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A Place of Greater Safety
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 33 hrs and 53 mins
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A tour-de-force of historical imagination, this is the story of three young men at the dawn of the French Revolution. Georges-Jacques Danton: zealous, energetic, debt-ridden. Maximilien Robespierre: small, diligent, and terrified of violence. And Camille Desmoulins: a genius of rhetoric, charming, handsome, but erratic and untrustworthy. As these key figures of the French Revolution taste the addictive delights of power, they must also come to face the horror that follows.
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Too Long
- By mrs on 01-07-2015
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A Place of Greater Safety
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 33 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 22-04-2013
- Language: English
- A tour-de-force of historical imagination....
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Bioshock: Rapture
- Bioshock, Book 1
- By: John Shirley
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
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It was the end of World War II. FDR's New Deal had redefined American politics. Taxes were at an all-time high. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had created a fear of total annihilation. The rise of secret government agencies and sanctions on business had many watching their backs. America's sense of freedom was diminishing... and many were desperate to take that freedom back.
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Straight into the world of Rapture
- By John Meyer on 27-08-2021
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Bioshock: Rapture
- Bioshock, Book 1
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 25-06-2012
- Language: English
- It was the end of World War II. America's sense of freedom was diminishing - and many were desperate to take that freedom back....
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Americanah
- By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
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As teenagers, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love in a Nigeria under military dictatorship. The self-assured Ifemelu departs for America, where Obinze hopes to join her, but post-9/11 America will not let him in, and he plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. Fifteen years later, after so long apart and so many changes, will they find the courage to meet again, face to face?
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Brilliant! Highly recommended .
- By Veisinia on 01-05-2016
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Americanah
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 11-04-2013
- Language: English
- As teenagers, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love....
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The Fountainhead
- By: Ayn Rand
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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The Fountainhead studies the conflict between artistic genius and social convention, a theme Ayn Rand later developed into the idealistic philosophy knows as Objectivism. Rand's hero is Howard Roark, a brilliant young architect who won't compromise his integrity, especially in the unconventional buildings he designs.
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Intriguing Book - Though Feels Like A Time Capsule Of The Past
- By simon preus-kearney on 19-05-2024
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The Fountainhead
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 11-04-2006
- Language: English
- The Fountainhead studies the conflict between artistic genius and social convention, a theme Ayn Rand later developed into the idealistic philosophy knows as Objectivism....
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The Zone of Interest
- By: Martin Amis
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 10 hrs
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What happens when we discover who we really are? And how do we come to terms with it? Can we even meet each other's eye, after we have seen who we really are? Fearless and original, The Zone of Interest is a violently dark love story set against a backdrop of unadulterated evil, and a vivid journey into the depths and contradictions of the human soul.
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Tears and beers
- By David on 20-03-2024
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The Zone of Interest
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 28-08-2014
- Language: English
- What happens when we discover who we really are? And how do we come to terms with it?....
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Darkness at Noon
- By: Arthur Koestler
- Narrated by: Frank Muller
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
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A fictional portrayal of an aging revolutionary, this novel is a powerful commentary on the nightmare politics of the troubled 20th century. Born in Hungary in 1905, a defector from the Communist Party in 1938, and then arrested in both Spain and France for his political views, Arthur Koestler writes from a wealth of personal experience.
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Perfectly conceived, and cleverly performed.
- By Anonymous User on 31-01-2024
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Darkness at Noon
- Narrated by: Frank Muller
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 18-11-2009
- Language: English
- A fictional portrayal of an aging revolutionary, this novel is a powerful commentary on the nightmare politics of the troubled 20th century....
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Phineas Redux
- By: Anthony Trollope
- Narrated by: Timothy West
- Length: 23 hrs and 50 mins
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In the fourth of the ‘Palliser’ stories, Trollope follows Phineas Finn’s return to the dangerous world of Westminster politics. When his political rival is murdered, Phineas is thrown under suspicion and eventually finds himself standing trial at the Old Bailey. The situation is complicated by the presence of two women in his life: his old flame Lady Laura, whose estranged husband is determined to destroy Phineas’s reputation, and the wealthy and enigmatic widow, Madame Max.
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Totally riveting!
- By Anonymous User on 23-07-2024
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Phineas Redux
- Narrated by: Timothy West
- Series: The Pallisers, Book 4, Audible Exclusive - The Pallisers, read by Timothy West, Book 4
- Length: 23 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 12-10-2010
- Language: English
- In the fourth of the ‘Palliser’ stories, Trollope follows Phineas Finn’s return to the dangerous world of Westminster politics....
