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How to Be a Renaissance Woman
- The Untold History of Beauty & Female Creativity
- By: Jill Burke
- Narrated by: Hannah Curtis
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Beauty, make-up, art, power: How to Be a Renaissance Woman presents an alternative history of this period as told by the women behind the paintings, providing a window into their often overlooked or silenced lives. Can the pressures women feel to look good be traced back to the sixteenth century?
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How to Be a Renaissance Woman
- The Untold History of Beauty & Female Creativity
- Narrated by: Hannah Curtis
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 09-07-24
- Language: English
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The Unwomanly Face of War
- An Oral History of Women in World War II
- By: Svetlana Alexievich, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator
- Narrated by: Julia Emelin, Yelena Shmulenson
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia—from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post The Guardian NPR The Economist Milwaukee...
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The Unwomanly Face of War
- An Oral History of Women in World War II
- Narrated by: Julia Emelin, Yelena Shmulenson
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 25-07-17
- Language: English
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Florence Nightingale
- Women of War, Book 7
- By: History Nerds
- Narrated by: Ailish Jeffers
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover the extraordinary life of Florence Nightingale, the pioneering nurse whose unwavering dedication and compassion transformed the field of healthcare. Born into a privileged British family in 1820, Nightingale defied societal expectations to answer a divine calling to serve others. Her journey from the luxurious halls of Victorian society to the grim hospitals of the Crimean War reveals a woman driven by a profound sense of duty and an indomitable spirit.
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Florence Nightingale
- Women of War, Book 7
- Narrated by: Ailish Jeffers
- Series: Women of War, Book 7
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Release date: 22-10-24
- Language: English
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Nine Parts of Desire
- The Hidden World of Islamic Women
- By: Geraldine Brooks
- Narrated by: Geraldine Brooks
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women is the story of Brooks’ intrepid journey toward an understanding of the women behind the veils, and of the often contradictory political, religious, and cultural forces that shape their lives. In fundamentalist Iran, Brooks finagles an invitation to tea with the ayatollah’s widow—and discovers that Mrs. Khomeini dyes her hair.
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Very enlightening and engaging
- By DMac17 on 04-08-14
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Nine Parts of Desire
- The Hidden World of Islamic Women
- Narrated by: Geraldine Brooks
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 27-07-12
- Language: English
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Toxic
- Women, Fame and the Noughties
- By: Sarah Ditum
- Narrated by: Sarah Ditum
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Told through the careers and life stories of some of the most high-profile women of the decade - including Britney Spears, Jennifer Aniston, Janet Jackson and Paris Hilton - Toxic explores how the media, empowered through the tools of the early internet age, created a new and brutal environment in which the rules of engagement between celebrities, the press and the public were changed.
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excellent critique of 00s celebrity culture
- By Rachael Webster on 05-11-23
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Toxic
- Women, Fame and the Noughties
- Narrated by: Sarah Ditum
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 26-10-23
- Language: English
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Izabela the Valiant
- The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess
- By: Adam Zamoyski
- Narrated by: Rich Keeble
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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A Spectator Best Book of the Year Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Adam Zamoyski has revealed the dramatic life of his great-great-great grandmother, an uneducated, vulnerable girl cast into a man’s world. Her aristocratic position enmeshed...
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Izabela the Valiant
- The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess
- Narrated by: Rich Keeble
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 20-06-24
- Language: English
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Diary of a Wartime Affair
- By: Doreen Bates
- Narrated by: Christine Mackie
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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London, 1934. Doreen Bates is working in the same office as E, an older married man. They strike up a passionate affair and Doreen records it all in her diary - secret midnight walks, countryside escapades and stolen moments of intimacy. But Doreen longs for a child with E. Despite all the taboos at the time and against the wishes of E, Doreen gets pregnant and is amazed when twins are born during the war. However, Doreen faces an uncertain future - will E ever leave his wife and join his new family?
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Good historical record, but I had misgivings about the author.
