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Serialised book readings, featuring works from various genres

Serialised book readings, featuring works of non-fiction, biography, autobiography, travel, diaries, essays, humour and history

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Book of the Week: No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Story

Book of the Week: No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Story: Episode 1: A Bunch of Stars

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No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Story

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Episode 1: A Bunch of Stars

A Bunch of Stars

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A timid boy of humble origins, Carlos Acosta embarks on his journey.

4 Extra Debut. A timid boy of humble origins, Carlos Acosta's journey to become one of ballet's greatest dancers. Read by Jot Davies.

Jot Davies reads from ballet superstar Carlos Acosta's enchanting and inspirational memoir.

1/5. A Bunch of Stars

The great grandson of a plantation slave, Acosta grows up in a poor suburb of Havana.

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Jot Davies reads from ballet superstar Carlos Acosta's enchanting and inspirational memoir

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