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The Club

Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age

by Leo Damrosch ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

15 hours 1 min

Prize-winning biographer Leo Damrosch tells the story of “the Club,” a group of extraordinary writers, artists, and thinkers who gathered weekly at a London tavernIn 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk’s Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually the group came to ... Read more

$34.95 CAD

Prize-winning biographer Leo Damrosch tells the story of “the Club,” a group of extraordinary writers, artists, and thinkers who gathered weekly at a London tavernIn 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk’s Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually the group came to
... Read more
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The Dockyard Girls

The start of a historical saga series by Tracy Baines

by Tracy Baines ...

Narrated by Catherine Harvey ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Fishers Wharf
Unabridged

10 hours 4 min

The start of a gritty, historical saga series set around the hardworking folk of Grimsby Dockyard from Tracy Baines.Can you leave the past behind and embrace the future?Great Grimsby, 1912Newlywed fisherman Alec Hardy decides to make a fresh start with his young wife Letty and move to the thriving fishing port of Grimsby in search of a brighter future.Letty is from farming stock and knows nothing ... Read more

$22.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The start of a gritty, historical saga series set around the hardworking folk of Grimsby Dockyard from Tracy Baines.Can you leave the past behind and embrace the future?Great Grimsby, 1912Newlywed fisherman Alec Hardy decides to make a fresh start with his young wife Letty and move to the thriving fishing port of Grimsby in search of a brighter future.Letty is from farming stock and knows nothing
... Read more
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The Finest Hotel in Kabul

A People's History of Afghanistan

by Lyse Doucet ...

Narrated by Lyse Doucet ...

Unabridged

13 hours 52 min

**A NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2026 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2026 RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICEThe story of a hotel. The story of a nation.**When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan’s first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to the world.More than fifty years on, the ... Read more

$39.00 CAD

**A NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2026 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2026 RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICEThe story of a hotel. The story of a nation.**When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan’s first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to the world.More than fifty years on, the
... Read more
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Agent Zigzag

A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal

by Ben Macintyre ...

Narrated by John Lee ...

Unabridged

10 hours 53 min

Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. He was also one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced. Inside the traitor was a man of loyalty; inside the villain was a hero. The problem for Chapman, his spymasters, and his lovers was to know where one persona ended and the other began.In 1941, after training as a German spy in occupied France, Chapman ... Read more

$29.95 CAD

Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. He was also one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced. Inside the traitor was a man of loyalty; inside the villain was a hero. The problem for Chapman, his spymasters, and his lovers was to know where one persona ended and the other began.In 1941, after training as a German spy in occupied France, Chapman
... Read more
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The Island at the Center of the World

The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America

by Russell Shorto ...

Narrated by Russell Shorto ...

Unabridged

14 hours 33 min

In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in riveting detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today.In the late 1960s, an archivist in the New York State Library made an astounding discovery: 12,000 pages of centuries-old correspondence, court cases, legal contracts, and reports from a ... Read more

$34.00 CAD

In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in riveting detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today.In the late 1960s, an archivist in the New York State Library made an astounding discovery: 12,000 pages of centuries-old correspondence, court cases, legal contracts, and reports from a
... Read more
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The Husband Hunters

Social Climbing in London and New York

by Anne de Courcy ...

Narrated by Clare Corbett ...

Unabridged

10 hours 41 min

Towards the end of the nineteenth century and for the first few years of the twentieth, a strange invasion took place in Britain. The citadel of power, privilege and breeding in which the titled, land-owning governing class had barricaded itself for so long was breached. The incomers were a group of young women who, fifty years earlier, would have been looked on as the alien denizens of another ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Towards the end of the nineteenth century and for the first few years of the twentieth, a strange invasion took place in Britain. The citadel of power, privilege and breeding in which the titled, land-owning governing class had barricaded itself for so long was breached. The incomers were a group of young women who, fifty years earlier, would have been looked on as the alien denizens of another
... Read more
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Rise and Fall of the Stuart Dynasty in Britain, The: The History of the Stuarts from the Tudor Era to the Glorious Revolution and the Jacobites

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Victoria Woodson ...

Unabridged

4 hours 24 min

England has more often been faced with the claims of competing kings and queens than with a period of no monarch at all. The major exception to that rule came in the 11 years between 1649 and 1660, when England was a republic. Following the disastrous reign of Charles I and the civil wars that led to his execution, Parliament and the army ruled England. England’s republican experiment started out ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

England has more often been faced with the claims of competing kings and queens than with a period of no monarch at all. The major exception to that rule came in the 11 years between 1649 and 1660, when England was a republic. Following the disastrous reign of Charles I and the civil wars that led to his execution, Parliament and the army ruled England. England’s republican experiment started out
... Read more
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Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (Ungekürzte Lesung)

by Anne Frank ...