- By Mrs D on 22-09-25
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Diary of a Wartime Affair
- Narrated by: Christine Mackie
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 29-08-17
- Language: English
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Madame Curie
- A Biography
- By: Eve Curie
- Narrated by: Nina Yndis
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867–1934) was the first woman scientist to win worldwide acclaim and was, indeed, one of the great scientists of the twentieth century. Written by Curie’s daughter, the renowned international activist Eve Curie, this biography chronicles Curie’s legendary achievements in science, including her pioneering efforts in the study of radioactivity and her two Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry.
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Madame Curie
- A Biography
- Narrated by: Nina Yndis
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 25-02-25
- Language: English
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Mrs Kauffman and Madame Le Brun
- The Entwined Lives of Two Great Eighteenth-Century Women Artists
- By: Franny Moyle
- Narrated by: Franny Moyle
- Length: 19 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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In the spring of 1790 two of the most gifted artists in Europe met in Rome and became fast friends, sharing their views on art, visiting the city’s ancient sites and making trips to the opera together. The Swiss history painter Angelica Kauffman and the French portraitist Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun are no longer household names in the early twenty-first century but were much-fêted celebrities in the late eighteenth. Franny Moyle uses their meeting in the eternal city as the point of departure for a lavishly illustrated 'life and times’ biography of two brilliant but neglected women artists.
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Mrs Kauffman and Madame Le Brun
- The Entwined Lives of Two Great Eighteenth-Century Women Artists
- Narrated by: Franny Moyle
- Length: 19 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 09-10-25
- Language: English
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Thread
- A Caesarean story of myth, magic and medicine
- By: Hannah Marsh
- Narrated by: Hannah Marsh
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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The words 'Caesarean Section,' are powerful. They conjure up strong emotions. For some, feelings of doubt, shame and judgement. For others a sense of safety, relief, validation and reassurance. But they are rarely spoken of in the ecstatic tones with which we celebrate so-called natural, or vaginal birth. They are rarely called beautiful, or associated with an innate sense of feminine power. Knotting its way through history, culture, folklore and human experience throughout the world, Thread seeks to reframe the Caesarean Section on its journey through myth, magic and medicine.
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Engaging and informative
- By Andrew A. on 29-09-25
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Thread
- A Caesarean story of myth, magic and medicine
- Narrated by: Hannah Marsh
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 19-06-25
- Language: English
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The Women Who Shaped Politics
- Empowering stories of women who have shifted the political landscape
- By: Sophy Ridge
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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From royalty to suffragettes and from campaigners to contemporary rebels, Sky News Presenter Sophy Ridge explains the ways that women have changed the face of politics. Sophy Ridge, presenter for Sky News, has uncovered the extraordinary stories of the women who have shaped British politics...
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The Women Who Shaped Politics
- Empowering stories of women who have shifted the political landscape
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 23-03-17
- Language: English
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Goddess with a Thousand Faces
- By: Jasmine Elmer
- Narrated by: Jasmine Elmer, Nerissa Bradley
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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This is a historical journey like no other - unlike every other book on the subject, Goddess with a Thousand Faces transcends geographical boundaries and breaks down cultural barriers. From Rangda in Bali, to Freyja in Iceland and more recognisable faces such as the Greek goddess Artemis, it is a work of true inclusion - listeners are invited to consider these dazzling goddesses as part of a cultural cannon of human femininity; regardless of race, sex, or gender. Goddess with a Thousand Faces asks us to interrogate our past through a fresh new lens.
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A stunning and vital contribution to feminism
- By Anonymous on 22-10-24
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Goddess with a Thousand Faces
- Narrated by: Jasmine Elmer, Nerissa Bradley
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 17-10-24
- Language: English
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Wages for Housework
- The Story of a Movement, an Idea, a Promise
- By: Emily Callaci
- Narrated by: Kate Winter
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. What would women do with their lives if they had more time? The riveting, untold story of a revolutionary campaign to change the way work is valued 'The women of the world are serving notice. We want wages for every dirty toilet, every indecent assault, every painful...
