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The Electron: A Biography

by Brian Clegg ...

Narrated by Keith Wickham ...

Unabridged

8 hours 32 min

As a fundamental particle, the electron is central to an understanding of the nature of matter.All of chemistry is dependent on the interaction of electrons on the outside of atoms. But the electron has also become increasingly central to our lives, first through the deployment of electricity and then as the essential driving force of electronics, with all its quantum subtlety. We spend our entire ... Read more

$16.99 USD

As a fundamental particle, the electron is central to an understanding of the nature of matter.All of chemistry is dependent on the interaction of electrons on the outside of atoms. But the electron has also become increasingly central to our lives, first through the deployment of electricity and then as the essential driving force of electronics, with all its quantum subtlety. We spend our entire
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The Killer Question

A Novel

by Janice Hallett ...

Narrated by Matt Bates, Rachel Dale, Sarah Durham, Joe Eyre, Keith Wickham, Harvey Quinn, Jennifer Saayeng, Ashley Tucker, Melissa Vaughan ...

Unabridged

10 hours 4 min

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERNamed a Most Anticipated Book of Fall by The New York Times, LitHub, BookBub, Goodreads, and many more!Janice Hallett, “the new queen of crime” (Electric Literature), returns with a fresh, edge-of-your-seat mystery that takes place at a pub’s weekly trivia night, revealed through quiz categories, phone messages, and email correspondence.Sue and Mal Eastwood run an i... ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERNamed a Most Anticipated Book of Fall by The New York Times, LitHub, BookBub, Goodreads, and many more!Janice Hallett, “the new queen of crime” (Electric Literature), returns with a fresh, edge-of-your-seat mystery that takes place at a pub’s weekly trivia night, revealed through quiz categories, phone messages, and email correspondence.Sue and Mal Eastwood run an i...
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The Art of the Good Life

52 Surprising Shortcuts to Happiness, Wealth, and Success

by Rolf Dobelli ...

Narrated by Keith Wickham ...

Unabridged

6 hours 6 min

From the bestselling author of The Art of Thinking Clearly, an insightful book that shares tips for making the very best of life–and maybe finding happiness along the way.A simple path to happiness doesn't exist. Rolf Dobelli, businessman and founder of the TED-style conference World Minds, has synthesized the leading thinkers and the latest science in happiness to find the best shortcuts to ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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From the bestselling author of The Art of Thinking Clearly, an insightful book that shares tips for making the very best of life–and maybe finding happiness along the way.A simple path to happiness doesn't exist. Rolf Dobelli, businessman and founder of the TED-style conference World Minds, has synthesized the leading thinkers and the latest science in happiness to find the best shortcuts to
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Shipwrecks

Disasters of the Deep Seas

by Nigel Cawthorne ...

Narrated by Keith Wickham ...

Unabridged

6 hours 14 min

Ships have been overwhelmed by huge waves, consumed by fires, broken apart, sunk by storms and driven onto uncharted rocks. They have collided with icebergs or other ships, been sunk by enemy torpedoes or gunfire, or run aground on unlit coastlines at night. Boilers have exploded. Magazines have ignited. Cargoes have shifted with catastrophic consequences and submarines have submerged never to ... Read more

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Ships have been overwhelmed by huge waves, consumed by fires, broken apart, sunk by storms and driven onto uncharted rocks. They have collided with icebergs or other ships, been sunk by enemy torpedoes or gunfire, or run aground on unlit coastlines at night. Boilers have exploded. Magazines have ignited. Cargoes have shifted with catastrophic consequences and submarines have submerged never to
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The Christmas Clue

A Novel

by Nicola Upson ...

Narrated by Keith Wickham ...

Unabridged

4 hours

“A PERFECT CHRISTMAS CRIME STORY" ― Elly GriffithsIn this festive whodunit, set in a cozy snowed-in country-house, an innocent mystery game goes horribly wrong, leaving the real-life couple who invented the game Clue to solve a real murder.It is Christmas Eve, 1943, when Anthony and Elva Pratt arrive at a snowy English country house to host a murder mystery game, but instead find themselves ... Read more

$18.99 USD

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“A PERFECT CHRISTMAS CRIME STORY" ― Elly GriffithsIn this festive whodunit, set in a cozy snowed-in country-house, an innocent mystery game goes horribly wrong, leaving the real-life couple who invented the game Clue to solve a real murder.It is Christmas Eve, 1943, when Anthony and Elva Pratt arrive at a snowy English country house to host a murder mystery game, but instead find themselves
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Behind the Brilliance

by Paul Zanon ...

Narrated by Colin Mace, Keith Wickham, Melanie Crawley, Jay Lafayette Valentine, Donna Louise Bryan ...

Unabridged

10 hours 17 min

For every success story, there's always a back story. Behind The Brilliance will shine a torch behind the superstardom, whether it be in sport, entertainment, business etc. and the journey that person has had along the way to reach that brilliance.Tales of death, destruction, terror and heartache feature in some of the biggest rollercoaster anecdotes which either happened before the fame or ran ... Read more

$16.47 USD

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For every success story, there's always a back story. Behind The Brilliance will shine a torch behind the superstardom, whether it be in sport, entertainment, business etc. and the journey that person has had along the way to reach that brilliance.Tales of death, destruction, terror and heartache feature in some of the biggest rollercoaster anecdotes which either happened before the fame or ran
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Shadow of a Lie

DS Tony Heaton's Cold Cases Book 1

by Steve Higgs ...

