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The Language Puzzle
- How We Talked Our Way out of the Stone Age
- By: Steven Mithen
- Narrated by: Kerry Hutchinson
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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The Language Puzzle explains how the invention of words at 1.6 million years ago began the evolution of human language from the ape-like calls of our earliest ancestors to our capabilities of today, with over 6000 languages in the world and each of us knowing over 50,000 words. Drawing on the latest discoveries in archaeology, linguistics, psychology, and genetics, Steven Mithen reconstructs the steps by which language evolved; he explains how it transformed the nature of thought and culture, and how we talked our way out of the Stone Age into the world of farming and into today's Digital Age.
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Me Tarzan
- By Jakob Jørgensen on 25-06-24
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The Language Puzzle
- How We Talked Our Way out of the Stone Age
- Narrated by: Kerry Hutchinson
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 07-03-24
- Language: English
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Howdunit
- A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club
- By: Martin Edwards - editor
- Narrated by: Malk Williams, Joan Walker
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Winner of the H.R.F. Keating Award for best biographical/critical book related to crime fiction, and nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe and Macavity Awards for Best Critical/Biographical book. Ninety crime writers from the world’s oldest and most famous crime writing network give tips and...
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Howdunit
- A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club
- Narrated by: Malk Williams, Joan Walker
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 18-09-20
- Language: English
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Dear Writer
- Pep Talks and Practical Advice for the Creative Life
- By: Maggie Smith
- Narrated by: Maggie Smith
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing from her twenty years of teaching experience, bestselling writing career and popular newsletter, in Dear Writer Maggie Smith breaks down the craft of writing and creativity into ten essential elements: attention, wonder, vision, play, surprise, vulnerability, restlessness, tenacity, connection and hope.
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A holding of the creative hand
- By Nomakhwezi Becker on 10-04-26
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Dear Writer
- Pep Talks and Practical Advice for the Creative Life
- Narrated by: Maggie Smith
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 10-04-25
- Language: English
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Learn French with Paul Noble for Beginners – Part 2
- French Made Easy with Your 1 million-best-selling Personal Language Coach
- By: Paul Noble
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance126
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No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a...
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Well worth doing the course
- By Jon on 29-06-18
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Learn French with Paul Noble for Beginners – Part 2
- French Made Easy with Your 1 million-best-selling Personal Language Coach
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 24-03-11
- Language: English
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Empire of the Elite
- Inside Condé Nast, the media dynasty that reshaped the world
- By: Michael M. Grynbaum
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy, Michael M. Grynbaum
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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'Michael Grynbaum chronicles the rise and fall of a media juggernaut, owner of glossy magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, the New Yorker and GQ, weaving tight reporting and outrageous gossip with a thoughtful cultural history.' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Glamour! Taste! Prestige! Monsters! I loved this...
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Awful narrator
- By Anonymous on 02-10-25
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Empire of the Elite
- Inside Condé Nast, the media dynasty that reshaped the world
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy, Michael M. Grynbaum
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 15-07-25
- Language: English
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The Book of Alchemy
- A guide to the art of journalling and creative practice for an inspired life
- By: Suleika Jaouad
- Narrated by: Suleika Jaouad, Vidish Athavale, Fabian Cook Jr, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. A guide to the healing power of journalling and a meditation on the central questions of life, featuring creative contributions from Salman Rushdie, Esther Perel, Alain de Botton, Hanif Kureishi, Jia Tolentino, Elizabeth Gilbert, Gloria Steinem, George Saunders, Lena...
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Wonderful!
- By S. A. Taylor on 08-08-25
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The Book of Alchemy
- A guide to the art of journalling and creative practice for an inspired life
- Narrated by: Suleika Jaouad, Vidish Athavale, Fabian Cook Jr, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Emma Ladji, Karen Murray, Soneela Nankani, Nikki Patel, Maggi-Meg Reed, Gail Shalan
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 29-05-25
- Language: English
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What a Time to be Alive!
