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Best Sellers
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Raavan
- Enemy of Aryavarta
- Written by: Amish Tripathi
- Narrated by: Sagar Arya
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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India, 3400 BCE. A land in tumult, poverty and chaos. Most people suffer quietly. A few rebel. Some fight for a better world. Some for themselves. Some don’t give a damn. Raavan. Fathered by one of the most illustrious sages of the time....
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waste of my precious credit
- By aalekhya on 06-11-19
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Nothing Ventured
- Written by: Jeffrey Archer
- Narrated by: George Blagden
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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William Warwick has always wanted to be a detective and decides, much to his father’s dismay, that rather than become a barrister like his father, Sir Julian Warwick QC, and his sister Grace, he will join London’s Metropolitan Police Force....
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Excellent
- By Deepak Sharma on 04-09-20
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Harappa
- Curse of the Blood River
- Written by: Vineet Bajpai
- Narrated by: Neel Chaudhuri
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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2017, Delhi - Vidyut’s dying ancestor summons him to Banaras. The old Brahmin chieftain of the Dev-Raakshasa Matth, or the God-Demon Clan, bears a chilling secret. Their bloodline carries an ancient curse that will plague mankind - towards its own violent extinction....
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extremely average
- By Vipul on 16-01-19
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Firefly Lane
- A Novel
- Written by: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 17 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the "coolest girl in the world" moves in across the street and wants to be her friend....
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Not her best
- By Sanjukta on 21-03-20
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Shogun
- The Epic Novel of Japan
- Written by: James Clavell
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 53 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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A bold English adventurer; an invincible Japanese warlord; a beautiful woman torn between two ways of life, two ways of love....
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Epic, indeed!
- By yantraka on 17-12-19
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War and Peace
- Written by: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 61 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit....
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A fascinating story
- By Lakshmi bhat on 29-12-20
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Raavan
- Enemy of Aryavarta
- Written by: Amish Tripathi
- Narrated by: Sagar Arya
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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India, 3400 BCE. A land in tumult, poverty and chaos. Most people suffer quietly. A few rebel. Some fight for a better world. Some for themselves. Some don’t give a damn. Raavan. Fathered by one of the most illustrious sages of the time....
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waste of my precious credit
- By aalekhya on 06-11-19
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Nothing Ventured
- Written by: Jeffrey Archer
- Narrated by: George Blagden
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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William Warwick has always wanted to be a detective and decides, much to his father’s dismay, that rather than become a barrister like his father, Sir Julian Warwick QC, and his sister Grace, he will join London’s Metropolitan Police Force....
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Excellent
- By Deepak Sharma on 04-09-20
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Harappa
- Curse of the Blood River
- Written by: Vineet Bajpai
- Narrated by: Neel Chaudhuri
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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2017, Delhi - Vidyut’s dying ancestor summons him to Banaras. The old Brahmin chieftain of the Dev-Raakshasa Matth, or the God-Demon Clan, bears a chilling secret. Their bloodline carries an ancient curse that will plague mankind - towards its own violent extinction....
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extremely average
- By Vipul on 16-01-19
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Firefly Lane
- A Novel
- Written by: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 17 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the "coolest girl in the world" moves in across the street and wants to be her friend....
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Not her best
- By Sanjukta on 21-03-20
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Shogun
- The Epic Novel of Japan
- Written by: James Clavell
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 53 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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A bold English adventurer; an invincible Japanese warlord; a beautiful woman torn between two ways of life, two ways of love....
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Epic, indeed!
- By yantraka on 17-12-19
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War and Peace
- Written by: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 61 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit....
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A fascinating story
- By Lakshmi bhat on 29-12-20
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Rise of Kali
- Duryodhana's Mahabharata
- Written by: Anand Neelakantan
- Narrated by: Siddhanta Pinto
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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The dark age of Kali is rising, and every man and woman must choose between duty and conscience, honour and shame, life and death....
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Shake your beliefs to the core.
- By Ramchand on 16-01-19
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A Fine Balance
- Written by: Rohinton Mistry
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 25 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975....
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no words to describe
- By Abdulrehmankhan on 19-04-20
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The Sins of the Father: Clifton Chronicles, Book 2
- Written by: Jeffrey Archer
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Emilia Fox
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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The second book in Jeffrey Archer’s highly acclaimed The Clifton Chronicles, The Sins of the Father takes the reader on a breath-taking journey....
