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An Area of Darkness
- By: V. S. Naipaul
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance12
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A classic of modern travel writing, An Area of Darkness is Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul’s profound reckoning with his ancestral homeland and an extraordinarily perceptive chronicle of his first encounter with India. Traveling from the bureaucratic morass of Bombay to the ethereal beauty of Kashmir, from a sacred ice cave in the Himalayas to an abandoned temple near Madras, Naipaul encounters a dizzying cross-section of humanity: browbeaten government workers and imperious servants, a suavely self-serving holy man, and a deluded American religious seeker.
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Arrogant narrator
- By ftyner on 02-12-25
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An Area of Darkness
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 25-05-21
- Language: English
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A Sense of Place
- A journey around Scotland’s whisky
- By: Dave Broom
- Narrated by: Dave Broom
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance8
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Story9
In this beautifully crafted narrative, award-winning writer Dave Broom examines Scotch whisky from the point of view of its terroir - the land, weather, history, craft and culture that feed and enhance the whisky itself. Travelling around his native Scotland and visiting distilleries from Islay...
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Not just another book about whisky.
- By Richard burden on 18-02-25
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A Sense of Place
- A journey around Scotland’s whisky
- Narrated by: Dave Broom
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 30-09-22
- Language: English
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Deep South
- By: Paul Theroux
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 23 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall44
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Performance38
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Story38
For the past 50 years, Paul Theroux has travelled to the far corners of the Earth - to China, Africa, the Pacific Islands, Russia, and elsewhere. In Deep South, he turns his gaze to a region much closer to his home. Travelling through North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas, he writes of the stunning landscapes he discovers - the deserts, the mountains, the Mississippi - and, above all, the lives of the people he meets.
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Yet another treat
- By M. S. Harris on 17-11-15
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Deep South
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 23 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 11-09-15
- Language: English
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Blood River
- By: Tim Butcher
- Narrated by: Tim Butcher
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall324
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Performance225
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Story227
When Daily Telegraph correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to cover Africa in 2000, he quickly became obsessed with the idea of recreating H. M. Stanley's famous expedition - and travelling alone. Despite warnings that his plan was suicidal, Butcher set out for the Congo's eastern border with just a rucksack and a few thousand dollars hidden in his boots.
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Africa's Broken Heart - a September 11th every day
- By Ben Waddams on 25-01-11
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Blood River
- Narrated by: Tim Butcher
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 26-02-08
- Language: English
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Scott of the Antarctic
- Performed by Edward Fox in a Dramatised Setting
- By: Mr Punch
- Narrated by: Edward Fox OBE, Gordon Fithen
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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In 1911, Captain Robert Falcon Scott went back to the huge frozen wasteland of the Antarctic with the intention of reaching the South Pole, by a long and terribly arduous trek across the ice. On finally reaching the pole, Scott and his comrades were devastated to find that they had been beaten by the Norwegian explorer Amundsen. With temperatures of minus 30, they began their slow journey back to their base.
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Scott's diaries vividly revisited.
- By tommy61 on 27-05-24
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Scott of the Antarctic
- Performed by Edward Fox in a Dramatised Setting
- Narrated by: Edward Fox OBE, Gordon Fithen
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 05-06-22
- Language: English
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River Town
- Two Years on the Yangtze
- By: Peter Hessler
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall54
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Performance40
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Story41
In the heart of China's Sichuan province, amid the terraced hills of the Yangtze River valley, lies the remote town of Fuling. Like many other small cities in this ever-evolving country, Fuling is heading down a new path of change and growth, which came into remarkably sharp focus when Peter Hessler arrived as a Peace Corps volunteer, marking the first time in more than half a century that the city had an American resident.
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Absorbing book ruined by narrator
- By Pete Millwood on 13-06-12
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River Town
- Two Years on the Yangtze
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 04-05-10
- Language: English
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In Xanadu
- By: William Dalrymple
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
- Abridged
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Overall36
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Performance30
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Story30
Here is William Dalrymple's highly praised and greatly entertaining account of his 1986 trip made while a student at Cambridge, which retraced Marco Polo's route across land from Jerusalem to Xanadu. With him, he took a phial of Holy Oil, 600 pounds and Laura until Lahore, and Louisa from there to Xanadu.