- Scenes from a Strange Age
- By: Marina Hyde
- Narrated by: Marina Hyde
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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What a Time to be Alive! So lettuce remember Liz Truss, relive the last days of the Tories, meet the guy they called No-Drama Starmer, and succumb to hyper-resistant superbug Nigel Farage. Travel stateside to meet our supranational Silicon Valley overlords, Donald Trump and his cavalcade of henchmen - then head for infinity and beyond with Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos. Experience testing times for misunderstood men in television, create wonder in every moment with Meghan, and relive the horror of the Gwyneth Paltrow ski massacre trial.
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What a Time to be Alive!
- Scenes from a Strange Age
- Narrated by: Marina Hyde
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 22-09-26
- Language: English
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On Memoir
- An A-Z of Life Writing
- By: Blake Morrison
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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A delightful compendium of musings from the master of life writing, the much-loved Blake Morrison, for those who practise the art of memoir, and those who read it. 'Hallelujah! — now is the perfect time for Morrison’s book On Memoir' THE TIMES ON MEMOIR is a gloriously freewheeling...
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On Memoir
- An A-Z of Life Writing
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 09-04-26
- Language: English
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Thank You for Arguing
- What Cicero, Shakespeare and the Simpsons Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion
- By: Jay Heinrichs
- Narrated by: Jay Heinrichs
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance46
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Thank You for Arguing written and read by Jay Heinrichs. Your ultimate guide to the art of winning arguments, in a brand new edition Everyone is always trying to persuade us of something: politicians, advertising, the media, and most definitely our...
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The art of tongue fu.
- By theantlion on 08-03-21
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Thank You for Arguing
- What Cicero, Shakespeare and the Simpsons Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion
- Narrated by: Jay Heinrichs
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 01-03-18
- Language: English
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Henry Miller on Writing
- By: Henry Miller
- Narrated by: Ian Patrick Mendes
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Some of the most rewarding pages in Henry Miller's books concern his self-education as a writer. He tells, as few great writers ever have, how he set his goals, how he discovered the excitement of using words, how the books he read influenced him, and how he learned to draw on his own experience.
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Lacklustre narration can’t stifle Miller’s brilliance
- By Marco Polo on 19-04-23
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Henry Miller on Writing
- Narrated by: Ian Patrick Mendes
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 14-03-18
- Language: English
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The Language of the Night
- Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
- By: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan, Michael Crouch
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Le Guin’s sharp and witty voice is on full display in this collection of twenty-four essays, revised by the author a decade after its initial publication in 1979. The collection covers a wide range of topics and Le Guin’s origins as a writer, her advocacy for science fiction and fantasy as mediums for true literary exploration, the writing of her own major works such as A Wizard of Earthsea and The Left Hand of Darkness, and her role as a public intellectual and educator.
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The Language of the Night
- Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan, Michael Crouch
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 17-06-25
- Language: English
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French: Verbs Fast Track Learning
- The 100 Most Used French Verbs with 3600 Phrase Examples: Past, Present and Future
- By: Sarah Retter
- Narrated by: Nicole Chriqui
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Focus your French learning on the most frequently used verbs. Learn just the 100 verbs you need for everyday life to talk about the past, the present and the future.
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Mistake after Mistake
- By Phillipe on 13-06-24
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French: Verbs Fast Track Learning
- The 100 Most Used French Verbs with 3600 Phrase Examples: Past, Present and Future
- Narrated by: Nicole Chriqui
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 08-09-16
- Language: English
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The Notebook
- By: Roland Allen
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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We see notebooks everywhere we go. But where did this simple invention come from? How did they revolutionise our lives, and why are they such powerful tools for creativity? And how can using a notebook help you change the way you think? In this wide-ranging story, Roland Allen reveals all the answers. Ranging from the bustling markets of medieval Florence to the quiet studies of our greatest thinkers, he follows a trail of dazzling ideas, revealing how the notebook became our most dependable and versatile tool for creative thinking.
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The rich documented history of notebooks
- By Natasha Sheridan on 08-01-25
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The Notebook
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 25-07-24
- Language: English
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The Woodlanders
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance26
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The Woodlanders is vintage Hardy. The story revolves around the young woman Grace Melbury, who returns to the leafy world of Little Hintock and soon finds herself at the center of a number of tragic events. In penetrating, incisive and beautiful prose, Hardy tells a moving tale of unrequited love as fate and the constraints of society thwart the happiness of our heroine.
