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Finding Hildasay
- How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness
- By: Christian Lewis
- Narrated by: Christian Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Finding Hildasay, read by the author, is the life-affirming story of Chris Lewis' epic journey around Britain's coastline as he battles depression and rebuilds his life....
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Listened twice, read once, enjoyed loads
- By R. Harper on 03-02-23
By: Christian Lewis
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David Attenborough - Life on Air
- Memoirs of a Broadcaster
- By: David Attenborough
- Narrated by: David Attenborough
- Length: 19 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In this volume of memoirs David tells stories of the people and animals he has met and the places that he has visited....
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Unforgettable David
- By Mark on 20-11-10
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The Art of Resilience
- Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body
- By: Ross Edgley
- Narrated by: Ross Edgley
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Ross Edgley famously ran a marathon pulling a 1.4-tonne car and climbed a rope the height of Everest (8,848 m), after living with Yamabushi warrior monks in Japan and partaking in Shamanic pain rituals with fire ants in the Amazon jungle....
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A dull digital dairy - don’t do it
- By Anonymous User on 18-11-20
By: Ross Edgley
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Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know
- By: Ranulph Fiennes
- Narrated by: Ranulph Fiennes
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
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Ranulph Fiennes has travelled to the most dangerous and inaccessible places on earth, almost died countless times, lost nearly half his fingers to frostbite....
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Too short
- By Jonathon on 06-01-17
By: Ranulph Fiennes
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Little Girl Lost
- By: Casey Watson
- Narrated by: Kate Lock
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Six-year-old Amelie lives with her mother, Kelly, who suffers from bipolar disorder. After Kelly attempts to burn down their family house, it becomes clear that her daughter is in grave danger. Amelie is quickly taken into care....
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Great story, really enjoyed it
- By Mary Jackson on 05-04-24
By: Casey Watson
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Journeys to Impossible Places
- In Life and Every Adventure
- By: Simon Reeve
- Narrated by: Simon Reeve
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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In Journeys to Impossible Places, best-selling author and presenter Simon Reeve reveals the inside story of his most astonishing adventures and experiences, around the planet and close to home....
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Wonderful
- By Liam_H on 23-10-21
By: Simon Reeve
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Finding Hildasay
- How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness
- By: Christian Lewis
- Narrated by: Christian Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Finding Hildasay, read by the author, is the life-affirming story of Chris Lewis' epic journey around Britain's coastline as he battles depression and rebuilds his life....
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Listened twice, read once, enjoyed loads
- By R. Harper on 03-02-23
By: Christian Lewis
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David Attenborough - Life on Air
- Memoirs of a Broadcaster
- By: David Attenborough
- Narrated by: David Attenborough
- Length: 19 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In this volume of memoirs David tells stories of the people and animals he has met and the places that he has visited....
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Unforgettable David
- By Mark on 20-11-10
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The Art of Resilience
- Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body
- By: Ross Edgley
- Narrated by: Ross Edgley
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Ross Edgley famously ran a marathon pulling a 1.4-tonne car and climbed a rope the height of Everest (8,848 m), after living with Yamabushi warrior monks in Japan and partaking in Shamanic pain rituals with fire ants in the Amazon jungle....
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A dull digital dairy - don’t do it
- By Anonymous User on 18-11-20
By: Ross Edgley
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Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know
- By: Ranulph Fiennes
- Narrated by: Ranulph Fiennes
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Abridged
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Ranulph Fiennes has travelled to the most dangerous and inaccessible places on earth, almost died countless times, lost nearly half his fingers to frostbite....
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Too short
- By Jonathon on 06-01-17
By: Ranulph Fiennes
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Little Girl Lost
- By: Casey Watson
- Narrated by: Kate Lock
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Six-year-old Amelie lives with her mother, Kelly, who suffers from bipolar disorder. After Kelly attempts to burn down their family house, it becomes clear that her daughter is in grave danger. Amelie is quickly taken into care....
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Great story, really enjoyed it
- By Mary Jackson on 05-04-24
By: Casey Watson
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Journeys to Impossible Places
- In Life and Every Adventure
- By: Simon Reeve
- Narrated by: Simon Reeve
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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In Journeys to Impossible Places, best-selling author and presenter Simon Reeve reveals the inside story of his most astonishing adventures and experiences, around the planet and close to home....
