Genre: ‘Biography’
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Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self
by Claire Tomalin narrated by Patricia Gallimore
ISBN: 978 1 4074 6259 2 Reference: DIR1165
Duration: 19h (approx.) on 17 CDs
CD Edition
£29.35
Samuel Pepys was a naval administrator who was well-known for being the friend of the famous and powerful. In this full-scale biography, which draws on Pepys' famous diary, Claire Tomalin examines his childhood and young adulthood and moves through the famous diary years and beyond, to the death of his wife and the setting... Read More »
Scribbling the Cat
by Alexandra Fuller narrated by Lisette Lecat
ISBN: 978 1 4074 7513 4 Reference: DIR1610
Duration: 9h 30m (approx.) on 8 CDs
CD Edition
£19.56
When Alexandra Fuller was in Zambia visiting her parents, she asked her father about a local banana farmer who was known for being tough. Her father warned her to steer clear of him: "Curiosity scribbled the cat," he said. Nonetheless, Fuller began a friendship with the man - a white African and veteran of the Rhodesian... Read More »
The Spiral Staircase
by Karen Armstrong narrated by Virginia Leishman
ISBN: 978 1 4074 7810 4 Reference: DIR1731
Duration: 13h (approx.) on 11 CDs
CD Edition
£24.46
In the lucid yet reflective manner that is Karen Armstrong's trademark, The Spiral Staircase recalls her painful early life as a nun, her even more painful re-entry into secular society, and most compellingly, the long-undiagnosed epilepsy that made her life a horror show of phantom visions and misplaced hours. We follow... Read More »
Time out of Mind
by Jane Lapotaire narrated by the author
ISBN: 978 1 4074 7942 2 Reference: DIR1841
Duration: 11h 30m (approx.) on 10 CDs
CD Edition
£24.46
"Who are you when your brain is not you?" Jane Lapotaire is one of the lucky ones. Many people do not survive, let alone live intelligently and well again once they have suffered cerebral haemorrhage. In the long haul back to life she's learned much, some of it in very hard lessons. Some friendships became casualties... Read More »
Under the Tuscan Sun
by Frances Mayes narrated by Barbara Caruso
ISBN: 978 1 4074 6504 3 Reference: DIR1263
Duration: 11h (approx.) on 10 CDs
CD Edition
£24.46
Popular poet and author Frances Mayes transports you to the sundrenched heart of Italy with this lyrical best-seller. Packed with the tastes and pleasures of Italian life, her extraordinary memoirs celebrate the fascinating lifestyle she discovered in the spectacular Tuscany countryside. When she first sees the abandoned... Read More »
Wonderful Today: The Autobiography
by Pattie Boyd narrated by the author
ISBN: 978 1 4074 2379 1 Reference: RTL1157
Duration: 9h 15m (approx.) on 9 CDs
CD Edition
£19.56
Pattie Boyd was the queen of the sixties and beyond - model, photographer, and the inspiration for the timeless songs, Something, Layla and Wonderful Tonight. Her story is one of drama, struggle and, ultimately, affirmation. But her struggles against addiction, tragedy and infertility were lived with two of the twentieth... Read More »
The Year of the Cornflake
by Faith Addis narrated by Briony Sykes
ISBN: 978 1 4074 7996 5 Reference: DIR1869
Duration: 8h (approx.) on 7 CDs
CD Edition
£19.56
Brian and Faith Addis sell their flower shop in Bloomsbury and move to a roomy farmhouse in Devon. From here they offer 'memorable holidays for the child who loves the outdoor life'. The cheerful brochure goes on to promise Shetland ponies, piglets, and goats, all of which materialise along with many strays and new... Read More »
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