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Author: Various
Series: Classic Irish Short Stories, Book 2
Author Various
Narrator T P Mckenna
SeriesClassic Irish Short Stories, Book 2
Duration 3h 10m
Another top-notch selection of Irish stories, once again superbly read by that master story-teller, T.P. McKenna. Stories: Grace - James Joyce, Home Sickness - George Moore, The Ghost & The Bone-setter - Sheridan Le Fanu, Two Or Three Witnesses - C.E.Montague, The Stolen Sheep - John Banim
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Author: James Patterson
Series: Women's Murder Club, Book 1
Author James Patterson
Narrator Suzanne Toren
SeriesWomen's Murder Club, Book 1
Duration 8h 56m
Imagine a killer who thinks. "What is the worst thing anyone has ever done?"-and then goes far beyond it! Four women who come to call themselves the Women's Murder Club-a police detective, an assistant D.A., a reporter, and a medical examiner-have the mettle to follow the leads to an impossibly heart-stopping conclusion, tracking and confronting th...
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Author: James Thurber
Author James Thurber
Narrator Richard Griffiths
Duration 4m
Taken from the collection 'Further Fables For Our Time', this tale from James Thurber will delight cat lovers and loathers alike. William the cat lives his life believing that he is the centre of the world. Although other cats take against his egotism and pompous nature, William trots through life unawares, until one day peril aboard a ship changes...
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Best of Women's Short Stories 2
Author: Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell, Kate Chopin, Winifred Holtby, L. M. Montgomery, Mary Shelley, Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf
Author Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell, Kate Chopin, Winifred Holtby, L. M. Montgomery, Mary Shelley, Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf
Narrator Harriet Walter
Duration 5h 2m
Jane Austen makes two appearances on this brilliant collection that also includes such revered writers as Mary Shelly and Virginia Woolf. With stories ranging from tear-jerkers to passionate tales of love and jealousy, this collection has something for everyone, young or old, male or female.
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Author: John Buchan
Author John Buchan
Narrator Iain Cuthbertson
Duration 16m
A shepherd nears his final hours in this bleak yet insightful and evocative picture of dying. Encompassing many of the stages of grief, the man experiences fear, resignation and resolution in this lonely tale which also examines religion and the possible solace of companionship.
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Author: John Buchan
Author John Buchan
Narrator Iain Cuthbertson
Duration 2h 50m
Some great and varied short stories written by The 39 Steps thriller writer, John Buchan. Perhaps best remembered for 'The 39 Steps', John Buchan also wrote several collections of short stories. In this selection, tales about war-time code-breaking (echoing Buchan's own experience as an Intelligence Officer in WW1), cannibalism, and swashbuckling a...
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Author: Jules Verne
Author Jules Verne
Narrator Andrew Sachs
Duration 2h 20m
Phileas Fogg sets out on his epic adventure - will he make it back to London in time for tea? Steve Coogan, Jackie Chan and Cecile de France star in a new film version of the book. Here former Manuel actor Andrew Sachs gives full range to hs versatility using his many voices along with brilliant narration.
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Author: Karen Laws, Fiona Evans
Author Karen Laws, Fiona Evans
Narrator Various
Duration 50m
A BBC Radio 3 drama that was developed with a community group in Byker, Newcastle which takes a journey into the reality of neglect as one child's life spirals out of control. Originally broadcast as part of the 'Drama on 3' collection on 25 October 2009. In a fractured society lives a fractured family, in their fractured home lies a fractured body...
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Author: Karin Fossum
Series: Inspector Sejer, Book 5
Author Karin Fossum
Narrator David Rintoul
SeriesInspector Sejer, Book 5
Duration 9h 32m
Gunder Jomann, a quiet, middle-aged man from a peaceful Norwegian community, thinks his life has been made complete when he returns from a trip to India a married man. But on the day his Indian bride is due to join him, he is called to the hospital to his sister's bedside. The local taxi driver sent instead to meet the bride at the airport returns...
