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ID: 761106

Title: Ingrained: The making of a craftsman

Author: Callum Robinson

Narrator: Callum Robinson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:09:15

Language: English

Release date: 08-22-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Hobbies & Games, Home & Garden

Summary:

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Ingrained is a love letter to trees, timber and craftsmanship and to finding your own voice.

The eldest son of a Master Woodworker, Callum Robinson spent his childhood surrounded by wood and trees, absorbing craft lessons in his fathers workshop, playing amongst the sycamore, oak and Scots pine that bordered his home. In time he became his fathers apprentice, helping to create exquisite bespoke objects. But eventually the need to find his own path led him to establish his own workshop; to chase ever bigger and more commercial projects, to business meetings, bright lights and bureaucracy, to lose touch with his roots. Until the devastating loss of one major job threatened to bring it all crashing down. Faced with the end of his business, his team and everything he had worked so hard to build, he was forced to question what mattered most.

In beautifully wrought prose, Callum tells the story of returning to the workshop, and to the wood; to handcrafting furniture for people who will love it, and then pass it on to the next generation antidotes to a culture where everything seems so easily disposable. As he does so, he brings us closer to nature, and to the physical act of creation. Close enough to smell the sawdust, to see the woods grain and character and to feel the magic of furniture coming to life. At the same time, we begin to understand how he has been shaped, as both a craftsman and a son.

Blending memoir and nature writing at its finest, Ingrained is an uplifting meditation on the challenges of working with your hands in our modern age, on community, consumerism, and the beauty of the natural world one that asks us to see our local trees, and our own wooden objects, in a new and revelatory light.

''Original. Rare. As beautiful as trees... A masterpiece.'' JOHN LEWIS-STEMPEL, author of Meadowland, The Running Hare and The Wood

'This magnificent debut isn't just an ode to the craft of carpentry, but the art of writing. Robinson's chiselled, elegant prose is the sound of a bright new voice in non-fiction. His memoir brings to life the heartwood in trees, families, and a young man making his way in the world with an inspiring integrity. This is essential reading for any artist who might be losing their way.'

SOPHY ROBERTS, author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia

© Callum Robinson 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

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ID: 621925

Title: Centre Stage: Lessons from Actors on the Art of Charisma

Author: Jeannette Nelson

Narrator: Jeannette Nelson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:11:19

Language: English

Release date: 08-22-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Business & Economics, Self Development, Negotiation & Communication, Health & Wellness

Summary:

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How the world's best actors communicate with gravitas - and how you can, too.

Every time you deliver a speech, give a presentation, or simply tell a good story, you are taking centre stage. Here, one of the worlds leading voice coaches introduces the simple exercises that great actors use to hold peoples attention and reveals how anyone speaking in public can use them.

Drawing on 25 years working at Londons National Theatre, Jeannette Nelson explains:

- How to warm up your voice and body before a big speech.

- How focusing on your breathing can improve your clarity and pace.

- How to divide a script into individual thoughts so it flows more naturally.

- How to adapt your delivery to suit any environment, be it a 1,000-seater auditorium or an intimate Zoom meeting.

Along the way, she recounts stories from leading actors that pull back the curtain on how they learnt to own the room, and how you can too. If all the worlds a stage, this book will turn you into its lead actor.

'The theatre stars' voice guru' Daily Mail

©2024 Jeannette Nelson (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 706041

Title: Liars

Author: Sarah Manguso

Narrator: Rebecca Lowman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:07:35

Language: English

Release date: 08-22-24

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Family Life

Summary:

A searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars of us all.

'An unflinchingly true and honest depiction of a marriage turning from gold to dust ' – Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace

'A white-hot dissection of the power imbalances in a marriage, and as gripping as you want fiction to be.' – Nick Hornby, author of High Fidelity

A nuclear family can destroy a woman artist. I’d always known that. But I’d never suspected how easily I’d fall into one anyway.

When Jane, an aspiring writer, meets filmmaker John Bridges, they both want the same things: to be in love, to live a successful, creative life, and to be happy. When they marry, Jane believes she has found everything she was looking for, including – a few years later – all the attendant joys and labors of motherhood. But it’s not long until Jane finds herself subsumed by John’s ambitions, whims, and ego; in short, she becomes a wife.

As Jane’s career flourishes, their marriage starts to falter. Throughout the upheavals of family life, Jane tries to hold it all together. That is, until John leaves her.

Sarah Manguso's Liars is a tour de force of wit and rage, telling the blistering story of a marriage as it burns to the ground, and of a woman rising inexorably from its ashes.

'Painful and brilliant – I loved it' – Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot and Either/Or

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ID: 783026

Title: Doctor Who: Death in the Stars: A Melanie Bush Mystery

Author: Bonnie Langford

Narrator: Bonnie Langford

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:54:33

Language: English

Release date: 08-22-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

A stylish Doctor Who murder mystery novel featuring Mel Bush, written and read by Bonnie Langford.

When young Mels business partner, Sabalom Glitz embarks on yet another get rich quick scheme, it marks the start of an epic, death-defying murder-mystery in space.

After barely escaping the snares of a murderous galactic cult, Mel searches for fellow survivors in a nearby spaceship graveyard while Glitz looks to fill his pockets. But the discovery of a spaceship with its crew in suspended animation, and incredible secrets on board, leaves the duo stranded with no way off.

Mel revives the crew and then the murders start. Murders that cannot possibly have been committed by any of the crewmembers. In fact, there are only two realistic suspects Glitz and Mel themselves

Bonnie Langford, who plays Mel in the BBC TV series, reads her first ever novel.

? 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd © 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.

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ID: 729855

Title: Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love

Author: Marianne Cronin

Narrator: Clare Corbett, Kim Durham, Natalie Nightingale

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:51:31

Language: English

Release date: 08-15-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction

Summary:

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Funny, feelgood, heartlifting story about the power of intergenerational friendship and finding love in unexpected places - perfect for fans of The One Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Through the Window and The Rosie Project

Eddie Winston is 90 years old. He has lived and he has loved, but he has never been kissed.

A true gentleman and incurable romantic, Eddie spends his days volunteering at a charity shop, where he sorts through the donations of the living and the dead, preserving letters and tokens of love along the way. And it is here that he meets Bella, a troubled young woman who, at twenty-four years old, has just lost the love of her life.

When Bella learns that Eddie is yet to have his first kiss, she resolves to help him finally find love, sparking an adventure that will take them to unexpected places and, they hope, bring Eddie to the moment he has waited for all his life.

A tale of friendship and kindness that reminds us that those we love are never forgotten and it is never too late to try again.

As Bella helps Eddie and Eddie helps, well, everyone, an astonishing, soul-stirring story unfolds to show how those we love are never forgotten and it is never too late to try again.

© Marianne Cronin 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

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ID: 760331

Title: Quando, Quando, Quando: A BBC Radio 4 Sitcom

Author: Mark Maier, Rainer Hersch

Narrator: Catherine Tate, Mark Maier, Rainer Hersch

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:23:26

Language: English

Release date: 08-15-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

All six episodes of the fashionable comedy set in a top London hair salon, starring Rainer Hersch, Mark Maier and Catherine Tate

Quando, Quando, Quando is Claphams premier hairdressing establishment, where brothers Rene, Carlo and Charlie Quando cleverly clip, chop and crimp their lucky clients into shape. With three floors, 200 pairs of scissors and more mirrors than the Palace of Versailles, its truly a cut above but all is not well at this emporium of excellence...

When the President of Uruguay arrives for his annual trim, the stylists struggle to avoid mentioning his enormous head and when the salon is swamped by kids with nits, the result is itchy pandemonium. The Quandos also run into trouble with the racketeering Fish brothers; have their secret formula stolen by spies; face matrimonial mayhem with their two-cuts-for-one wedding deal and are forced to take extreme measures when the Christmas rush gets out of control...

Written and performed by Rainer Hersch and Mark Maier, this hair-larious sitcom also stars Catherine Tate and Stephen Greif, with a special guest appearance from Nicholas Parsons.

Cast and credits

Written and performed by Rainer Hersch and Mark Maier

With Stephen Greif, Catherine Tate and Nicholas Parsons

Produced by Claire Jones

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 13 November-18 December 1999

© 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.

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ID: 729856

Title: Mina's Matchbox

Author: Yoko Ogawa

Narrator: Nanako Mizhushima

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:36:20

Language: English

Release date: 08-15-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Coming of Age

Summary:

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On sleepless nights, I open the matchbox and reread the story of the girl who gathered shooting stars.

After the death of her father, twelve-year-old Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life.

The 1970s are bringing changes to Japan and her uncle's magnificent colonial mansion opens up a new and unfamiliar world for Tomoko; its sprawling gardens are even home to a pygmy hippo the family keeps as a pet. Tomoko finds her relatives equally exotic and beguiling and her growing friendship with her cousin Mina draws her into an intoxicating world full of secret crushes and elaborate storytelling.

Rich with the magic and mystery of youth, Minas Matchbox is an evocative snapshot of a moment frozen in time, and a striking depiction of a family on the edge of collapse.

Praise for Mina's Matchbox

'I read Minas Matchbox like a besotted child, enraptured, never wanting it to end.' RUTH OZEKI, author of The Book of Form and Emptiness

'Dreamy and whimsical, Minas Matchbox traffics in the themes at which Ogawa always excels: memory, identity, and nostalgia' Esquire, Best Books of the Summer

'A conspicuously gifted writer. . . To read Ogawa is to enter a dreamlike state. . . She possesses an effortless, glassy, eerie brilliance' Guardian

©2024 Yoko Ogawa (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 756145

Title: Ballroom Girls Hit the Big Time

Author: Jenny Holmes

Narrator: Claire Storey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:23:05

Language: English

Release date: 08-15-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General, Sagas

Summary:

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'Live for the day' is the motto for the times, and our girls plan to waltz their worries away...

Ever-ambitious Sylvia wants more from her life, so starts planning a Dance Weekend at the Winter Gardens not easy in wartime when air raids could cancel an event at the last minute. What she doesn't expect is for the competition to bring the dashing Vernon into her life too! Could everything finally fall into place for Sylvia?

Joy's life has entirely turned around in the last year. Newly married to her beloved Tommy and at the helm of her family's business in Manchester, she can't believe how far she's come. But will the plight of her young employee Mildred throw things off course? Or will she and Tommy still be able to perfect their waltz in time for the competition?

Pearl is still longing for her darling Bernie to return from the war. Dancing is the best way to distract herself from her worries, so she throws herself into rehearsing the jive with handsome GI partner Errol. But as tongues begin to wag, will the ballroom still provide the solace she needs?

As the war wears on, can the Ballroom Girls really hit the big time?

The third book in heart-warming THE BALLROOM GIRLS series

Praise for Jenny Holmes and The Ballroom Girls series

'Full of drama, romance and the thrill of dancing . . . a heartwarming and uplifting story' Lancashire Post

'Anyone who recalls dancing at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom . . . will love this latest romance' Choice Magazine

'Vivid characters, sparkling dialogue and a lively, heartwarming story' Vicki Beeby, author of The Ops Room Girls

'Definitely a book sure to please lovers of WW2 romance' Lizzie Lane, author of The Tobacco Girls

'A story vibrant with the atmosphere of the time and fuelled by the power of duty and friendship' Peterborough Telegraph

©2024 Jenny Holmes (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 729858

Title: Talking to Strangers

Author: Fiona Barton

Narrator: Gabrielle Glaister, Jayne Entwistle, Steve West

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:01:17

Language: English

Release date: 08-15-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories

Summary:

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Three women. One Killer.

Talking to strangers has never been more dangerous...

When the body of forty-four-year-old Karen Simmons is found abandoned in remote woodland, journalist Kiki Nunn is determined this will be the big break she so desperately needs.

Because she has a head start on all the other reporters. Just a week before Karen was killed, Kiki interviewed her about the highs and lows of mid-life romance. Karen told her all about kissing strangers on the beach under the stars, expensive meals, roses. About the scammers, the creeps, the man who followed her home the other night...

While the police appear to be focusing on local suspects, Kiki sets out to write the definitive piece on one woman's fatal search for love. But she will soon learn that the search for truth can be just as deadly...

©2024 Fiona Barton (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 729857

Title: Exam Nation: Why Our Obsession with Grades Fails Everyone and a Better Way to Think About School

Author: Sammy Wright

Narrator: Sammy Wright

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:01:50

Language: English

Release date: 08-15-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Non-Fiction, Education

Summary:

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Exams, grades, league tables, Ofsted reports. All of them miss the point of school and together they are undermining our whole approach to education.

What is school for? Drawing on his twenty years as a teacher, hundreds of interviews and his experience on the UK Government's Social Mobility Commission, head teacher Sammy Wright exposes the fundamental misconception at the heart of our education system. By focussing on the grades pupils get in neatly siloed, academic subjects, we end up ranking them and our schools into winners and losers: some pupils are set on a trajectory to university - the rest are left ill-equipped for the world they actually face.

Wright's entertaining and hugely important book shows that schools are - and should be - so much more than this. With wisdom and humour, balancing idealism and pragmatism, he sets out what a better way would look like and how we might get there.

'An essential read as entertaining as it is insightful for anyone who cares about the way we treat young people' Observer

Deeply absorbing . . . Wright deserves the highest marks Financial Times

'Such a compelling read, no matter your outlook' Telegraph

Brilliantly illuminates the realities and blindspots of the system Jeffrey Boakye

A thoughtful and considered analysis . . . that asks searching questions . . . with sympathy and intelligence Michael Gove, The Times

Extraordinary and brilliant . . . the book education has been waiting for Laura McInerney, co-founder of Teacher Tapp

A tremendous book, like the best lesson ever informed, funny, fair Richard Beard

*AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK*

© Sammy Wright 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

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