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Dear Michael, Love Dad
- Letters, laughter and all the things we leave unsaid.
- By: Iain Maitland
- Narrated by: Michael Simkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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A wonderfully written account of a father's relationship with his troubled son, as told through his funny, tender letters. In 2007 Michael Maitland left home for university, and in the years that followed he developed depression, OCD and, almost fatally, anorexia. It was only when Michael was taken to hospital in 2012, his body shutting down and his organs failing, that the family realised exactly what was happening.
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Honest, raw, open and soul destroying!
- By mrs zoe roberts on 20-03-17
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Dear Michael, Love Dad
- Letters, laughter and all the things we leave unsaid.
- Narrated by: Michael Simkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 28-07-16
- Language: English
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Among You Taking Notes...
- By: Naomi Mitchison
- Narrated by: Jacqueline King
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
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Born in Edinburgh, Naomi Mitchison spent most of the Second World War in the fishing village of Carradale on Kintyre, her home until her death aged 101. Her life was crowded with incident, and her attitudes to events predictably forceful, original and honest. Throughout the war she kept a diary at the request of the research organisation Mass Observation, in which she recorded both the momentous events of the time, and also how one family and their friends lived, what they hoped for and what actually happened. Her diaries developed far beyond the confines of a social document.
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Among you reading the review
- By Purplelotus on 08-02-23
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Among You Taking Notes...
- Narrated by: Jacqueline King
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 17-11-22
- Language: English
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Wuhan Diary
- Dispatches from a Quarantined City
- By: Fang Fang, Michael Berry - translator
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
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On January 25, 2020, after the central government imposed a lockdown in Wuhan, acclaimed Chinese writer Fang Fang began publishing an online diary. In the days and weeks that followed, Fang Fang's nightly postings gave voice to the fears, frustrations, anger and hope of millions of her fellow citizens, reflecting on the psychological impact of forced isolation, the role of the internet as both community lifeline and source of misinformation and most tragically, the lives of neighbours and friends taken by the deadly virus.
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LISTEN TO THIS
- By Margaret on 04-07-20
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Wuhan Diary
- Dispatches from a Quarantined City
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 26-05-20
- Language: English
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The Diary of a Young Girl (Marathi Edition)
- By: Anne Frank
- Narrated by: Madhavi Ganpule
- Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins
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This is the Marathi translation of The Diary of a Young Girl - a compilation of diary writings of Anne Frank, a girl who had to resort to hiding along with her family because of the Nazi occupation. This book has received widespread publicity and is one of the most famous literatures of the Nazi era. This book has been translated in more than 60 languages and has received critical acclamation. Anne Frank died of typhus in a concentration camp and her diary was successfully retrieved by Miep Gies, who handed it to Anne’s father, the lone survivor from the family.
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The Diary of a Young Girl (Marathi Edition)
- Narrated by: Madhavi Ganpule
- Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 31-10-23
- Language: Hindi
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Queen Victoria's Highland Journals
- Performed by Virgina McKenna in a Dramatised Setting
- By: Mr Punch
- Narrated by: Virginia McKenna OBE, Mark Hardy
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
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Succeeding William IV in 1837, Victoria reigned for nearly 64 years and was always a keen chronicler of life around her, through both her paintings and the detailed diary she kept from the age of 13. Queen Victoria’s Highland Journals cover the period from 1848 to 1882 and provide a fascinating insight into those long 'never-to-be-forgotten days' she spent with her family in her much beloved Scottish Highlands.
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Queen Victoria's Highland Journals
- Performed by Virgina McKenna in a Dramatised Setting
- Narrated by: Virginia McKenna OBE, Mark Hardy
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 05-06-22
- Language: English
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The Uncommercial Traveller
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: David McCran
- Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
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The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens, published in 1860-1861. In 1859 Dickens founded a new journal called All the Year Round, and the "Uncommercial Traveller" articles would be among his main contributions. He seems to have chosen the title and persona of the Uncommercial Traveller as a result of a speech he gave on 22 December 1859 to the Commercial Travellers' School London in his role as honorary chairman and treasurer.
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The Uncommercial Traveller
- Narrated by: David McCran
- Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 05-06-23
- Language: English
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The Consolation of Nature
- Spring in the Time of Coronavirus
- By: Michael McCarthy, Jeremy Mynott, Peter Marren
- Narrated by: Stephen Boxer, David Shaw Parker, Charles Armstrong
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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Nature took on a new importance for thousands of people when the coronavirus pandemic arrived in Britain, providing solace in a time of great anxiety - not least because the crisis struck at the beginning of spring, the season of hope and renewal, and furthermore, in an extraordinary conjunction, the spring of 2020 turned out to be the loveliest spring ever recorded in Britain. Three nature writers, living like everyone else under lockdown, but walking out each day to exercise, resolved to record their experiences of the coronavirus spring, in widely contrasting parts of the country.
