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Author: Andrew Smith
Format: Online
Author Andrew Smith
Narrator Glen Mccready
Duration 15h 38m
The Apollo moon programme has been called the last optimistic act of the twentieth century. Over a strange three-year period between 1969 and 1972, twelve men made the longest and most eccentric of all journeys and all were indelibly marked by it. In this audiobook, Andrew Smith sets out to find and interview the remaining moonwalkers in order to l...
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Author: Victoria Wood
Format: Online
Author Victoria Wood
Narrator The Author
Duration 7h 51m
Victoria's irreverent pilgrimage takes her to key places around the world that also share her namesake, from Fort Victoria in Ghana, to Victoria, Nova Scotia, and finishing at Zambia's Victoria Falls. Victoria's adventure is fuelled by her fascination with the Queen Victoria - both her public and private persona. She explores how Victoria felt abou...
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Author: Michael Palin
Format: Online
Author Michael Palin
Narrator Michael Palin
Duration 11h 32m
Until the early 1990s, when the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, travelling behind the iron curtain was never easy. In undertaking his new journey through Eastern Europe, breathing in its rich history and exquisite sights, and talking to its diverse peoples, Palin fills what has been a void in his own experience and that of very many others. This au...
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Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of An Empire
Author: Alex Von Tunzelmann
Format: Online
Author Alex Von Tunzelmann
Narrator Stephen Thorne
Duration 14h 38m
At midnight on 15 August 1947, India left the British Empire. This defining moment of world history had been brought about by a handful of people: Jawaharlal Nehru, the fiery Indian prime minister, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, leader of the new nation of Pakistan, Mohandas Gandhi, the mystical figure who enthralled a nation, and Louis and Edwina Mountbatte...
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Author: Laurie Lee
Format: Online
Author Laurie Lee
Narrator Wehltman Brian
Duration 4h 5m
At the age of 19 Laurie Lee had left home, walked to London and then travelled on foot through Spain. Here he describes a return journey to Spain in which he crossed the Pyrenees during the time of the Spanish Civil War. This audiobook is on the Edexcel reading list for GCSE.
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Author: Richard Dawkins
Format: Online
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...
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Around the World In Eighty Days
Author: Michael Palin
Format: Online
Author Michael Palin
Narrator Michael Palin
Duration 7h 37m
In the autumn of 1988 Michael Palin set out to circumnavigate the world, following the route taken by Phileas Fogg 115 years earlier. He had to make the journey in 80 days - accompanied by a BBC film crew - using only forms of transport that would have been available to Fogg. Their voyage took them from the opulence of the Orient Express to the ste...
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Author: John Grisham
Format: Online
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...
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Author: Botton Alain De
Format: Online
Author Botton Alain De
Narrator Botton Alain De
Duration 3h 30m
Alain de Botton asks: What makes a house truly beautiful? Why are many new houses so ugly? Why do we argue so bitterly about sofas and pictures - and can differences of taste ever be satisfactorily resolved? Will minimalism make us happier than ornaments? To answer these questions and many more, de Botton looks at buildings across the world, from m...
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Author: Professor Richard Lindley
Format: Online
Author Professor Richard Lindley
Narrator Belinda Liversedge
Duration 2h 55m
In the United Kingdom, over 110,000 people have a stroke for the first time each year. This audiobook, published in association with the British Medical Association, is a clear and accessible way to understand strokes. Part of the Family Doctor series.
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Understanding Your Eyes: Cataracts, Glaucoma & Macular Degeneration
Author: Robert Walters
Format: Online
Author Robert Walters
Narrator David Craik
Duration 2h 17m
Part of the Family Doctor series. This audiobook will help you to understand the causes, symptoms and treatments of these common eye conditions.
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Understanding Parkinson's Disease
Author: Prof. Tony Schapira
Format: Online
Author Prof. Tony Schapira
Narrator Hannah Mercer
Duration 2h 41m
Part of the Family Doctor series. This audiobook aims to give an understanding of Parkinson's disease, presented in a clear and accessible way. It is suitable for study and helpful to those who know anyone with Parkinson's disease or has it themselves.
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Author: Prof. Greg Wilkinson
Format: Online
Author Prof. Greg Wilkinson
Narrator Ruth Sillers
Duration 2h 22m
Part of the Family Doctor series. This audiobook will help listeners to understand stress and gives tips and advice on how to cope with it.
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Author: Charles Darwin
Format: Online
Author Charles Darwin
Narrator Richard Dawkins
Duration 6h
In this work Darwin challenged many of the most deeply held beliefs of the Western World, and therefore it is high on any serious list of the most important and influential books ever written. This audiobook has been abridged to remove those chapters that are now known to be wrong, notably those concerned with genetics.
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Author: Richard Hampton, David Weston
Format: Online
Author Richard Hampton, David Weston
Narrator Derek Jacobi
Duration 2h 30m
The fascinating story of England's history and of the public and private life of her Royal Family is highlighted by extracts from the diaries and speeches of English Monarchs and observations by their contemporaries.
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