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Author: Peter Hart
Format: MP3 CD
Author Peter Hart
Narrator Clive Mantle
Duration 6h 21m
This epic account of the events of 1918 describes what is in some respects a forgotten chapter in history. The soldiers who returned to Britain in November 1918 were not the martyrs or victims of popular memory - they were a victorious army and were greeted as heroes. As the Oral Historian at the Imperial War Museum, Peter Hart has unprecedented ac...
View BookAuthor: Irene Gut Updike
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Author Irene Gut Updike
Narrator Hope Davis
Duration 7h 6m
IRENE GUT WAS just 17 in 1939, when the Germans and Russians devoured her native Poland. Just a girl, really. But a girl who saw evil and chose to defy it.
View BookAtticus the Storyteller's 100 Greek Myths: Volume 2
Author: Lucy Coats
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Author Lucy Coats
Narrator Simon Russell Beale
SeriesAtticus the Storyteller, Book 2
Duration 2h 20m
Atticus the Storyteller leaves his family in Crete and sets off on a year-long journey round Greece. Wherever he goes he tells stories to anyone who will listen - sailors, shepherds, actors, athletes, children and grannies. The stories he tells are the myths of Theseus and the Minotaur, Daedalus and Icarus, King Midas, the labours of Heracles, the...
View BookUnderstanding Adhd, Autism, Dyslexia and Dyspraxia
Author: Professor Colin Terrell, Dr Terri Passenger
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Author Professor Colin Terrell, Dr Terri Passenger
Narrator David Craik
Duration 2h 39m
Part of the Family Doctor series. This audiobook describes the four most common developmental disorders of childhood. The basic features of each disorder - diagnosis, incidence and treatment strategies - are covered separately.
View BookAuthor: Anne Frank
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Author Anne Frank
Narrator Helena Bonham Carter
Duration 10h 8m
The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl, including the 5 'missing pages' discovered by the Anne Frank Foundation in 2001. Insightfully read by the actress Helena Bonham Carter. In Amsterdam, in the summer of 1942, the Nazis forced teenager Anne Frank and her family into hiding. For over two years, th...
View BookAuthor: John Barrow
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Author John Barrow
Narrator John Barrow
Duration 3h 30m
What does it mean to say that the universe appeared out of nothing? Did it need a beginning and will it ever end? Why do we think that most of the universe is invisible? This audiobook explains how the findings from the COBE satellite allow us to shed light on the events at the dawn of time.
View BookKarma and Rebirth - In A Nutshell
Author: Jinananda
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Author Jinananda
Narrator Jinananda
Duration 1h 18m
Karma and rebirth are words used by many but properly understood by few. In his accessible introduction, Jinananda explains that although these concepts are presumed to be principally from the East, they have in fact been part of the life-view of societies all over the world. However, it is the cultures of India, Tibet and China that colour the con...
View BookAuthor: Diana Kapp
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Author Diana Kapp
Narrator Nancy Linari
Duration 7h 44m
Part biography, part business how-to, and fully empowering, this book is the perfect gift for future entrepenuers...because you're never too young to dream BIG! With colorful portraits, fun interviews and DIY tips, Girls Who Run the World features the success stories of 31 leading ladies today of companies like Rent the Runway, PopSugar, and Soul C...
View BookAuthor: Mayim Bialik
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Author Mayim Bialik
Narrator Mayim Bialik
Duration 4h 20m
Mayim Bialik, star of The Big Bang Theory and author of the #1 bestseller Girling Up, puts her Ph.D. to work to talk to teen boys about the science and pressures of growing up male in today's world. A must-have book for all teenage boys! Why does my voice crack like that? What should I eat to build muscle? How do I talk to someone I have a crush on...
View BookAuthor: Rob Kemp
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Author Rob Kemp
Narrator Jonathan Mcgarrity
Duration 3h
What if we celebrated boys for their kindness as well their strength? For their generosity as well as their success? For their loyal friendship as well as their charm? The Good Guys introduces us to 50 heroes who have showed that changing the world doesn't require a sword or a corporate jet. Readers will find stories of extraordinary men including...
