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“tim blackburn”

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  • The Jewel Box

    How Moths Illuminate Nature's Hidden Rules

    by Tim Blackburn ...
    A plastic box with a lightbulb attached may seem like an odd birthday present. But for ecologist Tim Blackburn, a moth trap is a captivating window into the world beyond the roof terrace of his London flat. Whether gaudy or drab, rare or common, each moth ensnared by the trap is a treasure with a story to tell. In The Jewel Box, Blackburn introduces these mysterious visitors, revealing how the ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

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    The Jewel Box

    How Moths Illuminate Nature's Hidden Rules

    by Tim Blackburn ...
    Narrated by Graham Mack ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 3 min

    A plastic box with a lightbulb attached may seem like an odd birthday present. But for ecologist Tim Blackburn, a moth trap is a captivating window into the world beyond the roof terrace of his London flat. Whether gaudy or drab, rare or common, each moth ensnared by the trap is a treasure with a story to tell. In The Jewel Box, Blackburn introduces these mysterious visitors, revealing how the ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Lapidarium

    The Secret Lives of Stones

    by Hettie Judah ...
    Narrated by Nina Wadia ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 43 min

    Inspired by the lapidaries of the ancient world,this audiobook is a beautiful collection of true stories about sixty different stones that have influenced our shared historyThe earliest scientists ground and processed minerals in a centuries-long quest for a mythic stone that would prolong human life. Michelangelo climbed mountains in Tuscany searching for the sugar-white marble that would yield ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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    Our Universe

    An Astronomer’s Guide

    by Jo Dunkley ...
    Narrated by Jo Dunkley ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 25 min

    Most of us have heard of black holes and supernovas, galaxies and the Big Bang. But few of us understand more than the bare facts about the universe we call home. What is really out there? How did it all begin? Where are we going?Jo Dunkley begins in Earth's neighborhood, explaining the nature of the Solar System, the stars in our night sky, and the Milky Way. She then moves out past nearby ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Uncommon Wealth

    Britain and the Aftermath of Empire

    by Kojo Koram ...
    Narrated by Kojo Koram ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 18 min

    'BRILLIANTLY ARRANGED AND RICH WITH FRESH INSIGHTS, UNCOMMON WEALTH REMINDS US HOW THE FORGOTTEN STORIES OF EMPIRE AND DECOLONISATION CONTINUE TO IMPACT OUR DAILY LIVES IN BRITAIN - AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD - UP TO TODAY' AKALABritain didn't just put the empire back the way it had found it.In Uncommon Wealth, Kojo Koram traces the tale of how after the end of the British empire an interconnected ... Read more

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    Long Road from Jarrow

    A journey through Britain then and now

    by Stuart Maconie ...
    Narrated by Stuart Maconie ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 21 min

    Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Long Road from Jarrow, written and read by Stuart Maconie.In the autumn of 1936, some 200 men from the Tyneside town of Jarrow marched 300 miles to London in protest against the destruction of their towns and industries. Precisely 80 years on, Stuart Maconie, walks from north to south retracing the route of the emblematic ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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    That Peckham Boy

    Growing Up, Getting Out and Giving Back

    by Kenny Imafidon ...
    Narrated by Chuku Modu ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 30 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.**For fans of Poverty Safari and Skint Estate, That Peckham Boy is a real-life manifesto calling for positive change for those on the fringes of society.'When you're writing the story of your life, make sure you're holding the pen. In this life you can be whoever you want to be.'**Two days after his eighteenth birthday, Kenny Imafidon was charged with the murder of a ... Read more

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    Blue Murder

    The Rise and Fall of the Conservative Government, 2010–2024

    by Ben Riley-Smith ...
    Narrated by Ben Riley-Smith ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 17 min

    'BRILLIANT' ANDREW MARR'HAD ME OPEN-MOUTHED WITH AMAZEMENT' ED BALLS'ESSENTIAL' JON SOPEL'A GRIPPINGLY WRITTEN, DETAILED BOOK THAT ANSWERS SO MANY QUESTIONS' ISABEL HARDMAN'SUPERB' EVAN DAVISThe explosive full story of the past dozen years of Tory rule, from coalition to self-destruction; f****ully updated to include the general election.</st... ... Read more

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    A Mouth Full of Salt

    by Reem Gaafar ...
    Narrated by Afia Abusham ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 55 min

    The Nile brought them life, but the Nile was not their friend.A small farming village in North Sudan wakes up one morning to the news that a little boy has drowned. Soon after, the animals die of a mysterious illness and the date gardens catch fire and burn to the ground. The villagers whisper of a sorceress who dwells at the foot of the mountains. It is the dry season. The men have places to go, ... Read more

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    Braised Pork

    by An Yu ...
    Narrated by Vera Chok ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 15 min

    An Indies Introduce TitleA New York Times Book Review Paperback Row SelectionBeautiful, dreamlike, and utterly intoxicating, Braised Pork is the beguiling debut of an outstandingly talented young writer who is based in China but writes in EnglishOne autumn morning, Jia Jia walks into the bathroom of her lavish Beijing apartment to ... ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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    Next to Nature

    A Lifetime in the English Countryside

    by Ronald Blythe ...
    Narrated by David Holt ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 6 min

    As the celebrated author of Akenfield, Ronald Blythe, turns 100 this year, Next to Nature brings together a seasonal collection from the very best of a lifetime of writing.Ronald Blythe lives at the end of an overgrown farm track deep in the rolling countryside of the Stour Valley, on the border between Suffolk and Essex. His home is Bottengoms Farm, a sturdy yeoman's house once owned by the ... Read more

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    Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber

    The Extraordinary Life of Rose Dugdale

    by Sean O'Driscoll ...
    Narrated by Gerry O'Brien ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 36 min

    Brought to you by penguin.The astonishing story of the English heiress who devoted her life to the IRAShe grew up in a Chelsea townhouse and on a Devon estate.She was presented to the Queen at Buckingham Palace as a debutante in 1958.She trained at Oxford as an academic economist and had a love affair with a female professor (who was on the rebound from Iris Murdoch).At thirty, she comm... ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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