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Advise and Consent
- By: Allen Drury
- Narrated by: Allan Robertson
- Length: 33 hrs and 18 mins
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Allen Drury has penetrated the world's stormiest political battleground and the smoke-filled committee rooms of the United States Senate to reveal the bitter conflicts set in motion when the president calls upon the Senate to confirm his controversial choice for secretary of state. This novel is a true epic, showing in fascinating detail the minds and motives of the statesmen, the opportunists, the idealists. Advise and Consent is a timeless story with clear echoes of today's headlines.
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For those who liked The West Wing TV series
- By Anonymous User on 24-03-22
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Advise and Consent
- Narrated by: Allan Robertson
- Series: Advise and Consent, Book 1
- Length: 33 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 13-05-15
- Language: English
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Old Enemies
- By: Michael Dobbs
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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Ruari, son of Irish media owner J J Breslin, is in desperate danger, at the mercy of ruthless kidnappers making impossible demands. His terrified mother contacts the only person she knows can help her son: Harry Jones, her former lover, who she walked out on many years ago. Now memories of their passionate affair, the guilt, hurt, anger, and humiliation come flooding back.
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Excellent
- By Mrs P. on 04-02-24
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Old Enemies
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Series: Harry Jones, Book 4
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 11-02-15
- Language: English
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We, the Survivors
- By: Tash Aw
- Narrated by: Jamie Zubairi
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
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Ah Hock is an ordinary, uneducated man born in a Malaysian fishing village and now trying to make his way in a country that promises riches and security to everyone but delivers them to only a chosen few. With Asian society changing around him, like many he remains trapped in a world of poorly paid jobs that just about allow him to keep his head above water but ultimately lead him to murder a migrant worker from Bangladesh.
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Beautifully narrated insightful drama.
- By Anonymous User on 13-06-23
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We, the Survivors
- Narrated by: Jamie Zubairi
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 04-04-19
- Language: English
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American Spirits
- By: Russel Banks
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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A husband sells property to a mysterious, temperamental stranger, and is hounded on social media when he publicly questions the man's character. A couple grows concerned when an enigmatic family moves next door, and the children start sneaking over to beg for help. Two dangerous criminals kidnap an elderly couple and begin blackmailing their grandson, demanding that he pay back what he owes.
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American Spirits
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 05-09-24
- Language: English
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All the World's a Stage
- Erast Fandorin, Book 11
- By: Boris Akunin, Andrew Bromfield - translator
- Narrated by: Jonathan Coote
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
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Eliza Altairsky-Lointaine is the toast of Moscow society, a beautiful actress in an infamous theatre troupe. Her love life is as colourful as the parts she plays. She is the estranged wife of a descendant of Genghis Khan. And her ex-husband has threatened to kill anyone who courts her. He appears to be making good on his promise. Fandorin is contacted by a concerned friend - the widowed wife of Chekhov - who asks him to investigate an alarming incident involving Eliza.
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Loved it...
- By Alex on 02-03-19
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All the World's a Stage
- Erast Fandorin, Book 11
- Narrated by: Jonathan Coote
- Series: Erast Fandorin Series, Book 11
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 05-10-17
- Language: English
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The Continental Risque
- Revolution at Sea, Book 3
- By: James Nelson
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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1776: A decade of simmering tensions is finally coming to the boil. Determined to cast off the chains of British tyranny, the rebel government of Philadelphia has authorised the creation of the United States Navy – a brazen act of American aggression against the greatest maritime power in the world. Captain Isaac Biddlecomb sets sail in the Charlemagne on a daring mission to raid the British store of arms on New Providence Island in the Bahamas. Yet his greatest enemy is an undisciplined crew on the brink of mutiny.
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The Continental Risque
- Revolution at Sea, Book 3
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Series: The Isaac Biddlecomb Series, Book 3
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 01-09-23
- Language: English
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Tower Lord
- Raven's Shadow, Book 2
- By: Anthony Ryan
- Narrated by: Steven Brand
- Length: 24 hrs and 39 mins
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Vaelin Al Sorna, warrior of the Sixth Order, called Darkblade, called Hope Killer. The greatest warrior of his day, and witness to the greatest defeat of his nation: King Janus' vision of a Greater Unified Realm drowned in the blood of brave men fighting for a cause Vaelin alone knows was forged from a lie. Sick at heart, he comes home, determined to kill no more. Named Tower Lord of the Northern Reaches by King Janus's grateful heir, he can perhaps find peace in a colder, more remote land far from the intrigues of a troubled Realm.
