Robert Jobson Prince Philip's Century: The Extraordinary Life of the Duke of Edinburgh
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April – May 2021 UK
Robert Jobson
Prince Philip’s Century:
The Extraordinary Life of the Duke of Edinburgh
For decades Prince Philip shared the Queen's burden of office without
upstaging her, always privately providing reassurance and advice but never
overstepping the boundaries of his supporting role. It was an unforgiving
position – a challenge for anyone – but one that he met head on. He
remained the Queen's adviser and closest confidant and was known as such
the world over. That said, he was wise enough to recognise his limitations
and the constraints of his role. He always seemed to instinctively know when
it was time to step back and let his wife take the lead. His job was, after all,
to allow her star to shine.
Robert Jobson's magnificent biography of the Duke of Edinburgh tells the full
story of his remarkable life and achievements, and how, after his marriage
in 1947 to Princess Elizabeth, this dedicated military man spent so much of
his life dutifully supporting his wife. Though he created a role for himself as
a determined moderniser and environmental campaigner, and through the
Duke of Edinburgh Awards, encouraged young people to reach their potential,
it was perhaps his greatest achievement to have been a loyal husband and
companion, and a loving father and grandfather.
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Read by Sam Dastor
Playing Time: 12 hours 45 mins
April – May 2021
Phillipa Sage
Off-Road with Clarkson, Hammond and May:
Behind the Scenes of Their “Rock and Roll” World Tour
For over 12 years Phillipa Sage worked alongside Clarkson, Hammond and May as their PA, gofer, and fixer
where she saw the boys at their best and, hilariously, at their worst. A closet petrol head, Phillipa started working
in the motor industry on live events over 20 years ago and first worked with Jeremy Clarkson and Andy Wilman
(formerly Top Gear and now the Grand Tour's Executive Producer) in 1997. She proved to be a loyal, trusted
friend and colleague to all the presenters from back in the beginning with Tiff Needell and Quentin Wilson to
the now infamous trio of Clarkson, Hammond and May, and became a key member of what became known as
'The Bubble', the exclusive, dysfunctional working family that toured the world.
With an enormous budget, they travelled like rock stars with super cars, yachts, private jets, helicopters, and
five-star wining and dining taking their unique brand of motoring madness to 18 countries, 31 cities and to over
2 million fans in arenas and at festivals from New Zealand to Norway.
Supported by a large crew and their personal entourage, Clarkson, Hammond and May, when not performing
in their extraordinary, high octane, live action, motoring theatre, indulged in extravagant holidays. They and
their 'Bubble' family relaxed in luxury resorts or private houses entertaining themselves with pool parties,
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and drinking.
In Off-Road with Clarkson, Hammond and May, Phillipa shares the tour highs, lows and laughter of three
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incredibly talented, stupid and naughty boys.
Read by Julie Maisey
Playing Time: 9 hours
Rachel Brown with Warren Fitzgerald
Marathon Mum:
How One Woman’s Fight for Mental Health Inspired a Running Revolution
In the late 80s, our Rachel was having a boss time as a podium dancer at the Pleasuredrome, Birkenhead.
Fast forward several years and she’s married, with the kids she’s always dreamed of, but the body she’s always
dreaded. To make things worse, her husband Trevor begins to show his true controlling colours and Rachel
blames herself, spiralling into depression.
Until she discovers running.
Buzzing from her epiphany, the “Forrest Gump of the Mersey” is derided by Trevor, but catches the attention of
some local women, all struggling and vulnerable in their own ways. These disparate women persuade Rachel
to lead them in a running club, to get a bit of whatever she’s on, where they all discover more than the mere
chance to shed a few pounds in this burgeoning sisterhood.
Dealing with the dark and many faces of depression with a refreshing lightness of touch unique to this working-
class woman from the Wirral, Marathon Mum is an uplifting story of the healing to be found in community, and
the corners we can turn when we push ourselves across the line.
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Read by Julie Maisey
Playing Time: 6 hours 26 mins
Christopher Berry-Dee
A Special Place in Hell:
The World’s Most Depraved Serial Killers
Sunday Times bestselling author Christopher Berry-Dee is the man who talks to serial killers. A world-renowned
investigative criminologist, he has gained the trust of murderers across the world, entered their high security
prisons, and discussed in detail their shocking crimes.
