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The Ministry of Truth
- A Biography of George Orwell's 1984
- By: Dorian Lynskey
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing The Ministry of Truth charts the life of George Orwell's 1984, one of the most influential books of the twentieth century and a work that is ever more relevant in this tumultuous era of...
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Generally a good insight into the world of Orwell
- By Rob on 08-09-20
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The Ministry of Truth
- A Biography of George Orwell's 1984
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 30-05-19
- Language: English
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Heavy Light
- A Journey Through Madness, Mania and Healing
- By: Horatio Clare
- Narrated by: Horatio Clare
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance81
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After a lifetime of ups and downs, Horatio Clare was committed to hospital under section two of the Mental Health Act. From hypomania in the Alps, to a complete breakdown and a locked ward in Wakefield, this is a gripping account of how the mind loses touch with reality, how we fall apart and how we can be healed - or not - by treatment. A story of the wonder and intensity of the manic experience, as well as its peril and strangeness, it is shot through with the love, kindness, humour and care of those who deal with someone who becomes dangerously ill.
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Humbling and insightful
- By Paul on 11-09-24
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Heavy Light
- A Journey Through Madness, Mania and Healing
- Narrated by: Horatio Clare
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 18-03-21
- Language: English
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Giving Up the Ghost
- A Memoir
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Jane Wymark
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall341
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Performance298
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Opening with "A Second Home", in which Mantel describes the death of her stepfather, Giving Up the Ghost is a wry, shocking, and beautifully written memoir of childhood, ghosts (real and metaphorical), illness, and family. Finally, at the memoir's conclusion, Mantel explains how a series of medical misunderstandings and neglect left her childless, and how the ghosts of the unborn have come to haunt her life as a writer.
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A stunningly crafted memoir
- By MaE on 04-06-14
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Giving Up the Ghost
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Jane Wymark
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 01-05-12
- Language: English
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Tolstoy
- By: A. N. Wilson
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 21 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall31
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Performance26
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In this biography of Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy, A. N. Wilson narrates the complex drama of the writer's life: his childhood of aristocratic privilege but emotional deprivation, his discovery of his literary genius after aimless years of gambling and womanizing, and his increasingly disastrous marriage. Wilson sweeps away the long-held belief that Tolstoy's works were the exact mirror of his life and instead traces the roots of Tolstoy's art to his relationship with God, with women, and with Russia.
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A fascinating biography
- By Kirstine on 12-04-16
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Tolstoy
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 21 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 11-06-15
- Language: English
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Rosie
- Scenes from a Vanished Life
- By: Rose Tremain
- Narrated by: Rose Tremain
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall70
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Performance63
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Rosie: Scenes from a Vanished Life, written and read by Rose Tremain. Rose Tremain grew up in post-war London, a city of grey austerity, still partly in ruins, where both food and affection were fiercely rationed. The girl known then as ‘Rosie’...
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Beautiful book
- By Carol on 20-04-18
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Rosie
- Scenes from a Vanished Life
- Narrated by: Rose Tremain
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 12-04-18
- Language: English
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The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
- By: Sylvia Plath, Karen V. Kukil - editor
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 30 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance12
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Published in their entirety, Sylvia Plath's journals provide an intimate portrait of the writer who was to produce in the last seven months of her life some of the most extraordinary poems of the 20th century. Faithfully transcribed from the 23 journals and journal fragments owned by Smith College, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath includes two journals that Plath's husband, Ted Hughes, unsealed just before his death in 1998.
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On the fence
- By Zoe on 03-06-19
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The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 30 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 28-05-19
- Language: English
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Dreamer of Dune
- The Biography of Frank Herbert
- By: Brian Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone knows Frank Herbert's Dune. This science fiction epic combines politics human evolution and ecology and has captured the imagination of generations of readers. It is one of the most popular science fiction novels ever written, has won awards, sold millions of copies around the world and spawned multiple motion-picture adaptations. Brian Herbert, Frank Herbert's eldest son, tells the provocative story of his father's extraordinary life in this honest and loving chronicle.
