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Restless Dolly Maunder
- By: Kate Grenville
- Narrated by: Federay Holmes
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
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Dolly Maunder is born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society's long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determined women. Growing up in a poor farming family in rural New South Wales, Dolly spends her life doggedly pushing at those doors.
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An Authentic story of Australia
- By Kerry Muir on 30-04-2024
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 6 hrs
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No book ever written has more perfectly captured the spirit of the 1960s counterculture....
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better than the movie (almost!)
- By Clasina on 14-12-2016
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The Angel of Waterloo
- By: Jackie French
- Narrated by: Edwina Wren
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
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The soldiers called her the Angel of Waterloo...Henrietta Bartlett, the esteemed surgeon's daughter who was born on a battlefield, lost her mother on a battlefield, and was widowed on the battlefield, where she worked alongside her father on that fateful day in June 1815....
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Among the best of books
- By Juseyjus on 11-12-2020
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The Beauties
- By: Lauren Chater
- Narrated by: Blazey Best
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
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When Emilia Lennox loses everything after her husband’s lands and title are confiscated, her beauty is her best bargaining chip with the only man who can restore their fortunes: King Charles II himself....
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The Brothers Karamazov (Bicentennial Edition)
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 42 hrs and 16 mins
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The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons—the impulsive and sensual Dmitri....
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Different translation and refreshingly good …
- By JOHN on 10-05-2024
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Mort à crédit
- By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
- Narrated by: Denis Podalydès
- Length: 21 hrs and 34 mins
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Un roman foisonnant où Céline raconte son enfance et sa jeunesse : "C'est sur ce quai-là, au 18, que mes bons parents firent de..."
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Restless Dolly Maunder
- By: Kate Grenville
- Narrated by: Federay Holmes
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Dolly Maunder is born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society's long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determined women. Growing up in a poor farming family in rural New South Wales, Dolly spends her life doggedly pushing at those doors.
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An Authentic story of Australia
- By Kerry Muir on 30-04-2024
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 6 hrs
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No book ever written has more perfectly captured the spirit of the 1960s counterculture....
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better than the movie (almost!)
- By Clasina on 14-12-2016
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The Angel of Waterloo
- By: Jackie French
- Narrated by: Edwina Wren
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The soldiers called her the Angel of Waterloo...Henrietta Bartlett, the esteemed surgeon's daughter who was born on a battlefield, lost her mother on a battlefield, and was widowed on the battlefield, where she worked alongside her father on that fateful day in June 1815....
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Among the best of books
- By Juseyjus on 11-12-2020
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The Beauties
- By: Lauren Chater
- Narrated by: Blazey Best
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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When Emilia Lennox loses everything after her husband’s lands and title are confiscated, her beauty is her best bargaining chip with the only man who can restore their fortunes: King Charles II himself....
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The Brothers Karamazov (Bicentennial Edition)
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 42 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons—the impulsive and sensual Dmitri....
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Different translation and refreshingly good …
- By JOHN on 10-05-2024
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Mort à crédit
- By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
- Narrated by: Denis Podalydès
- Length: 21 hrs and 34 mins
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Un roman foisonnant où Céline raconte son enfance et sa jeunesse : "C'est sur ce quai-là, au 18, que mes bons parents firent de..."
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The Cattle King
- By: Ion Idriess
- Narrated by: Various Artists
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
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This book is an inspiring tribute to the remarkable life of Sir Sidney Kidman - the Cattle King....
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Great listen, definitely recommend
- By Anonymous User on 02-01-2023
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky
- A Novel
- By: Mark Sullivan
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He's a normal Italian teenager - obsessed with music, food, and girls....
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Brilliant WWll True Story
- By Nicky Webber on 26-10-2020
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El último sueño [The Last Dream]
- By: Pedro Almodóvar
- Narrated by: Pedro Almodóvar, Àlex Monner, Israel Elejalde, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
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El libro más personal de Pedro Almodóvar: un autorretrato articulado en doce relatos que revelan su pasión secreta por la escritura....
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In Search of Lost Time
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: Marcel Proust
- Narrated by: full cast, Derek Jacobi, Frances Barber, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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Waking in the small hours, Marcel Proust embarks on a retrospective journey, endeavouring to capture the elusive moments that shaped his life....
