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Maya Angelou: The Autobiographies
- Six BBC Radio 4 Dramatisations
- By: Maya Angelou
- Narrated by: Pippa Bennett-Warner, Indie Gjesdal, full cast
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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The books that make up the life and times of Maya Angelou are some of the best, most beautiful and haunting pieces of autobiography written. They run the gamut from life affirming to tragedy and back again with a tone that is a joyous, direct and searingly honest and are an extraordinary portrait of 20th century black America.
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Excellent BBC production
- By Mike C Davies on 27-01-20
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Maya Angelou: The Autobiographies
- Six BBC Radio 4 Dramatisations
- Narrated by: Pippa Bennett-Warner, Indie Gjesdal, full cast
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 02-05-19
- Language: English
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Ghostland
- In Search of a Haunted Country
- By: Edward Parnell
- Narrated by: Sam Woolf
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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In his late 30s, Edward Parnell found himself trapped in the recurring nightmare of a family tragedy. For comfort, he turned to his bookshelves, back to the ghost stories that obsessed him as a boy, and to the writers through the ages who have attempted to confront what comes after death. In Ghostland, Parnell goes in search of the ‘sequestered places’ of the British Isles, our lonely moors, our moss-covered cemeteries, our stark shores and our folkloric woodlands.
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Im not sure what kind of book this is.
- By Wren on 27-01-20
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My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire
- By: Maurice White, Herb Powell
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
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The late Grammy-winning founder of the legendary pop/R&B/soul/funk/disco group tells his story and charts the rise of his legendary band in this sincere memoir that captures the heart and soul of an artist whose groundbreaking sound continues to influence music today. With a foreword by David Foster.
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A great look at a great musician
- By Dazler on 29-12-16
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My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 13-09-16
- Language: English
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Long Life, Honey in the Heart
- By: Martín Prechtel
- Narrated by: Martín Prechtel
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
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Martín Prechtel continues the narrative of his unique life in Santiago, Atitlan in Long Life, Honey in the Heart, an eloquent memoir replete with the subtle intelligence and sophistication of Mayan culture. Set against the dramatic backdrop of Guatemala's political upheaval in the 1980s, this heady mix of magic, humor, and spirituality immerses the listeners in the experiences of Mayan birth, courting, marriage, child-rearing, old age, death, and beyond, using the true story of Prechtel's own family and friends.
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Beautiful and magical remembering
- By janina bisley on 18-02-24
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Long Life, Honey in the Heart
- Narrated by: Martín Prechtel
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 15-03-22
- Language: English
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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
- A Memoir of Africa
- By: Peter Godwin
- Narrated by: Peter Godwin
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
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After his father's heart attack in 1984, Peter Godwin began a series of pilgrimages back to Zimbabwe, the land of his birth, from Manhattan, where he now lives. On these frequent visits to check on his elderly parents, he bore witness to Zimbabwe's dramatic spiral downward into the jaws of violent chaos, presided over by an increasingly enraged dictator. And yet long after their comfortable lifestyle had been shattered and millions were fleeing, his parents refuse to leave, steadfast in their allegiance to the failed state that has been their adopted home for 50 years.
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An Epitaph of a Lost Country
- By Ex Rhodie on 09-01-21
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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
- A Memoir of Africa
- Narrated by: Peter Godwin
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 18-05-20
- Language: English
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Bookshop Dogs
- By: Ruth Shaw
- Narrated by: Emily Paddon-Brown
- Length: 5 hrs
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Dogs of all shapes and sizes visit Ruth Shaw's three wee bookshops in Manapōuri in the far south of Aotearoa New Zealand. Local dogs, holiday house dogs, travelling dogs – many have great stories, be they funny, sad, strange, bemusing, quirky or sweet. Woven throughout are tales of the very special Hunza, the dog who worked with troubled teens alongside Shaw when she was a youth worker.
