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No Friend but the Mountains
- Writing from Manus Prison
- By: Behrouz Boochani, Omid Tofighian - translator
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Robertson, Isobelle Carmody, Mathilda Imlah, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
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In 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island. He has been there ever since. This book is the result. Laboriously tapped out on a mobile phone and translated from the Farsi....
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First-rate story, third-rate narration
- By Eloise on 26-08-2019
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The Reagan Diaries
- Extended Selections
- By: Ronald Reagan
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
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The Reagan Diaries provides a striking insight into one of this nation's most important presidencies and sheds new light on the character of a true American leader....
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Madly, Deeply
- The Alan Rickman Diaries
- By: Alan Rickman, Alan Taylor - editor, Emma Thompson - foreword
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley, Alfred Enoch, Bonnie Wright, and others
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Fans of memoirs at large will delight in the intimate experience of beloved actor Alan Rickman detailing the extraordinary and the ordinary in a way that is 'anecdotal, indiscreet, witty, gossipy and utterly candid'....
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Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should
- By Anonymous User on 07-10-2022
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The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His Son
- Perspectives, Ideology, and Wisdom
- By: J. D. Rockefeller
- Narrated by: Rick Font
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
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The 38 letters written by Rockefeller to his son imparting his perspectives, ideology, and wisdom to his son....
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Yellow Notebook
- Diaries, Volume I 1978-1987
- By: Helen Garner
- Narrated by: Helen Garner
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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Helen Garner has kept a diary for almost all her life. But until now, those exercise books filled with her thoughts, observations, frustrations and joys have been locked away, out of bounds, in a laundry cupboard....
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Letters from an Astrophysicist
- By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson, full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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Join the galactic conversation on the biggest issues in the universe....
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Informative listening!
- By Anonymous User on 29-01-2021
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No Friend but the Mountains
- Writing from Manus Prison
- By: Behrouz Boochani, Omid Tofighian - translator
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Robertson, Isobelle Carmody, Mathilda Imlah, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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In 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island. He has been there ever since. This book is the result. Laboriously tapped out on a mobile phone and translated from the Farsi....
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First-rate story, third-rate narration
- By Eloise on 26-08-2019
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The Reagan Diaries
- Extended Selections
- By: Ronald Reagan
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Abridged
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The Reagan Diaries provides a striking insight into one of this nation's most important presidencies and sheds new light on the character of a true American leader....
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Madly, Deeply
- The Alan Rickman Diaries
- By: Alan Rickman, Alan Taylor - editor, Emma Thompson - foreword
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley, Alfred Enoch, Bonnie Wright, and others
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Fans of memoirs at large will delight in the intimate experience of beloved actor Alan Rickman detailing the extraordinary and the ordinary in a way that is 'anecdotal, indiscreet, witty, gossipy and utterly candid'....
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Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should
- By Anonymous User on 07-10-2022
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The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His Son
- Perspectives, Ideology, and Wisdom
- By: J. D. Rockefeller
- Narrated by: Rick Font
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
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The 38 letters written by Rockefeller to his son imparting his perspectives, ideology, and wisdom to his son....
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Yellow Notebook
- Diaries, Volume I 1978-1987
- By: Helen Garner
- Narrated by: Helen Garner
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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Helen Garner has kept a diary for almost all her life. But until now, those exercise books filled with her thoughts, observations, frustrations and joys have been locked away, out of bounds, in a laundry cupboard....
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Letters from an Astrophysicist
- By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson, full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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Join the galactic conversation on the biggest issues in the universe....
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Informative listening!
- By Anonymous User on 29-01-2021
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The Python Years
- Diaries 1969-1979 (Volume One)
- By: Michael Palin
- Narrated by: Michael Palin
- Length: 29 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Michael Palin's diaries begin when he was newly married and struggling to make a name for himself in the world of television comedy....
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No
- By Anonymous User on 18-10-2023
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Letters from a Stoic
- Penguin Classics
- By: Seneca, Robin Campbell
- Narrated by: Julian Glover
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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Seeing self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in accordance with nature', the Stoic philosophy called for the restraint of animal instincts and the importance of upright ethical ideals and virtuous living....
