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Author: Sandra Glover
Author Sandra Glover
Narrator Debbie Chazen
Duration 2h 49m
When rebellious Suzie Lawrence is placed for two weeks of work experience at an old people's home, everyone expects the worst - she is more used to breaking the rules than looking after a bunch of ancient wrinklies! But Suzie rises to the challenge in her own unique style, though not without getting into a few battles along the way. Sometimes rules...
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An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming (young Adult Version)
Author: Al Gore
Author Al Gore
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 1h 54m
The truth about the climate crisis is an inconvenient one that means we are going to have to change the way we live our lives - and this affects young people above all. Our climate crisis may at times appear to be happening slowly, but in fact it has become a true planetary emergency and we need to understand that we are facing a crisis. Al Gore, f...
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Spud Goes Green: The Diary of My Year As A Greenie
Author: Giles Thaxton
Author Giles Thaxton
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 1h 41m
Spud's not Superman, but he wants to save the planet! Spud is an easy-going chap who's taken on a tricky New Year resolution. It's 1st January and he's decided to go green - and this is his diary to prove it! The year starts well: he learns to grow food, recycle rubbish, and look after wildlife. It all seems to be going according to plan... With th...
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Author: Benjamin Zephaniah
Author Benjamin Zephaniah
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 24m
Cutting-edge performance poet Benjamin Zephaniah has written poems about 13 children from all over Britain who come from a whole range of different backgrounds. This is the rhyming, rapping, rhythmic way to learn about Britain in the 21st Century!
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11 Killer Exam Tips For...Maths
Author: CGP Publications
Author CGP Publications
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 45m
This audiobook is designed to help students to do well at GCSE maths. It gives 11 tips to boost marks, covering the most common mistakes made in maths exams and how to avoid them. Suitable for Key Stage 3, GCSE and A Level.
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11 Killer Exam Tips For...Biology
Author: CGP Publications
Author CGP Publications
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 45m
This audiobook is designed to help students to do well at GCSE biology. It gives 11 tips to boost marks, covering the most common mistakes made in biology exams and how to avoid them. Suitable for Key Stage 3, GCSE and A Level.
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11 Killer Exam Tips For...Physics
Author: CGP Publications
Author CGP Publications
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 45m
This audiobook is designed to help students to do well at GCSE physics. It gives 11 tips to boost marks, covering the most common mistakes made in physics exams and how to avoid them. Suitable for Key Stage 3, GCSE and A Level.
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11 Killer Exam Tips For...Chemistry
Author: CGP Publications
Author CGP Publications
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 41m
This audiobook is designed to help students do well at GCSE chemistry. It gives 11 tips to boost marks and covers the most common mistakes made in chemistry exams and how to avoid them. It can also help improve revision skills fast!
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Prof. Gunning's Erudite Course of Fact Retrieval (How To Revise)
Author: CGP Publications
Author CGP Publications
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 44m
This audiobook offers the ultimate course in revision skills - a clear, practical technique for effective revision. It's ideal for pupils at any level from KS3 to GCSE or A-level and beyond.
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How the Incredible Human Body Works
Author: Brainwaves The
Author Brainwaves The
Narrator Zoe Bond
Duration 2h 36m
What defeats food eating fungi? How does the brain tell you you're hungry? Where's there an acid bath in your body? Get ready for a rollicking rip roaring romp around the human body. Including a fight against an invasion of horrible toxic bacteria, dodge squirting digestive juices, and a white knuckle ride on red rapids of gushing blood.
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Author: Richmal Crompton
Series: Just William, Book 14
Author Richmal Crompton
Narrator Martin Jarvis
SeriesJust William, Book 14
Duration 7h 30m
William Brown, the loveable rogue created by Richmal Crompton in the 1930s, is as well-received today as he was almost 80 years ago. This title includes stories such as: 'William and the Musician', 'Willaim Holds the Stage', 'The Outlaws and the Triplets', 'William and the Eastern Curse', 'The New Neighbour', 'Mrs. Bott's Hat', 'William and the Pri...
