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The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
- By: Sylvia Plath, Karen V. Kukil - editor
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 30 hrs and 26 mins
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Published in their entirety, Sylvia Plath's journals provide an intimate portrait of the writer who was to produce in the last seven months of her life some of the most extraordinary poems of the 20th century. Faithfully transcribed from the 23 journals and journal fragments owned by Smith College, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath includes two journals that Plath's husband, Ted Hughes, unsealed just before his death in 1998.
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On the fence
- By Zoe on 03-06-19
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The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 30 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 28-05-19
- Language: English
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There and Back
- Diaries 1999-2009
- By: Michael Palin
- Narrated by: Michael Palin
- Length: 27 hrs and 27 mins
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Over the next ten years, we watch through Michael's eyes as the world reels from the successive shocks of September 11, the 7/7 bombings and the global financial crash. With the warmth and gentle empathy that have endeared millions of fans to him over the decades, Michael documents the day-to-day detail of living in a world buffeted by such powerful winds of change.
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There and Back
- Diaries 1999-2009
- Narrated by: Michael Palin
- Length: 27 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 26-09-24
- Language: English
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Hiroshima Diary
- The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
- By: Michihiko Hachiya MD
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Though his responsibilities in the appalling chaos of a devastated city were awesome, he found time to record the story daily, with compassion and tenderness. Dr. Hachiya's compelling diary was originally published by the UNC Press in 1955, with the help of Dr. Warner Wells of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Completely different insight
- By Eve on 11-02-15
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Hiroshima Diary
- The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 26-11-14
- Language: English
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Fire
- From “A Journal of Love”: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1934--1937
- By: Anais Nin
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 18 hrs and 49 mins
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Drawing from the author's original, uncensored journals, Fire follows Anaïs Nin's journey as she attempts to liberate herself sexually, artistically, and emotionally. While referring to her relationships with psychoanalyst Otto Rank and author Henry Miller, as well as a new lover, the Peruvian Gonzalo More, she also reveals that her most passionate and enduring affair is with writing itself.
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Narrator made a choice
- By Kindle Customer on 14-08-22
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Fire
- From “A Journal of Love”: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1934--1937
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 18 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 22-10-19
- Language: English
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Desolation Peak
- Collected Writings
- By: Jack Kerouac, Charles Shuttleworth - editor
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
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In the summer of 1956, Jack Kerouac hitchhiked from Mill Valley, California, to the North Cascades to spend two months serving as a fire lookout for the US Forest Service. Taking only the Diamond Sutra for reading material, he intended to spend his time in deep contemplation and to achieve enlightenment.
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Desolation Peak
- Collected Writings
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 08-11-22
- Language: English
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The Python Years
- Diaries 1969-1979 (Volume One)
- By: Michael Palin
- Narrated by: Michael Palin
- Length: 29 hrs and 48 mins
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Michael Palin's diaries begin when he was newly married and struggling to make a name for himself in the world of television comedy. But Monty Python was just around the corner...Enjoying an unlikely cult status early on, the Pythons then proceeded to tour the USA and Canada. As their popularity grew, so Palin relates how the group went their separate ways, later to re-form for stage shows and the celebrated films The Holy Grail and Life of Brian.
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Can’t beat Palin
- By solidair on 17-08-22
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The Python Years
- Diaries 1969-1979 (Volume One)
- Narrated by: Michael Palin
- Series: Palin Diaries, Book 1
- Length: 29 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 11-08-22
- Language: English
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Halfway to Hollywood
- Diaries 1980-1988, Volume Two
- By: Michael Palin
- Narrated by: Michael Palin
- Length: 28 hrs and 52 mins
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After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful Monty Python's Meaning of Life. Writing and acting in films and television then took over much of Michael's life, culminating in the smash hit A Fish Called Wanda (for which he won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor) and the first of his seven celebrated television journeys for the BBC.
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National treasure
- By Toastie on 09-09-24
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Halfway to Hollywood
- Diaries 1980-1988, Volume Two
- Narrated by: Michael Palin
- Series: Palin Diaries, Book 2
- Length: 28 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 11-08-22
- Language: English
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 2)
- 1938-43
- By: Chips Channon
- Narrated by: Tom Ward
- Length: 48 hrs and 28 mins
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This second volume of the best-selling diaries of Henry 'Chips' Channon takes us from the heady aftermath of the Munich agreement, when the prime minister Chips so admired was credited with having averted a general European conflagration, through the rapid unravelling of appeasement, and on to the tribulations of the early years of the Second World War. It closes with a moment of hope, as Channon, in recording the fall of Mussolini in July 1943, reflects: 'The war must be more than half over.'
