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By Its Cover
- Commissario Brunetti, Book 23
- By: Donna Leon
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall89
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Performance76
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Story77
By Its Cover is the much anticipated twenty-third instalment in Donna Leon's bestselling crime series, where Commissario Brunetti is better than ever as he addresses questions of worth and value alongside his ever-faithful team of Ispettore Vianello and Signorina Elettra. When several valuable antiquarian books go missing from a prestigious library in the heart of Venice, Commissario Brunetti is immediately called to the scene.
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Narrator
- By Gillian M. on 24-05-15
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By Its Cover
- Commissario Brunetti, Book 23
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Series: Commissario Brunetti, Book 23
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 03-04-14
- Language: English
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The Buddha, Geoff and Me
- By: Edward Canfor-Dumas
- Narrated by: Nicholas Bell
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall101
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Performance90
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Story90
Ed is having a hard time - at work, in his love life and, well, generally. Then he meets an unlikely Buddhist - who drinks and smokes and talks his kind of language. Bit by bit, things begin to change...Ed doesn't always take Geoff's advice. Or, when he does he lapses at the crucial moment. His path to understanding is not a straight one, especially as life keeps throwing more and more 'stuff' at him.
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excellent
- By Gary Bennett on 20-01-13
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The Buddha, Geoff and Me
- Narrated by: Nicholas Bell
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 30-06-10
- Language: English
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Was man von hier aus sehen kann
- By: Mariana Leky
- Narrated by: Sandra Hüller
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance18
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Story18
Von der unbedingten Anwesenheitspflicht im eigenen Leben. Selma, eine alte Westerwälderin, kann den Tod voraussehen. Immer wenn ihr im Traum ein Okapi erscheint, stirbt am nächsten Tag jemand im Dorf. Unklar ist allerdings, wen es treffen wird. Davon, was die Bewohner in den folgenden Stunden fürchten, was sie blindlings wagen, gestehen, verschwinden lassen oder in Ordnung bringen, erzählt Mariana Leky in ihrem Roman - und natürlich noch viel mehr. Was man von hier aus sehen kann ist das Porträt eines Dorfes, in dem alles auf wundersame Weise zusammenhängt. Aber es ist vor allem ein Buch über die Liebe im Modus der Abwesenheit.
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Ungewöhnlicher, angenehmer Stil
- By Thalia on 26-03-25
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Was man von hier aus sehen kann
- Narrated by: Sandra Hüller
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 27-07-17
- Language: German
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Snow in April
- By: Rosamunde Pilcher
- Narrated by: Lucy Paterson
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall59
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Performance55
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Story55
Caroline Cliburn was to be married next Tuesday, and yet she suspected that gratitude was the wrong reason to become a bride. Perhaps that was why she and her younger brother Jody had taken the long drive north to Scotland in search of her missing brother Angus.... When a sudden spring blizzard leaves them stranded by the roadside, it is the snow that gives both her and a lonely young Scot one last chance to find the healing warmth of love.
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One of RP'S best. loved it
- By LMC on 22-01-19
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Snow in April
- Narrated by: Lucy Paterson
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 26-04-18
- Language: English
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Human Croquet
- By: Kate Atkinson
- Narrated by: Susan Jameson
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall245
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Performance222
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Story224
Once it had been the great forest of Lythe--a vast and impenetrable thicket of green. And here, in the beginning, lived the Fairfaxes, grandly, at Fairfax Manor, visited once by the great Gloriana herself. But over the centuries, the forest had been destroyed, replaced by Streets of Trees. The Fairfaxes have dwindled, too; now they live in Arden, at the end of Hawthorne Close, and are hardly a family at all.
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Brilliant
- By DartmoorDiva on 30-07-15
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Human Croquet
- Narrated by: Susan Jameson
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 09-02-15
- Language: English
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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
- By: Claire North
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,695
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Performance3,424
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Story3,426
Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter what he does or the decisions he makes, when death comes, Harry always returns to where he began, a child with all the knowledge of a life he has already lived a dozen times before. Nothing ever changes. Until now. As Harry nears the end of his eleventh life, a little girl appears at his bedside. 'I nearly missed you, Doctor August,' she says.
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A good one!
- By Robyn on 27-06-16
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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 08-04-14
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Timewasting: The Complete Series 1 and 2
- A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama
- By: Linda Smith
- Narrated by: Linda Smith, Jeremy Hardy, Margaret John, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall40
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Performance31
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Story31
Linda Smith lives in her East London home, where her daily routine involves dozing through Thought for the Day, filing and cross-referencing the pizza leaflets that come through her door, and updating her limited edition 'Songbirds of Great Britain' porcelain collection. That is, when she's not managing the chaos caused by her flamboyant, sugar-loving live-in builder Chris; dealing with the demands of her morbid, crumbly boned Welsh neighbour Betty; or taking regular jaunts chauffeured by Worra, the philosophical Nigerian cabby.
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A wonderful reminder of a very funny person
- By Andrew G. Robson on 25-07-21
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A Brief History of Timewasting: The Complete Series 1 and 2
- A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama
- Narrated by: Linda Smith, Jeremy Hardy, Margaret John, Femi Elufowoju Jr, Chris Neill, Martin Hyder, full cast
- Series: A Brief History of Timewasting, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 10-06-21
- Language: English
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Village School
- Fairacre Series, Book 1
- By: Miss Miss Read
- Narrated by: Carole Boyd
- Length: 5 hrs
- Abridged
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Overall38
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Performance30
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Story30
Fairacre is a village of cottages, a church and the school, and at the heart of the school, its head mistress, Miss Read. Through her discerning eye, we meet the villagers of Fairacre and see their trials and tribulations, from the irascible school cleaner Mrs. Pringle, to the young school children, with their scraped knees, hopeful faces, and inevitable mischief.
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happy reminder of my childhood
- By margaret on 15-03-22
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Village School
- Fairacre Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Carole Boyd
- Series: Fairacre, Book 1
- Length: 5 hrs
- Release date: 15-08-06
- Language: English
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Someone I Used to Know
- The gorgeous new love story with a twist, from the bestselling author
- By: Paige Toon
- Narrated by: Heather Long
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall371
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Performance346
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Story346
A beautiful story of love and second chances, with a remarkable family at its heart, from the Sunday Times bestselling author. So much can change in half a lifetime… Then At fifteen, George is the foster brother Leah never asked for. As the angry, troubled boy struggles to come to terms with...
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Enjoyed BUT...
- By alice a. on 19-11-21
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Someone I Used to Know
- The gorgeous new love story with a twist, from the bestselling author
- Narrated by: Heather Long
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 24-06-21
- Language: English
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A Boy Made of Blocks
- By: Keith Stuart
- Narrated by: Gavin Osborn
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall281
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Performance256
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Story257
A beautiful, funny and surprising story of autism, family and love, perfect for fans of The Rosie Project, David Nicholls' Us and Nick Hornby's About a Boy. Life is built on the little things.... Eight year-old Sam has always been different - beautiful, surprising and autistic. For all he loves his family, dad Alex has always struggled to connect with Sam, and the strain has pushed Alex's marriage with Jody to the edge.
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Building bricks to cross the dividing line
- By Rachel Redford on 15-09-16
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A Boy Made of Blocks
- Narrated by: Gavin Osborn
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 01-09-16
- Language: English
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The Revolving Door of Life: 44 Scotland Street, Book 10
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall185
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Performance167
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Story166
Once more we catch up with the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 Scotland Street from Alexander McCall Smith. With customary charm and deftness, McCall Smith gives us another instalment in this popular series, now running in its ninth season in The Scotsman. Anything could happen to Bertie and the gang.
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Bertie gets some freedom
- By Mary Carnegie on 01-08-17
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The Revolving Door of Life: 44 Scotland Street, Book 10
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 10
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 11-09-15
- Language: English
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The Beating of his Wings
- By: Paul Hoffman
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall719
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Performance667
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Story664
The Beating of his Wings by Paul Hoffman is the final instalment in his epic Cale and the Sanctuary of Redeemers series. Thomas Cale has been running from the truth. Since discovering that his brutal military training has been for one purpose - to destroy God's greatest mistake, mankind itself -...
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Satisfying ending...
- By Robyn on 12-01-14
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The Beating of his Wings
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Series: Left Hand of God, Book 3
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 15-08-13
- Language: English
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The Bertie Project
- 44 Scotland Street, Book 11
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall180
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Performance165
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Story166
Once more, we catch up with the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 Scotland Street from Alexander McCall Smith. With customary charm and deftness, Alexander McCall Smith gives us another installment in this popular series, now running in its ninth season in the Scotsman. Anything could happen to Bertie and the gang....
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I'd give 10* if I could!
