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Mr Tiger Book 3: Mr Tiger, Betsy and the Golden Seahorse
Author: Sally Gardner
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Author Sally Gardner
Narrator Simon Russell Beale
SeriesMr Tiger, Book 3
Duration 1h 47m
Following the success of their first two adventures, the intrepid pair join Betsy's mum, Myrtle the mermaid, beneath the waves. Crumble cakes! When Betsy joins Myrtle the mermaid in her underwater world, she discovers there may be monsters ... shipwrecks, lost treasure and secret cities. A seapig's prize seahorse, Pudding Pie, has been stolen by a...
View BookAuthor: Jenny Nimmo
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Author Jenny Nimmo
Narrator Simon Russell Beale
Duration 6h 42m
The sequel to 'Midnight for Charlie Bone' (0458CD). Charlie hopes that the new term at Bloor's Academy will hold no nasty surprises. But then Harry Yewbeam appears, twisted through time from the icy winter of 1916. With the scheming Yewbeam aunts on the prowl, and the Bloors out to catch him, Henry will need Charlie's help just to stay alive. Bloor...
View BookAuthor: Jenny Nimmo
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Author Jenny Nimmo
Narrator Simon Russell Beale
Duration 7h 9m
Charlie Bone discovers that he has a special talent and that he is part of a family which also have magical talents, which are referred to as 'endowments'. Charlie has to attend a special academy that caters for endowed children, but the majority of the children there are not endowed, only extremely talented in either art, music or drama. This make...
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Author Jenny Nimmo
Narrator Simon Russell Beale
Duration 7h 20m
Charlie's Uncle Paton has dashed off to try to stop the Yewbeam Aunts' latest plan, but when Grandma Bone greets the arrival of Belle with delight, could this be what Paton left hoping to prevent? At Bloor's, Emma finds art teacher Mr Boldova is the brother of the mysterious Ollie Sparks, made invisible by the blue boa. Belle joins the more nastily...
View BookAuthor: Henry Treece
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Author Henry Treece
Narrator Simon Russell Beale
Duration 2h 25m
A fugitive from his native Iceland, Beorn cannot believe his luck when he is adopted by a Viking warrior. Plunged into a seafaring life that demands strength, determination and courage, Beorn rapidly grows from boy to man under the rigorous Viking code of conduct.
View BookAuthor: Sally Gardner
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Author Sally Gardner
Narrator Simon Russell Beale
Duration 2h 30m
Emily Vole makes headline news in the first weeks of her life, when she is found in an abandoned hatbox in Stansted Airport. Then, only a few years later, her neighbour Mrs String dies leaving Emily a mysterious inheritance: an old shop, a small bunch of golden keys and a cat called Fidget. It's the beginning of an adventure of a lifetime as the o...
View BookMr Tiger Book 2: Mr Tiger, Betsy and the Sea Dragon
Author: Sally Gardner
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Author Sally Gardner
Narrator Simon Russell Beale
SeriesMr Tiger, Book 2
Duration 1h 49m
Crumble cakes! A red rogue wind is blowing and a wicked pirate captain and his crew are marauding the seven seas near the island left off the map of the world. A rare egg has gone missing and a very unhappy sea dragon wants it back. A pirate ship, the Kettle Black, is anchored in a secret cove off the island left off the map of the world. Betsy and...
View BookMr Tiger Book 1: Mr Tiger, Betsy and the Blue Moon
Author: Sally Gardner
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Author Sally Gardner
Narrator Simon Russell Beale
SeriesMr Tiger, Book 1
Duration 1h 39m
An enchanting fairytale about Mr Tiger, and his troupe of acrobats, Betsy K. Glory, the daughter of a mermaid and an ice cream maker. When Betsy K. Glory, the daughter of a mermaid and an ice cream maker, meets the mysterious Mr Tiger they have a giant challenge: a moon to turn blue, berries to collect and wishable-delicious ice cream to create. Th...
View BookAuthor: Hesketh Pearson
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Author Hesketh Pearson
Narrator Simon Russell Beale
Duration 3h 35m
The tragic story of Oscar Wilde, an accomplished author, poet and playwright who was to suffer at the hands of a censorious and hypocritical society. The accompanying music is by Widor, Curzon, Dvorak, Grieg, Tchaikovsky and Chabrier.
View BookAtticus the Storyteller's 100 Greek Myths: Volume 1
Author: Lucy Coats
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Author Lucy Coats
Narrator Simon Russell Beale
SeriesAtticus the Storyteller, Book 1
Duration 2h
Atticus leaves his family in Crete and sets off on a year long journey round Greece to take part in the great storytelling festival near Troy. Wherever he goes he tells stories to anyone who will listen - sailors, shepherds, actors, athletes, children and grannies. The stories he tells are the myths of Theseus and the Minotaur, Daedalus and Icarus,...
View BookThe Importance of Being Earnest
Author: Oscar Wilde
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Author Oscar Wilde
Narrator Geraldine Mcewan, Simon Russell Beale
Duration 1h 36m
To avoid tiresome family engagements, Algernon Moncrieff, a bachelor-about-town, has invented Bunbury, an invalid friend whose bedside he is frequently obliged to attend. At the same time, his friend Jack Worthing has invented a wicked brother called Ernest to disguise his own misdemeanours. When Algernon poses as Ernest, confusion reigns, and it t...
View BookAtticus the Storyteller's 100 Greek Myths: Volume 2
Author: Lucy Coats
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Author Lucy Coats
Narrator Simon Russell Beale
SeriesAtticus the Storyteller, Book 2
Duration 2h 20m
Atticus the Storyteller leaves his family in Crete and sets off on a year-long journey round Greece. Wherever he goes he tells stories to anyone who will listen - sailors, shepherds, actors, athletes, children and grannies. The stories he tells are the myths of Theseus and the Minotaur, Daedalus and Icarus, King Midas, the labours of Heracles, the...
View BookAuthor: Oscar Wilde
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Author Oscar Wilde
Narrator Simon Russell Beale
Duration 4h 54m
Written during his time in Reading Gaol, De Profundis is Oscar Wilde's moving letter to Lord Alfred Douglas, whose relationship with Wilde led to the poet's imprisonment. Here Wilde repudiates Lord Alfred and reflects on his ordeal, acknowledging how the depths of his sorrow have helped liberate him towards a fuller, freer wisdom. Brimming with bea...
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