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The Trumpet-Major
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Nicholas Rowe
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall57
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Performance44
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The Napoleonic Wars are at their height, and upheaval and uncertainty plague British soil. In the midst of it all, the impoverished beauty Anne Garland finds herself at the center of a love quadrangle. She is torn between the persistent and annoying Festus Derryman, her womanizing childhood sweetheart Bob Loveday, and the reliable and thoughtful John Loveday, the eponymous Trumpet-Major. Who will she choose?
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Hardy's most underrated novel.
- By Wags on 29-10-22
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The Trumpet-Major
- Narrated by: Nicholas Rowe
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 07-12-16
- Language: English
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The Fairy Tellers
- A Journey into the Secret History of Fairy Tales
- By: Nicholas Jubber
- Narrated by: Esther Wane, Nicholas Jubber
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance21
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Story21
The surprising origins and people behind the world's most influential magical tales: the people who told and re-shaped them, the landscapes that forged them, and the cultures that formed them and were in turn formed by them. Fairy-Tales are not just fairy-tales: they are records of historical...
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A must for lovers of tales… oral and written
- By Olu on 10-10-23
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The Fairy Tellers
- A Journey into the Secret History of Fairy Tales
- Narrated by: Esther Wane, Nicholas Jubber
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 20-01-22
- Language: English
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Et tu, Brute?
- The Best Latin Lines Ever
- By: Harry Mount, John Davie
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Bloomsbury presents Et tu, Brute? by Harry Mount and John Davie, read by John Telfer. Harry Mount and John Davie unlock the wisdom of the past in this light-hearted and fascinating book, revealing how ancient Latin can help us to live better in the present. There are so many Latin phrases in...
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Et tu, Brute?
- The Best Latin Lines Ever
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 13-10-22
- Language: English
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Words on the Move
- Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally)
- By: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance22
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Story20
Words on the Move opens our eyes to the surprising backstories to the words and expressions we use every day. Did you know that silly once meant "blessed"? Or that ought was the original past tense of owe? Or that the suffix -ly in adverbs is actually a remnant of the word like? And have you ever wondered why some people from New Orleans sound as if they come from Brooklyn?
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Good but not as good as the Great Courses
- By Kira Adams on 30-08-19
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Words on the Move
- Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally)
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 06-09-16
- Language: English
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Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
- By: John McWhorter, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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Overall140
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Performance120
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Story117
Conventional wisdom suggests English is going to the dogs, that bad grammar, slang, and illogical constructions signal a decline in standards of usage - to say nothing of the corruption wrought by email and text messages. But English is a complicated, marvelous language. Far from being a language in decline, English is the product of surprisingly varied linguistic forces, some of which have only recently come to light. And these forces continue to push English in exciting new directions.
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An unputdownably fun series of lectures
- By Kira Adams on 06-11-18
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Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Series: The Great Courses: Linguistics
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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The Good Soldier
- Penguin Classics
- By: Ford Madox Ford, David Bradshaw - introduction
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker, Billy Howle
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall37
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Performance28
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Story28
Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Billy Howle, known for his roles in Dunkirk, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and On Chesil Beach. This definitive recording includes an introduction by David Bradshaw. The Dowells, a wealthy American couple, have been close friends...
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Great book and sensible recording
- By EEL on 07-04-24
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The Good Soldier
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker, Billy Howle
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 25-06-20
- Language: English
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Cultural Amnesia
- Notes in the Margin of My Time
- By: Clive James
- Narrated by: Clive James
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Abridged
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Overall257
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Performance184
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Story179
Abridged for audio. Read by the author, Clive James. With fascinating essays on towering figures from Anna Akhmatova to Stefan Zweig, via Charles de Gaulle, Hitler, Thomas Mann and Wittgenstein, Cultural Amnesia is one of the crowning achievements in Clive James's illustrious career as a critic...
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Another great clearing in the jungle from CJ
- By Matt on 17-05-08
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Cultural Amnesia
- Notes in the Margin of My Time
- Narrated by: Clive James
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 08-04-08
- Language: English
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Oracy
- The Transformative Power of Finding Your Voice
- By: Neil Mercer
- Narrated by: Neil Mercer
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Brought to you by Penguin. Literacy. Numeracy. Oracy? For generations our education system has been built on the twin pillars of literacy and numeracy. But what if a third – and equally vital – pillar has been ignored? Enter oracy: communicating effectively, articulating ideas and engaging...
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Oracy
- The Transformative Power of Finding Your Voice
- Narrated by: Neil Mercer
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 22-05-25
- Language: English
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
- The Untold Story of English
- By: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall87
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Performance67
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Story68
A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar. Why do we say "I am reading a catalog" instead of "I read a catalog"? Why do we say "do" at all? Is the way we speak a reflection of our cultural values? Delving into these provocative topics and more, Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue distills hundreds of years of fascinating lore into one lively history.
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Absolute Americanised nonsense
- By Suzibm on 19-11-23
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
- The Untold Story of English
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 03-11-09
- Language: English
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The Stuff of Thought
- Language as a Window into Human Nature
- By: Steven Pinker
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 21 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall47
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Performance39
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Story38
Brought to you by Penguin. In The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature, Steven Pinker looks at how the relationship between words and thoughts can help us understand who we are. Why do so many swear words involve topics like sex, bodily functions or the divine? Why do some...
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Great for language enthusiasts!
- By Marie Čechová on 17-11-19
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The Stuff of Thought
- Language as a Window into Human Nature
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 21 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 31-10-19
- Language: English
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Stalky and Co.