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enjoyed thoroughly
- By Sona Das on 20-01-21
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Love, Rosie (Where Rainbows End)
- Written by: Cecelia Ahern
- Narrated by: Amy Creighton
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
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A story about love. And how life can get in the way…Cecelia Ahern's bestselling novel Where Rainbows End is now a major film entitled Love, Rosie...
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Cometh the Hour
- The Clifton Chronicles, Book 6
- Written by: Jeffrey Archer
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Cometh the Hour opens with the reading of a suicide note, which has devastating consequences for Harry and Emma Clifton, Giles Barrington and Lady Virginia....
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This Was a Man
- The Clifton Chronicles, Book 7
- Written by: Jeffrey Archer
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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This Was a Man opens with a shot being fired, but who pulled the trigger, and who lives, and who dies? Listen to find out....
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loved it!
- By Aman D. on 14-05-20
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Bring Up the Bodies
- The Wolf Hall Trilogy, Book 2
- Written by: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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By 1535 Thomas Cromwell is chief minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes having risen with those of Anne Boleyn, the king’s new wife....
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Brilliant narration of a well written book
- By Hameed Huq on 14-08-20
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The Pillars of the Earth
- The Kingsbridge Novels, Book 1
- Written by: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 40 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known....
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One of the best books I've ever read
- By malignant monk on 18-01-20
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The Ranch
- Written by: Danielle Steel
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
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In her 39th best-selling novel, Danielle Steel brings to life the story of three women, old roommates from college, who come together after 20 years, one summer at The Ranch....
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Heads You Win
- Written by: Jeffrey Archer
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Heads You Win is the incredible and thrilling novel by the master storyteller and best-selling author of the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel, Jeffrey Archer....
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waste of time
- By Anonymous User on 20-01-21
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The Alexander Secret
- Written by: Christopher C. Doyle
- Narrated by: Swetanshu Bora
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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In 334 BC Alexander the Great begins his conquest of the Persian Empire. But his plans for everlasting glory do not end there, and the young king marches towards the Ends of the Earth....
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Mediocre
- By PANKAJ DESAI on 30-09-19
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Last of the Breed
- Written by: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: David Strathairn
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
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Here is the kind of authentically detailed epic novel that has become Louis L’Amour’s hallmark. It is the compelling story of US Air Force major Joe Mack, a man born out of time....
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Infinite Jest
- Part I With a Foreword by Dave Eggers
- Written by: David Foster Wallace
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 56 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction....
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part 1 of audiobook
- By Kamakshi Balasubramanian on 18-02-19
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Royal
- Written by: Danielle Steel
- Narrated by: Nick Afka Thomas
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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As the war rages on in the summer of 1943, causing massive destruction and widespread fear, the King and Queen choose to quietly send their youngest daughter, Princess Charlotte, to live with a trusted noble family in the country....
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Romantically filmy!
- By Anonymous User on 15-09-20
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Vinaashkaari Pralay
- Harappa, Book 2
- Written by: Vineet Bajpai
- Narrated by: Sandeep Bhatt
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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1700 BCE, Harappa – the devta of Harappa has fallen tortured and condemned to the dungeons of the dead. His murdered wife’s pious blood falls on the sands of the metropolis, sealing the black fate of Harappa forever....
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False glorification of Brahminism
- By SANDEEP K. on 05-09-20
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Mornings in Jenin
- Written by: Susan Abulhawa
- Narrated by: Jennifer Woodward
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Forcibly removed from the olive-farming village of Ein Hod by the newly formed state of Israel in 1948, the Abulhejos are displaced to live in canvas tents in the Jenin refugee camp....
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Amazing...
- By Binzad on 13-09-19
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Going Home
- Written by: Val Wood
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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As pretty as a picture and learning to be a teacher in York, Amelia looked forward with pleasure to becoming acquainted with the young men clamouring to get to know her....
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Dirty Billionaire
- The Dirty Billionaire Trilogy, Book 1
- Written by: Meghan March
- Narrated by: Elena Wolfe, Sebastian York
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Books talk about sparks flying. F--k that shit. With her, it was like emergency flares mixed with jet fuel. Or maybe just straight up napalm. Only one problem: She wouldn't tell me her name....
