Book description
'A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles of sailing . . . a fantastic story of a truly Odyssean journey across all the world's great oceans - but is also the inspiring story of the developing of a restless and inquiring mind' SIMON WINCHESTER, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author 'A jaw-dropping and thrilling real-life adventure on the high seas' SARAH BROWN 'This is a story of an epic childhood journey, so exciting and so shocking it is hard to know whether you're reading about a dream or a nightmare... Wavewalker is thrilling, horrifying, beautifully written - I couldn't put it down' ED BALLS Aged just seven, Suzanne Heywood set sail with her parents and brother on a three-year voyage around the world. What followed turned instead into a decade-long way of life, through storms, shipwrecks, reefs and isolation, with little formal schooling. No one else knew where they were most of the time and no state showed any interest in what was happening to the children.Suzanne fought her parents, longing to return to England and to education and stability. This memoir covers her astonishing upbringing, a survival story of a child deprived of safety, friendships, schooling and occasionally drinking water... At seventeen Suzanne earned an interview at Oxford University and returned to the UK.From the bestselling author of What Does Jeremy Think?, Wavewalker is the incredible true story of how the adventure of a lifetime became one child's worst nightmare - and how her determination to educate herself enabled her to escape
Granola
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Midnight Bat
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Shivers
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CuriousCoder
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Silver Rose
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Guillotine Trigger
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Athens Fire
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Classy Luck
The ListenBook app has made my daily routines more enriching, allowing me to learn while on the go. The app's compatibility with CarPlay and Apple Watch is a huge plus.
Broomspun
I can finally listen to all my audiobooks seamlessly with ListenBook. The customizable playback controls and chapter navigation make it a breeze. ListenBook's detailed statistics feature helps me keep track of my listening habits. It's amazing to see how much I've learned from all those audiobooks! ListenBook has become my go-to app for all audiobooks. Full of useful features. ListenBookβs support for CarPlay is great. I can listen to audiobooks in my car easily. This audiobook was neither good nor bad - simply average. The narrator's delivery was professional but uninspired, and the recording quality was clean though not exceptional. It provided satisfactory entertainment without standing out from similar titles.
Fire Bite
ListenBook Pro's tone adjustment feature is an innovative way to make each audiobook unique. The automatic extraction of artwork and metadata adds a professional touch to my audiobook library. Downloading audio from network devices is a brilliant feature. It's incredibly convenient.
Preach Man
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Moon Laser
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Thumb Candy
This app's intuitive features and easy navigation make it the perfect companion for any audiobook lover. ListenBook's dedication to providing an exceptional listening experience shines through in every aspect of the app. Thanks to ListenBook, downloading audiobooks has become effortless, regardless of the source. Download options are plenty β I can get my audiobooks from various sources hassle-free.
PepperBurst
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Wheels
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Pecan Oblivion
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Suicide Crusher
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All Natural
ListenBook has made audiobook listening a personalized and enriching journey. I'm hooked on this app's effortless downloading process β I can have my favorite audiobooks in seconds. ποΈ Basking in the sun with an audiobook β relaxation meets storytelling paradise! βοΈπ ListenBook has rekindled my love for audiobooks. The app's interface is beautiful and user-friendly. I love the auto-rewind feature. ListenBook always picks up right where I left off.
Sleek Zelda
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DreamDiver
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience