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Life and Fate: The Complete Series (Dramatised)
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- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
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Kenneth Branagh stars in BBC Radio 4's ambitious eight-hour dramatisation of Life and Fate, Vasily Grossman's epic masterpiece set during the Battle of Stalingrad. This powerful work, completed in 1960, charts the fate of both a nation and a family in the turmoil of war. Its comparison of Stalinism with Nazism was considered by Soviet authorities to be so dangerous that the KGB placed the manuscript under arrest and Grossman was informed his book would not be published for at least 200 years.
Having been a household name as one of Russia's most distinguished war correspondents, Grossman died aged 58 - the banning of his book hastening the end of his life - and he would never know the fate of his masterpiece: smuggled out of the Soviet Union on microfilm, to freedom and eventual publication in the West. Today it is increasingly hailed as the most important Russian novel of the 20th century.
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When The Centurions was first published in 1960, readers were riveted by the thrilling account of soldiers fighting for survival in hostile environments. They were equally transfixed by the chilling moral question the novel posed: how to fight when the "age of heroics is over". As relevant today as it was half a century ago, The Centurions is a gripping military adventure, an extended symposium on waging war in a new global order, and an essential investigation of the ethics of counterinsurgency.
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Superbly read. Unbelievably timely
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In celebration of the 40th anniversary of its original publication, here is a new translation of the classic story of the life and loves of a poet/physician during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. Taking his family from Moscow to what he hopes will be shelter in the Ural Mountains, Zhivago finds himself instead embroiled in the battle between the Whites and the Reds. Set against this backdrop of cruelty and strife is Zhivago’s love for the tender and beautiful Lara.
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Russian Philosophical Feast
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It is Warsaw, 1939, and Elzunia is an indulged teenager who longs for a heroic life filled with romance. But the outbreak of war shatters all her dreams. As bombs fall, she meets Adam, a taciturn airman whose fate becomes entwined with hers. In despair over the occupation, Adam joins the Polish resistance, then flies bombers for the RAF.
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Swansong 1945
- A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich
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Swansong 1945 chronicles the end of Nazi Germany and World War II in Europe through hundreds of letters, diaries, and autobiographical accounts covering four days that fateful spring: Hitler's birthday on April 20, American and Soviet troops meeting at the Elbe on April 25, Hitler's suicide on April 30, and finally the German surrender on May 8.
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Important, Tragic, Poignant...
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By: Walter Kempowski, and others
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Sapphire Skies
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2000: The wreckage of a downed WWII fighter plane is discovered in the forests near Russia's Ukrainian border.The aircraft belonged to Natalya Azarova, ace pilot and pin-up girl for Soviet propaganda, but the question of her fate remains unanswered. Was she a German spy who faked her own death, as the Kremlin claims? Her lover, Valentin Orlov, now a highly-decorated general, refuses to believe it. Lily, a young Australian woman, has moved to Moscow to escape from tragedy.
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A Disturbing Disappointment
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Marthe Cohn was a young Jewish woman living just across the German border in France when Hitler rose to power. Her family sheltered Jews fleeing the Nazis, including Jewish children sent away by their terrified parents. But soon her homeland was also under Nazi rule. As the Nazi occupation escalated, Marthe's sister was arrested and sent to Auschwitz and the rest of her family was forced to flee to the south of France. Always a fighter, Marthe joined the French Army and became a member of the intelligence service of the French First Army.
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 315
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 313
Birds Without Wings is the story of a small town in Anatolia in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire told in the richly varied voices of the men and women (Armenians, Christians, and Muslims) whose lives are intertwined and rooted there: Iskander, the potter and local fount of wisdom; Philotei, the Christian girl of legendary beauty, courted almost from infancy by Ibrahim the goatherd, a great love that culminates in tragedy and madness; and many more.
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The Quiet American
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 916
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 911
Alden Pyle, an idealistic young American, is sent to Vietnam to promote democracy amidst the intrigue and violence of the French war with the Vietminh, while his friend, Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, looks on.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Terrible narrator nearly derails Greene novel.
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>i>Mosaic is compelling storytelling at its best - from the fascinating details of Polish-Jewish culture and the rivalries and dramas of family life, to its moving account of lives torn apart by war and persecution, this an extraordinary true story of a family, and of one woman's journey to reclaim her heritage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely excellent!
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Presumed Innocent
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Presumed Innocent brings to life our worst nightmare: that of an ordinary citizen facing conviction for the most terrible of crimes. Prosecutor Rusty Sabich is transformed from accuser to accused when he is handed an explosive case - that of the brutal murder of a woman who happens to be his former lover.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Book, Gripping Entertainment!
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The Cossacks
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 125
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The colorful Cossack way of life is made alive and real in this historical novel.
Tolstoy's first novel and acknowledged as one of his best, it is based on his own forays into the Caucasus, abandoning his aristocrat life of gambling and carousing in Moscow and volunteering to be attached to the regular army.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Tolstoy masterpiece is wounded by terrible audio
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New York Times bestselling author Alan Furst is widely recognized as master of the historical spy novel. Furst’s works are vivid evocations of long-forgotten heroes and feature plots that unfold to the inexorable cadence of history. Night Soldiers is a simultaneously thrilling and illuminating tale of espionage set in 1934.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Alan Furst novel!