Narrated by Fritzi Haberlandt ...

Unabridged

10 hours 33 min

"Zwischen Sonntagmorgen und jetzt scheinen Jahre zu liegen. Es ist so viel geschehen, als hätte sich plötzlich die Welt umgedreht." Für Anne Frank war ihr Tagebuch in der Enge des Verstecks Ersatz für eine Freundin und Gesprächspartnerin, Ventil für Sorgen und Unmutsausbrüche, zugleich Übungsfeld für ihre schriftstellerischen Talente. Für uns ist und bleibt es das eindringlichste und bewegendste ... Read more

$10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Zwischen Sonntagmorgen und jetzt scheinen Jahre zu liegen. Es ist so viel geschehen, als hätte sich plötzlich die Welt umgedreht." Für Anne Frank war ihr Tagebuch in der Enge des Verstecks Ersatz für eine Freundin und Gesprächspartnerin, Ventil für Sorgen und Unmutsausbrüche, zugleich Übungsfeld für ihre schriftstellerischen Talente. Für uns ist und bleibt es das eindringlichste und bewegendste
... Read more
Audiobook

Operation Mockingbird: The Controversial History of the CIA’s Efforts to Manipulate American Media Outlets

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Colin Fluxman ...

Unabridged

1 hour 51 min

Freedom of the press isn’t just a fundamental right in America but a key part of the democratic process. When the United States secured its independence against Britain in the War of Independence in 1783, there was no certainty about what the new country would look like in terms of national governance. In 1787, delegates from the various states convened in Philadelphia to draft a constitution that ... Read more

$9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Freedom of the press isn’t just a fundamental right in America but a key part of the democratic process. When the United States secured its independence against Britain in the War of Independence in 1783, there was no certainty about what the new country would look like in terms of national governance. In 1787, delegates from the various states convened in Philadelphia to draft a constitution that
... Read more
Audiobook

How to be a Victorian

by Ruth Goodman ...

Narrated by Patience Tomlinson ...

Unabridged

15 hours 1 min

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of How to be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman, read by Patience Tomlinson.How to be a Victorian - a time traveller's guide to Victorian Britain by the BBC's Ruth GoodmanWe know what life was like for Victoria and Albert. But what was it like for a commoner like you or me? How did it feel to cook with coal and wash with tea leaves? Drink beer for breakfast and ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of How to be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman, read by Patience Tomlinson.How to be a Victorian - a time traveller's guide to Victorian Britain by the BBC's Ruth GoodmanWe know what life was like for Victoria and Albert. But what was it like for a commoner like you or me? How did it feel to cook with coal and wash with tea leaves? Drink beer for breakfast and
... Read more
Audiobook

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

by Robert K. Massie ...

Narrated by Mark Deakins ...

Unabridged

23 hours 52 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “absorbing” (Los Angeles Times) biography of one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in Russian history—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs“[A] compelling portrait not just of a Russian titan, but also of a flesh-and-blood woman.”—NewsweekONE OF ESQUIRE’S BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “absorbing” (Los Angeles Times) biography of one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in Russian history—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs“[A] compelling portrait not just of a Russian titan, but also of a flesh-and-blood woman.”—NewsweekONE OF ESQUIRE’S BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL
... Read more
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The Iron Sea

How the Allies Hunted and Destroyed Hitler¿s Warships

by Simon Read ...

Narrated by Raphael Corkhill ...

Unabridged

10 hours 53 min

From the acclaimed military history author, this action-packed World War II history describes the Allies' brutal naval engagements and daring harbor raids to destroy the backbone of Hitler's surface fleet.The sea had become a mass grave by 1941 as Hitler's four capital warships -- Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Tirpitz, and Bismarck, the largest warship on the ocean -- roamed the wind-swept waves, ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

From the acclaimed military history author, this action-packed World War II history describes the Allies' brutal naval engagements and daring harbor raids to destroy the backbone of Hitler's surface fleet.The sea had become a mass grave by 1941 as Hitler's four capital warships -- Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Tirpitz, and Bismarck, the largest warship on the ocean -- roamed the wind-swept waves,
... Read more
Audiobook

Bush War Operator

Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and beyond

by A.J. Balaam ...

Narrated by Dennis Kleinman ...

