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Underneath the Lemon Tree

A Memoir of Depression and Recovery

de Mark Rice-Oxley ...

On paper, things looked good for Mark Rice-Oxley: wife, children, fulfilling job. But then, at his 40th birthday party, his whole world crumbled as he succumbed to depression...How many men do you know who have been through periods when their lives haven't seemed right? How badly askew were things for them? Many men suffer from depression yet it is still a subject that is taboo. Men often don't ... Leer más

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On paper, things looked good for Mark Rice-Oxley: wife, children, fulfilling job. But then, at his 40th birthday party, his whole world crumbled as he succumbed to depression...How many men do you know who have been through periods when their lives haven't seemed right? How badly askew were things for them? Many men suffer from depression yet it is still a subject that is taboo. Men often don't
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Reality or Delusion

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

de Ellen Wood aka Mrs Henry Wood ...

Narrado por Mark Rice-Oxley ...

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40 minutos

Ellen Price was born on 17th January 1814 in Worcester.In 1836 she married Henry Wood, whose career in banking and shipping meant living in Dauphiné, in the South of France, for two decades. During their time there they had four children.Henry’s business collapsed and he and Ellen together with their four children returned to England and settled in Upper Norwood near London.Ellen now turned to ... Leer más

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Ellen Price was born on 17th January 1814 in Worcester.In 1836 she married Henry Wood, whose career in banking and shipping meant living in Dauphiné, in the South of France, for two decades. During their time there they had four children.Henry’s business collapsed and he and Ellen together with their four children returned to England and settled in Upper Norwood near London.Ellen now turned to
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Kit Bag, The

One of the earliest examples of serial killer fiction

de Algernon Blackwood ...

Narrado por Mark Rice-Oxley ...

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28 minutos

Algernon Blackwood was born on 14th March 1869 in Shooter’s Hill, South East London, to a religious middle-class family. His mother was a widowed Duchess and his father was a Post Office administrator.Blackwood was interested in the paranormal and the supernatural at an early age, and had a thirst for anything on Buddhism, other Oriental philosophies, mysticism and occultism. In his writings the ... Leer más

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Algernon Blackwood was born on 14th March 1869 in Shooter’s Hill, South East London, to a religious middle-class family. His mother was a widowed Duchess and his father was a Post Office administrator.Blackwood was interested in the paranormal and the supernatural at an early age, and had a thirst for anything on Buddhism, other Oriental philosophies, mysticism and occultism. In his writings the
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Crocodile, The

Legendary author of Crime & Punishment Dostoyevsky uses the absurd premise of being eaten alive by a crocodile to demonstrate societies failings.

de Fyodor Dostoyevsky ...

Narrado por Mark Rice-Oxley, Ghizela Rowe ...

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1 horas 32 minutos

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow on 11th November, 1821 to distinguished multi-ethnic parents from a Lithuanian background.His childhood years were at the family home in hospital grounds which also contained an orphanage, an insane asylum and a cemetery for criminals. The young Fyodor often disobeyed his father by talking to the ill in the hospital gardens.His health was ... Leer más

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Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow on 11th November, 1821 to distinguished multi-ethnic parents from a Lithuanian background.His childhood years were at the family home in hospital grounds which also contained an orphanage, an insane asylum and a cemetery for criminals. The young Fyodor often disobeyed his father by talking to the ill in the hospital gardens.His health was
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - Oxford Graduates

The top ten short stories of all time written by authors that went to Oxford

de Oscar Wilde, Anthony Trollope, Anthony Hope, Arthur Quiller-Couch, D K Broster, Lewis Carroll, Perceval Landon, Radclyffe Hall, Richard Harris Barham, W F Harvey ...

Narrado por Mark Rice-Oxley, David Shaw-Parker, Garard Green ...

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7 hora 27 minutos

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... Leer más

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Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will
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Gospel of Content, The

de Frederick Greenwood ...

Narrado por Mark Rice-Oxley, Ghizela Rowe ...

