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Rural Audiobooks

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    Hope – How Street Dogs Taught Me the Meaning of Life: Featuring Rodney, McMuffin and King Whacker

    by Niall Harbison ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 32 min

    Most people think I save dogs, but really they saved me.Niall Harbison is a dog hero based in Thailand. He spends his days feeding, caring for and rescuing the many street dogs he comes across. With every rescue there’s a story. Like the sweet gentle McMuffin who was found with many tumours and hours from death, only to be nursed back to health. She now lives with Niall and is a popular member of ... Read more

    $41.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Icons of England

    by Bill Bryson ...
    Narrated by David Rintoul, Barnaby Edwards, Ben Eagle, Terence Wilton, Sara Poyzer, Homer Todiwala, Leda Hodgson, Sara Novak ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 37 min

    Brought to you by PenguinThis celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refreshingly eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub signs to seaside piers, from cattle grids to canal boats, and from village ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Way of the Hermit

    My incredible 40 years living in the wilderness

    by Ken Smith ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours

    Could you leave behind the bustle of modern life and spend a lifetime immersed in nature? In The Way of the Hermit, Ken Smith recounts a life he has chosen to spend alone with the wilderness.Seventy-four-year-old Ken Smith has spent the past four decades in the Scottish Highlands. He lives alone, with no electricity or running water. His home is a log cabin nestled near Loch Treig, known as 'the ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Chicas muertas

    by Selva Almada ...
    Narrated by Luciana Falcón ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 50 min

    Una no ficción atípica que combina percepciones y recuerdos personales con la investigación de tres femicidios en el interior de la Argentina durante la década del 80 y que revelan, de modo sutil, la ferocidad del machismo y la indefensión de las mujeres pobres.«Tres adolescentes de provincia asesinadas en los años ochenta, tres muertes impunes ocurridas cuando todavía, en nuestro país, ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Getting Something to Eat in Jackson

    Race, Class, and Food in the America South

    by Joseph C. Ewoodzie, Jr. ...
    Narrated by Beresford Bennett ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 19 min

    A people-driven ethnography that portrays how race, particularly Blackness, is experienced and performed in different socioeconomic contexts in the contemporary urban American South. There once was a time when Black Americans up and down the socioeconomic ladder lived in and around the same neighborhoods. Part of this was a consequence of racially discriminatory federal, state, and city housing ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Tusind tønder land

    by Jane Smiley ...
    Narrated by Ellen Fonnesbech-Sandberg ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 28 min

    "Tusind tønder land" er amerikanske Jane Smileys baske, hjertegribende og Pulitzer-belønnede roman om gårdejeren Larry Cook og hans tre døtre.Larry er ubestridt amtets mægtigste og mest ansete mand. Hans farm, der ligger midt på tusind tønder land, blev grundlagt af Larrys oldefar, og i sit livs efterår vil Larry overdrage den smukke farm til sine tre døtre, der hver kan få sin del af jorden.De to ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

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    Australian Christmas Yarns

    Volume I

    by Mary Grant Bruce, Ian Bruce ...
    Narrated by Sarah Bacaller, Denis Daly ...
    Audiobook 1 - Mary Grant Bruce Short Story Collection

    Unabridged

    2 hours 28 min

    This collection of short stories by notable Australian author, Mary Grant Bruce (1878-1958), reflects on Australian experiences of summertime. Infused with the smells, sounds and textures of Australian life during the Christmas season, these stories also highlight the strengths and yearnings of their characters. This unique collection includes a foreword by Ian Bruce, grandson of Mary Grant Bruce, ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Going Over Home

    A Search for Rural Justice in an Unsettled Land

    by Charles Thompson, Jr. ...
    Narrated by Charles Thompson, Jr. ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 58 min

    An intimate portrait of the joys and hardships of rural life, as one man searches for community, equality, and tradition in AppalachiaCharles D. Thompson, Jr. was born in southwestern Virginia into an extended family of small farmers. Yet as he came of age he witnessed the demise of every farm in his family. Over the course of his own life of farming, rural education, organizing, and activism, the ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Norwich

    One Tiny Vermont Town's Secret to Happiness and Excellence

    by Karen Crouse ...
    Narrated by Gabra Zackman ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 36 min

