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A Journal of the Plague Year
- By: Daniel Defoe
- Narrated by: Shea Taylor
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1665, London was struck by the bubonic plague, an epidemic that was the last major instance of the bubonic plague in England. This instance of the plague killed 100,000 people over a year and a half, and was transmitted through rats that ran through the city. A Journal of the Plague Year was presented as an eyewitness account of the epidemic through the eyes of Londoners.
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A Journal of the Plague Year
- Narrated by: Shea Taylor
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 13-01-21
- Language: English
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Flaubert's Parrot
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Julian Barnes
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
- Abridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction Flaubert's Parrot deals with Flaubert, parrots, bears and railways; with our sense of the past and our sense of abroad; with France and England, life and art, sex and death, George Sand and Louise Colet, aesthetics and...
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Who's a pretty polly
- By Paul S. Turner on 20-08-14
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Flaubert's Parrot
- Narrated by: Julian Barnes
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 11-07-11
- Language: English
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Everyman
- By: Philip Roth
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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The hero of Everyman is obsessed with mortality. As he reminds himself at one point, "I'm 34! Worry about oblivion when you're 75." But he cannot help himself. He is the ex-husband in three marriages gone wrong. He is the father of two sons who detest him, despite a daughter who adores him. A masterful portrait of one man's inner struggles, Everyman is a brilliant showcase for one of the world's most distinguished novelists.
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An eye that hath kept watch o'er man's mortality
- By Francis on 05-05-07
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Everyman
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 18-05-06
- Language: English
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La nuit au coeur
- By: Nathacha Appanah
- Narrated by: Nathacha Appanah
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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La nuit au cœur entrelace trois histoires de femmes victimes de la violence de leur compagnon. Sur le fil, entre force et humilité, Nathacha Appanah scrute l’énigme insupportable du féminicide conjugal, quand la nuit noire prend la place de l’amour. Un récit d'une grande puissance restitué par l'autrice elle-même.
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La nuit au coeur
- Narrated by: Nathacha Appanah
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 21-08-25
- Language: French
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The Ocean Liner
- By: Marius Gabriel
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Cousins Masha and Rachel Morgenstern board the luxury liner the SS Manhattan bound for New York, desperate to escape the concentration camps that claimed the rest of their family. America offers a safe haven, but to reach it they must survive a hazardous Atlantic crossing. Among their fellow passengers fleeing the war, each with their own conflicts, secrets, and surprises, are the composer Igor Stravinsky, making a new start after a decade of tragedy, and Rose Kennedy, determined to keep her four children from harm.
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Another wonderful book.
- By Readinginthesunshine on 04-02-22
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The Ocean Liner
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 20-03-18
- Language: English
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Countenance of War
- A Historical Novel of Scotland (The Black Douglas Trilogy, Book 2)
- By: J.R. Tomlin
- Narrated by: Gary Furlong
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Fourteenth-century Scotland suffers under the heel of England's King Edward, and James Douglas refuses to submit to the conqueror. As he wages a scorched-earth guerrilla war to drive out the invader and reclaim his birthright, Edward brings a vast army to crush the Scots. In the midst of the brutal war, even the woman James loves is threatened by his implacable duty.
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Douglas evolves.
- By Zazafraz on 05-01-25
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Countenance of War
- A Historical Novel of Scotland (The Black Douglas Trilogy, Book 2)
- Narrated by: Gary Furlong
- Series: Black Douglas Trilogy, Book 2
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 28-07-20
- Language: English
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Waltraud
- A True Story of Growing Up in Nazi Germany
- By: Tammy Borden
- Narrated by: Tammy Borden
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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In Hitler’s Germany, loyalty is demanded and dissent is deadly. But for young Waltraud, nothing is more devastating than the day the Nazis steal away her father to fight in a war he didn't believe in. Even as their reign of terror spreads, she’s convinced war will never touch her quiet village. But when bombs start falling and innocent people disappear, she’s confronted with a stark reality…she might be next.
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The sheer quality of the storytelling
- By Fineandandy on 25-11-25
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Waltraud
- A True Story of Growing Up in Nazi Germany
- Narrated by: Tammy Borden
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 07-08-25
- Language: English
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Watch Us Dance
- By: Leïla Slimani, Sam Taylor - translator
- Narrated by: Lara Sawalha
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Morocco, 1968. As she stands at the window, Mathilde reflects on the opportunities before her. Looking out at her garden, the roses - brought in from Marrakech - have bloomed and their sweet, fresh scent pervades the garden. Anything feels possible, and she is determined to celebrate it. Don't they have the right to enjoy life, after dedicating their best years to the war and then to this farm?
