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Bad Bridget

Crime, Mayhem and the Lives of Irish Emigrant Women

by Elaine Farrell, Leanne McCormick ...

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERThe untold true stories of the generations of Irish women who saw their American dream become a nightmare – a masterpiece of social history and true crime for readers of Hallie Rubenhold’s The Five.SOON TO BE ADAPTED INTO A NETFLIX FILM STARRING ALISON OLIVER, EMILIA JONES, COLIN FARRELL, DOMHNALL GLEESON AND STEVE COOGAN**!*** * *Ireland in the nineteenth and early ... Read more

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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERThe untold true stories of the generations of Irish women who saw their American dream become a nightmare – a masterpiece of social history and true crime for readers of Hallie Rubenhold’s The Five.SOON TO BE ADAPTED INTO A NETFLIX FILM STARRING ALISON OLIVER, EMILIA JONES, COLIN FARRELL, DOMHNALL GLEESON AND STEVE COOGAN**!*** * *Ireland in the nineteenth and early
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Regulating sexuality

Women in twentieth-century Northern Ireland

by Leanne McCormick ...

This is a groundbreaking examination of the attempts to regulate female sexuality in twentieth-century Northern Ireland, which opens up new and exciting areas of a previously neglected history.A wide-ranging study, it explores the sexual experiences of women in the context of the distinctive religious, political and social circumstances of Northern Ireland during the twentieth century. The ... Read more

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This is a groundbreaking examination of the attempts to regulate female sexuality in twentieth-century Northern Ireland, which opens up new and exciting areas of a previously neglected history.A wide-ranging study, it explores the sexual experiences of women in the context of the distinctive religious, political and social circumstances of Northern Ireland during the twentieth century. The
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Bad Bridget

Crime, Mayhem and the Lives of Irish Emigrant Women

by Elaine Farrell, Leanne McCormick ...

Narrated by Tzarini Meyler ...

Unabridged

7 hours 28 min

Brought to you by Penguin.The Number 1 BestsellerIreland in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was not a good place to be a woman. Among the wave of emigrants from Ireland to North America were many, many young women who travelled on their own, hoping for a better life. Some lived lives of quiet industry and piety. Others quickly found themselves in trouble - bad trouble, and on an ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.The Number 1 BestsellerIreland in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was not a good place to be a woman. Among the wave of emigrants from Ireland to North America were many, many young women who travelled on their own, hoping for a better life. Some lived lives of quiet industry and piety. Others quickly found themselves in trouble - bad trouble, and on an
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Catland

Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World

by Kathryn Hughes ...

Narrated by Jane McDowell ...

Unabridged

12 hours 22 min

*Shortlisted for the Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize*A Times and Sunday Times Book of the YearA Wall Street Journal Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the YearA Times Literary Supplement Book of the YearA New Yorker Book of the YearSome called it a craze. To others it was a cult. Join prize-winning historian Kathryn Hughes to discover how Britain fell in love with ca... ... Read more

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*Shortlisted for the Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize*A Times and Sunday Times Book of the YearA Wall Street Journal Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the YearA Times Literary Supplement Book of the YearA New Yorker Book of the YearSome called it a craze. To others it was a cult. Join prize-winning historian Kathryn Hughes to discover how Britain fell in love with ca...
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Pure Wit

The Revolutionary Life of Margaret Cavendish

by Francesca Peacock ...

Narrated by Anna Cordell ...

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11 hours 7 min

A biography of the remarkable, and in her time scandalous, seventeenth-century writer Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle.'My ambition is not only to be Empress, but Authoress of a whole world' - Margaret CavendishMargaret Cavendish, then Lucas, was born in 1623 to an aristocratic family. In 1644, as England descended into civil war, she joined the court of the formidable Queen Henrietta ... Read more

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A biography of the remarkable, and in her time scandalous, seventeenth-century writer Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle.'My ambition is not only to be Empress, but Authoress of a whole world' - Margaret CavendishMargaret Cavendish, then Lucas, was born in 1623 to an aristocratic family. In 1644, as England descended into civil war, she joined the court of the formidable Queen Henrietta
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Monumenta

by Lara Haworth ...

Narrated by Lara Haworth ...

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3 hours 5 min

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF AUTHORS McKITTERICK PRIZE 2025A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST NEW DEBUT‘This is a party I’m glad I was invited to’ EILEEN MYLES‘Fizzing with ideas’ OBSERVER*Isn’t every family home a monument? The provocative debut novel from the award-winning author.Olga... ... Read more

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF AUTHORS McKITTERICK PRIZE 2025A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST NEW DEBUT‘This is a party I’m glad I was invited to’ EILEEN MYLES‘Fizzing with ideas’ OBSERVER*Isn’t every family home a monument? The provocative debut novel from the award-winning author.Olga...
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Birdsong in a Time of Silence

by Steven Lovatt ...

Narrated by Nicholas Khan ...

