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Author: Caitlin Moran
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Author Caitlin Moran
Narrator Caitlin Moran
Duration 8h 47m
It's a good time to be a woman: we have the vote and the Pill, and we haven't been burnt as witches since 1727. However, a few nagging questions do remain...Why are we supposed to get Brazilians? Should we use Botox? Do men secretly hate us? And why does everyone ask you when you're going to have a baby? Part memoir, part rant, Caitlin answers the...
View BookAuthor: Jessica Bennett
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Author Jessica Bennett
Narrator Bahni Turpin
Duration 6h 10m
'Engaging, hilarious and practical - I will proudly proclaim myself a card-carrying member of the FFC' - Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and bestselling author of Lean In. Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Feminist Fight Club by Jessica Bennett, read by Bahni Turpin. This is a call to arms. Are you aged zero to in...
View BookHistorical Stories: The Great Fire of London
Author: Jill Atkins
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Author Jill Atkins
Narrator Richard Popple
Duration 21m
As a sleepy William awakes from the cries of Fire, Fire, he thinks something big must be burning. But from the comfort of his own bed he does not realise the whole of London is ablaze! Will is desperate to help save his home and beloved city but are Will and his family in danger? Will they be able to escape with their lives?
View BookFather Brown Series 2 Episode 2: The Perishiing of the Pendragons
Author: G K Chesterton
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Author G K Chesterton
Narrator Andrew Sachs
SeriesThe Wisdom of Father Brown, Book 2
Duration 27m
With his black hat, huge umbrella, unwordly simplicity and 'beaming but breathless geniality', Father Brown is one of fiction's best-loved amateur detectives. Short and tatty, but with the wisdom and insight to unravel the most wayward of criminal minds, he has entertained generations. In 'The Perishing of the Pendragons', Father Brown learns to si...
View BookAuthor: Simon Passmore
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Author Simon Passmore
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 56m
A fast-paced psychological thriller from BBC Radio 4's 'Saturday Play' slot, originally broadcast 26 March 2011. A city banker is found dead in an opulent apartment. At the funeral, his former girlfriend Helen is unexpectedly questioned about when she last saw him. Did he mention computer files, or give her anything as a keepsake? Helen's suspicion...
View BookAuthor: Esther Freud
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Author Esther Freud
Narrator Esther Freud
Duration 3h
Written through the eyes of a six-year-old girl, this semi-autobiographical novel tells the story of two sisters taken on the trail to Marrakesh during the late sixties by their well-meaning but impulsive hippy mother.
View BookAuthor: Various
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Author Various
Narrator Patrick Malahide
Duration 3h
A collection of eight classic horror stories: 'The Monkey's Paw' by W.W Jacobs; 'Timber' by John Galsworthy; 'The Masque of the Red Death' by Edgar Allan Poe; 'The Squaw' by Bram Stoker; 'Martin's Close' by M.R James; 'The Man in the Bell' by W.E Aytoun; ' Caterpillars' by E. F Benson and 'A Tale of Terror' by Thomas Hood.
View BookI Will Finish With the Story of A Good Cat
Author: Anonymous
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Author Anonymous
Narrator Liza Goddard
Duration 1m
A short overture to the value of trusty animal friends, that also incorporates some historical interest and is a warming closer and thinking-point taken from CSA Word's 'Cats' collection'.
View BookAuthor: Sebastian Bacziewicz
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Author Sebastian Bacziewicz
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesPilgrim Series 2, Book 1
Duration 43m
The first play in Pilgrim Series 2, a collection of four BBC Radio 4 modern-day fantasy adventures written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and starring Paul Hilton as Pilgrim. The Drowned Church was originally broadcast in the Afternoon Play slot on 31 August 2010. What if all the myths and folktales of these islands were true? And what if they were not o...
View BookAuthor: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
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Author Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 1h 26m
Wine shop owner Gerald desperately needs money: his business is failing and the landlord has raised the cost of the lease. When he inherits a watch that used to belong to wartime Nazi Joachim Von Ribbentrop he believes that his financial troubles are over. But it sparks conflict with his wife and brother, who question the ethics of the potential sa...
View BookThe Goon Show: The Case of the Missing Heir
Author: Spike Milligan
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Author Spike Milligan
Narrator Various
SeriesThe Goon Show, Book 24
Duration 2h
Four previously unreleased episodes of the archive radio comedy, selected by Norma Farnes, Spike Milligan's biographer. The episodes are: The Case of the Missing Heir (11/1/55), The Secret Escritoire (27/9/55), The Pam's Paper Insurance Policy (24/11/58), The Dreaded Piano Clubber (26/12/86). Goon but not forgotten! From 1952 to 1960 the Goons rule...
