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Not For Turning
- By: Robin Harris
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Margaret Thatcher is one of the most iconic politicians of the 20th century. With the possible exception of Winston Churchill, no other Prime Minister has had such an impact on modern British history. Like it or not, her radical social and economic policies have made Britain the country it is today. Without Margaret Thatcher there could have been no New Labour, no Tony Blair and no David Cameron. Now Robin Harris, for many years Thatcher's speechwriter, trusted adviser, and the draftsman of two volumes of her autobiography, has written the defining book about this indomitable woman.
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Very good but unbalanced account
- By james palmer on 06-08-13
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Not For Turning
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 09-05-13
- Language: English
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Taken As Red
- How Labour Won Big and the Tories Crashed the Party
- By: Anushka Asthana
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance19
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How Labour took power and what they're doing with it 'Taken As Red stands out for its balance and the depth of its reporting' The Guardian 'Revelatory and insightful.' Tim Shipman In Taken As Red acclaimed political journalist Anushka Asthana takes us behind the scenes of the 2024 general...
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Insightful and perceptive
- By victoria daines on 16-10-24
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Taken As Red
- How Labour Won Big and the Tories Crashed the Party
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 26-09-24
- Language: English
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Ӕthelflӕd
- The Lady of the Mercians
- By: Tim Clarkson
- Narrated by: Hannah Curtis
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall31
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Performance28
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At the end of the ninth century, a large part of what is now England was controlled by the Vikings. In the early 900s, Edward led a great fight against the Viking armies, assisted by the English rulers of Mercia: Lord Æthelred and his wife Æthelflæd, who was also Edward's sister. Known to history as the Lady of the Mercians, she earned a reputation as a capable general who was feared by her enemies. In this authoritative biography, Tim Clarkson tells her remarkable life story from childhood to her vital role in saving England from the Vikings.
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When is a Queen not a Queen?
- By D. Bowring on 08-09-25
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Ӕthelflӕd
- The Lady of the Mercians
- Narrated by: Hannah Curtis
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 26-04-22
- Language: English
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Queens of the Age of Chivalry
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance17
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Medieval queens were seen as mere dynastic trophies, yet many of the Plantagenet queens of the High Middle Ages dramatically broke away from the restrictions imposed on their sex, as Alison Weir shows in this gripping group biography of England's fourteenth-century consorts. Using personal letters and wonderfully vivid sources, Alison Weir evokes the lives of five remarkable queens: Marguerite of France, Isabella of France, Philippa of Hainault, Anne of Bohemia and Isabella of Valois.
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A lot of old material
- By MABS on 14-03-23
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Queens of the Age of Chivalry
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Series: England's Medieval Queens, Book 3
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 22-02-23
- Language: English
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Five Presidents
- My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford
- By: Clint Hill, Lisa McCubbin Hill
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall72
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Performance63
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Kennedy and Me and Five Days in November comes a revealing Secret Service memoir that offers a rare behind-the-scenes view of presidential protection and life inside the White House of five US Presidents—Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon...
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Informative biography - bit on the dry side
- By Suzy on 13-10-17
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Five Presidents
- My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 03-05-16
- Language: English
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Three Times a Countess
- The Extraordinary Life and Times of Raine Spencer
- By: Tina Gaudoin
- Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall65
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Performance63
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Debutante of the year. Able politician. Femme fatale. Just some of the many labels attached to the irrepressible, controversial Raine Spencer: Countess, socialite and stepmother to Diana, Princess of Wales. But who was the real Raine? What was hidden behind the immaculately manicured public façade and her overwhelmingly negative tabloid image? From her childhood days as daughter of romantic novelist powerhouse, Barbara Cartland, to Westminster councillor and wife of Earl Spencer, Three Times a Countess recounts Raine's compelling and glamorous life.
