: Online
Author Sonnet
Narrator Alice Carax
Duration 7h 13m
Sonnet is a writer. She is a professional with a wide network of important contacts. She is athletic, creative and successful. She always remembers to send Christmas cards. Sonnet also likes to be caned. She likes to be humiliated. She likes to go into a room blindfolded with ten strangers and have them do whatever they want to her. Sonnet likes wh...
View BookAuthor: Leena Norms
Format: Online
Author Leena Norms
Narrator The Author
Duration 8h 47m
Leena Norms is a half-arser. A shave-one-legger. A rinse-the-plates-and-tell-herself-any-residual-dirt-will-improve-her-immune-system-er. And yet, she is determined to live better, build a career, strengthen her relationships, be good to her body, sort out her wardrobe, find meaningful hobbies, act on her ethics, and live a full, passionate, varied...
View BookAuthor: Uzo Aduba
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Author Uzo Aduba
Narrator The Author
Duration 10h 9m
Actress Uzo Aduba - known for Emmy-winning roles in Orange Is the New Black and Mrs. America - grew up in one of the few Black families in a white Massachusetts suburb. But she and her siblings were also grounded by a fierce sense of belonging and worth that stemmed from their mother's powerful vision for her children, and by their connection to ge...
View BookAuthor: Bill Bailey
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Author Bill Bailey
Narrator The Author
Duration 5h 4m
Bill Bailey has always had dogs, including a Patterdale terrier called Rocky who would travel with him in the van to his first shows and occasionally join him on stage. Fast forward a few decades and Bill has shared his home with a variety of birds, dogs, frogs, chameleons and an armadillo called Tommy. Animals have always been at the heart of an e...
View BookAuthor: Steve Biddulph
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Author Steve Biddulph
Narrator Damien Warren-Smith
Duration 7h 33m
Steve Biddulph’s Raising Boys was a global phenomenon. The first book in a generation to look at boys’ specific needs, parents loved its clarity and warm insights into their sons’ inner world. But today, things have changed. It’s girls that are in trouble. There has been a sudden and universal deterioration in girls’ m...
View BookAuthor: Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Format: Online
Author Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Narrator The Author
Duration 25h 43m
From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary story of the meteoric rise and fall of George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham. As King James I’s favourite, Buckingham was also his confidant, gatekeeper, right-hand man and lover. When Charles I succeeded his father, he was similarly enthralled and made Buckingham his best...
View BookAuthor: Cathy Glass
Format: Online
Author Cathy Glass
Narrator Denica Fairman
Duration 8h 8m
The 32nd fostering memoir from international bestseller Cathy Glass Struggling to cope with three young children, Janie turns to experienced foster carer Cathy Glass. Helping the family each morning, Cathy soon uncovers how dangerous their situation has truly become. Riley and his two little siblings, Jayden and Lola, are not safe at home. With all...
View BookAuthor: Alison Steadman
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Author Alison Steadman
Narrator The Author
Duration 10h 40m
Candice Marie in Nuts in May. Beverly in Abigail’s Party. Mrs Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. Pamela in Gavin & Stacey – we can all name a beloved, iconic character brought to life by the magnificent Alison Steadman. Growing up in post-war, working-class Liverpool, the young Alison – ever the entertainer – would address t...
View BookAuthor: Robert Peston, Kishan Koria
Format: Online
Author Robert Peston, Kishan Koria
Narrator Nick Biadon, Robert Peston
Duration 8h 55m
Britain is facing uncertainty, threats and risk: a new Prime Minister, new political landscape, at home and abroad. But how much will change? How To Run Britain is a plea to own what's gone wrong and make courageous reforms - from the way we manage the economy to how we vote. Over the past fifteen years, British living standards have stagnated, ine...
View BookQueer Heroes of Myth and Legend
Author: Dan Jones
Format: Online
Author Dan Jones
Narrator The Author
Duration 4h 32m
Hidden in the margins of history books, classical literature, and thousands of years of stories, myths and legends, through to contemporary literature, TV and film, there is a diverse and other-worldly super community of queer heroes to discover, learn from, and celebrate. Be captivated by stories of forbidden love like Patroclus & Achilles (ex...
View BookQueer Villains of Myth and Legend
Author: Dan Jones
Format: Online
Author Dan Jones
Narrator
Duration 4h 53m
Hidden in the margins of history books, classical literature, and thousands of years of stories, myths and legends, through to contemporary literature, TV and film, there is a diverse and other-worldly super community of queer heroes to discover, learn from, and celebrate. Be captivated by stories of forbidden love like Patroclus & Achilles (ex...
View BookAuthor: Joanne Lefson
Format: Online
Author Joanne Lefson
Narrator Laura Kirman
Duration 5h 36m
When Joanne Lefson took on a piglet at her animal shelter, the young sow proceeded to eat everything in her stable but a paint brush. In a flash of inspiration, Joanne attempted to introduce the pig to the art of painting - and thus Pigcasso was born. Starting out with a humble canvas on the sanctuary wall, Pigcasso's paintings are now owned by the...
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