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Ritual
- How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living
- By: Dimitris Xygalatas
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance16
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Ritual is perhaps the oldest, and certainly the most enigmatic, thread in human culture. Seemingly pointless ceremonies pervade every known society: from handshakes to hexes, hazings to parades, birthdays to graduations. And yet, though rituals exist in every culture and can persist nearly unchanged for centuries, their logic has remained a mystery until now. Today, a fearless new generation of anthropologists is venturing into this shadowy realm.
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Excellent book on rituals
- By Jas on 11-11-24
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Ritual
- How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 09-06-22
- Language: English
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- An Economist’s Guide to Everything That Matters
- By: Mark Carney
- Length: 20 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall137
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Performance118
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘A radical book that speaks out accessibly’ BONO ‘Indispensable … This is the essential handbook’ CHRISTINE LAGARDE ‘A remarkably good read’ GILLIAN TETT, Financial Times ‘A landmark achievement’ WILL HUTTON, Observer This is a pivotal moment in our...
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Perfect book if you’re a politician and want to learn about how to BS people
- By Antonio on 29-10-21
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Value(s)
- An Economist’s Guide to Everything That Matters
- Length: 20 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 18-03-21
- Language: English
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The Dawn of Everything
- A New History of Humanity
- By: David Graeber, David Wengrow
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 24 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall542
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Performance456
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Story453
Brought to you by Penguin. For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts...
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not the great revolution I was expecting
- By Olly Buxton on 11-11-21
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The Dawn of Everything
- A New History of Humanity
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 24 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 19-10-21
- Language: English
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The Myth of Race
- The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea
- By: Robert Wald Sussman
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall37
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Performance33
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Although eugenics is now widely discredited, some groups and individuals claim a new scientific basis for old racist assumptions. Pondering the continuing influence of racist research and thought, despite all evidence to the contrary, Robert Wald Sussman explains why - when it comes to race - too many people still mistake bigotry for science.
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Should be taught in every school
- By peter on 15-12-19
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The Myth of Race
- The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 13-03-18
- Language: English
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African Origin of Civilization - The Myth or Reality
- By: Cheikh Anta Diop
- Narrated by: Frank Block
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall33
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Performance29
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This classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization.
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WORST AUDIO EVER
- By Georgia Dennis on 08-08-22
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African Origin of Civilization - The Myth or Reality
- Narrated by: Frank Block
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 15-04-20
- Language: English
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Wisdom of the Ancients
- Life Lessons from Our Distant Past
- By: Neil Oliver
- Narrated by: Neil Oliver
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall238
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Performance204
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Story204
In Wisdom of the Ancients, Neil Oliver takes us back in time to grab hold of the ideas buried in forgotten cultures and early civilisations. From Laetoli footprints in Tanzania to Keralan rituals, stone circles and cave paintings, Oliver takes us on a global journey through antiquity. A master storyteller, drawing on immense knowledge of our ancient past, he distils this wisdom into 12 messages that have endured the test of time and invites us to consider how these might apply to our lives today. The result is powerful and inspirational, moving and profound.
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great work, skillfully delivered
- By mr a on 07-11-20
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Wisdom of the Ancients
- Life Lessons from Our Distant Past
- Narrated by: Neil Oliver
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 17-09-20
- Language: English
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Drums in the Distance
- Journeys into the Global Far Right
- By: Joe Mulhall
- Narrated by: Finlay Robertson
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall57
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Performance48
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Story48
Joe Mulhall knows what it’s like to stare fascism in the face. For a decade, often undercover at significant personal risk, he has investigated hate groups. He infiltrated a US white supremacist militia, set up a fake Ku Klux Klan branch, has been on countless street marches with violent far-right groups across Europe and got inside some of the most important ‘alt-right’ meetings ever held. Brazil, India and the US are still in thrall to authoritarian populism, and far-right views have become steadily normalised in mainstream politics.
