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Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy
Author: Sandberg Sheryl
Author Sandberg Sheryl
Narrator Elisa Donovan
Duration 6h 14m
After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. "I was in 'the void,'" she writes, "a vast emptiness that fills your heart and lungs and restricts your ability to think or even breathe." Her friend Adam Grant, a psychologist at Wharton, told her there are concrete steps...
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Word By Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
Author: Kory Stamper
Author Kory Stamper
Narrator Kory Stamper
Duration 9h 48m
HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO DEFINE the word "is"? Do you have strong feelings about the word "irregardless"? Brimming with intelligence and personality, this vastly entertaining account of how dictionaries are made is a must-read for word mavens. Many of us take dictionaries for granted, and few may realize that the process of writing dictionaries is, i...
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English: A Story of Marmite, Queuing and Weather
Author: Ben Fogle
Author Ben Fogle
Narrator Rupert Farley
Duration 9h 21m
What makes the English English? Is it their eccentricity, their passionate love (or, indeed, hatred) of Marmite - or is it something less easily defined? Beginning at the top of a muddy Gloucestershire slope at the Coopers Hill cheese-rolling contest and traversing a landscape of lawns and queues, coastlines and sporting arenas, Ben Fogle takes us...
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Author: Listening Books
Author Books Listening
Narrator Alan Durant
Duration 14m
Alan Durant is a children's author and poet. His Creepe Hall series and YA novel Publish or Die are available to borrow from our MP3 CD library.
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An Interview With Ben Aaronovitch
Author: Listening Books
Author Books Listening
Narrator Ben Aaronovitch
Duration 18m
Ben Aaronovitch is the author of The Rivers of London series, the first four books are available to borrow from our MP3 CD library.
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Author: Listening Books
Author Books Listening
Narrator Bill Bryson
Duration 12m
Bill Bryson has written books in a variety of genres including travel, languages and science. We have a number of his titles available to borrow from both our online and MP3 CD catalogues.
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An Interview With Christopher Paolini
Author: Listening Books
Author Books Listening
Narrator Christopher Paolini
Duration 29m
Christopher Paolini is the author of the Inheritance Cycle series, which is available is borrow from both our online and MP3 CD catalogues.
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An Interview With James Runcie
Author: Listening Books
Author Listening Books
Narrator James Runcie
Duration 21m
James Runcie is a novelist, playwright, TV producer and documentary filmmaker. His Granchester series of books is available to borrow from our library on MP3 CD. Photo ¸ Charlotte Runcie.
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An Interview With Melvyn Bragg
Author: Listening Books
Author Books Listening
Narrator Melvyn Bragg
Duration 12m
Melvyn Bragg is an author and broadcaster. We have a number of his radio documentaries, including the Routes of English series, available to borrow from our online library.
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An Interview With Robert Winston
Author: Listening Books
Author Books Listening
Narrator Robert Winston
Duration 10m
Robert Winston is a scientist, author and broadcaster. We have several of his science books for children available to borrow from both our online and MP3 CD library.
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An Interview With Sarah Millican
Author: Listening Books, Sarah Millican
Author Listening Books, Sarah Millican
Narrator Sarah Millican
Duration 9m
Sarah Millican is a comedian and writer, we have her radio series Sarah Millican's Support Group available to borrow from our online library. Image © Matt Crockett.
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Author: Listening Books
Author Books Listening
Narrator Vaseem Khan
Duration 16m
Vaseem Khan is a crime writer, the first two books in his Baby Ganesh Detective Agency series are available to borrow from both our online and MP3 CD library. Photo ¸ Nirupama Khan.
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An Interview With Rachel Abbott
Author: Listening Books
Author Books Listening
Narrator Rachel Abbott
Duration 16m
Rachel Abbott is an author of psychological crime thrillers. Two of her books, Only the Innocent and The Back Road are available to borrow from our library.
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The Amazing Book Is Not On Fire
Author: Phil Lester
Author Phil Lester
Narrator The Authors
Duration 4h 25m
If you found The Amazing Book is Not on Fire at least mildly interesting, or even if you didn't read it at all, then you will LOVE our audiobook! Not only do you get us sensually narrating the whole thing in your ears, but there are over three hours of exclusive behind-the-scenes commentary on the book, and irrelevant Dan and Phil banter straight f...
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An Interview With Michelle Paver
Author: Listening Books, Michelle Paver
Author Listening Books, Michelle Paver
Narrator Michelle Paver
Duration 19m
Michelle Paver is a novelist and children's writer, a number of her books are available to borrow from both our online and MP3 CD library.
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Author: Listening Books, Sarah Perry
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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An Interview With Robert Thorogood
Author: Listening Books, Robert Thorogood
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.
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An Interview With Kiran Millwood-hargrave
Author: Listening Books
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.
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An Interview With Ruth Hatfield
Author: Listening Books
Author Books Listening
Narrator Ruth Hatfield
Duration 23m
An interview with Ruth Hatfield, author of children's series Book of Storms.
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An Interview With David Almond
Author: Listening Books
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.
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Author: Cathy Glass
Author Cathy Glass
Narrator Denica Fairman
Duration 9h 9m
Will You Love Me? tells the true story of Cathy's adopted daughter Lucy, who was born to a single mother who couldn't cope, and was taken into permanent foster care aged 8. By the time Lucy was fostered with Cathy she was severely distressed, withdrawn, refusing to eat and three years behind at school. But Cathy and her two children bond with Lucy...
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