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The Prime Minister
- By: Anthony Trollope
- Narrated by: Timothy West
- Length: 27 hrs and 6 mins
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Plantaganet Palliser, Prime Minister of England - a man of power and prestige, with all the breeding and inherited wealth that goes with it - is appalled at the inexorable rise of Ferdinand Lopez. An exotic impostor, seemingly from nowhere, Lopez has society at his feet, while well-connected ladies vie with each other to exert influence on his behalf - even Palliser’s own wife, Lady Glencora.
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Finding it hard to stop listening to Trollope.
- By Kindle Customer on 17-03-2022
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The Prime Minister
- Narrated by: Timothy West
- Series: Audible Exclusive - The Pallisers, read by Timothy West, Book 5, The Pallisers, Book 5
- Length: 27 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 16-02-2011
- Language: English
- Plantaganet Palliser, Prime Minister of England - a man of power and prestige, with all the breeding and inherited wealth that goes with it....
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1984
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
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Big Brother is watching you.... 1984 is the year in which it happens. The world is divided into three superstates. In Oceania, the Party’s power is absolute. Every action, word, gesture and thought is monitored under the watchful eye of Big Brother and the Thought Police. In the Ministry of Truth, the Party’s department for propaganda, Winston Smith’s job is to edit the past. Over time, the impulse to escape the machine and live independently takes hold of him and he embarks on a secret and forbidden love affair.
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Brilliant read
- By Johnny on 14-03-2016
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1984
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 05-11-2015
- Language: English
- Big Brother is watching you.... 1984 is the year in which it happens. The world is divided into three superstates....
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Prophet Song
- By: Paul Lynch
- Narrated by: Gerry O'Brien
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother of four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Ireland’s newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart. The country is in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny and when her husband disappears, Eilish finds herself caught within the nightmare logic of a society that is quickly unravelling. How far will she go to save her family? And what – or who – is she willing to leave behind?
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“The end of the world is always local.”
- By Anonymous User on 25-11-2023
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Prophet Song
- Narrated by: Gerry O'Brien
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 21-09-2023
- Language: English
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On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother of four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Ireland’s newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist....
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A Case of Exploding Mangoes
- By: Mohammed Hanif
- Narrated by: Paul Bhattacharjee
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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There is a saying that when lovers fall out, a plane goes down. A Case of Exploding Mangoes is the story of one such plane. Why did a Hercules C130, the world's sturdiest aircraft, carrying Pakistan's military dictator General Zia ul Haq, go down on 17 August, 1988?
Was it because of: mechanical failure; human error; the CIA's impatience; a blind woman's curse; generals not happy with their pension plans; the mango season? Or could it be your narrator, Ali Shigri?
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A Case of Exploding Mangoes
- Narrated by: Paul Bhattacharjee
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 07-10-2008
- Language: English
- Teasing, provocative, and very funny, Mohammed Hanif's debut novel takes one of the subcontinent's enduring mysteries and out if it spins a tale as rich and colourful as a beggar's dream....
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The Man Who Was Thursday
- A Nightmare
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Ron Keith
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
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Writing in England at the turn of the 20th century, G.K. Chesterton was dubbed the "prince of paradox" for addressing serious questions with his light, whimsical style. In this classic allegory, which has captivated generations since it was first published in 1908, Chesterton tackles such profound concepts as honor, truth, and God with insightful humor and colorful enigma.
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The Man Who Was Thursday
- A Nightmare
- Narrated by: Ron Keith
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 01-09-2011
- Language: English
- Writing in England at the turn of the 20th century, G.K. Chesterton was dubbed the "prince of paradox" for addressing serious questions with his light, whimsical style.....
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Agent Running in the Field
- By: John le Carré
- Narrated by: John le Carré
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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Nat, a 47-year-old veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent runner are over. He is back in London with his wife, the long-suffering Prue. But with the growing threat from Moscow Centre, the office has one more job for him. Nat is to take over The Haven, a defunct substation of London General with a rag-tag band of spies. The only bright light on the team is young Florence, who has her eye on Russia Department and a Ukrainian oligarch with a finger in the Russia pie.
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Smashing serve of great storytelling.
- By Earnest on 22-12-2019
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Agent Running in the Field
- Narrated by: John le Carré
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 17-10-2019
- Language: English
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Nat, a 47-year-old veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent runner are over....
