Audiobooks by Richard Williams

Wild Seas, Wilder Cities: A collection of environmental fiction, poems and articles

"Wild Seas, Wilder Cities is a ‘wild-seeded’ collection of short stories, poems, memoirs and environmental articles from 49 unique contributors, all concerned with showing the positive side of our relationship with the earth. Thanks to funding from Portsmouth Creates, this audiobook features 50 different voices from across the Portsmouth community and beyond. Our readers range from teenagers to those in their nineties, including experienced actors, writers and volunteers from the public. The many writers, poets and performers in this audiobook have given their work freely, so all profits are donated to the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust for their Solent Seagrass Restoration Project. Recorded at the award-winning Casemates Studios in Portsmouth. Find out more at pensoftheearth.co.uk/audiobook Reviews for the paperback: ‘Calls to us in a rousing chorus of voices … a lyrical force for change.’ Nicola Chester, award winning author of On Gallows Down and Ghosts of the Farm. ‘Bursting with inspiring and hopeful visions’ Carys Bray, author of A Song for Issy Bradley ‘Mixing fact, fiction and poetry is such a good idea – we bear witness to the natural world in many ways, and the pieces come in all shapes and sizes, carrying messages of determination, love for nature, positive actions and the power of community.’ Sarah Jane Butler, author of Starling ‘Full of love, enlightenment, practicality and poetry.’ Toby Litt, author of Patience ‘A delightfully encouraging collection of writings on the ways we can help make the world wilder again, how we can change the narrative on climate change. Vibrant and alive, these are wonderful tales told of renaturing – of striving to support life in all its glorious forms on the earth, of restoring hope for the future.’ Dr James Canton, Director of Wild Writing, University of Essex"

Abigail Burt, Alison Habens, Andrew Larder, Annie Kirby, Barbara Claridge, Brooke Wain, Christina Moran, Christine Lawrence, Clare Seek, Denise Bennett, Eileen Phyall, Ellie Parker, FC Malby, Fiona Dignan, Gordon Watts, Helen Angell, Helen Salsbury, Helen Scadding, Irene Strange, Jackie Green, Jamie Marsh, Jane Andreoli, Jenni Jones, John Callaway, Judith Thompson, Julian Bishop, Katy Gary, Linda Hibben, Linda Hilborne, Liz Kay, Maggie Sawkins, Margaret Jennings, Marguerite Doyle, Mark Cassidy, Mary Sylvia Winter, Nicola Humphries, Rachel Birchley, Richard Salsbury, Richard Williams, Rio Bivens, S C, Soumya Jasthi, Sue Harper, Sue Shipp, Sue Spiers, Tamsin Hopkins, Tina MacNaughton, Vin Adams, Wendy Metcalfe (Author), Alexia Daniels, Alison Habens, Anne Paton-Cragg, Annie Kirby, Barbara Claridge, Binit Ghosh, Brian Armstrong, Christina Moran, Christine Lawrence, Clare Seek, Crystal Griffiths, Eileen Phyall, Ellie Parker, Emma Briggs, Evan Walker, Graham Brown, Helen Salsbury, Holly Smith, Irene Strange, Jackie Green, James Close, James Kirby, Jane Andreoli, Jasper Astrophel, Jenni Jones, John Callaway, Jonathan Dodd, Judith Thompson, Kath Dugan, Kathryn Bivens, Kia Wilson, Lorraine Close, Lou Lewis, Mariella Rohansten, Neil Blanks, Nicky Thomas, Patrick Olliver, Philip Cahill, Richard Salsbury, Richard Williams, Sarah Grimm, Soumya Jasthi, Sue Harper, Sue Renshaw, Sue Spiers, Suzanne Parekh, Tamsin Hopkins, Tina MacNaughton, Vaughan Capstick, Wendy Metcalfe (Narrator)

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24 Hours

"Award-winning writer Richard Williams tells the remarkable story of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, one of the world's most iconic motorsports events, which celebrates its centenary in 2023. The event was created by a group of Frenchmen in 1923 and remains uniquely compelling to spectators, to the major motor manufacturers who continue to see it as an opportunity for priceless publicity, as well as to drivers hoping to add their names to its distinguished roll of honour. Between the wars, those manufacturers included Bugatti, Bentley and Alfa Romeo. Subsequently, Ferrari, Jaguar, Mercedes, Aston Martin, Ford, Porsche, Audi and Toyota have all been serial winners, guaranteeing the continuation of ferocious inter-marque rivalry. Over the decades the race acquired a rich folklore, including stories of leaking petrol tanks being sealed with chewing gum, one competitor making his last pit-stop for a fill-up and a glass of champagne, or the woman who drove her MG through the night wearing a fur coat. Competitors have included princes, debutantes, drug smugglers and a Nazi spy. Leading Hollywood film-makers lured to the romance of the race include Steve McQueen, who conceived and starred in Le Mans in 1971, and James Mangold, who made Le Mans '66 in 2019. But in 1955 it had also been the scene of the greatest tragedy ever to befall motor racing, when 82 people were killed by a competing car, an accident that for a while threatened the sport's entire future. From the Bentley Boys of the 1920s, through record-breaking multiple winners Jacky Ickx and Tom Kristensen to modern stars such as Allan McNish, 24 Hours celebrates the skill, courage and technical brilliance of the men and women who gave the race its worldwide renown. "

