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Never Again
How the West Betrayed the Jews and Itself
2025
EN
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When seen through Jewish eyes, the global future looks darker than it has for generations. Fuelled by venomous Israelophobia, violence against Jews, from Amsterdam to New York, from London to Melbourne, is back. Jews across the West are forced to hide their identities, while in the supposed safe haven of Israel they live under constant threat of rocket fire, shootings and stabbings. To make matters worse, in the United States and across Europe, digitally-fuelled nationalist chauvinism is o...
Israelophobia
The Newest Version of the Oldest Hatred and What To Do About It
2023
EN
'This is an important and necessary book by a superb and subtle writer. There's no one more qualified to write it than Jake Wallis Simons, both as ground-breaking Middle East security correspondent and Editor of the Jewish Chronicle. It analyses the often prejudiced coverage and intense scrutiny of Israel that so often veers into obsession and outright demonisation; and traces its origins from Medieval European and Stalinist antisemitism to the present day. It discusses wh...
2011
EN
This powerful, meticulously researched novel is a moving tale of one girl's struggle against a world in turmoil.In 1930s Berlin, choked by the tightening of Hitler's fist, the Klein family are gradually losing everything that is precious to them. Their fifteen-year-old daughter, Rosa, slips out of Germany on a Kindertransport train to begin a new life in England. Charged with the task of securing a safe passage for her family, she vows that she will not rest until they are safe. Bu...
- Narrated by
- Julie Teal
Unabridged
15 hours 35 min
2011
EN
In 1930s Berlin, choked by the tightening of Hitler's fist, the Klein family are gradually losing everything that is precious to them. Their fifteen-year-old daughter, Rosa, slips away on a Kindertransport train to begin a new life in England, vowing to secure a safe passage for her family. But as war breaks out and she loses contact with her parents, Rosa finds herself wondering if there are some vows that can't be kept...
Never Again
How the West Betrayed the Jews and Itself
Unabridged
9 hours 40 min
2025
EN
When seen through Jewish eyes, the global future looks darker than it has for generations. Fuelled by venomous Israelophobia, violence against Jews, from Amsterdam to New York, from London to Melbourne, is back. Jews across the West are forced to hide their identities, while in the supposed safe haven of Israel they live under constant threat of rocket fire, shootings and stabbings. To make matters worse, in the United States and across Europe, digitally-fuelled nationalist chauvinism is o...
- Narrated by
- Jake Wallis Simons
Unabridged
7 hours 53 min
2014
EN
As darkness falls on the M25, the flow of traffic comes to a halt. Time passes. More time padded. Then more. Drivers switch off their engines, then get out of their cars. And so the story begins…In this bold, state-of-the-nation novel, Jake Wallis Simons brings together characters from all walks of life and explores what happens when lives collide on the M25.
Israelophobia
The Newest Version of the Oldest Hatred and What To Do About It
Unabridged
6 hours 3 min
2023
EN
'This is an important and necessary book by a superb and subtle writer. There's no one more qualified to write it than Jake Wallis Simons, both as ground-breaking Middle East security correspondent and Editor of the Jewish Chronicle. It analyses the often prejudiced coverage and intense scrutiny of Israel that so often veers into obsession and outright demonisation; and traces its origins from Medieval European and Stalinist antisemitism to the present day. It discusses wh...
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Exam Nation
Why Our Obsession with Grades Fails Everyone – and a Better Way to Think About School
- Narrated by
- Sammy Wright
Unabridged
10 hours 1 min
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EN
**Brought to you by Penguin.Exams, grades, league tables, Ofsted reports. All of them miss the point of school and together they are undermining our whole approach to education.**What is school for? Drawing on his twenty years as a teacher, hundreds of interviews and his experience on the UK Government's Social Mobility Commission, head teacher Sammy Wright exposes the fundamental misconception at the heart of our education system. By focussing on the grades pupils get in n...
Violin of Auschwitz, The
A Novel
- Narrated by
- David Colacci
Unabridged
2 hours 52 min
2010
EN
In the winter of 1991, at a concert in Krakow, an older woman with a marvelously pitched violin meets a fellow musician who is instantly captivated by her instrument. When he asks her how she obtained it, she reveals the remarkable story behind its origin….Imprisoned at Auschwitz, the notorious concentration camp, Daniel feels his humanity slipping away. Treasured memories of the young woman he loved and the prayers that once lingered on his lips become hazier with each passing day...
How To Run Britain
The must-read manifesto for change in British politics from ITV's political editor Robert Peston
- Narrated by
- Nick BiadonRobert Peston
Unabridged
8 hours 55 min
2023
EN
THE LATEST BOOK FROM ITV'S ROBERT PESTON AND KISHAN KORIA ABOUT THE FRACTURED STATE OF BRITISH POLITICS - AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.'Excellent book that should be read by all politicians . . . The book is eminently readable and is well worth reading.' - READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I would recommend this book to any open-minded person who loves our country and wishes to see it prosper.' - READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Don't Look Back In Anger
The rise and fall of Cool Britannia, told by those who were there
Unabridged
18 hours 44 min
2019
EN
Read by Paul McGann, Louise Brealey, Tania Rodrigues, Shvorne Marks, Jot Davies, David John, Dean Williamson and Charles Armstrong. Introduced by Daniel Rachel, and featuring audio-exclusive extracts from Daniel's source interviews.The nineties was the decade when British culture reclaimed its position at the artistic centre of the world. Not since the 'Swinging Sixties' had art, comedy, fashion, film, football, literature and music interwoven into a blooming of national self-confi...
- Narrated by
- Kirsten Potter
Unabridged
9 hours
2019
EN
An ambitious novel that spans decades and continents, The Things We Cherished tells the story of Charlotte Gold and Jack Harrington, two fiercely independent attor¬neys who find themselves slowly falling for one another while working to defend the brother of a Holocaust hero against allegations of World War II-era war crimes. The defendant, wealthy financier Roger Dykmans, mysteriously refuses to help in his own defense, revealing only that proof of his innocence lies within an intricate t...











