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Author: Boy George
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Author Boy George
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Duration 7h 41m
THE OFFICIAL STORY OF A MUSICAL ICON - TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS OWN WORDS'In what might be the most entertaining music memoir since Elton John's Me, Boy George's Karma weaves a meandering path through several decades' of fame, success, crash and burn, before delivering him into a kind of autumnal meditative serenity... This is George...
View BookAuthor: Joel Morris
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Author Joel Morris
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Duration 9h 2m
Comedy can soothe our pain, vent our anger, make us feel less alone, and provide the answer to life's most difficult questions, such as What do you call a man with a seagull on his head?* It's a social glue, but it can also be divisive, and the joke is on us if we don't understand how it works. So what are the rules? How does comedy do its magic, a...
View BookAuthor: Audrey Golden
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Author Audrey Golden
Narrator Jessica Joslin, Ebony Jonelle
Duration 16h 53m
Factory Records has become the stuff of legend. The histories of the label have been told from many perspectives, from visual catalogues and memoirs to exhibitions. Yet no in-depth history has ever been told from the perspectives of the women who were integral to Factory's cultural significance. The untold history of Factory Records is one of women...
View BookAuthor: Leigh-Anne Pinnock
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Author Leigh-Anne Pinnock
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Duration 7h 42m
Leigh-Anne Pinnock's life changed overnight when she became part of the first ever girl band to win the X-Factor. The multi-platinum selling supergroup Little Mix, went on to become one of the biggest girl bands of all time. Launched into chart-topping global fame, Leigh-Anne was living her childhood dream of becoming a popstar. But behind the scen...
View BookThe Noel Coward BBC Radio Drama Collection
Author: Noel Coward
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Author Noel Coward
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 11h 55m
Seven BBC radio full-cast productions of Noël Coward's classic plays – plus bonus material including a profile of Coward and extracts from his diariesRenowned for his wit, style and sophistication, Noël Coward was one of the greatest playwrights of the twentieth century. His plays, set in the glittering world of high society in whic...
View BookOne Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time
Author: Craig Brown
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Author Craig Brown
Narrator Mark McGann, Kate Robbins
Duration 20h 20m
SHORTLISTED for the Baillie Gifford Prize’s 25th Anniversary Winner of Winners award WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2020 A Spectator Book of the Year A Times Book of the Year A Telegraph Book of the Year A Sunday Times Book of the Year From the award-winning author of Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret com...
View BookAuthor: Dave Grohl
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Author Dave Grohl
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Duration 10h 35m
Read by Dave Grohl. Features excerpts from five never-before-heard demos performed by Dave Grohl and an original story exclusive to The Storyteller audiobook. So, I've written a book.Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ('It's a piece of cake! Just do four hours of interviews, find someone else to...
View BookAuthor: Questlove , Ben Greenman
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Author Questlove , Ben Greenman
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Duration 11h
In MUSIC IS HISTORY bestselling author and Sundance award-winning director Questlove harnesses his encyclopedic knowledge of popular music and his deep curiosity about history to examine America over the past fifty years. MUSIC IS HISTORY focuses on the years 1971 to the present, not only the country's most complex and rewarding half-century when i...
View BookAuthor: Listening Books, Eimear Ryan
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Author Listening Books, Eimear Ryan
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Duration 20m
An interview with Eimear Ryan, author of the novel Holding Her Breath, available to borrow from our online catalogue.
View BookAuthor: Listening Books, Cari Thomas
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Author Listening Books, Cari Thomas
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Duration 35m
We chat with Cari Thomas, author of the fantasy novel Threadneedle, which is available to borrow from our online and CD libraries.
View BookAn Interview with Rachel Marks
Author: Listening Books, Rachel Marks
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Author Listening Books, Rachel Marks
Narrator Rachel Marks
Duration 26m
We chat with Rachel Marks, author of the novel Until Next Weekend, available to borrow from the Listening Books online library.
View BookAuthor: Listening Books, Tim Weaver
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Author Listening Books, Tim Weaver
Narrator Tim Weaver
Duration 23m
An interview with Tim Weaver, author of the David Raker series, available to borrow from our online catalogue.
View BookAuthor: Dolly Parton
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Author Dolly Parton
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Duration 5h 18m
A Recorded Books Audio Original production of songs and stories performed by Dolly herself, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics goes beyond the glitz, glamour, and rhinestones to the warmth, heart, and soul of a treasured pop-culture icon. In this exclusive audio performance, the ten-time Grammy Award–winning artist weaves her words w...
View BookAuthor: Lenny Henry
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Author Lenny Henry
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Duration 7h 22m
In 1975, a gangly black 16-year-old from Dudley, decked out in floppy bow tie and Frank Spencer beret, appeared on our TV screens for the first time. So began the transformation from apprentice factory worker to future national treasure of Sir Lenny Henry. In his long-awaited autobiography, Lenny tells the extraordinary story of his early years an...
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Author: Listening Books
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Author Listening Books
Narrator Various Readers
Duration 1h 5m
An audio newsletter containing Listening Books news, audiobook reviews, a quiz and an interview with actor and audiobook narrator, Hugh Fraser. 02.15 - Listening Books Update 06.25 - Interview with Hugh Fraser 20.45 - Audiobook Reviews 39.35 - Book Quiz
View BookAuthor: Debbie Harry
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Author Debbie Harry
Narrator Clem Burke
Duration 8h 53m
Debbie Harry is a musician, actor, activist and the iconic face of New York City cool. As the front-woman of Blondie, she and the band forged a new sound that brought together the worlds of rock, punk, disco, reggae and hip-hop to create some of the most beloved pop songs of all time. With all the grit, grime, and glory recounted in intimate detail...
View BookAuthor: Andrew Ridgeley
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Author Andrew Ridgeley
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Duration 5h 59m
For the first time, Andrew Ridgeley - one half of one of the most famous bands in the world - tells the inside story of Wham! and his life-long friendship with George Michael. It is 1975, Watford, and two teenagers, George and Andrew, meet for the first time. Bonding over their love for singing, song writing and pop music, together they set out to...
View BookAuthor: Daniel Levitin
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Author Daniel Levitin
Narrator Daniel Levitin
Duration 11h 46m
Brought to you by Penguin. Using musical examples from Bach to the Beatles, Levitin reveals the role of music in human evolution, shows how our musical preferences begin to form even before we are born and explains why music can offer such an emotional experience. Music is an obsession at the heart of human nature, even more fundamental to our spec...
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: Min Kym
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Author Min Kym
Narrator Rebecca Yeo
Duration 8h 10m
Penguin presents the complete unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Gone by Min Kym, read by Rebecca Yeo. 'The hours fell away as I read this spellbinding tale of love, loss, and above all devotion to art. You probably don't know what it feels like to be a child prodigy or a world class violinist, but you will after reading this luminous me...
View BookAuthor: Johnny Marr
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Author Johnny Marr
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Duration 9h 30m
Johnny Marr was born in 1960s Manchester to Irish emigrant parents and knew from an early age that he would be a musician. Forming his first band at thirteen, Marr spent his teenage years on the council estates of Wythenshawe playing guitar, devouring pop culture and inventing his own musical style. It wasn't until the early eighties, when Marr tur...
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