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Tears as time passes
- By David on 17-09-2022
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The Second Mrs. Astor
- By: Shana Abe
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
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Madeleine Talmage Force is just 17 when she attracts the attention of John Jacob "Jack" Astor. Jack's mother was the Mrs. Astor, American royalty and New York's most formidable socialite....
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The Second Mrs Astor
- By Helen Stewart on 06-05-2024
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The Personal Librarian
- A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- By: Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
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In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world....
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fascinating story
- By Louisa on 22-06-2023
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The Jacobite's Wife
- By: Morag Edwards
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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18th century, Scotland. Jacobite sympathies stir powerful emotions, especially in a titled young man with little to occupy him. But strong-willed Lady Winifred Nithsdale has already seen her mother, father, and brother imprisoned for their support of England's Catholic king.
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The Flower Boat Girl
- A Novel Based on a True Story
- By: Larry Feign
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 17 hrs and 25 mins
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Her father traded away her youth. Sea bandits stole her freedom. She has one way to get them back: Become the most powerful pirate in the world....
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Ramses
- The Son Of Light
- By: Christian Jacq
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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This spell-binding novel of court intrigue, treason, and romantic adventure is a rare look at Egyptian history. ...
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Fantastic book, but.........
- By Jordana edwards on 11-11-2023
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The Last Green Valley
- A Novel
- By: Mark Sullivan
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
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From the author of the number one best seller Beneath a Scarlet Sky comes a new historical novel inspired by one family’s incredible story of daring, survival, and triumph....
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Great story but needed better editing
- By Meriel Cavanagh on 25-01-2024
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The Water and the Wine
- The Story of Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen on Hydra, Greece
- By: Tamar Hodes
- Narrated by: Donald Davenport
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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The Water and the Wine is set in Greece in a '60s artistic community, focusing on Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen. The Silver family are drawn into a world of creativity, excitement, infidelity, jealousy, and dysfunctional relationships. What is the price of creativity? Find out....
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Anon Pls.
- A Novel
- By: Deuxmoi
- Narrated by: Callie Dalton, Brittany Pressley, Graham Halstead
- Length: 8 hrs
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When Cricket Lopez, assistant to one of the most notorious celebrity stylists, revamps her old fashion Instagram account and turns it into a source for celebrity gossip on a drunken whim, she never thinks it will become anything....
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No need to be anon, this book is great
- By Sophie Henderson on 11-11-2022
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H.E. Bates: A BBC Radio Collection
- Dramatisations and Readings Including Fair Stood the Wind for France, Love for Lydia & More
- By: H. E. Bates
- Narrated by: David Jason, Pam Ferris, David Neal, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Original Recording
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H. E. Bates is probably best known for his comic novel The Darling Buds of May, which introduced the lovable Larkins to the world and sparked three hugely popular TV adaptations. Included in this collection are selected dramatisations and readings from his genre-spanning work....
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How to Loiter in a Turf War
- A Novel
- By: Coco Solid
- Narrated by: Coco Solid
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
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It’s a day in the life of three friends beefing with their own city, Tamaki Makaurau. With gentrification closing in and racial tensions sweltering, the girls must cling to their friendship like a life raft....
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Oceanic dreamland
- By Anonymous User on 23-12-2022
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Why Mummy Drinks at Christmas
- Why Mummy, Book 5
- By: Gill Sims
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Ellen is planning the perfect Christmas. This year – this year – Christmas will be PERFECT. This is the year when all the dreams come true....
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Fun listen
- By S.M.D on 06-12-2023
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I, Claudius
- By: Robert Graves
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
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The politics of empire-building and the hypocricies, back-stabbings and corruptions of Rome's first family come to light....
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A Very Very abridged version.
- By helen keju on 04-04-2024
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All the Glimmering Stars
- A Novel
- By: Mark Sullivan, Anthony and Florence Opoka - afterword
- Narrated by: Junior Nyong'o
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
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Inspired by a true story, two teens kidnapped by an African warlord find salvation through love in a powerful and healing historical novel from the #1 bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky and The Last Green Valley....
