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Get In

The Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer

by Patrick Maguire, Gabriel Pogrund ...

Unabridged

20 hours 2 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.Get In is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of Labour’s brutal reinvention and dramatic return to power under Keir Starmer.**From electoral wipeout in 2019 to landslide victory in 2024 and on into Labour’s first hundred days in government, Get In is a blistering narrative exposé of the most significant and ruthless political transformation in a generation. At its ... Read more

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**Brought to you by Penguin.Get In is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of Labour’s brutal reinvention and dramatic return to power under Keir Starmer.**From electoral wipeout in 2019 to landslide victory in 2024 and on into Labour’s first hundred days in government, Get In is a blistering narrative exposé of the most significant and ruthless political transformation in a generation. At its
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The Palestine Laboratory

How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World

by Antony Loewenstein ...

Narrated by Finlay Robertson ...

Unabridged

9 hours 59 min

** Winner of the 2023 Walkley Book Award for Non-fiction Journalism **** Shortlisted for the 2023 Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing **Israel’s military industrial complex uses the occupied, Palestinian territories as a testing ground for weaponry and surveillance technology that they then export around the world to despots and democracies. For more than 50 years, occupation of the West Bank and ... Read more

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** Winner of the 2023 Walkley Book Award for Non-fiction Journalism **** Shortlisted for the 2023 Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing **Israel’s military industrial complex uses the occupied, Palestinian territories as a testing ground for weaponry and surveillance technology that they then export around the world to despots and democracies. For more than 50 years, occupation of the West Bank and
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Odyssey

by Stephen Fry ...

Narrated by Stephen Fry ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths
Unabridged

10 hours 36 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.A Sunday Times bestsellerThe next book in Stephen Fry's acclaimed internationally bestselling Greek myths series telling the story of The Odyssey.**Sometimes the hardest journey is the way back home . . .Wily Odysseus, King of Ithaca, has won Troy for the Greeks – after a decade of brutal, bloody warfare. But now this warrior remembers he is a husband and father – and ... Read more

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**Brought to you by Penguin.A Sunday Times bestsellerThe next book in Stephen Fry's acclaimed internationally bestselling Greek myths series telling the story of The Odyssey.**Sometimes the hardest journey is the way back home . . .Wily Odysseus, King of Ithaca, has won Troy for the Greeks – after a decade of brutal, bloody warfare. But now this warrior remembers he is a husband and father – and
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Becoming

by Michelle Obama ...

Narrated by Michelle Obama ...

Unabridged

19 hours 3 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Winner of the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word AlbumWinner of the 2020 Audie Award for Autobiography/MemoirAn intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir; 17 million copies sold worldwideTHE NO. 1 BESTSELLERBRITISH BOOK AWARDS, NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARTHE SUNDAY TIMES, MEMOIR OF THE YEAR</stro... ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.Winner of the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word AlbumWinner of the 2020 Audie Award for Autobiography/MemoirAn intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir; 17 million copies sold worldwideTHE NO. 1 BESTSELLERBRITISH BOOK AWARDS, NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARTHE SUNDAY TIMES, MEMOIR OF THE YEAR</stro...
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Against the Loveless World

Winner of the Palestine Book Award

by Susan Abulhawa ...

Narrated by Susan Abulhawa ...

Unabridged

13 hours 9 min

Bloomsbury presents Against the Loveless World written and read by Susan Abulhawa.A thrilling, defiant novel' FATIMA BHUTTO'A masterpiece' MARC LAMONT HILL'Wonderful ... Shines a ray of hope into some very dark places' MICHAEL PALIN'A fearless work of imagination' AHDAF SOUEIFWinner of the Palestine Book AwardNahr has been confined to the Cube: nine square metres of glossy grey cinderblock, devoid ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Against the Loveless World written and read by Susan Abulhawa.A thrilling, defiant novel' FATIMA BHUTTO'A masterpiece' MARC LAMONT HILL'Wonderful ... Shines a ray of hope into some very dark places' MICHAEL PALIN'A fearless work of imagination' AHDAF SOUEIFWinner of the Palestine Book AwardNahr has been confined to the Cube: nine square metres of glossy grey cinderblock, devoid
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A Song for the Dark Times

The number one bestselling series that inspired BBC One’s REBUS

by Ian Rankin ...

Narrated by James Macpherson ...

Unabridged

11 hours 1 min

From the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin, comes one of the must-read books of the year: A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES'Genius ... Only great novels capture the spirit of the age. This is one of them.'THE TIMES* * * * *'He's gone...'When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it's not good news. Her husband has been missing for two day... ... Read more

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From the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin, comes one of the must-read books of the year: A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES'Genius ... Only great novels capture the spirit of the age. This is one of them.'THE TIMES* * * * *'He's gone...'When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it's not good news. Her husband has been missing for two day...
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Politics On the Edge

by Rory Stewart ...