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Wonderfully enthralling and yet painfully snobbish
- By Philip Moore on 16-01-22
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 2)
- 1938-43
- Narrated by: Tom Ward
- Series: The Diaries, Book 2
- Length: 48 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 09-12-21
- Language: English
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1)
- 1918-38
- By: Chips Channon
- Narrated by: Tom Ward
- Length: 39 hrs and 13 mins
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Born in Chicago in 1897, 'Chips' Channon settled in England after the Great War, married into the immensely wealthy Guinness family, and served as Conservative MP for Southend-on-Sea from 1935 until his death in 1958. His career was unremarkable. His diaries are quite the opposite. Elegant, gossipy and bitchy by turns, they are the unfettered observations of a man who went everywhere and who knew everybody.
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Wholly inappropriate choice of reader
- By John Adamson on 08-04-21
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1)
- 1918-38
- Narrated by: Tom Ward
- Series: The Diaries, Book 1
- Length: 39 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 08-04-21
- Language: English
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Alan Bennett: Diaries
- By: Alan Bennett
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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Alan Bennett is one of the country's most celebrated and best-loved authors. This unmissable collection of diaries and memoirs brings together for the first time Telling Tales, Diaries: 1980-1990, the autobiographical section of Untold Stories, which covers the period 1997-2004, and Keeping On Keeping On: The Diaries 2005-2014. With wit, wisdom, sharp social commentary and perceptive impressions, Alan Bennett's memoirs and diaries are a joy to discover, and a delight to hear again.
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Enchanting and wickedly observant
- By J.K. Watson on 09-02-23
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Alan Bennett: Diaries
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 08-12-22
- Language: English
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King's Counsellor
- Abdication and War: The Diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles
- By: Sir Alan Lascelles, Duff Hart-Davis
- Narrated by: Pip Torrens
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
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As Assistant Private Secretary to four monarchs, 'Tommy' Lascelles had a ringside seat from which to observe the workings of the royal household and Downing Street during the first half of the 20th century. These fascinating diaries begin with Edward VIII's abdication and end with George VI's death and his daughter Elizabeth's Coronation. In between we see George VI at work and play, a portrait more intimate than any other previously published.
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Sir Tommy Lascelles
- By Anonymous User on 10-07-21
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King's Counsellor
- Abdication and War: The Diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles
- Narrated by: Pip Torrens
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 19-11-20
- Language: English
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Modern Nature
- Journals, 1989 - 1990
- By: Derek Jarman
- Narrated by: Julian Sands
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
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A meditative and inspiring diary of Derek Jarman's famous garden at Dungeness. In 1986 Derek Jarman discovered he was HIV positive and decided to make a garden at his cottage on the barren coast of Dungeness. Facing an uncertain future, he nevertheless found solace in nature, growing all manner of plants. While some perished beneath wind and sea-spray, others flourished, creating brilliant, unexpected beauty in the wilderness. Modern Nature is both a diary of the garden and a meditation by Jarman on his own life.
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Beautiful diary but not great narration
- By Miss Emma Bonnici on 24-06-21
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Modern Nature
- Journals, 1989 - 1990
- Narrated by: Julian Sands
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 11-03-21
- Language: English
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Madly, Deeply
- The Alan Rickman Diaries
- By: Alan Rickman, Alan Taylor - editor, Emma Thompson - foreword
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley, Alfred Enoch, Bonnie Wright, and others
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
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Alan Rickman remains one of the most beloved actors of all time across almost every genre, from his breakout role as Die Hard's villainous Hans Gruber to his heart-wrenching run as Professor Severus Snape, and beyond. But Rickman's artistry wasn't confined to just his performances. Fans of memoirs at large will delight in the intimate experience of Rickman detailing the extraordinary and the ordinary in a way that is 'anecdotal, indiscreet, witty, gossipy and utterly candid'.