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Wonderful
- By Liam_H on 23-10-21
By: Simon Reeve
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I Spy
- By: Tom Marcus
- Narrated by: Georgia Maguire, Jason Langley
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Tom Marcus spent years of his life undercover, waging a secret war on the streets against those who want to do us harm....
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very insightful - slightly over-performed
- By JMH on 27-08-19
By: Tom Marcus
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Clanlands in New Zealand
- Kiwis, Kilts, and an Adventure Down Under
- By: Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish, Peter Jackson - foreword
- Narrated by: Graham McTavish, Sam Heughan
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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In this follow-up to Clanlands Sam & Graham document their journey across New Zealand, a country Graham calls home and that Sam has longed to visit since learning it was a popular destination for Scottish immigrants to settle back in the 19th century....
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Avoid
- By Rosemary Standeven on 16-12-23
By: Sam Heughan, and others
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Broken
- The Most Shocking Childhood Story Ever Told. An Inspirational Author Who Survived It.
- By: Shy Keenan
- Narrated by: Judy Mason
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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I was born and broken in Birkenhead, abused from infancy by a network of every kind of pervert from ‘thinks it’s love’ to ‘show it hurts’. I was unwanted, beaten, sold, swapped, photographed, filmed, left for dead, corrupted, blamed, betrayed, ignored and orphaned....
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Fantastic
- By Cherie on 26-08-22
By: Shy Keenan
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Coffee First, Then the World
- One Woman's Record-Breaking Pedal Around the Planet
- By: Jenny Graham
- Narrated by: Jenny Graham
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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16 countries, 124 days and 18,000 miles. This is the story of one woman’s solo lap of the planet by bike....
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What a fantastic woman. Amazing story of resilience and grit.
- By Kindle Customer on 26-04-24
By: Jenny Graham
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Up
- My Life’s Journey to the Top of Everest
- By: Ben Fogle, Marina Fogle
- Narrated by: Ben Fogle
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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In April 2018, seasoned adventurer Ben Fogle and Olympic cycling gold medallist Victoria Pendleton, along with mountaineer Kenton Cool, took on their most exhausting challenge yet – climbing Everest for the British Red Cross to highlight the environmental challenges mountains face....
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My favourite book ever!
- By Stephen on 20-07-19
By: Ben Fogle, and others
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Groomed by a Gang
- By: Ann Cusack - contributor, Christina O'Connor
- Narrated by: Laura Brydon
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Christina O'Connor is the main prosecution witness from the Huddersfield Grooming scandal. In 2017, 11 men were convicted of a staggering 43 offences against her....
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A brave testimony
- By Ruth K. on 16-03-24
By: Ann Cusack - contributor, and others
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Handstands in the Dark
- By: Janey Godley
- Narrated by: Janey Godley
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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A vivid, intimate and darkly funny account of a life less ordinary, Handstands in the Dark tells the story of how one girl escaped a chaotic family and became one of the UK's most popular comedic talents....
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Excellent
- By Julia H. on 02-06-21
By: Janey Godley
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Lone Rider
- The First British Woman to Motorcycle Around the World
- By: Elspeth Beard
- Narrated by: Wendy Wolfson
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1982, at the age of just 23 and halfway through her architecture studies, Elspeth Beard left her family and friends in London and set off on a 35,000-mile solo adventure around the world on her 1974 BMW R60/6....
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Diary of a teenage girl
- By R on 12-10-19
By: Elspeth Beard
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127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Movie Tie- In)
- By: Aron Ralston
- Narrated by: Aron Ralston
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
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Yet with the new morning came an epiphany: if he could use the rocks vise-like hold to break his arm bones, his blunted pocketknife could serve as a surgeons blade....
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Excellent Story
- By Kate on 19-09-16
By: Aron Ralston
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Mother of God
- An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon
- By: Paul Rosolie
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Paul Rosolie’s extraordinary adventure in the uncharted tributaries of the Western Amazon - a tale of discovery that vividly captures the awe, beauty, and isolation of this endangered land....
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An amazing story
- By mr on 30-04-24
By: Paul Rosolie
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SAS: Sea King Down
- By: Mark Aston, Stuart Tootal
- Narrated by: Simon Darwen
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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The thrilling, edge-of-your-seat true story of one soldier's Special Forces operations in the Falklands War....