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King of Kings
- Written by: Wilbur Smith
- Narrated by: Elliot Chapman
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Cairo, 1887. A beautiful September day. Penrod Ballantyne and his fiancée, Amber Benbrook, stroll hand in hand. The future is theirs for the taking. But when Penrod's jealous former lover, Lady Agatha, plants doubt about his character, Amber leaves him....
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The Mirror and the Light
- The Wolf Hall Trilogy, Book 3
- Written by: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 38 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors....
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Excellent
- By Meena on 21-05-20
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The Tale of Genji, Volume 1
- Written by: Murasaki Shikibu, Dennis Washburn - translator
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 35 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Murasaki Shikibu, born into the middle ranks of the aristocracy during the Heian period (794-1185 CE), wrote The Tale of Genji, widely considered the world's first novel, during the early years of the 11th century....
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A Long Petal of the Sea
- Written by: Isabel Allende
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Sometimes, the difficult thing is not to flee but to return. A love letter to Chile that soars from the Spanish Civil War to the rise and fall of Pinochet, and a stunning return to great storytelling heights....
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A fabulous historical fiction
- By KSri on 21-01-21
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Before We Were Yours
- Written by: Lisa Wingate
- Narrated by: Catherine Taber, Emily Rankin
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's Mississippi River shantyboat....
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A worthy book.
- By nk on 12-07-20
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As the Crow Flies
- Written by: Jeffrey Archer
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 20 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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If your dream is big enough, not even your enemies can stop you....
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A nice story
- By amita on 03-01-21
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Jilting the Duke
- Written by: Rachael Miles
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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Aidan Somerville, Duke of Forster, is a rake, a spy, and a soldier, richer than sin and twice as handsome. Now he is also guardian to his deceased best friend’s young son. The choice makes perfect sense - except that the child’s mother is the lovely Sophia Gardiner....
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Only Time Will Tell
- Clifton Chronicles, Book 1
- Written by: Jeffrey Archer
- Narrated by: Roger Allam, Emilia Fox
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
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The Clifton Chronicles is Jeffrey Archer’s most ambitious work in four decades as an international best-selling author....
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Semper Fi
- Book One in The Corps Series
- Written by: W. E. B. Griffin
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
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From Shanghai to Wake Island, the Corps was America’s first line of defense as the winds of war exploded into the devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor....
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Ross Poldark
- Poldark, Book 1
- Written by: Winston Graham
- Narrated by: Oliver J. Hembrough
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
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Cornwall in the 1780s - when powerful forces of revolution and reaction are at large in the world. The first in the riveting Poldark series....
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Dirty Billionaire Trilogy
- Dirty Billionaire, Dirty Pleasures, and Dirty Together
- Written by: Meghan March
- Narrated by: Elena Wolfe, Sebastian York
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
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I’ve got a big...ego and an even bigger bank account. That’s pretty much where my bio ends. I don’t need to say anything else. I’ve just sold 99 percent of women on going home with me. Do I sound like a jerk to you? That’s because I am. It works for me just fine....
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good
- By Nazneen Ahmed on 28-01-21
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Die Perlenprinzessin - Rivalen
- Südsee-Saga 1
- Written by: Iny Lorentz
- Narrated by: Anne Moll
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
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Im ersten Teil der historischen Familiensaga "Die Perlenprinzessin" von Bestseller-Autorin Iny Lorentz sorgt eine infame Lüge für die erbitterte Feindschaft zweier Reeder-Familien aus Hamburg. Hamburg 1771: Um die Hand der schönen Mina Thadde zu gewinnen, lassen sich die die beiden jungen Kapitäne Simon Simonsen und Jörgen Mensing auf einen Wettstreit ein. Wer mit der wertvolleren Ladung aus der Karibik zurückkehrt, dem will Minas Vater, ein reicher Hamburger Handelsherr, seine Tochter anvertrauen.
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Der kleine Gasthof an der Schlei
- Written by: Inken Bartels
- Narrated by: Svenja Pages
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Nur widerwillig reist Sterneköchin Isa Petersen von London in ihren verschlafenen Heimatort in Schleswig-Holstein. Die geliebte Oma hat ihr den kleinen Dorfkrug vermacht. Hier in der Küche vom "Seestern" ist Isa zwischen Töpfen und Pfannen groß geworden. Denn Mutter Jette hat die Familie früh verlassen. Jetzt sollen die beiden Frauen gemeinsam am Herd stehen und den letzten Willen der Oma erfüllen. Aber es kracht gewaltig zwischen ihnen. Und nur mit der Hilfe von Tim, Isas altem Schulfreund, haben sie eine Chance, den kleinen Gasthof zu neuem Leben zu erwecken.
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The Fallen Women
- Written by: Lindsey Hutchinson
- Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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Since the death of her parents, orphan Ann Felton has had to struggle to survive. The grimy and gruelling Black Country is no place for a girl all alone, and Ann is relieved when she gets work at The Bell public house. Victoria Beckett and Viscount Richard Wyndham grew up with silver spoons firmly in their mouths, and neither can understand Ann's struggles. But before long Ann will change both their lives forever.
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The Women of Waterloo Bridge
- Written by: Jan Casey
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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London, 1940. After her fiancé breaks off their engagement, Evelyn decides to do her part for the war effort by signing up for construction work on Waterloo Bridge. Grieving after her little boy dies in an air raid, Gwen is completely lost when her husband sends their younger children to the countryside for safety. Enlisting as a construction worker, she is partnered with cheerful Evelyn. The two women strike up a heartwarming friendship.
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Die vier Gezeiten
- Written by: Anne Prettin
- Narrated by: Julia von Tettenborn
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Die Kießlings gehören zu Juist wie die Gezeiten. Als Patriarch Eduard das Bundesverdienstkreuz erhält, kommen sie alle zusammen: Eduards Frau Adda, die drei Töchter, sowie Großmutter Johanne. Doch in die Generalprobe platzt Helen aus Neuseeland, die behauptet, mit der Sippe verwandt zu sein. Und tatsächlich: Sie ist Adda wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten. Gemeinsam gehen sie dem Rätsel ihrer Herkunft nach. Denn Adda ahnt: Der Schlüssel zur Wahrheit liegt im familieneigenen Hotel de Tiden, dort, wo vor 75 Jahren alles begann.
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Die Patisserie am Münsterplatz - Zeitenwandel
- Die Kuchenkönigin von Straßburg 1
- Written by: Charlotte Jacobi
- Narrated by: Uta Simone
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Feiner Kuchenduft weht durch die Stadt. Die köstlichsten Genüsse des Elsass kennenlernen - darauf hofft die 19-jährige Ida, als ihre Familie 1893 von Stuttgart ins vormals französische Straßburg umsiedelt. Am Münsterplatz eröffnen die Tritschlers eine Feinbäckerei, die direkt gegenüber der konkurrierenden Patisserie Picard liegt. Als sich die junge Bäckerin ausgerechnet in deren Sohn Lucien Picard verliebt, muss sie feststellen, dass eine Fehde zwischen ihren Familien herrscht, die weit über das Geschäftliche hinausgeht.
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Die Perlenprinzessin - Rivalen
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Im ersten Teil der historischen Familiensaga "Die Perlenprinzessin" von Bestseller-Autorin Iny Lorentz sorgt eine infame Lüge für die erbitterte Feindschaft zweier Reeder-Familien aus Hamburg. Hamburg 1771: Um die Hand der schönen Mina Thadde zu gewinnen, lassen sich die die beiden jungen Kapitäne Simon Simonsen und Jörgen Mensing auf einen Wettstreit ein. Wer mit der wertvolleren Ladung aus der Karibik zurückkehrt, dem will Minas Vater, ein reicher Hamburger Handelsherr, seine Tochter anvertrauen.
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Nur widerwillig reist Sterneköchin Isa Petersen von London in ihren verschlafenen Heimatort in Schleswig-Holstein. Die geliebte Oma hat ihr den kleinen Dorfkrug vermacht. Hier in der Küche vom "Seestern" ist Isa zwischen Töpfen und Pfannen groß geworden. Denn Mutter Jette hat die Familie früh verlassen. Jetzt sollen die beiden Frauen gemeinsam am Herd stehen und den letzten Willen der Oma erfüllen. Aber es kracht gewaltig zwischen ihnen. Und nur mit der Hilfe von Tim, Isas altem Schulfreund, haben sie eine Chance, den kleinen Gasthof zu neuem Leben zu erwecken.
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The Women of Waterloo Bridge
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- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
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London, 1940. After her fiancé breaks off their engagement, Evelyn decides to do her part for the war effort by signing up for construction work on Waterloo Bridge. Grieving after her little boy dies in an air raid, Gwen is completely lost when her husband sends their younger children to the countryside for safety. Enlisting as a construction worker, she is partnered with cheerful Evelyn. The two women strike up a heartwarming friendship.