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Why Mummy Drinks on Holiday
- Why Mummy, Book 6
- By: Gill Sims
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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Ellen Russell embarks on the Ultimate Summer —two whole months without the stifling confines of work drudgery, school runs, or juggling the household's never-ending demands. This year promises the idyllic, laughter-filled summer of her dreams with her best friend, Hannah, and their Precious Moppets.
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The Art of Purring
- By: David Michie
- Narrated by: David Michie
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
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The Dalai Lama's cat is back - older, a bit wiser and as curious as ever....
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Easy listening
- By Carola Allen on 10-03-2024
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Memoirs and Misinformation
- A Novel
- By: Jim Carrey, Dana Vachon
- Narrated by: Jeff Daniels
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Meet Jim Carrey. Sure, he's an insanely successful and beloved movie star drowning in wealth and privilege — but he's also lonely. Maybe past his prime. Maybe even...getting fat? He's tried diets, gurus, and cuddling with his military-grade Israeli guard dogs....
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Don't beam me up.
- By Nathan Dutton on 02-09-2020
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Ines of My Soul
- A Novel
- By: Isabel Allende
- Narrated by: Isabel Allende, Alma Cuervo
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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A passionate epic of love, freedom, and conquest, based on historical events, from the New York Times best-selling author of The House of the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea....
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The Swans of Fifth Avenue
- A Novel
- By: Melanie Benjamin
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Paul Boehmer
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
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Of all the glamorous stars of New York high society, none blazes brighter than Babe Paley....
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Another view of Capote
- By Vanessa Young on 27-10-2018
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The One Inside
- By: Sam Shepard, Patti Smith - foreword
- Narrated by: Bill Pullman, Patti Smith - foreword
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
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The first work of long fiction from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright - a tour de force of memory, mystery, death, and life....
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The Medici Letters: A Novel
- The Secret Origins of the Renaissance
- By: Taylor Buck
- Narrated by: Murdoch (Doc) Pennington
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
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A shocking ancient secret. The origins of western civilization discovered. The Renaissance - our most fundamental age of technological and artistic advance, was built upon a secret passed down to a banking family in Florence - the Medici. 500 years ago that secret was buried....
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The Education of Joshua Chastain
- A Gay Mormon Memoir
- By: Nicolas Shumway
- Narrated by: Ron Cook
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
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The Education of Joshua Chastain is a fictional memoir about a gay boy who grows up in a small Mormon community in northern Arizona, a kind of Mormon shtetl. The novel describes Josh's journey of self-discovery as he explores his sexuality, engages in various sexual relationships during his teenage years (including one with a Roman Catholic priest), and endures verbal and sometimes physical abuse from teachers and classmates.
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Lightborne
- By: Hesse Phillips
- Narrated by: Will Watt
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Kit Marlowe: playwright, poet, lover. In the plague-stricken streets of Elizabethan England, Kit flirts with danger, leaving a trail of enemies and old flames in his wake. His plays are a roaring success; he seems destined for greatness. But the queen's eyes are everywhere and the air is laced with paranoia. When Marlowe is arrested on charges of treason, heresy and sodomy—all of which are punishable by death—he is released on bail with the help of Thomas Walsingham, a man he presumes to be his friend, but who has in fact hired the infamous assassin Robin Poley to take care of Marlowe.
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Mary I: Queen of Sorrows
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Adored only child of King Henry VIII and his first wife Katherine of Aragon, young Princess Mary grows up as the sole heiress to the English throne. But her father wants a son, and soon Mary's world begins to fall apart. With her parents' marriage - and England - in crisis, Mary is banished from the court and kept apart from the mother she adores. The King promises to restore his daughter to favour, but first Mary must do something for which she will never forgive herself. She seeks solace in her faith.
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John Croft in Burma
- John Croft Series, Book 1
- By: Lee B. Croft
- Narrated by: Remy Gibson
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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This is a work of "faction" based on the life of the author's great great grandfather, John Croft (1807-1883), who was born in Hertfordshire, England, served as a young officer in the British East India Company Army during the first Anglo-Burmese War (1824-1826), became one of Australia's wealthiest men (1843-1859), then returned to England as a landed gentleman who married into a prominent family of industrialists.