The killers’ pursuit of horror and violence is described through the unique audiotape and videotape interviews
which Berry-Dee conducted, deep inside the bowels of some of the world’s toughest prisons.
Christopher Berry-Dee has collated these interviews into this astounding, disturbing book. Not only does he
describe his meetings with some of the world’s most evil men and women, he also reproduces, verbatim, their
very words as they describe their crimes, allowing the reader a glimpse into the inner workings of the people
who have committed the worst crime possible – to mercilessly take the life of another human being.
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Read by Simon Mattacks
Playing Time: 7 hours 8 mins
April – May 2021
Nigel Cawthorne
Assassinations That Changed the World
We live in an age of asymmetric warfare. Huge armies no longer face each other on the battlefield. Instead heads
of major powers and lone assassins (or martyrs) target each other to pursue their agendas. President Donald
Trump felt it necessary to use drones to blow away the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s Qasem Soleimani – a
mastermind of terrorism in the Middle East who threatened the lives of US troops – and President Barack Obama
felt fully justified in sending in US Navy SEALs to take out Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. This is the nature of
modern warfare. And it is only going to get worse.
When nineteen-year-old Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne,
in 1914, he triggered the First World War. Few assassinations have had such devastating consequences, but
political assassinations have always changed the world – often in ways that the assassins and their cohorts
could not have predicted.
The murder of John F. Kennedy left Lyndon B. Johnson free to escalate the war in Vietnam. However, the
assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. while not derailing the demands for African American civil rights in the
US, did lead many to abandoning his commitment to nonviolence and adopting more radical means.
In a world globalized by social media, more lone-wolf assassins seek their fifteen minutes of fame by taking out
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employing the latest surveillance technology to obliterate their leaders.
There are forty-eight assassinations that changed the world in this book.
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Rest assured that in the coming years we will see many more.
Read by David Thorpe
Playing Time: 9 hours 54 mins
Harry Harris
Red Card to Racism
The global Black Lives Matter campaign has given greater exposure to the extent and insidious nature of the
structural and systemic racism that exists in all strata of our society and has provided renewed impetus to the
urgent need to challenge and eradicate racism in all its forms and wherever it is found.
Sadly, sport has not been immune from this, especially so in the case of football. For too long, there were
attempts to hide and mitigate racist attitudes and actions within the game, but thanks to the growing profile and
visibility of black and minority ethnic (BAME) players both past and present – Viv Anderson, Cyrille Regis, Jimmy
Carter, Les Ferdinand, Pat Nevin and Ruud Gullit – to name just a few and almost three decades of education
and campaigning led by Kick It Out, attitudes have changed. However, now is not the time to be complacent
there's still a great deal left to do.
Throughout his entire journalistic career, leading sportswriter Harry Harris has championed the fight against
racism in football. Now, within these pages, he shines a timely spotlight on the Beautiful Game, revealing the
forces within football that have both helped expose and challenge racism – and, at times, sadly, hinder more
rapid positive change.
Over the years, Harris has gathered an impressively large network of contacts within the game – players,
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Red Card to Racism is not only a welcome addition to the ongoing debate surrounding ending prejudice within
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treated with equity, humanity and respect.
Playing Time: 11 hours 52 mins
Emily Herbert
Be Kind: A Tribute to Caroline Flack
Caroline Flack was the girl who had it all... beauty, talent, money, fame and a hugely successful career.
But, away from the television cameras and the fabulous parties, there hid a lonely, frightened young woman.
Caroline was already a rising star when she shot to fame as the presenter of Love Island. With her beauty and
her effervescent personality, she was perfect for the role and soon the show was drawing 6 million viewers.
Yet behind the scenes her love life was chaotic. She dated Prince Harry, Harry Styles and Russell Brand before
finding love with tennis player Lewis Burton.
Her world came crashing down on the night Lewis called 999 to report Caroline was attacking him. Police found
Caroline hysterical and the couple covered in blood.
Just as it seemed life could not be any worse Caroline was fired by ITV and barred by the courts from contacting
Lewis.
In this extraordinary and revealing book, Emily Herbert talks with friends and celebrities to reveal the heart-
breaking events, the intolerable bullying on social media, and a battle with mental health that led to the tragic
death of this much-loved woman.
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Read by Tamsin Kennard
Playing Time: 6 hours 56 mins
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