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The Adventure of English
- The Biography of a Language
- 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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an excellent history
- By Kindle Customer on 02-09-2019
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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: 25-08-2005
- Language: English
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A History of Ideas
- Key Philosophers and Their Theories
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
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A major 60-part BBC radio series exploring the questions that have preoccupied philosophers through the ages, presented by Melvyn Bragg....
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A History of Ideas
- Key Philosophers and Their Theories
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 18-03-2021
- Language: English
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The Adventure of English
- The Biography of a Language
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Abridged
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Melvyn Bragg shows us 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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5 out of 5 stars
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get the Unabridged version
- By irtapil on 12-03-2020
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The Adventure of English
- The Biography of a Language
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 26-06-2007
- Language: English
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The Book of Books: The Radical Impact of the King James Bible, 1611-2011
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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The King James Bible has often been called ‘the Book of Books’ both in itself and in what it stands for....
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The Book of Books: The Radical Impact of the King James Bible, 1611-2011
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 20-04-2011
- Language: English
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Back in the Day
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
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Melvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which lyrically evokes a vanished world....
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A lost world
- By ELIZABETH on 21-09-2022
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Back in the Day
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 25-08-2022
- Language: English
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Twelve Books That Changed the World
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Patricia Hodge, Hugh Ross, Robert Powell, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
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Melvyn Bragg presents a vivid reminder of the book as agent of social, political, and personal revolution....
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Twelve Books That Changed the World
- Narrated by: Patricia Hodge, Hugh Ross, Robert Powell, Bill Bingham
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 11-05-2006
- Language: English
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In Our Time: 25 Theories and Thinkers in the History of Mathematics
- A BBC Radio 4 Collection
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg, Various
- Length: 18 hrs and 30 mins
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 25 pivotal concepts, theorists and developments that have advanced the science of mathematics....
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In Our Time: 25 Theories and Thinkers in the History of Mathematics
- A BBC Radio 4 Collection
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg, Various
- Series: In Our Time
- Length: 18 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 12-10-2023
- Language: English
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In Our Time: 25 Explorations of Space
- A BBC Radio 4 Collection
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg, Various
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the cosmos, from the origins of the universe to dark matter and dark energy....
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In Our Time: 25 Explorations of Space
- A BBC Radio 4 Collection
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg, Various
- Series: In Our Time
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 12-10-2023
- Language: English
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In Our Time: 25 Iconic Poets and Poems in English
- A BBC Radio 4 Collection
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg, Various
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
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Melvyn Bragg and guests analyse 25 key poets and literary works, tracing the evolution of poetry over 550 years....
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In Our Time: 25 Iconic Poets and Poems in English
- A BBC Radio 4 Collection
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg, Various
- Series: In Our Time
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 12-10-2023
- Language: English
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In Our Time: 25 Defining Ideas of Christianity
- A BBC Radio 4 Collection
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg, Various
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
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Melvyn Bragg and guests chart the development of Christian thought, looking at 25 fundamental concepts that emerged throughout history....
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In Our Time: 25 Defining Ideas of Christianity
- A BBC Radio 4 Collection
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg, Various
- Series: In Our Time
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 28-03-2024
- Language: English
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In Our Time: 25 Perspectives on the Visual Arts
- A BBC Radio 4 Collection
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg, Various
- Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 25 explorations of the visual arts, including artistic and architectural styles, historic movements, notable artworks and visual artists....
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In Our Time: 25 Perspectives on the Visual Arts
- A BBC Radio 4 Collection
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg, Various
- Series: In Our Time
- Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 12-10-2023
- Language: English
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Grace and Mary
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin, Sandra Duncan
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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A profoundly moving story spanning three generations. Could he not put together a memory for her? Perhaps he could become her memory....
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Grace and Mary
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin, Sandra Duncan
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 09-05-2013
- Language: English
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A Place in England
- The Cumbrian Trilogy, Book 2
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Malcolm Sinclair
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Joseph Tallantire has hope and ambition - like his father before him, he is determined to make something of himself and improve his lot....
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A Place in England
- The Cumbrian Trilogy, Book 2
- Narrated by: Malcolm Sinclair
- Series: The Cumbrian Trilogy, Book 2
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 03-12-2015
- Language: English
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Crossing the Lines
- 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: 20-08-2007
- Language: English
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Now Is the Time
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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At the end of May 1381, the 14-year-old King of England had reason to be fearful....
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Now Is the Time
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 08-10-2015
- Language: English
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In Our Time: The Written World
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
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Melvyn Bragg fronts The Written World, a 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....
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In Our Time: The Written World
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 14-01-2012
- Language: English
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The Sword and the Miracle
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 23 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In the seventh century, at the dawn of Christianity, Bega, a bewitching Irish princess bestowed with miraculous powers, and Padric, a charismatic British prince gifted with the fiery power of the sword...
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The Sword and the Miracle
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 23 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 23-11-2000
- Language: English
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In Our Time
- The Darwin Programmes
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
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In Our Time brings to life the signposts of history, the moments that significantly changed the world as we know it, and the individuals and ideas that made us what we are today....
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In Our Time
- The Darwin Programmes
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 01-12-2009
- Language: English
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In Our Time: 25 Concepts and Theories in the History of Physics
- A BBC Radio 4 Collection
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg, Various
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
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Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the history of physics through its most important ideas and hypotheses....
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In Our Time: 25 Concepts and Theories in the History of Physics
- A BBC Radio 4 Collection
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg, Various
- Series: In Our Time
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 12-10-2023
- Language: English
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Love Without End
- A Story of Heloise and Abelard
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Beth Eyre, Mark Hadfield
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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Paris in 1117. Heloise, a brilliant young scholar, is astonished when the famous radical philosopher Peter Abelard consents to be her tutor....
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Love Without End
- A Story of Heloise and Abelard
- Narrated by: Beth Eyre, Mark Hadfield
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 07-03-2019
- Language: English
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