In a career spanning more than 35 years, John Simpson, the BBC's World Affairs Editor, has reported from more than 100 different countries and 30 war zones. He has twice been the Royal Television Society's Journalist of the Year.
In this compelling live recording he recalls some of the difficult and often dangerous situations he has faced as a reporter and tells the extraordinary story of how he survived a bomb attack by an American plane in Iraq.
He also talks about the famous occasion when he 'liberated' Kabul after the Afghan War and reveals why Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin
Laden both wanted to have him killed.
Author : Nigel Hamilton
Performed By : James Adams
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
12 hours 30 minutes
Type : Autobiography
Download Price : $49.95 $23.95
The Clinton presidency began disastrously and deteriorated in a series of fiascoes. How Bill Clinton faced up to his failures and refashioned himself in the White House thereafter is the focus of this hitherto unwritten story. In vivid prose, this riveting narrative charts Clinton’s dramatic... More info... |
Author : Terry Wogan
Performed By : Terry Wogan
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
2 hours 55 minutes
Type : Autobiography
Rich & Famous
Biographical
Download Price : $18.49
Terry Wogan tells the story of his journey from Irish childhood to chat show host in his own delightfully Iaconic fashion More info... |
Author : Nando Parrado
Performed By : Josh Davis and Nando Parrado
Published By : Orion Publishing Group
6 hours
Type : Autobiography
Adventurers & Explorers
Download Price : $14.25
A horendous plane crash saw many members of a top Uruguayan rugby team killed, this is the moving true story of survival against all the odds... More info... |
Author : Alan Titchmarsh
Performed By : Alan Titchmarsh
Published By : Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
2 hours
Type : Autobiography
Biographical
Comedy
Download Price : $29.61 $14.25
With the engaging charm, warm humour and down-to-earth style that has made him Britain's favourite television gardener and a popular TV presenter, Alan Titchmarsh has now written 'a touch of the memoi More info... |
Author : Paul Strathern
Performed By : Robert Whitfield
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
2 hours
Type : Biographical
Arts & Drama
Autobiography
Historical
Knowledge & Learning
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In García Márquez in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of García Márquez 's life and ideas, and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand ... More info...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography
Biographical
Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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