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A seedy tail of criminality
- By Tony Martin on 21-07-22
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Drums in the Distance
- Journeys into the Global Far Right
- Narrated by: Finlay Robertson
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 08-07-21
- Language: English
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Invitation to a Banquet
- The Story of Chinese Food
- By: Fuchsia Dunlop
- Narrated by: Fuchsia Dunlop
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance15
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Story15
Chinese was the first truly global cuisine. When the first Chinese labourers began to sojourn and settle abroad, restaurants appeared in their wake. Yet Chinese has the curious distinction of being both one of the world's best-loved food cultures and one of the least understood. For more than a century, the overwhelming dominance of a simplified form of Cantonese cooking has ensured that few foreigners experienced anything of the richness or sophistication of China's local food traditions - but today that is beginning to change.
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Wonderful journey
- By Dianella on 22-03-26
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Invitation to a Banquet
- The Story of Chinese Food
- Narrated by: Fuchsia Dunlop
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 31-08-23
- Language: English
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Carnage and Culture
- Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power
- By: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 20 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance16
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Examining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times - from Salamis, where outnumbered Greeks devastated the slave army of Xerxes, to Cortes' conquest of Mexico to the Tet offensive - Victor Davis Hanson explains why the armies of the West have been the most lethal and effective of any fighting forces in the world. Looking beyond popular explanations such as geography or superior technology, Hanson argues that it is in fact Western culture and values which have consistently produced superior arms and soldiers.
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What does freedom mean?
- By Anonymous on 28-10-25
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Carnage and Culture
- Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 20 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 10-09-19
- Language: English
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F*** You Very Much
- The surprising truth about why people are so rude
- By: Danny Wallace
- Narrated by: Danny Wallace
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall212
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Performance192
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Story192
Random House presents the audiobook edition of F*** You Very Much, written and read by Danny Wallace. You're not imagining it. People are getting ruder. And this is a serious problem. The book that inspired the iTunes Top Ten podcast Did you know that even one rude comment in a life and death...
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Warning: Old Book, New Name
- By Robert on 19-12-18
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F*** You Very Much
- The surprising truth about why people are so rude
- Narrated by: Danny Wallace
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 04-06-18
- Language: English
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Conspiracy
- A History of Boll*cks Theories, and How Not to Fall for Them
- By: Tom Phillips, Jonn Elledge
- Narrated by: Jonn Elledge, Tom Phillips
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall133
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Performance120
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Story119
Tom Phillips (Humans; Truth) and Jonn Elledge (The Compendium of Not Quite Everything) team up to debunk the greatest conspiracy theories humans have ever espoused - to teach us how not to fall for them. From the Satanic Panic to the anti-vaxx movement, it's always been human nature to believe...
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Interesting in parts, but inaudible in parts too
- By Ewen on 19-08-22
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Conspiracy
- A History of Boll*cks Theories, and How Not to Fall for Them
- Narrated by: Jonn Elledge, Tom Phillips
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 07-07-22
- Language: English
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Empires of the Steppes
- The Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilisation
- By: Kenneth W. Harl
- Narrated by: John Moraitis
- Length: 19 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance8
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The barbarian nomads of the Eurasian steppes have played a decisive role in world history, but their achievements have gone largely unnoticed. These nomadic tribes have produced some of the world’s greatest conquerors: Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, among others. And, as Kenneth Harl illustrates in this glorious work of narrative history, their deeds still resonate today. Professor Kenneth Harl draws on a lifetime of scholarship to vividly recreate the lives and world of these often-forgotten peoples from their beginnings to the early modern age.
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Too much detail destroys the narrative
- By Mark on 03-12-23
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Empires of the Steppes
- The Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilisation
- Narrated by: John Moraitis
- Length: 19 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 17-08-23
- Language: English
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Being Human
- How our biology shaped our history
- By: Lewis Dartnell
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance16
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Brought to you by Penguin. A mind-expanding, revolutionary journey across time that shows how our biology has determined human history for the first time. This book will change how you see the world. We’re a wonder of evolution, capable of incredible feats. But we’re also deeply flawed. Our...
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not great
- By Arcardium on 28-09-25
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Being Human
- How our biology shaped our history
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 01-06-23
- Language: English
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Identified Flying Objects
- A Multidisciplinary Scientific Approach to the UFO Phenomenon
- By: Dr. Michael P. Masters
- Narrated by: Dr. Michael P. Masters
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance14
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Could “UFOs” and “aliens” simply be us, but from the future? This provocative new audiobook cautiously examines the premise that extraterrestrials may instead be our distant human descendants, using the anthropological tool of time travel to visit and study us in their own hominin evolutionary past.
