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Roots
- By: Alex Haley
- Narrated by: Avery Brooks
- Length: 30 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall566
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Performance510
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Story509
Tracing his ancestory through six generations - slaves and freedmen, farmers and blacksmiths, lawyers and architects - back to Africa, Alex Haley discovered a sixteen-year-old youth, Kunta Kinte. It was this young man, who had been torn from his homeland and and in torment and anguish brought to the slave markets of the New World, who held the key to Haley's deep and distant past.
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amazing
- By tru.gough on 23-12-12
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Roots
- Narrated by: Avery Brooks
- Length: 30 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 10-01-12
- Language: English
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Charles Dickens
- A Life
- By: Claire Tomalin
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall622
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Performance454
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Story453
The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Charles Dickens: A Life, the major new biography from the highly acclaimed Claire Tomalin, published for the 200th anniversary of his birth. Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a demonicly hardworking journalist, the father of ten children, a...
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As lively a story as a good novel
- By Kirstine on 27-01-12
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Charles Dickens
- A Life
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 20-12-11
- Language: English
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Alone in Japan
- A Journey to the Future
- By: Tom Feiling
- Narrated by: Tom Feiling
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance5
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Story5
Brought to you by Penguin. No sex. No kids. No future? When Tom Feiling moved to Tokyo as a student in the early nineties, Japan was a beacon of the future: a rising superpower, a technology giant, and a global symbol of prosperity, civility and success. When he returned twenty-four years later...
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Great account of Japan
- By Nige on 19-03-26
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Alone in Japan
- A Journey to the Future
- Narrated by: Tom Feiling
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 26-02-26
- Language: English
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North Korea Journal
- By: Michael Palin
- Narrated by: Michael Palin
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall286
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Performance247
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Story246
In May 2018, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin spent two weeks in the notoriously secretive Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, a cut-off land without internet or phone signal, where the countryside has barely moved beyond a centuries-old peasant economy but where the cities have gleaming skyscrapers and luxurious underground train stations.
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Too short for 1 credit!
- By Matthew H. on 02-06-20
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North Korea Journal
- Narrated by: Michael Palin
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 19-09-19
- Language: English
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Tell Me Again
- A Memoir
- By: Amy Thunig
- Narrated by: Amy Thunig, Clementine Ford
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall35
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Performance32
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Story32
For years, Amy Thunig thought she knew all the details about the day she was born, often demanding that the story of her birth be retold. Years later, heavily pregnant with her own first child, she learns what really happened that day. It’s a tale that exemplifies many of the events of her early life, where circumstances sometimes dictated that things be slightly different from how they might seem–including what is meant by her dad being away for ‘work’ and why her legal last name differs from her family’s.
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A real person’s memoir
- By Kim's library on 14-01-26
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Tell Me Again
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Amy Thunig, Clementine Ford
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 01-11-22
- Language: English
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Problem Child
- By: Terrell Carter, Stacy Thunes
- Narrated by: Terrell Carter
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance10
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Story10
Problem Child is the unbelievably true story of Terrell Carter, an American musician and actor who grew up in Buffalo, New York, in a dysfunctional family, each member crazier than the next. And the Problem Child is the only one in the story who may, or may not, actually have a problem. An emotional journey of trials and revelations, with a huge secret at its core, this story may force you to laugh - just to keep from crying.
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Amazing
- By kelly on 19-12-25
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Problem Child
- Narrated by: Terrell Carter
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 11-02-20
- Language: English
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Fly, Wild Swans
- My Mother, Myself and China
- By: Jung Chang
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall65
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Performance58
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Story58
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL TO WILD SWANS, THE MULTI-MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SENSATION A Book of the Year in The Times; Daily Telegraph; Financial Times and Waterstones 'A must-read … magnificent’ DAILY TELEGRAPH ***** 'Beautiful and moving'...
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brilliant book beautifully read
- By Matt and Amy on 26-09-25
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Fly, Wild Swans
- My Mother, Myself and China
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 16-09-25
- Language: English
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In the Wake
- On Blackness and Being
- By: Christina Sharpe
- Narrated by: Melanie Nicholls-King
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance14
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Story14
In this original and trenchant work, Christina Sharpe interrogates literary, visual, cinematic, and quotidian representations of Black life that comprise what she calls the "orthography of the wake". Activating multiple registers of "wake" - the path behind a ship, keeping watch with the dead, coming to consciousness - Sharpe illustrates how Black lives are swept up and animated by the afterlives of slavery, and she delineates what survives despite such insistent violence and negation.
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In the Wake
- On Blackness and Being
- Narrated by: Melanie Nicholls-King
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 15-02-22
- Language: English
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Homework
- A Memoir
- By: Geoff Dyer
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall29
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Performance29
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Story29
Born in 1958, the only child of a dinner lady and a sheet-metal worker, Geoff Dyer grew up in a world shaped by memories of shortages and the Second World War. But far from being a story of hardship overcome, Homework is a celebration of opportunities afforded by the post-war settlement. Recalling an eroded but strangely resilient England, Homework traces roots that extend into the deep foundations of class society.
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interest to anyone of similar age
- By M. Alman on 28-11-25
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Homework
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 29-05-25
- Language: English
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Michelle Obama
- A Life
- By: Peter Slevin
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall179
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Performance153
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Story152
An inspiring story of a modern American icon, here is the first comprehensive account of the life and times of Michelle Obama. With disciplined reporting and a storyteller’s eye for revealing detail, Peter Slevin follows Michelle to the White House from her working-class childhood on Chicago’s largely segregated South Side. He illuminates her tribulations at Princeton University and Harvard Law School during the racially charged 1980s and the dilemmas she faced in Chicago.