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The Most Honourable and Virtuous to have lived
- By Anonymous User on 04-01-2022
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The Pillow Book
- By: Sei Shōnagon
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the closing years of the 10th century....
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Love, Nina
- Despatches from Family Life
- By: Nina Stibbe
- Narrated by: Nina Stibbe
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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In the 1980s, Nina Stibbe wrote letters home to her sister in Leicester describing her trials and triumphs as a nanny to a London family....
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Funny, funny, funny
- By jackie b on 16-06-2019
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Parsnips, Buttered
- Bamboozle and Boycott Modern Life, One Email at a Time
- By: Joe Lycett
- Narrated by: Joe Lycett
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
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In this book I have attempted to solve each and every one of life's problems. And I have succeeded....
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Disgruntling, Irritating and Messy
- By Sindy Sinn on 12-07-2018
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Letters to a Young Poet
- (Penguin Classics)
- By: Rainer Maria Rilke, Charlie Louth - translator
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens, Max Deacon
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
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At the start of the 20th century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself....
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Inspiring
- By KORE H BURGETT on 10-01-2023
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Letters of Note: Mothers
- By: Shaun Usher
- Narrated by: Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, Benedict Cumberbatch, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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In Letters of Note: Mothers, Shaun Usher gathers together exceptional missives by and to mothers, celebrating the joy and grief, humour and frustration, wisdom and sacrifice the role brings to both parent and child....
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Sensational!!!
- By Anonymous User on 29-06-2021
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1)
- 1918-38
- By: Chips Channon
- Narrated by: Tom Ward
- Length: 39 hrs and 13 mins
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Born in Chicago in 1897, 'Chips' Channon settled in England after the Great War, married into the immensely wealthy Guinness family, and served as Conservative MP for Southend-on-Sea from 1935 until his death in 1958....
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If you must, read the book, don't listen to it!
- By Fed Up on 21-11-2021
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 2)
- 1938-43
- By: Chips Channon
- Narrated by: Tom Ward
- Length: 48 hrs and 28 mins
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This second volume of the best-selling diaries of Henry 'Chips' Channon takes us from the heady aftermath of the Munich agreement, when the prime minister Chips so admired was credited with having averted a general European conflagration, through the rapid unravelling of appeasement....
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Chips Channons diaries. Parts one and two . Written by Chips Channon and read by someone very nice.
- By Anonymous User on 28-07-2022
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The Windsor Diaries
- A childhood with the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret
- By: Alathea Fitzalan Howard
- Narrated by: Alice McMillan, Sandra Duncan
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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Alathea's home life was an unhappy one. Her parents had separated and so during the war she was sent to live with her grandfather, Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent, at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park....
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The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister: Vol. 1
- I Know My Own Heart
- By: Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread - editor
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
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Discover the extraordinary diaries of the real Anne Lister: the inspiration for Gentleman Jack and Emma Donoghue's novel Learned By Heart....
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The Consolation of Nature
- Spring in the Time of Coronavirus
- By: Michael McCarthy, Jeremy Mynott, Peter Marren
- Narrated by: Stephen Boxer, David Shaw Parker, Charles Armstrong
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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Three nature writers, living like everyone else under lockdown, but walking out each day to exercise, resolved to record their experiences of the coronavirus spring, in widely contrasting parts of the country....
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The Victoria Letters: The Official Companion to the ITV Victoria Series
- By: Helen Rappaport, Daisy Goodwin
- Narrated by: Jessica Ball, Gabrielle Glaister, Dugald Bruce Lockhart
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
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From the producers of Poldark and Endeavour, ITV's Victoria follows the early years of the young Queen's reign, based closely on Victoria's own letters and journals....
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Excellent narration
- By Lauren Wilson on 25-01-2021
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My Unapologetic Diaries
- By: Joan Collins
- Narrated by: Glynis Barber, Joan Collins
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Joan Collins has been a diarist from the age of 12, writing enthusiastically over the years. She dictated most of these entries in real time into a mini-tape recorder at the end of the day, and now she is spilling the beans - well, nearly all of them....
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Love this!
- By Linda on 26-10-2021
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Letters of Note: Love
- By: Shaun Usher
- Narrated by: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Simon Callow, Benedict Cumberbatch, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
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Shaun Usher gathers together some of the most powerful letters about love ever written....
