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Kursk
- By: Robert Moore
- Narrated by: Pete Cross
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall183
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Performance158
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Story158
At 11.30 a.m. on Saturday 12 August 2000, two massive explosions roared through the shallow Arctic waters of the Barents Sea. The Kursk, pride of the Northern Fleet and the largest attack submarine in the world, was hurtling towards the ocean floor. In Kursk (originally published as A Time to Die), award-winning journalist Robert Moore vividly re-creates this disaster minute by minute.
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An Incredible But Sad Story
- By Amazon Customer on 16-07-19
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Kursk
- Narrated by: Pete Cross
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 31-05-18
- Language: English
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A World Lit Only by Fire
- The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Age
- By: William Manchester
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall125
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Performance102
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Story100
From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization tottering on the brink of collapse to the grandeur of its rebirth, the Renaissance.
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Gets better
- By markw on 02-04-07
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A World Lit Only by Fire
- The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Age
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 16-03-07
- Language: English
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Everest the Hard Way
- The First Ascent of the South West Face
- By: Chris Bonington
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank, Chris Bonington
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Everest–the highest peak in the world, the ultimate challenge to a mountaineer's skill and endurance. It had been climbed before, but never like this. Chris Bonington and his team had ambitions to climb it–the hard way.
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Everest the Hard Way
- The First Ascent of the South West Face
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank, Chris Bonington
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 29-09-25
- Language: English
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Dreams of El Dorado
- A History of the American West
- By: H. W. Brands
- Narrated by: Matt Kugler
- Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance11
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From a New York Times bestselling author, a masterful history of the American West—from the California Gold Rush to the settling of Oklahoma and beyond. "Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope, this is a bravura performance from one of our master historians." —Hampton Sides, bestselling...
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Powerful and rich
- By Kath on 01-05-25
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Dreams of El Dorado
- A History of the American West
- Narrated by: Matt Kugler
- Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 22-10-19
- Language: English
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Empire of Ice and Stone
- The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
- By: Buddy Levy
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall35
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Performance31
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Story31
"...Damron's able narration carries listeners through this arduous journey with a steady tone that lightens at moments of joy and becomes grave at times of deep sadness and loss. While the tale has all of the trappings of a great adventure novel, neither the author nor Damron let listeners...
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A Fantastic Must-Listen Book
- By Mrs Alison Moore on 12-02-26
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Empire of Ice and Stone
- The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 06-12-22
- Language: English
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Mawson
- And the Ice Men of the Heroic Age - Scott, Shackelton and Amundsen
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Paul English
- Length: 23 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall50
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Performance44
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Story44
Douglas Mawson, born in 1882 and knighted in 1914, was Australia’s greatest Antarctic explorer. On 2 December 1911, he led an expedition from Hobart to explore the virgin frozen coastline below, 2000 miles of which had never felt the tread of a human foot. After setting up Main Base at Cape Denision and Western Base on Queen Mary Land, he headed east on an extraordinary sledging trek with his companions, Belgrave Ninnis and Dr Xavier Mertz. After tragedy struck, Mawson found himself all alone, 160 miles from safety, with next to no food.
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An excellent listen
- By C. A. Davies on 20-11-16
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Mawson
- And the Ice Men of the Heroic Age - Scott, Shackelton and Amundsen
- Narrated by: Paul English
- Length: 23 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 03-02-12
- Language: English
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Meet the Georgians
- Epic Tales from Britain’s Wildest Century
- By: Robert Peal
- Narrated by: Nicola Coughlan, Adjoa Andoh, Ash Hunter
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance30
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Story30
‘The way Robert Peal describes Georgian England, you’d be mad not to want to live there yourself’ GUARDIAN Anne Bonny and Mary Read, pirate queens of the Caribbean Tipu Sultan, the Indian ruler who kept the British at bay Olaudah Equiano, the former slave whose story shocked the world Mary...
