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Listeners are taken from the valleys and snowy mountain passes of Europe and India to the scorching deserts of Afghanistan and Pakistan in Full Tilt, Dervla Murphy’s inspiring true story about her 1963 journey on a bicycle, read by Emma Lowe. David Shaw-Parker brings Trollope’s monumental Palliser series to a close with The Duke’s Children, the first-ever recording of the complete, restored text; and Bruno Roubicek illuminates the profound words of Confucius in The Analects, a collection of memorable sayings by the Chinese thinker and philosopher.

Dervla Murphy’s 1963 journey from Ireland to India on an Armstrong Cadet bicycle, and the trials, landscapes and cultures she encountered…

Bereft of his beloved wife Glencora and his role as Prime Minister, Plantagenet Palliser enters the realm of family politics as he struggles…

One of the undisputed giants in the history of human thought, and the founder of one of the world’s longest-lasting cultural traditions…

The NAB Blog: Turbulent times – political thought from Plato to Machiavelli

In our current turbulent times it is tempting to reflect on the nature of the relationship between people and their political leaders. Underpinning that, whether in a democracy or another form of government, there is an implied understanding and acceptance …

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