Unabridged

4 hours 32 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Birdsong in a Time of Silence is the story of a man rediscovering his passion for birdsong and nature. Narrated against the backdrop of the current pandemic, the book opens by acknowledging the new awareness of birds and birdsong that was made possible by the coincidence of spring and the experience of lockdown. Starting with a portrait of the blackbird - most prominent ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.Birdsong in a Time of Silence is the story of a man rediscovering his passion for birdsong and nature. Narrated against the backdrop of the current pandemic, the book opens by acknowledging the new awareness of birds and birdsong that was made possible by the coincidence of spring and the experience of lockdown. Starting with a portrait of the blackbird - most prominent
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The Interpreter's Daughter

A remarkable true story of feminist defiance in 19th Century Singapore

by Teresa Lim ...

Narrated by Teresa Lim ...

Unabridged

11 hours 13 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Discover one family's fascinating story in this beautiful, sweeping, multigenerational memoir, spanning 19th century south China to modern day SingaporeI would learn that when families tell stories, what they leave out re-defines what they keep in. With my family, these were not secrets intentionally withheld. Just truths too painful to confront.In the last years of her ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

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Brought to you by Penguin.Discover one family's fascinating story in this beautiful, sweeping, multigenerational memoir, spanning 19th century south China to modern day SingaporeI would learn that when families tell stories, what they leave out re-defines what they keep in. With my family, these were not secrets intentionally withheld. Just truths too painful to confront.In the last years of her
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Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber

The Extraordinary Life of Rose Dugdale

by Sean O'Driscoll ...

Narrated by Gerry O'Brien ...

Unabridged

9 hours 36 min

Brought to you by penguin.The astonishing story of the English heiress who devoted her life to the IRAShe grew up in a Chelsea townhouse and on a Devon estate.She was presented to the Queen at Buckingham Palace as a debutante in 1958.She trained at Oxford as an academic economist and had a love affair with a female professor (who was on the rebound from Iris Murdoch).At thirty, she comm... ... Read more

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Brought to you by penguin.The astonishing story of the English heiress who devoted her life to the IRAShe grew up in a Chelsea townhouse and on a Devon estate.She was presented to the Queen at Buckingham Palace as a debutante in 1958.She trained at Oxford as an academic economist and had a love affair with a female professor (who was on the rebound from Iris Murdoch).At thirty, she comm...
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Before the Light Fades

A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating' Sarah Waters

by Natasha Walter ...

Narrated by Juliet Stevenson ...

Series series Dilly's Story
Unabridged

7 hours 52 min

'A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations' SARAH WATERS'A fierce and beautiful book' EDMUND DE WAAL'Heartfelt and upfront... A grieving daughter rediscovers her mother's political past' BLAKE MORRISON, Guardian'A compelling reconstruction of her mother's life as a young anti-nuclear activist defying her suburban parents' CATHERINE TAYLOR, Financial Tim... ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

'A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations' SARAH WATERS'A fierce and beautiful book' EDMUND DE WAAL'Heartfelt and upfront... A grieving daughter rediscovers her mother's political past' BLAKE MORRISON, Guardian'A compelling reconstruction of her mother's life as a young anti-nuclear activist defying her suburban parents' CATHERINE TAYLOR, Financial Tim...
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Black Thorn

A slow-burning, multi-layered mystery about families and their secrets and lies

by Sarah Hilary ...

Narrated by Imogen Church ...

Unabridged

13 hours 53 min

From Sarah Hilary, winner of Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year and author of Fragile, this is a slow-burn psychological mystery set against the abandonment of an exclusive housing development – and devastation of the families that lived there . . .'An astonishingly gifted writer' – Marian Keyes‘Immersive, claustrophobic, unbearably tense and quite brilliant' – Ann CleevesHow much do you really ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

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From Sarah Hilary, winner of Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year and author of Fragile, this is a slow-burn psychological mystery set against the abandonment of an exclusive housing development – and devastation of the families that lived there . . .'An astonishingly gifted writer' – Marian Keyes‘Immersive, claustrophobic, unbearably tense and quite brilliant' – Ann CleevesHow much do you really
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Wayfarer

Love, loss and life on Britain’s ancient paths

by Phoebe Smith ...

Narrated by Phoebe Smith ...

Unabridged

7 hours 20 min

Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year 2025 A Financial Times best summer travel book of 2024 Travel Book of the Year at the Inspire Global Media Awards'A powerfully delicate book of love, loss and discovery, along paths of emotional understanding and physical wonder.' Raynor WinnOn an assignment to walk the most famous pilgrimage in the world – the Camino de Santiago, in ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year 2025 A Financial Times best summer travel book of 2024 Travel Book of the Year at the Inspire Global Media Awards'A powerfully delicate book of love, loss and discovery, along paths of emotional understanding and physical wonder.' Raynor WinnOn an assignment to walk the most famous pilgrimage in the world – the Camino de Santiago, in
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