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Experiential journey through Spring
- By S. Todd on 29-10-20
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The Consolation of Nature
- Spring in the Time of Coronavirus
- Narrated by: Stephen Boxer, David Shaw Parker, Charles Armstrong
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 15-10-20
- Language: English
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The Letters of Lord Byron
- Performed by Robert Powell in a Dramatised Setting
- By: Mr Punch
- Narrated by: Robert Powell
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
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George Gordon Byron was born in 1788, the son of the profligate 'Mad Jack' Byron, and succeeded to the title in 1798 moving to the family seat of Newstead Abbey. He attended Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he proved to be a poor scholar, preferring boxing, the low life and poetry, publishing his first volume of poems in 1806. In 1809, at 21, he embarked on a grand tour of Europe and on his return to England he married the humourless Annabella Milbanke, who gave birth to his daughter Augusta in 1815.
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The Letters of Lord Byron
- Performed by Robert Powell in a Dramatised Setting
- Narrated by: Robert Powell
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 05-06-22
- Language: English
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Mum's List
- By: St John Greene
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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On her deathbed, Kate Greene's only concern was for her two little boys, Reef and Finn, and her loving husband, Singe. She knew she'd be leaving them behind very soon. Over her last few days, Kate created Mum's List. The couple talked and cried together as she wrote her thoughts and wishes down, trying to help the man she loved create the best life for their boys after she was gone. It wasn't the first time Singe and Kate had faced death. Four years earlier, doctors discovered a large lump in baby Reef 's abdomen.
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I want to write my own list now!
- By Mary Jackson on 01-02-17
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Mum's List
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 17-05-12
- Language: English
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The Private Life of the Diary
- From Pepys to Tweets – A History of the Diary as an Art Form
- By: Sally Bayley
- Narrated by: Camilla Rockley
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
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Diaries hold all manner of things: they allow us a moment to be completely personal, to self-aggrandise, to focus on self-reflection without concern of what someone on the outside might think. Discovered or published diaries of the past have also provided glimpses into history, eras and minds gone by, especially the inner lives otherwise unknown.
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The Private Life of the Diary
- From Pepys to Tweets – A History of the Diary as an Art Form
- Narrated by: Camilla Rockley
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 18-03-21
- Language: English
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The Celeb Diaries
- Tears, Tantrums, and Excess!
- By: Mark Frith
- Narrated by: Mark Frith
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
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Celebrity is this decade's biggest obsession, and one person has had a ringside seat for the whole thing. As editor of celebrity bible Heat, Mark Frith has had more access to celebrities than anyone else. And now, for the first time, he's opening up his diaries - and no one is safe.
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The Celeb Diaries
- Tears, Tantrums, and Excess!
- Narrated by: Mark Frith
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 04-09-08
- Language: English
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The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 2: 1934-1939
- By: Anais Nin
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Lagelee
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
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Beginning with Nin's arrival in New York, this volume is filled with the stories of her analytical patients. There is a shift in emphasis also, as Nin becomes aware of the inevitable choice facing the artist in the modern world.
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The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 2: 1934-1939
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Lagelee
- Series: The Diary of Anais Nin, Book 2
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 24-08-21
- Language: English
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Essential Muir
- A Selection of John Muir’s Best (and Worst) Writings
- By: John Muir, Fred D. White - editor and introduction
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm, Ana Osorio
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
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Essayist. Preservationist. Mountain man. Inventor. John Muir may be California’s best-known icon. A literary naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club and Yosemite National Park, Muir left his legacy on the landscape and on paper. But the celebrity of John Muir does not tell the whole story. In Essential Muir, for the first time, Muir's selected writings include those that show his ecological vision without ignoring his racism, providing a more complete portrait of the man.
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Essential Muir
- A Selection of John Muir’s Best (and Worst) Writings
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm, Ana Osorio
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 05-10-21
- Language: English
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War Diary: The Diary of Mike Rogers
- By: Alan Beardsley
- Narrated by: Steve Davison Smith
- Length: 22 hrs and 3 mins
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"War Diary: The Diary of Mike Rogers" is a poignant historical record that chronicles the experiences of a young boy, Mike Rogers, during World War II. The diary begins in 1939, capturing the tense atmosphere as Britain enters the war. It provides detailed daily entries that cover the significant and mundane aspects of wartime life, from the fear of air raids and the impact of rationing to personal reflections and observations of everyday occurrences.
