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Keir Starmer
- The Biography
- By: Tom Baldwin
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 151
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 144
Keir Starmer: The Biography is an authoritative study of a man who now stands on the brink of becoming Britain's next Prime Minister. If he succeeds, Starmer will be the first Labour leader in a generation to win power, even though most voters still say they don’t know much about him....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A better future for us all.
- By DN Cumbria on 05-03-24
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1. Keir Starmer
- The Biography
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 29-02-24
- Language: English
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A History of the World
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: Andrew Marr, David Timson
- Length: 26 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,539
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,892
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,892
From the earliest civilizations to the 21st century: a global journey through human history, published alongside a landmark BBC One television series....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awsome, educational and epic work
- By Adisha on 30-10-12
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2. A History of the World
- Narrated by: Andrew Marr, David Timson
- Length: 26 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 01-10-12
- Language: English
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Bravo Two Zero - 20th Anniversary Edition
- By: Andy McNab
- Narrated by: Paul Thornley
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3,080
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,783
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,768
January 1991. IRAQ. Eight members of the SAS regiment embark upon a top secret mission to infiltrate deep behind enemy lines....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Captivating Story of Human Endurance
- By Jason on 29-11-16
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3. Bravo Two Zero - 20th Anniversary Edition
- Narrated by: Paul Thornley
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 09-01-14
- Language: English
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Extreme Ownership
- How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
- By: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
- Narrated by: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,515
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,839
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,825
Two U.S. Navy SEAL officers demonstrate how to apply powerful battlefield leadership principles from the battlefield to business and life.
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1 out of 5 stars
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American bull crap
- By martin on 14-11-19
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4. Extreme Ownership
- How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
- Narrated by: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
- Series: Extreme Ownership
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 19-10-15
- Language: English
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Crypt
- Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond
- By: Alice Roberts
- Narrated by: Alice Roberts
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 105
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 105
The new book by Sunday Times bestselling author of Ancestors and Buried - the final instalment in Professor Alice Roberts' acclaimed trilogy....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thoroughly thought provoking
- By Marywood J on 17-05-24
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5. Crypt
- Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond
- Narrated by: Alice Roberts
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 29-02-24
- Language: English
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First Man In
- Leading from the Front
- By: Ant Middleton
- Narrated by: Ant Middleton
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19,566
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 17,408
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17,353
No one is born a leader. But through sheer determination and by confronting life’s challenges, Ant Middleton has come to know the meaning of true leadership....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not what I expected at all
- By Gemma Jimmison on 13-07-18
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6. First Man In
- Leading from the Front
- Narrated by: Ant Middleton
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 12-07-18
- Language: English
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Band of Brothers
- E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
- By: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrated by: Tim Jerome
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,384
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,231
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,222
Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, was as good a rifle company as any in the world....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Tim Jerome has done no research.
- By Anonymous User on 31-05-18
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7. Band of Brothers
- E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
- Narrated by: Tim Jerome
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 09-03-12
- Language: English
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The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
- A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
- By: Ian Mortimer
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,543
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,969
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,955
Imagine you could travel back to the 14th century. What would you see? What would you smell? More to the point, where are you going to stay? And what are you going to eat....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very, very interesting - highly recommended
- By anthonyunionjackson on 06-05-09
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8. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
- A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Series: Time Traveler’s Guides
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 13-04-09
- Language: English
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Fighting for Queen and Country
- One Man’s Remarkable Story of Blood and Glory in the Paras and SAS
- By: Nigel Ely
- Narrated by: Nigel Ely
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story5 out of 5 stars 49
Spud Ely's SAS career has taken him into some of the most deadly, high-octane, violent battles ever. Fighting for Queen and Country is the unputdownable account of his most bloody, violent, heroic moments....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good listen
- By Mr Hudson M.C. on 25-06-24
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9. Fighting for Queen and Country
- One Man’s Remarkable Story of Blood and Glory in the Paras and SAS
- Narrated by: Nigel Ely
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 01-12-23
- Language: English
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Ancestors
- A Prehistory of Britain in Seven Burials
- By: Alice Roberts
- Narrated by: Alice Roberts
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 835
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 743
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 741
Told through seven fascinating burial sites, this groundbreaking prehistory of Britain teaches us more about ourselves and our history: how people came and went, how we came to be on this island....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Patronising and barely disguised prejudice
- By Amazon Customer on 01-08-21
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10. Ancestors
- A Prehistory of Britain in Seven Burials
- Narrated by: Alice Roberts
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 10-06-21
- Language: English
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- By: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,799
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,438
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,433
The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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5 out of 5 stars
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An enjoyable hagiography(?)