    The extraordinary story of the small Vermont town that has likely produced more Olympians per capita than any other place in the country, Norwich gives “parents of young athletes a great gift—a glimpse at another way to raise accomplished and joyous competitors” (The Washington Post).In Norwich, Vermont—a charming town of organic farms and clapboard colonial buildings—a culture has taken root that ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Girl with the Silver Clasp

    A sweeping, unputdownable WWI historical novel set in Cornwall

    by Juliet Greenwood ...
    Narrated by Karen Cass ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 6 min

    'Absolutely loved it' Heidi Swain on The Ferryman's DaughterWill they find the courage to follow their dreams?St. Ives, 1916.Jess Morgan always hoped to become a celebrated silversmith, but when the men return from war she's forced to return to her job as a seamstress. All she can cling to is the memory of that delicate, unique silver clasp she created for a society bride.Rachel Bel... ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Visibility Interrupted

    Rural Queer Life and the Politics of Unbecoming

    by Carly Thomsen ...
    Narrated by Sarah Beth Pfeifer ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 12 min

    Today most LGBTQ rights supporters take for granted the virtue of being "out, loud, and proud." Most also assume that it would be terrible to be LGBTQ in a rural place. By considering moments in which queerness and rurality come into contact, Visibility Interrupted argues that both positions are wrong. In the first monograph on LGBTQ women in the rural Midwest, Carly Thomsen deconstructs the image ... Read more

    $23.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Falling for a French Dream

    Escape to the French countryside for the perfect uplifting read

    by Jennifer Bohnet ...
    Narrated by Julia Franklin ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 3 min

    Escape to hills high above the French Riviera with international bestseller Jennifer Bohnet.After tragically losing her husband, Nicola Jacques and her teenage son Oliver relocate to his father’s family's olive farm in the hills above the French Riviera.Due to a family feud, Oliver has never known his father's side of the family but Grandpapa Henri is intent that Oliver will take over the reins of ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Golden Oldies' Book Club

    The BRAND NEW feel-good novel from USA Today Bestseller Judy Leigh for 2023

    by Judy Leigh ...
    Narrated by Phyllida Nash ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 53 min

    Deep in the Somerset countryside, the Combe Pomeroy village library hosts a monthly book club.Ruth the librarian fears she’s too old to find love, but a discussion about Lady Chatterley’s Lover makes her think again.Aurora doesn’t feel seventy-two and longs to relive the excitement of her youth, while Verity is getting increasingly tired of her husband Mark’s grumpiness and wonders if their son’s ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Uncle Sam's Plantation

    How Big Government Enslaves America's Poor and What We Can Do About It

    by Star Parker ...
    Narrated by Tyra Kennedy ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 22 min

    Uncle Sam’s Plantation is an incisive look at how government manipulates, controls, and ultimately devastates the lives of the poor—and what Americans must do to stop it. Once a hustler and welfare addict who was chewed up and spit out by the ruthless welfare system, Star Parker sheds much needed light on the bungled bureaucratic attempts to end poverty and reveals the insidious deceptions ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Noble Ambitions

    The Fall and Rise of the Post-War Country House

    by Adrian Tinniswood ...
    Narrated by Roger May ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 34 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.As the sun set slowly on the British Empire in the years after the Second World War, the nation's stately homes were in crisis. Tottering under the weight of rising taxes and a growing sense that they had no place in twentieth-century Britain, hundreds of ancestral piles were dismantled and demolished. Perhaps even more surprising was the fact that so many of these great ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Uprooted

    Recovering the Legacy of the Places We've Left Behind

    by Grace Olmstead ...
    Narrated by Grace Olmstead ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 48 min

    **"A superior exploration of the consequences of the hollowing out of our agricultural heartlands."—Kirkus ReviewsIn the tradition of Wendell Berry, a young writer wrestles with what we owe the places we’ve left behind.**In the tiny farm town of Emmett, Idaho, there are two kinds of people: those who leave and those who stay. Those who leave go in search of greener pastures, better jobs, and ... Read more

    $25.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Vredens børn

    by Jeppe Aakjær ...
    Narrated by Jørgen Ask ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 7 min

