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    • By: Bill Bryson
    • Narrated by: Joe Jameson
    • Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 17-10-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Adapted from Mother Tongue this book by Bill Bryson tells the story of English, from the first words ever spoken to the very first dictionaries.

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    • My Indictment of the CIA in the Murder of JFK
    • By: Mark Lane
    • Narrated by: Mark Boyett
    • Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 28-11-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 98 ratings
    • The last word on the JFK assassination by the New York Times best-selling author and JFK historian.....

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    • The Story of the U.S. Navy Submarine Force in the Words of the Men Who Lived It
    • By: Edward Monroe-Jones, Michael Green
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins, Jo Anna Perrin
    • Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 22-05-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • The Silent Service in World War II tells the story of America's intrepid underwater warriors in the words of the men who lived the war in the Pacific against Japan....

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    • By: Florence Scovel Shinn
    • Narrated by: Rosemary Benson
    • Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 15-01-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • Shinn uses affirmations and success stories of her students to illustrate the power of the spoken word to attract prosperity, love, and good health....

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    • The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
    • By: Maryanne Wolf
    • Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
    • Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 26-08-08
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
    • This ambitious and provocative new book offers an impassioned look at reading....

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    • English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
    • By: John McWhorter
    • Narrated by: John McWhorter
    • Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 04-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 43 ratings
    • Language evolves with time, and so does what we consider profane or unspeakable. Nine Nasty Words is a rollicking examination of profanity, explored from every angle: historical, sociological, political, linguistic....

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    • The Untold Story of English
    • By: John McWhorter
    • Narrated by: John McWhorter
    • Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 03-11-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 79 ratings
    • A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar....

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    • By: Ralph Keyes
    • Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
    • Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 13-07-21
    • Language: English
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    • Engaging, illuminating, and authoritative, Ralph Keyes' The Hidden History of Coined Words explores the etymological underworld of terms and expressions and uncovers plenty of hidden gems....

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    • By: David Crystal
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Series: Little Histories Series
    • Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 09-08-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
    • With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant....

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    • The Invisible Library, Book 5
    • By: Genevieve Cogman
    • Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
    • Series: The Invisible Library, Book 5
    • Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 13-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 171 ratings
    • Peace talks are always tricky...especially when a key diplomat gets stabbed. This murder rudely interrupts a top-secret summit between the warring dragons and Fae, so librarian-spy Irene is summoned to investigate....

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    • On the Translation of the Bible
    • By: Dr John Barton
    • Narrated by: Neil Gardner
    • Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 03-11-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • This book examines how saints, scholars and interpreters from ancient times down to the present have produced versions of the Bible in the language of their day while remaining true to the original....

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    • A Journey Through the Stone Age and the Origins of Modern Language
    • By: Christopher Stevens
    • Narrated by: Michael Healy
    • Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 15-11-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • Half the world's population speaks a language that has evolved from a single prehistoric mother tongue....

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    • Untold Stories of the First World War
    • By: Anthony Richards
    • Narrated by: Elliot Chapman, Katy Sobey, Piers Hampton
    • Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 16-07-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
    • This gripping, revealing and poignant collection of stories tells the First World War from the perspective of those who were there, using letters, diaries and memoirs from Imperial War Museum's unparalleled archives....

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    • A Journey Through the English Language
    • By: Paul Anthony Jones
    • Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
    • Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 01-09-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • Surprising, entertaining, and illuminating, this is a must-listen for armchair travelers and word nerds. Our dictionaries are full of hidden histories, tales, and adventures from all over the world - if you know where to look....

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    • By: Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
    • Narrated by: Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
    • Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 19-08-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Grammy winning family hip-hop artist Secret Agent 23 Skidoo’s rhyme-writing workshop will get aspiring rhymers ready for the limelight....

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    • A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
    • By: Clint Smith
    • Narrated by: Clint Smith
    • Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 01-06-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 78 ratings
    • Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the listener on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks—those that are honest about the past and those that are not—that offer a story of how slavery has been central in shaping America's collective history....

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    • The Story of the Jews: When Words Fail (1492-1900)
    • By: Simon Schama
    • Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
    • Length: 36 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 12-10-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 151 ratings
    • Belonging is a magnificent cultural history abundantly alive with energy, character and colour....

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    • Courageous Kid of World War II
    • By: Debbie Vilardi, Christian Papazoglakis - illustrator
    • Narrated by: uncredited
    • Length: 25 mins
    • Release date: 01-05-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • In 1933, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rose to power in Germany. A preteen girl named Anne Frank and her family managed to hide from the Nazis for two years. During this time, Anne wrote about her experiences almost every day in her diary.

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    • Arsenal’s Greatest Moment, Told in Our Own Words
    • By: Amy Lawrence
    • Narrated by: Alan Davies, Amy Lawrence
    • Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 03-10-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 140 ratings
    • Anfield, May 26th 1989. The final day of the Division One season. The rest of football stopped to watch as perennial champions Liverpool took on rank outsiders Arsenal in a head-to-head contest for the title....

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    • The Final Word on the Ultimate Cold Case: The Search for Hitler's Body
    • By: Jean-Christophe Brisard, Lana Parshina, Shaun Whiteside
    • Narrated by: Peter Noble
    • Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 04-09-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • A dramatic and revelatory new account of the final days in Hitler's bunker, based on new access to previously unseen Soviet archives, previously unseen materials and cutting-edge forensics....

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