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Books narrated by Violet Harrington

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  • Observations of Life in Verse

    Allow yourself to be inspired by Violet Harrington's enjoyable poetry which springs from a wealth of lived experiences. From London's East End during the Blitz, to her life as a London fashion model, a wife, mother then a successful business woman in New Zealand and Australia, Violet's heartfelt poetry will strike a chord with anyone who has experienced the joys of life and love and the pains of ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Memories of an East End Child

    From a childhood in London's East End, lived in the so-called Isle of Dogs, Violet Harrington traces an early life through the worst times and in poor circumstances to becoming a fashion model. Often missing what seemed to be opportunities, she becomes a wife and mother.Her engaging yet romantic story draws us into a variegated life that lively illustrates her childhood hardships during the second ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Erna Brodber and Velma Pollard

    Folklore and Culture in Jamaica

    Series series Caribbean Studies Series
    Erna Brodber and Velma Pollard, two sister-writers born and raised in Jamaica, re-create imagined and lived homelands in their literature by commemorating the history, culture, and religion of the Caribbean. Velma Pollard was born in St. Catherine, Jamaica. By the time she was three, her parents had moved to Woodside, St. Mary, in northeast Jamaica, where her sister, Erna, was born. Even though ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Memories of an East End Child

    Autobiographical Stories

    Unabridged

    3 hours 10 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.From a childhood in London's East End, lived in the so-called Isle of Dogs, Violet Harrington traces an early life through the worst times and in poor circumstances to becoming a fashion model. Often missing what seemed to be opportunities, she becomes a wife and mother.Her engaging yet romantic story draws us into a variegated life that lively ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Observations of Life in Verse

    Unabridged

    1 hour 36 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Allow yourself to be inspired by Violet Harrington's enjoyable poetry which springs from a wealth of lived experiences. From London's East End during the Blitz, to her life as a London fashion model, a wife, mother then a successful business woman in New Zealand and Australia, Violet's heartfelt poetry will strike a chord with anyone who has ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Observations of Life in Verse

    Recited by the Poet

    Narrated by Violet Harrington ...

    Unabridged

    42 min

    Allow yourself to be inspired by Violet Harrington's enjoyable poetry which springs from a wealth of lived experiences read by this extraordinary person herself.In this special audio version, Violet reads these poems herself at almost a 100 years of age and life experience with her unmistakable and charming East End accent. This makes this recording an absolutely unique experience to listen to ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Origin of Others

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    Series Book 56 - The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures
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  • Between the River and the Road

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  • The Dead Yard

    A Story of Modern Jamaica

    by Ian Thomson ...
    Named the Dolman Travel Book of the Year, The Dead Yard paints an unforgettable portrait of modern Jamaica. Since independence, Jamaica has gradually become associated with twin images--a resort-style travel Eden for foreigners and a new kind of hell for Jamaicans, a society where gangs control the areas where most Jamaicans live and drug lords like Christopher Coke rule elites and the poor alike ... Read more

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  • In the Wake

    On Blackness and Being

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  • The Cat's Tale

    by Clare Graham ...
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