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Interesting but glib
- By Liz on 10-08-21
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Meet the Georgians
- Epic Tales from Britain’s Wildest Century
- Narrated by: Nicola Coughlan, Adjoa Andoh, Ash Hunter
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 08-07-21
- Language: English
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In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat
- Quantum Physics and Reality
- By: John Gribbin
- Narrated by: Nicholas Masters-Waage
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall81
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Performance68
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Story68
Quantum theory is so shocking that Einstein could not bring himself to accept it. It is so important that it provides the fundamental underpinning of all modern sciences. Without it, we'd have no computers, no science of molecular biology, no understanding of DNA, no genetic engineering. In...
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Great performance !
- By Alexander on 10-06-22
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In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat
- Quantum Physics and Reality
- Narrated by: Nicholas Masters-Waage
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 12-11-20
- Language: English
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The White Ship
- Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream
- By: Charles Spencer
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall271
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Performance232
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Story233
THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘As gripping as any thriller. History doesn't get any better than this’ BILL BRYSON ’A brilliant read … Game of Thrones but in the real world’ ANTHONY HOROWITZ PICKED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 BY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, THE GUARDIAN, THE DAILY MAIL AND...
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Awful narration
- By Amazon Customer on 30-03-21
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The White Ship
- Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 17-09-20
- Language: English
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South
- The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
- By: Sir Ernest Shackleton
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall94
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Performance82
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Story82
As war clouds darkened over Europe in 1914, a party led by Sir Ernest Shackleton set out to make the first crossing of the entire Antarctic continent via the Pole. But their initial optimism was short-lived as ice floes closed around their ship, gradually crushing it and marooning twenty-eight men on the polar ice. Alone in the world's most unforgiving environment, Shackleton and his team began a brutal quest for survival.
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Truly Magnificent
- By J NEILL on 12-09-13
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South
- The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 23-03-11
- Language: English
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The Worst Journey in the World
- By: Apsley Cherry-Garrard
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 20 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall320
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Performance269
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Story267
This gripping story of courage and achievement is the account of Robert Falcon Scott's last fateful expedition to the Antarctic, as told by surviving expedition member Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Cherry-Garrard, whom Scott lauded as a tough, efficient member of the team, tells of the journey from England to South Africa and southward to the ice floes. From there began the unforgettable polar journey across a forbidding and inhospitable region.
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Takes your breath away
- By Bettym on 17-06-13
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The Worst Journey in the World
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 20 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 29-04-04
- Language: English
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A Training School for Elephants
- The powerful, Sunday Times bestselling story of Africa, from the author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia
- By: Sophy Roberts
- Narrated by: Sophy Roberts
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance10
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Brought to you by Penguin From the acclaimed author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia, comes a new journey, following four 19th century elephants marched from the East African coast towards Congo, to tell a heartbreaking story of folly and colonial greed. Featuring immersive field recordings...
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Fascinating and transporting - travel / historical writing at its best
- By Anonymous on 11-05-25
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A Training School for Elephants
- The powerful, Sunday Times bestselling story of Africa, from the author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia
- Narrated by: Sophy Roberts
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 20-02-25
- Language: English
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Snow Widows
- Scott’s Fatal Antarctic Expedition Through the Eyes of the Women They Left Behind
- By: Katherine MacInnes
- Narrated by: Jane McDowell
- Length: 20 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance12
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‘An elegant, densely textured work, like a tapestry … A welcome contribution to polar studies.’ Sara Wheeler, Spectator ‘[MacInness] handles the whole thing with masterly skill…takes us to the heart of the hope, love, anguish and grief’ The Times The men of Captain Scott’s Polar...
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Fascinating Account
- By Helen Miller on 12-01-23
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Snow Widows
- Scott’s Fatal Antarctic Expedition Through the Eyes of the Women They Left Behind
- Narrated by: Jane McDowell
- Length: 20 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 14-04-22
- Language: English
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The Normans
- From Raiders to Kings
- By: Lars Brownworth
- Narrated by: James C. Lewis
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance19
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In The Normans, Lars Brownworth follows their story, from the first shock of a Viking raid on an Irish monastery to the exile of the last Norman Prince of Antioch. In the process, he brings to vivid life the Norman tapestry's rich cast of characters: figures like Rollo the Walker, William Iron-Arm, Tancred the Monkey King, and Robert Guiscard. The Normans presents a fascinating glimpse of a time when a group of restless adventurers had the world at their fingertips.