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Wages for Housework
- The Story of a Movement, an Idea, a Promise
- Narrated by: Kate Winter
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 13-02-25
- Language: English
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Bad Girls
- A History of Rebels and Renegades
- By: Caitlin Davies
- Narrated by: Rose Ackroyd
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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A history of a century of women, punishment and crime in HM Prison Holloway. Society has never known what to do with its rebellious women. Those who defied expectations about feminine behaviour have long been considered dangerous and unnatural, and ever since the Victorian era they have been removed from public view, locked up and often forgotten about. Many of these women ended up at HM Prison Holloway, the self-proclaimed 'terror to evil-doers'.
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Fascinating history of women in prison
- By Chris on 24-01-26
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Bad Girls
- A History of Rebels and Renegades
- Narrated by: Rose Ackroyd
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 08-03-18
- Language: English
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Death in Ten Minutes
- The forgotten life of radical suffragette Kitty Marion
- By: Fern Riddell
- Narrated by: Fern Riddell
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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The never before told story of radical suffragette Kitty Marion. Historian Fern Riddell finds a hidden diary and uses Kitty's own words to tell the story of her sensational life and explosive actions. Kitty Marion was sent across the country by the Pankhurst family to carry out a nationwide...
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Revealing an Untold History
- By M. Atkinson on 04-06-18
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Death in Ten Minutes
- The forgotten life of radical suffragette Kitty Marion
- Narrated by: Fern Riddell
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 19-04-18
- Language: English
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Women of War
- The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis
- By: Suzanne Cope
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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The gripping, true, and untold history of the Italian anti-fascist resistance during World War II, told through the stories of four spectacularly courageous women fighters From underground soldiers to intrepid spies, Women of War unearths the hidden history of the brave women who risked their...
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Women of War
- The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 29-04-25
- Language: English
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The Secret Lives of Single Medieval Women
- True Stories of Nuns, Maidens, and Not-So-Merry Widows Who Made Their Own Way in the Medieval World
- By: Rosalie Gilbert, Toni Mount - foreword
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
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For centuries, medieval history books have told the stories of noble queens, dutiful housewives, and cloistered nuns—but what about the single women who lived, worked, and thrived in medieval Europe? The Secret Lives of Single Medieval Women reveals the overlooked yet fascinating lives of middle age women who did not fit the conventional mold. From unmarried tradeswomen and widows to vowesses and nuns, these women carved their own paths in a world that often sought to define them by their marital status.
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The Secret Lives of Single Medieval Women
- True Stories of Nuns, Maidens, and Not-So-Merry Widows Who Made Their Own Way in the Medieval World
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 09-12-25
- Language: English
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Good Witch
- Why feminine power was lost to history and how to bring it back
- By: Lucianne Tonti
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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A paradigm-shifting book that asks what the world might be like if divine feminine power had never been devalued. And shows us how it is being reclaimed. Gardener. Gossip. Spinster. Healer. Nymph . . . Witch. For centuries, the work of women was viewed with suspicion. Their knowledge – of...
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Good Witch
- Why feminine power was lost to history and how to bring it back
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 27-07-26
- Language: English
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Women
- Our Story
- By: DK, Lucy Worsley
- Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
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Stephanie Racine narrates Women: Our History, which reexamines history from a female perspective. Packed full of evocative facts, and with a foreword by Lucy Worsley, this audiobook reveals the key events in women's history - from early matriarchal societies through women's suffrage, the Suffragette movement, 20th-century feminism and gender politics, to recent movements such as #MeToo and International Women's Day - and the key role women have had in shaping our past.
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Women
- Our Story
- Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 07-11-19
- Language: English
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This Dark Night
- The Life of Emily Brontë
- By: Deborah Lutz
- Narrated by: Christine Rendel
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Drawing on a vast quantity of unexplored archival materials, Deborah reconstructs the texture of Emily Brontë's days, bringing us closer to one of the greatest and fiercest writers we have, by showing us her creative process and her confidence in her strange art. This book has much to reveal to readers of Wuthering Heights, as we accompany Emily around the wild moorlands she loved so much.
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This Dark Night
- The Life of Emily Brontë
- Narrated by: Christine Rendel
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 28-05-26
- Language: English
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