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patchy, gets lost
- By Sarah Beake on 26-04-25
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Watch Us Dance
- Narrated by: Lara Sawalha
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 01-06-23
- Language: English
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Meine geniale Freundin
- Die Neapolitanische Saga 1
- By: Elena Ferrante
- Narrated by: Eva Mattes
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance9
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Eine Freundschaft als Spiegel einer Stadt, einer Nation, einer ganzen Generation. Im Alter von 66 Jahren erfüllt sich Lila einen Traum: Sie verschwindet von einem Tag auf den anderen. Zurück bleibt ihre beste Freundin Elena und schreibt ihre gemeinsame Geschichte nieder: In den 1950er Jahren wachsen sie am Rande Neapels auf. Elena erzählt vom Alltag der kleinen Leute, vom Zugschaffner Donato, der Gedichte schreibt, vom tyrannischen Don Achille, von den Solara-Brüdern, die sonntags mit ihrem Auto den Corso abfahren.
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Meine geniale Freundin
- Die Neapolitanische Saga 1
- Narrated by: Eva Mattes
- Series: Die Neapolitanische Saga, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 01-09-16
- Language: German
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Marmee
- A Novel
- By: Sarah Miller
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author of Caroline, a revealing retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved Little Women, from the perspective of Margaret “Marmee” March, about the larger real-world challenges behind the cozy domestic concerns cherished by generations of readers. In 1861, war is raging in the South...
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Marmee
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 25-10-22
- Language: English
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Hummelhirn
- By: Judith Holofernes
- Narrated by: Nora Tschirner
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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„Nett zu sein, war mein erster Traum, lange bevor ich wusste, dass man genauso gut Rockstar sein kann." „Hummelhirn" ist die Geschichte einer Anpassung – inklusive herzzerreißender und hochkomischer Fehlversuche. Mit Zartheit und Talent fürs Tragikomische blickt Judith Holofernes auf ihre Kindheit zurück. Sie erzählt von ihrer Ausbildung zum People Pleaser, der nonkonformistischen Mutter, von Liebeswirren, ersten eigenen Songs und davon, wie es ihr gelingt, die eigene Hummeligkeit ins Erwachsenenleben hinüberzuretten.
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Hummelhirn
- Narrated by: Nora Tschirner
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 13-03-26
- Language: German
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Los detectives salvajes [The Wild Detectives]
- By: Roberto Bolaño
- Narrated by: Alberto Santillán, Angelines Santana, Yareli Arizmendi, and others
- Length: 27 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Dos jóvenes poetas latinoamericanos, Arturo Belano y Ulises Lima, emprenden una aventura que transcurrirá durante varias décadas y cruzará distintos países. Símbolo de la rebeldía y la necesidad de ruptura con la realidad establecida, sus vidas representan los anhelos de toda una generación. La búsqueda en 1975 de la misteriosa escritora mexicana Cesárea Tinajero, desaparecida y olvidada en los años posteriores a la revolución, sirve de inicio a un viaje sin descanso marcado por el amor, la muerte, el deseo de libertad, el humor y la literatura.
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satisfactorio
- By victoria on 07-04-17
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Los detectives salvajes [The Wild Detectives]
- Narrated by: Alberto Santillán, Angelines Santana, Yareli Arizmendi, Roberto Medina, Horacio Mancilla
- Length: 27 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 15-12-16
- Language: Spanish
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The Last Collection
- A Novel of Elsa Schiaparelli and Coco Chanel
- By: Jeanne Mackin
- Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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An American woman becomes entangled in the intense rivalry between iconic fashion designers Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli in this captivating novel from the acclaimed author of The Beautiful American. Paris, 1938. Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli are fighting for recognition as the most...
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The Last Collection
- A Novel of Elsa Schiaparelli and Coco Chanel
- Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 25-06-19
- Language: English
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The Women
- A Novel
- By: T. C. Boyle
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 18 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance6
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Told through the experiences of the four women who loved him, this imaginative account of Frank Lloyd Wright's raucous life blazes with Boyle's trademark wit and invention. Boyle's protean voice captures these very different women and, in doing so, creates a masterful ode to the creative life in all its complexity and grandeur.