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52 minutos

Frederick Greenwood was born on the 25th March 1830 in Kensington, London, the eldest of eleven.His working career began at a printing house and his literary career with small pieces in periodicals of the day. In 1853 he contributed a sketch of Napoleon III to ‘The Napoleon Dynasty’ volume.His work ‘An Essay Without End’ was published by Cornhill Magazine and with it an introduction to its editor, ... Leer más

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Frederick Greenwood was born on the 25th March 1830 in Kensington, London, the eldest of eleven.His working career began at a printing house and his literary career with small pieces in periodicals of the day. In 1853 he contributed a sketch of Napoleon III to ‘The Napoleon Dynasty’ volume.His work ‘An Essay Without End’ was published by Cornhill Magazine and with it an introduction to its editor,
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Short Stories of Franz Kafka, The

Jewish master of the bizarre and creator of Kafkaesque

de Franz Kafka ...

Narrado por Richard Mitchley, Mark Rice-Oxley, Tom McLean ...

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1 horas 59 minutos

Franz Kafka was born on 3rd July 1883 in Prague, then in Bohemia, the eldest of 6, into a middle-class Jewish family.Life for the young Kafka and his passion for literature was often made an ordeal by his over-bearing and domineering entrepreneur of a father.In 1889 Kafka was sent to the Deutsche Knabenschule, an elementary school in Prague. His father would only allow him to be educated in German ... Leer más

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Franz Kafka was born on 3rd July 1883 in Prague, then in Bohemia, the eldest of 6, into a middle-class Jewish family.Life for the young Kafka and his passion for literature was often made an ordeal by his over-bearing and domineering entrepreneur of a father.In 1889 Kafka was sent to the Deutsche Knabenschule, an elementary school in Prague. His father would only allow him to be educated in German
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Snowstorm, The

Author of War & Peace, Anna Karenina and countless other classics, Russian realist Tolstoy brings a harsh look at life in Winter.

de Leo Tolstoy ...

Narrado por Mark Rice-Oxley, Ghizela Rowe ...

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1 horas 23 minutos

Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 in the Russian province of Tula to a wealthy noble family. As a child, he had private tutors but he showed little interest in any formal education. When he went to the University of Kazan in 1843 to study oriental languages and law, he left without completing his courses. Life now was relaxed and idle but with some writing also taking place. Gambling debts forced an ... Leer más

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Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 in the Russian province of Tula to a wealthy noble family. As a child, he had private tutors but he showed little interest in any formal education. When he went to the University of Kazan in 1843 to study oriental languages and law, he left without completing his courses. Life now was relaxed and idle but with some writing also taking place. Gambling debts forced an
... Leer más
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - The 20th Century - The English Men

The top ten Short Stories of all the 20th Century written by English male authors

de D H Lawrence, Algernon Blackwood, Arnold Bennett, Rudyard Kipling, Barry Pain, John Galsworthy, M R James, Richard Le Gallienne, Saki the pseudonym for H H Munro, W F Harvey, William Hope Hodgson ...

Narrado por Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley ...

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7 hora 6 minutos

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... Leer más

$19.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will
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Neglected Authors, The - Russian Men

Celebrated in their time, forgotten in ours

de Leonid Andreyev, Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev, Valery Bryusov, Vsevolod Garshin, I N Potapenko, Nikolai Schedrin, S T Semyonov, Fyodor Sologub ...

Narrado por Elliot Fitzpatrick, David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley ...

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4 hora 58 minutos

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Leer más

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Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.
... Leer más
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3 Detective Stories – Family Cases

A trio of classic detective tales perfect for a commute, walk or quiet night in

de Baroness Orczy ...

Narrado por Janet Fullerlove, Mark Rice-Oxley, Ghizela Rowe ...

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2 hora 3 minutos

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says ... Leer más

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There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says
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3 Detective Stories – The Female Author

A trio of classic detective tales perfect for a commute, walk or quiet night in

de Ethel Lina White ...

Narrado por Lisa Bowerman, Mark Rice-Oxley, Janet Fullerlove ...

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1 horas 30 minutos

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says ... Leer más

$9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says
... Leer más

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