Narrated by Rory Stewart ...

Unabridged

16 hours 20 min

The searing inside story of our broken politics from the former Cabinet minister and co-host of The Rest Is Politics.Over the course of a decade, Rory Stewart went from being a political outsider to standing for prime minister – before being sacked from a Conservative Party that he had come to barely recognise.Uncompromising, honest and darkly humorous, this is his story of the challenges, ... Read more

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The searing inside story of our broken politics from the former Cabinet minister and co-host of The Rest Is Politics.Over the course of a decade, Rory Stewart went from being a political outsider to standing for prime minister – before being sacked from a Conservative Party that he had come to barely recognise.Uncompromising, honest and darkly humorous, this is his story of the challenges,
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The Boundless Sea

A Human History of the Oceans

by David Abulafia ...

Narrated by Jonathan Keeble ...

Unabridged

41 hours 2 min

Brought to you by Penguin.WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2020From the award-winning author of The Great Sea, a magnificent new global history of the oceans and of humankind's relationship with the seaFor most of human history, the seas and oceans have been the main means of long-distance trade and communication between peoples - for the spread of ideas and religion as well as commerce. This ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2020From the award-winning author of The Great Sea, a magnificent new global history of the oceans and of humankind's relationship with the seaFor most of human history, the seas and oceans have been the main means of long-distance trade and communication between peoples - for the spread of ideas and religion as well as commerce. This
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Command

How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War

by Al Murray ...

Narrated by Al Murray ...

Unabridged

8 hours 20 min

A unique analysis of the greatest commanders who helped the allies win the Second World War, written by one of the UK's best loved comedians and commentators. He also loves history.Al Murray's passion for military history and the Second World War in particular has always run parallel with his comedy and was brought to the fore with several acclaimed and award-winning television shows and the ... Read more

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A unique analysis of the greatest commanders who helped the allies win the Second World War, written by one of the UK's best loved comedians and commentators. He also loves history.Al Murray's passion for military history and the Second World War in particular has always run parallel with his comedy and was brought to the fore with several acclaimed and award-winning television shows and the
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As Gods Among Men

A History of the Rich in the West

by Guido Alfani ...

Narrated by Peter Noble ...

Unabridged

16 hours 18 min

The rich have always fascinated, sometimes in problematic ways. Medieval thinkers feared that the super-rich would act "as gods among men"; much more recently Thomas Piketty made wealth central to discussions of inequality. In this book, Guido Alfani offers a history of the rich and super-rich in the West, examining who they were, how they accumulated their wealth, and what role they played in ... Read more

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The rich have always fascinated, sometimes in problematic ways. Medieval thinkers feared that the super-rich would act "as gods among men"; much more recently Thomas Piketty made wealth central to discussions of inequality. In this book, Guido Alfani offers a history of the rich and super-rich in the West, examining who they were, how they accumulated their wealth, and what role they played in
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The Hungry and the Fat

A bold new satire by the author of LOOK WHO'S BACK

by Timur Vermes ...

Narrated by Peter Noble ...

Unabridged

16 hours 17 min

By the author of Look Who's Back, a radical and bold satire in inequitable times.REFUGEE CAMPS IN AFRICA ARE SWELLINGAnd Europe has closed its borders. The refugees have no future, no hope, and no money to pay the vast sums now demanded by people smugglers. But what they do have is time.AND THEN AN ANGEL ARRIVES FROM REALITY T.V.When German model and star presenter Nadeche Hackenbusch comes to ... Read more

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By the author of Look Who's Back, a radical and bold satire in inequitable times.REFUGEE CAMPS IN AFRICA ARE SWELLINGAnd Europe has closed its borders. The refugees have no future, no hope, and no money to pay the vast sums now demanded by people smugglers. But what they do have is time.AND THEN AN ANGEL ARRIVES FROM REALITY T.V.When German model and star presenter Nadeche Hackenbusch comes to
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The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho

“An absolutely thrilling, throat-catching wonder of a historical novel” STEPHEN FRY

by Paterson Joseph ...

Narrated by Paterson Joseph, Malorie Blackman ...

Unabridged

10 hours 52 min

THIS AUDIOBOOK INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PATERSON JOSEPH AND MALORIE BLACKMAN, AUTHOR OF NOUGHTS AND CROSSES.PICKED FOR THE TIMES BIGGEST BOOKS FOR AUTUMN 2022'An absolutely thrilling, throat-catching wonder of a historical novel. Told with dazzling energy and brilliant panache. Hugely recommended.' STEPHEN FRY'Phenomenal! High... ... Read more

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THIS AUDIOBOOK INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PATERSON JOSEPH AND MALORIE BLACKMAN, AUTHOR OF NOUGHTS AND CROSSES.PICKED FOR THE TIMES BIGGEST BOOKS FOR AUTUMN 2022'An absolutely thrilling, throat-catching wonder of a historical novel. Told with dazzling energy and brilliant panache. Hugely recommended.' STEPHEN FRY'Phenomenal! High...
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The Gladiator (Eagles of the Empire 9)

Cato & Macro: Book 9

by Simon Scarrow ...

