Simon Garfield
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All the Knowledge in the World
- The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia
- By: Simon Garfield
- Narrated by: Tim Bentinck
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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All the Knowledge in the World is a history and celebration of those who created the most groundbreaking and remarkable publishing phenomenon of any age....
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All the Knowledge in the World
- The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia
- Narrated by: Tim Bentinck
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 08-09-22
- Language: English
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Our Hidden Lives
- The Every Diaries of a Forgotten Britain
- By: Simon Garfield
- Narrated by: Amanda Carlton, Christopher Scott, Jeffrey Perry, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Abridged
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In 1936 anthropologist Tom Harrison, poet and journalist Charles Madge and documentary filmmaker Humphrey Jennings set up the Mass Observation Project....
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Our Hidden Lives
- The Every Diaries of a Forgotten Britain
- Narrated by: Amanda Carlton, Christopher Scott, Jeffrey Perry, Joan Walker, Moir Leslie, Simon Garfield
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 06-10-16
- Language: English
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On the Map
- By: Simon Garfield
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Maps fascinate us. They chart our understanding of the world and they log our progress, but above all they tell our stories....
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Very interesting, and surprisingly enjoyable
- By Mr Potts on 07-06-21
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On the Map
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 01-02-13
- Language: English
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Just My Type
- By: Simon Garfield
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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A delightfully inquisitive tour that explores the rich history and the subtle powers of fonts....
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An interesting journey into type & typography
- By A. Robertson on 19-05-22
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Just My Type
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 03-12-20
- Language: English
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In Miniature
- How Small Things Illuminate the World
- By: Simon Garfield
- Narrated by: Adrian Scarborough
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In Miniature takes a big look at small things. It is a celebration of the obsessive, eccentric and meticulous and welcomes us into the world of collectors, modellers and fans....
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In Miniature
- How Small Things Illuminate the World
- Narrated by: Adrian Scarborough
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 01-11-18
- Language: English
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Dog's Best Friend
- A Brief History of an Unbreakable Bond
- By: Simon Garfield
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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One of the first words we learn. Perhaps the best friend we'll have. An animal so much part of our lives that we speak to it like a child and spend small fortunes on its well-being and wardrobe....
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Dog's Best Friend
- A Brief History of an Unbreakable Bond
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 17-11-20
- Language: English
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Albertus
- The Biography of a Typeface (The ABC of Fonts)
- By: Simon Garfield
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
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One of the most beautiful handcrafted typefaces in the world (and the author's favourite), Albertus is also one of the most enduring....
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Albertus
- The Biography of a Typeface (The ABC of Fonts)
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 09-11-23
- Language: English
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The Error World
- An Affair with Stamps
- By: Simon Garfield
- Narrated by: Clive Mantle
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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As a boy, Simon Garfield started collecting "errors" - rare stamps flawed by printing faults and absent colours. As an adult his childhood obsession became a full-blown mid-life crisis....
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Unexpected and funny
- By Juxtappose on 14-02-24
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The Error World
- An Affair with Stamps
- Narrated by: Clive Mantle
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 02-11-09
- Language: English
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Comic Sans
- The Biography of a Typeface (The ABC of Fonts)
- By: Simon Garfield
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
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Comic Sans is one of the most used and most reviled typefaces of the digital age....
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Comic Sans
- The Biography of a Typeface (The ABC of Fonts)
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 09-11-23
- Language: English
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Baskerville
- The Biography of a Typeface (The ABC of Fonts)
- By: Simon Garfield
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
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The classic elegant English typeface, still widely used as a book text more than 250 years after its creation, Baskerville is a transitional design, poised between the first metal types and modern styles, notable for its combination of fat and thin letters....
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Baskerville
- The Biography of a Typeface (The ABC of Fonts)
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 09-11-23
- Language: English
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