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Brother Ray

Ray Charles' Own Story

by Ray Charles, David Ritz ...

Narrated by Andrew L. Barnes ...

Unabridged

13 hours 23 min

Ray Charles (1930–2004) led one of the most extraordinary lives of any popular musician. In Brother Ray, he reveals his life story unsparingly, from the chronicle of his musical development to his heroin addiction to his tangled romantic life.Overcoming poverty, blindness, the loss of his parents, and the pervasive racism of the era, Ray Charles was acclaimed worldwide as a genius by the age of ... Read more

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Ray Charles (1930–2004) led one of the most extraordinary lives of any popular musician. In Brother Ray, he reveals his life story unsparingly, from the chronicle of his musical development to his heroin addiction to his tangled romantic life.Overcoming poverty, blindness, the loss of his parents, and the pervasive racism of the era, Ray Charles was acclaimed worldwide as a genius by the age of
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The 4 Day Week

How the Flexible Work Revolution Can Increase Productivity, Profitability and Well-being, and Create a Sustainable Future

by Andrew Barnes ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2021In The 4 Day Week, entrepreneur and business innovator Andrew Barnes makes the case for the four-day work week as the answer to many of the ills of the 21st-century global economy.Barnes conducted an experiment in his own business, the New Zealand trust company Perpetual Guardian, and asked his staff to design a four-day week that would permit them to ... Read more

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2021In The 4 Day Week, entrepreneur and business innovator Andrew Barnes makes the case for the four-day work week as the answer to many of the ills of the 21st-century global economy.Barnes conducted an experiment in his own business, the New Zealand trust company Perpetual Guardian, and asked his staff to design a four-day week that would permit them to
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Have i ever told you about...?

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Have I Ever Told You About...? is a memoir about childhood, friendship, trouble, and the people who leave their mark on us.It begins with a boy leaving Bristol for Australia as a Ten Pound Pom, growing up through migrant hostels, poverty, violent schools and experiences that would stay buried for decades. Back in England came adolescence in Somerset, friendships, pubs, scrapes, schemes and a cast ... Read more

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Have I Ever Told You About...? is a memoir about childhood, friendship, trouble, and the people who leave their mark on us.It begins with a boy leaving Bristol for Australia as a Ten Pound Pom, growing up through migrant hostels, poverty, violent schools and experiences that would stay buried for decades. Back in England came adolescence in Somerset, friendships, pubs, scrapes, schemes and a cast
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Rare Birds & On Tick

Dodge City Chronicles, #1

by Andrew Barnes ...

Series Book 1 - Dodge City Chronicles
Renton can spot a deal anywhere. Django won't give an inch. Deggsy has a gift for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.Welcome to the Bell Hotel and the pubs of 1980s Somerset, where a quiet drink rarely stays quiet for long.In Rare Birds, several stolen greenhouses arrive with two stuffed birds among them. Renton sees an opportunity. Then someone tells him what the birds might be worth—and ... Read more

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Renton can spot a deal anywhere. Django won't give an inch. Deggsy has a gift for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.Welcome to the Bell Hotel and the pubs of 1980s Somerset, where a quiet drink rarely stays quiet for long.In Rare Birds, several stolen greenhouses arrive with two stuffed birds among them. Renton sees an opportunity. Then someone tells him what the birds might be worth—and
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The 4 Day Week

How the Flexible Work Revolution Can Increase Productivity, Profitability and Well-being, and Create a Sustainable Future

by Andrew Barnes ...

Narrated by Andrew Barnes ...

Unabridged

7 hours 16 min

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2021In The 4 Day Week, entrepreneur and business innovator Andrew Barnes makes the case for the four-day work week as the answer to many of the ills of the 21st-century global economy.Barnes conducted an experiment in his own business, the New Zealand trust company Perpetual Guardian, and asked his staff to design a four-day week that would permit them to ... Read more

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2021In The 4 Day Week, entrepreneur and business innovator Andrew Barnes makes the case for the four-day work week as the answer to many of the ills of the 21st-century global economy.Barnes conducted an experiment in his own business, the New Zealand trust company Perpetual Guardian, and asked his staff to design a four-day week that would permit them to
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Double Edition T Rex & 3 Days

Dodge City Chronicles, #3

by Andrew Barnes ...

