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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
- Written by: Thomas De Quincey
- Narrated by: Gunnar Cauthery
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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Thomas De Quincey's highly charged and hauntingly accurate account of laudanum addiction is considered the root of all drug novels. From Baudelaire to Burroughs, Confessions of an English Opium Eater paved the way for later generations of writers. Initially prescribed as pain relief for a chronic condition, De Quincey soon found himself compelled by the opium experience.
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Pretty boring
- By Meighan O'Reilly on 2023-04-06
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
- Narrated by: Gunnar Cauthery
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 2015-08-21
- Language: English
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Composers' Letters
- Written by: Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Narrated by: Jeremy Nicholas, Daniel Philpott, Edward de Souza
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
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Set against the music we know and love, Mozart, Beethoven, and many more come alive through their correspondence. Poignant, funny, revealing, informative and so often direct and honest, these letters offer a fascinating insight into the personalities that created our Western musical tradition.
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Composers' Letters
- Narrated by: Jeremy Nicholas, Daniel Philpott, Edward de Souza
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 2000-10-26
- Language: English
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Eminent Victorians
- Written by: Lytton Strachey
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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Eminent Victorians, Lytton Strachey's wonderfully witty and Wildean quartet of biographies, stands out as one of the most radical and groundbreaking works of its genre. With relentless precision, Strachey explores the lives of four exemplars of the Victorian age: Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold and General Gordon, irreverently bringing to light the flaws, strengths, ambitions and hypocrisies of these treasured legends.
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Eminent Victorians
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 2020-10-26
- Language: English
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Freud
- A Very Short Introduction
- Written by: Anthony Storr
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
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Sigmund Freud revolutionized the way in which we think about ourselves. From its beginnings as a theory of neurosis Freud developed psychoanalysis into a general psychology, which became widely accepted as the predominant mode of discussing personality and interpersonal relationships. Anthony Storr goes one step further and investigates the status of Freud's legacy today and the disputes that surround it.
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Freud
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 2004-12-26
- Language: English
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom
- Written by: T.E. Lawrence
- Narrated by: Jim Norton
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
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Although Lawrence of Arabia died in 1935, the story of his life has captured the imagination of succeeding generations. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a monumental work in which he chronicles his role in leading the Arab Revolt against the Turks during the First World War.
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom
- Narrated by: Jim Norton
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 2000-10-26
- Language: English
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South
- Written by: Ernest Shackleton
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
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On 8 August 1914, five days after the outbreak of World War One, the Endurance, a wooden-hulled, coal-fired icebreaker, set sail for the South Pole, in a bid to complete the first-ever trans-Antarctic expedition, which would cross the continent from the Weddell Sea to Scott's base at Cape Evans, via the Pole. However, despite the best planning, the ship succumbs to the ice floes of the Weddell Sea, and is subjected to months of uncontrollable drifting before its crew makes a scramble for Elephant Island, where they battle constant cold and starvation.
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South
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 2019-11-08
- Language: English
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My Childhood
- Written by: Maxim Gorky
- Narrated by: Nicholad Boulton
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
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Published in 1913, My Childhood is the first in an autobiographical trilogy by the Russian writer and five-time Nobel Prize-nominee Maxim Gorky. Painfully moving in places, the book tells of the experiences of a young boy who goes to live with his grandparents following the death of his father. Gorky’s depiction of 19th-century Russia through the eyes of his younger self is remarkable. As he recalls memories of his youth, contrasting themes and emotions are revealed, from barbaric joy to dark gloom, genuine cruelty and saint-like forbearance.
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My Childhood
- Narrated by: Nicholad Boulton
- Series: Autobiography of Maxim Gorky, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 2021-06-21
- Language: English
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Naples '44
- Written by: Norman Lewis
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
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Naples '44 is an unflinching autobiographical account of a year in Naples after the armistice and Allied landings in Sorrento in 1943. Working as a British counterintelligence officer under the Allied occupation, Lewis documents the rich pageant of life in the city and its surrounding areas. There is suffering and squalor: Criminal gangs are on the rise, along with typhus and black market commerce, and the female population is forced into part-time prostitution. But there is farce and humor, too, witnessed in the Roman uncle paid handsomely simply to appear at funerals.
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Naples, 44
- By LK on 2023-07-28
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Naples '44
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 2018-08-27
- Language: English
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The Whispering Land
- Written by: Gerald Durrell
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
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Following on from the events in A Zoo in My Luggage, The Whispering Land sees Gerald Durrell and his wife Jacquie travel to Argentina to collect animals for their newly established zoo. With rare insight and unique charm, Durrell pulls the listener into the tropical landscape of Patagonia, where he witnesses magical moments with penguins, seals and ocelots, and encounters a hilarious cast of characters, including a swearing parrot and a belching guanaco.
