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Why We Eat (Too Much)
- The New Science of Appetite
- By: Dr Andrew Jenkinson
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,389
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,024
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,997
For more than 20 years, Dr Andrew Jenkinson has helped thousands of people to solve their weight problems. Looking at how we eat today, in this audiobook he explores why modern nutrition has failed us. Why We Eat (Too Much) draws on the latest scientific research on appetite, anthropological insights from food habits around the world and personal stories of healthy and lasting weight loss. It is your one-stop solution to eating well and feeling more energised with no complications to your lifestyle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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interesting, convincing and clearly explained
- By Barry on 11-04-21
- Why We Eat (Too Much)
- The New Science of Appetite
- By: Dr Andrew Jenkinson
- Narrated by: John Sackville
insightful and well supported with good evidential data - convinced me
Reviewed: 19-01-20
blows up a few myths and established theory in saturated fats and other contributors to health and weight / i was shocked to learn how some historic data such as the ancell keys research report was so skewed to produce the desired result ( classic confirmation bias ) and il be checking that point that myself
i am interested in the science and. have a few pounds to shed so i feel much better about my ability to manage weight having read this book
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The Deceiver
- By: Frederick Forsyth
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,141
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,020
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,011
Sam McCready is The Deceiver, one of the Secret Intelligence Service's most unorthodox and most valued operatives, a legend in his own time. The end of the cold war has, however, strengthened the hand of the Whitehall mandarins, to whom he seems about as controllable as Genghis Khan, so Sam is to have his fate decided at a special hearing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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superb short stories
- By Brodie on 29-06-14
- The Deceiver
- By: Frederick Forsyth
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
I couldnt follow the plot at all - is this one book or parts of several stitched together ? basically
Reviewed: 06-12-19
also i think Forsyths racial stereotypes are bit last century - all the muggers are black gangs . - come on
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Masters of War
- Danny Black, Book 1
- By: Chris Ryan
- Narrated by: Jamie Parker
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,428
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,298
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,294
In Paris, an elderly man is assassinated as he takes his morning walk. In the war-torn cities of Syria, government forces wage a bloody war against their own people. The Russians are propping up the government, the French are backing one rebel fraction and the British are backing another. And in north Africa, young SAS trooper Jamie Truman is coming to the end of a gruelling tour of duty, or so he thinks. Jamie has a new mission.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well...what an intriguing 'listen'.....
- By Darren D. on 23-05-15
- Masters of War
- Danny Black, Book 1
- By: Chris Ryan
- Narrated by: Jamie Parker
in - credible and disappointing
Reviewed: 02-11-17
- no credibility to story and situations combined with poor knowledge of customs of the middle east combine with a touch racism . also rather gratuitous focus on torture and murder of women and children that might concern some . narrator tried his best and mostly ok but his arab accents are closer to moscow than damascus
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A Legacy of Spies
- By: John le Carré
- Narrated by: Tom Hollander
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,952
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,762
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,749
Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, is living out his old age on the family farmstead in Brittany when a letter summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret London and involved such characters as Alec Leamas, Jim Prideaux, George Smiley and Peter Guillam himself are to be scrutinised under disturbing criteria by a generation with no memory of the Cold War.
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5 out of 5 stars
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New life into a favourite series
- By Kindle Customer on 10-09-17
- A Legacy of Spies
- By: John le Carré
- Narrated by: Tom Hollander
sorry i just gave up - so slow
Reviewed: 23-09-17
i like the genre and can enjoy movie full of understated low tone conversion in dark and shabby smoke filled rooms but it doesn't work for me in audio - i kept falling asleep or just switched off so it became like audible wallpaper / sorry to the narrator who tried his best
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The Holocaust
- A New History
- By: Laurence Rees
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 19 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 757
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 685
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Story5 out of 5 stars 682
Laurence Rees, in his magnum opus, combines largely unpublished testimony with the latest academic research to create the first accessible and authoritative account of the Holocaust in over three decades. Rees argues that whilst hatred of the Jews was always at the epicentre of Nazi thinking - and the Holocaust was the most appalling crime in history - what happened cannot be fully understood without considering the murder of the Jews alongside other Nazi plans to kill millions of non-Jews as well.
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5 out of 5 stars
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History Repeats Itself ?
- By Nanbar3 on 10-02-17
- The Holocaust
- A New History
- By: Laurence Rees
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
painfullly compulsive
Reviewed: 11-04-17
JK is probably the best narrator in audible and i am drawn to books he covers as i find him an easy listen - he does a first class job here as did the author who's strength in assembling material is astounding . . at points i had to stop listening as the content is so dark and shows the depths of depravity to which the human mind can sink . but i also felt an obligation to get through the book as my modem sacrifice does not even scratch the surface of the suffering of millions for the sake of the deviant ideology .
