The Adventure of English
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The Adventure of English
- The Biography of a Language
- Written by: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Robert Powell
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the remarkable story of the English language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language....
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The Adventure of English
- The Biography of a Language
- Narrated by: Robert Powell
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 2005-08-25
- Language: English
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$21.77 or free with 30-day trial
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Back in the Day
- The deeply affecting, first ever memoir by beloved national treasure Melvyn Bragg
- Written by: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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* AN OBSERVER AND DAILY MAIL "BOOKS OF 2022" PICK * Melvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which lyrically evokes a vanished world. In this captivating memoir, Melvyn Bragg recalls growing up in the Cumbrian market town of Wigton, from...
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Back in the Day
- The deeply affecting, first ever memoir by beloved national treasure Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 2022-08-25
- Language: English
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$36.96 or free with 30-day trial
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12 Books That Changed The World
- How words and wisdom have shaped our lives
- Written by: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Bill Bingham, Hugh Ross, Patricia Hodge, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
- Abridged
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When we think of great events in the history of the world, we tend to think of war, revolution, political upheaval or natural catastrophe. But throughout history there have been moments of vital importance that have taken place not on the battlefield, or in the palaces of power, or even in the...
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12 Books That Changed The World
- How words and wisdom have shaped our lives
- Narrated by: Bill Bingham, Hugh Ross, Patricia Hodge, Robert Powell
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2006-05-11
- Language: English
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$11.79 or free with 30-day trial
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In Our Time
- The Written World
- Written by: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Broadcaster and arts presenter Melvyn Bragg fronts 'The Written World', a five-part BBC Radio 4 series following the origins of writing from its first appearance 6,000 years ago and exploring how it has shaped the world's intellectual history. In the first programme he looks at the technology...
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In Our Time
- The Written World
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2012-01-14
- Language: English
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$10.62 or free with 30-day trial
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Crossing the Lines
- Written by: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Mark McGann
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Continuing the story of Joe from A Son of War, this is the story of the rapid changes in his life....
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Crossing the Lines
- Narrated by: Mark McGann
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 2007-08-20
- Language: English
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$22.77 or free with 30-day trial
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A Time to Dance
- Written by: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: James Faulkner
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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A Time to Dance charts the consequences of a relationship between a man of 54 and a girl of 18....
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A Time to Dance
- Narrated by: James Faulkner
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 2009-10-01
- Language: English
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$19.01 or free with 30-day trial
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