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A Hero of Our Time
- By: Mikhail Lermontov
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall58
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Performance54
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Story53
In A Hero of Our Time, Grigory Pechorin is a bored, self-centered, and cynical young army officer who believes in nothing. With impunity he toys with the love of women and the goodwill of men. He is brave, determined, and willful, but his wasted energy and potential ultimately result in tragedy.
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Narration poor
- By S. Wragg on 21-11-21
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A Hero of Our Time
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 29-03-16
- Language: English
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The Art of Disagreeing Well
- How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard
- By: Bo Seo
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall24
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Performance20
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Story20
‘Electrifying … A user manual for our polarized world’ Adam Grant, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Think Again ‘Important, compelling and wise’ Johann Hari, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Stolen Focus How do you win an argument? How do you disagree without hard feelings?...
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Not what I was expected.
- By Anonymous on 22-04-23
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The Art of Disagreeing Well
- How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 07-06-22
- Language: English
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Shortcut
- How Analogies Reveal Connections, Spark Innovation, and Sell Our Greatest Ideas
- By: John Pollack
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Analogies are far more complex than their SAT stereotype and lie at the very core of human cognition and creativity. Once we become aware of this, we start seeing them everywhere - in ads, apps, political debates, legal arguments, logos, and euphemisms, to name just a few. At their very best, analogies inspire new ways of thinking, enable invention, and motivate people to action. Unfortunately, not every analogy that rings true is true. That's why, at their worst, analogies can deceive, manipulate, or mislead us into disaster.
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Shortcut
- How Analogies Reveal Connections, Spark Innovation, and Sell Our Greatest Ideas
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 11-09-14
- Language: English
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Plato's Gorgias
- By: Plato
- Narrated by: Ray Childs
- Length: 3 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance10
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Story10
Gorgias of Leontini, a famous teacher of rhetoric, has come to Athens to recruit students, promising to teach them how to become leaders in politics and business. A group has gathered at Callicles' house to hear Gorgias demonstrate the power of his art. This dialogue blends comic and serious discussion of the best life, providing a penetrating examination of ethics.
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Beautiful Classic
- By Anonymous on 04-12-25
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Plato's Gorgias
- Narrated by: Ray Childs
- Length: 3 hrs
- Release date: 08-03-16
- Language: English
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
- By: Thomas De Quincey
- Narrated by: Roy Macready
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Abridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) was first published anonymously in 1821 in the London Magazine and was published in book form a year later. A revised edition was published in 1846. It is an account by the author of his addiction to laudanum and the effects it had on his life. This recording presents an abridged version of the 1856 edition.
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Old books rediscovered
- By Stewart Cassidy on 08-10-20
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
- Narrated by: Roy Macready
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 16-03-17
- Language: English
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Plato's Phaedo
- By: Plato
- Narrated by: Ray Childs
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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Story5
Socrates is in prison, sentenced to die when the sun sets. In this final conversation, he asks what will become of him once he drinks the poison prescribed for his execution. Socrates and his friends examine several arguments designed to prove that the soul is immortal. This quest leads him to the broader topic of the nature of mind and its connection not only to human existence but also to the cosmos itself. What could be a better way to pass the time between now and the sunset?
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Well performed, but weak translation and editing
- By Greg Gauthier on 12-04-18
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Plato's Phaedo
- Narrated by: Ray Childs
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 08-03-16
- Language: English
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The Art of Language Invention
- From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building
- By: David J. Peterson
- Narrated by: David J. Peterson
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance13
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Story11
An insider’s tour through the construction of invented languages from the bestselling author and creator of languages for Legendary's Dune, the HBO series Game of Thrones and the Syfy series Defiance From master language creator David J. Peterson comes a creative guide to language construction...
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Con languages
- By heidi fairgrieve on 11-09-18
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The Art of Language Invention
- From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building
- Narrated by: David J. Peterson
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 29-09-15
- Language: English
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Phineas Finn
- By: Anthony Trollope
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 22 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28
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Performance10
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Story10
Phineas Finn is an Irish M.P.A. climbing the political ladder, largely through the assistance of his string of lovers. The questions he is forced to ask himself about honesty, independence, and parliamentary democracy are questions still asked today.
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Philandering Phineas - full of character
- By Janice on 18-03-10
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Phineas Finn
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Series: The Pallisers, Book 2
- Length: 22 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 24-07-06
- Language: English
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Wordslut
- A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
- By: Amanda Montell
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance7
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Amanda Montell, feminist linguist and features editor at online magazine Byrdie, explains why words matter and why it’s imperative that women embrace their unique relationship with language. Drawing on fascinating research, and moving effortlessly between history and pop culture, Montell deconstructs language - from insults and cursing to grammar and pronunciation - to reveal the ways it has been used for centuries to gaslight women and keep them from gaining equality.
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Mind-expanding exploration of feminist vocabulary
- By K. J. Kelly on 24-11-19
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Wordslut
- A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 06-09-19
- Language: English
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The Language Hoax
- Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language
- By: John H. McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall43
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Performance35
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Story35
This short, opinionated audiobook addresses the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which argues that the language we speak shapes the way we perceive the world. Linguist John McWhorter argues that while this idea is mesmerizing, it is plainly wrong. It is language that reflects culture and worldview, not the other way around.
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Fantastic Work
- By Azura S on 24-11-20
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The Language Hoax
- Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 30-01-15
- Language: English
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The Power of Language
- Multilingualism, Self and Society
- By: Viorica Marian
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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You may think you speak only one language. In fact, your mind is interpreting multiple codes of communication. Some people speak Spanish, some Mandarin. Some speak poetry, some are fluent in maths. Humans are built for multilingualism. Drawing on cutting-edge research and theory, delivered with wit and lucid insight, psycholinguist Viorica Marian explores the ways in which the mind uses multiple languages and how, in doing so, we can open the doors to unique forms of creativity, brain health and cognitive control.
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A fascinating insight into the world of bi and multi-lingualism
- By Anonymous on 28-03-24
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The Power of Language
- Multilingualism, Self and Society
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 04-04-23
- Language: English
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The Stories of Your Life
- The Eight Stories That Explain the World Around Us
- By: Ben Ambridge
- Narrated by: Ben Ambridge
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Every aspect of human behaviour is part of a story – by understanding the stories, you can understand life itself. Read by the author, Ben Ambridge. 'Fascinating, entertaining and deeply smart' – Will Storr, bestselling author of The Status Game Wars, pandemics, Brexit, Elon Musk, the...
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The Stories of Your Life
- The Eight Stories That Explain the World Around Us
- Narrated by: Ben Ambridge
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 05-09-24
- Language: English
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The Riddle of the Labyrinth
- The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
- By: Margalit Fox
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance19
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Story19
In the tradition of Simon Winchester and Dava Sobel, The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code tells one of the most intriguing stories in the history of language, masterfully blending history, linguistics, and cryptology with an elegantly wrought narrative. When famed archaeologist Arthur Evans unearthed the ruins of a sophisticated Bronze Age civilization that flowered on Crete 1,000 years before Greece's Classical Age, he discovered a cache of ancient tablets, Europe's earliest written records.
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perfect for the linguistic enthusiast
- By sere on 13-06-25
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The Riddle of the Labyrinth
- The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 23-09-13
- Language: English
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Written in Stone
- A Journey Through the Stone Age and the Origins of Modern Language
- By: Christopher Stevens
- Narrated by: Michael Healy
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance14
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Story14
Half the world's population speaks a language that has evolved from a single prehistoric mother tongue. First spoken in Stone Age times on the steppes of central Eurasia 6,500 years ago, this mother tongue spread from the shores of the Black Sea across almost all of Europe and much of Asia. It is the genetic basis of everything we speak and write today - the DNA of language.
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Disappointing
- By Clare on 09-03-17
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Written in Stone
- A Journey Through the Stone Age and the Origins of Modern Language
- Narrated by: Michael Healy
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 15-11-15
- Language: English
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Korean in 40 Minutes
- Learn to speak Korean in minutes with Collins
- By: Collins Dictionaries
- Narrated by: Collins
- Length: 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance7
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Collins makes language learning fun, fast and flexible. Pick up the essentials of the Korean language with this easy-to-use audio introduction. Covering everything from finding your way to talking about yourself, Collins 40-minute audio can help you learn short and simple phrases quickly by just...
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Learning to speak Korean
- By Kathypots on 27-02-15
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Korean in 40 Minutes
- Learn to speak Korean in minutes with Collins
- Narrated by: Collins
- Length: 42 mins
- Release date: 28-08-07
- Language: Korean
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Les fleurs du mal
- By: Charles Baudelaire
- Narrated by: Michel Piccoli, Denis Lavant, Éric Caravaca, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance2
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"Le poète est semblable au prince des nuées / Qui hante la tempête et se rit de l'archer ; / Exilé sur le sol au milieu des huées, / Ses ailes de géant l'empêchent de marcher." (L'Albatros)
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Les fleurs du mal
- Narrated by: Michel Piccoli, Denis Lavant, Éric Caravaca, Guillaume Gallienne
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 03-08-16
- Language: French
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What Kind of Creatures Are We?
- By: Noam Chomsky
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance17
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Noam Chomsky is widely known and deeply admired for being the founder of modern linguistics, one of the founders of the field of cognitive science, and perhaps the most avidly read political theorist and commentator of our time. In these lectures, he presents a lifetime of philosophical reflection on all three of these areas of research to which he has contributed for over half a century.
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Language is internal not an external or social construct
- By Fehreen on 25-09-25
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What Kind of Creatures Are We?
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 15-05-18
- Language: English
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Talking Back, Talking Black
- Truths About America's Lingua Franca
- By: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall22
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Performance20
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Linguists have been studying Black English as a speech variety for years, arguing to the public that it is different from Standard English, not a degradation of it. Yet false assumptions and controversies still swirl around what it means to speak and sound "Black." In his first book devoted solely to the form, structure, and development of Black English, John McWhorter clearly explains its fundamentals and rich history while carefully examining the cultural, educational, and political issues that have undermined recognition of this transformative, empowering dialect.
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Interesting
- By Louise on 11-09-21
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Talking Back, Talking Black
- Truths About America's Lingua Franca
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 30-04-19
- Language: English
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Linguistics
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: P.H. Matthews
- Narrated by: James Conlan
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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Story7
Linguistics falls in the gap between arts and science, on the edges of which the most fascinating discoveries and the most important problems are found. Rather than following the conventional organization of many contemporary introductions to the subject, the author of this stimulating guide begins his discussion with the oldest, "arts" end of the subject and moves chronologically through to the newest research - the "science" aspects.
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Linguistics
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: James Conlan
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 08-06-21
- Language: English
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The Diary of a Nobody
- By: George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith
- Narrated by: Roy Macready
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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George and Weedon Grossmith were born in London into a theatrical family, and it was natural that they should both take up careers on the stage. Weedon initially studied art but later joined his brother, George, in the theatre.
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A window into a different time
- By Ben Yosef on 02-12-24
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The Diary of a Nobody
- Narrated by: Roy Macready
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 29-03-16
- Language: English
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