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The Whispering Land
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2019-01-30
- Language: English
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A Zoo in My Luggage
- Written by: Gerald Durrell
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
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A Zoo in My Luggage is the colorful, first-hand account of Gerald Durrell's six-month animal-collecting trip in British Cameroon, and his attempts to create his own zoo. Motivated by a passion for wildlife, and a desire to save endangered species from extinction, Durrell assembles a glorious panoply of exotic animals - including a female baboon called Georgina, who later runs amok in a department store; a black-eared squirrel, who tries to bury nuts in his ear; and a gentlemanly chimpanzee named Chumly, who greets him with an outstretched hand.
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A Zoo in My Luggage
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2018-12-19
- Language: English
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The Aye-Aye and I
- Written by: Gerald Durrell
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
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Gerald Durrell's last book, The Aye-Aye and I, records his final animal-collecting expedition, a trip to Madagascar in 1990, and his efforts to save the elusive and mythical lemuroid known as the Aye-Aye. Prompted by the country's radical deforestation and slash-and-burn agriculture, Durrell, his wife, and their team of zoologists embark on a mission to capture and conserve the species - distinguished by its "giant, chisel-like teeth", "round, hypnotic eyes", and large "spoon-like ears".
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The Aye-Aye and I
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 2019-02-15
- Language: English
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Ten Days That Shook the World
- Written by: John Reed
- Narrated by: Adam Sims
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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Ten Days That Shook the World is John Reed's phenomenal firsthand account of the October Revolution, leading up to the storming of the Winter Palace and the assumption of power by the Bolsheviks in 1917.
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Ten Days That Shook the World
- Narrated by: Adam Sims
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2020-10-26
- Language: English
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Realms of Gold
- Written by: John Keats
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Matthew Marsh
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
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John Keats' letters paint an unforgettably vivid and moving picture of the richly productive but also tragic final years of the poet's life. As he ponders on the nature of the writer's craft, he must first confront his brother's death from tuberculosis and then the imminent prospect of his own, tormented by the fear that he will not live to consummate his relationship with Fanny Brawne.
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Realms of Gold
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Matthew Marsh
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 1999-12-26
- Language: English
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Machiavelli: His Life and Times
- Written by: Alexander Lee
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 22 hrs and 58 mins
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Thanks to the invidious reputation of his most famous work, The Prince, Niccolo` Machiavelli exerts a unique hold over the popular imagination. But was Machiavelli as sinister as he is often thought to be? In Machiavelli: His Life and Times, Alexander Lee reveals the man behind the myth, following him from cradle to grave, from his father's penury and the abuse he suffered at a teacher's hands, to his marriage and his many affairs (with both men and women), to his political triumphs and, ultimately, his fall from grace and exile.
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Machiavelli: His Life and Times
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 22 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 2021-03-18
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and the Gospel of Wealth
- Written by: Andrew Carnegie
- Narrated by: David Rintoul, Lucy Scott
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
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A leading industrialist of the 19th and 20th centuries, Andrew Carnegie was one of America's most successful and generous businessmen. The autobiography tells of his rise to power, from humble beginnings in Scotland to controlling the biggest steel empire in the history of the United States. Carnegie lays down the blueprint for success, with an abundance of inspiring life lessons, while also giving unique first-hand impressions of burgeoning 19th century America and some of the most prominent people of the age, including Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain.
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The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and the Gospel of Wealth
- Narrated by: David Rintoul, Lucy Scott
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 2020-10-26
- Language: English
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Lives of the Twelve Caesars
- Written by: Suetonius
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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Suetonius wrote his Lives of the Twelve Caesars in the reign of Vespasian around 70AD. He chronicled the extraordinary careers of Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Vespasian, and Domitian and the rest in technicolour terms. They presented some high and low times at the heart of the Roman Empire. The accounts provide us with perspicacious insights into the men as much as their reigns.
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Lives of the Twelve Caesars
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 2004-12-26
- Language: English
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The Life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- A Musical Biography
- Written by: Perry Keenlyside
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony, Paul Rhys
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
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This is the poignant and compelling story of perhaps the most naturally gifted musical genius of all time. Copiously illustrated with examples of his music, it tells of Mozart's extraordinary childhood travelling the courts of Europe, and of how, after a brief period of fame in Vienna, his fortunes declined until his early death and last resting place in a pauper's grave.
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The Life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- A Musical Biography
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony, Paul Rhys
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 2005-08-23
- 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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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 Life of Oscar Wilde
- Written by: Hesketh Pearson
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
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This is the remarkable and tragic story of Oscar Wilde, legendary wit and conversationalist, author of perhaps the most perfect comedy in the English language, yet seemingly doomed by his own flawed temperament to suffer at the hands of a censorious and hypocritical society...
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The Life of Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 2000-10-26
- Language: English
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