Unabridged

10 hours 1 min

Anyone living in Rhodesia during the 1960s and 1970s would have had a father, husband, brother or son called up in the defense of the war-torn, landlocked little country. A few of these brave men would have been members of the elite and secretive unit that struck terror into the hearts of the ZANLA and ZIPRA guerrillas infiltrating the country at that time—the Selous Scouts.Twice decorated—with ... Read more

$33.92 CAD

Anyone living in Rhodesia during the 1960s and 1970s would have had a father, husband, brother or son called up in the defense of the war-torn, landlocked little country. A few of these brave men would have been members of the elite and secretive unit that struck terror into the hearts of the ZANLA and ZIPRA guerrillas infiltrating the country at that time—the Selous Scouts.Twice decorated—with
... Read more
Audiobook

Operation Mincemeat

How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

by Ben Macintyre ...

Narrated by John Lee ...

Unabridged

11 hours 18 min

Ben Macintyre’s Agent Zigzag was hailed as “rollicking, spellbinding” (New York Times), “wildly improbable but entirely true” (Entertainment Weekly), and, quite simply, “the best book ever written” (Boston Globe). In his new book, Operation Mincemeat, he tells an extraordinary story that will delight his legions of fans.In 1943, from a windowless basement office in London, two brilliant ... Read more

$24.00 CAD

Ben Macintyre’s Agent Zigzag was hailed as “rollicking, spellbinding” (New York Times), “wildly improbable but entirely true” (Entertainment Weekly), and, quite simply, “the best book ever written” (Boston Globe). In his new book, Operation Mincemeat, he tells an extraordinary story that will delight his legions of fans.In 1943, from a windowless basement office in London, two brilliant
... Read more
Audiobook

The Defector

The Untold Story of the KGB Agent who Exposed the CIA and Saved MI5

by Richard Kerbaj ...

Narrated by Richard Kerbaj, John Sackville ...

Unabridged

9 hours 50 min

The Defector is the untold story of how the defection of KGB agent Oleg Lyalin led to the expulsion of more than a hundred Soviet spies from Britain.At the heart of Lyalin’s story is a narrative entwined with lies, disinformation, Kremlin deception campaigns, paranoia, intelligence failures by the CIA and MI5, and a tangled love life.Unravelling amidst a Soviet mission to plant fake Kremlin ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

The Defector is the untold story of how the defection of KGB agent Oleg Lyalin led to the expulsion of more than a hundred Soviet spies from Britain.At the heart of Lyalin’s story is a narrative entwined with lies, disinformation, Kremlin deception campaigns, paranoia, intelligence failures by the CIA and MI5, and a tangled love life.Unravelling amidst a Soviet mission to plant fake Kremlin
... Read more
Audiobook

The Orientalist

Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life

by Tom Reiss ...

Narrated by Paul Michael ...

Unabridged

15 hours 57 min

Part history, part cultural biography, and part literary mystery, The Orientalist traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince and became a best-selling author in Nazi Germany.Born in 1905 to a wealthy family in the oil-boom city of Baku, at the edge of the czarist empire, Lev escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan. He found refuge in Germany, ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Part history, part cultural biography, and part literary mystery, The Orientalist traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince and became a best-selling author in Nazi Germany.Born in 1905 to a wealthy family in the oil-boom city of Baku, at the edge of the czarist empire, Lev escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan. He found refuge in Germany,
... Read more
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Road to Disaster

A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam

by Brian VanDeMark ...

Narrated by Ron Butler ...

Unabridged

23 hours 12 min

""The most thoughtful and judicious one-volume history of the war and the American political leaders who presided over the difficult and painful decisions that shaped this history. The book will stand for the foreseeable future as the best study of the tragic mistakes that led to so much suffering.""—Robert DallekMany books have been written on the tragic decisions regarding Vietnam made by the ... Read more

$57.99 CAD

""The most thoughtful and judicious one-volume history of the war and the American political leaders who presided over the difficult and painful decisions that shaped this history. The book will stand for the foreseeable future as the best study of the tragic mistakes that led to so much suffering.""—Robert DallekMany books have been written on the tragic decisions regarding Vietnam made by the
... Read more
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Now a major Guy Ritchie film: THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE

by Damien Lewis ...

Narrated by Nigel Carrington ...

