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Fry's English Delight Series 3: Accentuate the Negative
Author: Stephen Fry
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Author Stephen Fry
Narrator Stephen Fry
Duration 27m
We discover than "no" can mean "yes". And why you should never mess with Mr. In Between...
View BookAuthor: Botton Alain De
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Author Botton Alain De
Narrator Botton Alain De
Duration 3h 30m
We all worry about what others think of us. We all long to succeed and fear failure. We all suffer - to a greater or lesser degree, usually privately and with embarrassment - from status anxiety. For the first time, Alain de Botton gives a name to this universal condition and sets out to investigate both its origins and possible solutions. He looks...
View BookAuthor: BBC Audiobooks
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Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 38m
It's back! the Radio Four panel game that's not about sport, music, television, advertising, books, hats or gardening. Just funny rounds with funny ideas. Here are some quotes from last year's series: "The laughter that's worth every penny" Simon Garfield in The Mail On Sunday. "A hugely enjoyable addition to the comedy panel game genre" Heat magaz...
View BookAn Interview With David Almond
Author: Listening Books
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Author Books Listening
Narrator David Almond
Duration 12m
An interview with David Almond, author of children's books Skellig and A Song for Ella Grey. Photo credit Sarah Jane Palmer.
View BookAuthor: Sophie Sabbage
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Author Sophie Sabbage
Narrator The Author
Duration 6h 47m
'I have cancer. Cancer does not have me.' Sophie Sabbage was diagnosed with late stage 'incurable' lung cancer in October 2014. She was 48 years old, happily married with a 4-year-old daughter. Since that day - when doctors told Sophie that her prognosis was poor - she has been on a remarkable journey of healing and transformation that has reshaped...
View BookAuthor: Bear Grylls
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Author Bear Grylls
Narrator Tom Patrick Stevens
Duration 1h 52m
On the 29th May 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made history as they took their first triumphant steps on the top of the world. On 16 May 1998, Bear Grylls followed those same footsteps, achieving a childhood dream and entering the Guinness Book of Records, as the youngest Briton, at 23, to summit Mount Everest. Taken from his bestselling au...
View BookThora Hird's Little Book of Home Truths
Author: Thora Hird
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Author Thora Hird
Narrator Thora Hird
Duration 1h 23m
This audiobook is a collection of things Thora Hird was taught growing up in Morecambe, and things she's learnt for herself over eighty years. She dispenses the 'home truths' in her own style. These epigrams about everyday living include the gems 'It's never too late to mend a broken fence' and 'There is more to marriage than four bare legs in a be...
View BookAuthor: BBC Audiobooks
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Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 37m
It's back, the show they didn't dare call King Stupid Series 2! A new presenter, new panellists, new title, new timeslot, new silly games and more jokes than ever in the show Robert Hanks in The Independent called "a brilliant panel game" and Tracey MacLeod in Night & Day called "genuinely brilliant". The producers are David Tyler and Sarah Smi...
View BookAuthor: Age Independent
Format: MP3 CD
Author Age Independent
Narrator Unknown
Duration 3h 54m
Our Advice for later life Wise Guide will tell you all you need to know about benefits, debt help, discounts and lots more. You don't have to be retired yourself to pick up great tips. This is a fantastic resource for relatives, volunteers, healthcare workers and anyone closely involved with older people. Whether you want to pay less on the train o...
View BookThis Sceptred Isle: 55 Bc - 1087 Caesar To William the Conqueror
Author: Christopher Lee
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Author Christopher Lee
Narrator Anna Massey
SeriesThis Sceptred Isle, Book 1
Duration 3h
The award-winning story of Britain, from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. 'Wonderful.This Sceptred Isle has provided one of the greatest treats for listeners in recent years.' Paul Donovan, Sunday Times. Britain was at the egde of the known world when, under the Emperor Claudius, the Romans brought to the...
View BookAuthor: Bob Monkhouse
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Author Bob Monkhouse
Narrator Bob Monkhouse
Duration 1h 29m
Enjoy Bob's genius as a writer, stand-up comedian, chat-show host and compere as he looks back on a lifetime of laughs in a selecton from his most famous radio and television shows.