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Like putting on a comfortable pair of Old DMS boot
- By Mr T.S. Downing on 28-07-21
By: Mark Aston, and others
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A Girl Worth More
- By: Joanne Phillips, Shannon Kyle
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Joanne Phillips’ ordeal began aged 13 when she was gang-raped in her bedroom by local boys. Following the trauma, she dropped out of school, was befriended by an older man and was forced into prostitution aged 16....
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This is a excellent book
- By hayley claridge on 25-07-23
By: Joanne Phillips, and others
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Island of the Lost
- Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
- By: Joan Druett
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1864, Captain Thomas Musgrave and his crew of four aboard the schooner Grafton wreck on the southern end of Auckland Island....
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The endurence of the brave seamen.
- By Kindle Customer Patricia TAYLOR on 01-01-24
By: Joan Druett
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Deep Blue
- My Ocean Journeys
- By: Steve Backshall
- Narrated by: Steve Backshall
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Deep Blue is a book a lifetime in the making: a remarkable blend of memoir, travel, and marine and environmental science that takes us on an unforgettable tour of the many worlds of aquatic life....
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Engaging and informative
- By Heidi S on 22-01-24
By: Steve Backshall
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The Asylum
- By: Ann Cusack - contributor, Carol Minto, Joe Cusack - contributor
- Narrated by: Fiona McNeill
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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For 46 years, Carol Minto has quietly gone about her life, carrying with her the most extraordinary and heartbreaking secrets....
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A very sad read.
- By S. J. on 11-08-21
By: Ann Cusack - contributor, and others
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My Outdoor Life
- By: Ray Mears
- Narrated by: Ray Mears, Simon Shepherd
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In My Outdoor Life, Ray tells of his childhood and the formative years when he first developed a passion for both bushcraft and the martial arts skills that are central to his life....
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Great book ... But
- By Matthew on 29-09-16
By: Ray Mears
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Captain James Cook
- By: Rob Mundle
- Narrated by: Paul English
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Captain James Cook is one of the greatest maritime explorers of all time....
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Fantastic
- By DNix on 19-09-18
By: Rob Mundle
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Society of the Snow
- The Definitive Account of the World’s Greatest Survival Story
- By: Pablo Vierci, Jennie Erikson - translator
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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It was 13 October 1972. Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, carrying a team of young rugby players, their families and friends, took off for the very last time. A deadly miscalculation saw F571 crash directly into the Andean mountains to devastating consequences....
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Society of the Snow
- By Ms. Angela Black on 17-12-23
By: Pablo Vierci, and others
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Top of the World
- Surviving the Manchester Bombing to Scale Kilimanjaro in a Wheelchair
- By: Martin Hibbert, Fiona Duffy, Dan Walker - foreword
- Narrated by: Will Edgerton
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Martin Hibbert was left paralysed from the waist down by the Manchester Arena bombing which killed twenty-two people on 22 May 2017. Martin’s teenage daughter Eve was one of the 940 injured, in Eve’s case, gravely.
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amazing bravery.
- By Blush Nail & Beauty Lounge on 30-04-24
By: Martin Hibbert, and others
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Tides
- A Climber's Voyage
- By: Nick Bullock
- Narrated by: Nick Bullock
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Tides is a gripping memoir that captures the very essence of what it means to dedicate one’s life to climbing....
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Epic, emotional, and inspiring!
- By S. E. on 30-05-19
By: Nick Bullock
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Hell's Angels
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrated by: Sébastien Desjours
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Au début des années soixante, Thompson, alors journaliste à San Francisco, est fasciné par les Hell's Angels. Son article sur ces seigneurs de...
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i had no idea that it was the french version
- By Anonymous User on 12-04-21
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Mercury Rising
- John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War
- By: Jeff Shesol
- Narrated by: Jim Frangione
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Mercury Rising recreates the tension and excitement of a flight that shifted the momentum of the space race and put the United States on the path to the moon....
By: Jeff Shesol
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Alive
- The Story of the Andes Survivors
- By: Piers Paul Read
- Narrated by: Paul Ansdell
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes....
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couldn’t finish listening to, returned title...
- By BenGee333 on 17-10-19
By: Piers Paul Read
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Fearless
- Adventures with Extraordinary Women
- By: Louise Minchin
- Narrated by: Louise Minchin
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Louise Minchin embarks on adventures with trailblazing women who are breaking down barriers, smashing records and challenging stereotypes in the world of sports and endurance....
