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Straight White Male
- By: John Niven
- Narrated by: John Cormack
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall243
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Performance217
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Story214
Kennedy Marr is a novelist from the old school. Irish, acerbic, and a borderline alcoholic and sex addict, his mantra is drink hard, write hard and try to screw every woman you meet. He's writing film scripts in LA, fucking, drinking and insulting his way through Californian society but also suffering from writer's block and unpaid taxes. Then a solution presents itself - Marr is to be the unlikely recipient of the W. F. Bingham Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Modern Literature, an award worth half a million pounds.
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Thoroughly Enjoyed.
- By Devboy on 14-06-20
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Straight White Male
- Narrated by: John Cormack
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 20-08-15
- Language: English
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Bellman & Black
- By: Diane Setterfield
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall147
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Performance131
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Story131
As a boy, William Bellman commits one small cruel act that appears to have unforeseen and terrible consequences. The killing of a rook with his catapult is soon forgotten amidst the riot of boyhood games. And by the time he is grown, with a wife and children of his own, he seems indeed, to be a man blessed by fortune. Until tragedy strikes, and the stranger in black comes, and William Bellman starts to wonder if all his happiness is about to be eclipsed. Desperate to save the one precious thing he has left, he enters into a bargain.
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I enjoyed this book
- By Jo E on 11-07-19
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Bellman & Black
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 10-10-13
- Language: English
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The Birthday Party
- A spell-binding summer read from the Number One bestselling author (Roone Book 4)
- By: Roisin Meaney
- Narrated by: Michele Moran
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall33
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Performance26
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Story27
'A wonderful storyteller' Ciara Geraghty 'Meaney is utterly credible, utterly authentic, utterly irresistible' Irish Independent 'Roisin Meaney is a skilful storyteller' Sheila O'Flanagan The new novel from No.1 bestselling author Roisin Meaney. Another summer is in full swing on the island of...
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Loved it.
- By Jelly on 30-12-22
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The Birthday Party
- A spell-binding summer read from the Number One bestselling author (Roone Book 4)
- Narrated by: Michele Moran
- Series: Roone, Book 4
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 27-06-19
- Language: English
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A Dubious Legacy
- By: Mary Wesley
- Narrated by: Anna Massey
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall43
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Performance39
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Story39
Henry Tillotson, a generous, genial man, rescues Margaret from a disastrous marriage in Egypt and brings her home to the West Country as his new wife. On the threshold she gives him a black eye and retires straight to bed where she remains, apart from the occasional malevolent outburst, for the rest of her life.
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Absultely dreadful hung in there for ten chapters
- By Christine on 22-08-14
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A Dubious Legacy
- Narrated by: Anna Massey
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 01-02-12
- Language: English
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Whispers in the Village
- Tales from Turnham Malpas, Book 11
- By: Rebecca Shaw
- Narrated by: Carole Boyd
- Length: 6 hrs
- Abridged
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Overall13
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Performance7
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Story8
When the rector, Peter, and his wife Caroline, decide to go to Africa for a year to work in a mission, they take their twins with them. The village inhabitants whose lives revolve around the church and this family are bereft. They don't immediately take to the woman locum, Anna, who has modern ideas, happy clappy hymns and so forth, but she does fill the church with parishioners determined to keep an eye on her.
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exceptional narrator
- By jane on 05-12-21
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Whispers in the Village
- Tales from Turnham Malpas, Book 11
- Narrated by: Carole Boyd
- Series: Tales from Turnham Malpas, Book 11
- Length: 6 hrs
- Release date: 19-04-06
- Language: English
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Anna
- By: Amanda Prowse
- Narrated by: Amanda Prowse
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall142
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Performance133
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Story133
Anna Cole grew up poor, but her mother's love made her feel rich every day. Then her mother died, and Anna was sent to a care home. As a teenager, Anna vowed that one day she would have children of her own and create the happy, noisy family life she always craved. Then, one day, Anna meets Theo Montgomery in a lift. Theo has kind eyes but a sad past. His family were rich, but his childhood was full of neglect. Theo can't imagine bringing a child into this cruel world, but he does want a soul mate. Someone to love him unconditionally; someone with whom he can share his family's wealth.
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I wanted to like it but....
- By andrea mciver on 22-09-21
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Anna
- Narrated by: Amanda Prowse
- Series: One Love, Two Stories, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 13-12-18
- Language: English
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The Universe Versus Alex Woods
- By: Gavin Extence
- Narrated by: Joe Thomas
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall465
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Performance410
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Story409
A tale of an unexpected friendship, an unlikely hero, and an improbable journey, Alex's story treads the fine line between light and dark, laughter and tears. And it might just strike you as one of the funniest, most heartbreaking novels you've ever heard. Alex Woods knows that he hasn't had the most conventional start in life. He knows that growing up with a clairvoyant single mother won't endear him to the local bullies. He also knows that even the most improbable events can happen - he's got the scars to prove it. What he doesn't know yet is that when he meets ill-tempered, reclusive widower Mr Peterson, he'll make an unlikely friend.