- By Jill Besterman on 19-08-16
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The Bertie Project
- 44 Scotland Street, Book 11
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 11
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 16-08-16
- Language: English
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The Sunrise
- The Number One Sunday Times bestseller 'Fascinating and moving'
- By: Victoria Hislop
- Narrated by: Carole Boyd
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall538
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Performance481
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Story483
In the golden city of Famagusta, Greek and Turkish Cypriots alike enjoy a life of good fortune. Invasion comes without warning, bringing chaos and terror. As forty thousand people flee their homes in panic, Famagusta becomes a ghost town. But not everyone will find it so easy to leave...
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OK
- By Ms on 17-10-14
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The Sunrise
- The Number One Sunday Times bestseller 'Fascinating and moving'
- Narrated by: Carole Boyd
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 25-09-14
- Language: English
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House of Echoes
- By: Barbara Erskine
- Narrated by: Isla Blair
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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Overall92
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Performance78
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Story80
When Joss, an adopted child, discovers that her real mother has left the beautiful family home, Belheddon Hall, to her, she is thrilled, until she discovers that the Hall is haunted by a presence which will not tolerate husbands or sons living in the house. Joss Grant is eager to begin a new...
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A nice enough story to pass some time
- By Jacq on 27-07-14
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House of Echoes
- Narrated by: Isla Blair
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 25-04-13
- Language: English
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I Capture the Castle
- A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- By: Dodie Smith
- Narrated by: Holliday Grainger, Toby Jones
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall64
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Performance50
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Story53
Toby Jones and Holliday Grainger star in a new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Dodie Smith's enduringly popular coming-of-age novel In the 1930s, seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain lives in a crumbling ruin of a castle in the Suffolk countryside. Her father, an author wrestling with...
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A great dramatisation of a quirky story.
- By Lucy Mars on 05-11-21
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I Capture the Castle
- A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- Narrated by: Holliday Grainger, Toby Jones
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Release date: 03-03-16
- Language: English
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Daughters-in-Law
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall91
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Performance55
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Story56
Rachel has always loved being at the centre of her large family. She has fiercely devoted herself to her three sons all their lives, and continues to do so even now they are all grown up. They are, of course, devoted to her – she and Anthony, their father, hold the family together at their big, beautiful, ramshackle house near the wide, bird-haunted coast of Suffolk. But when Luke, her youngest, gets married, Rachel finds that control is slipping away.
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A gentle, well narrated book
- By WeimOwner on 01-09-11
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Daughters-in-Law
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 08-07-11
- Language: English
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Straight White Male
- By: John Niven
- Narrated by: John Cormack
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall241
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Performance215
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Story212
Kennedy Marr is a novelist from the old school. Irish, acerbic, and a borderline alcoholic and sex addict, his mantra is drink hard, write hard and try to screw every woman you meet. He's writing film scripts in LA, fucking, drinking and insulting his way through Californian society but also suffering from writer's block and unpaid taxes. Then a solution presents itself - Marr is to be the unlikely recipient of the W. F. Bingham Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Modern Literature, an award worth half a million pounds.
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Thoroughly Enjoyed.
- By Devboy on 14-06-20
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Straight White Male
- Narrated by: John Cormack
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 20-08-15
- Language: English
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Someone Who Isn’t Me
- By: Geoff Rickly
- Narrated by: Geoff Rickly
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
Geoff Rickly’s debut novel Someone Who Isn’t Me is a feverish journey through the psyche of someone who no longer recognizes himself. When Geoff hears that a drug called ibogaine might be able to save him from his heroin addiction, he goes to a clinic in Mexico to confront the darkest and most destructive versions of himself. In this modern reimagining of the Divine Comedy, survival lurks in the darkest corners of Geoff’s brain, asking, will he make it? Can anyone?
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incredible storytelling and narration
- By Emma on 30-11-25
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Someone Who Isn’t Me
- Narrated by: Geoff Rickly
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 04-11-25
- Language: English
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Teacher, Teacher!
- By: Jack Sheffield
- Narrated by: Jack Sheffield
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall86
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Performance72
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Story73
It's 1977 and Jack Sheffield is appointed headmaster of a small village primary school in North Yorkshire. So begins Jack's eventful journey through the school year and his attempts to overcome the many problems that face him as a young and inexperienced headmaster. The many colourful chapters...
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Dull dull dull
- By Colin on 13-02-16
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Teacher, Teacher!
- Narrated by: Jack Sheffield
- Series: Teacher, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 28-02-13
- Language: English
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