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Bosnian Chronicle
- A Novel
- By: Ivo Andric
- Narrated by: Helen Lloyd
- Length: 20 hrs and 48 mins
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Set in the town of Travnik, Bosnian Chronicle presents the struggle for supremacy in a region that stubbornly refuses to submit to any outsider. The era is Napoleonic and the novel, both in its historical scope and psychological subtlety, Tolstoyan. In its portrayal of conflict and fierce ethnic loyalties, the story is also eerily relevant. Ottoman viziers, French consuls, and Austrian plenipotentiaries are consumed by an endless game of diplomacy and double-dealing.
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Bosnian Chronicle
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Helen Lloyd
- Length: 20 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 22-12-2014
- Language: English
- Set in the town of Travnik, Bosnian Chronicle presents the struggle for supremacy in a region that stubbornly refuses to submit to any outsider....
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The Kite Runner
- By: Khaled Hosseini
- Narrated by: Khaled Hosseini
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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Why we think it’s a great listen: Never before has an author’s narration of his fiction been so important to fully grasping the book’s impact and global implications. Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of its monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them.
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Vivid and emotive. Recommend
- By Anonymous User on 29-03-2019
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The Kite Runner
- Narrated by: Khaled Hosseini
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 01-08-2003
- Language: English
- Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of its monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul.
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The Children’s Story
- By: James Clavell
- Narrated by: Keith David
- Length: 35 mins
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“What does ‘allegiance’ mean?” the New Teacher asked, hand over her heart. In this classic and chilling tale about an elementary school classroom in post-war occupied America, James Clavell brings to light the vulnerability of children and the power educators have to shape and change young minds. Originally written in the Cold War era, Clavell’s extraordinary and enduringly relevant allegory on the impressionability of the human mind is still read in schools around the globe today, and is a call to every person to keep questioning and keep learning.
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The Children’s Story
- Narrated by: Keith David
- Length: 35 mins
- Release date: 02-02-2023
- Language: English
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In this classic and chilling tale about an elementary school classroom in post-war occupied America, James Clavell brings to light the vulnerability of children and the power educators have to shape and change young minds....
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The Memory Police
- By: Yoko Ogawa, Stephen Snyder - translator
- Narrated by: Traci Kato-Kiriyama
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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Hat, ribbon, bird rose. To the people on the island, a disappeared thing no longer has any meaning. It can be burned in the garden, thrown in the river or handed over to the Memory Police. Soon enough, the island forgets it ever existed. When a young novelist discovers that her editor is in danger of being taken away by the Memory Police, she desperately wants to save him. For some reason, he doesn't forget, and it's becoming increasingly difficult for him to hide his memories. Who knows what will vanish next?
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The Memory Police
- Narrated by: Traci Kato-Kiriyama
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 19-10-2023
- Language: English
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Hat, ribbon, bird rose. To the people on the island, a disappeared thing no longer has any meaning. It can be burned in the garden, thrown in the river or handed over to the Memory Police....
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Seveneves
- By: Neal Stephenson
- Narrated by: Peter Brooke
- Length: 32 hrs and 40 mins
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The astounding new novel from the master of science fiction. What would happen if the world were ending? When a catastrophic event renders the Earth a ticking time bomb, it triggers a feverish race against the inevitable. An ambitious plan is devised to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere. But unforeseen dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain....
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Good book, terrible performance
- By K. Gough on 13-10-2015
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Seveneves
- Narrated by: Peter Brooke
- Length: 32 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 21-05-2015
- Language: English
- The astounding new novel from the master of science fiction. What would happen if the world were ending? Find out....
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Gossip
- A Novel
- By: Christopher Bram
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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Regretting his affair with a Republican journalist, Ralph becomes caught in the middle of a political controversy when his former lover's tell-all book is published, and then Bill is murdered, leaving Ralph the prime suspect in the crime.
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Gossip
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 05-11-2013
- Language: English
- Regretting his affair with a Republican journalist, Ralph becomes caught in the middle of a political controversy....
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The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
- By: Dinaw Mengestu
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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Ethiopian émigré Dinaw Mengestu is a skilled observer of people who offers a colorful debut work of fiction. Insightful and swiftly paced, this novel evokes past and present in the course of its compelling narrative. It's the `70s, and one D.C. neighborhood is undergoing big changes. In the mix is Ethiopian grocery owner Sepha Stephanos - a man with a complex past who fled his homeland after seeing his father brutalized by themilitary. He hopes for new prospects in D.C.'s gentrification process.
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The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 23-10-2008
- Language: English
- Insightful and swiftly paced, this novel evokes past and present in the course of its compelling narrative....
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