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Grows on you!
- By F on 26-05-13
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The Universe Versus Alex Woods
- Narrated by: Joe Thomas
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 31-01-13
- Language: English
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Remainder
- By: Tom McCarthy
- Narrated by: Paul Thornley
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall56
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Performance41
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Story41
Traumatised by an accident that involves something falling from the sky and leaving him eight-and-a-half million pounds richer, our hero spends his time and money obsessively reconstructing and re-enacting memories and situations from his past. But, when this fails to quench his thirst for authenticity, he starts reconstructing more and more violent events, including hold-ups and shoot-outs.
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A work of genius - nothing less
- By Welsh Mafia on 14-08-10
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Remainder
- Narrated by: Paul Thornley
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 21-05-07
- Language: English
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The Mission House
- By: Carys Davies
- Narrated by: Raj Ghatak
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall44
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Performance38
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Story38
From the prize-winning author of West, a collision between old and new, east and west, in a former British hill station in contemporary South India. Fleeing the dark undercurrents of contemporary life in Britain, Hilary Byrd takes refuge in Ooty, a hill station in South India. There he finds solace in life's simple pleasures, travelling by rickshaw around the small town with his driver, Jamshed, and staying in a mission house beside the local presbytery where the Padre and his adoptive daughter, Priscilla, have taken Hilary under their wing.
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The Mission House
- By alipally on 24-12-21
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The Mission House
- Narrated by: Raj Ghatak
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 03-09-20
- Language: English
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Tyler's Row
- By: Miss Miss Read
- Narrated by: Gwen Watford
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall83
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Performance74
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Story74
The two-hundred-year-old cottages known as Tyler’s Row, with charming leaded-glass windows and an arched thorn hedge over the gateway, are supposed to provide a haven of peace for their new owners, Peter and Diana Hale.
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Great book
- By Secondferret on 18-10-20
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Tyler's Row
- Narrated by: Gwen Watford
- Series: Fairacre, Book 9
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 09-01-12
- Language: English
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The Second Worst Restaurant in France
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Timothy Ackroyd
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall79
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Performance71
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Story71
In the follow-up to My Italian Bulldozer, hapless food writer Paul Stewart once again finds himself trapped in a series of hilarious misunderstandings, this time facing off against the second worst restaurant in France. Paul Stewart has returned to Scotland to continue his successful career. His agent and girlfriend, Gloria, has arranged for him to write The Philosophy of Food in Six Easy Chapters, a project he relishes but that will have to be delivered in six months.
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The second worse restaurant in France
- By yvonne atkins on 25-06-19
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The Second Worst Restaurant in France
- Narrated by: Timothy Ackroyd
- Series: Paul Stewart, Book 2
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 09-05-19
- Language: English
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A Bright Ray of Darkness
- By: Ethan Hawke
- Narrated by: Ethan Hawke
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall84
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Performance78
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Story77
A bracing meditation on fame and celebrity, and the redemptive, healing power of art; a portrait of the ravages of disappointment and divorce; a poignant consideration of the rites of fatherhood and manhood; a novel soaked in rage and sex, longing and despair; and a passionate love letter to the world of theatre, A Bright Ray of Darkness showcases Ethan Hawke's gifts as a novelist as never before.
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A beautiful, outstanding novel
- By Amazon Customer on 08-02-21
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A Bright Ray of Darkness
- Narrated by: Ethan Hawke
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 02-02-21
- Language: English
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This Is How It Ends
- By: Kathleen MacMahon
- Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall49
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Performance24
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Story26
In her debut novel, This is How It Ends, award-winning journalist Kathleen MacMahon delivers a story on unexpected and life-changing love that won't soon be forgotten. It begins in Autumn, 2008, on the coast of Dublin. Bruno, an American, has come to Ireland to search for his roots. Addie, an out-of-work architect, is recovering from heartbreak while taking care of her infirm father. When their worlds collide, they experience a connection unlike any they've previously felt. But soon their newfound love will be tested.
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Lives up to the hype
- By Saffy on 03-07-12
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This Is How It Ends
- Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 24-05-12
- Language: English
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The Little Village School
- By: Gervase Phinn
- Narrated by: Gervase Phinn
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall307
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Performance259
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Story258
She was wearing red shoes! With silver heels! Elisabeth Devine causes quite a stir on her arrival in the village. No one can understand why the head of a big inner city school would want to come to sleepy little Barton-in-the-Dale, to a primary with more problems than school dinners. And that's not even counting the challenges the mysterious Elisabeth herself will face: a bitter former head teacher, a grumpy caretaker and a duplicitous chair of governors, to name but a few. Then there's the gossip.
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Gentle and enjoyable, but not riveting
- By Ann Watson on 01-12-13
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The Little Village School
- Narrated by: Gervase Phinn
- Series: The Little Village School Series, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 07-07-11
- Language: English
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Katryn (Afrikaans Edition)
- Vrou van die Richtersveld [Wife of the Richtersveld]
- By: Jan Huisamen
- Narrated by: Johan Nel
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance11
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Story11
Hierdie aangrypende roman oor ’n ongeletterde Nama-vrou van die Richtersveld speel af in die 1950’s. Katryn Jonis word van moord aangekla, maar sy kom agter die pro deo advokaat glo nie in haar onskuld nie en besluit dan om haar eie verdediging in die hof te behartig. Die vindingryke en berekende wyse waarop die reguit en passievolle Katryn die waarheid uit die staat se getuies in die hof trek, boei die leser deurgaans. Daar is baie vrae: Wie het dan die moord gepleeg, en hoekom?
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Searingly honest
- By Wilhelm Snyman on 02-09-20
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Katryn (Afrikaans Edition)
- Vrou van die Richtersveld [Wife of the Richtersveld]
- Narrated by: Johan Nel
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 08-08-19
- Language: afrikaans
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Torto arado
- Trilogia da Terra, Vol. 1
- By: Itamar Vieira Junior
- Narrated by: Zezé Motta
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance15
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Story15
Obra literária obrigatória para os vestibulares UEL 2025 e UFSC 2025. Um texto épico e lírico, realista e mágico que revela, para além de sua trama, um poderoso elemento de insubordinação social. Nas profundezas do sertão baiano, as irmãs Bibiana e Belonísia encontram uma velha e misteriosa faca na mala guardada sob a cama da avó. Ocorre então um acidente. E para sempre suas vidas estarão ligadas — a ponto de uma precisar ser a voz da outra. Numa trama conduzida com maestria e com uma prosa melodiosa, o romance conta uma história de vida e morte, de combate e redenção.
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Normal.
- By Amazon Customer on 15-02-26
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Torto arado
- Trilogia da Terra, Vol. 1
- Narrated by: Zezé Motta
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 30-08-23
- Language: Portuguese
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Full House
- By: Maeve Binchy
- Narrated by: Kate Binchy
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall105
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Performance71
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Story73
Dee loves her children very much, but now they are all grown up, shouldn't they leave home? Rosie moved out when she got married, but it didn't work out, so now she is back with her parents. Helen is a teacher, and doesn't earn enough for a place of her own. Anthony writes songs, and is just waiting for the day when someone will pay him for them. Until then, all three are happy at home. It doesn't cost them anything, and surely their parents like having a full house?
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Reality Check
- By Amazon Customer on 23-12-12
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Full House
- Narrated by: Kate Binchy
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 16-02-12
- Language: English
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The Market Square
- By: Miss Miss Read
- Narrated by: June Barrie
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall54
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Performance48
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Story48
The first charming Caxley tale introduces the deep-rooted camaraderie between Septimus Howard, a calm and controlled man, and Bender North, a confident, successful but gruff ironmonger. Their argumentative sides often clash, displaying moments of fury and forgiveness with wonderful tenderness. Theirs is a friendship that survives misunderstandings, the tragedy of war, and the bitterness of loss. The story of their families continues through the generations. Read by June Barrie.
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A Typical Miss Read
- By Pam on 22-07-15
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The Market Square
- Narrated by: June Barrie
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 19-04-12
- Language: English
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The Buddha, Geoff and Me
- By: Edward Canfor-Dumas
- Narrated by: Nicholas Bell
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall102
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Performance91
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Story91
Ed is having a hard time - at work, in his love life and, well, generally. Then he meets an unlikely Buddhist - who drinks and smokes and talks his kind of language. Bit by bit, things begin to change...Ed doesn't always take Geoff's advice. Or, when he does he lapses at the crucial moment. His path to understanding is not a straight one, especially as life keeps throwing more and more 'stuff' at him.
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excellent
- By Gary Bennett on 20-01-13
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The Buddha, Geoff and Me
- Narrated by: Nicholas Bell
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 30-06-10
- Language: English
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Brief Lives
- By: Anita Brookner
- Narrated by: Anna Massey
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance21
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Story21
Fay Langdon and Julia Morton might have met far earlier, since Fay was once a successful singer and Julia a famous diseuse. From the outset, theirs is a precarious friendship, both out of step with their times, allied by the disappointments that age brings.
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Wonderful narration
- By Amazon Customer on 25-12-23
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Brief Lives
- Narrated by: Anna Massey
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 01-10-10
- Language: English
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