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Author: BBC Audiobooks
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Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Nicholas Parsons Et Al
SeriesJust a Classic Minute, Book 3
Duration 2h
Nicholas Parsons presents four more specially-selected archive episodes of the ever-popular comedy panel game from its early days. Just as uproariously funny - and terrifically popular - today as when it first began on BBC Radio 4 in 1968, Just a Minute challenges contestants to speak for one minute on a given subject without repetition, hesitation...
View BookThe Infinite Monkey Cage Series 1 Episode 1
Author: BBC Audiogo
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Author BBC Audiogo
Narrator Various
SeriesThe Infinite Monkey Cage Series 1, Book 1
Duration 27m
The first episode of the first series of BBC Radio 4's The Infinite Monkey Cage, in which physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince take a witty, irreverent and unashamedly rational look at the world according to science. In this episode, 'Comedy, Dinos, Scientific Method, Funding', former cosmologist Dara O'Briain and Dr. Alice Roberts join Bria...
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Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Nicholas Parsons Et Al
SeriesJust a Minute, Book 2
Duration 1h 59m
Since 1967 Nicholas Parsons has chaired the evergreen BBC Radio 4 comedy quiz game, in which contestants must speak for one minute on a given subject without hesitation, repetition or deviation (in other words straying from the subject). The programme was made popular by the likes of regular panellists Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Derek Nimmo and, o...
View BookThe Infinite Monkey Cage Series 1
Author: BBC Audiogo
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Author BBC Audiogo
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 49m
A BBC Radio 4 Series in which physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince take a witty, irreverent and unashamedly rational look at the world according to science.
View BookAuthor: Uwe Schutte
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Author Uwe Schutte
Narrator Sam Peter Jackson
Duration 6h 14m
Brought to you by Penguin. The story of the phenomenon that is Kraftwerk, and how they revolutionised our cultural landscape 'We are not artists nor musicians. We are workers.' Ignoring nearly all rock traditions, experimenting in near-total secrecy in their Dsseldorf studio, Kraftwerk fused sound and technology, graphic design and performance, mo...
View BookAuthor: Oliver Graham-Jones
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Author Oliver Graham-Jones
Narrator John Atterbury
Duration 4h 15m
In 1951 Oliver Graham Jones was appointed Curator of mammals at London Zoo, becoming Senior Veterinary Officer in 1960, a post he held until his retirement. This is a fascinating collection of tales from his days at the zoo during the 1950s and 1960s.
View BookJeremy Hardy Speaks To the Nation, Series 2: The Complete Series
Author: Jeremy Hardy
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Author Jeremy Hardy
Narrator Jeremy Hardy
Duration 2h 53m
Contains all 6 episodes.
View BookAuthor: Miles Kington
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Author Miles Kington
Narrator Stephen Thorne
Duration 8h 22m
For twenty years Miles Kington wrote a humorous column in which everything was made up and nothing could be trusted. This, his autobiography, was written to those same exacting standards. Was his father really a German spy? Did his mother insist on permission from the Vatican before dancing on Sundays? Was baby Miles the victim of pram-napping and...
View BookConfessions of A Menopausal Woman
Author: Andrea Mclean
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Author Andrea Mclean
Narrator Andrea Mclean
Duration 6h 50m
The menopause. There - we've said it. It's a huge part of every woman's life and yet it remains one of society's last taboos. An emotionally complex issue that can trigger a whole host of physical and mental side effects, it's a big deal. So why aren't we talking about it? Talking about stuff is what women do best; we share and offload, we laugh an...
View BookAuthor: Various
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Author Various
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 19m
Further instalments from the tenth series of the wickedly funny BBC Radio 4 comedy which spawned the hit television show. The Dead Ringers are back with their skewed and scary take on the world of celebrity, politics and the mass media. Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Kevin Connelly, Mark Perry and Phil Cornwell give us their impressions of the people we...
View BookAuthor: Annaka Harris
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Author Annaka Harris
Narrator Annaka Harris
Duration 2h 22m
As concise and enlightening as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, this mind-expanding dive into the mystery of consciousness is an illuminating meditation on the self, free will, and felt experience. What is consciousness? How does it arise? And why does it exist? We take our experience of being in the world for...
