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Dragon's Reign: A Gay Dragon Shifter Romance
- By: Raythe Reign
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Eight dragon shifters rule the world, but then ordinary human Caden Bryce becomes the ninth, destined to be a mate to one of the eight. Yet all Caden wants is his old life back. Dragon King Valerius, most powerful of all the dragon shifters, is none too pleased to find another dragon in his territory. But when the other dragon shifters come to court Caden, Valerius finds that he wants Caden as his own. Read aloud by the author. Republished from the original feed, mistakes and all, just in its own podcast now.
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Orwell: The Essays
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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A wide-ranging selection of George Orwell's essays, written in the clear-eyed, passionate and uncompromising style that has earned him a reputation as one of Britain's greatest writers.
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This is writing
- By tony on 03-11-22
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Orwell: The Essays
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 10-01-22
- Language: English
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Camus at Combat
- Writing 1944-1947
- By: Albert Camus
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Paris is firing all its ammunition into the August night. Against a vast backdrop of water and stone, on both sides of a river awash with history, freedom’s barricades are once again being erected. Once again justice must be redeemed with men’s blood. Albert Camus (1913-1960) wrote these words in August 1944, as Paris was being liberated from German occupation. Although best known for his novels including The Stranger and The Plague, it was his vivid descriptions of the horrors of the occupation and his passionate defense of freedom that in fact launched his public fame.
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Camus at Combat
- Writing 1944-1947
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 15-11-22
- Language: English
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The Sonnets
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone knows something of Shakespeare's sonnets, even if only in memorable fragments like "the darling buds of May," or "remembrance of things past," or "the marriage of true minds." For centuries these wonderfully crafted, intense lyrics have stood for something valued about youth, love, and the emotional complexities belonging to that time of life. This new recording presents all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets, using the New Cambridge Shakespeare texts.
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20 May 1609 - 2009
- By B on 19-05-09
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The Sonnets
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 26-10-00
- Language: English
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Daughters of Sparta
- A tale of secrets, betrayal and revenge from mythology's most vilified women
- By: Claire Heywood
- Narrated by: Mira Dovreni
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance53
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The story of the Siege of Troy from the infamous Helen and her sister Klytemnestra's points of view - a tale of secrets, passion and revenge from the women behind mythology's most devastating war. Two sisters parted. Two women blamed. Two stories reclaimed. 'Required reading for fans of Circe...
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The most annoying narrator ever.
- By Mrs Jenny Rowe on 17-06-22
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Daughters of Sparta
- A tale of secrets, betrayal and revenge from mythology's most vilified women
- Narrated by: Mira Dovreni
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 24-06-21
- Language: English
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The Ladies' Paradise
- By: Emile Zola
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The Ladies' Paradise is a novel by French author Emile Zola, first published in 1883. The book tells the story of Denise Baudu, a young woman from the countryside who moves to Paris to work at "The Ladies' Paradise," a department store that is revolutionizing the retail industry. Denise soon becomes caught up in the world of consumerism and the glamour of the store, while also becoming entangled in a romantic relationship with the store's ambitious owner, Octave Mouret. The novel explores themes of capitalism, industrialization, and the changing role of women in society. Zola's writing style ...
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Time to Be in Earnest
- A Fragment of Autobiography
- By: P. D. James
- Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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P. D. James'sextraordinary memoir of her early life and time starting out as a novelist as well as diaries recording her in old age. In this intriguing and very personal book, part diary, part memoir, P. D. James considers the twelve months of her life between her seventy-seventh and seventy-eighth birthdays and looks back on her earlier life.
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Will appeal to those who enjoy the author's books
- By Kirstine on 23-01-20
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Time to Be in Earnest
- A Fragment of Autobiography
- Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 02-02-15
- Language: English
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Mantel Pieces
- Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Olivia Dowd, Hilary Mantel - introduction
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall35
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Performance31
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A stunning collection of essays and memoir from twice Booker Prize winner and international bestseller Hilary Mantel, author of The Mirror and the Light In 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, ‘I have no critical...
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Wonderful, just oddly pronounced
- By Ali on 05-10-20
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Mantel Pieces
- Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books
- Narrated by: Olivia Dowd, Hilary Mantel - introduction
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 01-10-20
- Language: English
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Classic FM One Hundred Favourite Poems
- Perfect Mother's Day book
- By: Classic FM
- Narrated by: Adrian Irvine, Alec McCowen, Charles Collingwood, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
- Abridged
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Performance12
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This delightful anthology is a timeless collection of poems chosen by Classic FM listeners. With humorous limericks, romantic sonnets, traditional and modern classics, this book is a true refelction of the greatest and best-loved verse. Discover poems for special occasions, as well as poems to...
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Great poems but very poor format
- By S. Brearley on 16-03-10
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Classic FM One Hundred Favourite Poems
- Perfect Mother's Day book
- Narrated by: Adrian Irvine, Alec McCowen, Charles Collingwood, David Tennant, Donald Douglas, Douglas Hodge, Gareth Armstrong, Joanna Lumley, John Gielgud, John Hannah, Jonathan Aris, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield, Liza Ross, Nichola McAuliffe
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 09-03-09
- Language: English
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The Very Short Introductions Podcast
- By: Oxford University Press
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A concise and original introduction to a wide range of subjects—from Public Health to Buddhist Ethics, Soft Matter to Classics, and Art History to Globalization—by the expert authors of the Very Short Introductions series. For wherever your curiosity may take you.
