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Author: BBC Audiobooks
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Richard Armitage
Duration 1h 53m
When a mysterious sniper begins to murder the innocent people of Nottingham, the Sheriff is quick to blame Robin Hood. To stop the killings, Robin must work with the Sheriff to discover the true identity of the murderer. Is it really the elusive Nightwatchman? And can the Sheriff really be trusted? An action adventure read by Richard Armitage,who p...
View BookAuthor: BBC Audiobooks
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 1h 37m
Robin of Locksley returns from the Crusades to find his people starving and oppressed by the new Sheriff of Nottingham. Under this tyrannical regime, the slightest crime attracts the heaviest punishment, and dissent is impossible. Robin soon discovers that the only way to reason with the Sheriff is with bow and arrow - even if it means sacrificing...
View BookAuthor: Stephenie Meyer
Series: Twilight Saga, Book 1
Author Stephenie Meyer
Narrator Ilyana Kadushin
SeriesTwilight Saga, Book 1
Duration 12h 52m
Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Isabella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives...
View BookAuthor: Stephenie Meyer
Series: Twilight Saga, Book 2
Author Stephenie Meyer
Narrator Ilyana Kadushin
SeriesTwilight Saga, Book 2
Duration 14h 51m
For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is even more dangerous than Bella could ever have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of one evil vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their...
View BookAuthor: Stephenie Meyer
Series: Twilight Saga, Book 3
Author Stephenie Meyer
Narrator Ilyana Kadushin
SeriesTwilight Saga, Book 3
Duration 16h 25m
As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her ever-growing friendship with Jacob. And her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless strugg...
View BookAuthor: Stephenie Meyer
Series: Twilight Saga, Book 4
Author Stephenie Meyer
Narrator Matt Walters
SeriesTwilight Saga, Book 4
Duration 20h 30m
'Twilight' tempted the imagination. 'New Moon' made readers thirsty for more. 'Eclipse' turned the saga into a worldwide phenomenon. And now, the book that everyone has been waiting for...
View BookNoughts and Crosses Series Book 1: Noughts and Crosses
Author: Malorie Blackman
Series: Noughts and Crosses, Book 1
Author Malorie Blackman
Narrator Syan Blake, Paul Chequer
SeriesNoughts and Crosses, Book 1
Duration 10h 39m
Sephy is a Cross, a member of the dark-skinned ruling class. Callum is a nought, a 'colourless' member of the underclass who were once slaves to the Crosses. The two have been friends since early childhood. But that's as far as it can go. Until the first steps are taken towards more social equality and a limited number of Noughts are allowed into C...
View BookAuthor: Barlow Steve
Series: Luke Challenger Adventure, Book 1
Author Barlow Steve
Narrator Graham Seed
SeriesLuke Challenger Adventure, Book 1
Duration 7h 44m
Someone is trying to kill Luke Challenger. Being garrotted with cable car wires is not the way he wants to end his young life! Luke and his friend Nick flee the would-be assassins into the deepest Brazilian jungle - where they encounter a lost world of real-life dinosaurs. Then a mysterious cult comes after Luke. Why are the sinister Sons of Destin...
View BookAuthor: Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb
Author Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb
Narrator Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres
Duration 33m
This classic Shakespeare tale of false identities, cross-dressing, disguises and romantic confusion is brought to life in a story (rather than a play) format. Based in a Dutchy in France, most of the action in fact takes place in 'The Forest of Arden' where the characters in the play fall in love, fall out with each other and find out some unlikely...
View BookAuthor: George Orwell
Author George Orwell
Narrator Philip Glenister
Duration 5h 52m
Nineteen Eighty-Four is a classic dystopian novel by English author George Orwell. Published in 1949, it is set in the eponymous year and focuses on a repressive, totalitarian regime. The story follows the life of one seemingly insignificant man, Winston Smith, a civil servant assigned the task of falsifying records and political literature, thus e...
View BookAuthor: Vanessa Curtis
Series: Zelah Green, Book 1
Author Vanessa Curtis
Narrator Lisa Coleman
SeriesZelah Green, Book 1
Duration 3h 15m
My name is Zelah Green and I'm a cleanaholic. I spend most of my life running away from germs. And dirt. And people. And I'm just about doing OK and then my stepmother packs me off to some kind of hospital to live with loads of strangers. It's stuck in the middle of nowhere. Great. There's Alice who's anorexic. Caro who cuts herself. Silent Sol wh...
