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Hardy Women
- Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses
- By: Paula Byrne
- Narrated by: Dawn Murphy
- Length: 18 hrs and 38 mins
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How was it that the novelist who created some of the most memorable and modern female characters in literature had such troubled relationships with real women? In this highly innovative book, acclaimed biographer Paula Byrne re-examines novelist Thomas Hardy’s life through the eyes of the women who made him—mother, sisters, girlfriends, wives, muses. The story veers from shocking scenes such as his obsession with the sight of a woman hanged, to poignant vignettes of unfulfilled passion, to fascinating details of working women’s lives in the nineteenth century.
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Hardy Women
- Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses
- Narrated by: Dawn Murphy
- Length: 18 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 01-02-2024
- 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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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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Unflinching
- By Anonymous User on 01-03-2024
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Giving Up the Ghost
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Jane Wymark
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 01-05-2012
- Language: English
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The Curse of the Marquis de Sade
- A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History
- By: Joel Warner
- Narrated by: Stephen Mendel
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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Described as both “one of the most important novels ever written” and “the gospel of evil,” 120 Days of Sodom was written by the Marquis de Sade, a notorious eighteenth-century aristocrat who waged a campaign of mayhem and debauchery across France, evaded execution, and inspired the word “sadism,” which came to mean receiving pleasure from pain. Despite all his crimes, Sade considered this work to be his greatest transgression.
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The Curse of the Marquis de Sade
- A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History
- Narrated by: Stephen Mendel
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 21-02-2023
- Language: English
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Another Life
- On Memory, Language, Love, and the Passage of Time
- By: Theodor Kallifatides
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
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In this slim memoir, Theodor Kallifatides explores the interplay of meaningful living and meaningful work, and the timeless question of how to reconcile oneself to aging. But he also comments on worrying trends in contemporary Europe - from religious intolerance and prejudice against immigrants to housing crises and gentrification - and his sadness at the battered state of his beloved Greece. Kallifatides offers an eloquent, thought-provoking meditation on the writing life, and an author’s place in a changing world.
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Another Life
- On Memory, Language, Love, and the Passage of Time
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 23-03-2021
- Language: English
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Damien Lewis
- Audible Sessions: FREE Exclusive Interview
- By: Holly Newson
- Narrated by: Damien Lewis
- Length: 18 mins
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Best-selling author and filmmaker Damien Lewis joins the Audible Studios to discuss his latest book, SAS Ghost Patrol, a compelling true story of the special Allied forces' most audacious top secret mission during 1942, and why we need to hear it. With an insight into war that most of us could only imagine, Damien looks at how his experiences have shaped him and how he combines fact with storytelling so succinctly.
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Damien Lewis
- Audible Sessions: FREE Exclusive Interview
- Narrated by: Damien Lewis
- Length: 18 mins
- Release date: 29-09-2017
- Language: English
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Terry Pratchett in His Own Words
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Terry Pratchett
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
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Sir Terry Pratchett was a much-loved writer who gained international fame for his Discworld fantasy series. In this recording we hear—in his own words—about science-fantasy and comedy writing. He discusses his fans and followers, how he enjoys writing and the importance of the Discworld characters. We hear his thoughts on fame and isolation, his attitude to money and about his reaction to diagnosis with early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
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Terry Pratchett in His Own Words
- Narrated by: Terry Pratchett
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
- Release date: 22-04-2022
- Language: English
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The Little Locksmith
- A Memoir
- By: Katharine Butler Hathaway
- Narrated by: Julia Atwood
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1895, a specialist straps five-year-old Katharine Hathaway, then suffering from spinal tuberculosis, to a board with halters and pulleys in a failed attempt to prevent her from becoming a “hunchback” like the “little locksmith” who does odd jobs at her family’s home. Forced to endure her confinement for ten years, Katharine remains immobile until age fifteen, only to find that none of it has prevented her from developing a deformity of her own.