View BookBelieve: Boxing, Olympics and My Life Outside the Gym
Author: Nicola Adams
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Author Nicola Adams
Narrator Emma Swan
Duration 4h 35m
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Believe by Nicola Adams, read by Emma Swan. At London 2012, Nicola Adams made history. The flyweight boxer - nicknamed the smiling assassin - became the first ever woman to win an Olympic Gold medal for boxing. In Rio 2016, with the nation cheering her on, she did it all over again....
View BookFeel the Fear and Do It Anyway
Author: Susan Jeffers
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Author Susan Jeffers
Narrator Susan Jeffers
Duration 1h
The author asserts that people's lack of decisiveness, whether in respect of work, relationships, money or life in general, is attributable mainly to fear. The aim of this audiobook is to offer readers a path of re-learning, to help them to 'feel the fear' and push through it to turn anger into love and indecision into action.
View BookI'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: Hamish & Dougal, You'll Have Had Your Tea, Series 1
Author: BBC Audiobooks
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Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Various
SeriesI'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Book 1
Duration 55m
Hamish and Dougal, two elderly Scotsmen played by Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden, have for many years been a popular feature of the the hit BBC Radio 4 comedy show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. Now they've got their own series. Regular characters appearing with Hamish and Dougal include Mrs Naughtie, a cleaning lady-cum-housekeeper played by Alison St...
View BookFind the Balance: Essential Steps To Fulfillment In Your Work and Life
Author: Deborah Tom
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Author Deborah Tom
Narrator Deborah Tom
Duration 1h 17m
Balancing the needs of a career with finding time for personal or family commitments can be a challenge, and working long hours results in decreased performance and stress-related illness. Deborah Tom combines analysis with exercises and case studies to introduce simple but effective strategies to help us understand these issues, and to find a bala...
View BookI'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Anniversary Special
Author: BBC Audiobooks
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Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 53m
To celebrate thirty years of the extremely popular BBC Radio 4 comedy panel game, this release brings together two special editions - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Anniversary Special and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Desert Island - alongside the first ever edition of the programme, originally broadcast on 11 April 1972. Whilst the anniversary special featur...
View BookAuthor: Ibram X. Kendi
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Author Ibram X. Kendi
Narrator Ibram X. Kendi
Duration 10h 44m
Not being racist is not enough. We have to be antiracist. In this rousing and deeply empathetic book, Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Antiracism Research and Policy Center, shows that when it comes to racism, neutrality is not an option: until we become part of the solution, we can only be part of the problem. Using his extraordinary gifts...
View BookAuthor: Rangan Chatterjee
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Author Rangan Chatterjee
Narrator Rangan Chatterjee
Duration 5h 42m
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Four Pillar Plan, written and read by Dr Rangan Chatterjee. In The Four Pillar Plan, Dr Rangan Chatterjee presents us with an incredibly simple framework for taking control of our health. He divides health into four pillars: diet, rest, sleep and movement. By making small, easily achievable changes in e...
View BookIllness As Metaphor and Aids and Its Metaphors
Author: Susan Sontag
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Author Susan Sontag
Narrator Tavia Gilbert
Duration 4h 40m
In l978 Sontag wrote Illness As Metaphor. A cancer patient herself at the time, she shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By demystifying the fantasies surrounding cancer, Sontag shows cancer for what it i...
View BookAlex Ferguson: My Autobiography
Author: Alex Ferguson
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Author Alex Ferguson
Narrator James Macpherson
Duration 9h 15m
Sir Alex Ferguson's compelling story is always honest and revealing. He reflects on his managerial career that embraced unprecedented European success for Aberdeen and 26 triumphant seasons with Manchester United. Sir Alex Ferguson's best-selling autobiography has now been updated to offer reflections on events at Manchester United since his retire...
View BookI'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Three
Author: BBC Audiobooks
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Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 57m
A compilation of hare-brained games including the legendary `Mornington Crescent' from the much-loved `antidote to panel games' chaired by Humphrey Lyttelton. With Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Willie Rushton.
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