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Author: William Golding
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Author William Golding
Narrator Tim Piggot-Smith
Duration 3h
Golding's best-known novel is the story of a group of boys who, after a plane crash, find themselves stranded on a previously uninhabited island. As memories of home recede and the blood from frenzied pig-hunts arouses them, the boys' childish fear turns into something deeper and more primitive, and their struggle to survive and impose order on the...
View BookAuthor: Alison Macleod
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Author Alison Macleod
Narrator Tim Piggot-Smith
Duration 27m
The fictionalised recreation of Denis Noble's 'eureka moment': the point at which the pioneering biologist came to understand the machinations of the human heart. The BBC National Short Story Award 2011 is managed in partnership with Booktrust.
View BookAuthor: Mark Jones
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Author Mark Jones
Narrator Tim Piggot-Smith
Duration 2h 26m
The RMS Titanic sailed from Southampton en route for New York on her maiden voyage with 2228 passengers and crew on board. On the 14th April at twenty minutes before midnight, sailing at almost full speed, she struck an iceberg and sank in just two and a half hours. Over 1500 lives were lost. This is the story of a great tragedy described by the su...
View BookAuthor: Margot Morrell, Stephanie Capparell
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Author Margot Morrell, Stephanie Capparell
Narrator Tim Piggot-Smith
Duration 2h 30m
Sir Ernest Shackleton was one of the greatest explorers of the 20th Century. The authors of 'Shackleton's Way' explore the leadership skills of the man who, following the wreck of his ship Endurance and stranded 1200 miles from any form of communication, led all of his 27 men to safety.
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