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The Women
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 18 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 10-02-09
- Language: English
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Atmosphère
- Une histoire d'amour
- By: Taylor Jenkins Reid, Typhaine Ducellier - traducteur
- Narrated by: Flora Brunier
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Lever les yeux vers les étoiles. Aussi, à défaut de pouvoir les approcher, dans un monde où le métier d'astronaute est réservé aux hommes, elle est devenue astrophysicienne. Mais le jour où elle apprend que la NASA recrute des scientifiques, consciente des sacrifices qui s'annoncent, elle saisit sa chance. Ce matin de décembre 1984, quand Joan arrive au centre de contrôle à Houston, elle s'attend à vivre une journée comme les autres.
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Super histoire
- By Am on 04-12-25
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Atmosphère
- Une histoire d'amour
- Narrated by: Flora Brunier
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 25-09-25
- Language: French
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Candleford Green
- By: Flora Thompson
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance26
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Now in her early teens, Laura moves to the village of Candleford Green to work in the post office under the tutelage of her cousin Dorcas Lane, and grow into womanhood. In Candleford Green, new ideas and new ways are coming in from the outside world, from Dorcas' famous telegraph machine to the scandalous sight of ladies riding bicycles. There are also new people entering Laura's life: the curmudgeonly old servant Zillah, the grand Sir Thomas, the Irish Harvesters and the ardent young gamekeeper Philip White.
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Nostalgia without the rose tinted glasses
- By Theresa on 01-12-23
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Candleford Green
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Series: Lark Rise to Candleford, Book 3
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 01-10-19
- Language: English
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The King's Painter
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance10
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The King's Painter by bestselling historian Alison Weir is an e-short and companion piece to the captivating fourth novel in the Six Tudor Queens series, Anna of Kleve: Queen of Secrets. 'There are certain matters that are better handled by ladies than by ministers or ambassadors' King Henry...
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Brilliant!
- By Helen Marguerite Musson on 08-06-24
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The King's Painter
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Series: Six Tudor Queens
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Release date: 19-09-19
- Language: English
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The Fire and the Ore
- A Novel
- By: Olivia Hawker
- Narrated by: Marli Watson, Billie Fulford-Brown
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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1857. Three women—once strangers—come together in unpredictable Utah Territory. Hopeful, desperate, and willful, they’ll allow nothing on Earth or in Heaven to stand in their way. Following the call of their newfound Mormon faith, Tamar Loader and her family weather a brutal pilgrimage from England to Utah, where Tamar is united with her destined husband, Thomas Ricks. Clinging to a promise for the future, she abides an unexpected surprise: Thomas is already wedded to one woman—Tabitha, a local healer—and betrothed to still another.
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Historical accuracy
- By MariaAnna on 24-06-25
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The Fire and the Ore
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Marli Watson, Billie Fulford-Brown
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 01-10-22
- Language: English
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The Lady's Ambition
- Royal Court Series
- By: Anne R Bailey
- Narrated by: Katherine Bristow
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Margaret Douglas, daughter of a queen, niece of King Henry VIII, never did anything by half measures. When she was a young woman, she dared to love, knowing it could only end in heartbreak. Love was never meant for those so close to the throne. Still she went on believing that one day she would have it all.
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The Lady's Ambition
- Royal Court Series
- Narrated by: Katherine Bristow
- Series: Royal Court Series, Book 3
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 28-01-21
- Language: English
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Los siete maridos de Evelyn Hugo
- By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Jose Sáez
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Evelyn Hugo, el icono de Hollywood que se ha recluido a su edad madura, por fin decide contar la verdad sobre su vida llena de glamour y de escándalos. Convocada en el lujoso apartamento de Evelyn, Monique escucha fascinada mientras la actriz le cuenta su historia. Desde su llegada a Los Ángeles en los años 50 hasta su decisión de abandonar su carrera en el mundo del espectáculo en los 80 —y, desde luego, los siete maridos que tuvo en ese tiempo—, Evelyn narra una historia de ambición implacable, amistad inesperada y un gran amor prohibido.
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Los siete maridos de Evelyn Hugo
- Narrated by: Jose Sáez
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 21-07-25
- Language: Spanish
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