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Best reader
- By Mister Peridot on 18-01-21
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The Woodlanders
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 01-04-14
- Language: English
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Diary of a Secret Drug Addict
- Addiction, dependence and recovery. An ex-user’s guide to breaking free.
- By: Secret Drug Addict
- Narrated by: Rupert Holliday-Evans
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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'The most honest account of addiction I have read. This is an invaluable book'. – Tony Adams. What is an addict? Who is susceptible, and why? How can I recover from addiction? Growing up in a fractious and dysfunctional family, life wasn’t easy for the Secret Drug Addict. By the time he was...
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Breath of fresh air - from the heart and totally honest
- By Miss MN on 06-04-26
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Diary of a Secret Drug Addict
- Addiction, dependence and recovery. An ex-user’s guide to breaking free.
- Narrated by: Rupert Holliday-Evans
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 19-03-26
- Language: English
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The Power of Writing It Down
- A Simple Habit to Unlock Your Brain and Reimagine Your Life
- By: Allison Fallon
- Narrated by: Allison Fallon
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover the power of (finally) getting unstuck, claiming your clarity, and becoming the person whose life you want to live–all through a simple self-care practice you can build into your daily routine. For anyone who's trying to make sense of their life, who wants to get unstuck from the...
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Great listen, feel like writing now
- By Charles Kas on 22-03-21
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The Power of Writing It Down
- A Simple Habit to Unlock Your Brain and Reimagine Your Life
- Narrated by: Allison Fallon
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 12-01-21
- Language: English
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Prose & Cons
- The English Language in Just a Minute
- By: Gyles Brandreth
- Narrated by: Gyles Brandreth
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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In this wildly entertaining A to Z of verbal acrobatics, Gyles takes you on a whirlwind tour of our mother tongue – from the origins of words and correct grammar and punctuation, to similes, euphemisms and record breaking tongue twisters (try getting your mouth around floccinaucinihilipification!). An idiosyncratic blend of history, word play, anecdote, and hyperbole, all in 60-second instalments, this is Gyles Brandreth at his word-perfect, Just-a-Minute best. You’ll never mix your metaphors again...
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Money for old rope
- By Maltravers on 24-10-24
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Prose & Cons
- The English Language in Just a Minute
- Narrated by: Gyles Brandreth
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 10-10-24
- Language: English
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The Innocents
- A Story for Lovers
- By: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrated by: Ric Reitz
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) was an American novelist and playwright who, in 1930, became the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature. His last distinctive pulp novel, The Innocents, follows a longtime married couple as they vacation away from their home in New York City and contemplate starting a business.
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Brilliant story, wonderfully read.
- By Gaynor on 16-04-26
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The Innocents
- A Story for Lovers
- Narrated by: Ric Reitz
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 05-10-11
- Language: English
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Writing Creativity and Soul
- By: Sue Monk Kidd
- Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer, Ann Kidd Taylor
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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After taking up writing at the age of thirty, Sue Monk Kidd has created some of the world's most treasured stories. In Writing Creativity and Soul she shares exactly how she did it - from plunging her innermost depths, to voyaging to sacred spaces, to studying the precise methods of the greats and refining her own. Laying her creative journey bare, Sue explores the moments in which she lost her voice and when she found it again, as well as the profound insights she gained along the way.
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Writing Creativity and Soul
- Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer, Ann Kidd Taylor
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 23-10-25
- Language: English
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TED Talks
- The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking
- By: Chris Anderson
- Narrated by: Chris Anderson, Tom Rielly, Kelly Stoetzel
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Since taking over TED in the early 2000s, Chris Anderson has shown how carefully crafted short talks can be the key to unlocking empathy, stirring excitement, spreading knowledge, and promoting a shared dream. Done right, a talk can electrify a room and transform an audience's worldview. Done right, a talk is more powerful than anything in written form.
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"Dismal Narrative"
- By Amazon Customer on 25-06-18
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TED Talks
- The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking
- Narrated by: Chris Anderson, Tom Rielly, Kelly Stoetzel
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 03-05-16
- Language: English
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