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Don’t read till it’s completed
- By Chris adolph on 06-01-25
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Dreamer of Dune
- The Biography of Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 16-11-23
- Language: English
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BAD BLOOD
- By: Lorna Sage
- Narrated by: Jenny Agutter
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Abridged
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Overall45
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Performance36
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From a childhood of gothic proportions in a vicarage on the Welsh borders, through adolescence, leaving herself teetering on the brink of the 1960's, Lorna Sage vividly and wittily brings to life a vanished time and place and illuminates the lives of three generations of women. Lorna Sage’s...
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Slow read
- By prinders on 13-01-15
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BAD BLOOD
- Narrated by: Jenny Agutter
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 04-03-11
- Language: English
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The Possibility of Tenderness
- A Jamaican memoir of plants and dreams
- By: Jason Allen-Paisant
- Narrated by: Jason Allen-Paisant
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. The Possibility of Tenderness is a personal history narrated through the lens of the ‘grung’ and plants. It’s also a people’s history of the land, a family saga, an archival detective story through time. It’s the migration tale of a young scholar who arrives...
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A shared history
- By Gina on 25-05-25
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The Possibility of Tenderness
- A Jamaican memoir of plants and dreams
- Narrated by: Jason Allen-Paisant
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 20-03-25
- Language: English
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Libertarians on the Prairie
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the Making of the Little House Books
- By: Christine Woodside
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Generations of children have fallen in love with the pioneer saga of the Ingalls family, of Pa and Ma, Laura and her sisters, and their loyal dog. Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books have taught millions of Americans about frontier life, giving inspiration to many and in the process becoming icons of our national identity. Yet few realize that this best-selling series wandered far from the actual history of the Ingalls family and from what Laura herself understood to be central truths about pioneer life.
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Scholarly investigation for Laura Ingalls Wilder fan girls
- By Soo on 24-11-25
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Libertarians on the Prairie
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the Making of the Little House Books
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 15-09-16
- Language: English
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Testament of Youth
- By: Vera Brittain
- Narrated by: Sheila Mitchell
- Length: 23 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall110
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Performance97
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This classic memoir of the First World War is now a major motion picture starring Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington. In 1914 Vera Brittain was 20, and as war was declared she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later her life - and the lives of her whole generation - had changed in a way that would have been unimaginable in the tranquil prewar era.
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Almost impossible to listen to
- By Julia on 12-03-16
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Testament of Youth
- Narrated by: Sheila Mitchell
- Length: 23 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 07-01-16
- Language: English
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Charles Bukowski
- Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life
- By: Howard Sounes
- Narrated by: Howard Sounes
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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Overall35
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Performance30
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The American writer Charles Bukowski (1920-94) developed a cult following for his simple and vivid poems, stories and novels based on his experiences as a hard-drinking postal worker in Los Angeles. His classic books include Post Office, Women and Love Is a Dog from Hell. In this engrossing biography, studded with excerpts from Bukowski's writing, Howard Sounes tells the true story of Bukowski's life in the same punchy style as his subject.
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Uncompromising subject and account
- By Paul Brookes on 30-05-16
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Charles Bukowski
- Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life
- Narrated by: Howard Sounes
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 31-03-16
- Language: English
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Oscar
- A Life
- By: Matthew Sturgis
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 36 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Oscar Wilde's life – like his wit – was alive with paradox. He was both an early exponent and a victim of 'celebrity culture': famous for being famous, he was lauded and ridiculed in equal measure. His achievements were frequently downplayed, his successes resented. He had a genius for comedy but strove to write tragedies. Matthew Sturgis draws on a wealth of new material and fresh research, bringing alive the distinctive mood and characters of the fin de siècle in the richest and most compelling portrait of Oscar Wilde to date.