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Interesting
- By naomi on 12-06-23
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Three Times a Countess
- The Extraordinary Life and Times of Raine Spencer
- Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 27-10-22
- Language: English
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The Greatest Traitor
- The Secret Lives of Agent George Blake
- By: Roger Hermiston
- Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall132
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Performance123
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On 3 May 1961, after a trial conducted largely in secret, a man named George Blake was sentenced to an unprecedented 42 years in jail. By his own confession he was a Soviet spy, but the reasons for such a severe punishment were never revealed. To the public, Blake was simply the greatest traitor of the Cold War. Yet his story touches not only the depths of treachery, but also the heights of heroism.
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All the detail in the right order
- By Gill Corrigan on 01-10-14
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The Greatest Traitor
- The Secret Lives of Agent George Blake
- Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 01-11-13
- Language: English
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Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
- By: Eleanor Roosevelt
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 18 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance22
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The daughter of one of New York's most influential families, niece of Theodore Roosevelt, and wife of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt witnessed some of the most remarkable decades in modern history, as America transitioned from the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, and the Depression to World War II and the Cold War. A champion of the downtrodden, Eleanor drew on her experience and used her role as First Lady to help those in need.
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Not dazzling
- By Anonymous on 24-04-18
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Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 18 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 21-10-14
- Language: English
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Melania and Me
- The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady
- By: Stephanie Winston Wolkoff
- Narrated by: Stephanie Winston Wolkoff
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall102
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Performance88
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Story87
What Melania wants, Melania gets. The former director of special events at Vogue and producer of nine legendary Met Galas, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff met Melania Knauss in 2003 and had a front row seat to the transformation of Donald Trump’s then girlfriend from a rough-cut gem to a precious...
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Compelling listening!
- By A. Dailly on 16-09-20
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Melania and Me
- The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady
- Narrated by: Stephanie Winston Wolkoff
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 09-09-20
- Language: English
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A Royal Life
- By: HRH The Duke of Kent, Hugo Vickers
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong, Gregory Cox, Hugo Vickers, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall31
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Performance28
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The insights and memories of a member of the British Royal Family - HRH The Duke of Kent in conversation with Hugo Vickers about some of the key events of his life and the Queen's reign. HRH The Duke of Kent has been at the heart of the British Royal Family throughout his life. As a working...
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Fascinating insight into Royal life.
- By Kevin Leigh on 22-05-22
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A Royal Life
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong, Gregory Cox, Hugo Vickers, Julie Teal, Richard Attlee, Sandra Duncan
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 12-05-22
- Language: English
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The Cleopatras
- Discover the powerful story of the seven queens of Ancient Egypt!
- By: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Narrated by: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance9
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'A thrilling biography, filled with the imperial ambitions and merciless intrigues' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE Cleopatra: lover, seductress, and Egypt's greatest queen. A woman more myth than history, immortalized in poetry, drama, music, art, and film. She captivated Julius Caesar and Marc Antony...
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A soap opera of a story told with flair
- By HistoryLover on 17-05-24
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The Cleopatras
- Discover the powerful story of the seven queens of Ancient Egypt!
- Narrated by: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 09-05-24
- Language: English
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Accidental First Lady
- On the Front Lines (and Behind the Scenes) of Local Politics
- By: Kerry Kriseman
- Narrated by: Kerry Kriseman
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Accidental First Lady shares Kerry Kriseman's 22-year journey as the political spouse and first lady of St. Petersburg, Florida, the state's 5th largest city. This memoir offers an insider's perspective on the evolution of local politics, revealing the resilience, faith, and tenacity required to navigate the public and private challenges of a political life.
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Accidental First Lady
- On the Front Lines (and Behind the Scenes) of Local Politics
- Narrated by: Kerry Kriseman
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 17-04-26
- Language: English
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On His Own Terms
- A Life of Nelson Rockefeller
- By: Richard Norton Smith
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 40 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE BOSTON GLOBE, BOOKLIST, AND KIRKUS REVIEWS From acclaimed historian Richard Norton Smith comes the definitive life of an American icon: Nelson Rockefeller—one of the most complex and compelling figures of the twentieth century. Fourteen...
