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Author: Julia Samuel
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Author Julia Samuel
Narrator The Author
Duration 8h 41m
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Grief Works, written and read by Julia Samuel. Death is the last taboo in our society, and grief is still profoundly misunderstood. So many of us feel awkward and uncertain around death, and shy away from talking honestly with family and friends. Grief Works is a compassionate guide...
View BookAuthor: William Pullen
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Author William Pullen
Narrator Roy Mcmillan
Duration 4h 6m
Anyone who has ever gone for a run, jog or even a walk knows that uplifting, happy feeling they get at the end of their journey. Some call it the 'runner's high', others put it down to endorphins, here William Pullen teaches us focus that incredible energy to experience our emotions in motion. In Run for Your Life, Pullen argues that we need a radi...
View BookAuthor: Richard Dawkins
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Author Richard Dawkins
Narrator The Author, Lalla Ward
Duration 7h
In this audiobook Dawkins argues for the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm it has inflicted on society. He suggests that while Europe is becoming increasingly securalised, the rise of religious fundamentalism, whether in the Middle East or Middle America, is dangerously dividing opinion around the world - and all from belief in a...
View BookAuthor: Casey Cep
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Author Casey Cep
Narrator Hillary Huber
Duration 11h 20m
The stunning story of an Alabama serial killer and the true-crime book that Harper Lee worked on obsessively in the years after To Kill a Mockingbird. Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a re...
View BookAuthor: Nick Littlehales
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Author Nick Littlehales
Narrator Nick Littlehales
Duration 6h 38m
Most us have disturbed, restless nights and rely on a cocktail of caffeine and sugar to drag us through the day. Yet the hours we spend in bed shape our mood, motivation and decision-making skills - defining our performance in work, at home and while keeping fit. We need a new approach to sleep. In this ground-breaking book, Nick Littlehales, elite...
View BookAuthor: C.S. Lewis
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Author C.S. Lewis
Narrator Ralph Cosham
Duration 1h 51m
Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moments," A Grief Observed is C. S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise, genuine reflections on that period: "Nothing will shake a man-or at any rate a man like me-out of his me...
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 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: Nick Robinson
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Author Nick Robinson
Narrator Nick Robinson
Duration 1h 52m
This series explores how prime ministers have used their power and responded to the great challenges of their time and how they made the job what it is today. The prime ministers covered include: Sir Robert Walpole, the first and longest-serving prime minister; Lord North, remembered as the prime minister who lost America; Sir Robert Peel, who put...
View BookAuthor: Overseas Inc Penton
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Author Overseas Inc Penton
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 3m
Learn with rhythm; learn with tunes, Spanish, English words you'll use! This bilingual vocabulary builder for Spanish or English coveres 500 words and expressions, plus conversation set to an original music score that energizes the listener, engaging both left and right brain for optimal learning.
View BookAuthor: Overseas Inc Penton
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Author Overseas Inc Penton
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 5m
Learn with rhythm; learn with tunes, German, English words you'll use! This bilingual vocabulary builder for German or English coveres 500 words and expressions, plus conversation set to an original music score that energizes the listener, engaging both left and right brain for optimal learning.
View BookAuthor: Overseas Inc. Penton
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Author Overseas Inc. Penton
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 4m
Learn with rhythm; learn with tunes, French, English words you'll use! This bilingual vocabulary builder for French or English coveres 500 words and expressions, plus conversation set to an original music score that energizes the listener, engaging both left and right brain for optimal learning.
View BookHow To Write Fiction Without the Fuss
Author: Lucy Mccarraher
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Author Lucy Mccarraher
Narrator Lorelei King
Duration 3h 35m
If you've ever wanted to try your hand at fiction, started a novel or short story, or completed a manuscript-but think it lacks a certain something, this is the book for you. This handbook takes you through all aspects of the craft of fiction writing and gives you a clear understanding of the fundamentals, along with tools and tips to enhance your...
View BookAuthor: John Grisham
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Author John Grisham
Narrator Vincent Marcello
Duration 14h 32m
This is John Grisham's first work of non-fiction. In the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the Oakland A's, he left his hometown of Ada and went to pursue his dreams of big league glory. Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habits. He began to sho...
View BookThe Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Author: Mark Manson
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Author Mark Manson
Narrator Roger Wayne
Duration 5h 20m
In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people. For decades, we've been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let's be honest, shit is f*...
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Author Mark Manson
Narrator Mark Manson
Duration 7h 2m
We live in an interesting time. Materially, everything is the best it's ever been-we are freer, healthier and wealthier than any people in human history. Yet, somehow everything seems to be irreparably and horribly f*cked-the planet is warming, governments are failing, economies are collapsing, and everyone is perpetually offended on Twitter. At th...
View BookAuthor: Marie Kondo
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Author Marie Kondo
Narrator Sumalee Monato
Duration 5h 31m
Spark Joy is an in-depth, line illustrated, room-by-room guide to decluttering and organising your home. It covers every room in the house from bedrooms and kitchens to bathrooms and living rooms as well as a wide range of items in different categories, including clothes, photographs, paperwork, books, cutlery, cosmetics, shoes, bags, wallets and v...
View BookAlistair Cooke's American Journey
Author: Alistair Cooke
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Author Alistair Cooke
Narrator Byrne Cooke
Duration 13h 20m
Alistair Cooke, then a Washington correspondent for 'The Guardian', recognised a great story to be told in investigating at first hand the effects of the Second World War on America and the daily lives of Americans as they adjusted to radically new circumstances. Within weeks of the Pearl Harbour attack, with a reporter's zeal, Cooke set off on a c...
View BookPeople and Places Complete Series 4
Author: Melvyn Bragg
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Author Melvyn Bragg
Narrator Melvyn Bragg
SeriesRoutes of English, Book 4
Duration 2h 45m
Melvyn Bragg examines some of the many different varieties of English spoken around the world today, taking in Spanglish from the USA, Indian English, Caribbean English, Australian English, South African English, and finally a kind of "international English" used between non-native English speakers.
View BookCutting A Dash (eats, Shoots & Leaves)
Author: Lynne Truss
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Author Lynne Truss
Narrator Lynne Truss
Duration 1h 10m
This is the Radio 4 series that inspired the bestselling book 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves'. Over five programmes Lynne Truss explores changing fashions in punctuation; for example, she accompanies the founder of the Apostrophe Protection Society through Berwick Street Market on the hunt for the 'greengrocer's apostrophe'!
View BookHow To Write A Book This Weekend, Even If You Flunked English Like I Did
Author: Vic Johnson
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Author Vic Johnson
Narrator Wes Talbot
Duration 1h 35m
Who Else Wants To Write a Book This Weekend?"It's easier than you think! Best-selling author Vic Johnson actually wrote this book in a weekend to prove how easy it is. And he gives you step-by-step detail of everything he did, including the resources he uses to turn out content-rich books in no time at all. How To Write a Book This Weekend is a per...
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