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An inspiring story of a amazing woman
- By Kirstine on 14-12-17
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Michelle Obama
- A Life
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 18-08-15
- Language: English
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The Dreamer
- An Autobiography
- By: Cliff Richard
- Narrated by: Cliff Richard
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall218
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Performance199
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Story198
Achieving a hit in every decade since the 1950s, Cliff Richard stands alone in pop history. Coming of age in 1950s London, he began his music career at Soho's legendary 2i's Cafe, and now he's approaching his 80th birthday with record sales of over 250 million and counting. Cliff looks back on his humble upbringing and how he went on to fulfil his wildest dreams by becoming a pop star and even a film star. He talks about finding Christianity, reflects on the ups and downs of life in the public eye and reveals how the false allegations against him changed his life forever.
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Tennis, God and Rock n' Roll
- By papapownall on 30-10-20
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The Dreamer
- An Autobiography
- Narrated by: Cliff Richard
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 29-10-20
- Language: English
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Charlotte Brontë
- A Life
- By: Claire Harman
- Narrated by: Claire Harman
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall98
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Performance88
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Story89
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Charlotte Brontë: A Life written and read by Claire Harman. Raised motherless on remote Yorkshire moors, watching five beloved siblings sicken and die, haunted by unrequited love: Charlotte Brontë's life has all the drama and...
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Charlotte Bronte's true memoir
- By a.hopewell on 26-07-17
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Charlotte Brontë
- A Life
- Narrated by: Claire Harman
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 29-10-15
- Language: English
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A Waiter in Paris
- Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City
- By: Edward Chisholm
- Narrated by: Orlando Wells
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall227
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Performance207
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Story207
A waiter's job is to deceive you. They want you to believe in a luxurious calm because on the other side of that door...is hell. Edward Chisholm's spellbinding memoir of his time as a Parisian waiter takes you below the surface of one of the most iconic cities in the world and right into its...
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Stylish and different
- By Amazon Customer on 20-07-24
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A Waiter in Paris
- Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City
- Narrated by: Orlando Wells
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 26-05-22
- Language: English
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Ian Fleming
- The Complete Man
- By: Nicholas Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 29 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall51
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Performance47
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Ian Fleming's greatest creation, James Bond, has had an enormous impact on our culture. What Bond represents about ideas of masculinity, the British national psyche, and global politics has shifted over time, as has the interpretation of the life of his author. But Fleming himself was more mysterious and subtle than anything he wrote. Nicholas Shakespeare is one of the most gifted biographers working today and his unprecedented access to the Fleming archives and his nose for a story make this a fresh and eye-opening picture of a man who lived his life in the shadow of his famous creation.
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An Outstanding Biography
- By JOHN on 16-12-24
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Ian Fleming
- The Complete Man
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 29 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 05-10-23
- 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
- Unabridged
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Overall65
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Performance58
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Story58
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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Wishing on the Moon
- The Life and Times of Billie Holiday
- By: Donald Clarke
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance18
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Story17
No singer has been more mythologized and more misunderstood than jazz legend Billie Holiday, who helped to create much of the mystique herself with her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues - and this authentic biography sets the record straight.
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Incredibly in depth biography.
- By Alison St Pierre on 13-12-13
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Wishing on the Moon
- The Life and Times of Billie Holiday
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 21-06-12
- Language: English
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Shaq Uncut
- My Story
- By: Shaquille O'Neal, Jackie MacMullan
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall80
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Performance69
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Story68
The complete autobiography of legendary basketball star Shaquille O'Neal, covering both his storied career and his colorful life off the court. Superman. Diesel. The Big Aristotle. Shaq Fu. The Big Daddy. The Big Shaqtus. Wilt Chamberneezy. The Real Deal. The Big Shamrock. Shaq. You know him by...
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Good book
- By Richard P Brocklehurst on 06-05-22
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Shaq Uncut
- My Story
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 15-11-11
- Language: English
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The Swans of Harlem
- Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
- By: Karen Valby
- Narrated by: Karlya Shelton-Benjamin, Sheila Rohan, Lydia Abarca Mitchell, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history—until now. “This is the kind of history I wish...
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The Swans of Harlem
- Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
- Narrated by: Karlya Shelton-Benjamin, Sheila Rohan, Lydia Abarca Mitchell, Marcia Lynn Sells, Khadija Tariyan McKinney G., January LaVoy
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 30-04-24
- Language: English
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Black Gun, Silver Star: The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves
- Race and Ethnicity in the American West Series #1
- By: Art T. Burton
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Art T. Burton sifts through fact and legend to discover the truth about one of the most outstanding peace officers in late 19th-century America - and perhaps the greatest lawman of the Wild West era. Fluent in Creek and other Southern native languages, physically powerful, skilled with firearms, and a master of disguise, Bass Reeves was exceptionally adept at apprehending fugitives and outlaws, and his exploits were legendary in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
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The Real Lone Ranger
- By Jjay 🖤 on 16-09-19
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Black Gun, Silver Star: The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves
- Race and Ethnicity in the American West Series #1
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 23-09-15
- Language: English
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Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics: Series 1-4
- A Comical Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome
- By: Natalie Haynes
- Narrated by: Natalie Haynes
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall202
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Performance170
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Story166
Writer, broadcaster and recovering comedian Natalie Haynes mixes comedy and conversation to bring the ancient world entertainingly up to date in these four radio series. Each episode sees her profiling a key figure from ancient Greece and Rome, and, aided by her special guests, creating a stand-up show around them.
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History with modern references and comedy
- By K. J. Kelly on 31-03-19
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Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics: Series 1-4
- A Comical Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome
- Narrated by: Natalie Haynes
- Series: Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 21-03-19
- Language: English
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