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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Author: J R R Tolkien
Format: Online
Author J R R Tolkien
Narrator Rob Inglis
Duration 16h 42m
Building on the story begun in The Fellowship of the Ring, this is the second part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the...
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Author: J R R Tolkien
Format: Online
Author J R R Tolkien
Narrator Rob Inglis
Duration 14h 32m
Concluding the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the final part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, available as a complete and unabridged audiobook. The armies of the Dark Lord Sauron are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to do battle agains the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sa...
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Author: Katerina Diamond
Format: Online
Author Katerina Diamond
Narrator Stevie Lacey
Duration 11h 6m
When a burned body is found in a disused signal box, suspicion falls on lonely teenager Gabriel Webb. There's no doubt he was at the scene of the crime, but does he really deserve what awaits him in prison? DS Imogen Grey is certain there's more to the case than meets the eye. But while she struggles to convince those around her of the truth, her p...
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Air Force Blue: The Raf In World War Two - Spearhead of Victory
Author: Patrick Bishop
Format: Online
Author Patrick Bishop
Narrator Tim France
Duration 15h 1m
Air warfare was a terrible novelty of the modern age, requiring a new military outlook. From the beginning, the RAF's identity set it apart from the traditional services. It was innovative, flexible and comparatively meritocratic, advancing the quasi-revolutionary idea that competence was more important than background. Drawing from diaries, letter...
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The Infinite Monkey Cage: How To Build A Universe
Author: Robin Ince
Format: Online
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...
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Logan Mcrae Book 4: Flesh House
Author: Stuart Macbride
Format: Online
Author Stuart Macbride
Narrator Steve Worsley
SeriesLogan McRae, Book 4
Duration 12h 50m
The fourth thriller in the number one best-selling crime series from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. Panic grips the Granite City as DS Logan McRae heads up a manhunt for 'The Flesher' - one of the UK's most notorious serial killers. Twenty years ago 'The Flesher' was butchering people all over the UK - turning victims into oven-ready joints - u...
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Logan Mcrae Book 3: Broken Skin
Author: Stuart Macbride
Format: Online
Author Stuart Macbride
Narrator Steve Worsley
SeriesLogan McRae, Book 3
Duration 13h 1m
The number one best-selling crime series from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. In this third DS Logan McRae thriller, the Granite City's seedy side is about to be exposed....A serial rapist is leaving a string of tortured women behind him, but while DS Logan McRae's girlfriend, PC Jackie 'Ball Breaker' Watson, is out acting as bait, he's trying t...
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Logan Mcrae Book 2: Dying Light
Author: Stuart Macbride
Format: Online
Author Stuart Macbride
Narrator Steve Worsley
SeriesLogan McRae, Book 2
Duration 12h 45m
The number one best-selling detective series from the award-winning Stuart MacBride continues in this second crime thriller. It's summertime in Scotland: the sun is shining, the sky is blue and people are dying...It's summertime in the Granite City: the sun is shining, the sky is blue and people are dying...It starts with Rosie Williams, a prostitu...
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Logan Mcrae Book 1: Cold Granite
Author: Stuart Macbride
Format: Online
Author Stuart Macbride
Narrator Steve Worsley
SeriesLogan McRae, Book 1
Duration 13h 28m
Stuart MacBride's number one best-selling crime series opens with this award-winning debut. DS Logan McRae and the police in Aberdeen hunt a child killer who stalks the frozen streets. Winter in Aberdeen: murder, mayhem and terrible weather...It's DS Logan McRae's first day back on the job after a year off on the sick, and it couldn't get much wors...
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Author: James Smythe
Format: Online
Author James Smythe
Narrator Emma Gregory
Duration 8h 37m
Vic returned from war tormented by his nightmares. His once happy marriage to Beth all but disintegrated. A machine promised salvation, purging him of all memory. Now the machines are gone, declared too controversial, the side effects too harmful. But within Beth's flat is an ever-whirring black box. She knows that memories can be put back and that...
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Ted Hughes: An Unauthorised Life
Author: Jonathan Bate
Format: Online
Author Jonathan Bate
Narrator Mike Grady
Duration 25h 43m
A magisterial life of Ted Hughes - identified recently as the only English poet since the First World War with a claim to true greatness and one of Britain's most important writers. Ted Hughes, Poet Laureate, was one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. He is one of Britain's most important poets, a poet of claws and cages: Jaguar, Hawk and...
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Death In Paradise Series Book 3: Death Knocks Twice
Author: Robert Thorogood
Format: Online
Author Robert Thorogood
Narrator Phil Fox
SeriesDeath in Paradise, Book 3
Duration 9h 2m
Two dead bodies. A family of suspects. One grumpy detective. Reluctantly stationed on the sweltering Caribbean island of Saint-Marie, Detective Inspector Richard Poole dreams of cold winds, drizzly rain and a pint in his local pub. Just as he is feeling as fed up as can be, a mysterious vagrant is found dead in the grounds of the historic Beaumont...
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Author: Listening Books
Format: Online
Author Books Listening
Narrator Alan Durant
Duration 14m
Alan Durant is a children's author and poet. His Creepe Hall series and YA novel Publish or Die are available to borrow from our MP3 CD library.
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An Interview With Ben Aaronovitch
Author: Listening Books
Format: Online
Author Books Listening
Narrator Ben Aaronovitch
Duration 18m
Ben Aaronovitch is the author of The Rivers of London series, the first four books are available to borrow from our MP3 CD library.
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Author: Listening Books
Format: Online
Author Books Listening
Narrator Bill Bryson
Duration 12m
Bill Bryson has written books in a variety of genres including travel, languages and science. We have a number of his titles available to borrow from both our online and MP3 CD catalogues.
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An Interview With Christopher Paolini
Author: Listening Books
Format: Online
Author Books Listening
Narrator Christopher Paolini
Duration 29m
Christopher Paolini is the author of the Inheritance Cycle series, which is available is borrow from both our online and MP3 CD catalogues.
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An Interview With James Runcie
Author: Listening Books
Format: Online
Author Listening Books
Narrator James Runcie
Duration 21m
James Runcie is a novelist, playwright, TV producer and documentary filmmaker. His Granchester series of books is available to borrow from our library on MP3 CD. Photo ¸ Charlotte Runcie.
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An Interview With Melvyn Bragg
Author: Listening Books
Format: Online
Author Books Listening
Narrator Melvyn Bragg
Duration 12m
Melvyn Bragg is an author and broadcaster. We have a number of his radio documentaries, including the Routes of English series, available to borrow from our online library.
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An Interview With Robert Winston
Author: Listening Books
Format: Online
Author Books Listening
Narrator Robert Winston
Duration 10m
Robert Winston is a scientist, author and broadcaster. We have several of his science books for children available to borrow from both our online and MP3 CD library.
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An Interview With Sarah Millican
Author: Listening Books, Sarah Millican
Format: Online
Author Listening Books, Sarah Millican
Narrator Sarah Millican
Duration 9m
Sarah Millican is a comedian and writer, we have her radio series Sarah Millican's Support Group available to borrow from our online library. Image © Matt Crockett.
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Author: Listening Books
Format: Online
Author Books Listening
Narrator Vaseem Khan
Duration 16m
Vaseem Khan is a crime writer, the first two books in his Baby Ganesh Detective Agency series are available to borrow from both our online and MP3 CD library. Photo ¸ Nirupama Khan.
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