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84 Charing Cross Road
- By: Helene Hanff
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson, John Nettles
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
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Told in a series of letters, this true story of the correspondence between a New York writer and a London bookseller has touched the hearts of thousands....
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Marvellous!
- By Kylie on 01-09-2016
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Emerson
- The Mind on Fire
- By: Robert D. Richardson
- Narrated by: Michael McConnohie
- Length: 26 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of the most important figures in the history of American thought, religion, and literature....
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Great overview of an amazing icon in American history
- By Gydle on 25-06-2018
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Halfway to Hollywood
- Diaries 1980-1988, Volume Two
- By: Michael Palin
- Narrated by: Michael Palin
- Length: 28 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful Monty Python's Meaning of Life....
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Very insightful trip into the 80s
- By STEPHEN HOSKINS on 26-06-2023
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How to End a Story
- Diaries 1995-1998
- By: Helen Garner
- Narrated by: Helen Garner
- Length: 8 hrs
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Helen Garner’s third volume of diaries is an account of a woman fighting to hold on to a marriage that is disintegrating around her....
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Feeling spoilt
- By Anonymous User on 24-04-2022
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End of a Berlin Diary
- The Berlin Diary Series, Book 2
- By: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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A radio broadcaster and journalist for Edward R. Murrow at CBS, William L. Shirer was new to the world of broadcast journalism when he began keeping a diary while on assignment in Europe during the 1930s....
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Graft
- Motherhood, Family and a Year on the Land
- By: Maggie MacKellar
- Narrated by: Maggie MacKellar
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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This book is a stunning thanksgiving for a place and a moment in motherhood; and a timely reminder of the inescapable elemental laws of nature....
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Captivating
- By Anonymous User on 08-05-2023
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I Shall Bear Witness
- The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1933-41
- By: Victor Klemperer
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 27 hrs and 4 mins
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A publishing sensation, the publication of Victor Klemperer's diaries brings to light one of the most extraordinary documents of the Nazi period....
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Modern Nature
- Journals, 1989 - 1990
- By: Derek Jarman
- Narrated by: Julian Sands
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
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A meditative and inspiring diary of Derek Jarman's famous garden at Dungeness. In 1986 Derek Jarman discovered he was HIV positive and decided to make a garden at his cottage on the barren coast of Dungeness. Facing an uncertain future, he nevertheless found solace in nature....
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Modern Nature
- By anthony skuse on 05-09-2021
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The Collected Works of Jim Morrison
- Poetry, Journals, Transcripts, and Lyrics
- By: Jim Morrison, Tom Robbins - foreword
- Narrated by: Jim Morrison, Liz Phair, Oliver Ray, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive anthology of Jim Morrison's writings with rare photographs and numerous handwritten excerpts of unpublished and published poetry and lyrics from his 28 privately held notebooks....
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amazing
- By Anonymous User on 07-08-2021
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Always, Rachel
- The Letters of Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 1952-1964
- By: Martha Freeman - editor
- Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
- Length: 32 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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These letters between the pioneering environmentalist and her beloved friend reveal "a vibrant, caring woman behind the scientist" (Los Angeles Times). This very special collection of letters from Rachel Carson to her Maine summer neighbor Dorothy Freeman offers an intimate, spellbinding look at Carson's private life and thoughts.
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Moments with Mark Twain
- By: Mark Twain, Albert Bigelow Paine
- Narrated by: Lee Smalley
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover Moments With Mark Twain, a delightful audiobook that offers a unique insight into the life and wit of the legendary author, Mark Twain. This audiobook is a collection of Twain's most memorable quotes, anecdotes, and stories, showcasing his unparalleled humor and wisdom. Whether you're a longtime Twain enthusiast or new to his work, these moments with the iconic author will entertain and enlighten, providing a glimpse into the mind of one of America's greatest literary figures.
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Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: John Greenman
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Embark on a literary journey with "Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii," a fascinating collection of writings that reveal a lesser-known side of the iconic author. In this audiobook, you'll discover Twain's firsthand accounts and observations as he explores the enchanting landscapes and cultures of Hawaii during his travels. Through his witty and insightful letters, Twain provides a unique perspective on the Hawaiian islands, blending humor, adventure, and keen observations.
