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Author: Evelyn Waugh
Author Evelyn Waugh
Narrator Jonathan Keeble
Duration 6h 20m
Sent down from Oxford for indecent behaviour, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at Llanabba Castle. His colleagues are an assortment of misfits, rascals, and fools, including Prendy and Captain Grimes, who is always in the soup (or just plain drunk). Then Sports Day arrives, and with...
View BookAuthor: Julian Gough, Jim Field
Series: Rabbit and Bear, Book 4
Author Julian Gough, Jim Field
Narrator Colleen Prendergast
SeriesRabbit and Bear, Book 4
Duration 28m
Rabbit is surprised: some of the trees in the valley seem to be flying south for the winter. His friend Bear is sure that trees can't fly. Then there's a loud CRUNCH! from Very Near By. It sounds like the world's largest rabbit, eating the world's largest carrot.
View BookAuthor: Julian Gough, Jim Field
Series: Rabbit and Bear, Book 3
Author Julian Gough, Jim Field
Narrator Colleen Prendergast
SeriesRabbit and Bear, Book 3
Duration 29m
SPLASH! A Mysterious Thing lands in Rabbit and Bear's peaceful summer lake. Is it exciting, or terrifying? Is it a tiny fluffy owl, or a huge hungry monster? And has Rabbit finally met a creature with worse habits than himself? Rabbit's SURE he can solve this mystery. But when he accidentally turns the Best Day Ever into the Worst Day Ever, he need...
View BookAuthor: Erik J. Brown
Author Erik J. Brown
Narrator Andrew Gibson, Barrett Leddy
Duration 10h 7m
When the Superflu wipes out most of the population, Jamie finds himself completely alone in a cabin in the woods—until an injured stranger crosses his path. Life is dangerous now and, armed with a gun, Jamie goes to pull the trigger. But there's something about Andrew ... something that stops Jamie in his tracks. Jamie takes him in, and as An...
View BookThe Pug who wanted to be a Unicorn
Author: Bella Swift
Author Bella Swift
Narrator Dujonna Gift
Duration 1h 28m
Always be yourself. Unless you can be a unicorn... When she's abandoned just before Christmas, Peggy the pug is taken in by a foster family with a unicorn-mad little girl. Peggy thinks that her new friend, Chloe, wants a unicorn for Christmas - not a puppy. Believing that anything is possible, Peggy decides that she will turn into a unicorn. All sh...
View BookAuthor: Chris Lloyd
Author Chris Lloyd
Narrator Tim Bentinck
Duration 12h 37m
Paris, Friday 14th June 1940. The day the Nazis march into Paris, making headlines around the globe. Paris police detective Eddie Giral - a survivor of the last World War - watches helplessly on as his world changes forever. But there is something he still has control over. Finding whoever is responsible for the murder of four refugees. The unwante...
View BookAuthor: M. C. Beaton
Series: Hamish Macbeth, Book 10
Author M. C. Beaton
Narrator David Monteath
SeriesHamish Macbeth, Book 10
Duration 6h 28m
Now that Priscilla Halburton-Smythe has agreed to marry him, Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth can't imagine a more perfect life. But his days aren't as tranquil as his dreams. For one thing, Priscilla's renovation schemes are driving him out of his cottage. Not to mention her ambitious plans for his career as a policeman away from Lochdubh. This migh...
View BookAuthor: E M Forster
Author E M Forster
Narrator David Rintoul
Duration 5h 32m
When the young English widow Lilia Herriton takes off on the grand tour and along the way marries a penniless Italian, her in-laws are far from amused. That the marriage should fail and poor Lilia die tragically are only to be expected. But that Lilia should have had a baby - and that the baby should be raised as an Italian - are matters of grave c...
View BookAuthor: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Series: Barsoom, Book 3
Author Edgar Rice Burroughs
Narrator Christopher Ragland
SeriesBarsoom, Book 3
Duration 6h 26m
John Carter risks everything to rescue his wife, Princess Dejah Thoris, from the clutches of his evil adversaries, but he is always just one step behind! His battles cover the face of the red planet, as his quest carries him ultimately to the mysterious northern pole. Will this civilization, submerged in ice, prove fatal to our hero?
View BookAuthor: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Series: Barsoom, Book 4
Author Edgar Rice Burroughs
Narrator Christopher Ragland
SeriesBarsoom, Book 4
Duration 5h 28m
Mars has become divided by love. Not one, but two princes and a Jeddak are vying for the love of Thuvia of Ptarth. When she is mysteriously kidnapped, treachery threatens to throw Barsoom into bloody war. Now Cathoris must follow in the footsteps of his father, John Carter, and overcome phantom armies, dangerous spies and savage beasts as he attemp...
