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Loyal Dissent
Brief Lives of Westminster School
2016
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With origins as far back as the 14th Century, Westminster School is one of the oldest in the country with a long tradition of scholarship - and outstanding results, both in academic and public life.Over the centuries, Westminster has stood apart from other prominent schools. Firmly grounded between Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament, it has remained curiously unswayed by the influence and ethos of figures such as Thomas Arnold and the Victorian public s...
How to Save the Internet
The Threat to Global Connection in the Age of AI and Political Conflict
2025
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Nick Clegg, formerly one of Meta’s most senior executives, presents a blueprint for reforming Big Tech while preserving the essential openness of the internet‘Warns of the dangers posed to a free and open global internet by an age of autocrats and a titanic power struggle over AI’ GuardianAs democracies seek to curb the power of Big Tech, as authoritarian regimes like China and Russia isolate their populations from the internet, an...
Politics
Between the Extremes
2016
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'Beautifully written' Rory Stewart 'Compelling' Ian McEwan 'Engrossing' Alan Johnson 'Essential' Robert Peston*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*Politics has changed. For decades Britain was divided between Left and Right but united in its belief in a two-party state. Now, with nationalism resurgent and mainstream parties in turmoil, stark new divisions define the country and the centre ground is...
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- Haus Curiosities
2020
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Democracy operates on consent. That means politicians have an obligation to present and argue their causes in order to ultimately win consensus. Above all, democracy requires honesty—in facing up to challenges, acknowledging fears and dangers, and admitting the limitations of government. But democracy has its flaws, not least in the lack of efficiency in the decision-making process.Amid pressing questions about the nature and limits of democracy, both in Britain and beyond, The...
2017
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*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*Keep calm – but do not carry on. There is nothing remotely inevitable about Brexit – except that it will be deeply damaging if it happens. Extricating Britain from Europe will be the greatest challenge this country has faced since the Second World War. And as negotiations with the EU expose the promises of the Brexit campaign to have been hollow, even some Brexit-voters now wish to exercise their democratic right to chan...
How to Save the Internet
The Threat to Global Connection in the Age of AI and Political Conflict
- Narrated by
- Nick Clegg
Unabridged
9 hours 14 min
2025
EN
**Brought to you by Penguin.The global, open internet is fragmenting. How To Save the Internet outlines the global cooperation needed to reform Big Tech and preserve the internet as we know it.**As democracies aim to control Big Tech, Silicon Valley adopts an America-first agenda, and authoritarian regimes like China and Russia isolate their populations from the internet, the most powerful tool for bringing us together risks being dismantled.Nick Clegg, Meta’s forme...
- Narrated by
- Nick Clegg
Unabridged
3 hours 4 min
2017
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of How To Stop Brexit (And Make Britain Great Again) written and read by Nick Clegg.Keep calm – but do not carry on.There is nothing remotely inevitable about Brexit – except that it will be deeply damaging if it happens. Extricating Britain from Europe will be the greatest challenge this country has faced since the Second World War. And as negotiations with the EU expose the promises of ...
Politics
Between the Extremes
- Narrated by
- Nick Clegg
Unabridged
8 hours 59 min
2016
EN
Brought to you by Penguin.*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*Politics has changed. For decades Britain was divided between Left and Right but united in its belief in a two-party state. Now, with nationalism resurgent and mainstream parties in turmoil, stark new divisions define the country and the centre ground is deserted.Nick Clegg witnessed this change from the inside. Here he offers a frank account of his experiences and puts the case...
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Speaking Out
Lessons in Life and Politics
Unabridged
11 hours 9 min
2016
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'Witty, reflective and engaging' Nick Robinson'Honest and revealing' Michael Palin'Fascinating, heartfelt' Kay Burley'Insightful, funny, unexpectedly moving' Jonathan FreedlandOn the night of 7 May 2015, Ed Balls thought there was a chance he would wake up the next morning as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. Instead, he woke up without a job.Twenty-one years earl...
Kind of Blue
A Political Memoir
- Narrated by
- Ken Clarke
Unabridged
23 hours 29 min
2016
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Ken Clarke needs no introduction. One of the genuine 'Big Beasts' of the political scene, during his forty-six years as the Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire he has been at the very heart of government under three prime ministers. He is a political obsessive with a personal hinterland, as well known as a Tory Wet with Europhile views as for his love of cricket, Nottingham Forest Football Club and jazz.In Kind of Blue, Clarke charts his remarkable progr...
The Racer
Life on the Road as a Pro Cyclist
- Narrated by
- John Sackville
Unabridged
8 hours 45 min
2015
EN
What is it really like to be a racer?What is it like to be swept along at 60kmh in the middle of the pack? How does it feel to be reeled in from a solo breakaway metres from the line? What happens to the body during a high-speed chute? What tactics must teams employ to win the day, the jersey, the grand tour? How does a domestique keep going to the end of a stage once his job is done and his body exhausted? How does a time-trialist maintain his form when every mus...
Bedsit Disco Queen
How I grew up and tried to be a pop star
- Narrated by
- Tracey Thorn
Unabridged
8 hours 21 min
2014
EN
I was only sixteen when I bought an electric guitar and joined a band. A year later, I formed an all-girl band called the Marine Girls and played gigs, and signed to an indie label, and started releasing records.Then, for eighteen years, between 1982 and 2000, I was one half of the group Everything But the Girl. In that time, we released nine albums and sold nine million records. We went on countless tours, had hit singles and flop singles, were reviewed and interviewed to within a...











