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  • In Praise of Famous Horses

    An A-Z of the Most Celebrated in History and Culture, Myth and Sport

    by Sean Magee ...
    Horses is an A-Z companion to perhaps the most loved of all domesticated animals. The book's entries include a wealth of unexpected, fascinating and serendipitous information, from horse-slang phrases to horses in British pub signs, and from the horse in advertising to the horse as a food item. Themes such as the horse in warfare and the horse in folklore abound.These features add up to a richly ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Desert Island Discs: 70 Years of Castaways

    by Sean Magee ...
    ‘For seventy years now Desert Island Discs has managed that rare feat – to be both enduring and relevant. By casting away the biggest names of the day in science, business, politics, showbiz, sport and the arts, it presents a cross-sectional snapshot of the times in which we live. As the decades have passed, the programme has kept pace; never frozen in time yet always, somehow, comfortingly the ... Read more

    $16.79 USD

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    In Praise of Famous Horses

    An A-Z of the Most Celebrated in History and Culture, Myth and Sport

    by Sean Magee ...
    Narrated by David Thorpe ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 56 min

    In Praise of Famous Horses is an A-Z companion to perhaps the most loved of all domesticated animals. From D.H. Lawrence's horse Aaron, whose hide was posthumously made into a duffel-bag, to Zippy Chippy, fabled American loser, all the horses featured in this book have their very own claim to fame. Some - among them Bucephalas, Red Rum, Champion the Wonder Horse and Rocinante - are permanent ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Desert Island Discs: 70 Years of Castaways

    by Sean Magee ...
    Narrated by Alex Jennings, Juliet Stevenson ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 10 min

    ‘For seventy years now Desert Island Discs has managed that rare feat – to be both enduring and relevant. By casting away the biggest names of the day in science, business, politics, showbiz, sport and the arts, it presents a cross-sectional snapshot of the times in which we live. As the decades have passed, the programme has kept pace; never frozen in time yet always, somehow, comfortingly the ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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    Going to Sea in a Sieve

    The Autobiography

    by Danny Baker ...
    Narrated by Danny Baker ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 51 min

    The first hilarious volume of comedy writer, journalist, radio DJ and screenwriter Danny Baker's memoir, and now the inspiration for the major BBC series CRADLE TO GRAVE, starring Peter Kay.'And what was our life like in this noisy, dangerous and polluted industrial pock-mark wedged into one of the capital's toughest neighbourhoods? It was, of course, utterly magnificent and I'd give anything to ... Read more

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    This Much is True

    'There's never been a memoir so packed with eye-popping, hilarious and candid stories' DAILY MAIL

    Narrated by Miriam Margolyes ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 7 min

    From Blackadder to Call the Midwife, from the Cadbury's Caramel Rabbit to Harry Potter, Miriam Margolyes is the outspoken great aunt (after two sherries) we all wish we had -- this is (at last) her extraordinary life story and it's well worth the wait.'There is no one on earth quite so wonderful' STEPHEN FRYAward-winning actor, creator of a myriad of memorable characters from Lady Whiteadder to ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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    Windswept & Interesting

    My Autobiography

    Narrated by Billy Connolly ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 38 min

    WINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH BOOK AWARDS AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR: NON-FICTIONThe funny, frank and full autobiography of the nation's favourite comedian.'It's the first time I've done this. Other people have written about me - or for me - but this time it's just my own life in my own words'In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy ... ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Ray Winstone

    The Biography. The Story of the Ultimate Screen Hard Man.

    by Nigel Goodall ...
    There's so much more to Ray's on-screen tough-guy image, and his path to the top has been anything but plain sailing. He was every inch the rebel in his youth and was even a London schoolboy boxing champion; but he always had an affinity for acting. Deciding to pursue his dream through drama school, he soon found himself an outsider and was expelled. But he managed to blag his way into an audition ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • A Fart In a Colander: The Autobiography

    The Autobiography

    by Roy Hudd ...
    Roy Hudd's career began in the 1950s and since then he has worked with most of the major stars of the last forty years. His career as an entertainer began as a Butlin's "Redcoat" with Cliff Richard, and since then he has worked with such greats as Tommy Cooper, Tony Hancock, Larry Grayson and Morecambe and Wise, and has become one of Britain's best-loved entertainers. "A Fart in a Colander" brings ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Parky: My Autobiography

    A Full and Funny Life

    The Sunday Times BestsellerAll Michael Parkinson really wanted to do was play cricket for Yorkshire and England. However, he soon realised that to be paid to watch films, football and cricket would be the best way to spend life, and he became a journalist.Television beckoned and for three decades Parkinson interviewed the movers and shakers of the late twentieth century, making his television ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Parky's People

    Intimate insights into 100 Legendary Encounters

    A unique memoir by Sir Michael Parkinson, reflecting on 100 of the most legendary encounters by the man who has met everyone who is someone.Sir Michael Parkinson occupies a unique place in the public consciousness. For many he is the chronicler of a generation. Through his onscreen work and his intelligent, thought provking journalism, he has introduced millions of people to the major names of ... Read more

    $5.99 USD