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Lots of well-researched information excellently organized
- By Tabby Cat on 23-03-24
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Oscar
- A Life
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 36 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 13-07-23
- Language: English
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The Life of Samuel Johnson
- By: James Boswell
- Narrated by: Jim Killavey
- Length: 32 hrs and 48 mins
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This book is considered by many to be the finest literary biography ever published. Samuel Johnson was the leading literary scholar and critic of his age, helping to define the Augustan Age of English Literature. He is as celebrated for his brilliant conversation as he is for his writing.
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Computer generated voice ?
- By Keith on 18-05-10
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The Life of Samuel Johnson
- Narrated by: Jim Killavey
- Length: 32 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 28-12-08
- Language: English
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Funny Thing, Getting Older
- Reflections on life, storytelling and wonder
- By: Michael Morpurgo
- Narrated by: Justin Avoth, Michael Morpurgo
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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From beloved writer Michael Morpurgo, comes a new collection of reflections, memoir, stories and wonder. 'A beautiful, thoughtful book that brims with joy' KATE MOSSE 'Suffused with gentle optimism and warmth' TELEGRAPH A story is like a kite. If I make it right, if I fly it right, it will swoop...
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Funny Thing, Getting Older
- Reflections on life, storytelling and wonder
- Narrated by: Justin Avoth, Michael Morpurgo
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 30-10-25
- Language: English
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Pour Me
- A Life
- By: A. A. Gill
- Narrated by: Dougray Scott
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall280
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Performance241
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A. A. Gill's memoir begins in the dark of a dormitory with six strangers. He is an alcoholic, dying in the last-chance saloon - driven to dry out, not out of a desire to change but mainly through weariness. He tells the truth - as far as he can remember it - about drinking and about what it is like to be drunk. Pour Me is about the blackouts, the collapse, the despair. Lacerating, unflinching, uplifting, it is a classic about drunken abandon. Read by Dougray Scott.
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'Every long, hallowed word'
- By Rachel Redford on 15-08-17
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Pour Me
- A Life
- Narrated by: Dougray Scott
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 27-07-17
- Language: English
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The Flower Bearers
- By: Rachel Eliza Griffiths
- Narrated by: Rachel Eliza Griffiths
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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'A beautiful and immensely powerful book about love, grief and finding a way to be in a forever altered world' Julia Samuel 'The Flower Bearers goes to some dark places, but there is joy, too . . . simultaneously a love story, a portrait of sisterhood and a visceral depiction of violence, loss...
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The Flower Bearers
- Narrated by: Rachel Eliza Griffiths
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 22-01-26
- Language: English
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Radical Wordsworth
- The Poet Who Changed the World
- By: Jonathan Bate
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020 ‘Radical Wordsworth deserves to take its place as the finest modern introduction to his work, life and impact’ Financial Times ‘Richly repays reading … It is hard to think of another poet who has changed our world so much’ Sunday Times A...
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Largely entertaining, however some of the claims's
- By DavidT on 27-04-20
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Radical Wordsworth
- The Poet Who Changed the World
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 02-04-20
- Language: English
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Daily Rituals
- How Artists Work
- By: Mason Currey
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance168
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Kafka is one of 161 inspired-and inspiring-minds, among them, novelists, poets, playwrights, painters, philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians, who describe how they subtly maneuver the many (self-inflicted) obstacles and (self-imposed) daily rituals to get done the work they love to do, whether by waking early or staying up late; whether by self-medicating with doughnuts or bathing, drinking vast quantities of coffee, or taking long daily walks.
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Disjointed bombardment
- By joseph on 08-06-14
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Daily Rituals
- How Artists Work
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 09-12-13
- Language: English
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Howdunit
- A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club
- By: Martin Edwards - editor
- Narrated by: Malk Williams, Joan Walker
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Winner of the H.R.F. Keating Award for best biographical/critical book related to crime fiction, and nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe and Macavity Awards for Best Critical/Biographical book. Ninety crime writers from the world’s oldest and most famous crime writing network give tips and...
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Howdunit
- A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club
- Narrated by: Malk Williams, Joan Walker
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 18-09-20
- Language: English
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