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Awesome writing, exquisite narration
- By Peter on 03-12-16
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In Xanadu
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 19-02-08
- Language: English
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The Juice
- Vinous Veritas: Essays
- By: Jay McInerney
- Narrated by: Jay McInerney
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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Story7
This new collection by the acclaimed novelist—and, according to Salon, “the best wine writer in America”—is generous and far-reaching, deeply knowledgeable and often hilarious. For more than a decade, Jay McInerney’s vinous essays, now featured in The Wall...
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The Juice
- Vinous Veritas: Essays
- Narrated by: Jay McInerney
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 08-05-12
- Language: English
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Figures in a Landscape
- People and Places
- By: Paul Theroux
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance18
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Story18
Drawing together a fascinating body of writing from over 14 years of work, Figures in a Landscape ranges from profiles of cultural icons (Oliver Sacks, Elizabeth Taylor, Robin Williams) to intimate personal remembrances, from thrilling adventures in Africa to literary writings from Theroux's rich and expansive personal reading. Collectively these pieces offer a fascinating portrait of the author himself, his extraordinary life and his restless and ever-curious mind.
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Great variety of topics.... mostly very interesting
- By Nicky Ramone on 06-08-18
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Figures in a Landscape
- People and Places
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 07-06-18
- Language: English
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How to Travel the World for Free
- One Man, 150 Days, Eleven Countries, No Money!
- By: Michael Wigge
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall75
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Performance66
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Story67
Join Michael Wigge as he immerses himself into fascinating subcultures, rides with Amish farmers in old-fashioned buggies, sleeps on the street with the homeless, and, with the help from alternative lifestylers, learns to nourish himself with flowers. Wigge had only three concerns during his travels: How do I get some food? How will I get to my next destination? Where can I sleep? …all without money! This unusual travel diary combines adventure with humor and contains surprising revelations about when money is really needed - and when it's not.
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Free loading
- By Magnus H. on 31-05-22
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How to Travel the World for Free
- One Man, 150 Days, Eleven Countries, No Money!
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 01-09-13
- Language: English
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The Durrells of Corfu
- By: Michael Haag
- Narrated by: Paul English
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall92
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Performance78
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Story77
Simon Nye's TV series, The Durrells, is based loosely on Gerald Durrell's Corfu Trilogy and in particular his much-loved best seller, My Family and Other Animals. These books in turn are based somewhat loosely on actual events. The real-life Durrells went to Corfu at the urging of Lawrence Durrell, who was already living on the island with his wife, Nancy Myers. Their intent was to keep the family together as his mother, Louisa, was drinking heavily and recovering from a breakdown.
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Really interesting and amusing tales of the family
- By Sara on 04-01-18
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The Durrells of Corfu
- Narrated by: Paul English
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 12-05-17
- Language: English
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Death in a Lonely Land
- More Hunting, Fishing, and Shooting on Five Continents
- By: Peter Hathaway Capstick
- Narrated by: Paul Maitrejean
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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From the author of Last Horizons, Peter Hathaway Capstick now presents Death in a Lonely Land, a second volume of his hunting, fishing, and shooting adventures on five continents—stories collected from such magazines as Outdoor Life, NRA’s American Hunter, Guns & Ammo, and Petersen’s Hunting. The stockbroker-turned-outdoorsman recalls his days as an African pro hunter in “The Killer Baboons of Vlackfontein.” “Four Fangs in a Treetop” records a foray into British Honduras for the jaguar, “a gold-dappled teardrop of motion.”
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Death in a Lonely Land
- More Hunting, Fishing, and Shooting on Five Continents
- Narrated by: Paul Maitrejean
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 14-08-24
- Language: English
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Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- By: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Narrated by: Phil Paonessa
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance4
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Story4
In 1834, Ralph Waldo Emerson, formerly a Unitarian minister, began a new career as a public lecturer. Nature (1836), his first published work, contained the essence of his transcendental philosophy. This collection contains 11 of his most celebrated and memorable essays....