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Mind-blowing!
- By Anonymous on 08-01-20
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Identified Flying Objects
- A Multidisciplinary Scientific Approach to the UFO Phenomenon
- Narrated by: Dr. Michael P. Masters
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 15-03-19
- Language: English
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The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging
- By: Charles Vogl
- Narrated by: Tom Dheere
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance12
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This book is a guide for leaders seeking to build a community, to strengthen the community they already have, or who may not think of themselves as community leaders but who are envisioning a group they hope to create. These communities can be formal, with official memberships and administrations, or informal, tied by shared values and commitments.
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A bit dull
- By John 3:16 on 20-09-21
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The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging
- Narrated by: Tom Dheere
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 02-08-16
- Language: English
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Be Funny or Die
- How Comedy Works and Why It Matters
- By: Joel Morris
- Narrated by: Joel Morris
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall59
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Performance57
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Join professional comedy writer Joel Morris on a hilarious journey into the hidden world of shared laughter, where he reveals the mechanisms that make jokes work and what comedy can teach us about ourselves. Offering astute analysis of everything from stand-up to slapstick and sitcom to spoof, Morris examines comedic patterns, rhythms, and dynamics to uncover the algorithms that secretly underpin comedy.
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Incredibly funny book for anybody who finds it incredibly funny.
- By Tim on 26-04-24
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Be Funny or Die
- How Comedy Works and Why It Matters
- Narrated by: Joel Morris
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 06-03-24
- Language: English
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The Great Mughals and Their India
- By: Dirk Collier
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance7
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A definitive, comprehensive and engrossing chronicle of one of the greatest dynasties of the world—the Mughal—from its founder Babur to Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last of the clan the magnificent Mughal legacy is an inexhaustible source of inspiration to historians, writers, moviemakers, artists and ordinary mortals alike. Here is a fascinating and riveting saga that brings alive a spectacular bygone era—authentically and convincingly.
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An historical novelist's research notes.
- By Kristos on 15-01-26
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The Great Mughals and Their India
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 27-06-23
- Language: English
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Speeches of Note
- By: Shaun Usher
- Narrated by: Richard Cordery, Louise Brealey, Nelson Mandela, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance14
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Speeches of Note is a celebration of oratory old, new and unspoken. It is an obsessively curated, richly illustrated and sumptuously produced collection of speeches from throughout the ages. Some are surprising, inspiring, hilarious; others are moving, comforting, enlightening. Some of these speeches changed the course of history; others are all but unknown, even undelivered to this day, such as the chilling public announcement to be made by President Nixon should Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become stranded on the moon. All are extraordinary.
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Speeches given and not given...
- By K. J. Kelly on 23-09-18
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Speeches of Note
- Narrated by: Richard Cordery, Louise Brealey, Nelson Mandela, Nick Cave, Robert F Kennedy, Geraldine James, Justin Trudeau, Mhairi Black
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 20-09-18
- Language: English
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On the Trail of Genghis Khan
- An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads
- By: Tim Cope
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance3
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The relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian steppe gave rise to a succession of rich nomadic cultures. Among them were the Mongols of the 13th century - a small tribe, which, under the charismatic leadership of Genghis Khan, created the largest contiguous land empire in history. Inspired by the extraordinary life nomads still lead today, Tim Cope embarked on a journey that hadn’t been successfully completed since those times: to travel on horseback across the entire length of the Eurasian steppe.
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On the Trail of Genghis Khan
- An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 31-03-21
- Language: English
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Running with the Kenyans
- By: Adharanand Finn
- Narrated by: Paul Tyreman
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall757
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Performance684
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After years of watching Kenyan athletes win the world's biggest races, Adharanand Finn set out to discover just what it was that made them so fast - and to see if he could keep up. Packing up his life he moved from Devon to Iten, in Kenya, to eat with, interview, sleep beside and - most importantly – run with, some of the greatest runners in the world. In the distance rests his dream, to join the best of the Kenyan athletes in an epic first marathon across the Kenyan plains.
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Love running, cant finish this book
- By manders on 24-08-15
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Running with the Kenyans
- Narrated by: Paul Tyreman
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 08-10-12
- Language: English
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