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Author: Anita Desai
Author Anita Desai
Narrator Rachel Sternberg
Duration 5h 20m
An award-winning story about a family's survival in a small fishing village in India. With their mother drunk, Hari and Lila have to earn the money to keep house and look after their two young sisters. In desperation, Hari runs away to Bombay, and Lila is left to cope alone. Possible prose text for Edexcel GCSE English.
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It's Elementary! Putting the Crackle Into Chemistry
Author: Robert Winston
Author Robert Winston
Narrator Pearl Scott
Duration 4h 5m
How do you make a dog? Why are helium balloons lighter than air? What are the secrets of the Philosopher's Stone? 'It's Elementary' takes an amazing look at the stuff that stuff is made of. Discover the elements that make up everything from you to your dog. See what the elements are, how they were discovered and the extraordinary ways they affect o...
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Would You Believe... the Losers Were Killed In Mayan Football?! and Other Perilous Pastimes
Author: Richard Platt
Author Richard Platt
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 1h 6m
This audiobook looks at the outlandish history of sport and leisure around the world. Discover the story behind the games we play like never before as we examine the amazing peculiarities of international sport and leisure activities past and present. Learn about the wacky and often bloodthirsty games that our ancestors liked such as fierce gladiat...
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Author: Meredith Hooper, Lucia de Leiris
Author Meredith Hooper, Lucia de Leiris
Narrator Jane Steel
Duration 24m
Take one small island. Beautiful. Remote. Explorable. Then follow it on a journey. Where has it come from? Where is it heading? How fast is it travelling? This audiobook tracks one very small piece of the Earth's crust through time and space, introducing the ideas of plate tectonics to young listeners.
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GCSE History: The American West & Medicine Through Time - the Revision Guide
Author: CGP Publications
Author CGP Publications
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 4h 37m
This audiobook covers the AQA A, OCR A and Edexcel C courses for the American West and Medicine Through Time. Each module has its own section including all the facts, and plenty of hints and tips to help students stay one step ahead of the examiners! GCSE history courses are changing in 2010 - so this book's ideal for students taking their exams in...
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Twilight In the Land of Nowhen
Author: Nury Vittachi
Author Nury Vittachi
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 3h 20m
Simon lives three seconds ahead of everyone else, which creates embarrassing problems, such as answering questions that haven't yet been asked and trying to walk through doors that haven't yet been opened. This inventive story takes you on a journey through space-time, while offering valuable lessons in acceptance and understanding. A great mix of...
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Big Numbers: A Mind-expanding Trip To Infinity and Back
Author: Mary & John Gribben
Author Mary & John Gribben
Narrator Anthony Richardson
Duration 2h 42m
This audiobook paints a fascinating picture of the comparative scale of phenomena in our world, from the vast to the infinitesimal. The listener is taken on a roller-coaster ride through maths, physics, chemistry, biology and technology: from zero to infinity in maths and time; from subatomic particles to galaxies; from the speed and size of the 'B...
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The Commonwealth: A Family of Nations
Author: Liz Paren, Caroline Coxon, Cheryl Dorall
Author Liz Paren, Caroline Coxon, Cheryl Dorall
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 4h 14m
This audiobook explains how the the commonwealth came into being, how it developed into what it is today, why it matters, what it does for ordinary people and especially its relationship with young people. It's an invaluable resource for citizenship.
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Katy Series Book 2: What Katy Did At School
Author: Susan Coolidge
Series: Katy Did, Book 2
Author Susan Coolidge
Narrator Laurel Lefkow
SeriesKaty Did, Book 2
Duration 2h 28m
Dr Carr's mind is firmly made up. Katy and her little sister Clover are to spend a whole year away at boarding school. A strange place, far from home, but on arrival the girls have an inkling that it might turn out to be rather different from their expectations. One thing is for sure, it certainly isn't going to be dull with a girl like Rose Red as...
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Author: Frank Richards
Author Frank Richards
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 3h
Billy Bunter makes a surprising appearance in the Remove soccer team when Smithy the Bounder is sacked for the remainder of the term by the captain, Harry Wharton. Cripes! Following the usual order of chaos, this leads to the resignation of many members of the team in protest. Meanwhile, the Fat Owl of the Remove plots to booby trap Smithy in his s...
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