Richard Williams (Author), Richard Attlee (Narrator)

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Black and White: The Way I See It

"The fascinating, "upfront and unapologetic" (Kirkus Reviews) memoir of Richard Williams, a businessman, tennis coach, subject of the major motion picture King Richard, and father to two of the greatest athletes and professional tennis champions of all time—Venus and Serena Williams. Born into poverty in Shreveport, Louisiana in the 1940s, Richard Williams was blessed by a strong, caring mother who remained his lifelong hero, just as he became a hero to Venus and Serena. From the beginning of his life, Richard's mother taught him to live by the principles of courage, confidence, commitment, faith, and love. He passed the same qualities on to his daughters, who grew up loving their father and valuing the lessons he taught them. "I still feel really close to my father," says Serena. "We have a great relationship. There is an appreciation. There is a closeness because of what we've been through together, and a respect." A self-made man, Williams has walked a long, hard, exciting, and ultimately rewarding road during his life, surmounting many challenges to raise a loving family and two of the greatest tennis players who ever lived. Black and White is the extraordinary story of that journey and the indomitable spirit that made it all possible."

Richard Williams (Author), Cary Hite (Narrator)

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The Boy: Stirling Moss: A Life in 60 Laps

"'Captures the bold, engaging spirit of one of Britain's best-loved sporting heroes' Sunday Times 'A fascinating read and sure to be the definitive account of his life' Mark Knopfler SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPORTS WRITING BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD Even in the midst of a global pandemic, the death of Stirling Moss on 12 April 2020 at the age of 90 made headlines, almost 60 years after he retired from Formula One. In The Boy, Richard Williams assesses what made him such an iconic figure. Told in 60 brief chapters, Williams builds a fascinating and revealing portrait of a driver who was a hero to millions. As the long years of war began to recede, sport in Britain was getting moving again and there was a need for heroes. Denis Compton and Stanley Matthews were in their pomp, playing to packed houses. But Stirling Moss was a fresh face, just 17 years old when he first emerged in 1947. Too young to have served and been scarred by the war, he was soon revealed to possess not only an unearthly degree of skill but the qualities of courage and resolution noted in the generation that fought in the air and on land and sea. Their youth had been stolen; his was new and unspoiled. The Boy explains how and why he came to occupy such a unique place in the esteem and the affections of the nation. Why him, rather than some of his contemporaries, such as Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins, who shared a role in the rise of Britain as a power in international motor racing? Moss may never have been world champion, but he created a remarkable and enduring legacy, and Williams brilliantly shows just how he did it."

Richard Williams (Author), Richard Williams (Narrator)

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A Race with Love and Death: The Story of Richard Seaman

"'A tragic age and a tragic character, both seemingly compelled to destroy themselves...a chilling reminder of how little control we have over our fates' Damon Hill 'One of the greatest motor racing stories' Nick Mason 'Timely, vivid and enthralling … it's unputdownable' Miranda Seymour, author of The Bugatti Queen Dick Seaman was the archetypal dashing motorsport hero of the 1930s, the first Englishman to win a race for Mercedes-Benz and the last Grand Prix driver to die at the wheel before the outbreak of the Second World War. Award-winning author Richard Williams reveals the remarkable but now forgotten story of a driver whose battles against the leading figures of motor racing's golden age inspired the post-war generation of British champions. The son of wealthy parents, educated at Rugby and Cambridge, Seaman grew up in a privileged world of house parties, jazz and fast cars. But motor racing was no mere hobby: it became such an obsession that he dropped out of university to pursue his ambitions, squeezing money out of his parents to buy better cars. When he was offered a contract with the world-beating, state-sponsored Mercedes team in 1937, he signed up despite the growing political tensions between Britain and Germany. A year later, he celebrated victory in the German Grand Prix with the beautiful 18-year-old daughter of the founder of BMW. Their wedding that summer would force a split with his family, a costly rift that had not been closed six months later when he crashed in the rain while leading at Spa, dying with his divided loyalties seemingly unresolved. He was just 26 years old. A Race with Love and Death is a gripping tale of speed, romance and tragedy. Set in an era of rising tensions, where the urge to live each moment to the full never seemed more important, it is a richly evocative story that grips from first to last. "

Richard Williams (Author), Richard Williams (Narrator)

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Audiobooks by Richard Williams

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