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The audiobook of The Colour of Magic is read by Colin Morgan (Merlin; Testament of Youth; Belfast). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.

'It was octarine, the colour of magic. It was alive and glowing and vibrant and it was the undisputed pigment of the imagination....'

Somewhere between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a magical world not totally unlike our own. Except for the fact that it travels through space on the shoulders of four giant elephants who in turn stand on the shell of an astronomically huge star turtle, of course.

Rincewind is the world's worst wizard who has just been handed a very important job: to look after the world's first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land. Unfortunately, their journey across the Disc includes facing robbers, monsters, mercenaries, and Death himself.

And the whole thing's just a game of the gods that might send them over the edge....

You can listen to the Discworld novels in any order, but The Colour of Magic is the first book in the Wizards series. The Colour of Magic is the first book in the Discworld series and was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett, read by Colin Morgan, Bill Nighy and Peter Serafinowicz

3 disk Set of Developing the Leader Within You By John C Maxwell

(Disk 1) - 09 - Developing the Leader Within You 9

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Pick up your copy of The Long Haul, the biggest, funniest book of the year, from your local ASDA for just £5 - Zoo-wee Mama what a bargain!

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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, read by Helena Bonham Carter.

Today marks the 70th anniversary of Anne Frank's death. In memory and solidarity we at Penguin Random House are #notsilent 

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, read by Helena Bonham Carter

Listen to an excerpt from THE IMMORTALIST by Scott Britz and read by Cassandra Campbell.

THE IMMORTALIST Audiobook Excerpt

Read by Robyn Addison

In this groundbreaking book Alanna Collen explores the extraordinary world of the powerful microbes that make up 90% of the human body. 

 You are just 10% human. For every one of the cells that make your body, there are nine impostor cells. You are not just flesh and blood, muscle and bone, brain and skin, but bacteria and fungi. You are not an individual, but a colony of microbes. Far from being passive, the trillions of microbes that live on and in you are intimately involved in running your body. Even aspects that you think of entirely as ‘you’ turn out to be run by ‘them’ – like your immune system.

In this riveting, shocking and beautifully-written book Alanna Collen explores the modern epidemics of ‘Western’ diseases – obesity, autism, mental health problems, gut disorders, allergies, auto-immunity, and even cancer – and argues that most have their root in our failure to cherish our most fundamental and enduring relationship: that with our personal colony of microbes. Antibiotics, antibacterial cleaners, rapidly changing diets and our obsession with hygiene alter the microbe community we carry. Unlike our human cells, though, we can change our microbes for the better.

‘10% Human’ provides a revelatory guide to the role of your body’s microbes in health and happiness. This is popular science at its most relevant: life – and your body – will never seem the same again.

10% Human: How Your Body’s Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness, By Alanna Collen

A new, updated and expanded edition of this New York Times bestseller on how to reconstruct your life so it's not all about work
  
 Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan - there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, this book is the blueprint.

This step-by step guide to luxury lifestyle design teaches:


The 4-Hour Working Week by Timothy Ferriss (Audiobook Extract) read by Ray Porter

This episode is all about the five consistencies of Game-Changers, I'll share a pneumonic to help you remember these 5 insights. It's a bit of a strange pneumonic, but it's basically this: “Elephants Do Silly Postures Working.”

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The 5 Consistencies of Game-Changers

I’m delighted to offer you this hot new episode of The Mastery Sessions where I read you one of my favourite passages from the work and then share how it will help you rise into your mastery, bravery and utmost humanity.

Robin Sharma Mastery Sessions

Lessons On Sorrow As Fuel For Joy

Run your own race

True Nobility lies in being superior to your former self - Native American

Robin Sharma on Running your Own Race

As you begin this new year, I enthusiastically encourage you to make the decision that will revolutionize your life and start the training process of getting up at 5AM and running the protocols I share in my latest book, The 5AM Club.
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The book was one of the bestselling books in the world in 2020 because the morning routine I explained in it (and the other rituals for daily genius) causes true transformation. Getting up early over 2021 will make your productivity soar, amplify your fitness and give you precious time to do good things for your self, while the rest of the world is asleep.⁣
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Your time really is now. My respectful suggestion: release all excuses, reasons, rationales and resentments. Today’s a fresh canvas. A new beginning. And your beautiful opportunity to step into the life you ache to live.⁣

One Method to Get A Gargantuan Competitive Advantage [GCA] Over Your Competition

I’m all about the construction of “Tight-Bubbles of Total Focus” on certain days of the week. On these days, I get lost from the world, go dark and focus monomaniacally on the few projects that will count the most.

When I work, devices are off, no one can reach me and I vanish completely. I retreat to a series of beautiful, light-filled, mess-free sanctuaries where my brain can then drop into “transient hypofrontality”. That’s the scientific term brain researchers use for when your mind waves slow down, a pharmacy of mastery is created within you and the pre-frontal cortex–the brain area where your noisy self-critic lives–becomes silent. Also priceless.

This condition–which you have the power to create under the right environment–is often called “Flow”. It’s the state where your natural genius shows up. Time slows down. You see solutions that were un-evident before. We all have this ability. But with the TV on, the notifications sounding and the distractions happening, only those with an acute understanding of the importance of installing world-class conditions get to capture this state where the creative giants play.

How to Leverage the Neurobiological Phenomenon of Transient Hypofrontality to Lead Your Field

Alexandra Cane is an inspirational online entrepreneur and Co-Founder of MILA Tribe a Premium activewear designed for EVERY-BODY.

She also featured on the Hit TV show Love Island and has since built a social media following of millions sharing her inspirational journey from physical transformation to spiritual, emotional and mental evolution.

Alexandra Cane - How To Overcome Perfectionism

Penguin Books publishes blockbusting, prize-winning, celebrated, controversial, heart-warming, thought-provoking and inspiring books by a range of authors from Ali Smith to Zadie Smith, Jeremy Clarkson to Jeremy Paxman and Jamie Oliver to Oliver Goldsmith.

The 4-Hour Working Week by Timothy Ferriss (Audiobook Extract) read by Ray Porter

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