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London Labour and the London Poor
- Written by: Henry Mayhew
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 27 hrs and 14 mins
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London Labour and the London Poor is a rare and fascinating insight into the lives and struggles of the 19th-century poor. Written by journalist and reformer Henry Mayhew, a founder and editor of the satirical magazine Punch, it collects hundreds of testimonials from the lower strata of Victorian society. We encounter street entertainers, 'pure finders', cabinetmakers, gingerbread sellers, 'screeve-fakers', swindlers, and burglars. We hear accounts from toshers finding items in sewers, people attempting to train pigs to dance, and witness the sale of everything from gilt watches and chickweed to needles, dog collars, and eel soup.
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London Labour and the London Poor
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 27 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 2018-08-30
- Language: English
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Adam Bede
- Written by: George Eliot
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Length: 20 hrs and 40 mins
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George Eliot's first full-length novel Adam Bede is a profound rendering of 19th century English pastoral life. This timeless story of seduction and betrayal follows the virtuous carpenter Adam Bede, whose world is soon disrupted when the all-too-beautiful Hetty betrays him for another villager. Her actions precipitate a turmoil of tragic events that shake the very foundations of their serene rural community.
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Adam Bede
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Length: 20 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 2014-12-18
- Language: English
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume V
- Written by: Edward Gibbon
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 27 hrs and 19 mins
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire has always maintained its initial appeal to both the general public and scholars alike. Its sheer scale is daunting, encompassing over a millennium of history, covering not merely the Western Empire from the days of the early emperors to its extinction in AD 476, but also the Eastern Empire, which lasted for another thousand years until the Turks vanquished it in 1453. But Gibbon’s style is enticing, and the sheer honesty of the man endears him to the listener.
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume V
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Series: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Book 5
- Length: 27 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2014-04-07
- Language: English
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Tibet - In a Nutshell
- Written by: Jonathan Gregson
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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'In a Nutshell', the new audiobook series from Naxos AudioBooks, continues with a fascinating history of Tibet. Part of China for many years, yet with a clearly distinctive culture (with the central devotion of its people being to Buddhism and the Dalai Lama), Tibet has a unique character in the panoply of world nations. Here we have an independent view of its history and the customs and beliefs of its people - and a commentary on the current situation.
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Tibet - In a Nutshell
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Release date: 2009-06-25
- Language: English
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- Written by: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
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Left unfinished after Dickens died in 1870, The Mystery of Edwin Drood centers on Edwin Drood's uncle, John Jasper, and his love for Rosa Bud, Edwin's fiancee. Set in the dark, fictional cathedral city of Cloisterham, the novel is awash with guilt, disguise and mystery. It contains some fine writing, and just before his death, Dickens left an indication of where the plot was going, which is included.
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 2012-02-22
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of a Hunted Priest
- Written by: Father John Gerard
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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Jesuit priest John Gerard hid from English authorities for eight years before his eventual capture and torture in the Tower of London. Risking everything to preserve Catholicism in Tudor England, Gerard moved from house to house, converting many people and evading capture by mere seconds. Following a hair's-breadth escape from the Tower to the continent, he survived to tell his tale and pass on his experience to future missionaries and martyrs in The Autobiography of a Hunted Priest, a fascinating tale of espionage, disguise, priest hunters, and brilliantly designed hideouts.
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The Autobiography of a Hunted Priest
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2020-10-23
- Language: English
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Voices of Black America
- Historical Recordings of Speeches, Poetry, Humor and Drama 1908-1947
- Written by: William Shaman - editor
- Narrated by: Booker T. Washington, Langston Hughes, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
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This unique collection, compiled especially for Naxos AudioBooks, features original recordings from 1908 to 1947 of Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Exposition Address", the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Langston Hughes, the rarely heard humour of Charley Case, readings from "God's Trombones" by James Weldon Johnson, and much more.
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Voices of Black America
- Historical Recordings of Speeches, Poetry, Humor and Drama 1908-1947
- Narrated by: Booker T. Washington, Langston Hughes, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Charley Case, James Weldon Johnson
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
- Release date: 2004-12-26
- Language: English
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Rights of Man
- Written by: Thomas Paine
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
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Written in 1791 as a response to Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, Thomas Paine's Rights of Man is a seminal work on human freedom and equality. Using the French Revolution and its ideals as an example, he demonstrates his belief that any government must put the inherent rights of its citizens above all else, especially politics.
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Rights of Man
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2009-01-26
- Language: English
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The Song of Hiawatha
- Written by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Narrated by: William Hootkins
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
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Longfellow's great narrative poem has been unjustly neglected in recent years though it gives a sympathetic portrait especially of Hiawatha, reared by Nokomis, daughter of the Moon, and his bride Minehaha.
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The Song of Hiawatha
- Narrated by: William Hootkins
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 2004-12-26
- Language: English
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The French Revolution - In a Nutshell
- Written by: Neil Wenborn
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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The fifth in the new Naxos AudioBooks series "In a Nutshell", The French Revolution is a short and accessible introduction to one of the most important periods in European history. It brings vividly to life the implacable Robespierre, the frightened Marie Antoinette and the iconic image of the guillotine. But it also demonstrates the key role the Revolution played in the development of European politics.
