Genre: ‘Memoir’
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The Man Who Ate The World pre-order
by Jay Rayner narrated by the author
ISBN: 978 1 40742 890 1 Reference: RTL1253
Duration: 8h 45m (approx.) on 8 CDs
CD Edition
£19.99
It's about the globalisation of high culture, the market in taste and the money spent on it. From Las Vegas to Moscow, Dubai to Tokyo and New York to London, Jay Rayner chronicles the revolution in high-end gastronomy that has been sweeping the world since the late eighties. Not simply an account of endless meals in... Read More »
A Man Without a Country
by Kurt Vonnegut narrated by Norman Dietz
ISBN: 978 1 4074 7876 0 Reference: DIR1789
Duration: 2h 30m (approx.) on 2 CDs
CD Edition
£12.99
A Man Without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut's hilariously funny and razor-sharp look at life, art, politics, himself and the condition of the soul of America today. Written over the last five years in the form of a loose memoir, with the examples of Mark Twain, Jesus Christ, Abraham Lincoln, and a saintly doctor named Ignaz... Read More »
The Mistress's Daughter new
by A M Homes narrated by Rachel Botchen
ISBN: 978 1 40742 775 1 Reference: RTL1237
Duration: 6h 45m (approx.) on 6 CDs
CD Edition
£17.99
On the day that Homes was born in 1961, she was given up for adoption. Her birth parents were a twenty-two year old woman and an older married man with whom she was having an affair. Thirty years later, out of the blue, Homes was contacted by a lawyer on behalf of her birth mother and they began to correspond; her biological... Read More »
My Friend Leonard
by James Frey narrated by Andy Paris
ISBN: 978 1 4074 7783 1 Reference: DIR1704
Duration: 10h 30m (approx.) on 9 CDs
CD Edition
£19.99
Perhaps the most unconventional and breathtaking 'father-son' story you'll ever read. My Friend Leonard pulls you immediately and deeply into a relationship as unusual as it is inspiring. The father figure is Leonard, the high-living, recovering coke addict and mobster. The son is James Frey, damaged perhaps beyond repair... Read More »
My Life With George: Surviving Life with the King of Canines
by Judith Summers narrated by Jilly Bond
ISBN: 978 1 4074 2390 6 Reference: RTL1165
Duration: 8h (approx.) on 7 CDs
CD Edition
£19.99
When Judith Summers' husband and father both died within the space of two weeks, she found herself floundering. Life for her and her eight-year-old son Joshua seemed relentlessly bleak. Then George bounced into their lives. A loving Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with film-star looks, George re-awoke their joie de vivre. Read More »
Nobbut A Lad
by Alan Titchmarsh narrated by the author
ISBN: 978 1 4074 6757 3 Reference: DIR1359
Duration: 8h (approx.) on 7 CDs
CD Edition
£19.99
Alan Titchmarsh grew up, and developed his passion for nature in the wild and beautiful landscape of Yorkshire. In Nobbut a Lad the ever-popular presenter vividly depicts a childhood of simple pleasures like climbing trees and fishing in streams, in a time of post-war austerity. It was not a deprived childhood, yet... Read More »
Occupational Hazards
by Rory Stewart narrated by the author
ISBN: 978 1 4074 8028 2 Reference: DIR1896
Duration: 12h 30m (approx.) on 12 CDs
CD Edition
£24.99
At the age of thirty, Rory Stewart was appointed coalition deputy Governor of two provinces in the Marsh region of southern Iraq. He kept a journal of his experiences struggling to control assassinations and tribal conflict, rebuild the region's infrastructure and establish a new Iraqi government before the hand over of... Read More »
The Olive Farm
by Carol Drinkwater narrated by the author
ISBN: 978 1 4074 6401 5 Reference: DIR1216
Duration: 11h 45m (approx.) on 10 CDs
CD Edition
£24.99
For many, Carol Drinkwater will be forever remembered for her part as the wholesome Helen Herriot in the television series 'All Creatures Great and Small'. But since being a successful actress in England, she has spent the past thirteen years in France with her husband Michel. This is the story of her new life, of the... Read More »
The Places in Between
by Rory Stewart narrated by the author
ISBN: 978 1 4074 8029 9 Reference: DIR1897
Duration: 9h (approx.) on 8 CDs
CD Edition
£19.99
Rory Stewart's sparsely poetic and highly acclaimed account of his walk across Afghanistan in January 2002 has been hailed as a modern classic of travel writing. Travelling entirely on foot and following the inaccessible, mountainous route, Stewart was nearly defeated by the hostile conditions. With the help of an unexpected... Read More »
Prisoner of Tehran
by Marina Nemat narrated by Maggie Mash
ISBN: 978 1 4074 2194 0 Reference: DIR2031
Duration: 11h 15m (approx.) on 9 CDs
CD Edition
£19.99
Brought up as a Christian, Marina Nemat's idyllic childhood in Tehran was shattered when the Iranian Revolution of 1979 ushered in a new era of Islamic rule. After complaining to her teachers about her Maths lessons being replaced by Koran study, Marina was arrested late one evening. She was taken prison, where... Read More »
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