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Highly enjoyable
- By maz cardwell on 05-08-21
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The Normans
- From Raiders to Kings
- Narrated by: James C. Lewis
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 28-10-14
- Language: English
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The Voyage of the Beagle
- By: Charles Darwin
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Abridged
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Overall20
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Performance17
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The Voyage of the Beagle - or, to give it its full title, Journal of researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage round the World of H.M.S. Beagle under command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N. - is much more than merely an account of Darwin's scientific observations in his 1831 - 36 travels across the globe: it is fine travel writing in its own right.
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fantastic tales of Darwin's infamous voyage
- By P. Winter on 14-02-15
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The Voyage of the Beagle
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 28-09-09
- Language: English
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In Patagonia
- By: Bruce Chatwin
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall70
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Performance62
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Story62
Brought to you by Penguin. Beautifully written and full of wonderful descriptions and intriguing tales, In Patagonia is an account of Bruce Chatwin's travels to a remote country in search of a strange beast and his encounters with the people whose fascinating stories delay him on the road.
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Travel Writing?
- By Jonathan Charles Cracknell on 01-11-19
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In Patagonia
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 24-10-19
- Language: English
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Everest 1953
- The Epic Story of the First Ascent (Legends and Lore)
- By: Mick Conefrey
- Narrated by: Mick Conefrey
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Reaching the top of the world in 1953 was one of the most significant achievements in the history of human endurance.
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Mick is the Everest exper
- By Mr Mead on 06-01-26
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Everest 1953
- The Epic Story of the First Ascent (Legends and Lore)
- Narrated by: Mick Conefrey
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 04-06-25
- Language: English
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Four Points of the Compass
- The Unexpected History of Direction
- By: Jerry Brotton
- Narrated by: Liam Garrigan
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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The Four Points of the Compass takes the listener on a journey of directional discovery. Jerry Brotton reveals why Hebrew culture privileges east; why Renaissance Europeans began drawing north at the top of their maps; why the early Islam revered the south; why the Aztecs used five colour-coded cardinal directions; and why no societies, primitive or modern, have ever oriented themselves westwards. He ends by reflecting on our digital age in which we, the little blue dot on the screen, have become the most important compass point.
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Four Points of the Compass
- The Unexpected History of Direction
- Narrated by: Liam Garrigan
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 05-09-24
- Language: English
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Pirate Hunters
- Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
- By: Robert Kurson
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall81
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Performance79
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE A thrilling adventure of danger and deep-sea diving, historic mystery and suspense, by the author of Shadow Divers Finding and identifying a pirate ship is the hardest thing to do under the sea. But...
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compelling and facinating
- By trevor@eonic.co.uk on 20-07-25
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Pirate Hunters
- Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 16-06-15
- Language: English
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The Last Overland
- Singapore to London: The Return Journey of an Iconic Land Rover Expedition
- By: Alex Bescoby
- Narrated by: Alex Bescoby
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall57
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Performance54
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In 1955, a young TV producer named David Attenborough was approached by six graduates determined to drive the entire length of Eurasia from London to Singapore. It was the "unclimbed Everest of motoring"—many had tried, none had succeeded. The 19,000-mile journey captivated a nation. Fifty years later, Attenborough said he didn't think the journey could be made again today. Inspired and desperate to prove Attenborough wrong, Alex Bescoby contacted Tim Slessor and together they planned to recreate the trip, this time from Singapore to London.
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Epic adventure
- By Pt on 05-01-24
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The Last Overland
- Singapore to London: The Return Journey of an Iconic Land Rover Expedition
- Narrated by: Alex Bescoby
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 29-09-22
- Language: English
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