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The Deep Enders
- By: Dave Reardon
- Narrated by: Dave Reardon
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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His home destroyed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Murph Turner stumbles into the exotic town of Broome, hoping for safe harbor. Instead, the troubled teen discovers a wild and lawless place brimming with espionage, treachery, and romance. An outsider in a bewildering land of red dust and paranoia, Murph is quickly taken under wing by Banjo, a cheeky aboriginal scamp with a passion for pyrotechnics, and Micki, a beautiful teenager on the run from authorities.
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Phenomenal tale, well told
- By Bim on 23-09-20
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The Deep Enders
- Narrated by: Dave Reardon
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 23-01-20
- Language: English
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Grace, Gold and Glory
- By: Gabrielle Douglas, Michelle Burford
- Narrated by: Haleakala Wilson
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
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In the 2012 London Olympics, US gymnast Gabrielle Douglas stole hearts and flew high as the All-Around Gold Medal winner, as well as acting as a critical member of the US gold-medal-winning women gymnastics team. In this personal autobiography, Gabrielle tells her story of faith, perseverance, and determination, demonstrating you can reach your dreams if you let yourself soar.
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Grace, Gold and Glory
- Narrated by: Haleakala Wilson
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 15-01-14
- Language: English
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I Have Lived a Thousand Years
- Growing Up in the Holocaust
- By: Livia Bitton-Jackson
- Narrated by: Christine Williams
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
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Imagine being a 13-year-old girl in love with boys, school, family - life itself. Then suddenly, in a matter of hours, your life is shattered by the arrival of a foreign army. This is the memoir of Elli Friedmann, who was 13 years old in March 1944, when the Nazis invaded Hungary. It describes her descent into the hell of Auschwitz, a concentration camp where, because of her golden braids, she was selected for work instead of extermination. In intimate, excruciating details she recounts what it was like.
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Good book in spite of horrific story
- By Amazon Customer on 09-01-22
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I Have Lived a Thousand Years
- Growing Up in the Holocaust
- Narrated by: Christine Williams
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 14-05-13
- Language: English
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Guts
- The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books
- By: Gary Paulsen
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
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Here are the real events that inspired Gary Paulsen to write Brian Robeson’s story in Hatchet, The River, Brian’s Winter, Brian’s Return, and Brian's Hunt: a stint as a volunteer emergency worker; the death that became the pilot’s death in Hatchet; plane crashes he’s seen; and his own near misses. He takes listeners on his first hunting trips, showing the wonder and solace of nature along with his hilarious mishaps and mistakes. He shares special memories, such as the night he attracted every mosquito in the county, and how he met the moose who made it personal.
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Guts
- The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Series: Hatchet
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 19-10-12
- Language: English
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Socrates
- A Life Worth Living (Philosophy for Young People)
- By: Devra Lehmann
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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Socrates: A Life Worth Living traces the life and ideas of one of Western civilization’s founding philosophers, whose influence is still felt more than two thousand years later. Socrates is famous for how he died, executed by the Athenian government for corrupting the youth of Athens, but his most important contribution was to challenge the people around him to test their ideas and beliefs in conversation with each other, in the belief that in this way we could become a society that knows the difference between truth and falsehood, and find what makes a life worthwhile.
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Socrates
- A Life Worth Living (Philosophy for Young People)
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 13-12-22
- Language: English
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Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults
- Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
- By: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith - adapter
- Narrated by: Monique Gray Smith
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things—from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen—provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her bestselling book Braiding Sweetgrass. Adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith, this new edition reinforces how wider ecological understanding stems from listening to the earth's oldest teachers: the plants around us.
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Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults
- Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
- Narrated by: Monique Gray Smith
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 02-05-23
- Language: English
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Black Indians
- A Hidden Heritage
- By: William Loren Katz
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
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The compelling account of how two heritages united in their struggle to gain freedom and equality in America. The first paths to freedom taken by runaway slaves led to Native American villages. There, black men and women found acceptance and friendship among our country's original inhabitants. Though they seldom appear in textbooks and movies, the children of Native and African American marriages helped shape the early days of the fur trade, added a new dimension to frontier diplomacy, and made a daring contribution to the fight for American liberty.