Narrated by Jonathan Keeble ...

Series Audiobook 9 - Eagles of the Empire
Unabridged

13 hours 31 min

THE GLADIATOR is the compelling ninth novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series. A must read for fans of Bernard Cornwell.While centurions Macro and Cato are returning to Rome from a harrowing campaign against the Parthians, their transport ship is almost capsized by a tidal wave. They barely make it to the port of Matala in Crete where they are stunned to find a devastated ... Read more

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THE GLADIATOR is the compelling ninth novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series. A must read for fans of Bernard Cornwell.While centurions Macro and Cato are returning to Rome from a harrowing campaign against the Parthians, their transport ship is almost capsized by a tidal wave. They barely make it to the port of Matala in Crete where they are stunned to find a devastated
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The Five Greatest Warriors

From the creator of No.1 Netflix thriller INTERCEPTOR

by Matthew Reilly ...

Narrated by Sean Mangan ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Jack West Series
Unabridged

12 hours 15 min

The end is approaching ... Can Jack West unravel the ancient secrets of the Five Greatest Warriors and save the world?With the end of the world fast approaching, Jack West Jnr must rebuild the final pieces of the fabled, ancient 'Machine' - the only thing that can prevent global catastrophe. But he is out of clues, out of leads ... until he is presented with an ancient text about five unnamed ... Read more

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The end is approaching ... Can Jack West unravel the ancient secrets of the Five Greatest Warriors and save the world?With the end of the world fast approaching, Jack West Jnr must rebuild the final pieces of the fabled, ancient 'Machine' - the only thing that can prevent global catastrophe. But he is out of clues, out of leads ... until he is presented with an ancient text about five unnamed
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Nexus

A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

by Yuval Noah Harari ...

Narrated by Vidish Athavale ...

Unabridged

17 hours 28 min

Brought to you by Penguin.**The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of SapiensStories** brought us together.Books spread our ideas – and our mythologies.The internet promised infinite knowledge.The algorithm learned our secrets – and then turned us against each other.What will <strong... ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.**The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of SapiensStories** brought us together.Books spread our ideas – and our mythologies.The internet promised infinite knowledge.The algorithm learned our secrets – and then turned us against each other.What will <strong...
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The Four Legendary Kingdoms

From the creator of No.1 Netflix thriller INTERCEPTOR

by Matthew Reilly ...

Narrated by Sean Mangan ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Jack West Series
Unabridged

12 hours 16 min

There are sixteen contestants, but only one will survive.The last thing Jack West Jr remembers is arriving for a meeting at a top-secret military base with his family in tow.Now he awakes to find himself in a hellish scenario. Jack has been selected to take part in the Games, a series of deadly challenges designed to fulfil an ancient ritual. If he chooses not to compete, both he and his daughter ... Read more

£19.99

There are sixteen contestants, but only one will survive.The last thing Jack West Jr remembers is arriving for a meeting at a top-secret military base with his family in tow.Now he awakes to find himself in a hellish scenario. Jack has been selected to take part in the Games, a series of deadly challenges designed to fulfil an ancient ritual. If he chooses not to compete, both he and his daughter
... Read more
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Under the Eagle (Eagles of the Empire 1)

Cato & Macro: Book 1

by Simon Scarrow ...

Narrated by David Thorpe ...

Series Audiobook 25 - Eagles of the Empire
Unabridged

12 hours 5 min

UNDER THE EAGLE is the gripping first novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling EAGLES OF THE EMPIRE series. A must read for fans of Bernard Cornwell.It is AD 42, and Quintus Licinius Cato has just arrived in Germany as a new recruit to the Second Legion, the toughest in the Roman army. If adjusting to the rigours of military life isn't difficult enough for the bookish young man, he also has to contend ... Read more

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UNDER THE EAGLE is the gripping first novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling EAGLES OF THE EMPIRE series. A must read for fans of Bernard Cornwell.It is AD 42, and Quintus Licinius Cato has just arrived in Germany as a new recruit to the Second Legion, the toughest in the Roman army. If adjusting to the rigours of military life isn't difficult enough for the bookish young man, he also has to contend
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The Three Secret Cities

From the creator of No.1 Netflix thriller INTERCEPTOR

by Matthew Reilly ...