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Wings on My Sleeve
- By: Eric 'Winkle' Brown
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 342
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 308
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Story5 out of 5 stars 306
The autobiography of one of the greatest pilots in history. In 1939 Eric Brown was on a University of Edinburgh exchange course in Germany, and the first he knew of the war was when the Gestapo came to arrest him. They released him, not realising he was a pilot in the RAF volunteer reserve - and the rest is history. Eric Brown joined the Fleet Air Arm and went on to be the greatest test pilot in history, flying more different aircraft types than anyone else.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great read!
- By Jay Grady on 02-07-16
- Wings on My Sleeve
- By: Eric 'Winkle' Brown
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
there must be a good story hidden here but not this book
Reviewed: 01-04-17
i think the author was a far better pilot than story teller and someone should have ghost written the autobiography or a biography for him . A man with such a good story to tell should have a better record of his achievements . There is little context no back story just a long list of planes he flew which starts to become dull despite the amazing subject - someone please re write this mans life story and do him justice .
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The Run of His Life
- The People v. O.J. Simpson
- By: Jeffrey Toobin
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 155
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 129
The definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The Run of His Life is a prodigious feat of reporting that could have been written only by the foremost legal journalist of our time. First published less than a year after the infamous verdict, Jeffrey Toobin's nonfiction masterpiece tells the whole story, from the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman to the ruthless gamesmanship behind the scenes of "the trial of the century".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling and comprehensive
- By Anonymously on 31-03-16
- The Run of His Life
- The People v. O.J. Simpson
- By: Jeffrey Toobin
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
A revelation of the US justice system at work !
Reviewed: 23-07-16
old story - and now I know what went on behind it find it even more scary the murdering scumball got off
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The Bat
- A Harry Hole Thriller, Book 1
- By: Jo Nesbø
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,269
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,693
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,677
Harry is out of his depth. Detective Harry Hole is meant to keep out of trouble. A young Norwegian girl taking a gap year in Sydney has been murdered, and Harry has been sent to Australia to assist in any way he can. He's not supposed to get too involved. When the team unearths a string of unsolved murders and disappearances, nothing will stop Harry from finding out the truth. The hunt for a serial killer is on, but the murderer will talk only to Harry. He might just be the next victim.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great introduction to Harry Hole.
- By Richard on 04-12-12
- The Bat
- A Harry Hole Thriller, Book 1
- By: Jo Nesbø
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
why all the unnecessary profanity ?
Reviewed: 23-07-16
I swear, my mum says a lot and still slaps me for it still but found the gratuitous profanity and thuggery too much here as if it was written by some one trying to imagine what its like to be working class of limited vocabulary and low education . not convincing sorry . 'kin rubbish actually
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The Verdict
- By: Nick Stone
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 21 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,359
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,244
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,244
Terry Flynt is a struggling legal clerk, desperately trying to get promoted. And then he is given the biggest opportunity of his career: to help defend a millionaire accused of murdering a woman in his hotel suite. The only problem is that the accused man, Vernon James, turns out to be not only someone he knows, but someone he loathes. This case could potentially make Terry's career, but how can he defend a former friend who betrayed him so badly?
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Verdict by Nick Stone
- By Steven on 29-01-14
- The Verdict
- By: Nick Stone
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
I think the author ran out of time ?
Reviewed: 23-07-16
altogether disappointing after all the hype. the story line was slow to build while some fairly un heroic characters were painted . It got interesting when the trial started and the Barrister Christine Deverue was a great character but then it would seem the author ran out of time and rushed the finish so summarised a lot of very relevant plot material as post trial stop press.
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Stranger Child
- DCI Tom Douglas, Book 4
- By: Rachel Abbott
- Narrated by: Lisa Coleman
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,828
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,574
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,562
One dark secret. One act of revenge. When Emma Joseph met her husband, David, he was a man shattered by grief. His first wife had been killed outright when her car veered off the road. Just as tragically, their six-year-old daughter mysteriously vanished from the scene of the accident. Now, six years later, Emma believes the painful years are behind them. She and David have built a new life together and have a beautiful baby son, Ollie.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thriller With a Human Side
- By Simon on 10-11-15
- Stranger Child
- DCI Tom Douglas, Book 4
- By: Rachel Abbott
- Narrated by: Lisa Coleman
implausible and overrated
Reviewed: 21-06-16
very weak story line and seems to have been retrospectively corrected in a few places with obviously inserted events when it became obvious to the author it did not hold together . I gave up at 75% when I lost interest due to the contrived nature of the plot .
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