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ID: 316162

Title: Autobiography

Author: Agatha Christie

Narrator: Judith Boyd

Format: Unabridged

Length: 28:12:02

Language: English

Release date: 09-12-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Literary, Arts & Entertainment

Summary:

Agatha Christies most absorbing mystery her own autobiography.

Over the three decades since her death on 12 January 1976, many of Agatha Christies readers and reviewers have maintained that her most compelling book is probably still her least well-known. Her candid Autobiography, written mainly in the 1960s, modestly ignores the fact that Agatha had become the best-selling novelist in history and concentrates on her fascinating private life. From early childhood at the end of the 19th century, through two marriages and two World Wars, and her experiences both as a writer and on archaeological expeditions with her second husband, Max Mallowan, Agatha shares the details of her varied and sometimes complex life with real passion and openness.

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ID: 316163

Title: As Luck Would Have It

Author: Derek Jacobi

Narrator: Derek Jacobi

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:45:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-12-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment

Summary:

Star of stage, screen and television, and one of only two people to be awarded two Knighthoods, Sir Derek Jacobi is one of Britains most distinguished actors.

If you want to be an actor, dont. If you need to be an actor, do.

The world of theatre could not have been further from Dereks childhood: an only child, born in Leytonstone, London. With his father a department store manager father and his mother a secretary, his was very much a working class background. But nonetheless Derek always knew he was going to be an actor, and he remembers clearly the first time he was in costume draping himself in his mothers glorious wedding veil as he paraded up and down the Essex Road with his friends.

A few short years later, at the age of seven, Derek made his acting debut, playing both lead roles in a local library production of The Prince and the Swineherd. By the age of 18 Derek was playing Hamlet (his most famed role) at the Edinburgh festival. He won a scholarship to Cambridge, where he studied and acted alongside other future acting greats including Ian McKellen. His talent was quickly recognised and in 1963 he was invited to become one of the first members of Laurence Oliviers National Theatre.

Often admired for his willingness to grapple with even the most dislikeable of characters, Derek Jacobi has worked continuously throughout his career, starring in roles ranging from the lead in I, Claudius to Hitler in Inside the Third Reich and Francis Bacon in the controversial Love Is The Devil. But it is his numerous Shakespearean roles that have gained him worldwide recognition.

This book is, however, much more than a career record. Funny, warm and honest, Jacobi brings us his insiders view on the world of acting. From a simple childhood in the East End to the height of fame on stage and screen, Derek recalls his journey in full: from the beginnings of his childhood dreams to the legendary productions, the renowned stars and the intimate off-stage moments.

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ID: 320747

Title: Eyes Wide Open

Author: Noreena Hertz

Narrator: Noreena Hertz

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:42:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-12-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Business & Economics, Self Development, Career Development, Health & Wellness

Summary:

In a fast-moving world were often overloaded with differing opinions, conflicting data and changing advice. In this essential guide, Noreena Hertz offers practical steps to how to make better, smarter decisions.

Most of us think we make decisions for the right reasons: we scour books, we talk over options with our friends, we search the internet, we ask experts, we look at data or we trust our guts. But how hard do we scrutinise those we listen to? How much do we interrogate the information they provide? Are we open to new ways of tackling problems? Or are we swayed by how weve made decisions in the past?

Noreena Hertz reveals the extent to which life-altering, business-affecting, policy-determining, and also health-defining decisions are being made based on partial information, assumed wisdoms, corrupted data and insufficient scrutiny. She provides a clear, practical toolkit for how you can be a smarter decision-maker and better problem-solver. Whether knowing when to trust experts and when to trust the internet or how you can be unconsciously swayed by certain behaviours or phoney stats, this books instructs you how to make better choices and more accurate predictions through your personal life, your work and all your decisions.

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ID: 316167

Title: Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Stories

Author: Eric Carle

Narrator: Juliet Stevenson, Roger McGough

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:31:06

Language: English

Release date: 09-05-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Kids, Action & Adventure, Animals & Nature, Classics

Summary:

These classic childrens tales are now available for the first time as a digital download, performed by Roger McGough and Juliet Stevenson.

Five of Eric Carles picture book texts collected together, with music. The stories are:

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me

The Very Quiet Cricket

The Mixed Up Chameleon

I See a Song

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ID: 316170

Title: Beauty and the Beast

Author: Michael Morpurgo

Narrator: Michael Morpurgo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:19:50

Language: English

Release date: 09-05-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Kids, Classics

Summary:

A captivating retelling of the nations favourite fairy tale, from the nations favourite storyteller, Michael Morpurgo.

After encountering a fearsome beast at a mysterious palace, down-on-his-luck merchant Marco is forced to make a promise in exchange for his life: he must persuade one of his three daughters to return to the palace in his place but she must come of her own free will.

Beautiful, kind-hearted Belle agrees at once to return to the palace, and there she and the Beast exist companionably, with the Beast asking of Belle the same question at the end of each day: Dearest Belle, will you marry me?

After a return home to consult with her father, Belle resolves to follow her heart and return to the Beast, but her plans are thwarted by the trickery of her jealous sisters. When, at last, Belle is able to find her way back to the palace, she finds her beloved Beast lying as still as death on the ground. As Belles tears fall on his face, the Beast is transformed into a handsome prince the ancient spell upon him broken by Belles tears of true love

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ID: 316169

Title: Rebellion

Author: James McGee

Narrator: David Timson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17:20:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-05-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, General, War & Military

Summary:

Rebellion is brewing in Napoleonic Paris, in the new action-packed novel from the author of the bestselling Ratcatcher

October 1812: Britain and France are still at war. France is engaged on two battle fronts Spain and Russia and her civilians are growing weary of the fight. Rebellion is brewing. Since Napoleon Bonaparte appointed himself as First Consul, there have been several attempts to either kill or overthrow him. All have failed, so far

Meanwhile in London, Bow Street Runner Matthew Hawkwood has been seconded to the foreign arm of the Secret Service. There, he meets the urbane Henry Brooke, who tells him hes to join a colleague in Paris on a special mission.

Brooke's agent has come up with a daring plan and he needs Hawkwood's help to put it into action. If the plan is successful it could lead to a negotiated peace treaty between France and the allies. Failure would mean prison, torture and a meeting with the guillotine

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ID: 316176

Title: Rousseau: Philosophy in an Hour

Author: Paul Strathern

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:35:00

Language: English

Release date: 08-29-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Europe, Philosophy

Summary:

Philosophy for busy people. Listen to this succinct account of the philosophy of Rousseau in just one hour.

In Rousseau we encounter a walking ego, a naked sensibility his arguments are both deeply stirring and deeply inconsistent. Yet whilst his contemporaries Kant and Hume may have been superior academic philosophers, the sheer power of Rousseaus ideas was unequalled in his time. It was he who encouraged the introduction of both liberty and irrationality into the public domain, lamenting how man is born free but everywhere he is in chains.

This audiobook is an expert account of Rousseaus life and philosophical ideas entertainingly written and above all easy to listen to. Also included are selections from Rousseaus work, suggested further reading, and chronologies that place Rousseau in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.

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ID: 316177

Title: Kant: Philosophy in an Hour

Author: Paul Strathern

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:22:00

Language: English

Release date: 08-29-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Non-Fiction, Philosophy

Summary:

Philosophy for busy people. Listen to this succinct account of the philosophy of Kant in just one hour.

Immanuel Kant taught and wrote prolifically about physical geography yet never travelled farther than forty miles from his home in Königsberg. Appropriately, his philosophy strenuously denies that all knowledge is derived from experience, insisting instead that all experience must conform to knowledge. Kants aim was to restore metaphysics. According to Kant, space and time are subjective; along with various categories, they help us to see the phenomena of the world though never in its true reality.

This audiobook is an expert account of Kants life and philosophical ideas entertainingly written and is above all easy listening. Also included are selections from Kants work, suggested further reading, and chronologies that place Kant in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.

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ID: 316179

Title: Machiavelli: Philosophy in an Hour

Author: Paul Strathern

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:37:00

Language: English

Release date: 08-29-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Non-Fiction, Philosophy

Summary:

Philosophy for busy people. Listen to this succinct account of the philosophy of Machiavelli in just one hour.

Niccolò Machiavellis work remains misunderstood synonymous with wicked scheming and underhand politics nearly 350 years after his death. His philosophy of statecraft was scientific and highly rational, leaving sentiment, and ultimately morality, to one side. His advice is as relevant to modern politics as it was during the Renaissance and reflects many profound and disturbing truths about the human condition.

This audiobook is an expert account of Machiavellis life and philosophical ideas entertainingly written and above all easy listening. Also included are selections from Machiavellis work, suggested further reading, and chronologies that place Machiavelli in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.

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ID: 316180

Title: Plato: Philosophy in an Hour

Author: Paul Strathern

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:10:00

Language: English

Release date: 08-29-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Ancient Civilizations, Philosophy

Summary:

Philosophy for busy people. Listen to this succinct account of the philosophy of Plato in just one hour.

Plato is still seen by many as the greatest of all philosophers, inspiring many of the finest thinkers through the ages. Indeed, many see all later philosophy as nothing but attempts to answer the questions he raised. He founded the Academy, the worlds first university, in 387 BC and taught that the physical world is not reality but rather a reproduction of the true source.

Plato: Philosophy in an Hour is an audiobook with an expert account of Platos life and philosophical ideas entertainingly written and above all easy listening. Also included are selections from his work, suggested further reading and chronologies that place Plato in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.

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