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The Story of English in 100 Words
- By: Professor David Crystal
- Narrated by: Professor David Crystal
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, linguistics expert David Crystal draws on words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively English word was written down in the fifth century.
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A must for novice linguists
- By Anonymous on 15-04-24
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The Story of English in 100 Words
- Narrated by: Professor David Crystal
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 01-06-23
- Language: English
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The Golden Bowl
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble, Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 21 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance16
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Published in 1904, The Golden Bowl is the last completed novel of Henry James. In it, the widowed American Adam Verver is in Europe with his daughter Maggie. They are rich, finely appreciative of European art and culture, and deeply attached to each other. Maggie has all the innocent charm of so many of Jamess young American heroines. She is engaged to Amerigo, an impoverished Italian prince; he must marry money, and as his name suggests, an American heiress is the perfect solution.
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Wonderful story, poor reading
- By CLR on 13-05-15
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The Golden Bowl
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble, Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 21 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 25-04-11
- Language: English
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The Phoenix and the Carpet
- By: E. Nesbit
- Narrated by: Johanna Ward
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall52
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Performance40
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Story40
In this follow-up to Nesbit’s classic Five Children and It, Cyril, Robert, Anthea, Jane, and the Lamb have more magical adventures in store when a mysterious egg hatches in the nursery fireplace. Out comes a flame-colored bird, the Phoenix, who, though a bit conceited, proves very helpful indeed. The bird kindly explains that the second-hand Persian carpet recently acquired for the nursery is actually a flying one. On it, they may travel to any place and time that they wish. But once again, the children find that magic does not always go as planned.
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The Phoenix and the Carpet is Amazing and so imaginative!!!
- By Anonymous on 13-12-23
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The Phoenix and the Carpet
- Narrated by: Johanna Ward
- Series: The Psammead Trilogy, Book 2
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 31-08-12
- Language: English
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On the Tip of My Tongue
- The perfect word for every life moment
- By: Tom Read Wilson
- Narrated by: Tom Read Wilson
- Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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In On the Tip of My Tongue, logophile and television star Tom Read Wilson takes a delicious dive into the etymology and usage of words, euphemisms and bon mots. Written with his trademark sparkling wit, the star of Celebs Go Dating and self-avowed word-lover presents a hilarious and fascinating...
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Fabulous
- By D Giffin on 17-02-25
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On the Tip of My Tongue
- The perfect word for every life moment
- Narrated by: Tom Read Wilson
- Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 06-03-24
- Language: English
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Kingdom of Characters
- A Tale of Language, Obsession, and Genius in Modern China
- By: Jing Tsu
- Narrated by: Jing Tsu
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance6
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Brought to you by Penguin. A riveting, masterfully researched account of the bold innovators who adapted the Chinese language to the modern world, transforming China into a super-power in the process What does it take to reinvent the world's oldest living language? China today is one of the...
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Kingdom of Characters
- A Tale of Language, Obsession, and Genius in Modern China
- Narrated by: Jing Tsu
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 18-01-22
- Language: English
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Death at the Excelsior [Classic Tales Edition]
- By: P.G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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Story5
Inside a quiet boarding house on the waterfront, a man stares up to the ceiling with sightless eyes. The tight lipped landlady proclaims that it is murder. Can an upscale detective agency penetrate to the bottom of the mystery?
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A Wodehouse Detective Mystery
- By Aedifico on 21-07-21
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Death at the Excelsior [Classic Tales Edition]
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 51 mins
- Release date: 16-03-17
- Language: English
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Mahajati Gujarati
- Narrated by: Pratik Gandhi
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 24-03-26
- Language: Gujarati
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The History of the English Language, 2nd Edition
- By: Seth Lerer, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Seth Lerer
- Length: 18 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall49
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Performance43
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Story43
This course offers an overview of the English language that is literary, historical, cultural, political, and scientific in its scope and designed to give you greater insight into the written and spoken word.The lectures provide a thorough understanding of the history of the English language - from its origins as a dialect of the Germanic-speaking peoples through the literary and cultural documents of its 1,500-year span to the state of American speech today.