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Rise of the Parent
- Saving the World One Boob at a Time, Book 2:
- By: Shona Reidy
- Narrated by: Shona Reidy
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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This book is based on a true story, a mother who finally gets the man of her dreams, only to find that it comes with a confusing family legacy of abuse and manipulation. Read how this young woman eventually hears the wild woman within trying to save her, and learns how, through the art of self-help and meditation, to overcome it all.
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The Brothers Karamazov (Bicentennial Edition)
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 42 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons—the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the whole of Russian life, is social and spiritual striving, in what was both the golden age and a tragic turning point in Russian culture.
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Different translation and refreshingly good …
- By JOHN on 10-05-2024
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The Education of Joshua Chastain
- A Gay Mormon Memoir
- By: Nicolas Shumway
- Narrated by: Ron Cook
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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The Education of Joshua Chastain is a fictional memoir about a gay boy who grows up in a small Mormon community in northern Arizona, a kind of Mormon shtetl. The novel describes Josh's journey of self-discovery as he explores his sexuality, engages in various sexual relationships during his teenage years (including one with a Roman Catholic priest), and endures verbal and sometimes physical abuse from teachers and classmates.
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Lightborne
- By: Hesse Phillips
- Narrated by: Will Watt
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Kit Marlowe: playwright, poet, lover. In the plague-stricken streets of Elizabethan England, Kit flirts with danger, leaving a trail of enemies and old flames in his wake. His plays are a roaring success; he seems destined for greatness. But the queen's eyes are everywhere and the air is laced with paranoia. When Marlowe is arrested on charges of treason, heresy and sodomy—all of which are punishable by death—he is released on bail with the help of Thomas Walsingham, a man he presumes to be his friend, but who has in fact hired the infamous assassin Robin Poley to take care of Marlowe.
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Mary I: Queen of Sorrows
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Adored only child of King Henry VIII and his first wife Katherine of Aragon, young Princess Mary grows up as the sole heiress to the English throne. But her father wants a son, and soon Mary's world begins to fall apart. With her parents' marriage - and England - in crisis, Mary is banished from the court and kept apart from the mother she adores. The King promises to restore his daughter to favour, but first Mary must do something for which she will never forgive herself. She seeks solace in her faith.
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John Croft in Burma
- John Croft Series, Book 1
- By: Lee B. Croft
- Narrated by: Remy Gibson
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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This is a work of "faction" based on the life of the author's great great grandfather, John Croft (1807-1883), who was born in Hertfordshire, England, served as a young officer in the British East India Company Army during the first Anglo-Burmese War (1824-1826), became one of Australia's wealthiest men (1843-1859), then returned to England as a landed gentleman who married into a prominent family of industrialists.
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Rise of the Parent
- Saving the World One Boob at a Time, Book 2:
- By: Shona Reidy
- Narrated by: Shona Reidy
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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This book is based on a true story, a mother who finally gets the man of her dreams, only to find that it comes with a confusing family legacy of abuse and manipulation. Read how this young woman eventually hears the wild woman within trying to save her, and learns how, through the art of self-help and meditation, to overcome it all.
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The Brothers Karamazov (Bicentennial Edition)
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 42 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons—the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the whole of Russian life, is social and spiritual striving, in what was both the golden age and a tragic turning point in Russian culture.
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Different translation and refreshingly good …
- By JOHN on 10-05-2024
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All the Glimmering Stars
- A Novel
- By: Mark Sullivan, Anthony and Florence Opoka - afterword
- Narrated by: Junior Nyong'o
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Anthony Opoka and Florence Okori are coming of age in Uganda in the 1990s. Outstanding students, they believe in being good humans before they are kidnapped and forced into the fanatical Lord’s Resistance Army. In a legion of young recruits, no one gets closer than Anthony to powerful messianic warlord Joseph Kony and his darkest secrets. To stay sane as he spirals through chaos, Anthony clings to his childhood lessons about being a good human. Florence’s upbringing grounds her, too, helping her keep her dreams alive even as she’s pulled deeper into the insanity of Kony’s war.
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Ella
- A Novel
- By: Diane Richards
- Narrated by: Alexandra Grey
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In the vein of The Paris Wife and The Personal Librarian comes this debut novel, a magnificent work of “biographical fiction” that reimagines the turbulent and triumphant early years of Ella Fitzgerald, arguably the greatest singer of the twentieth century.
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The Dove upon Her Branch
- By: DM Denton
- Narrated by: Virginia Ferguson
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Christina Georgina Rossetti is the youngest of four siblings in a close-knit, creative Anglo-Italian family. A spirited child like her brother, Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, in adolescence she struggles with being sickly and depressed. She emerges "a dove on a solitary branch," realizing her voice through writing, most exceptionally poetry.
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Polyamorous Love Song
- By: Jacob Wren
- Narrated by: Alex MacDonald
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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From interdisciplinary writer and performer Jacob Wren comes Polyamorous Love Song, a novel of intertwined narratives concerning the relationship between artists and the world. Shot through with unexpected moments of sex and violence, listeners will become acquainted with a world that is at once the same and opposite from the one in which they live.
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My Sister, My Protector
- By: S.O. Strenuo
- Narrated by: Alyssa Boaldin
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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My Sister, My Protector is based on the true story of one family. It covers three generations of abuse, starting with seventeen-year-old Mary. If you or anyone you know can relate to this story, there is help. Please talk to someone.
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Naked Girl
- By: Janna Brooke Wallack
- Narrated by: Janna Brooke Wallack
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Growing up motherless in 1980's Miami Beach, Sienna and her little brother Siddhartha get by with their charismatic and capricious father, Jackson Jones. When a small windfall relocates them to a condemned mansion on the water, the siblings are forbidden traditional schooling and left to live off the land. As Jackson uses their new home to create a communal cult, the siblings are forced to raise themselves in a carefree, chaotic oasis. Living amidst the vagrant seekers who take up residence in Jackson's utopia, Sienna and Siddhartha strive to protect their unconventional family.
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Involuntary Bliss
- By: Devon Code
- Narrated by: Hugh Gunz
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Intense and densely layered, Involuntary Bliss is the latest intriguing story from the award-winning young Canadian writer Devon Code. Situated in modern-day Montreal during a weekend in late August, two young men attempt to restore their friendship.
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The Bootlegger's Daughter
- A Novel
- By: Nadine Nettmann
- Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky, Allyson Ryan, Keong Sim
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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It’s 1927. Letty Hart’s father is long gone, but his old winery provides a meager wage and a legal livelihood for selling sacramental wine. But when that contract goes bust, Letty stumbles upon a desperate option: her father’s hidden cellar—and enough liquor to tempt Letty to bootleg the secret stash. In an underworld dominated by merciless men, Letty is building an empire.
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The Jacobite's Wife
- By: Morag Edwards
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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18th century, Scotland. Jacobite sympathies stir powerful emotions, especially in a titled young man with little to occupy him. But strong-willed Lady Winifred Nithsdale has already seen her mother, father, and brother imprisoned for their support of England's Catholic king. While she wants to be loyal, Winifred tries to protect her husband from imprisonment, or worse, the scaffold. But will she escape with her own life intact?
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Mercy of Hell Hollow
- Her Lost Journal 1883-1887
- By: Marnie Reynolds-Bourque
- Narrated by: Margaret Stockton-Davies
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
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In 1883, a young, newly married Mercy Reynolds begins a personal journal, filling it with thoughts of her young family. She records her opinions on women's suffrage, historic events, small town gossip and life in general, never imagining she will also be documenting incredible loss as well. Her writings remind us of how America's pioneers lived in a world now largely forgotten.
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ANKRBOY
- By: Mark Pettit
- Narrated by: Jon Vertullo
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
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A young, closeted TV newscaster tries to make his way during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Based on the true-life story of three-time Emmy award-winning anchorman and best-selling author turned actor, Mark Pettit.
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The Librarians of Rue de Picardie
- By: Janet Skeslien Charles
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Jackie Sanders, Marin Ireland, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
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1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France, a group of women determined to rebuild devastated French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen - children's libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears.