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His adventures in these distant and forgotten ends of the earth make compelling, often funny reading and tell a story most of us had thought was over: a tale of the last outposts in Britain's imperial career and those who keep the flag flying.
Simon Winchester was a geologist at Oxford and worked in Africa and on offshore oil rigs before becoming a full-time globetrotting correspondent and writer. He lives in New York and on a small farm in the Berkshires in Massachusetts, and is the author of New York Times bestsellers The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World , and Krakatoa .
Audio books, unlike ordinary books, are a lot more useful and time efficient in the long run. To sit down and read a book can be a very enjoyable experience but unfortunately only when time permits. A lot of us therefore find us putting aside the books for more pressing matters, with audio books however you can do both. Audio books give you the freedom to listen anywhere, just by simply putting it on a MP3 player. For most book fanatics space is a real issue and usually their houses end up looking like a library. Since audiobooks are portable and in music file format such as Mp3 or WMA the space that’s really being used up is your hard drive which takes up a minuscule amount in comparison. So for the busy individual where free time is somewhat of a luxury, audio books may just be the solution you have been looking for, a way to combine free time and work effortlessly. |
Sceptred Isle 2: The Making of the Nation - 1087-1327, ThisAuthor : Christopher LeePerformed By : Anna MasseyPublished By - BBC Audiobooks LtdDuration : 3 hoursType : Non Fiction
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History of Britain - At The Edge Of The World 3000BC - AD1603Author : Simon SchamaPerformed By : Timothy WestPublished By - BBC Audiobooks LtdDuration : 8 hoursType : British
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Eyewitness 1920 - 1929Author : VariousPerformed By : VariousPublished By - BBC Audiobooks LtdDuration : 3 hours 40 minutesType : 20th Century
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Eyewitness 1900-1909Author : Joanna BourkePerformed By : Tim Pigott-SmithPublished By - BBC Audiobooks LtdDuration : 3 hours 30 minutesType : 20th Century
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