Narrated by Keith Wickham ...

Series Audiobook 1 - DS Tony Heaton's Cold Cases
Unabridged

7 hours 19 min

It might hide in the shadows, but the truth yearns to be seen.Plagued by the unsolvable murder that ruined his glowing career, a burnt-out detective is cruising through his final weeks until retirement.Until he is hand-picked to be part of a taskforce investigating old, unsolved murders. Hand-picked because the very killer he failed to catch is still out there.Can he finally get the closure he ... Read more

$13.99 USD

It might hide in the shadows, but the truth yearns to be seen.Plagued by the unsolvable murder that ruined his glowing career, a burnt-out detective is cruising through his final weeks until retirement.Until he is hand-picked to be part of a taskforce investigating old, unsolved murders. Hand-picked because the very killer he failed to catch is still out there.Can he finally get the closure he
... Read more
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All the Rage

Why We Feel Anger and How to Use It

by Josh Cohen ...

Narrated by Keith Wickham ...

Unabridged

7 hours 35 min

Anger is all around us, from divisive social media arguments and heightened political divides to road rage and personal spats; from Black Lives Matter and climate justice movements to Trump, incels, and white supremacists. When it materializes, it seems to cry out for recognition and response. It affects our bodies and can transition into violence. It can be inherited through the generations; it ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Anger is all around us, from divisive social media arguments and heightened political divides to road rage and personal spats; from Black Lives Matter and climate justice movements to Trump, incels, and white supremacists. When it materializes, it seems to cry out for recognition and response. It affects our bodies and can transition into violence. It can be inherited through the generations; it
... Read more
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The Ends

by Tom Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Keith Wickham ...

Unabridged

7 hours 1 min

Good behaviour goes on ice, in this darkly comic cruise to the end of the earth, with a diverse set of charactersForty-somethings Fred and Nel embark on an Arctic cruise with a pair of long-time university friends. What they haven’t counted on is the presence of a further journalist friend Heather, and her nemesis, a climate change-denying American oilman called Marvin Ridley.With a potential ... Read more

$16.99 USD

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Good behaviour goes on ice, in this darkly comic cruise to the end of the earth, with a diverse set of charactersForty-somethings Fred and Nel embark on an Arctic cruise with a pair of long-time university friends. What they haven’t counted on is the presence of a further journalist friend Heather, and her nemesis, a climate change-denying American oilman called Marvin Ridley.With a potential
... Read more

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The Truth Will Out

by Steve Higgs ...

Narrated by Keith Wickham ...

Series series DS Tony Heaton's Cold Cases
Unabridged

5 hours 58 min

How far would you go to protect a secret?For thirty years the truth has remained hidden, but the murder inquiry he deliberately sabotaged has been reopened and DS Heaton knows his partner is bright enough to figure things out.It's all or nothing now. To evade justice he must find a way to protect his secrets, but he already knows that might mean taking a life.When his web of lies begins to fall ... Read more

$16.99 USD

How far would you go to protect a secret?For thirty years the truth has remained hidden, but the murder inquiry he deliberately sabotaged has been reopened and DS Heaton knows his partner is bright enough to figure things out.It's all or nothing now. To evade justice he must find a way to protect his secrets, but he already knows that might mean taking a life.When his web of lies begins to fall
... Read more
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Brainjacking

The Science of Influence and Manipulation

by Brian Clegg ...

Narrated by Keith Wickham ...

Unabridged

8 hours 25 min

Brainjacking takes us on a journey through advertising and marketing's attempts to understand and influence our thoughts and desires, from the earliest billboards to the technologies of the future. To discover how science intersects with our desires and decisions, the book pulls together three strands that have a huge impact on our lives: advertising, how much privacy we can and should have in the ... Read more

$14.99 USD

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Brainjacking takes us on a journey through advertising and marketing's attempts to understand and influence our thoughts and desires, from the earliest billboards to the technologies of the future. To discover how science intersects with our desires and decisions, the book pulls together three strands that have a huge impact on our lives: advertising, how much privacy we can and should have in the
... Read more

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Weather Science

How Meteorology Has Gone from Folklore to High- Tech

by Brian Clegg ...

Narrated by Keith Wickham ...

Unabridged

4 hours 26 min

Everyone has an interest in the weather, whether it's to check the prospects for a day out or to know when best to harvest a crop. The Earth's weather systems also provide some of the most dramatic forces of nature, from the vast release of energy in a lightning flash to the devastating impact of tornadoes and hurricanes.For centuries, our only real guide to future weather was folklore, but with ... Read more

$13.99 USD

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Everyone has an interest in the weather, whether it's to check the prospects for a day out or to know when best to harvest a crop. The Earth's weather systems also provide some of the most dramatic forces of nature, from the vast release of energy in a lightning flash to the devastating impact of tornadoes and hurricanes.For centuries, our only real guide to future weather was folklore, but with
... Read more

Also available as: eBook