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Too many unimportant characters
- By Anthony Duffy on 18-10-23
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Tower Lord
- Raven's Shadow, Book 2
- Narrated by: Steven Brand
- Series: Raven's Shadow, Book 2
- Length: 24 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 01-07-14
- Language: English
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The Rebecca Rioter
- Welsh Women’s Classics, Book 4
- By: Amy Dillwyn
- Narrated by: Edward Llewelyn
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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First published in 1880, The Rebecca Rioter is a novel based on the notorious Rebecca Riots in South and West Wales in the early 19th century. The story tells the tale of Evan Williams, a young working-class man, struggling to come to terms with the injustice and social inequalities of the world he lives in. His rebellious actions during a time of "agrarian discontent" have dramatic consequences, not only for himself, but also inadvertently for the woman he loves. Amy Dillwyn (1845-1935) was born in Swansea and was a novelist, feminist, and pioneer industrialist.
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Fascinating insight into a significant moment of Welsh history
- By hatchepsut on 05-03-23
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The Rebecca Rioter
- Welsh Women’s Classics, Book 4
- Narrated by: Edward Llewelyn
- Series: Welsh Women’s Classics, Book 4
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 24-08-21
- Language: English
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The Faithful
- By: Juliet West
- Narrated by: Grace Andrews
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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As Britain is pulled towards war, the secrets within two families threaten to tear them apart, in the new novel from Juliet West, The Faithful.... July 1935. In the village of Aldwick on the Sussex coast, 16-year-old Hazel faces a long, dull summer with just her self-centred mother, Francine, for company. But then Francine decamps to London with her lover, Charles; Oswald Mosley's blackshirts arrive in Aldwick; and Hazel's summer suddenly becomes more interesting.
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A fascinating and compelling story
- By Sha35 on 29-03-18
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The Faithful
- Narrated by: Grace Andrews
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 15-06-17
- Language: English
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A Pillar of Iron
- A Novel of Ancient Rome
- By: Taylor Caldwell
- Narrated by: Simon Mattacks, Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 33 hrs and 9 mins
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From his birth in 106 BC in the hill town of Arpinum, Cicero, the educated son of a wealthy member of the equestrian order, is destined for greatness. From his tumultuous family life to his tenuous alliance with Julius Caesar to a fateful love affair with the Roman empress Livia and, finally, to the political role that will make him a target of powerful enemies, A Pillar of Iron is the story of Cicero's legacy as one the greatest influences on Western civilization.
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A bit too pompous but interesting
- By Mawi on 05-02-23
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A Pillar of Iron
- A Novel of Ancient Rome
- Narrated by: Simon Mattacks, Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 33 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 09-07-19
- Language: English
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Stubborn Archivist
- By: Yara Rodrigues Fowler
- Narrated by: Carolina Santos Read
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
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When your mother considers another country home, it's hard to know where you belong. When the people you live among can't pronounce your name, it's hard to know exactly who you are. And when your body no longer feels like your own, it's hard to understand your place in the world. This is a novel of growing up between cultures, of finding your space within them and of learning to live in a traumatised body.
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Stubborn Archivist
- Narrated by: Carolina Santos Read
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 15-08-19
- Language: English
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The Blood of Others
- By: Simone de Beauvoir
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Jean Blomart, patriot leader against the German forces of occupation, waits throughout an endless night for his wounded lover, Hélène, to die. Told through memories of his and her life, The Blood of Others paints an intense and moving picture of their love story and life in German occupied Paris during the Second World War. In the face of a seemingly unstoppable force, Hélène and Jean are confronted by the illusion of freedom and made to question their individual roles in the collective struggle against fascism
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The Blood of Others
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 21-11-24
- Language: English
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The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
- A Novel
- By: Olivier Guez, Georgia de Chamberet - translator
- Narrated by: Michael Langan
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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For three decades, until the day he collapsed in the Brazilian surf in 1979, Josef Mengele, the Angel of Death who performed horrific experiments on the prisoners of Auschwitz, floated through South America in linen suits, keeping two steps ahead of Mossad agents, international police, and the world's journalists.
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Gripping
- By Liz on 27-06-23
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The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Michael Langan
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 28-03-23
- Language: English
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Ordinary Decent Criminals
- By: Lionel Shriver
- Narrated by: Melanie MacHugh
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
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From the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin comes a bold and savage story of the intersection of politics and human relationships, set in turbulent Northern Ireland. Having abandoned Philadelphia for the life of an international nomad, Estrin Lancaster has a taste for hot spots. She now finds herself in Belfast, a city scarred by twenty years of ritualised violence. As the former purveyor of his own bomb-disposal service, Farrell O'Phelan courts the company of destruction.
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Ordinary Decent Criminals
- Narrated by: Melanie MacHugh
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 10-09-15
- Language: English
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Sea of Bones
- By: Deborah O'Donoghue
- Narrated by: Caroline Guthrie
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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Juliet is used to wielding power and influence in her line of work, but when her beloved niece dies, she finds herself powerless in the face of her grief and has doubts over the coroner’s report of suicide. She travels back to her family’s remote coastal home where Beth was found. As Juliet delves deeper into the investigation, her personal and professional lives collide, and she unwittingly finds herself pitted against dangerous opposition who seem intent on silencing her.
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Excellent
- By Robwarren on 05-01-20
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Sea of Bones
- Narrated by: Caroline Guthrie
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 01-08-19
- Language: English
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Strike Force
- Patrick McLanahan, Book 13
- By: Dale Brown
- Narrated by: Corey Snow
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
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When a military coup in Iran leads to a crackdown on religious jihadists, it seems as if a new era is dawning in the Middle East, especially when the new leader, General Buzhazi, seeks to normalize relations with both America and Israel. But the Iranians are not really interested in peace....In the guise of pursuing and destroying Islamic militants, Buzhazi is planting thousands of Iranian Pasdaran special-ops troops throughout the oil-rich Kurdish region of Northern Iraq and in a lightning-quick operation brutally occupies the territory.
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loved it could not wait
- By John Stirling on 13-09-21
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Strike Force
- Patrick McLanahan, Book 13
- Narrated by: Corey Snow
- Series: Patrick McLanahan, Book 13
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 26-05-20
- Language: English
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Hong Kong
- By: Stephen Coonts
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
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Admiral Jake Grafton takes his wife, Callie, along when the U.S. government sends him to Hong Kong to find out how deeply the American consul-general is embedded in political money raising scandal. And why not? Jake and Callie met and fell in love in Hong Kong during the Vietnam War, and the consul-general is a friend from those days.
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didnt bother listening.
- By mrs flumpkins on 21-12-15
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Hong Kong
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Series: Jake Grafton, Book 8
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 22-08-07
- Language: English
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Null States
- The Centenal Cycle, Book 2
- By: Malka Older
- Narrated by: Christine Marshall
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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The future of democracy is about to implode. After the last controversial global election, the global infomocracy that has ensured 30 years of world peace is fraying at the edges. As the new Supermajority government struggles to establish its legitimacy, agents of information across the globe strive to keep the peace and maintain the flows of data that feed the new world order.
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Null States
- The Centenal Cycle, Book 2
- Narrated by: Christine Marshall
- Series: The Centenal Cycle, Book 2
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 19-09-17
- Language: English
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Man and State
- Tito's Yugoslavia
- By: K Balej
- Narrated by: Jack Wynters
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
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For more than three decades, Yugoslavia's history played out in the life of one man. That man was Josip Broz Tito. The fictional autobiography of a regime insider, K. Balej's thoroughly researched novel provides a revealing insight into the emergence and functioning of the Yugoslav socialist system from the time of the Vienna Congress in 1815 to Tito's own death in 1980. It is an immersive exploration of the changing nature of Tito's power and the fascinating symbiosis of man and state that Tito represents.
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Man and State
- Tito's Yugoslavia
- Narrated by: Jack Wynters
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 28-02-22
- Language: English
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Devotion
- By: Louisa Young
- Narrated by: Eve Karpf
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
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From the best-selling author of My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You and The Heroes' Welcome, Louisa Young's Devotion is a novel of family, love, race and politics set during the electric change of the 1930s. Tom loves Nenna. Nenna loves her father. Her father loves Mussolini. Ideals and convictions are not always so clear in the murky years between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the second.
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A root through history
- By Claire on 02-10-17
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