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The History of the English Language, 2nd Edition
- Narrated by: Seth Lerer
- Series: The Great Courses: Linguistics
- Length: 18 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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Words on the Move
- Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally)
- By: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance22
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Story20
Words on the Move opens our eyes to the surprising backstories to the words and expressions we use every day. Did you know that silly once meant "blessed"? Or that ought was the original past tense of owe? Or that the suffix -ly in adverbs is actually a remnant of the word like? And have you ever wondered why some people from New Orleans sound as if they come from Brooklyn?
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Good but not as good as the Great Courses
- By Kira Adams on 30-08-19
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Words on the Move
- Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally)
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 06-09-16
- Language: English
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Deathworld
- By: Harry Harrison
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall99
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Performance87
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Story87
Deathworld centers on Jason dinAlt, a professional gambler who uses his somewhat erratic psionic abilities to tip the odds in his favor. He is challenged by a man named Kerk Pyrrus (who turns out to be the ambassador from the planet Pyrrus) to turn a large amount of money into an immense sum by gambling at a government-run casino. He succeeds and survives the planetary government's desperate efforts to steal back the money.
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One of my favourite Harry Harrison books
- By P. M. Mitchell on 19-11-16
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Deathworld
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 24-02-15
- Language: English
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Phineas Finn
- Palliser, Book 2
- By: Anthony Trollope
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker
- Length: 28 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance14
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Story14
Phineas Finn, a handsome young man of 23, comes to England to make his fortune in parliamentary politics. But despite all his aspirations, Finn is haunted by ethical questions as his personal convictions conflict with his duty towards his party. Loyalty versus honor, love versus money, and privacy versus prominence: our eponymous hero faces a variety of dilemmas as he navigates his way through the House of Commons.
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Very good
- By ANDREW ROBERTSON PAYNE on 02-08-23
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Phineas Finn
- Palliser, Book 2
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker
- Series: The Pallisers, Book 2
- Length: 28 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 27-06-17
- Language: English
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The Voyage Out
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall55
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Performance52
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Story52
The Voyage Out is Virginia Woolf's haunting tale about a naïve young woman's sea voyage from London to a small resort on the South American coast. In symbolic, lyrical, and intoxicating prose, her outward journey begins to mirror her internal voyage into adulthood as she searches for her personal identity, grapples with love, and learns how to face life intellectually and emotionally. Its wit and exquisiteness, and its profound depth and insight into humanity, will capture the imagination of the listener.
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Seemingly random detail paints vivid pictures
- By ROSALIND BUCK on 18-08-16
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The Voyage Out
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 06-05-15
- Language: English
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
- By: Thomas De Quincey
- Narrated by: Gunnar Cauthery
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall37
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Performance28
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Thomas De Quincey's highly charged and hauntingly accurate account of laudanum addiction is considered the root of all drug novels. From Baudelaire to Burroughs, Confessions of an English Opium Eater paved the way for later generations of writers. Initially prescribed as pain relief for a chronic condition, De Quincey soon found himself compelled by the opium experience.
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Brilliant performance
- By Noah Swinney on 12-07-24
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
- Narrated by: Gunnar Cauthery
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 21-08-15
- Language: English
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The Gaeilge Guide
- Spark your connection to the Irish language and legacy
- By: Mollie Guidera
- Narrated by: Mollie Guidera
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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In The Gaeilge Guide, Mollie Guidera - Ireland's leading online Irish teacher and creator of the hit platform 'Irish with Mollie' - brings her joyful, down-to-earth approach to the page in a book guaranteed to spark your connection to the Irish language and legacy. Mollie shows us how to reconnect with our ancient and endangered language - and with ourselves - by demystifying the shame and frustration many still feel around Irish, and replacing it with a fun, accessible path back to the richness of our native tongue.
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Makes Irish feel easy!
- By Eims on 11-12-25
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The Gaeilge Guide
- Spark your connection to the Irish language and legacy
- Narrated by: Mollie Guidera
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 23-10-25
- Language: English
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To Let
- The Forsyte Saga, Book 3
- By: John Galsworthy
- Narrated by: Neil Hunt
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance19
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Story19
“So many people have written and claimed that their families were the original of the Forsytes,” wrote Galsworthy, “that one has almost been encouraged to believe in the typicality of an imagine species.” It is the Spring of 1920, 34 years on from the beginning of the Saga. “Young Jolyon” is married to Irene after her divorce from Soames, and they now have a son, Jon. Soames has re-married and has a daughter, Fleur. A new generation of Forsytes comes of age and the Saga continues.
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Beautiful reading of a masterpiece of human insight.
- By Mel Graham on 22-03-24
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To Let
- The Forsyte Saga, Book 3
- Narrated by: Neil Hunt
- Series: The Forsyte Chronicles, Book 3, The Forsyte Saga (Recorded Books), Book 3
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 19-03-14
- Language: English
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Have You Eaten Grandma?
- By: Gyles Brandreth
- Narrated by: Gyles Brandreth
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall42
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Performance33
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Have You Eaten Grandma? written and read by Gyles Brandreth. It can be much harder than it seems; commas, colons, semicolons and even apostrophes can drive us all mad at times, but it riles no one more than the longest-serving resident of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, grammar guru Gyles Brandreth. In this brilliantly funny tirade and guide, Gyles anatomises the linguistic horrors of our times, tells us where we've been going wrong (and why) and shows us how, in future, we can get it right every time.
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Very funny but hard to follow in this format
- By K. J. Kelly on 09-12-18
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Have You Eaten Grandma?
- Narrated by: Gyles Brandreth
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 04-10-18
- Language: English
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The Grammar of Angels
- A Search for the Magical Powers of Language
- By: Edward Wilson-Lee
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance4
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'Ingenious… a glorious portrait of the great 15th-century prince of learning' Daily Telegraph 'A deeply fascinating, sui generis book by a brilliant scholar-writer, which uses the life story of a Renaissance prodigy to summon an angel-host of ideas, people and stories, all circling the...
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The Grammar of Angels
- A Search for the Magical Powers of Language
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 30-01-25
- Language: English
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Freud
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Anthony Storr
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Abridged
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Overall78
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Performance50
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Story51
Sigmund Freud revolutionized the way in which we think about ourselves. From its beginnings as a theory of neurosis Freud developed psychoanalysis into a general psychology, which became widely accepted as the predominant mode of discussing personality and interpersonal relationships. Anthony Storr goes one step further and investigates the status of Freud's legacy today and the disputes that surround it.
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Informative and good to listen to
- By Sissi on 12-11-15
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Freud
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 26-12-04
- Language: English
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Foundation Hindi (Michel Thomas Method) - Full course
- Learn Hindi with the Michel Thomas Method
- By: Michel Thomas
- Narrated by: Akshay Bakaya
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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'The thrill is that you're actually figuring it out on your own. You're engaging with another language, not just parroting it... It's an excellent way to start, and leaves the listener thinking, Hey, Ich kann do dis.' - New Yorker, David Sedaris, humorist and author, on learning Hindi with the...
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Foundation Hindi (Michel Thomas Method) - Full course
- Learn Hindi with the Michel Thomas Method
- Narrated by: Akshay Bakaya
- Series: Hindi (Michel Thomas Method)
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 28-01-26
- Language: English
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Consolations II
- The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
- By: David Whyte
- Narrated by: David Whyte
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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David Whyte's Consolations use everyday words to present us with a prism through which to better understand ourselves and the lives we walk through. At the request of readers globally, Whyte returns with fifty-two short, elegant meditations on a single word ranging from 'Anxiety' to 'Body', 'Freedom', 'Shame' and 'Moon'. He embraces their nuances, amplitudes and depths, and, in doing so, confronts realities that many of us would spend a lifetime trying senselessly to avoid.
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Consolations II
- The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
- Narrated by: David Whyte
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 07-11-24
- Language: English
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