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Brilliant listen
- By Pbe on 27-09-23
By: Louise Minchin
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The Birds That Audubon Missed
- Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness
- By: Kenn Kaufman
- Narrated by: Mack Sanderson
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Raging ambition. Towering egos. Competition under a veneer of courtesy. Heroic effort combined with plagiarism, theft, exaggeration, and fraud. This was the state of bird study in eastern North America during the early 1800s, as a handful of intrepid men raced to find the last few birds that were still unknown to science. The most famous name in the bird world was John James Audubon, who painted spectacular portraits of birds. But although his images were beautiful, creating art was not his main goal. Instead, he aimed to illustrate (and write about) as many different species as possible.
By: Kenn Kaufman
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It Is What It Is... but It Doesn’t Have to Stay That Way
- By: Michael Crawford
- Narrated by: Michael J Crawford
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Embark on a captivating adventure with "It Is What It Is", a remarkable book that delves into the profound thoughts and experiences of a man who didn't ignore the whisper...errr uhh...scream, to write. Authored and Narrated by the same, this introspective expression takes listeners on a transformative voyage through the intricate threads of life, exploring the realms of God, family, friends, and self.
By: Michael Crawford
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Resilience in the Rubble
- A True Tale of Aid and Survival in Kashmir
- By: Kathy Harms
- Narrated by: Jenn Danielson
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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As paramedic Kathy Harms navigates the devastation in the aftermath of the catastrophic 2005 Kashmir Earthquake as a first-time medical aid worker, she is confronted by the scale of suffering she observes in the region, and her own lack of experience in the area of humanitarian work.
By: Kathy Harms
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Wolves of Russia
- By: R M Mace
- Narrated by: Sam Burns
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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From the court of Imperial Russia to Foxley Manor in Herefordshire, the story begins with the First World War. Part One takes the listener through the Russian Revolution to the formation of the Second Polish Republic and the Polish-Bolshevik war. Part Two begins at the outset to World War Two with the German invasion on September 1st, 1939, and the subsequent invasion by the Soviet Union on the 17th of the same month. The listener is taken through the early months of soviet occupation and then on to the first wave of Polish deportations to Siberia.
By: R M Mace
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Death in the Silent Places
- By: Peter Hathaway Capstick
- Narrated by: Luke Oldham
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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With his characteristic color and flair, Capstick recalls the extraordinary careers of men like Colonel J.H. Patterson and Colonel Jim Corbett, who stalked legendary man-eaters through the silent darkness on opposite sides of the world; men like Karamojo Bell, acknowledged as the greatest elephant hunter of all time; men like the valiant Sasha Siemel, who tracked killer jaguars though the Matto Grosso armed only with a spear.
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When I Fell from the Sky
- The True Story of One Woman's Miraculous Survival
- By: Juliane Diller Koepcke, Ross Benjamin - translator
- Narrated by: Judith Georgi
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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She was 17 years old on a Christmas Eve flight 40 years ago to join her father for Christmas when the unimaginable happened. The Lockheed L-188A Electra, on the way from Lima to Pucallpa, flew directly into a thunderstorm. A strike of lightning left the plane incinerated and Juliane Diller (Koepcke) still strapped to her plane seat falling through the night air two miles above the Earth. Her survival is unexplainable and considered a modern-day miracle. Her mother was among the 91 dead and Juliane the sole survivor.
By: Juliane Diller Koepcke, and others
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The Birds That Audubon Missed
- Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness
- By: Kenn Kaufman
- Narrated by: Mack Sanderson
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Raging ambition. Towering egos. Competition under a veneer of courtesy. Heroic effort combined with plagiarism, theft, exaggeration, and fraud. This was the state of bird study in eastern North America during the early 1800s, as a handful of intrepid men raced to find the last few birds that were still unknown to science. The most famous name in the bird world was John James Audubon, who painted spectacular portraits of birds. But although his images were beautiful, creating art was not his main goal. Instead, he aimed to illustrate (and write about) as many different species as possible.
By: Kenn Kaufman
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It Is What It Is... but It Doesn’t Have to Stay That Way
- By: Michael Crawford
- Narrated by: Michael J Crawford
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Embark on a captivating adventure with "It Is What It Is", a remarkable book that delves into the profound thoughts and experiences of a man who didn't ignore the whisper...errr uhh...scream, to write. Authored and Narrated by the same, this introspective expression takes listeners on a transformative voyage through the intricate threads of life, exploring the realms of God, family, friends, and self.