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Black Indians
- A Hidden Heritage
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 14-05-19
- Language: English
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Stolen Time
- By: Danielle Rollins
- Narrated by: James Fouhey
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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Seattle, 1913. Dorothy spent her life learning the art of the con. But after meeting a stranger and stowing away on his peculiar aircraft, she wakes up in a chilling version of the world she left behind - and for the first time in her life, realizes she’s in way over her head. New Seattle, 2077. If there was ever a girl who was trouble, it was one who snuck on board Ash’s time machine wearing a wedding gown - and the last thing he needs is trouble if he wants to prevent his terrifying visions of the future from coming true.
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Dissappointed
- By k4ren on 12-08-23
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Stolen Time
- Narrated by: James Fouhey
- Series: Dark Stars, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 05-02-19
- Language: English
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Teeth in the Mist
- By: Dawn Kurtagich
- Narrated by: Marisa Calin, Polly Lee, Gemma Dawson, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
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Sixteen-year-old photography enthusiast Zoey has been fascinated by the haunted, burnt-out ruins of Medwyn Mill House for as long as she can remember - so she and her best friend, Poulton, run away from home to explore them. In 1851, 17-year-old Roan arrives at the Mill House as a ward - one of three, all with something to hide from their new guardian. 1583. Hermione, a new young bride, accompanies her husband to the wilds of North Wales where he plans to build the largest water mill and mansion in the area.
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Brilliant!
- By nughman n. on 02-08-19
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Teeth in the Mist
- Narrated by: Marisa Calin, Polly Lee, Gemma Dawson, Allan Corduner, Steve West
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 11-06-19
- Language: English
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Branded by the Pink Triangle
- By: Ken Setterington
- Narrated by: Bill Marchant
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
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When the Nazis came to power in Europe, the lives of homosexuals came to be ruled by fear as raids, arrests, prison sentences, and expulsions became the daily reality. When the concentration camps were built, homosexuals were imprisoned along with Jews. The pink triangle, sewn onto prison uniforms, became the symbol of their persecution. Branded by the Pink Triangle combines historical research with first-person accounts and individual stories to bring this history to life for listeners.
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Branded by the Pink Triangle
- Narrated by: Bill Marchant
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 06-07-20
- Language: English
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Dark of the West
- Glass Alliance, Book 1
- By: Joanna Hathaway
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Dan Bittner
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
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Aurelia Isendare is a princess of a small kingdom in the North, raised in privilege but shielded from politics as her brother prepares to step up to the throne. Halfway around the world, Athan Dakar, the youngest son of a ruthless general, is a fighter pilot longing for a life away from the front lines. When Athan’s mother is shot and killed, his father is convinced it’s the work of his old rival, the queen of Etania - Aurelia’s mother. Determined to avenge his wife’s murder, he devises a plot to overthrow the queen, a plot that sends Athan undercover to Etania.
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God, I love this series!
- By Anonymous User on 29-05-21
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Dark of the West
- Glass Alliance, Book 1
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Dan Bittner
- Series: Glass Alliance, Book 1
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 05-02-19
- Language: English
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28 Days
- A Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto
- By: David Safier
- Narrated by: Amanda Dolan
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
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Warsaw, 1942. Sixteen-year old Mira smuggles food into the ghetto to keep herself and her family alive. When she discovers that the entire ghetto is to be "liquidated" - killed or "resettled" to concentration camps - she desperately tries to find a way to save her family. She meets a group of young people who are planning the unthinkable: an uprising against the occupying forces. Mira joins the resistance fighters who, with minimal supplies and weapons, end up holding out for 28 days, longer than anyone had thought possible.
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28 Days
- A Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto
- Narrated by: Amanda Dolan
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 28-04-20
- Language: English
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Beck
- By: Mal Peet, Meg Rosoff
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
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Both harrowing and life-affirming, the final novel from Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet is the sweeping coming-of-age adventure of a mixed race boy transported to North America. Born from a street liaison between a poor young woman and an African soldier in the 1900s, Beck is soon orphaned and sent to the Catholic Brothers in Canada. Shipped to work on a farm, his escape takes him across the continent in a search for belonging.
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a must read
- By Valerie on 28-11-21
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Beck
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 20-06-17
- Language: English
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To Best the Boys
- By: Mary Weber
- Narrated by: Liz Pearce
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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In the province of Caldon, where women train in wifely duties and men pursue collegiate education, 16-year-old Rhen Tellur wants nothing more than to become a scientist. As the poor of her seaside town fall prey to a deadly disease, she and her father work desperately to find a cure. But when her mum succumbs to it as well? Rhen decides to take the future into her own hands - through the annual all-male scholarship competition. With her cousin, Seleni, by her side, the girls don disguises and enter Mr. Holm's labyrinth, to best the boys and claim the scholarship prize.
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To Best the Boys
- Narrated by: Liz Pearce
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 06-05-19
- Language: English
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Father Water, Mother Woods
- Essays on Fishing and Hunting in the North Woods
- By: Gary Paulsen
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
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These essays recount his adventures alone and with friends, taking listeners through the seasons. In Paulsen’s north country, every expedition is a major one, and often hilarious. Once again Gary Paulsen demonstrates why he is one of America’s most beloved writers, for he shows us fishing and hunting as pleasure, as art, as companionship, and as source of life’s deepest lessons.
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Father Water, Mother Woods
- Essays on Fishing and Hunting in the North Woods
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 14-11-12
- Language: English
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Anna and the Swallow Man
- By: Gavriel Savit
- Narrated by: Allan Corduner
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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Anna and the Swallow Man is a stunning, literary and wholly original debut novel that tells a new WWII story. Kraków, 1939, is no place to grow up. There are a million marching soldiers and a thousand barking dogs. And Anna Lania is just seven years old when the Germans take her father and suddenly, she’s alone. Then she meets the Swallow Man. He is a mystery, strange and tall. And, like Anna's missing father, he has a gift for languages: Polish, Russian, German, Yiddish, even Bird.
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Nuanced literary novel, don't let the YA tag deter
- By Mrs Mayer on 19-09-16
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Anna and the Swallow Man
- Narrated by: Allan Corduner
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 28-01-16
- Language: English
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Romanov
- By: Nadine Brandes
- Narrated by: Jessica Ball
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
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Anastasia “Nastya” Romanov was given a single mission: to smuggle an ancient spell into her suitcase on her way to exile in Siberia. It might be her family’s only salvation. But the leader of the Bolshevik army is after them, and he’s hunted Romanov before. Nastya’s only chances of saving herself and her family are either to release the spell and deal with the consequences, or to enlist help from Zash, a handsome soldier who doesn’t act like the average Bolshevik. Nastya has only dabbled in magic, but it doesn’t frighten her half as much as her growing attraction to Zash.
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невероятно!
- By Kathryn on 12-07-19
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Romanov
- Narrated by: Jessica Ball
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 07-05-19
- Language: English
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Ida M. Tarbell
- The Woman Who Challenged Big Business - and Won!
- By: Emily Arnold McCully
- Narrated by: Emily Arnold McCully
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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Born in 1857 and raised in oil country, Ida M. Tarbell was one of the first investigative journalists and probably the most influential in her time. Her series of articles on the Standard Oil Trust, a complicated business empire run by John D. Rockefeller, revealed to readers the underhanded, even illegal practices that had led to Rockefeller's success.
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Ida M. Tarbell
- The Woman Who Challenged Big Business - and Won!
- Narrated by: Emily Arnold McCully
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 06-07-17
- Language: English
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Musical Truth
- A Musical History of Modern Black Britain in 28 Songs
- By: Jeffrey Boakye, Ngadi Smart - illustrator
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Boakye
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
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Lord Kitchener, Neneh Cherry, Smiley Culture, Stormzy.... Groundbreaking musicians whose songs have changed the world. But how? This exhilarating playlist tracks some of the key shifts in modern British history, and explores the emotional impact of 28 songs and the artists who performed them. This audiobook redefines British history, the Empire and post-colonialism and will invite you to think again about the narratives and key moments in history that you have been taught up to now.
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Words escape me
- By Supamum on 09-10-22
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Musical Truth
- A Musical History of Modern Black Britain in 28 Songs
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Boakye
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 07-04-22
- Language: English
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Code Name Badass
- The True Story of Virginia Hall
- By: Heather Demetrios
- Narrated by: Nikki Massoud
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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When James Bond was still in diapers, Virginia Hall was behind enemy lines, playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse with Hitler’s henchmen. Virginia was the baddest broad in any room she walked into. When the State Department proved to be a sexist boys’ club that wouldn’t let her in, she became a spy for the British. This boss lady helped arm and train the French Resistance and organized sabotage missions. There was just one problem: The Butcher of Lyon, a notorious Gestapo commander, was after her. But Virginia’s classmates didn’t call her the Fighting Blade for nothing.
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Code Name Badass
- The True Story of Virginia Hall
- Narrated by: Nikki Massoud
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 07-09-21
- Language: English
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