View BookAuthor: Robert Harris
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Author Robert Harris
Narrator Michael Jayston
Duration 9h 43m
Set in Martha's Vineyard, 'The Ghost' tells the story of a writer who accepts the request to ghost-write the memoirs of Britain's former Prime Minister. He soon realises he has made a mistake. The ex-Prime Minister turns out to be a man with many secrets.
View BookAuthor: Jacqueline Wilson
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Author Jacqueline Wilson
Narrator Stephen Tompkinson
Duration 3h 10m
Tim and Biscuits are having a brilliant holiday in Wales. Life is full of ice cream, sandcastles and picnics - until they meet the horrid bully Prickle-Head and his side-kick Pinch-Face. Just as they are about to despair, reinforcements arrive in an unexpected form.
View BookJessica Haggerthwaite: Witch Dispatcher
Author: Emma Barnes
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Author Emma Barnes
Narrator Stephanie Cole
Duration 2h 31m
Jessica reads books like 'Astrophysics Made Simple', and worries about the household bills. So she's not exactly thrilled when her mother decides to 'turn professional' - as a witch. Having a witch for a mother is deeply embarrassing so she decides to thwart her mother's every move. Only, somehow, things don't turn out quite as Jessica planned.
View BookAuthor: P. D. James
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Author P. D. James
Narrator Julian Glover
Duration 9h 47m
The year is 2021. No child has been born for a quarter of a century. The human race faces extinction. Under the despotic rule of Xan Lyppiatt, Warden of England, the old are despairing, the young beautiful but cruel.
View BookAuthor: Jeffrey M. Schwartz
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Author Jeffrey M. Schwartz
Narrator Jeffrey M. Schwartz
Duration 1h 38m
The 20th anniversary edition of the definitive classic on defeating obsessive-compulsive behavior, with all-new material from the author. An estimated 5 million Americans suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and live diminished lives in which they are compelled to obsess about something or to repeat a similar task over and over. Traditio...
View BookAuthor: Bridget Blankley
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Author Bridget Blankley
Narrator Devarnie Lothian
Duration 4h 13m
The Ghosts and Jamal is an intriguing story, touching on religion, terrorism and Nigeria s internal conflicts, following a young orphan who is negotiating an unforgiving society. Waking up in the aftermath of a terrorist attack, 13-year-old Jamal tries to piece together what has happened whilst simultaneously trying to evade capture by the attacker...
View BookThe Infinite Monkey Cage: How To Build A Universe
Author: Robin Ince
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Author Robin Ince
Narrator Various
Duration 5h 44m
From the hosts of the legendary BBC Radio 4 programme comes this irreverent celebration of scientific marvels - a hectic leap through the grand and bizarre ideas conjured up by human imagination, from dark matter to consciousness via neutrinos and earthworms. Prof Brian Cox and Robin Ince take the musings of the great and the good of British scienc...
View BookAuthor: Paul Storrie, Steve Kurth
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Author Paul Storrie, Steve Kurth
Narrator Book Buddy Digital Media
Duration 31m
Famous for his superhuman strength, Hercules is the most popular hero in Greek mythology. The son of Zeus-king of the gods-and a mortal mother, Hercules faces the wrath of Zeus's wife Hera, who resents her illegitimate stepson and vows to bring him misery. With her magical powers, she tricks Hercules into performing a series of twelve seemingly imp...
View BookAuthor: Kim Geyer
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Author Kim Geyer
Narrator Various
Duration 8m
Meet Noah - confident and happy until he starts at a new school. There, he meets Connor. For some reason, Connor won't stop picking on Noah. Wherever Noah goes, whatever he does, there's Connor. Being mean. In his journal, Noah draws all sorts of doodles about how he would like to stand up to his bully. But in class, Noah doesn't say anything. He's...
View BookCousins' War Series Book 1: The White Queen
Author: Philippa Gregory
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Author Philippa Gregory
Narrator Susan Lyons
SeriesCousin's War, Book 1
Duration 15h 2m
Philippa Gregory-the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Parker Pen Novel of the Year The Other Boleyn Girl-delivers the first in a series of historical novels set during the tumultuous War of the Roses. This compelling tale of romance, rivalry, and revenge unfolds through the eyes of Elizabeth Woodville, the woman whose renowned beauty catapu...
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