View BookAuthor: Agnieszka Biskup
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Author Agnieszka Biskup
Narrator Various
Duration 49m
Follows the adventures of Max Axiom as he explains the science behind ecosystems.
View BookFlash Revise Gcse: Physical Education
Author: Tony Scott
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Author Tony Scott
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 2h 26m
This audiobook is ideal for quick revision. There are over 350 quick-fire questions and their answers along with exam tips. Areas covered are: a healthy, active lifestyle and your anatomy; diet and your personal health and wellbeing, and exercise, fitness and performance.
View BookAuthor: Diane Ackerman
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Author Diane Ackerman
Narrator Suzanne Toren
Duration 11h
When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen guests hid inside the Zabinskis' villa. Jan, active in the Polish resistance, kept ammunition buried in the elephant enclosure and s...
View BookIdeas of the Modern World: Feminism
Author: Kay Stearman
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Author Kay Stearman
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 1h 32m
This audiobook looks at the history of feminism and at its gradual impact on societies throughout the world. It also examines the effect that movements such as fascism and communism had on feminism.
View BookBackgrounds To English Literature: The Victorians
Author: Aidan Cruttenden
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Author Aidan Cruttenden
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 4h 40m
Designed for students at AS and A2 level, this audiobook sets out the political, social and economic framework of the Victorian period. It also focuses on the forms and styles of poetry, the various influences on the novel, and provides an overview of Victorian drama.
View BookHow To Snog A Hagfish! Disgusting Things In the Sea
Author: Jonathan Eyers
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Author Jonathan Eyers
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 3h
'How to Snog a Hagfish!' explores the most bizarre, the most disgusting and the most fascinating creatures that inhabit the oceans. When attacked, the hagfish (also known as the slime eel) ties itself in a knot that travels the length of its body, squeezing out mucus by the bucketful and making it impossible for a predator to keep hold. To eat, a s...
View BookAuthor: Lina Maslo
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Author Lina Maslo
Narrator Hiral Varsani
Duration 20m
When Malala Yousafzai was born, some people shook their heads because girls were considered bad luck. But her father looked into her eyes and knew she could do anything. In Pakistan, some believed girls should not be educated. But Malala and her father were not afraid. She secretly went to school and spoke up for education in her country. And even...
View BookWhy You Need A Passport When You're Going To Puke
Author: Mitchell Symons
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Author Mitchell Symons
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 3h 57m
Did you know: Square watermelons are sold in Japan? There is a River Piddle in Dorset? And that Americans use enough toilet paper to wrap around the world nine times! Join us on a fact-finding world tour.
View BookYou Wouldn't Want To Live Without Coding!
Author: Alex Woolf
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Author Alex Woolf
Narrator Mariam Keen
Duration 30m
Coding means creating a set of instructions (or algorithms) that tells a computer how to perform a task. Another word for coding is programming. Learn about the origins of coding, how it is done and how much control it has over our daily lives
View BookGCSE English Writing Skills: The Study Guide
Author: CGP Publications
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Author CGP Publications
Narrator Kayi Ushe
Duration 3h 14m
This book contains helpful advice for improving GCSE English writing skills. It covers every writing style students will come across in GCSE English, including Writing About Texts, Writing Non-Fiction and Creative Writing. Each type of writing is explained with clear, easy-to-read study notes and examples, with practice questions to test understand...
View BookAuthor: CGP Publications
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Author CGP Publications
Narrator Nia Davies
Duration 3h 24m
This CGP Text Guide contains everything you need to write top-grade essays about Willy Russell's `Blood Brothers'. It's suitable for all GCSE English exams, including the new ones starting in summer 2017. Inside, you'll find clear, thorough notes on the play's context, plot, characters, themes and the writer's techniques - with quick questions, in-...
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