View BookAuthor: Charlotte Bronte
Author Charlotte Bronte
Narrator Ben Allen
Duration 10h 23m
The Professor is Charlotte Brontës first novel. Our protagonist is William Crimsworth and, like Jane Eyre, he is parentless; like Lucy Snowe in Villette he leaves the familiar surroundings of England to forge a life in Brussels. Brontë explores the relationship between power and sexual desire through William's first person narration. The...
View BookAuthor: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Series: Barsoom, Book 1
Author Edgar Rice Burroughs
Narrator Christopher Ragland
SeriesBarsoom, Book 1
Duration 7h 20m
The first of eleven thrilling novels that comprise Edgar Rice Burroughs' most exciting saga, known as The Barsoom, or Martian, series, this is the beginning of an incredible odyssey in which John Carter, a gentleman from Virginia and a Civil War veteran, unexpectedly finds himself on to the red planet, scene of continuing combat among rival tribes....
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Series: Barsoom, Book 6
Author Edgar Rice Burroughs
Narrator Christopher Ragland
SeriesBarsoom, Book 6
Duration 6h 23m
Former Earthman Ulysses Paxton served Barsoom's greatest scientist, until his master's ghoulish trade in living bodies drove him to rebellion. Then, to save the body of the woman he loved, he had to attack mighty Phundahl, and its evil, beautiful ruler.
View BookAuthor: H.G. Wells
Author H.G. Wells
Narrator Malk Williams
Duration 5h 4m
Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked gentleman stranded on a Pacific island, is lorded over by the notorious Dr. Moreau. He is forced to confront dark secrets, strange creatures, and a reason to run for his life.
View BookAuthor: Zora Neale Hurston
Author Zora Neale Hurston
Narrator Nerissa Bradley
Duration 10m
How It Feels To Be Colored Me was first published in "The World Tomorrow" in May 1928. In this autobiographical piece that focuses on race and 1920s America, Hurston reflects on her early childhood in an all-black Florida town and her first experiences in life where she felt "different." Hurston focuses on the similarities we all share and on her o...
View BookAuthor: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Series: Barsoom, Book 2
Author Edgar Rice Burroughs
Narrator Christopher Ragland
SeriesBarsoom, Book 2
Duration 9h 21m
After the long exile on Earth, John Carter finally returned to his beloved Mars. But beautiful Dejah Thoris, the woman he loved, had vanished. Now he was trapped in the legendary Eden of Mars - an Eden from which none ever escaped alive.
View BookAuthor: Dylan Thomas
Author Dylan Thomas
Narrator Iwan Rheon
Duration 20m
'All the Christmases roll down toward the two-tongued sea, like a cold and headlong moon bundling down the sky that was our street; and they stop at the rim of the ice-edged fish-freezing waves, and I plunge my hands in the snow and bring out whatever I can find.' Cherished by generations as a Christmas classic ever since it was first recorded and...
View BookAuthor: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Series: Barsoom, Book 5
Author Edgar Rice Burroughs
Narrator Christopher Ragland
SeriesBarsoom, Book 5
Duration 10h 11m
Impetuous and headstrong is Tara, Princess of Helium and daughter of John Carter. Tara meets Prince Gahan of Gathol, and is initially unimpressed, viewing him as something of a popinjay. Later she takes her flier into a storm and loses control of the craft, and the storm carries her to an unfamiliar region of Barsoom. After landing and fleeing from...
View BookA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Author: James Joyce
Author James Joyce
Narrator Ruairi Conaghan
Duration 9h 5m
Stephen Dedalus is a boy on the edge of transformation—questioning his strict Irish Catholic upbringing, the confines of his family, and the weight of tradition. As he comes of age, his inner world brims with restless ambition and a desire to escape conformity through the power of art. In this bold, lyrical, and deeply introspective novel, Ja...
View BookAuthor: Ernest Hemingway
Author Ernest Hemingway
Narrator Nathan Osgood
Duration 7h 22m
The quintessential novel of the Lost Generation, The Sun Also Rises is one of Ernest Hemingway's masterpieces and a classic example of his spare but powerful writing style. A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway's most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady...
View BookAuthor: Charlotte Bronte
Author Charlotte Bronte
Narrator Emma Gregory
Duration 24h 30m
In this gripping tale of passion, independence, and societal constraints, the young and introspective Robert Moore is caught in the whirlwind of his factory's struggles, while becoming entangled with the fierce and enigmatic Shirley. A strong, unconventional woman with a sharp mind, Shirley challenges the rigid social norms of her time, forcing tho...
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