By: Michael Crawford
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Resilience in the Rubble
- A True Tale of Aid and Survival in Kashmir
- By: Kathy Harms
- Narrated by: Jenn Danielson
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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As paramedic Kathy Harms navigates the devastation in the aftermath of the catastrophic 2005 Kashmir Earthquake as a first-time medical aid worker, she is confronted by the scale of suffering she observes in the region, and her own lack of experience in the area of humanitarian work.
By: Kathy Harms
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Wolves of Russia
- By: R M Mace
- Narrated by: Sam Burns
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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From the court of Imperial Russia to Foxley Manor in Herefordshire, the story begins with the First World War. Part One takes the listener through the Russian Revolution to the formation of the Second Polish Republic and the Polish-Bolshevik war. Part Two begins at the outset to World War Two with the German invasion on September 1st, 1939, and the subsequent invasion by the Soviet Union on the 17th of the same month. The listener is taken through the early months of soviet occupation and then on to the first wave of Polish deportations to Siberia.
By: R M Mace
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Death in the Silent Places
- By: Peter Hathaway Capstick
- Narrated by: Luke Oldham
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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With his characteristic color and flair, Capstick recalls the extraordinary careers of men like Colonel J.H. Patterson and Colonel Jim Corbett, who stalked legendary man-eaters through the silent darkness on opposite sides of the world; men like Karamojo Bell, acknowledged as the greatest elephant hunter of all time; men like the valiant Sasha Siemel, who tracked killer jaguars though the Matto Grosso armed only with a spear.
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When I Fell from the Sky
- The True Story of One Woman's Miraculous Survival
- By: Juliane Diller Koepcke, Ross Benjamin - translator
- Narrated by: Judith Georgi
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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She was 17 years old on a Christmas Eve flight 40 years ago to join her father for Christmas when the unimaginable happened. The Lockheed L-188A Electra, on the way from Lima to Pucallpa, flew directly into a thunderstorm. A strike of lightning left the plane incinerated and Juliane Diller (Koepcke) still strapped to her plane seat falling through the night air two miles above the Earth. Her survival is unexplainable and considered a modern-day miracle. Her mother was among the 91 dead and Juliane the sole survivor.
By: Juliane Diller Koepcke, and others
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Tap Dancing on Everest
- A Young Doctor's Unlikely Adventure
- By: Mimi Zieman MD
- Narrated by: Mimi Zieman
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Sparkling with suspense and vulnerability, Tap Dancing on Everest is a true survival story about the risks we take to become our most authentic selves. In this inspiring coming-of-age travel memoir that includes solo hiking through Nepal, Zieman weaves her childhood as the daughter of Jewish immigrants raised in 1970's New York City, her father a Holocaust survivor, with adventure, medicine, and empowerment. She captures the curiosity and awe of a young woman as she faces down messages to stay small and safe and ventures into the unknown.
By: Mimi Zieman MD
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Madness, Betrayal and the Lash
- The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver
- By: Stephen R. Bown
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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From 1792 to 1795, George Vancouver sailed the Pacific as the captain of his own expedition and as an agent of imperial ambition. To map a place is to control it, and Britain had its eyes on America's Pacific coast. And map it Vancouver did. His voyage was one of history's greatest feats of maritime daring, discovery, and diplomacy, and his marine survey of Hawaii and the Pacific coast was at its time the most comprehensive ever undertaken.
By: Stephen R. Bown
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Seas the Day
- The True Story of Fear, Friendship, and Faith While Stranded at Sea During Covid-19
- By: Johnny Vrba
- Narrated by: Johnny Vrba
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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On average, around 350,000 U.S. students, and nearly one million students worldwide, study abroad every year. Yet since its inception in 1963, only about 73,000 total students from over 1500 colleges and universities have participated in Semester at Sea. It is a truly unique, exclusive, and intimate experience, where students and faculty study, work, and travel to the farthest reaches of the globe.
By: Johnny Vrba
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Heidi Across America
- One Woman's Journey on a Bicycle Through the Heartland
- By: Heidi Beierle
- Narrated by: Morgan Hallett
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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A memoir of homecoming—Heidi Across America is a gritty story of how opening our hearts to others enables us to open our hearts to ourselves and love what we find there.