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The Little Locksmith
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Julia Atwood
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 28-06-2022
- Language: English
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Back in the Day
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
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In this captivating memoir, Melvyn Bragg recalls growing up in the Cumbrian market town of Wigton, from his early childhood during the war to the moment he had to decide between staying on or spreading his wings. This is the tale of a boy who lived in a pub and expected to leave school at 15 yet won a scholarship to Oxford. Derailed by a severe breakdown when he was 13, he developed a passion for reading and study - though that didn't stop him playing in a skiffle band or falling in love.
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A lost world
- By ELIZABETH on 21-09-2022
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Back in the Day
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 25-08-2022
- Language: English
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C. S. Lewis
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: James Como
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
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Beloved by children and adults worldwide, the writings of C. S. Lewis have a broad and enduring appeal. Although he is best known for the iconic Chronicles of Narnia series, C. S. Lewis was actually a man of many literary parts.
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C. S. Lewis
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 26-02-2019
- Language: English
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Derek Walcott
- By: Edward Baugh
- Narrated by: Peter Hopkins
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
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This succinct account the life of Nobel laureate Derek Walcott focuses on his development as poet, playwright, and man of the theater: director, producer, teacher. Friends and colleagues who figured in his career are recalled. The importance of his native St Lucia and family influences in the shaping of his creativity and his view of the world are highlighted, as these evolved in synergy with his receptivity to the poetry and theater of the wider world.
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Derek Walcott
- Narrated by: Peter Hopkins
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 19-12-2020
- Language: English
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Gore Vidal: Sexually Speaking
- Collected Sex Writings
- By: Gore Vidal, Donald Weise - editor
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
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Gore Vidal: Sexually Speaking presents the author’s often provocative and always engaging thoughts on sexuality. Here, fourteen essays and three rare, vintage interviews published over the past four decades tackle hot-button topics such as gay American founding fathers, sex and the Catholic church, gay bashing and the U.S. Congress, and bedding Jack Kerouac.
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Gore Vidal: Sexually Speaking
- Collected Sex Writings
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 01-09-2020
- Language: English
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Mad About Shakespeare
- From Classroom to Theatre to Emergency Room
- By: Jonathan Bate
- Narrated by: Jonathan Bate
- Length: 9 hrs
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Shakespeare’s world is never too far different from our own, permeated with the same tragedies, the same existential questions and domestic worries. In this extraordinary book, Jonathan Bate brings then and now together. He investigates moments of his own life—losses and challenges—and asks whether, if you persevere with Shakespeare, he can offer a word of wisdom or a human insight for any time or any crisis.
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Confused, Conflicted but insightful
- By David on 28-10-2023
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Mad About Shakespeare
- From Classroom to Theatre to Emergency Room
- Narrated by: Jonathan Bate
- Length: 9 hrs
- Release date: 14-04-2022
- Language: English
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Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
- Penguin Modern Classics
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 9 hrs
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This collection of letters forms a fascinating day-by-day account of Steinbeck's writing of East of Eden, his longest and most ambitious novel. The letters, ranging over many subjects - textual discussion, trial flights of workmanship, family matters - provide an illuminating perspective on Steinbeck, the creative genius, and a private glimpse of Steinbeck, the man.
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Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
- Penguin Modern Classics
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 9 hrs
- Release date: 15-04-2021
- Language: English
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An Interview with Pat Conroy, Author of My Reading Life
- By: Pat Conroy
- Length: 8 mins
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Pat Conroy discusses his latest book, My Reading Life, as well as his experience narrating. About My Reading Life: best-selling author Pat Conroy acknowledges the books that have shaped him and celebrates the profound effect reading has had on his life. In My Reading Life, Conroy revisits a life of passionate reading.