    Jeppe Aakjærs barske roman "Vredens børn" om den 10-årige Per, der vokser op på landet i begyndelsen af det 20. århundrede.Selv om Per blot er et barn, er hans tilværelse hård og slidsom. Han går ikke i skole eller lever noget, der bare minder om et børneliv. I stedet arbejder Per som vogterdreng.Da Per bliver voksen, beslutter han sig for at samle landarbejderne, men det skal hurtigt vise sig at ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

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    Snowflakes Over Bay Tree Terrace

    A warm, uplifting, feel-good novel

    by Fay Keenan ...
    Narrated by Harriet Hare ...
    Audiobook 2 - Willowbury

    Unabridged

    9 hours 30 min

    As the snowflakes fall, new love blossoms...When teacher Florence Ashton receives a surprise inheritance, she decides to make the life-changing decision to up sticks to the charming town of Willowbury in Somerset. With a new house and a new job, she’s too busy putting down roots to think about love.Air Ambulance pilot Sam Ellis is definitely not looking for romance either, especially not on his ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Sunrise Over Pebble Bay

    A warm, escapist feel-good read

    by Della Galton ...
    Narrated by Nicky Diss ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 17 min

    'A lovely story about following your heart and facing difficult decisions. Heart-warming, humorous and highly recommended.' Jessica Redland Escape to Dorset and the beautiful Chesil Beach with bestselling author Della Galton.Talented, yet relatively unknown actress and celebration cake baker extraordinaire Olivia Lambert is running out of time.Approaching forty, she’s yet to land the role that ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Second Chances at Mermaids Point

    A brand new warm, escapist, feel-good read from Sarah Bennett

    by Sarah Bennett ...
    Narrated by Annabelle Indge ...
    Audiobook 2 - Mermaids Point

    Unabridged

    7 hours 38 min

    ‘Sarah Bennett is back, and better than ever!’ Rachel BurtonWhen her dreams of young love were cruelly shattered, Nerissa Morgan found it hard to move on. Now, at forty-three, everyone around her is enjoying life while she’s just going through the motions. With her boss retiring and rumours of a new doctor coming in to take over the practice she manages, change is coming, whether she’s ready for ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Forgotten

    How the People of One Pennsylvania County Elected Donald Trump and Changed America

    by Ben Bradlee Jr. ...
    Narrated by Kiff VandenHeuvel ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 16 min

    The people of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania voted Democratic for decades, until Donald Trump flipped it in 2016. What happened?Named one of the "juiciest political books to come in 2018" by Entertainment Weekly.In The Forgotten, Ben Bradlee Jr. reports on how voters in Luzerne County, a pivotal county in a crucial swing state, came to feel like strangers in their own land - marginalized by flat or ... Read more

    $51.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Quiet Zone

    Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence

    by Stephen Kurczy ...
    Narrated by Roger Wayne ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 8 min

    "Captivating." —Kirkus | "Fascinating, deeply reported, and slightly eerie." —BookPage (Starred Review) | "The Quiet Zone will live on in your memory." —Bill McKibbenA stunning portrait of an Appalachian community, the people who call it home, and the enduring human quest for quietDeep in the Appalachian Mountains lies the last truly quiet town in America. Green Bank, West Virginia, is a place at ... Read more

    $42.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Ferryman's Daughter

    The gripping new family saga of strength, family and hope for fans of Josephine Cox and Sheila Newberry

    by Juliet Greenwood ...
    Narrated by Karen Cass ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 21 min

    'I absolutely loved it. Hester is one heck of a woman!' Heidi Swain'A charming book seasoned with romance and a sprinkling of danger' Western MailCan Hester help her family escape desperate poverty and fulfil her dreams?1908: Hester always loved her mother best, her father had always been a hard man to like, spending more time (and money) in the local than with his family. After her mother's ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    You Only Live Once

    The BRAND NEW laugh-out-loud, feel-good romantic comedy from Maxine Morrey

    by Maxine Morrey ...
    Narrated by Gloria Sanders ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 18 min

    ‘Absorbing, funny and oh-so-romantic. I loved every page!'When Lily’s husband dies, she moves to the edge of a tiny village, settling into a solitary life, her only real company her brother and his family. A quiet life becomes her safe space, with no risk of getting hurt.When her brother offers her spare room to his oldest friend, Jack, Lily’s reluctant – but knowing how much she owes her family, ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial