The Book of Phobias and Manias
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The Peepshow
- The Murders at Rillington Place
- Written by: Kate Summerscale
- Narrated by: Nicola Walker
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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A New York Times Notable Book A New York Times Review Editors' Choice Named a Best Book of the year by FT Nominated for the Women's prize for nonfiction Winner of the 2025 ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-fiction “A trove of thrilling material . . . skillfully examines the racism...
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The Peepshow
- The Murders at Rillington Place
- Narrated by: Nicola Walker
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 2025-05-06
- Language: English
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$28.65 or free with 30-day trial
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The Haunting of Alma Fielding
- A True Ghost Story
- Written by: Kate Summerscale
- Narrated by: David Morrissey
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR The Sunday Times The New Statesman The Times The Spectator The Telegraph Shortlisted for the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * A New York Times Book Review Paperback Row Selection “Prepare not to...
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The Haunting of Alma Fielding
- A True Ghost Story
- Narrated by: David Morrissey
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2021-04-27
- Language: English
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$25.80 or free with 30-day trial
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The Wicked Boy
- The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer
- Written by: Kate Summerscale
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Early in the morning of Monday, July 8, 1895, 13-year-old Robert Coombes and his 12-year-old brother, Nattie, set out from their small, yellow-brick terraced house in East London to watch a cricket match at Lord's. Their father had gone to sea the previous Friday, the boys told their neighbors...
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The Wicked Boy
- The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2016-07-12
- Language: English
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$22.76 or free with 30-day trial
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The Book of Phobias and Manias
- A History of Obsession
- Written by: Kate Summerscale
- Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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From the winner of the Edgar Award and the Samuel Johnson Prize, a cultural history of “everyday madness” The Book of Phobias and Manias is a thrilling compendium of 99 obsessions that have shaped us all, the rare and the familiar, from ablutophobia (a horror of washing) to syllogomania (a...
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The Book of Phobias and Manias
- A History of Obsession
- Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 2022-09-27
- Language: English
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$26.74 or free with 30-day trial
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The Queen of Whale Cay
- The Extraordinary Story of 'Joe' Carstairs, the Fastest Woman on Water
- Written by: Kate Summerscale
- Narrated by: Lissa Berry
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Bloomsbury presents The Queen of Whale Cay by Kate Summerscale, read by Lissa Berry. 'Jaw-droppingly amazing' DAILY MAIL WINNER OF THE SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Born in 1900 to a promiscuous American oil heiress and a British army captain, Marion Barbara Carstairs...
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The Queen of Whale Cay
- The Extraordinary Story of 'Joe' Carstairs, the Fastest Woman on Water
- Narrated by: Lissa Berry
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 2019-10-31
- Language: English
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$20.48 or free with 30-day trial
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