View BookAn Interview With Kiran Millwood-hargrave
Author: Listening Books
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Author Listening Books
Narrator Kiran Millwood-Hargrave
Duration 17m
An interview with Kiran Millwood-Hargrave, author of children's books The Girl of Ink of Stars and The Island at the End of Everything.
View BookThis Sceptred Isle: 1660-1702 Restoration and Glorious Resolution
Author: Christopher Lee
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Author Christopher Lee
Narrator Anna Massey
SeriesThis Sceptred Isle, Book 5
Duration 3h 6m
The award-winning story of Britain, from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. 'Wonderful.This Sceptred Isle has provided one of the greatest treats for listeners in recent years.' Paul Donovan, Sunday Times. After the death of Oliver Crowmwell, the Protectorate collapsed and parliament voted for the return of...
View BookAuthor: Tony Benn
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Author Tony Benn
Narrator Tony Benn
SeriesThe Benn Tapes, Book 1
Duration 1h 54m
Now issued for the first time on audio, this is the first series of Labour MP Tony Benn's behind-the-scenes revelations from the highly acclaimed BBC Radio 4 series. Late each night for over twenty-five years the Labour MP and former Secretary of State Tony Benn sat alone and dictated onto audio his account of the daily events at the heart of gover...
View BookAuthor: Clarissa Pinkola Estes
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Author Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Narrator The Author
Duration 2h 18m
First published three years before the print edition of Women Who Run With the Wolves made publishing history, this original audio edition quickly became an underground bestseller. For its insights into the inner life of women, it established Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Est‚s as one of the most important voices of our time in the fields of Jungian p...
View BookAn Interview With Robert Thorogood
Author: Listening Books, Robert Thorogood
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Author Listening Books, Robert Thorogood
Narrator Robert Thorogood
Duration 22m
An interview with Robert Thorogood, author of the Death in Paradise television show and the spin-off series of novels.
View BookAuthor: Gilda O'Neill
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Author Gilda O'Neill
Narrator Michael Tudor Barnes
Duration 7h 35m
Were things really better in the good old days? The 19th century was a time when there were not only massive gulfs being created between the upper, middle, and working classes, but there was also a growing awareness of the existence of an even more impoverished underclass: a terrifying demi-monde of criminals, tarts, and no-hope low lifes. Gilda O'...
View BookThis Sceptred Isle: 1547-1660 Elizabeth I To Cromwell
Author: Christopher Lee
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Author Christopher Lee
Narrator Anna Massey
SeriesThis Sceptred Isle, Book 4
Duration 3h 4m
The award-winning story of Britain, from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. 'Wonderful.This Sceptred Isle has provided one of the greatest treats for listeners in recent years.' Paul Donovan, Sunday Times. The story of Britain, from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901...
View BookBe Creative: Essential Steps To Revitalise Your Work and Life
Author: Guy Claxton, Bill Lucas
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Author Guy Claxton, Bill Lucas
Narrator The Authors
Duration 1h 11m
Creativity is a major economic force of the 21st century. In concise steps, Guy Claxton and Bill Lucas explain what `creativity' is and how creative thinking can be learned. Making use of exercises and case studies, the authors demonstrate essential skills for the workplace and show how developing creative ability can help us achieve harmony, balan...
View BookDiaries 2001-2007: More Time For Politics
Author: Tony Benn
Format: MP3 CD
Author Tony Benn
Narrator Tony Benn
Duration 4h 30m
When Tony Benn left Parliament after 51 years he quoted his wife Caroline's remark that now he would have 'more time for politics'. And so this has proved: in the first seven years of this century he has helped reinvigorate national debate through public meetings, mass campaigns and appearances in the media, passionately bringing moral and politica...
View BookAuthor: Listening Books, Sarah Perry
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Author Listening Books, Sarah Perry
Narrator Sarah Perry
Duration 17m
An interview with Sarah Perry, the author of The Essex Serpent and After Me Comes the Flood. Photo credit Jamie Drew.
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