- By: Rudyard Kipling
- Narrated by: Gideon Emery
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance6
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Story5
Stalky & Co. is a book published in 1899 (following serialization in the Windsor Magazine) by Rudyard Kipling, about adolescent boys at a British boarding school. It is a collection of linked short stories in format, with some information about the charismatic Stalky character in later life. The character Beetle, one of the main trio, is partly based on Kipling himself. Stalky is based on Lionel Dunsterville, M'Turk is based on George Charles Beresford, and Mr. King is based on William Carr Crofts.
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Stalky and Co.
- Narrated by: Gideon Emery
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 23-10-15
- Language: English
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Our Mutual Friend
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 31 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall126
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Performance85
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Story85
A sinister masterpiece, Our Mutual Friend was Dickens' last completed novel. It is perhaps his ultimate vision of a dark, macabre London and the corrupting power of money.
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Great book, well read, but sadly spoilt
- By Mr David Newton on 04-04-13
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Our Mutual Friend
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 31 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 24-05-06
- Language: English
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A Little Book of Language
- By: David Crystal
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall33
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Performance26
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Story26
With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant. In this charming volume, a narrative history written explicitly for a young audience, expert linguist David Crystal proves why the story of language deserves retelling. From the first words of an infant to the peculiar modern dialect of text messaging, A Little Book of Language ranges widely, revealing language's myriad intricacies and quirks.
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Basic but interesting, better in print form
- By Scifisam on 23-05-15
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A Little Book of Language
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Series: Little Histories Series
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 09-08-12
- Language: English
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A Pair of Blue Eyes
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 16 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall52
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Performance45
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Story44
Hardy's third novel, A Pair of Blue Eyes, follows the story of Elfride Swancourt. The daughter of the rector of Endelstow, a sparse, sea-swept parish in Cornwall, Elfride is caught between two suitors of very different backgrounds: Stephen Smith, a young architect restoring the old parish church; and the respectable, older man of London society, Henry Knight. The blue-eyed and high-spirited protagonist must untangle the conflicting messages of her heart and her mind.
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Brilliant novel but awful reading put me off.
- By Carrie Meeber on 16-01-22
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A Pair of Blue Eyes
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 16 hrs
- Release date: 10-12-15
- Language: English
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First You Write a Sentence.
- The Elements of Reading, Writing … and Life.
- By: Joe Moran
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall242
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Performance215
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Story212
Penguin presents the audiobook edition if First You Write a Sentence by Joe Moran, read by Roy McMillan. The sentence is the common ground where every writer walks. A poet writes in sentences, but so does the unsung author who came up with Items trapped in doors cause delays. A good sentence can...
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Brilliant
- By marija maher on 25-12-18
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First You Write a Sentence.
- The Elements of Reading, Writing … and Life.
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 27-09-18
- Language: English
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The Woodlanders
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall29
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Performance26
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Story26
The Woodlanders is vintage Hardy. The story revolves around the young woman Grace Melbury, who returns to the leafy world of Little Hintock and soon finds herself at the center of a number of tragic events. In penetrating, incisive and beautiful prose, Hardy tells a moving tale of unrequited love as fate and the constraints of society thwart the happiness of our heroine.
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Best reader
- By Mister Peridot on 18-01-21
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The Woodlanders
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 01-04-14
- Language: English
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The Phoenix and the Carpet
- By: E. Nesbit
- Narrated by: Johanna Ward
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall52
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Performance40
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Story40
In this follow-up to Nesbit’s classic Five Children and It, Cyril, Robert, Anthea, Jane, and the Lamb have more magical adventures in store when a mysterious egg hatches in the nursery fireplace. Out comes a flame-colored bird, the Phoenix, who, though a bit conceited, proves very helpful indeed. The bird kindly explains that the second-hand Persian carpet recently acquired for the nursery is actually a flying one. On it, they may travel to any place and time that they wish. But once again, the children find that magic does not always go as planned.
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The Phoenix and the Carpet is Amazing and so imaginative!!!
- By Anonymous on 13-12-23
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The Phoenix and the Carpet
- Narrated by: Johanna Ward
- Series: The Psammead Trilogy, Book 2
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 31-08-12
- Language: English
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The Story of Human Language
- By: John McWhorter, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall761
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Performance655
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Story644
Language defines us as a species, placing humans head and shoulders above even the most proficient animal communicators. But it also beguiles us with its endless mysteries, allowing us to ponder why different languages emerged, why there isn't simply a single language, how languages change over time and whether that's good or bad, and how languages die out and become extinct.
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Groans from Taiwan
- By Jake Harrison on 18-04-20
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The Story of Human Language
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Series: The Great Courses: Linguistics
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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Fluent Forever (Revised Edition)
- How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
- By: Gabriel Wyner
- Narrated by: Gabriel Wyner
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance10
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At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn’t learn them in school—who does? Rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources—and here he wants to show others what he’s discovered. This is brain hacking at its most exciting, taking what we know about neuroscience and linguistics and using it to create the most efficient and enjoyable way to learn a foreign language in the spare minutes of your day.
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Flashcards Forever
- By Jamie Hadley on 12-02-26
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Fluent Forever (Revised Edition)
- How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
- Narrated by: Gabriel Wyner
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 31-12-24
- Language: English
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Robinson Crusoe
- By: Daniel Defoe
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance15
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Story15
When his ship is wrecked in a storm, Robinson Crusoe finds himself stranded on a desert island with no one to help him and no chance of rescue. Scared and alone, he tries to make a life for himself, building shelters, hunting food, taming animals, crafting boats, and making clothes. But just as his life appears to be settled, he sees someone else's footprint on the beach, and a different struggle for survival begins, this time against cannibals and pirates.
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Very interesting
- By Jim Morrison on 28-02-26
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Robinson Crusoe
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 07-12-15
- Language: English
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