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On His Own Terms
- A Life of Nelson Rockefeller
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 40 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 21-10-14
- Language: English
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You Never Forget Your First
- A Biography of George Washington
- By: Alexis Coe
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Alexis Coe
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN NPR CONCIERGE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “In her form-shattering and myth-crushing book….Coe examines myths with mirth, and writes history with humor… [You Never Forget Your First] is an accessible look at a president who always finishes in the first...
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You Never Forget Your First
- A Biography of George Washington
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Alexis Coe
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 04-02-20
- Language: English
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Becoming Kim Jong Un
- A Former CIA Officer's Insights into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator
- By: Jung H. Pak
- Narrated by: Jung H. Pak
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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A groundbreaking account of the rise of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un—from his nuclear ambitions to his summits with President Donald J. Trump—by a leading American expert “Shrewdly sheds light on the world’s most recognizable mysterious leader, his life and what’s really going on...
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Becoming Kim Jong Un
- A Former CIA Officer's Insights into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator
- Narrated by: Jung H. Pak
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 28-04-20
- Language: English
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Freezing Order
- A True Story of Russian Money Laundering, State-Sponsored Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
- By: Bill Browder
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall971
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Performance874
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When Browder’s young Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was beaten to death in a Moscow jail in 2009, Browder cast aside his business career and made it his life’s mission to pursue justice for Sergei. One of the first steps of that mission was to uncover who had killed Sergei and profited from the $230 million corruption scheme that he had exposed. As Browder and his team tracked the money that flowed out of Russia—through the Baltics and Cyprus and on to Western Europe and the Americas—they discovered that Vladimir Putin himself was one of the beneficiaries of the crime.
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An incredible story which we should all read!
- By MIT OrrabaN on 18-05-22
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Freezing Order
- A True Story of Russian Money Laundering, State-Sponsored Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 12-04-22
- Language: English
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The Bodyguard
- By: Lee Sansum, Howard Linskey
- Narrated by: Karl Davies
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall69
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Performance67
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This is the story of the real bodyguard, Lee Sansum, ex-Royal Military Policeman, martial arts champion, and expert in close protection. Part of Mohamed and Dodi Al-Fayed's protection team, Lee had to guard the most famous woman in the world, Princess Diana. He formed a close bond with Diana and...
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Not what I expected.
- By Andrew T. on 29-09-22
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The Bodyguard
- Narrated by: Karl Davies
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 01-09-22
- Language: English
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Calling In
- By: Loretta J Ross
- Narrated by: Loretta J Ross
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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From a pioneering Black feminist and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, this urgent and exhilarating memoir-manifesto-handbook provides bold, practical new ways to transform conflicts into connections, even with those we’re tempted to walk away from. In 1979, Loretta Ross was a single mother in...
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Calling In
- Narrated by: Loretta J Ross
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 04-02-25
- Language: English
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A Brief History of British Kings and Queens
- Brief Histories
- By: Mike Ashley
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall177
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Performance154
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Here is the whole of recorded British royal history, from the legendary King Alfred the Great onwards, including the monarchies of England, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom for over a thousand years. Fascinating portraits are expertly woven into a history of division and eventual union of the British Isles - even royals we think most familiar are revealed in a new and sometimes surprising light.This edition includes biographies of the royals of recorded British history, plus an overview of the semi-
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Jam packed full.
- By Teresa Cooper on 12-05-15
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A Brief History of British Kings and Queens
- Brief Histories
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 28-02-13
- Language: English
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Harmony
- A New Way of Looking at Our World
- By: His Majesty King Charles III when HRH The Prince of Wales
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall51
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Performance33
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A blueprint for a more balanced, sustainable world by King Charles III. This compassionate and insightful book shines a light on our new monarch’s deep interest in the world around us. Long before the phrase climate change was a universal catchphrase, our new monarch, King Charles III was...
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A wonderful book!
- By balzar on 01-02-11
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Harmony
- A New Way of Looking at Our World
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 14-10-10
- Language: English
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