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Terrible narration
- By Mrs Kelly on 05-10-22
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Madly, Deeply
- The Alan Rickman Diaries
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley, Alfred Enoch, Bonnie Wright, Rima Horton
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 04-10-22
- Language: English
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Diary of an MP's wife
- Inside and Outside Power
- By: Sasha Swire
- Narrated by: Leo Merton
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
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What is it like to be a wife of a politician in modern-day Britain? Sasha Swire finally lifts the lid. For more than two decades she has kept a secret diary detailing the trials and tribulations of being a political plus-one; the travel, the security, the challenges to family life and the unpredictable events. A professional partner as well as a life partner and one with strong political opinions herself, she detonates the image of the dutiful stereotype.
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Dreadful narration
- By annie buxton on 29-09-20
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Diary of an MP's wife
- Inside and Outside Power
- Narrated by: Leo Merton
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 24-09-20
- Language: English
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Meet David Sedaris: Series Nine
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
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Named by Time as America's Favourite Humorist, the uniquely perceptive and hilarious David Sedaris reads from his essays and diaries for his ninth series for Radio 4. This is the complete recording of Meet David Sedaris Series Nine, which was broadcast on Radio 4.
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Excellent and funny as always
- By SJO on 22-01-24
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Meet David Sedaris: Series Nine
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Series: Meet David Sedaris, Book 9
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 14-12-23
- Language: English
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The Weight of a Cherry Blossom
- By: Shruti Buddhavarupu
- Narrated by: Shruti Bhola
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
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Funny, poignant and reflective, The Weight of a Cherry Blossom is a fable of rootlessness and belonging in the modern world. It is equal parts a story of urban loneliness and self-discovery and of the healing powers of kinship and love. Revisiting the awkwardness of adolescence and the chaos of growing up, it looks the foibles of adulthood irreverently in the eye.
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The Weight of a Cherry Blossom
- Narrated by: Shruti Bhola
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 07-02-20
- Language: English
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Letters to the Midwife
- By: Jennifer Worth
- Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson, Clive Mantle
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
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When the Call the Midwife series became best sellers Jennifer Worth received mountains of letters - not only praising her books, but also from people who remembered the world her books described; life in the East End of London during the late 1940s and early '50s. Often her books touched her audience and they felt moved to write, or they wanted to share their own memories.A prolific letter writer herself, Jennifer always corresponded and this book includes some fascinating letters she received.
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More than I expected
- By R. Card on 22-11-15
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Letters to the Midwife
- Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson, Clive Mantle
- Series: Call the Midwife
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 13-02-14
- Language: English
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 3): 1943-57
- By: Chips Channon
- Narrated by: Tom Ward
- Length: 48 hrs and 17 mins
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This third and final volume of the unexpurgated diaries of Sir Henry 'Chips' Channon begins as the Second World War is turning in the Allies' favour. It ends with a prematurely aged Chips descending into poor health but still socially active and able to turn a pointed phrase about the political events that swirl around him and the great and the good with whom he mingles.
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Good production but flawed!
- By Fiona on 13-02-23
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 3): 1943-57
- Narrated by: Tom Ward
- Series: The Diaries, Book 3
- Length: 48 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 24-11-22
- Language: English
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The Virago Book of Friendship
- By: Rachel Cooke
- Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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It's hard to get inside friendship: its particular intensity; its singular ease; the way it can wax and wane; its ability to cause uncommon pain. This is the territory of novels and letters, poems and graphic novels - which is where The Virago Book of Friendship steps in. Celebratory, but also explanatory and wide in scope - from the Bible to Yellowface, from school friends to the loss of friends in old age - this wonderful book includes Jane Austen, Nora Ephron, Toni Morrison, Vivian Gornick, Helen Garner, LM Montgomery, Dolly Alderton - among nearly one hundred others.
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The Virago Book of Friendship
- Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 05-09-24
- Language: English
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Last Stop Auschwitz
- My Story of Survival
- By: Eddy de Wind, David Colmer
- Narrated by: Boris Hiestand
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
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Eddy de Wind, a Dutch doctor and psychiatrist, was shipped to Auschwitz with his wife, Friedel, whom he had met and married at the Westerbork labour camp in the Netherlands. At Auschwitz, they made it through the brutal selection process and were put to work. Each day, each hour became a battle for survival. For Eddy, this meant negotiating with the volatile guards in the medical barracks. For Friedel, it meant avoiding the Nazis’ barbaric medical experiments.
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heartbreaking
- By Mrs. Lindsay P. Tonner on 17-04-20
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Last Stop Auschwitz
- My Story of Survival
- Narrated by: Boris Hiestand
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 09-01-20
- Language: English
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