Unabridged

10 hours 36 min

In the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard. So Britain's wartime leader called for the lightning development of a completely new kind of warfare, recruiting a band of eccentric free-thinking warriors to become the first 'deniable' secret operatives to strike behind enemy lines, offering these volunteers nothing ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

In the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard. So Britain's wartime leader called for the lightning development of a completely new kind of warfare, recruiting a band of eccentric free-thinking warriors to become the first 'deniable' secret operatives to strike behind enemy lines, offering these volunteers nothing
... Read more
Audiobook

Red Famine

Stalin's War on Ukraine

by Anne Applebaum ...

Narrated by Suzanne Toren ...

Unabridged

17 hours 46 min

**AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEARFrom the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag and the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtain, a revelatory history of one of Stalin's greatest crimes—the consequences of which still resonate today**In 1929 Stalin launched his policy of agricultural collectivization—in effect a second Russian revolution—which forced millions of peasants off their land ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

**AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEARFrom the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag and the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtain, a revelatory history of one of Stalin's greatest crimes—the consequences of which still resonate today**In 1929 Stalin launched his policy of agricultural collectivization—in effect a second Russian revolution—which forced millions of peasants off their land
... Read more
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Fall Out

A Year of Political Mayhem

by Tim Shipman ...

Narrated by Rupert Farley ...

Unabridged

29 hours 4 min

The unmissable inside story of the most dramatic general election campaign in modern history and Theresa May’s battle for a Brexit deal, the greatest challenge for a prime minister since the Second World War.By the bestselling author of All Out War, shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2017.This is the unmissable inside story of the most dramatic general election campaign in modern history and Theresa ... Read more

$63.99 CAD

The unmissable inside story of the most dramatic general election campaign in modern history and Theresa May’s battle for a Brexit deal, the greatest challenge for a prime minister since the Second World War.By the bestselling author of All Out War, shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2017.This is the unmissable inside story of the most dramatic general election campaign in modern history and Theresa
... Read more
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century

by Yuval Noah Harari ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

11 hours 41 min

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the world’s most innovative thinkers explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment.**“Fascinating . . . a crucial global conversation about how to take on the problems of the twenty-first century.”—The New York Times Book ReviewA FINANCIAL TIMES</... ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the world’s most innovative thinkers explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment.**“Fascinating . . . a crucial global conversation about how to take on the problems of the twenty-first century.”—The New York Times Book ReviewA FINANCIAL TIMES</...
... Read more
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The Wake

The Deadly Legacy of a Newfoundland Tsunami

by Linden MacIntrye ...

Narrated by Linden MacIntyre ...

Unabridged

10 hours 50 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLER“Fascinating, infuriating, eloquent and cautionary.” **—**PostmediaA Globe and Mail, CBC Books and Maclean’s Book of the YearIn the vein of Erik Larson’s Isaac’s Storm and Dead Wake comes an incredible true story of destruction and survival in Newfoundland by one of Canada’s best-known writersOn November 18, 1929, a tsunami struck Newfoundland’s Burin Peninsula. Giant waves up ... Read more

$15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

NATIONAL BESTSELLER“Fascinating, infuriating, eloquent and cautionary.” **—**PostmediaA Globe and Mail, CBC Books and Maclean’s Book of the YearIn the vein of Erik Larson’s Isaac’s Storm and Dead Wake comes an incredible true story of destruction and survival in Newfoundland by one of Canada’s best-known writersOn November 18, 1929, a tsunami struck Newfoundland’s Burin Peninsula. Giant waves up
... Read more
Audiobook

Oath and Honor

A Memoir and a Warning

by Liz Cheney ...

Narrated by Liz Cheney ...

Unabridged

12 hours 14 min

**AN INSTANT #1 BESTSELLERA gripping first-hand account of the January 6th, 2021, insurrection from inside the halls of Congress, from origins to aftermath, as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution—by the House Republican leader who dared to stand up to it.**In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

**AN INSTANT #1 BESTSELLERA gripping first-hand account of the January 6th, 2021, insurrection from inside the halls of Congress, from origins to aftermath, as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution—by the House Republican leader who dared to stand up to it.**In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including
... Read more
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Midnight in Chernobyl

The Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

by Adam Higginbotham ...

Narrated by Jacques Roy ...

Unabridged

13 hours 55 min

One of AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2019!A New York Times Best Book of the YearA Time Best Book of the YearA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Winner**From journalist Adam Higginbotham, the New York Times bestselling “account that reads almost like the script for a mov... ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

One of AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2019!A New York Times Best Book of the YearA Time Best Book of the YearA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Winner**From journalist Adam Higginbotham, the New York Times bestselling “account that reads almost like the script for a mov...
... Read more

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