- By Nik Jewell on 16-05-18
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11. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 16-02-10
- Language: English
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Out
- By: Tim Shipman
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Out follows from May's resignation through to the tussles over the final Brexit deal, the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and our shortest serving PM ever.
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12. Out
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 29-08-24
- Language: English
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The Anarchy
- The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
- By: William Dalrymple
- Narrated by: Sid Sagar
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,132
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 949
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 945
The Anarchy tells the remarkable story of how one of the world’s most magnificent empires disintegrated and came to be replaced by a dangerously unregulated private company....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting story spoilt by poor narration
- By Gillian on 09-11-19
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13. The Anarchy
- The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
- Narrated by: Sid Sagar
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 17-10-19
- Language: English
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The Rescue
- The True Story of the SAS Mission to Save Hostages from the Taliban
- By: Andy McNab
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 63
The story of the SAS and Navy SEALs' attempts to save a group of NGO workers held hostage by the Taliban in 2012 in Northern Afghanistan. Andy McNab draws on classified sources and his own personal insight into the inner-workings of the special forces to tell the story of the rescue mission....
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1 out of 5 stars
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massive fan of his work. dreadful - this time.
- By iain shenton on 25-10-23
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14. The Rescue
- The True Story of the SAS Mission to Save Hostages from the Taliban
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 14-09-23
- Language: English
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SAS Great Escapes
- Seven Great Escapes Made by Real Second World War Heroes
- By: Damien Lewis
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,071
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 933
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Story5 out of 5 stars 931
The finest fighting force in the world. Escape. Evade. Survive. Repeat. Seven gripping tales of overcoming the impossible....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Remarkable Narrative - well performed
- By Killian iPad on 28-05-20
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15. SAS Great Escapes
- Seven Great Escapes Made by Real Second World War Heroes
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Series: SAS Great Escapes, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 28-05-20
- Language: English
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State of Emergency
- The Way We Were: Britain, 1970-1974
- By: Dominic Sandbrook
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 32 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 473
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 410
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 410
In the early 1970s, Britain seemed to be tottering on the brink of the abyss....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just Brilliant
- By Baz Borozitch on 29-04-13
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16. State of Emergency
- The Way We Were: Britain, 1970-1974
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 32 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 07-01-13
- Language: English
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Mortal Monarchs
- 1,000 Years of Royal Deaths
- By: Suzie Edge
- Narrated by: Suzie Edge
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 266
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 246
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 244
Medical historian Dr Suzie Edge examines 1,000 years of royal deaths to present a humorous deep-dive into the varied—and oft-gruesome—deaths of the king and queens of England and Scotland....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb but with some factual errors
- By Stevie on 07-06-23
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17. Mortal Monarchs
- 1,000 Years of Royal Deaths
- Narrated by: Suzie Edge
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 29-09-22
- Language: English
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The Weimar Years
- Rise and Fall 1918–1933
- By: Frank McDonough
- Narrated by: Paul McGann
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story5 out of 5 stars 26
The Weimar Years is a vivid narrative of a dramatic period in German history. Year by year, from 1918 to 1933, Frank McDonough covers the major events in both domestic and foreign policy and the personalities who shaped them, together with developments in music, art, theatre and literature....
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5 out of 5 stars
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How clearly the facts were presented with an explanation that made sense to the uninformed (me)!
- By DJ Dapper Dan on 12-04-24
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18. The Weimar Years
- Rise and Fall 1918–1933
- Narrated by: Paul McGann
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 16-11-23
- Language: English
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GCHQ
- Centenary Edition
- By: Richard Aldrich
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 25 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 490
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 431
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 431
GCHQ is the largest and most secretive intelligence organisation in the UK, and has existed for 100 years - but we still know next to nothing about it....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sober and detailed history
- By Philip on 15-10-19
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19. GCHQ
- Centenary Edition
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 25 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 11-07-19
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- As Told to Alex Haley
- By: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
- Narrated by: Laurence Fishburne
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,757
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,545
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,537
In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Phenomenal and absolutely essential!
- By Maik B on 25-02-21
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20. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- As Told to Alex Haley
- Narrated by: Laurence Fishburne
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 10-09-20
- Language: English
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