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Die vier Gezeiten
- Written by: Anne Prettin
- Narrated by: Julia von Tettenborn
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Die Kießlings gehören zu Juist wie die Gezeiten. Als Patriarch Eduard das Bundesverdienstkreuz erhält, kommen sie alle zusammen: Eduards Frau Adda, die drei Töchter, sowie Großmutter Johanne. Doch in die Generalprobe platzt Helen aus Neuseeland, die behauptet, mit der Sippe verwandt zu sein. Und tatsächlich: Sie ist Adda wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten. Gemeinsam gehen sie dem Rätsel ihrer Herkunft nach. Denn Adda ahnt: Der Schlüssel zur Wahrheit liegt im familieneigenen Hotel de Tiden, dort, wo vor 75 Jahren alles begann.
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Feiner Kuchenduft weht durch die Stadt. Die köstlichsten Genüsse des Elsass kennenlernen - darauf hofft die 19-jährige Ida, als ihre Familie 1893 von Stuttgart ins vormals französische Straßburg umsiedelt. Am Münsterplatz eröffnen die Tritschlers eine Feinbäckerei, die direkt gegenüber der konkurrierenden Patisserie Picard liegt. Als sich die junge Bäckerin ausgerechnet in deren Sohn Lucien Picard verliebt, muss sie feststellen, dass eine Fehde zwischen ihren Familien herrscht, die weit über das Geschäftliche hinausgeht.
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Der Beginn einer neuen Zeit
- Grandhotel Schwarzenberg 3
- Written by: Sophie Oliver
- Narrated by: Fanny Rosenberg
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Bad Reichenhall, 1928. Die goldenen Zwanziger halten Einzug in dem mondänen Kurort und die Schwarzenbergs gehören mittlerweile zu den angesehensten Hoteliers-Familien der Stadt. Karl verwirklicht seinen Traum und eröffnet ein eigenes kleines Berghotel. Und auch ein weiterer Traum geht in Erfüllung: Er findet endlich seine große Liebe. Doch die Wahl seiner Verlobten stellt Anna auf eine harte Probe. Ist Karl blind vor Liebe? Und nicht nur innerhalb der Familie gibt es Probleme: Der Krieg wirft seine Schatten voraus.
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The Surplus Girls' Orphans
- Written by: Polly Heron
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
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Manchester, 1922. Molly Watson has had enough. Engaged for the last three years to a penny-pinching pedant, she finally decides she'd rather be a surplus girl than marry a man she doesn't truly love. Aware of the need to support herself if she is to remain single all her life, she joins a secretarial class to learn new skills and a whole world opens up to her.
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A Sister's Secret
- Written by: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Zoe Mills
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
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A disastrous marriage has left the young and beautiful Lady Caroline widowed and vowing never to marry again. When she sees her younger sister, Annabelle, falling for a man who is notoriously unfaithful, she determines to intervene and save Annabelle from a similar fate, hiring the handsome and witty adventurer Captain Burnside to distract her. But all does not go to plan....
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Quando sarà il momento
- La Saga dei Clifton 6
- Written by: Jeffrey Archer
- Narrated by: Luca Sbaragli
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
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La misteriosa lettera che Alex Fisher ha scritto prima di suicidarsi potrebbe avere ripercussioni devastanti per molte persone, specie se il suo contenuto diventasse di dominio pubblico. Lo sa bene Sir Giles Barrington, posto di fronte a un bivio: sceglierà la carriera politica o proverà a salvare la donna che ama, prigioniera oltre la Cortina di ferro? Lady Virginia, ormai sull'orlo della bancarotta, dispera di trovare una via d'uscita. Finché non le presentano Cyrus T. Grant III, scapolo d'oro americano giunto a Londra per vedere la sua puledra correre ad Ascot.
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Gin Palace Girl
- Written by: Gracie Hart
- Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
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After being orphaned as a child, Mary is taken in by her mother's friend - and ex-prostitute - Nell and raised as her own. But when Nell dies her stepfather takes too much of an interest in Mary, and she is forced to leave home, landing a job as a barmaid. Only Whitelocks is no spit and sawdust pub but a new gin palace in the centre of Leeds. Mary thinks she's landed on her feet. More so when she catches the eye of William Winn, the charming owner of a glamorous new hotel.
