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Author: David Suchet
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Author David Suchet
Narrator David Suchet
Duration 9h 55m
Hercule Poirot, with his distinctive moustache and fastidious ways, is one of Agatha Christie's finest creations and one of the world's best-loved detectives. Through his television performance in ITV's Agatha Christie's Poirot, David Suchet has become inextricably linked with the 'little Belgian', a man whom he has grown to love dearly through an...
View BookAuthor: Philip Mould
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Author Philip Mould
Narrator Philip Mould
Duration 13m
Art historian Philip Mould discusses the art chosen by Government ministers in this BBC Radio 4 broadcast from 26 January 2011. Becoming a Minister has many perks, but one they can see every day is the art hanging in their office, often borrowed from the Government Art Collection. Art historian Philip Mould speaks to new ministers about what they c...
View BookAuthor: Nella Last
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Author Nella Last
Narrator Carole Boyd
Duration 11h 33m
In September 1939, housewife and mother, Nella Last, began a diary whose entries, in their regularity, length and quality, have created a record of the Second World War which is powerful, fascinating and unique. When war broke out, Nella's younger son joined the army while the rest of the family tried to adapt to civilian life. Writing each day for...
View BookAuthor: Phillips Katia Narain
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Author Phillips Katia Narain
Narrator The Authors
Duration 4h 30m
Wellness pioneers Nadia Narain and Katia Narain Phillips have spent decades helping others to feel their best. But it took them a bit longer to learn to care for themselves. Here they share the small, achievable steps they picked up on a lifetime's journey towards self-care, and how you can apply them to your life, wherever you are.
View BookWriters In Britain: The Brontes
Author: David Orme
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Author David Orme
Narrator Krystyna Gajda
Duration 46m
This audiobook describes the background of an extraordinary family and puts their life and work in the context of the great social, political and economic changes that took place during their short lives. An excellent introduction to the Bronte family.
View BookAuthor: Barack Obama
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Author Barack Obama
Narrator Barack Obama
Duration 6h 10m
Senator Barack Obama reflects on the American ideals that led him into politics. Barack Obama has been hailed by voters of all stripes as a man of uncommon gifts and far-reaching vision. In THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, he draws on his personal experience as a senator and lawyer, professor and father, Christian and skeptic, and finds a shared language abou...
View BookAuthor: Emma Gannon
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Author Emma Gannon
Narrator Emma Gannon
Duration 7h 9m
The Multi-Hyphen Method is an essential new business audiobook for the digital age. The Internet and our phones mean we can work wherever, whenever, and allow us to design our own working lives. In The Multi-Hyphen Method, Emma Gannon teaches that it doesn't matter if you're a part-time PA with a blog or a physio who runs an online jewellery store...
View BookRise Up: The #merky Story So Far
Author: Stormzy
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Author Stormzy
Narrator Various
Duration 4h 52m
In three years Stormzy has risen from one of the most promising musicians of his generation to a spokesperson for a generation. Rise Up is the story of how he got there. It's a story about faith and the ideas worth fighting for. It's about knowing where you're from, and where you're going. It's about following your dreams without compromising who y...
View BookAuthor: Marcus Aurelius
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Author Marcus Aurelius
Narrator Duncan Steen
Duration 5h 10m
A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behavior, it remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. Marcus's insights and advice-on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity and interacting with others-have made this required...
View BookTom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters, Series 1, Episode 4
Author: Tom Wrigglesworth
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Author Tom Wrigglesworth
Narrator Tom Wrigglesworth
SeriesTom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters Series 1, Book 4
Duration 27m
In this fourth episode from his fantastically funny BBC Radio 4 series that investigates the myriad examples of corporate lunacy and maddening jobsworths in modern Britain, comedian Tom Wrigglesworth asks why we still bother with estate agents.
View BookAuthor: Christopher Hibbert
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Author Christopher Hibbert
Narrator Zulema Dene
Duration 9h
Hibbert charts the French Revolution from its beginnings as an impromptu meeting on an indoor tennis court at Versailles in 1789, through to the coup d'etat of 1795 that brought Napoleon to power.