View BookAuthor: Dodie Smith
Author Dodie Smith
Narrator Emilia Fox
Duration 4h 52m
I Capture the Castle is Dodie Smith's first novel, written in 1949 while living in USA. Smith was already an established playwright and later became famous for authoring the children's classic The Hundred and One Dalmatians. This coming-of-age novel recounts in the first person the adventures of an eccentric family, the Mortmains, struggling to liv...
View BookAuthor: Robert Swindells
Author Robert Swindells
Narrator Matt Walters, Ruth Sillars
Duration 4h
In 2051 Britain is a divided country - half the population shelters in fortified suburbs, the other half smoulders in sealed off ghettos. Zoe is one of the privileged, Daz a semi-literate ghetto dweller. What happens when they fall in love?
View BookAuthor: Robert Swindells
Author Robert Swindells
Narrator Crispin Letts
Duration 2h 54m
Forced out of the family home by an abusive stepfather, `Link' is down and out in London. He vividly recounts the day to day experiences of life on the streets. As the author alternates Link's tale with that of an unknown serial killer preying on the homeless, you see how closely their lives brush against each other and know it's only a matter of t...
View BookConfessions of Georgia Nicholson Series Book 1: Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging
Author: Louise Rennison
Series: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, Book 1
Author Louise Rennison
Narrator Louise Rennison
SeriesConfessions of Georgia Nicolson, Book 1
Duration 3h 48m
It's bad enough being a teenager but Georgia Nicolson's problems go way beyond the average. She lives with her annoying parents, a three-year-old sister, her wildcat Angus and has to wear a beret to school. She would, however, rather be blond, have a smaller nose, slimmer eyebrows and a boyfriend. Georgia relates her tales of love and life in her d...
View BookAuthor: Pauline Fisk
Author Pauline Fisk
Narrator Susannah Tresilian
Duration 6h 30m
When Abren becomes conscious of her surroundings she is struggling to get out of the flooded river Severn with her only possession, a beautifully embroidered cloth, clutched in her arms. What is she doing in the water, who is she, and where can she go? A magical fantasy of a story that follows the journey of a girl's life over many centuries.
View BookAuthor: Robert Louis Stevenson
Author Robert Louis Stevenson
Narrator Jeff Bellamy
Duration 2h 20m
The well-intentioned, wealthy physician Dr Jekyll is fascinated by the duality of human nature. He discovers a drug which can separate the good and evil sides of his character. But can he stop his dark side, the hideous Mr Hyde, from taking control?
View BookAuthor: Celia Rees
Author Celia Rees
Narrator Aiofe Nally
Duration 2h 20m
Mary's grandmother is executed for witchcraft, and Mary is forced to leave her home to avoid the same fate. At first she flees to the English countryside, but when the atmosphere of superstition and suspicion becomes all-consuming she leaves on a boat for America in the hope that she can start over and forget her past. But during the journey, she r...
View BookAuthor: Simon Armitage
Author Simon Armitage
Narrator Charles Bainbridge
Duration 1h 40m
The first collection of poetry from an award winning poet. This audiobook features `It ain't what you do it's what it does to you' and other poems included for study at GCSE. CONTAINS SOME STRONG LANGUAGE.
View BookAuthor: Malorie Blackman
Author Malorie Blackman
Narrator Roger Griffiths
Duration 4h 50m
It's a normal Friday evening for Elliot - until the police knock on the door and tell him his mum's in serious trouble! A security video clearly shows her breaking into a giant pharmaceutical company on behalf of the environmental action group A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E. Elliot can hardly believe it. His mum's a secretary, isn't she? Not a SPY!
View BookShakespeare: His Life and Work
Author: Richard Hampton, David Weston
Author Richard Hampton, David Weston
Narrator Judi Dench, Timothy West
Duration 2h 30m
Dame Judi Dench and Timothy West perform extracts from all of Shakespeare's plays from 'Hamlet' to 'Pericles'. This audiobook also includes commentary, music, songs and sonnets.
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