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An Interview with Pat Conroy, Author of My Reading Life
- Length: 8 mins
- Release date: 09-11-2010
- Language: English
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The Woman Beyond the Attic
- The V.C. Andrews Story
- By: Andrew Neiderman
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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Best known for her internationally, multi-million-copy bestselling novel Flowers in the Attic, Cleo Virginia Andrews lived a fascinating life. Born to modest means, she came of age in the American South during the Great Depression and faced a series of increasingly challenging health issues. Yet, once she rose to international literary fame, she prided herself on her intense privacy.
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The Woman Beyond the Attic
- The V.C. Andrews Story
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 01-02-2022
- Language: English
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: 40th Anniversary of Tuck Everlasting with Natalie Babbitt
- By: Natalie Babbitt
- Narrated by: Gregory Maguire, Colby Minifie, Samuel Babbitt
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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The award-winning author discusses her unforgettable novel, first published in 1975, with author Gregory Maguire ( Wicked). Babbitt's classic story centers on a young girl who stumbles upon the mysterious Tuck family and their secret, magic spring. The moving prose and rich imagery have made this story a favorite among young readers.
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Not the novel!
- By Mardi on 16-05-2024
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: 40th Anniversary of Tuck Everlasting with Natalie Babbitt
- Narrated by: Gregory Maguire, Colby Minifie, Samuel Babbitt
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Release date: 04-03-2015
- Language: English
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Out of Sheer Rage
- In the Shadow of D. H. Lawrence
- By: Geoff Dyer
- Narrated by: Tom Hollander
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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Sitting down to write a book about his hero D. H. Lawrence, Geoff Dyer finds himself compelled to write about anything else. He is in fact compelled to do more or less anything else instead of write. In Sicily he is too preoccupied by his hatred of seafood to follow the great writer's footsteps; in Mexico he cannot get beyond a drug-induced erotic fantasy on a nudist beach...and yet, incredibly, this attempt to write a 'sober academic study' reveals the hold Lawrence and his work still exert on us today.
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Perverse
- By Amazon customer on 08-11-2021
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Out of Sheer Rage
- In the Shadow of D. H. Lawrence
- Narrated by: Tom Hollander
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 24-04-2019
- Language: English
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How to Write Like Tolstoy
- A Journey into the Minds of Our Greatest Writers
- By: Richard Cohen
- Narrated by: Richard Cohen
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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Behind every acclaimed work of literature is a trove of heartfelt decisions. The best authors put painstaking - sometimes obsessive - effort into each element of their stories, from plot and character development to dialogue and point of view. Veteran editor and teacher Richard Cohen draws on his vast reservoir of a lifetime's reading and his insight into what makes good prose soar.
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Title sells it short. Not a how-to book but better
- By Kindle Customer on 07-04-2023
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How to Write Like Tolstoy
- A Journey into the Minds of Our Greatest Writers
- Narrated by: Richard Cohen
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 17-11-2020
- Language: English
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Eve Bites Back
- An Alternative History of English Literature
- By: Anna Beer
- Narrated by: Anna Beer
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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Warned not to write—and certainly not to bite—these women put pen to paper anyway and wrote themselves into history. From the fourteenth century through to the present day, women who write have been understood as mad, undisciplined, or dangerous. Female writers have always had to find ways to overcome or challenge these beliefs. Some were cautious and discreet, some didn’t give a damn, but all lived complex, eventful, and often controversial lives.
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Eve Bites Back
- An Alternative History of English Literature
- Narrated by: Anna Beer
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 13-10-2022
- Language: English
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Anybody Can Do Anything
- By: Betty MacDonald
- Narrated by: Heather Henderson
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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After surviving both the failed chicken farm - and marriage - immortalized in The Egg and I, Betty MacDonald returns to live with her mother and desperately searches to find a job to support her two young daughters. With the help of her older sister Mary, Anybody Can Do Anything recounts her failed, and often hilarious, attempts to find work during the Great Depression.
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Anybody Can Do Anything
- Narrated by: Heather Henderson
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 30-05-2016
- Language: English
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