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Long Way Round
- Chasing Shadows Across the World
- By: Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman
- Narrated by: Mark Bonnar, Rupert Degas
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
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Overall219
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Performance185
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Story184
From London to New York, Ewan and Charley chased their shadows through Europe, the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Russia, across the Pacific to Alaska, then down through Canada and America. But as the miles slipped beneath the tyres of their big BMWs, their troubles started. Exhaustion, injury and accidents tested their strength. Treacherous roads, unpredictable weather and turbulent politics challenged their stamina.
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Pretty much one long moan fest
- By Anonymous on 03-07-10
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Long Way Round
- Chasing Shadows Across the World
- Narrated by: Mark Bonnar, Rupert Degas
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 21-09-06
- Language: English
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Love From Venice
- A golden summer on the Grand Canal
- By: Gill Johnson
- Narrated by: Rose Akroyd
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance19
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Story19
A charming, funny and glamorous memoir and love-story, about a summer in 1957 in Venice, working for an aristocratic Italian family. In the summer of 1957, anxious to impress an admirer who had moved to Paris, while rebelling against her family, Gill Johnson, aged twenty-five, gave up her...
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An Enchanting Memoir
- By gmb on 31-01-24
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Love From Venice
- A golden summer on the Grand Canal
- Narrated by: Rose Akroyd
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 18-01-24
- Language: English
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Across Islands and Oceans
- A Journey Alone Around the World By Sail and By Foot
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Spencer King
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall42
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Performance39
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Story38
Across Islands and Oceans is the memoir of 25 year-old James Baldwin and his epic two-year, solo circumnavigation in Atom, his trusty but aging 28-foot sailboat.
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First book in a Trilogy by James B.
- By LtCol RD Rtrd on 30-11-21
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Across Islands and Oceans
- A Journey Alone Around the World By Sail and By Foot
- Narrated by: Spencer King
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 01-09-17
- Language: English
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Dave Gorman Vs The Rest of the World
- By: Dave Gorman
- Narrated by: Dave Gorman
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall441
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Performance339
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Story337
Remember when you were a kid, and you used to go round to a friend's house to see if they were playing? Well, as adults we're not supposed to do that. Which is a shame... because Dave Gorman likes playing. He REALLY likes games. So he knocked on the biggest door you could ever imagine - the internet - and asked 76,000 people if they fancied a game. This is the story of what happened next.
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Nice guy but dull
- By Anonymous on 25-07-11
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Dave Gorman Vs The Rest of the World
- Narrated by: Dave Gorman
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 17-06-11
- Language: English
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The Observant Walker
- Wild Food, Nature and Hidden Treasures on the Pathways of Britain
- By: John Wright
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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John Wright has been leading forays around Britain for decades. As an expert forager, he shows people how to identify the edible species that abound—but he also reveals the natural history, stories and science behind our surroundings. Here, he takes us with him on eight walks: from verdant forests to wild coastlines, via city pavements, fields and rolling hills, he illuminates what can be found on a walk across any British terrain, and how you might observe and truly understand them, for yourself.
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Great book
- By james walter on 15-01-25
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The Observant Walker
- Wild Food, Nature and Hidden Treasures on the Pathways of Britain
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 06-07-23
- Language: English
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A Short Ride in the Jungle: The Ho Chi Minh Trail by Motorcycle
- By: Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
- Narrated by: Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall64
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Performance63
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Story64
For the first time in my life I felt that death was a possibility; a stupid, pointless, lonely death on the aptly named Mondulkiri Death Highway. The Ho Chi Minh Trail is one of the greatest feats of military engineering in history. But since the end of the Vietnam War much of this vast transport network has been reclaimed by jungle, while remaining sections are littered with a deadly legacy of unexploded bombs. For Antonia, the chance to explore the Trail before it was lost forever was a personal challenge she couldn’t ignore - yet at times it would be a terrifying journey.
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Mostly a history lesson, not about the trip
- By H. Viola on 27-05-26
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A Short Ride in the Jungle: The Ho Chi Minh Trail by Motorcycle
- Narrated by: Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 20-08-20
- Language: English
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Going the Wrong Way
- By: Chris Donaldson
- Narrated by: Ben Watt-Doak
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall142
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Performance130
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Story130
Driven by a desire to break free from his mediocre, middle-class existence and escape the Belfast (IRA) “Troubles” of the 70’s, Chris Donaldson strikes out on his café racing Moto Guzzi on a cross-country roadtrip of self-discovery. But when the Iranian revolution stops the planned motorcycle trip to Australia, he switches gears and begins a 33-country, 50,000-mile odyssey across Europe, Asia, and the Americas including 10,000 miles on an ocean-going racing yacht.