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The French Revolution - In a Nutshell
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Release date: 2009-11-15
- Language: English
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A Concise History of the United States of America
- Written by: Susan-Mary Grant
- Narrated by: Robert G. Slade
- Length: 18 hrs and 20 mins
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Born out of violence and the aspirations of its early settlers, the United States of America has become one of the world's most powerful nations. This audiobook begins in colonial America as the first Europeans arrived, lured by the promise of financial profit, driven by religious piety, and accompanied by diseases that would ravage the native populations. Woven through this richly crafted study of America's shifting social and political landscapes are the multiple perspectives of the nation's history, helping to define the United States at the dawn of a new century.
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A Concise History of the United States of America
- Narrated by: Robert G. Slade
- Length: 18 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 2019-02-15
- Language: English
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The Railway Children
- Written by: E. Nesbit
- Narrated by: Eve Karpf, Delia Paton
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
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When Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis' father is arrested for a crime he did not commit and they have to start a new life in the country, they fear the happy times are gone forever. Little do they expect the exciting adventures and the new friends that await them. By the end they have learned more about life and themselves than they had ever dreamed possible. This full-cast, dramatized version of E. Nesbit's children's classic delightfully brings to life the adventures of The Railway Children.
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The Railway Children
- Narrated by: Eve Karpf, Delia Paton
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2003-07-16
- Language: English
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The Marsh Arabs
- Written by: Wilfred Thesiger
- Narrated by: Laurence Kennedy
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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For a period of seven years, Wilfred Thesiger canoed through the marshes at the confluence of Iraq's Tigris and Euphrates rivers, living among the native Madan tribes and their islands made of reeds. Now extinct, their ancient way of life is speculated to have existed for 5,000 years, going back to the days of ancient Sumer, and possessed a unique culture found nowhere else in the Middle East. Thesiger documents the tribes' conflicts, traditions, cuisine, relationships, justice systems, and art, and reveals how they built their unique water-borne society
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The Marsh Arabs
- Narrated by: Laurence Kennedy
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2018-08-24
- Language: English
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The Persian War from The Histories
- Written by: Herodotus
- Narrated by: Roy Marsden
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
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In this, the first prose history in European civilization, Herodotus tells the heroic tale of the Greeks' resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, King of Persia. Here are not only the great battles - Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis - but also penetrating human insight and a powerful sense of epic destiny at work. Translated by George Rawlinson.
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The Persian War from The Histories
- Narrated by: Roy Marsden
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 2000-10-26
- Language: English
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The Oaken Heart
- Written by: Margery Allingham
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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Margery Allingham, already a successful crime writer, was living quietly in the Essex village of Tolleshunt D’Arcy ("Auburn") when the Second World War broke out. Her house became an Air Raid Wardens’ post and a First Aid centre, and Allingham herself became responsible for 275 East London evacuees in a rural community of just over 600.
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The Oaken Heart
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2021-11-30
- Language: English
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Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
- Written by: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Narrated by: Billy Hartman
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
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"We are all travelers in the 'wilderness of the world' - travelers with a donkey." So Robert Louis Stevenson wrote to a friend on completing this enchanting account of a journey in rural France in 1878. Alone with his pack-donkey Modestine, and showing total disregard for discomfort, Stevenson relishes to the full his walking tour of the Cevennes.
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Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
- Narrated by: Billy Hartman
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 1999-12-26
- Language: English
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The Yosemite
- Written by: John Muir
- Narrated by: Nick McArdle
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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For two years, Scots-born John Muir lived in a small cabin along the Yosemite creek, observing the valley's natural beauty and reading Emerson under the stars. The experience forged a lifelong affinity with the site, which would result in its establishment as a national park in 1890. Originally written as a guidebook to the park, The Yosemite describes every aspect of wildlife and landscape that one might encounter there.
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The Yosemite
- Narrated by: Nick McArdle
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2020-03-13
- Language: English
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The Woman Who Saved the Children
- Written by: Clare Mulley
- Narrated by: Joely Richardson, Clare Mulley - introduction and foreword
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
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This is an unconventional biography of an unconventional woman. Eglantyne Jebb moved from drawing rooms to war zones, often defying expectation and at times breaking the law. Although not fond of individual children, she founded Save the Children and originated the revolutionary concept of children's human rights. Clare Mulley brings to life the brilliant, charismatic, passionate, and compassionate woman, whose work has saved millions of lives and permanently changed the way the world treats children. Save the Children ambassador Joely Richardson narrates this extraordinary story.
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The Woman Who Saved the Children
- Narrated by: Joely Richardson, Clare Mulley - introduction and foreword
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 2020-01-27
- Language: English
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The Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Elizabeth II
- Written by: Elizabeth Jenkins, Pearson Phillips
- Narrated by: Karen Archer, Nanette Newman
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
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The two reigns - both unusually long - could scarcely have been more different. Queen Elizabeth I brought a much needed (and appreciated) stability to England at a key moment in the history of the nation. Queen Elizabeth II has, by contrast, been the constitutional monarch par excellence.
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The Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Elizabeth II
- Narrated by: Karen Archer, Nanette Newman
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 2001-12-30
- Language: English
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Great Victorians
- Written by: David Angus
- Narrated by: Benjamin Soames, Georgina Sutton
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
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The Victorian era was a time of great change and rapid progress. Britain was undergoing the most tremendous development. Scientific discoveries had prompted the Industrial Revolution, which made Britain the world leader in iron and steel production. Science was undergoing a revolution, enabled by the groundbreaking work of Michael Faraday, who led the Royal Institution. Great swathes of Central Africa were mapped by the explorer David Livingstone and the understanding of humankind’s place in the world was being redefined by the theories of the great naturalist Charles Darwin.
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Great Victorians
- Narrated by: Benjamin Soames, Georgina Sutton
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2018-05-18
- Language: English
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