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Correspondence
- By: Ingeborg Bachmann, Paul Celan
- Narrated by: Francesca Ottley, Mark Young
- Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Paul Celan (1920-70) is one of the best-known German poets of the Holocaust; many of his poems, admired for their spare, precise diction, deal directly with its stark themes. Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-73) is recognized as one of post-World War II German literature’s most important novelists, poets, and playwrights.
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Ink of Tears
- Echoes of Shattered Souls Poetry Collections
- By: E.T. Mulloney
- Narrated by: Gretchen Weber
- Length: 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Dive into Ink of Tears, where every poem is a journey through the complexities of the human broken heart. How do we navigate the highs and lows of love and loss? What makes us resilient in the face of heartache? How does love elevate us, and how does heartbreak shape us? For all who have loved deeply and got hurt, share a timeless journey with collections of poems that will touch and break your heart at the same time.
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November 1942
- An Intimate History of the Turning Point of the Second World War
- By: Peter Englund, Peter Graves - translator
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 18 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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At the beginning of November 1942, it looked as if the Axis powers could still win the Second World War; at the end of that month, everyone realized that it was just a matter of time before they would lose. In between was El Alamein, Guadalcanal, the French North Africa landings, the Japanese retreat in New Guinea, and the Soviet encirclement of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad. It may have been the most important month of the 20th century. In this riveting historical marvel, Peter Englund has reduced an epoch-making event to its basic component: the individual experience.
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Always, Rachel
- The Letters of Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 1952-1964
- By: Martha Freeman - editor
- Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
- Length: 32 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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These letters between the pioneering environmentalist and her beloved friend reveal "a vibrant, caring woman behind the scientist" (Los Angeles Times). This very special collection of letters from Rachel Carson to her Maine summer neighbor Dorothy Freeman offers an intimate, spellbinding look at Carson's private life and thoughts.
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Moments with Mark Twain
- By: Mark Twain, Albert Bigelow Paine
- Narrated by: Lee Smalley
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover Moments With Mark Twain, a delightful audiobook that offers a unique insight into the life and wit of the legendary author, Mark Twain. This audiobook is a collection of Twain's most memorable quotes, anecdotes, and stories, showcasing his unparalleled humor and wisdom. Whether you're a longtime Twain enthusiast or new to his work, these moments with the iconic author will entertain and enlighten, providing a glimpse into the mind of one of America's greatest literary figures.
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Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: John Greenman
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Embark on a literary journey with "Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii," a fascinating collection of writings that reveal a lesser-known side of the iconic author. In this audiobook, you'll discover Twain's firsthand accounts and observations as he explores the enchanting landscapes and cultures of Hawaii during his travels. Through his witty and insightful letters, Twain provides a unique perspective on the Hawaiian islands, blending humor, adventure, and keen observations.
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Correspondence
- By: Ingeborg Bachmann, Paul Celan
- Narrated by: Francesca Ottley, Mark Young
- Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Paul Celan (1920-70) is one of the best-known German poets of the Holocaust; many of his poems, admired for their spare, precise diction, deal directly with its stark themes. Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-73) is recognized as one of post-World War II German literature’s most important novelists, poets, and playwrights.
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Ink of Tears
- Echoes of Shattered Souls Poetry Collections
- By: E.T. Mulloney
- Narrated by: Gretchen Weber
- Length: 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Dive into Ink of Tears, where every poem is a journey through the complexities of the human broken heart. How do we navigate the highs and lows of love and loss? What makes us resilient in the face of heartache? How does love elevate us, and how does heartbreak shape us? For all who have loved deeply and got hurt, share a timeless journey with collections of poems that will touch and break your heart at the same time.
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November 1942
- An Intimate History of the Turning Point of the Second World War
- By: Peter Englund, Peter Graves - translator
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 18 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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At the beginning of November 1942, it looked as if the Axis powers could still win the Second World War; at the end of that month, everyone realized that it was just a matter of time before they would lose. In between was El Alamein, Guadalcanal, the French North Africa landings, the Japanese retreat in New Guinea, and the Soviet encirclement of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad. It may have been the most important month of the 20th century. In this riveting historical marvel, Peter Englund has reduced an epoch-making event to its basic component: the individual experience.