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A proper travel adventure on a proper motor bike
- By Amazon Customer on 08-10-21
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Going the Wrong Way
- Narrated by: Ben Watt-Doak
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 11-11-20
- Language: English
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Potholes and Pavements
- A Bumpy Ride on Britain’s National Cycle Network
- By: Laura Laker
- Narrated by: Laura Laker
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance20
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Story20
Bloomsbury presents Potholes and Pavements written and read by Laura Laker. Just wonderful – two wheels good, Laura Laker brilliant. Part travel diary, part love poem to Britain's cycle network ... it's difficult not to be inspired by this fabulous book.' Jeremy Vine 'With a passion for both...
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Good discusion on the he subject, very middle class view on the subject though
- By Amazon Customer on 27-12-24
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Potholes and Pavements
- A Bumpy Ride on Britain’s National Cycle Network
- Narrated by: Laura Laker
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 09-05-24
- Language: English
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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
- By: Paul Theroux
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 24 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall184
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Performance123
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Story121
In Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Paul Theroux retraces the steps he took thirty years ago in his classic The Great Railway Bazaar. From the Eurostar in London, he once again sets out on a journey to the East, travelling overland through Eastern Europe, India and Asia. Infused with the changes that have shaped the exterior landscape and enriched with developments to his own perceptions and psychology, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is an absorbing and beautifully written follow-up to The Great Railway Bazaar.
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Transports one to the East magnificently
- By Carolyn on 26-05-09
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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 24 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 06-03-09
- Language: English
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Jewels
- A Secret History
- By: Victoria Finlay
- Narrated by: Victoria Finlay
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance5
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Story5
'Glorious . . . anecdote and information accumulate with marvellous abundance and a passionate sense of the fascination of jewels . . . a wonderfully generous gift' - John de Falbe, Spectator In this scintillating audiobook, journalist Victoria Finlay embarks on her own globe-circling search for...
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Sparked fascination and intrigue
- By S on 12-09-25
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Jewels
- A Secret History
- Narrated by: Victoria Finlay
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 03-11-22
- Language: English
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Ich bin dann mal weg
- Meine Reise auf dem Jakobsweg
- By: Hape Kerkeling
- Narrated by: Hape Kerkeling
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance19
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Story19
Es ist ein sonniger Junimorgen, als Hape Kerkeling, bekennende "couch potato", endgültig seinen inneren Schweinehund besiegt und in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port aufbricht. Sechs Wochen liegen vor ihm, allein mit sich und seinem elf Kilo schweren Rucksack: über die schneebedeckten Gipfel der Pyrenäen, durch das Baskenland, Navarra und Rioja bis nach Galicien zum Grab des heiligen Jakob, seit über 1000 Jahren Ziel für Gläubige aus der ganzen Welt.
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Gedanken
- By Carsten Jakoby on 07-10-25
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Ich bin dann mal weg
- Meine Reise auf dem Jakobsweg
- Narrated by: Hape Kerkeling
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 04-01-21
- Language: German
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Billy Connolly's Route 66
- The Big Yin on the Ultimate American Road Trip
- By: Billy Connolly
- Narrated by: James McPherson
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall126
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Performance107
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Story106
Billy Connolly, music-lover, biker, and scourge of the beige and bland the world over, has dreamed about taking a trip on the legendary Route 66 since he first heard Chuck Berry belting out one of the greatest rock 'n' roll records of all time. And now he's finally had the chance to do it, heading out on his custom-made trike in search of the real America that can still be found beyond the nation's freeways.
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The book will be better...........................
- By colin_mcleod@mmltd.uk.com on 25-10-11
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Billy Connolly's Route 66
- The Big Yin on the Ultimate American Road Trip
- Narrated by: James McPherson
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 11-10-11
- Language: English
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The White Road
- A pilgrimage of sorts
- By: Edmund de Waal
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall59
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Performance54
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Story54
A handful of clay from a Chinese hillside carries a promise: that mixed with the right materials, it might survive the fire of the kiln and fuse into porcelain - translucent, luminous, white. Acclaimed writer and potter Edmund de Waal sets out on a quest - a journey that begins in the dusty city of Jingdezhen in China and travels on to Venice, Versailles, Dublin, Dresden, the Appalachian Mountains of South Carolina and the hills of Cornwall to tell the history of porcelain.
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Irritating
- By Elleff on 30-10-16
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The White Road
- A pilgrimage of sorts
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 01-10-15
- Language: English
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The Way of the White Clouds
- By: Lama Anagarika Govinda
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall41
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Performance31
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The classic spiritual travelogue by one of Tibet’s best-known explorers, The Way of the White Clouds is the remarkable narrative of a pilgrimage which could not be made today. In 1948, Lama Anagarika Govinda made an unforgettable journey into Tibet before its invasion by the Chinese. His unique account is not only a spectacular and gloriously poetic story of exploration and discovery; it is also invaluable for its sensitivity and clearly presented interpretation of the Tibetan tradition.