By: Heidi Beierle
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Top of the World
- Surviving the Manchester Bombing to Scale Kilimanjaro in a Wheelchair
- By: Martin Hibbert, Fiona Duffy, Dan Walker - foreword
- Narrated by: Will Edgerton
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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Martin Hibbert was left paralysed from the waist down by the Manchester Arena bombing which killed twenty-two people on 22 May 2017. Martin’s teenage daughter Eve was one of the 940 injured, in Eve’s case, gravely. The dad from Bolton has since become a leading campaigner both for victims of the atrocity and those with spinal cord injuries. Determined to make a difference he took on the ultimate challenge, scaling Kilimanjaro in a wheelchair, becoming the second paraplegic to do so, and raising a million pounds for charity.
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amazing bravery.
- By Blush Nail & Beauty Lounge on 30-04-24
By: Martin Hibbert, and others
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Fisherman, Rancher, Horseman, Spy
- True Stories of a Life Well-Lived
- By: Bayard Fox
- Narrated by: Bayard Kane Fox
- Length: 22 hrs and 33 mins
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The generation of young men who grew up in the shadow of World War II but were too young to fight came of age idealizing patriotism and adventure. They burned to live life to the fullest and do their part in the Cold War. In 1951, when BAYARD FOX graduated from Yale, the CIA promised a unique opportunity to do both by serving as a double agent. Assigned to Europe, the Congo, and Iran, Fox—who spoke several languages and was always game to learn new ones—grew disillusioned and resigned after 12 years. Soon after, a horse he was riding cartwheeled on him, shattering his hip.
By: Bayard Fox
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The Doomed Search for the Lost City of Z
- Deadly Expeditions
- By: Cindy L. Rodriguez, Martín Bustamante - illustrator
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 19 mins
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Percy Fawcett was a mapmaker and an adventurer. In the early 1900s, he spent years mapping out the jungles of South America. Fawcett became obsessed with the idea of a lost city of gold hidden deep in the jungle.
By: Cindy L. Rodriguez, and others
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Knife
- Meditations After an Attempted Murder
- By: Salman Rushdie
- Narrated by: Salman Rushdie
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
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Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie answers violence with art, and reminds us of the power of words to make sense of the unthinkable. Knife is a gripping, intimate, and ultimately life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art - and finding the strength to stand up again.
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Honesty. Brilliance.
- By Lynne Suo on 16-04-24
By: Salman Rushdie
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Everest, Inc.
- The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
- By: Will Cockrell
- Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air or has seen a recent photo of climbers standing in line to get to the top of Everest may think they have the mountain pretty well figured out. It’s an extreme landscape where bad weather and incredible altitude can occasionally kill, but more so an overcrowded, trashed-out recreation destination where rich clients pad their egos—and social media feeds—while exploiting local Sherpas. There’s some truth to these clichés, but they’re a sliver of the story.
By: Will Cockrell
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Antarctic Basalt
- An Antarctic Quest in the Days of Dog-Sled Travel
- By: Lewis Juckes
- Narrated by: Sebastian Abineri
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
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Lewis Juckes describes the many new experiences that lay ahead over the next two years, first while living in huts buried deep within the snow and then in the field with dog teams for transport and tents for accommodation. Thrills and rare sights were there, as well as scares and dangers—and tragedy within the close-knit group. This was Antarctica in the mid-1960s.
By: Lewis Juckes
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New Steel
- Replace Doubt and Fear with Resolve and Courage; From Two Hip Replacements to Two Triathlon Finishes
- By: Chris Bystriansky
- Narrated by: Chris Bystriansky
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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Whether you’re facing your own hip replacement surgery or want to train for something like a triathlon, or you simply find yourself facing extreme challenges in your own life, this book is your guide to putting steel in your bones and doing what you may never have thought was possible.
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Running on Empty
- 18,000 Miles Down Africa with Parkinson’s
- By: Guy Deacon
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
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At the age of sixty, and having lived with Parkinson’s disease for over ten years, Guy Deacon CBE set out on one last adventure: to drive solo from his home in the UK 18,000 miles and through twenty-five countries to Cape Town on the southern tip of Africa. This incredible journey, across Europe and down the full length of Africa, took the former British Army officer over twelve months. Along the way, he broke down five times, underwent one emergency evacuation, and took 3,650 prescription pills.
By: Guy Deacon