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The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men
- A Cultural History
- By: Paolo Zellini
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
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The complexity of mathematics - its abstract rules and obscure symbols - can seem very distant from the everyday. There are those things that are real and present, it is supposed, and then there are mathematical concepts: creations of our mind, mysterious tools for those unengaged with the world. Yet, from its most remote history and deepest purpose, mathematics has served not just as a way to understand and order, but also as a foundation for the reality it describes.
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Too simplistic
- By Katarina on 20-03-21
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The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men
- A Cultural History
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 27-02-20
- Language: English
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The Children of Athena
- Greek Writers and Thinkers in the Age of Rome, 150 BC-AD 400
- By: Charles Freeman
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
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In 146 BC, Greece yielded to the military might of the Roman Republic; sixty years later, when Athens and other Greek city-states rebelled against Rome, the general Lucius Cornelius Sulla destroyed the city of Socrates and Plato, laying waste to the famous Academy where Aristotle had studied. However, the traditions of Greek cultural life would continue to flourish during the centuries of Roman rule that followed, in the lives and work of a distinguished array of philosophers, doctors, scientists, geographers, travellers and theologians.
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An utterly brilliant production
- By Dennis Sommers on 14-12-23
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The Children of Athena
- Greek Writers and Thinkers in the Age of Rome, 150 BC-AD 400
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 23-11-23
- Language: English
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The Outlaws of Ennor
- Medieval West Country Mystery, Book 16
- By: Michael Jecks
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
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On their return home from their pilgrimage, Baldwin and Simon's ship is attacked off the coast of the Scilly Isles by pirates and Simon looks on in horror as Baldwin is swept overboard. Washed ashore on the tiny island of Ennor, Simon is distraught to think that his closest friend is dead, but he has to put aside his grief when the master of the castle orders him to investigate a murder. Meanwhile, Baldwin himself has been washed up on St Nicholas and is nursed back to health by the beautiful Tedia.
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Keep it in your trousers
- By The Curator on 19-07-20
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The Outlaws of Ennor
- Medieval West Country Mystery, Book 16
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Series: Knights Templar, Book 16
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 01-01-20
- Language: English
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Where the Universe Came From
- How Einstein's relativity unlocks the past, present and future of the cosmos
- By: New Scientist
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
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A little over a century ago, a young Albert Einstein presented his general theory of relativity to the world and utterly transformed our understanding of the universe. His theory changed the way we think about space and time, revealed how our universe has been expanding from a hot, dense state called the big bang and predicted black holes. Where the Universe Came From is a 13.8 billiion-year journey through the cosmos.
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Where the Universe Came From
- How Einstein's relativity unlocks the past, present and future of the cosmos
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Series: New Scientist Instant Expert
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 15-06-17
- Language: English
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Circus Maximus
- By: A.D. O'Neill
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
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When the tyrannical Aulus Vitellius seizes the reins of power in Rome, the empire is already in the grip of a fierce civil war. But the new emperor's first priority is both personal and deeply symbolic: he plans to crush the Green chariot racing faction - the mortal enemies of his beloved Blues - at the Plebeian Games in the Circus Maximus. To save the Greens from certain extinction, two former charioteers have just twenty-six days to transport four champion chariot horses across the breadth of Europe to Rome.
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Circus Maximus
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 09-05-24
- Language: English
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Unforgivable?
- Exploring the Limits of Forgiveness
- By: Stephen Cherry
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
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Reflecting on many examples from real life as well as literature, and on the insights of psychologists and philosophers, Cherry uses the tension between the desire to forgive and the protest that a person is unforgivable to push towards understandings of forgiveness that avoid the harshness of binary models. Forgiveness is not, he insists, the only good way forward after harm. A positive understanding of non-vengeful unforgiveness is vital if the harmed are to be given the care and support they need and deserve, and if forgiveness itself is to be authentic and liberating.
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Unforgivable?
- Exploring the Limits of Forgiveness
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 28-03-24
- Language: English
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The Killing of Lord George
- A Tale of Murder and Deceit in Edwardian England
- By: Karl Shaw
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
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On 28 November 1911, a retired showman died violently at his home in North London. Known to the world as Lord George Sanger, he was once the biggest name in show business, and was venerated as a national institution. The death of Britain's wealthiest showman read like a popular crime thriller: a merciless killer, a famous victim, a desperate manhunt and a dramatic denouement few could have anticipated. But for over a century, questions have persisted about the murder.
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A well read and entertaining tale
- By Christine on 15-08-24
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The Killing of Lord George
- A Tale of Murder and Deceit in Edwardian England
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 01-09-22
- Language: English
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Happy Trails
- Andrew Lauder's Charmed Life and High Times in the Record Business
- By: Andrew Lauder, Mick Houghton
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
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Andrew Lauder is one of British record business's most significant and highly influential figures but outside the music industry few people will probably know his name. He's always retained a fan's perspective which, combined with an exceptional knowledge of music, meant he was at ease around musicians and never happier than spending time with them. During the later '60s and throughout the '70s in particular (working at the legendary United Artists), he had a knack of being one step ahead of the next trend.
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Happy Trails
- Andrew Lauder's Charmed Life and High Times in the Record Business
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 27-04-23
- Language: English
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Jazz
- An Audio Guide
- By: Stuart Nicholson
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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Award-winning music journalist and author Stuart Nicholson takes the listener on an entertaining journey from jazz's early stirrings in America’s south through to the present day, when almost every country in the world has its own vibrant jazz scene. En route we meet a host of jazz heroes past and present, from Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Miles Davis, to Keith Jarrett and Kamasi Washington. Each chapter is accompanied by a playlist designed to provide a stimulating and enjoyable entry point to what has been described as the most exciting art form of all.
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No pdf
- By godofphilosophy on 10-01-24
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Jazz
- An Audio Guide
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 01-01-24
- Language: English
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The Western Front
- A History of the Great War, 1914-1918
- By: Nick Lloyd
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 20 hrs and 39 mins
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The Western Front evokes images of mud-spattered men in waterlogged trenches, shielded from artillery blasts and machine-gun fire by a few feet of dirt. This iconic setting was the most critical arena of the Great War. In this epic narrative history, the first volume in a groundbreaking trilogy on the Great War, Nick Lloyd captures the horrific fighting on the Western Front beginning with the surprise German invasion of Belgium in August 1914 and taking us to the Armistice of November 1918.
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The Western Front
- A History of the Great War, 1914-1918
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 20 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 11-05-21
- Language: English
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Philosophy
- An Audio Guide
- By: Peter Cave
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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Philosophy, the 'love of wisdom', is the product of our endless fascination and curiosity about the world – the child of wonder. Through it, we seek to answer the most fundamental of questions: How do we know what we know? Does God exist? What is beauty? How should we live our lives? What am I? In this exhilarating tour, Peter Cave navigates all the main topics of philosophy with verve and clarity. Using witty and whimsical examples, Cave provides a welcome antidote to the dry textbook while covering everything from political philosophy to points of logic.
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Philosophy
- An Audio Guide
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 01-11-23
- Language: English
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The Vinyl Frontier
- The Story of NASA’s Interstellar Mixtape
- By: Jonathan Scott
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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In 1977 a group of scientists, artists and writers gathered in a house in Ithaca, New York to work on the most important mixtape ever conceived. It wasn’t from one person to another - it was from Earth to the cosmos. When NASA sent Voyagers 1 and 2 on a grand tour of the outer planets, they knew the ultimate fate of these plucky probes would be to drift forever in the unimaginable void of interstellar space.
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The Vinyl Frontier
- The Story of NASA’s Interstellar Mixtape
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 26-11-20
- Language: English
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