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This book is full of important treasures
- By Ann on 30-05-16
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The Way of the White Clouds
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 19-10-15
- Language: English
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Finding Hildasay
- The inspirational Sunday Times bestselling memoir chronicling one man's epic walk along the UK coastline
- By: Christian Lewis
- Narrated by: Christian Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall375
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Performance359
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Story359
The Sunday Times bestseller, read by the author. In his darkest depression, one idea brought Christian Lewis out of the depths – and into a new life. Finding Hildasay is a brutal and beautiful true story of mental health, survival, walking, and the meaning of home. ‘Now I was finally out of...
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Listened twice, read once, enjoyed loads
- By R. Harper on 03-02-23
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Finding Hildasay
- The inspirational Sunday Times bestselling memoir chronicling one man's epic walk along the UK coastline
- Narrated by: Christian Lewis
- Series: Hildasay, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 02-02-23
- Language: English
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The Gran Tour
- Travels with My Elders
- By: Ben Aitken
- Narrated by: Ben Aitken
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall103
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Performance89
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Story87
When Ben Aitken learnt that his gran had enjoyed a four-night holiday including four three-course dinners, four cooked breakfasts, four games of bingo, a pair of excursions, 16 pints of lager and luxury return coach travel, all for a hundred pounds, he thought, that's the life, and signed himself up. Six times over. Good value aside, what Ben was really after was the company of his elders - those with more chapters under their belt, with the wisdom granted by experience, the candour gifted by time, and the hard-earned ability to live each day like it's nearly their last.
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Quirky and very English
- By rikki on 21-05-21
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The Gran Tour
- Travels with My Elders
- Narrated by: Ben Aitken
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 03-09-20
- Language: English
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À La Mod
- My So-Called Tranquil Family Life in Rural France
- By: Ian Moore
- Narrated by: Ian Moore
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
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Overall144
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Performance133
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Story132
Ian Moore is a stand-up comedian in the UK and a husband, father of three boys, farmhand and chutney-maker in France. He is a mod in both walks of life and most of his time is spent travelling grumpily between the two. Comedian, mod and professional grump Ian Moore has had enough. Tired of being unable to park anywhere near his cramped house in a noisy town he doesn’t like, he hatches a plan to move his wife and young son to a remote corner of the Loire Valley in search of serenity and space.
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tale of ex pat Brit in France with a Parka & pets
- By Jane Viccars -Axelrad on 11-08-14
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I Should Have Left the Whiskey
- Cycling Asia with Heavy Baggage and Relative Density
- By: Graham Field
- Narrated by: Graham Field
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
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Overall12
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Performance10
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I Should Have Left the Whiskey is the first book in the Rambling On trilogy–compelling tales from a time when motorcycles were left in the shed and global exploration slowed to the pace of cycling. These diaries divulge two very different journeys in Asia: because progressing into enlightened India required some back-pedalling through darkest Thailand en route to China.
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Just a damn good listen, no ego no bullshit just a great ride
- By Amazon Customer on 01-05-25
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I Should Have Left the Whiskey
- Cycling Asia with Heavy Baggage and Relative Density
- Narrated by: Graham Field
- Series: Reservations in India (Rambling On), Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 15-08-23
- Language: English
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English Journey
- By: J. B. Priestley
- Narrated by: Sean Baker
- Length: 17 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance14
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Story14
‘The finest book ever written about England and the English’ Stuart Maconie ‘J. B. Priestley is one of our literary icons of the 20th Century and it is time that we all became re-acquainted with his genius.’ Dame Judi Dench Three years before George Orwell made his expedition to the far...
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Marvellous words, beautifully narrared
- By Geoff Bates on 17-08-23
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English Journey
- Narrated by: Sean Baker
- Length: 17 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 13-04-23
- Language: English
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Eiger Dreams
- Ventures Among Men and Mountains
- By: Jon Krakauer
- Narrated by: Philip Franklin
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall114
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Performance99
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Story100
No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant victories and hardships more brilliantly than Jon Krakauer. . In this collection of thirteen of his finest essays and reporting – including the essay, “Is Yosemite Going To The Dogs” – Krakauer writes of mountains from the memorable...
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Step by step excitement
- By Amazon Customer on 16-06-19
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Eiger Dreams
- Ventures Among Men and Mountains
- Narrated by: Philip Franklin
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 07-11-17
- Language: English
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