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Bookshop Dogs
- Narrated by: Emily Paddon-Brown
- Length: 5 hrs
- Release date: 01-11-24
- Language: English
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Kismet
- A Turkish-American Woman’s Unlikely Story of Race, Love, and Personal Transformation
- By: Gözde Yücel
- Narrated by: Pam Wood
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
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Join author Gözde Yücel on an enthralling odyssey that transcends borders, love, and the profound depths of personal transformation. This poignant memoir delves into the life of a Turkish-American woman, a resilient soul whose story resonates with the heartaches and triumphs of immigrants and those navigating the challenging terrain of divorce.
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I Can Explain
- By: Jamie Laing, Justin Myers
- Narrated by: Jamie Laing
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
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Funny, charming and romantic to a fault, everyone loves Jamie Laing. The affectionate and exuberant blond puppy dog has come a long way - and broken many hearts - since he first graced our screens in 2011 as the joker of the Kings Road on Made in Chelsea. Ten years on, he became king of the ballroom making the final of Strictly Come Dancing. Now he's ready to spill the tea - and (McVitie's) biscuits - about life, love and everything in between.
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An easy and enjoyable listen
- By StephR on 17-09-21
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I Can Explain
- Narrated by: Jamie Laing
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 16-09-21
- Language: English
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What Am I Doing Here?
- By: Bruce Chatwin
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
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Brought to you by Penguin. In this collection of profiles, essays and travel stories, Chatwin takes us to Benin, where he is arrested as a mercenary during a coup; to Boston to meet an LSD guru who believes he is Christ; to India with Indira Ghandi when she attempted a political comeback in 1978; and to Nepal where he reminds us that 'Man's real home is not a house, but the Road, and that life itself is a journey to be walked on foot'.
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Bruce Chatwin/Hugh Fraser
- By Anonymous User on 23-05-23
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What Am I Doing Here?
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 24-10-19
- Language: English
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Frederick Douglass
- Prophet of Freedom
- By: David W. Blight
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 36 hrs and 57 mins
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As a young man, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave owner mistress, and he would go on to become one of the major literary figures of his time. He wrote three versions of his autobiography over the course of his lifetime and published his own newspaper. His very existence gave the lie to slave owners: with dignity and great intelligence, he bore witness to the brutality of slavery.
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Can we talk about the narrator
- By Mr on 17-09-19
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Frederick Douglass
- Prophet of Freedom
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 36 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 16-10-18
- Language: English
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Rabbit Stew and a Penny or Two
- A Gypsy Family’s Hard and Happy Times on the Road in the 1950s
- By: Maggie Smith-Bendell
- Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
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Born on a Somerset pea-field in 1941, the second of eight children in a Romani family, Maggie Smith-Bendell has lived through the years of greatest change in the travelling community's long history. As a child, Maggie rode and slept in a horse-drawn wagon, picked hops and flowers, and sat beside her father's campfire on ancient verges, poor but free to roam. As the twentieth century progressed, common land was fenced off and the traditional ways disappeared.
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Cushty
- By Westley on 25-02-18
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Rabbit Stew and a Penny or Two
- A Gypsy Family’s Hard and Happy Times on the Road in the 1950s
- Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 22-08-11
- Language: English
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The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
- By: Issa Rae
- Narrated by: Issa Rae
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
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"My name is 'J' and I'm awkward - and black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be. That someone was right. Where do I start?" Being an introvert in a world that glorifies cool isn't easy. But when Issa Rae, the creator of the Shorty Award-winning hit series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, is that introvert - whether she's navigating love, work, friendships, or "rapping" - it sure is entertaining.
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amazing! !!
- By A. Campbell on 30-03-17
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The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
- Narrated by: Issa Rae
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 10-02-15
- Language: English
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The Man in the Red Coat
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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In the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days’ shopping. One was a Prince, one was a Count, and the third was a commoner with an Italian name, who four years earlier had been the subject of one of John Singer Sargent’s greatest portraits. The three men's lives play out against the backdrop of the Belle Epoque in Paris. The beautiful age of glamour and pleasure more often showed its ugly side: hysterical, narcissistic, decadent and violent, a time of rampant prejudice and blood-and-soil nativism, with more parallels to our own age than we might imagine.
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A bit of common sense when choosing a narrator!
- By Anonymous User on 25-06-20
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The Man in the Red Coat
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 12-03-20
- Language: English
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The Secret Life of France
- By: Lucy Wadham
- Narrated by: Ros Stockwell
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
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Everything you wanted to know about France but were too afraid to ask... At eighteen Lucy Wadham abandoned England and fell into the arms of a Frenchman. Twenty-five years later, having married, had children, and divorced in France, Lucy is perfectly placed to explore the differences between our two countries. Here she examines every aspect of French life - from sex and adultery to money, happiness, race and politics - in this funny and engrossing account of our most intriguing neighbour.
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Mixed feeling
- By Solene22 on 25-07-15
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The Secret Life of France
- Narrated by: Ros Stockwell
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 24-06-11
- Language: English
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Untouchable
- The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson
- By: Randall Sullivan
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 28 hrs and 30 mins
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Beginning with his final departure from Neverland, Untouchable takes listeners through Jackson's final four years, as he shuttled from California to the Middle East, Ireland, Asia, the East Coast, and Las Vegas, planning to recapture his wealth and reputation with a comeback album and a series of 50 mega-concerts, for which he was rehearsing until the day before his death. Sullivan has never-before-reported information about Jackson's business dealings and the pedophilia allegations that irreparably marked his reputation, and he had exclusive access to inner-circle figures.
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Compelling and entertaining - but accurate?
- By Phil on 06-06-15
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Untouchable
- The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 28 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 25-01-13
- Language: English
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Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
- By: Herbie Hancock, Lisa Dickey
- Narrated by: Herbie Hancock
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
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Hancock discusses his musical influences, colorful behind-the-scenes stories, his long and happy marriage, and how Buddhism inspires him creatively and personally. Honest, enlightening, and as electrifyingly vital as the man who wrote it, Herbie Hancock promises to be an invaluable contribution to jazz literature and a must-read for fans and music lovers.
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Excellent...
- By Twilight22 on 28-03-24
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Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
- Narrated by: Herbie Hancock
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 23-10-14
- Language: English
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A Home from Home
- From Immigrant Boy to English Man
- By: George Alagiah
- Narrated by: George Alagiah, Prasanna Puwanarajah
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
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When George Alagiah was dropped off at a Hampshire boarding school as a child back in 1967, he was confronted with an extreme version of the private struggle faced by all immigrants: the battle to leave the past behind and fit into a new culture. His arrival in Britain coincided with the unhappy intrusion of race into politics. A key part of the ensuing fight against racism was the concept of multiculturalism. But in a closely argued and forthright chapter, Alagiah suggests that far from improving the prospects for some immigrants, multiculturalism may be an impediment to integration.
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Exploring the immigrant experience
- By Rachel Redford on 04-10-20
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A Home from Home
- From Immigrant Boy to English Man
- Narrated by: George Alagiah, Prasanna Puwanarajah
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 23-09-20
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- By: Clayborne Carson - editor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Narrated by: Levar Burton
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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He was a husband, a father, a preacher - and the preeminent leader of a movement that continues to transform America and the world.
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Not complete
- By Anonymous User on 23-01-18
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The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Narrated by: Levar Burton
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 16-12-99
- Language: English
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Devil in the Grove
- Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
- By: Gilbert King
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
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Arguably the most important American lawyer of the 20th century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education before the US Supreme Court when he became embroiled in a case that threatened to change the course of the civil rights movement and to cost him his life. In 1949, Florida's orange industry was booming, and citrus barons got rich on the backs of cheap Jim Crow labor with the help of Sheriff Willis V. McCall, who ruled Lake County with murderous resolve....
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Just listen to THE letter
- By RitchD on 02-03-20
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Devil in the Grove
- Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 24-05-13
- Language: English
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Harlem Godfather
- The Rap on My Husband, Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson
- By: Karen E. Quinones, Mayme Hatcher Johnson
- Narrated by: Patricia R. Floyd
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
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The first and only full biography on legendary Harlem gangster, Bumpy Johnson who was depicted in the movies Cotton Club, Hoodlum, and American Gangster.
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True Story
- By Peach Pitba on 06-02-24
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Harlem Godfather
- The Rap on My Husband, Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson
- Narrated by: Patricia R. Floyd
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 28-09-21
- Language: English
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