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Author: Katherine Mansfield
Author Katherine Mansfield
Narrator Harriet Walter
Duration 30m
A sensual and evocative story about a married woman whose desires are enflamed by another woman, the distant and non-committal Pearl. A study of the urges of women and men alike, ideas of fidelity and hidden longing, this story is both melancholy and hopeful, with a female protagonist that doesn't quite fit the mould and is empathetically and inter...
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Author: Keith Waterhouse
Author Keith Waterhouse
Narrator John Simm
Duration 6h 12m
For William 'Billy' Fisher, an energetic imagination makes life tolerable, but well-nigh intolerable for all around him. He lies his way into and out of every situation, making any promise to get him out of trouble, thereby creating ever more tortuous entanglements to be wriggled out of in the future. Billy dreams of escaping the dull drudgery of h...
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Author: Lee Hall
Author Lee Hall
Narrator Ben Tibber
Duration 43m
Matti is the 14-year-old son of a traditional Sami family living in Lapland, living 250 miles inside the Arctic Circle. Matti is a modern boy, who loves messing about with computers and hates pollution, drugs and Ginger Spice.
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Author: Leo Tolstoy
Author Leo Tolstoy
Narrator Diana Quick
Duration 2h 24m
Anna Karenina risks her lifestyle and wealth when she falls for the wrong man in this dramatic and romantic tale of choices and consequences. Married to a man of importance in 19th century St.Petersburg, Anna 's world crumbles when she falls passionately in love with the handsome Count Vronsky, and is forced to choose between her lover and her you...
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Author: Lewis Carroll
Author Lewis Carroll
Narrator Liza Goddard
Duration 6m
The master of surreal and wonderful fiction presents a story about one of his most famous characters - the perpetually grinning and ever-riddling Cheshire Cat. Alice's friend/tormentor in Wonderland, the Cheshire Cat has been immortalized in art, film, cartoon, television and now on audio.
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Author: Ludovic Kennedy
Author Ludovic Kennedy
Narrator Rosalind Ayres
Duration 11m
Emily and Charles, an English couple, take the car from Dover to Calais in France. Following a rather average lunch of soggy chips ("I thought you said the French make the best chips" - Emily) they motor South until they arrive at a beautiful old hotel, a former Royal palace in the middle of champagne country. While Emily is changing for dinner Cha...
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Author: Maurice Leblanc
Author Maurice Leblanc
Narrator Brian Cox
Duration 42m
Arsene Lupin, master criminal and 'gentleman thief', is locked up in a prison cell when a brilliant crime bearing all of his hallmarks is committed. Could there be a copy-cat criminal out there in the underworld? But who could match the cunning, agility and grace of Arsene Lupin?
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Author: Muriel Spark
Author Muriel Spark
Narrator Bill Nighy
Duration 13m
A very clever story which will keep you guessing right up until the twist in the tale. Dame Muriel Spark's talent for crime fiction abounds here and her hitherto undiscovered detective has surprises and answers in store for sleuthing listeners.
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Author: Nicholas Blake
Author Nicholas Blake
Narrator Nathaniel Parker
Duration 2h 50m
Felix Lane is bent upon revenge for the death of his young son in a hit-and-run accident, and uses all the knowledge he has gained as a well-known crime writer to track down the culprit . The plot features amateur sleuth Nigel Strangeways, a character modelled on W.H. Auden.
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Adventures of A Strolling Player
Author: Oliver Goldsmith
Author Oliver Goldsmith
Narrator T P Mckenna
Duration 25m
Oliver Goldsmith's "Adventures of a Strolling Player" explores the fickleness of fame. This rollicking, exuberant tale flows effortlessly from the pen of the great 18th century master storyteller and from the lips of T. P. McKenna, whose Irish brogue suits the story perfectly. It is the uproarious story of a travelling player who likes to embellish...
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