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Author: Anita Desai
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
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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The Danger Zone: Avoid Meeting A Body Snatcher
Author: Fiona Macdonald
Format: MP3 CD
Author Fiona Macdonald
Narrator Rachel Sternberg
Duration 25m
It's 1828 and you're a medical student at the world-famous Edinburgh university. You are keen to start dissecting bodies to learn all about anatomy, but be careful who you buy your body from - some people will do anything to get their hands on one! This audiobook explores the body-snatching craze that gripped 19th century Britain, including the inf...
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Would You Believe... In 1400, Reading Could Save Your Life?! and Other Academic Advantages
Author: Richard Platt
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Author Richard Platt
Narrator Rachel Sternberg
Duration 1h
Listeners will learn about the often painful and frequently distasteful educational practices that our ancestors employed and explore some unusual teaching methods used today. Find out about the Neolithic cave school, the English charity boarding school in Dickensian times, where pupils shared their boarding rooms with chickens and turkeys, and the...
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A Little Lower Than the Angels
Author: Geraldine Mccaughrean
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Author Geraldine Mccaughrean
Narrator Rachel Sternberg
Duration 3h 35m
Gabriel has no idea what the future will hold when he runs away from his apprenticeship with the bad tempered stonemason. But God himself, in the shape of playmaster Garvey, has plans for him. He wants Gabriel for his angel. Winner of the Whitbread Children's Book Award.
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Author: Sarah Crossan
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Author Sarah Crossan
Narrator Rachel Sternberg
Duration 1h 54m
Armed with a suitcase and an old laundry bag filled with clothes, Kasienka and her mother head for England. Life is lonely for Kasienka. At home her mother's heart is breaking and at school friends are scarce. But when someone special swims into her life, Kasienka learns that there might be more than one way for her to stay afloat.
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Can Science Solve? the Mystery of Life On Other Planets
Author: Chris Oxlade
Format: MP3 CD
Author Chris Oxlade
Narrator Rachel Sternberg
Duration 37m
The mystery of life on other planets has puzzled people for many years. Is there other life out there, trying to contact us? If so, what sort of aliens are they?'Can Science Solve?' explores some of the world's most baffling mysteries. Can we get to the bottom of them using science and logic, or will they continue to mystify us forever? Discover al...
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Would You Believe...cobwebs Stop Wounds Bleeding?! and Other Medical Marvels
Author: Richard Platt
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Author Richard Platt
Narrator Rachel Sternberg
Duration 1h 5m
The story of health and healing is stranger and more scary than you can imagine! Young scientists get a real taste of the story behind medicine as we examine the amazing practices used in medicine past and present. Listeners will learn about the often painful and frequently distasteful medical practices that our ancestors employed, such as using le...
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Great Events: The Spanish Armada
Author: Gillian Clements
Format: MP3 CD
Author Gillian Clements
Narrator Rachel Sternberg
Duration 18m
There are some moments in history that are so dramatic or important that people remember them for ever. This audiobook looks at the events which culminated in the defeat of the great fleet of Philip II of Spain in 1588 by the English Navy, under Sir Francis Drake.
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The Elements In Poetry: Poems About Water
Author: Andrew Fusek (ed.) Peters
Format: MP3 CD
Author Andrew Fusek (ed.) Peters
Narrator Rachel Sternberg
Duration 17m
From trickling stream to violent flood, from sparkling ice to acid raid, and from the bath tub to the open sea, these poems look at the many contrasting faces that water takes in the world.
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Stone Girl, Bone Girl: The Story of Mary Anning of Lyme Regis
Author: Laurence Anholt
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Author Laurence Anholt
Narrator Rachel Sternberg
Duration 15m
Mary Anning is probably the world's best-known fossil-hunter. As a little girl, she found a fossilised sea monster, the most important prehistoric discovery of its time. Best-selling author Laurence Anholt turns Mary's fascinating life into a beautiful story, ideal for reading aloud.
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Bullies, Bigmouths & So-called Friends
Author: J Alexander
Format: MP3 CD
Author J Alexander
Narrator Rachel Sternberg
Duration 1h 30m
You know the types. Bullies push you around, bigmouths make sarcastic comments about you. So-called friends turn their backs on you without saying why. You can end up feeling like a loser. But you don't have to. You just need to build up your defences, so the bullies can't get to you. This audiobook shows you how.
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Author: Lesley Ely
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Author Lesley Ely
Narrator Rachel Sternberg
Duration 10m
'There's a new boy at school called Louis. Louis sits next to me and I look after him. He's not quite like the rest of us. Sometimes I wonder what he's thinking about. He often just sits and stares at the wall. If I ask him what he's looking at he says, 'Looking at' and carries on looking.' This introduction to the issue of autism shows how - throu...
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How To Be A Fundraising Champion: A Practical Manual For Young Activists
Author: Michael Norton
Format: MP3 CD
Author Michael Norton
Narrator Rachel Sternberg
Duration 51m
A practical guide packed with ideas and advice for young people who want to raise money for projects they are organising in their community and to change the world! Covering: fundraising basics, sources of funds, what to do afterwards and using new technology to create change.
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