Narrated by Sean Mangan ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Jack West Series
Unabridged

13 hours 21 min

Join one of the world's greatest adventure writers on a non-stop thrill-ride.* * * * *A SHADOW WORLD BEHIND THE REAL WORLDWhen Jack West Jr won the Great Games, he threw the four legendary kingdoms into turmoil.A WORLD WITH ITS OWN HISTORY, RULES AND PRISONSNow these dark forces are coming after Jack... in ruthless fashion.THAT IS REACHING INTO</stron... ... Read more

£19.99

Join one of the world's greatest adventure writers on a non-stop thrill-ride.* * * * *A SHADOW WORLD BEHIND THE REAL WORLDWhen Jack West Jr won the Great Games, he threw the four legendary kingdoms into turmoil.A WORLD WITH ITS OWN HISTORY, RULES AND PRISONSNow these dark forces are coming after Jack... in ruthless fashion.THAT IS REACHING INTO</stron...
... Read more
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Empireland

How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain

by Sathnam Sanghera ...

Narrated by Homer Todiwala ...

Unabridged

10 hours 16 min

Brought to you by Penguin.An Apple Best Audiobook of 2021LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2021A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'This remarkable book shines the brightest of lights into some of the darkest and most misunderstood corners of our shared history' James O'Brien_____________________________________________________In his brilliantly illuminating new bo... ... Read more

£13.99

Brought to you by Penguin.An Apple Best Audiobook of 2021LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2021A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'This remarkable book shines the brightest of lights into some of the darkest and most misunderstood corners of our shared history' James O'Brien_____________________________________________________In his brilliantly illuminating new bo...
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Erebus: The Story of a Ship

by Michael Palin ...

Narrated by Michael Palin ...

Unabridged

11 hours 5 min

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Erebus, written and read by Michael Palin.N**_______________**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERIn the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time.On the first, she ventured further south than any human had ever been. On the second, she va... ... Read more

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Erebus, written and read by Michael Palin.N**_______________**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERIn the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time.On the first, she ventured further south than any human had ever been. On the second, she va...
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Persia and Islam: The History of the Islamic Empires that have Ruled Persia Since the Middle Ages

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Victoria Woodson ...

Unabridged

5 hours 31 min

As the Persian Empire’s power makes clear, Persia has been a crucial area throughout history, and thus it has been fought over incessantly, watching empires rise and fall. For most of the past 1,400 years, Islamic powers have struggled for supremacy in the region.The split between the two forms of Islam was already in the process of forming upon the death of the Prophet Muhammad. Muhammad had ... Read more

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As the Persian Empire’s power makes clear, Persia has been a crucial area throughout history, and thus it has been fought over incessantly, watching empires rise and fall. For most of the past 1,400 years, Islamic powers have struggled for supremacy in the region.The split between the two forms of Islam was already in the process of forming upon the death of the Prophet Muhammad. Muhammad had
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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

by Ilan Pappe ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

12 hours 40 min

Renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappe's groundbreaking book revisits the formation of the State of Israel. Between 1947 and 1949, over 400 Palestinian villages were deliberately destroyed, civilians were massacred, and around a million men, women, and children were expelled from their homes at gunpoint.Denied for almost six decades, had it happened today it could only have been called "ethnic ... Read more

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Renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappe's groundbreaking book revisits the formation of the State of Israel. Between 1947 and 1949, over 400 Palestinian villages were deliberately destroyed, civilians were massacred, and around a million men, women, and children were expelled from their homes at gunpoint.Denied for almost six decades, had it happened today it could only have been called "ethnic
... Read more
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Conquest

The English Kingdom of France in the Hundred Years War

by Juliet Barker ...

Narrated by Sarah Durham ...

Unabridged

17 hours 9 min

Author of the best-selling AGINCOURT, Juliet Barker now tells the equally remarkable, but largely forgotten, story of the dramatic years when England ruled France at the point of a sword.Henry V's second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign that would put the crown of France on an English head. Only the miraculous appearance of a visionary peasant girl - Joan of Arc - would halt the ... Read more

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Author of the best-selling AGINCOURT, Juliet Barker now tells the equally remarkable, but largely forgotten, story of the dramatic years when England ruled France at the point of a sword.Henry V's second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign that would put the crown of France on an English head. Only the miraculous appearance of a visionary peasant girl - Joan of Arc - would halt the
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Peace Work

by Spike Milligan ...

Narrated by Spike Milligan ...

Series series Spike Milligan War Memoirs
Unabridged

7 hours 52 min

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Peace work, written and read by Spike Milligan.'I had not informed my parents of my return, I wanted it to be a lovely surprise; it was, for me, they were away ...'The seventh and last volume of Spike Milligan's memoirs sees our hero returning from war and Italy ... but to what? Aside from shooting large, inaccurate guns at ... Read more

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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Peace work, written and read by Spike Milligan.'I had not informed my parents of my return, I wanted it to be a lovely surprise; it was, for me, they were away ...'The seventh and last volume of Spike Milligan's memoirs sees our hero returning from war and Italy ... but to what? Aside from shooting large, inaccurate guns at
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