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Essay formatting poor
- By Robby Sambwa on 31-01-22
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Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Narrated by: Phil Paonessa
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 16-07-18
- Language: English
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The University of Gravel Roads
- Global Lessons from a Four-Year Motorcycle Adventure
- By: Rene Cormier
- Narrated by: Rene Cormier
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance7
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Story7
Join the adventure as 33-year-old Rene Cormier politely removes himself from the working world that surrounds him and cashes in what few possessions he has to finance a three-year-long motorcycle journey around the world. Never one to let excessive planning get in the way of a good ride, Rene runs out of money half way through the tour and ultimately takes five years to cover the 41-country, 154,000 kilometer (95,000 mile) route.
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The University of Gravel Roads
- Global Lessons from a Four-Year Motorcycle Adventure
- Narrated by: Rene Cormier
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 18-03-21
- Language: English
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The Last Supper
- A Summer in Italy
- By: Rachel Cusk
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance10
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Story10
When Rachel Cusk decides to travel to Italy for a summer with her husband and two young children, she has no idea of the trials and wonders that lie in store. Their journey leads them to both the expected and the surprising, all seen through Cusk's sharp and humane perspective.
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Travel log?
- By Aquilina Christophorus on 28-06-22
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The Last Supper
- A Summer in Italy
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 09-09-20
- Language: English
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The Voyage: #1 - BVIs to Falmouth
- Oldmansailing, Book 4
- By: John Passmore
- Narrated by: Charles Robert Fox
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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This is what it is like to sail an ocean alone. Not the world-girdling marathon of the Southern Ocean racers or the “cruise in company” as part of a trade-wind rally, but what it is really like to set off for 3,496 miles from the British Virgin Islands to Falmouth in the UK, totally alone. That means no contact with the shore, no high-frequency radio or satphone. No weather forecasts, no texts from loved ones. No news…Just complete and uninterrupted isolation for 44 days. In other words, this is singlehanded ocean sailing at its purest: One man in a world shrunk to its bare essentials.
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Another good listen
- By Daniel Bray on 05-11-24
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The Voyage: #1 - BVIs to Falmouth
- Oldmansailing, Book 4
- Narrated by: Charles Robert Fox
- Series: The Voyage, Book 1
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 16-10-24
- Language: English
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The Children's Fire
- Heart Song of a People
- By: Mac Macartney
- Narrated by: Mac Macartney
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38
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Performance32
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Story32
The Children’s Fire forges a trail into Britain’s wild and ancient Celtic past. In the winter of 2009 Mac Macartney walked from his birthplace in England across Wales to the island of Anglesey, once the spiritual epicenter of Late Iron Age Britain, navigating by the sun and the stars, with no map, compass, stove, or tent, and in the coldest winter for many years. The Children’s Fire records that journey, and seeks to lay bare the aching loss of knowing and understanding sacredness as it applies to everything ordinary that brings joy to the human heart.
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Powerful and important!
- By O on 31-01-23
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The Children's Fire
- Heart Song of a People
- Narrated by: Mac Macartney
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 17-12-20
- Language: English
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Korea
- The Impossible Country
- By: Daniel Tudor
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall36
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Performance31
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Story31
Long overshadowed by Japan and China, South Korea is a small country that happens to be one of the great national success stories of the postwar period. From a failed state with no democratic tradition, ruined and partitioned by war, and sapped by a half-century of colonial rule, South Korea transformed itself in just 50 years into an economic powerhouse and a democracy that serves as a model for other countries. With no natural resources and a tradition of authoritarian rule, Korea managed to accomplish a second Asian miracle.
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Amazing and deep
- By without recourse on 31-07-19
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Korea
- The Impossible Country
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 25-09-18
- 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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The Solace of Open Spaces
- By: Gretel Ehrlich
- Narrated by: Gretel Ehrlich
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance10
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A collection of transcendent, lyrical essays on life in the American West, the classic companion to Gretel Ehrlich’s new book, Unsolaced “Wyoming has found its Whitman.” —Annie Dillard Poet and filmmaker Gretel Ehrlich went to Wyoming in 1975 to make the first in a series of...
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Beautiful writing on a beautiful subject
- By Roche Charles on 02-01-25
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The Solace of Open Spaces
- Narrated by: Gretel Ehrlich
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 19-01-21
- Language: English
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