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A Love Forbidden
- Written by: Meg Hutchinson
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
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Robbed of marriage to the man she loved, Leah Bryce rears his daughter Miriam as her own. But her desire for vengeance lead her to treat the girl with extreme cruelty. Leah's son Ralph has always loved the girl he believes to be his sister, and fights to subdue feelings that are more than brotherly. Only when Leah's malign influence is removed for ever can Miriam overcome the horrors of her girlhood to find love and joy at last.
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The Sculptress
- Written by: V.S. Alexander
- Narrated by: Jessica Preddy
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
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May 1917. The elegant streets of Boston are thousands of miles away from the carnage of the Western Front. Yet even here, amid the clatter of horse-drawn carriages and automobiles, it is impossible to ignore the war raging across Europe. Emma Lewis Swan's husband, Tom, has gone to France, eager to do his duty as a surgeon. Emma, a sculptress, has stayed behind, pursuing her art despite being dismissed by male critics.
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Die Wunderfrauen - Von allem nur das Beste
- Wunderfrauen-Trilogie 2
- Written by: Stephanie Schuster
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Günther
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
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Der zweite Band der Bestseller-Serie Die Wunderfrauen: Vier starke Frauen zwischen Wirtschaftswunder und Hippiezeit, zwischen Nylons und Emanzipation, zwischen Liebe und Freundschaft. Zu Beginn der 1960er Jahre stimmen die Errungenschaften der Frauenbewegung, die neuartige Pille und die vielen neuen Möglichkeiten Luise zuversichtlich, außerdem ist in ihrem kleinen Laden viel zu tun, er ist ihr ganzer Stolz. Voller Tatendrang plant sie einen Umbau - sie möchte mit der Zeit gehen und Selbstbedienung anbieten.
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Nurse Anna's War
- Written by: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Polly Edsell
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
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Brussels, April 1915. A beautiful young woman finds herself on the run from the enemy. Also being pursued is Ned Scott, a British army major who has been badly injured. The pair find themselves at a hospital run by the famous Edith Cavell, who agrees to treat the major while offering them both refuge and a false identity - she names the young girl Anna.
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Down Lambeth Way
- Adams Family, Book 1
- Written by: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
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The Adams family were poor, cheerful and, above all, respectable. There was Mrs Adams, a widow having lost her husband in the Boer War; Boots, the bright one; Tommy, the quiet one; Sammy, a wheeler dealer in the making; and Lizzy. Lizzy was a real pearl - one of the prettiest girls in Walworth. Then Lizzy falls in love it is 1914. War is coming, and everyone is going to be affected. Will the Adams family - gutsy, tough and cheeky - pull through? Down Lambeth Way is the first in Mary Jane Staples' Adams Family series. Their story continues in Our Emily.
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L'ultima patria
- Trilogia della patria 2
- Written by: Matteo Righetto
- Narrated by: Donato Sbodio
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
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È il 1898, un freddo mese di novembre. Sulle arcigne montagne tra l'altopiano di Asiago e la val Brenta, a Nevada, gli abitanti sono ormai quasi del tutto scomparsi: la maggior parte di loro, oppressa da una spaventosa povertà, ha abbandonato i luoghi d'origine per emigrare in America in cerca di fortuna. Jole ha compiuto vent'anni e cresce sempre più bella mentre la sua giovane sorella Antonia ha seguito la vocazione religiosa e ha deciso di farsi monaca.
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Die Wunderfrauen - Von allem nur das Beste
- Wunderfrauen-Trilogie 2
- Written by: Stephanie Schuster
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Günther
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
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Zu Beginn der 1960er Jahre stimmen die Errungenschaften der Frauenbewegung, die neuartige Pille und die vielen neuen Möglichkeiten Luise zuversichtlich, außerdem ist in ihrem kleinen Laden viel zu tun, er ist ihr ganzer Stolz. Voller Tatendrang plant sie einen Umbau - sie möchte mit der Zeit gehen und Selbstbedienung anbieten. Doch nicht alles klappt so, wie erhofft. Zum Glück sind ihre drei Freundinnen weiterhin an ihrer Seite: die alleinerziehende Helga, Marie, die um ihre Familie kämpft und Annabel, die endlich eine Tochter bekommt - ein Contergan-Kind. Gemeinsam merken sie.