View BookTom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters, Series 1, Episode 3
Author: Tom Wrigglesworth
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Author Tom Wrigglesworth
Narrator Tom Wrigglesworth
SeriesTom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters Series 1, Book 3
Duration 27m
In this third episode from his fantastically funny BBC Radio 4 series that investigates the myriad examples of corporate lunacy and maddening jobsworths in modern Britain, comedian Tom Wrigglesworth wonders how on earth the bankers keep getting away with it.
View BookAuthor: Various
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Author Various
Narrator Jon Culshaw Et Al
SeriesDead Ringers Series 2, Book 2
Duration 1h 47m
Following the first highly successful release of episodes from the runaway Radio 4 hit, four episodes from the second series are released here. Once again Jon Culshaw, Kate Robbins and fellow impersonators ransack the worlds of politics and broadcasting in the name of comedy. Popular favourites such as 'Brian Perkins', 'The Doctor', 'Alan Bennett',...
View BookTom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters, Series 1, Episode 2
Author: Tom Wrigglesworth
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Author Tom Wrigglesworth
Narrator Tom Wrigglesworth
SeriesTom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters Series 1, Book 2
Duration 27m
n this second episode from his fantastically funny BBC Radio 4 series that investigates the myriad examples of corporate lunacy and maddening jobsworths in modern Britain, comedian Tom Wrigglesworth is bemused by the peculiar practices of utilities companies.
View BookTom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters, Series 1, Episode 1
Author: Tom Wrigglesworth
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Author Tom Wrigglesworth
Narrator Tom Wrigglesworth
SeriesTom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters Series 1, Book 1
Duration 27m
In this first episode from his fantastically funny BBC Radio 4 series that investigates the myriad examples of corporate lunacy and maddening jobsworths in modern Britain, comedian Tom Wrigglesworth finds himself baffled by the weird world of parking enforcement.
View BookAuthor: BBC Audiobooks
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Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 7m
A seventh helping of inspired ad-libbery from the multi award-winning BBC Radio 4 series. Chairman Humphrey Lyttelton presides over regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden in four shows from the the 2001/2002 series of the antidote to panel games. Accept no substitutes.
View BookAuthor: Katharine Whitehorn
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Author Katharine Whitehorn
Narrator Katharine Whitehorn
Duration 8h 33m
On her husband's choice of neckwear: 'did you buy that tie?', 'Of course I did - how do you think I got it?', 'I assumed it had been given away free with something.' Katharine Whitehorn pioneered the first of the personal columns. She told us how it really was. She was funny - and smart. 'The Observer's' star columnist for 40 years, much loved for...
View BookAuthor: Summer Rayne Oakes
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Author Summer Rayne Oakes
Narrator Various
Duration 5h 1m
Summer Rayne Oakes, an urban houseplant expert and environmental scientist, is the icon of wellness-minded millennials who want to bring nature indoors, according to a New York Times profile. Summer has managed to grow 1,000 houseplants in her Brooklyn apartment (and they're thriving!) Her secret? She approaches her relationships with plants as int...
View BookAuthor: Naomi Klein
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Author Naomi Klein
Narrator Liza Ross
Duration 21h 55m
We seem to have given up on any serious effort to prevent catastrophic climate change. Exposing the work of ideologues on the right who know the challenge this poses to the free market all too well, Naomi Klein also challenges the failing strategies of environmental groups. It's time to stop running from the full implications of the crisis and begi...
View BookClassics: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Mary Beard
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Author Mary Beard
Narrator Tim Bentink
Duration 3h 42m
This demystifying and enthusiastic Very Short Introduction to Classics links a haunting temple on a lonely mountainside to the glory of ancient Greece and the grandeur of Rome, and to Classics within modern culture - from Jefferson and Byron to Asterix and Ben-Hur.
View BookAuthor: BBC Audiobooks
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Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 6m
Another helping of inspired ad-libbery from the multi award-winning BBC Radio 4 series. 'The funniest comedy quiz show of them all.' Sue Arnold, Observer. Chairman Humphrey Lyttelton presides over regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden in another four shows from the antidote to panel games. Accept no substitutes.
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