For the 1960s BBC series 'Zoo Quest', David Attenborough visited the Northern Territory of Australia. Specially recorded for radio, the quest follows the intrepid BBC film crew on their adventures through both jungle and arid desert. David Attenborough meets aborigines, goes walkabout in the bush, and paints a compelling and fascinating picture of...

The British Wars began in 1637, starting nearly 200 hundred years of battles waged within and outside our Isles. This audiobook vividly depicts exactly what life was like for our ancestors and how their experiences have shaped modern British culture and identity.

An abridged but vivid account of 4000 years of British history from the very beginnings of our nation's identity when the first settlers landed on Orkney.

This audiobook examines the life and music of one of the key figures in Romantic music, pianist-composer Frederic Chopin, and includes many examples of his work. Regarded as one of the most mesmerising performers of his day, Chopin created waltzes, mazurkas, etudes, preludes, nocturnes, three piano sonatas, two piano concertos and much more. Here i...

This audiobook examines the life and music of Ludwig van Beethoven and includes many examples of his work. The author illustrates how Beethoven's music developed throughout his life, and how he coped with his increasing deafness.

Mary Warnock entered the public eye when Margaret Thatcher made her Chairman of the highly charged Enquiry into Human Fertilization. In this audiobook she reflects on the places and people who have influenced her including the Oxford school of philosophy in the 1950s and 60s.

Not only the biography of Britain's best-loved comedy double-act but also of one of British television's best-loved shows. Morecambe and Wise worked together for more than 40 years, honing skills drawn from the music-hall, radio, films and television and combining them to produce an award-winning show that climaxed with the 1977 TV Christmas specia...

When British climber David Fletcher decided to explore the remote Hayes group of mountains in Alaska, he was warned about soloing so far from rescue. This audiobook tells the true story of Fletcher's encounter with the most feared creature in the Alaskan wilderness - a furious 10-foot-high grizzly bear, whose cub he had accidentally killed in a mom...

The true story of three men; a cowboy, a car salesman and a jockey blind in one eye, and their dreams for an ungainly racehorse - Seabiscuit - that symbolised a pivotal moment in American history as the country began to emerge from the hardships of the 1930s Depression era. Winner of the William Hill Sport Book of the Year.

In July 1789, 237 female convicts left England for Botany Bay in Australia on board a ship called 'The Lady Julian', destined for the men already there. This is the story of the women and their voyage. Based on painstaking research into contemporary sources such as letters, trial records and the first-hand account of the voyage written by the ship'...

Still a controversial figure - as well as a celebrated one - Marie Antoinette's dramatic life story continues to arouse mixed emotions. Was she a misused heroine? Or would there have been no French Revolution without her? In this comprehensive biography, Antonia Fraser charts the journey made by this ill-fated Queen.

Arthur Conan Doyle will always be remembered for the character of Sherlock Holmes, but he was also a prolific writer of short stories, science fiction and historical fiction. Here, Pearson considers how Doyle's life is reflected in his books.

Sigmund Freud revolutionised the way in which we think about ourselves. He developed psychoanalysis into a general psychology which became widely accepted as the predominant mode of discussing personality and relationships. This audiobook investigates Freud's legacy today and the disputes that surround it.

The secret history of the 'South Sea Bubble' and the first great financial scandal. The 'South Sea Bubble' was a scandal of immense proportions - a collision of political ambition, mercenary greed and financial revolution that ensnared the Crown, Parliament and Bank of England in a plot of sheer devilry.

Christy Brown was born with Cerebral Palsy. This is the remarkable story of his childhood struggle to learn how to read, write, paint, and finally type, with the toe of his left foot. In this manner he wrote the bestselling novel 'Down all the Days'.

The story of the four Lennox sisters - Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah - and their turbulent lives, which spanned the Georgian period of history. Great-granddaughters of Charles II, they were connected by birth and marriage to the rich and powerful of their time. Caroline eloped with a politician; Emily had nineteen children; Louisa married the r...

Pete McCarthy journeys from Cork to Donegal, experiencing the unique atmosphere that enchants visitors from all over the world. Ireland, he realises, is a country with many stories to tell.

Based on the author's own experience as a hip replacement patient, Maeve Binchy provides funny insider advice about coping with the ordeals of surgery, a hospital stay, and at-home convalescence. Highlights include: ten little jobs you can give to anyone who innocently asks 'how can I help?'; ways to cope with all the indignities of baring your bod...

The sixth book in Herriot's series on life as a vet in a country practice. Vet turned aircrew trainee James Herriot manages to terrify instructors who faced the Luftwaffe without flinching! This audiobook brings home to the listener how hard Herriot found the separation from his wife Helen, especially during her first pregnancy, and the home sickne...

Bill Bryson's quest to understand everything that has transpired from the Big Bang to the rise of civilisation. His challenge is to take subjects like geology, chemistry, astronomy and particle physics and to render them comprehensible to people who thought they could never be interested in science. In the company of some extraordinary scientists,...

To mark their thirtieth anniversary, the Medici String Quartet asked composer George Fenton and writer Alan Bennett to collaborate on a piece for performance at the Harrogate International Festival. The result was 'Hymn', a meditative piece, in which Bennett looks at the part which music played in his childhood. George Fenton's score, which accompa...