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Super-Infinite
- The Transformations of John Donne
- By: Katherine Rundell
- Narrated by: Jamie Parker
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall189
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Performance161
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Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, John Donne was incapable of being just one thing. He was a scholar of law, a sea adventurer, an MP, a priest, the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral—and perhaps the greatest love poet in the history of the English language. He converted from Catholicism to Protestantism, was imprisoned for marrying a high-born girl without her father's consent, struggled to feed a family of 10 children and was often ill and in pain.
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A super-excellent biography
- By Rachel Redford on 18-05-22
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Super-Infinite
- The Transformations of John Donne
- Narrated by: Jamie Parker
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 20-04-22
- Language: English
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The Prancing Pony Podcast
- By: The Prancing Pony Podcast
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The Prancing Pony Podcast is a weekly show about the Middle-earth legendarium of J.R.R. Tolkien, hosted - for six seasons - by Alan Sisto and Shawn E. Marchese. Now in its ninth season, Alan is joined by an all-star cast of co-hosts as he explores more of Middle-earth! Alan and all his co-hosts are passionate Tolkien enthusiasts, inviting listeners to enjoy their detailed exploration of Tolkien’s work, with smart but straightforward discussion and a healthy dose of self-effacing humor, pop-culture references, and bad puns. These are the folks you'd want to hang out with at a pub and talk ...
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Best Tolkien podcast around.
- By Amber Ives on 09-08-21
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The Inklings
- C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends
- By: Humphrey Carpenter
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance56
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During the 1930s at Oxford, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams - remarkable friends, writers, and scholars - met regularly to discuss philosophy and literature and to read aloud from their own works in progress. Calling themselves the Inklings, their circle grew. It was in this company that such classics as The Lord of the Rings, The Screwtape Letters, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe first found an audience.
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Unsympathetic to Christianity
- By Miriam W. on 02-11-19
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The Inklings
- C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 01-11-17
- Language: English
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Spring Is the Only Season
- How it Works, What it Does and Why it Matters
- By: Simon Barnes
- Narrated by: Simon Barnes
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Spring is the time of renewal and rebirth, a celebration of the resilience of life. As the year turns, animals and plants that have struggled to survive the winter find new hope and create the next generation. The season has inspired some of humanity’s greatest art and many of its most significant religious festivals. Now, in Spring is the Only Season, Simon Barnes provides a fresh and compelling look at this period of the year.
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Spring
- By Linda Nicholson on 13-03-26
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Spring Is the Only Season
- How it Works, What it Does and Why it Matters
- Narrated by: Simon Barnes
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 13-03-25
- Language: English
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The Voice that Thunders
- By: Alan Garner
- Narrated by: Robert Powell
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
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A collection of writings by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker 'His work has a symphonic quality unique in fiction' THE TIMES ‘The autobiography of one of the most distinct and profound writers we have’ GUARDIAN In this rich collection of writings, spanning more...
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The Voice that Thunders
- Narrated by: Robert Powell
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 21-11-24
- Language: English
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Wives and Daughters
- By: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 25 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance17
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Set in English society before the 1832 Reform Bill, Wives and Daughters centers on the story of youthful Molly Gibson, brought up from childhood by her father. When he remarries, a new stepsister enters Molly's quiet life, the loveable, but worldly and troubling, Cynthia. The narrative traces the development of the two girls into womanhood within the gossiping and watchful society of Hollingford.
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Lovely novel; wonderful reader (Nadia May)
- By Jill on 10-10-06
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Wives and Daughters
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 25 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 17-06-05
- Language: English
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Albert Camus
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Oliver Gloag
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Performance9
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Few would question that Albert Camus (1913-1960), novelist, playwright, philosopher and journalist, is a major cultural icon. His widely quoted works have led to countless movie adaptions, graphic novels, pop songs, and even t-shirts. In this Very Short Introduction, Oliver Gloag chronicles the inspiring story of Camus' life. From a poor fatherless settler in French-Algeria to the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Gloag offers a comprehensive view of Camus' major works and interventions.
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Great starting point… once you’ve got yourself started
- By Ant. M. on 22-05-24
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Albert Camus
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 12-05-20
- Language: English
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Shadowmagic
- By: John Lenahan | Scribl
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"Hi, my name is Conor. Other than my father being a bit of an eccentric lunatic, my life was pretty normal until I got attacked in my living room and whisked away to Tir na Nog, the mystical land of the ancient Celts, where it turns out Dad is the usurped heir to the throne and everybody wants me dead because of some prophecy. Don't you just hate when that happens?" Shadowmagic is a rip-roaring fun fantasy adventure novel by John Lenahan very loosely based on Irish mythology where every chapter ends on the edge of a cliff (or at least a high curb.) Join Conor as he grapples with typical ...
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Fantastic and fantastical!
- By NDC on 02-02-26
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Twenty Years After
- By: Alexandre Dumas
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 27 hrs and 54 mins
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Performance50
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Twenty years later, time has weakened the resolve of the Musketeers and dispersed their loyalties. But treasons and stratagems still cry out for justice: civil war endangers the throne of France, while in England, Cromwell threatens to send Charles I to the scaffold. Dumas brings his immortal quartet out of retirement to cross swords with time, the malevolence of men, and the forces of history. But their greatest test is a titanic struggle with the son of Milady, who wears the face of Evil.
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After Simon Vance on others this is disappointing
- By Barry on 14-10-16
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Twenty Years After
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Series: D'Artagnan: The Musketeers Cycle, Book 2
- Length: 27 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 23-03-09
- Language: English
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