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The Patriots
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 86
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Florence Fein grows up in Brooklyn in the 1930s, in a family that is gaining a foothold in the middle class. At City College she becomes engaged politically with the left-leaning student groups, and eventually, in the midst of the Depression, she takes a job with a trade organization that has a position for her in Moscow. There, she falls in love with another expatriate American and has a son. Soon after, Florence is sent to a work camp and her son to an orphanage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Point of View of characters, past and present collide
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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- Narrated by: Frank Muller
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,489
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,207
Paul Bäumer is just 19 years old when he and his classmates enlist. They are Germany’s Iron Youth who enter the war with high ideals and leave it disillusioned or dead. As Paul struggles with the realities of the man he has become, and the world to which he must return, he is led like a ghost of his former self into the war’s final hours. All Quiet is one of the greatest war novels of all time, an eloquent expression of the futility, hopelessness and irreparable losses of war.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My Choice for Frank Muller's Best
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The Unwomanly Face of War
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- Narrated by: Julia Emelin, Yelena Shmulenson
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 413
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In The Unwomanly Face of War, Alexievich chronicles the experiences of the Soviet women who fought on the front lines, on the home front, and in the occupied territories. These women - more than a million in total - were nurses and doctors, pilots, tank drivers, machine-gunners, and snipers. They battled alongside men, and yet, after the victory, their efforts and sacrifices were forgotten.
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5 out of 5 stars
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the best book about war I've ever read
- By Swarmy Barnacles on 10-06-17
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- The Complete BBC Radio Collection
- By: A. J. Cronin
- Narrated by: David Tennant, John Gordon Sinclair, Celia Imrie, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Original Recording
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Ready with his black bag, Dr Finlay sets out to remedy all manner of ailments suffered by his patients in the Scottish Highland town of Levenford. In this complete BBC Radio collection, we meet the surprising Dr Finlay as he is welcomed to the practise with a black eye. Over the course of these series the early years of Dr Finlay are explored, as he gets to grips with the locals in the Scottish Highland town of Levenford.
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5 out of 5 stars
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British nostalgia from a respected period writer
- By Better Reader on 11-12-21
By: A. J. Cronin
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Tales of London: Hawksmoor and Others
- Four BBC Radio 4 Dramas
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Philip Jackson, Norman Rodway, Adjoa Andoh, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
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A superb collection of dramas guaranteed to thrill and entertain from best-selling author Peter Ackroyd. Set in the heart of London, these star-studded adaptations feature parallel investigations into killings across two centuries, black magic, haunted houses, holy ghosts and a stunning performance by Simon Callow as the magnificent Charles Dickens. Novelist, biographer and critic Peter Ackroyd has cemented his place at the heart of the culture and history of London. This fantastic collection is full of vitality from a world-class author and stellar cast.
By: Peter Ackroyd
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The Captain and the Enemy
- By: Graham Greene
- Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Victor was only 12 when the Captain took him away from school to live with Liza, his girlfriend. He claimed that Victor, now reborn as Jim Smith, had been won as the result of a bet. Having reached his 20s, Jim attempts to piece together the story.
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4 out of 5 stars
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"Who is This King Kong?"
- By Mel on 07-07-12
By: Graham Greene
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The M. R. James BBC Radio Collection
- By: M. R. James
- Narrated by: Mark Gatiss, James D'Arcy, Anton Lesser, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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M. R. James was the master of the uncanny. His classic supernatural stories have haunted readers and listeners for over a century and been adapted countless times for radio, TV and film. This collection features dramatisations of 12 of his most popular stories: The Mezzotint, Casting the Runes, The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral, A Warning to the Curious, Rats, Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come To You, My Lad, The Tractate Middoth, Lost Hearts, The Rose Garden, Number 13, Martin’s Close and Count Magnus.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing Package, Should’ve Been Longer
- By Admiralu on 03-14-20
By: M. R. James
What listeners say about Life and Fate: The Complete Series (Dramatised)
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- MegaPrecious
- 11-22-22
Very well performed!
One of the most important literature of 20th century, also my favorite title of this month. Recommend to all who've read the book.
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- philippe jacob
- 09-25-23
Great
Philosophical reflections on an extermination war that was directed against ethnical groups Slavic and Jewish, a reflection on humanity and propaganda.
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- Andre
- 11-24-23
A 20th Century War and Peace
Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate is a phenomenal book on par with Tolstoy’s War and Peace. Sweeping, epic, gripping, it is not only one of the greatest Russian novels of the 20th century, but one of the greatest novels the world has produced in the last century, The realism of the dialogue and sound effects in this sumptuous BBC radio production astounded me. I’m glad activists smuggled this manuscript out of Russia in microfilm so that the world could finally read what the Russians tried so hard to suppress.
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- Dr. William Hill
- 01-20-20
Absolutely Brilliant!
I thought that this would be dry and was pleasantly suprised! The subject matter is so true to life that sometimes it is almost difficult to listen to. That said, I highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone! Maybe if we all heard this story then the world would be a beter place.
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- Timothy Blevins
- 12-13-21
Soviets gonna Soviet
Great story. Too much volume variation. English accent for Russians is just a little off.
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- Eleanor Corner
- 08-27-13
Painfully well done
I had a bit of a struggle following the thread of the story between the characters, however the narration skills of these amazing actors overcame this difficulty for the most part. As indicated in other reviews, the story is unrelentingly grim, realistic, and painful to listen to because of its adherence to accurate portrayal of individual experiences in World War II.
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- A. M.
- 02-12-22
To know the times...
To know the times of WWII you must read Vasily Grossman to understand the East and William Shirer to understand the West. Both were superb journalistic representatives of their time in history in the same way Thucydides was to his.
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- Martin Jezik Lailson
- 12-24-17
Excellent
Great radio adaptation of an equally great story
A representation of the difficulty’s of its time
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- Sam
- 01-09-24
"with the stroke of a pen"
this was a powerful story should be a required read in all school humanities. it was not easy to go through strums mother's letter without shedding a tear.
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- Trace
- 10-10-22
A labour of love
Thanks to everyone who made this wonderful and moving production that is really a labour of love
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