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War Diary: The Diary of Mike Rogers
- Narrated by: Steve Davison Smith
- Length: 22 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 11-08-21
- Language: English
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The Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth
- Performed by Jenny Agutter in a Dramatised Setting
- By: Mr Punch
- Narrated by: Jenny Agutter OBE, Robin Welch
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
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Dorothy Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth in 1771, being one year younger than her brother William. After their mother died in 1778, they were separated and did not return to the Lake District until 1794, when they spent two happy months walking around the hills near Keswick, eventually settling down at Grasmere in 1799. The journals that Dorothy kept are remarkable for the detailed observations she makes of the surrounding countryside and people, often providing glimpses of poverty and suffering, as well as displaying her complete love affair with nature.
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The Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth
- Performed by Jenny Agutter in a Dramatised Setting
- Narrated by: Jenny Agutter OBE, Robin Welch
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 05-06-22
- Language: English
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Andrew Murray Collection on Prayer
- Humility, Absolute Surrender, the Ministry of Intercession, the Power of the Blood of Jesus and Others
- By: Andrew Murray
- Narrated by: Tom Chandler
- Length: 20 hrs and 7 mins
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Selected from his many books and papers, the Andrew Murray Collection on Prayer serves as a manual for Christians who long to rediscover the joy of a life devoted to serving with Christ to bring love to a hurting world. Murray highlights for us the scarlet thread from Genesis to Revelation which proves how we are a full partner with Christ in his healing work today. Written in simple language, Andrew Murray shares stories applicable to every day, age, and era. Learn how to pray how Jesus prayed, how the Holy Spirit heals our physical bodies, and how we can pray in victory....
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Andrew Murray Collection on Prayer
- Humility, Absolute Surrender, the Ministry of Intercession, the Power of the Blood of Jesus and Others
- Narrated by: Tom Chandler
- Length: 20 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 29-09-21
- Language: English
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From the Corner of the Oval Office
- By: Beck Dorey-Stein
- Narrated by: Beck Dorey-Stein
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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In 2012, Beck Dorey-Stein was just scraping by in Washington, DC, when a posting on Craigslist landed her, improbably, in the Oval Office as one of Barack Obama's stenographers. She joined the elite team who accompanied the president wherever he went, recorder and mic in hand. On whirlwind trips across time zones, Beck forged friendships with a tight group of fellow travellers - young men and women who, like her, left their real lives behind to hop aboard Air Force One in service of the president.
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I could not stop listening to this book.
- By Orla on 29-11-19
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From the Corner of the Oval Office
- Narrated by: Beck Dorey-Stein
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 12-07-18
- Language: English
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Diary of a Wartime Affair
- By: Doreen Bates
- Narrated by: Christine Mackie
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
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London, 1934. Doreen Bates is working in the same office as E, an older married man. They strike up a passionate affair and Doreen records it all in her diary - secret midnight walks, countryside escapades and stolen moments of intimacy. But Doreen longs for a child with E. Despite all the taboos at the time and against the wishes of E, Doreen gets pregnant and is amazed when twins are born during the war. However, Doreen faces an uncertain future - will E ever leave his wife and join his new family?
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A fascinating insight into the physical and mental landscape of 1930’s Britain
- By Rgh1066 on 01-03-23
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Diary of a Wartime Affair
- Narrated by: Christine Mackie
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 29-08-17
- Language: English
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L'intranquillité
- By: Fernando Pessoa
- Narrated by: François Marthouret
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
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"L'intranquillité" de Fernando Pessoa met en scène les différents hétéronymes que l'auteur avait inventés pour se permettre des styles d'écriture divers, voire opposés. Ces personnages prennent une certaine consistance dans ce journal intime qui mêle réalité vécue et réalité littéraire. Écrit à partir de 1913 et jusqu'à la mort de Pessoa en 1935, ce texte est à la fois préoccupé, libre et poétique.
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L'intranquillité
- Narrated by: François Marthouret
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Release date: 29-06-16
- Language: French
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One Day I'll Remember This
- Diaries 1987-1995
- By: Helen Garner
- Narrated by: Helen Garner
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
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Beginning in 1987, as she embarks on an affair that she knows will be all-consuming and ending in 1995 with the publication of The First Stone and the furore that followed it, Garner reveals the inner life of a woman in love and a great writer at work. With devastating honesty and sparkling humour, she grapples with what it means for her sense of self to be so entwined with another - how to survive as an artist in a partnership that is both enthralling and uncompromising.
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One Day I'll Remember This
- Diaries 1987-1995
- Narrated by: Helen Garner
- Series: Diaries, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 08-05-21
- Language: English
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