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A Voice from the Main Deck
- Being a Record of the Thirty Years' Adventures of Samuel Leech
- By: Samuel Leech
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Samuel Leech provides a fascinating account of life as a sailor in the War of 1812 and through early 19th century. It is a remarkable account of a man who, until the conflict with the USS United States, had fought British Navy but after that battle changed allegiance to the United States and continued sailing with her navy for a further four years. A perfect addition to any sailor's library, A Voice from the Main Deck is a vivid account of life at sea in the early 19th century.
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Great insights into a sailors life.
- By Anonymous on 10-04-2024
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A Voice from the Main Deck
- Being a Record of the Thirty Years' Adventures of Samuel Leech
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 19-06-2018
- Language: English
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Hidden Creatures
- Luscious Leeches, Bashful Botflies and the Wondrous, History-Shaping World of Parasites
- By: Dino Martins
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Dr. Dino Martins, an awarding-winning entomologist of Kenya's Turkana Basin, where life was born, unspools the hidden, squirming world of parasites− some of the most misunderstood, and important, creatures with whom we share the Earth (and our bodies). 'Your world will be larger for reading...
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Hidden Creatures
- Luscious Leeches, Bashful Botflies and the Wondrous, History-Shaping World of Parasites
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 30-07-2026
- Language: English
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Voice From The Main Deck
- By: Samuel Leech
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Dive into the gripping narrative of Samuel Leech, a young sailor who served in both the Royal Navy and the United States Navy during the tumultuous War of 1812. Notably one of the few to chronicle his adventures, Leechs maritime journey began at the tender age of twelve. He bravely faced the cannon fire as a powder monkey during the fierce duel between H.M.S. Macedonian and U.S.S. United States. Captured and initially set for exchange, Leech took a daring leap for freedom when the Macedonian was brought into Newport, Rhode Island. Resuming his seafaring life with the US Navy, he found a stark ...
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Hidden Creatures
- Luscious Leeches, Bashful Botflies, and the Wondrous, History-Shaping World of Parasites
- By: Dino Martins
- Length: 8 hrs
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Welcome to the hidden, squirming world of parasites—some of the most misunderstood creatures with whom we share the Earth (and our bodies). "Astonishing, eye-opening, and inspiring." —Chloe Dalton, author of Raising Hare There is the tapeworm, which can grow 120 feet in length within the gut...
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Hidden Creatures
- Luscious Leeches, Bashful Botflies, and the Wondrous, History-Shaping World of Parasites
- Length: 8 hrs
- Release date: 07-07-2026
- Language: English
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Meeting at Grand Central
- Understanding the Social and Evolutionary Roots of Cooperation
- By: Lee Cronk, Beth L. Leech.
- Narrated by: Claire Christie
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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From the family to the workplace to the marketplace, every facet of our lives is shaped by cooperative interactions. Yet everywhere we look, we are confronted by proof of how difficult cooperation can be - snarled traffic, polarized politics, overexploited resources, social problems that go ignored. The benefits to oneself of a free ride on the efforts of others mean that collective goals often are not met. But compared to most other species, people actually cooperate a great deal. Why is this?
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Meeting at Grand Central
- Understanding the Social and Evolutionary Roots of Cooperation
- Narrated by: Claire Christie
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 17-12-2012
- Language: English
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