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Author: Kate Foley
Format: Online
Author Kate Foley
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Duration 59m
Born in 1938 and adopted soon after, Kate Foley grew up in London during WWII. The Don’t Touch Garden explores what it is to be adopted, both for the child and the adoptive parents, through a wide range of poetic styles and complex emotions. Sometimes autobiographical and narrative, sometimes oblique, brought together for the first time, thes...
View BookAuthor: Poppy Harlow
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Author Poppy Harlow
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Duration 6m
Luca loves BIG things. BIG trucks. BIG buildings. BIG bowls of pasta. But what he wants most is the biggest Christmas tree of all. With Christmas approaching, Luca goes in search of a special tree. But he soon finds out that what matters most is having a BIG heart. CNN news anchor Poppy Harlow has crafted a timeless Christmas story brimming...
View BookAuthor: Nigel Slater
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Author Nigel Slater
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Duration 7h 34m
Written as a diary, and starting in September, this is the story of Nigel Slater's love for winter, its fables and its family feasts. Here are legends and folktales, myths and memoir, all told in Nigel's warm and intimate signature style. Nigel Slater's new book will have everything you need to prepare for midwinter, and at the heart of the book ar...
View BookThe Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog
Author: Dave Barry
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Author Dave Barry
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Duration 1h 5m
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist comes one of the funniest, warmest, most delightful Christmas stories ever.
View BookAuthor: Grace Byers
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Author Grace Byers
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Duration 3m
From the New York Times bestselling creator of I Am Enough comes an empowering follow-up that celebrates every child's limitless potential. Don't miss this audiobook edition, read by the author, Grace Byers! I Believe I Can is an affirmation for boys and girls of every background to love and believe in themselves, from actress and activist Grace...
View BookAuthor: Oliver Jeffers
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Author Oliver Jeffers
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Duration 3m
A spectacular new title from world-renowned artist Oliver Jeffers, creator of the global phenomenon Here We Are! What shall we build, you and I? We'll build a watch to keep our time. I'll build your future and you'll build mine. A father and daughter set about laying the foundations for their life together. Using their own special tools, they get t...
View BookAuthor: Christopher Myers
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Author Christopher Myers
Narrator The Author, Dion Graham
Duration 10m
Two friends get highly imaginative on an urban basketball court as they try to one-up the other in a popular game that turns into a humorous and inventive celebration of athletics and creativity.
View BookAuthor: Amy Tan
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Author Amy Tan
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Duration 28m
A "haunting tale", adapted from Tan's bestseller The Joy Luck Club. Three sisters listen to their grandmother recount a mesmerizing childhood memory on a rainy afternoon. The Long, complex story, filled with danger and excitement, relates what happened when Ying-ying was seven and celebrating the Moon Festival in China. On that long-ago night of th...
View BookAuthor: Fern Britton
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Author Fern Britton
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Duration 9h 37m
1918. The Great War is over, and Clara Carter has boarded a train bound for Cornwall – to meet a family that would once have been hers. But they must never discover her secret... 2020. Caroline has spent years trying to uncover the lies buried in her family history. And once she arrives in Cornwall, the truth finally seems to be in reach. Exc...
View BookAuthor: Andi Osho
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Author Andi Osho
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Duration 9h 47m
No woman gets left behind. Three best friends are going to solve their relationship woes once and for all. Forty-something Jemima’s life is on track - well, sort of. All she has to do is muster the courage to bat her niggly ex away for good. Twenty-something Meagan is in the midst of her five-phase plan and is nearly ready for...
View BookAuthor: Jay Shetty
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Author Jay Shetty
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Duration 10h 54m
In this inspiring, empowering book, Shetty draws on his time as a monk in the Vedic tradition to show us how we can clear the roadblocks to our potential and power. Drawing on ancient wisdom and his own rich experiences in the ashram, Think Like a Monk reveals how to overcome negative thoughts and habits, and access the calm and purpose that lie wi...
View BookAuthor: Dr Sabina Brennan
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Author Dr Sabina Brennan
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Duration 9h 23m
If you complain of brain fog to a medical professional, you're likely to be told that it isn't a recognised condition. But if you mention brain fog to your friends, they'll know exactly what you mean: fuzzy thinking, trouble concentrating, a sense of grasping for the right word, feeling like your brain is somehow slowed down. In truth, brain fog is...
View BookAuthor: Sarah Winman
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Author Sarah Winman
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Duration 14h 55m
The instant Sunday Times best seller A BBC Between Two Covers Book Club Pick A BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime From the author of When God was a Rabbit and Tin Man, Still Life is a big-hearted story of people brought together by love, war, art and the ghost of E.M. Forster. 1944, in the ruined wine cellar of...
View BookAuthor: Franziska Thomas
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Author Franziska Thomas
Narrator The Author, Tracy Wiles
Duration 5h 39m
In 1992 Franziska Thomas had her first seizure and her whole world was turned upside down - literally. In Fits and Starts Franziska gives a compelling personal description of living with Epilepsy, an illness shrouded in secrecy and antiquated myths. Laden with self-deprecating humour she describes her own coming of age - as an epileptic, a teacher,...
View BookRory Branagan Book 7: The Great Diamond Heist
Author: Andrew Clover
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Author Andrew Clover
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SeriesRory Branagan (Detective), Book 7
Duration 1h 25m
Hello. I am Rory Branagan. I am a detective, and the time has come for me to solve the biggest and most important mystery in my life: where is my dad? The Dame Norton Diamond, the most expensive jewel ever stolen, has been missing for seven years - and so has my dad. Bad guys want to find him. The police want to find him. I need to get there first,...
View BookRory Branagan Book 6: The Den of Danger
Author: Andrew Clover
Format: Online
Author Andrew Clover
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SeriesRory Branagan (Detective), Book 6
Duration 1h 23m
Meet Rory Branagan - he eats bad guys for breakfast. Well, not actually. But he is the best detective in town. Sixth in a hilarious comedy-crime series for ages eight and up. Hello. I am Rory Branagan. I am actually a detective. And I am about to face more DEADLY DANGER than ever. There are seven books in the Rory Branagan (detective) series, and t...
View BookAuthor: John Le Carre
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Author John Le Carre
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Duration 9h 33m
Brought to you by Penguin. Nat, a 47 year-old veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent runner are over. He is back in London with his wife, the long-suffering Prue. But with the growing threat from Moscow Centre, the office has one more job for him. Nat is to take over The Haven, a defunct substation of Londo...
View BookAuthor: Julia Samuel
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Author Julia Samuel
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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: John Le Carre
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Author John Le Carre
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Duration 11h 47m
From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War, to a career as a writer that took him from war-torn Cambodia to Beirut on the cusp of the 1982 Israeli invasion, to Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, John le Carr‚ has always written from the heart of modern times. In this, his first memoir, le Carr&sbq...
View BookAuthor: Benjamin Zephaniah
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Author Benjamin Zephaniah
Narrator The Author, Peter Kenny
Duration 6h 10m
Life is not safe for Alem, His father is Ethiopian, his mother Eritrean - and with both countries at war, he is welcome in neither place. So his father does an astonishing thing, which at first appears callous, but is in fact the ultimate gift of love from a parent to a child. This audio book also features an exclusive commentary by the author, in...
View BookAuthor: Benjamin Zephaniah
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Author Benjamin Zephaniah
Narrator The Author, Peter Kenny
Duration 4h 25m
After suffering severe facial injuries in a joyriding accident, Martin must adjust to living with his new appearance, and to coping with the changing and sometimes discriminatory attitudes of those around him. This audio book also features an exclusive commentary by the author, in which he discusses what inspired him to write the book.
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