Series Book 3 - Dodge City Chronicles
Renton sees an opportunity. Django knows he's right. Deggsy could do with another pint.Welcome back to 1980s Somerset, where pub talk, questionable schemes and clashing personalities provide fertile ground for chaos.T. Rex & 3 Days brings together two more comic crime capers from the Dodge City Chronicles.Renton is a wheeler-dealer forever chasing the next big deal. Django is twenty stone of ... Read more

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Renton sees an opportunity. Django knows he's right. Deggsy could do with another pint.Welcome back to 1980s Somerset, where pub talk, questionable schemes and clashing personalities provide fertile ground for chaos.T. Rex & 3 Days brings together two more comic crime capers from the Dodge City Chronicles.Renton is a wheeler-dealer forever chasing the next big deal. Django is twenty stone of
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Rare Birds

by Andrew Barnes ...

Crime was never supposed to be this funny.In Somerset, Renton and his mates approach crime much as they approach a night out: with plenty of enthusiasm, very little planning and an argument about who's paying.A distinctly British comedy crime caper, Rare Birds is packed with pub banter, dodgy deals and men whose confidence consistently outstrips their competence. When an unexpected find promises a ... Read more

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Crime was never supposed to be this funny.In Somerset, Renton and his mates approach crime much as they approach a night out: with plenty of enthusiasm, very little planning and an argument about who's paying.A distinctly British comedy crime caper, Rare Birds is packed with pub banter, dodgy deals and men whose confidence consistently outstrips their competence. When an unexpected find promises a
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We Look like Men of War

by William R. Forstchen ...

Narrated by Andrew L. Barnes ...

Unabridged

6 hours 10 min

“I was born a slave, as was my father before me, but I shall die a free man.” Thus begins the poignant story of Samuel Washburn, born a slave in 1850. A young master’s cruelty leads to an unforeseen confrontation, which results in Sam and his cousin fleeing the plantation for their lives. They run north to freedom, only to return south to fight for the greater cause in the Civil War. While still a ... Read more

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“I was born a slave, as was my father before me, but I shall die a free man.” Thus begins the poignant story of Samuel Washburn, born a slave in 1850. A young master’s cruelty leads to an unforeseen confrontation, which results in Sam and his cousin fleeing the plantation for their lives. They run north to freedom, only to return south to fight for the greater cause in the Civil War. While still a
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The People Could Fly

American Black Folktales

by Virginia Hamilton ...

Narrated by Andrew Barnes ...

Unabridged

3 hours 44 min

"The well-known author retells 24 black American folk tales in sure storytelling voice: animal tales, supernatural tales, fanciful and cautionary tales, and slave tales of freedom. All are beautifully readable."--(starred) School Library Journal. ... Read more

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"The well-known author retells 24 black American folk tales in sure storytelling voice: animal tales, supernatural tales, fanciful and cautionary tales, and slave tales of freedom. All are beautifully readable."--(starred) School Library Journal.
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Up From Slavery

by Booker T. Washington ...

Narrated by Andrew L. Barnes ...

Unabridged

8 hours 57 min

Up from Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton University, to his work establishing vocational schools most notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to help black people and other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, ... Read more

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Up from Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton University, to his work establishing vocational schools most notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to help black people and other disadvantaged minorities learn useful,
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Double edition Knives and Forks /Winners Cup

Dodge City Chronicles, #2

by Andrew Barnes ...

Series Book 2 - Dodge City Chronicles
Two British comic crime capers. Three clashing personalities. Plenty of reasons to stay in the pub.Return to 1980s Somerset for Knives and Forks and Winner's Cup, together in one Dodge City Chronicles double edition.Renton is always looking for the next deal. Django is twenty stone of certainty—and once he's decided he's right, good luck shifting him. Deggsy would settle for a quiet pint and a ... Read more

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Two British comic crime capers. Three clashing personalities. Plenty of reasons to stay in the pub.Return to 1980s Somerset for Knives and Forks and Winner's Cup, together in one Dodge City Chronicles double edition.Renton is always looking for the next deal. Django is twenty stone of certainty—and once he's decided he's right, good luck shifting him. Deggsy would settle for a quiet pint and a
... Read more
Known Associates

Dodge City Chronicles, #4

by Andrew Barnes ...

Series Book 4 - Dodge City Chronicles
Known Associates is a darkly comic crime story from the Dodge City Chronicles, where everyone knows everyone — although not necessarily by their real name.When retired observer Arthur Pendelton finds himself with too much time on his hands, he drifts back towards the familiar characters of Dodge. Meanwhile, a stolen Audi, a damaged briefcase, a false name and a trail of small fires begin linking ... Read more

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Known Associates is a darkly comic crime story from the Dodge City Chronicles, where everyone knows everyone — although not necessarily by their real name.When retired observer Arthur Pendelton finds himself with too much time on his hands, he drifts back towards the familiar characters of Dodge. Meanwhile, a stolen Audi, a damaged briefcase, a false name and a trail of small fires begin linking
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