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Author: Wilkie Collins
Author Wilkie Collins
Narrator Peter Jeffrey
Duration 18h 50m
The Moonstone, a large, beautiful yellow diamond, stolen from an Indian shrine, is given to Rachel Verinder on her 18th birthday and, that same night, stolen again. Sergeant Cuff is employed to find the precious stone and has no shortage of suspects. As each character describes their version of events, layer upon layer of drama and suspense builds...
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Author: Margaret Atwood
Author Margaret Atwood
Narrator Shelley Thompson
Duration 16h 38m
A decade and a half has passed since Grace was locked up, at the age of 16, for the cold-blooded murders of her employer and his lover. Her alleged accomplice was hanged in 1843. Sixteen years on, Grace claims to have no memory of the event. Dr Simon Jordan attempts to uncover the truth.
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Author: Nick Hornby
Author Nick Hornby
Narrator Christoper Oxford
Duration 9h
Written from the perspective firstly of a fanatical youngster, then a disillusioned adolescent, and finally an adult 'who should know better', the author examines the absurdities and traumas of everyday life and football. Hornby combines humorous autobiographical anecdotes with a wider commentary on the state of the game.
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Author: Agatha Christie
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Ray Jones
Duration 6h
The Bantrys wake one morning to discover the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing an evening dress and heavy make-up, which is smeared across her distorted cheeks. The respectable Bantrys invite Jane Marple to solve the mystery before tongues start to wag.
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The Mysterious Affair At Styles
Author: Agatha Christie
Series: Hercule Poirot, Book 1
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Andrew Sachs
SeriesHercule Poirot, Book 1
Duration 5h 29m
There had been some strange goings on at Styles St Mary. Evelyn had stormed out of the house and the atmosphere had changed to one of impending doom. With impeccable timing Poirot makes his dramatic entrance...
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Author: Agatha Christie
Series: Miss Marple, Book 7
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Rosemary Leach
SeriesMiss Marple, Book 7
Duration 8h
For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around the woman's throat. The body crumpled. The the other train sped off. Miss Marple investigates.
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Author: Agatha Christie
Series: Miss Marple, Book 3
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator James Saxon
SeriesMiss Marple, Book 3
Duration 5h 54m
Lymstock is a town with more than its share of shameful secrets - a town where even a sudden outbreak of anonymous hate-mail causes only a minor stir. But all that changes when Mrs Symmington commits suicide. Only Miss Marple questions the coroner's verdict.
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Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure
Author: Joyce Grenfell
Author Joyce Grenfell
Narrator Joyce Grenfell
Duration 3h 15m
Actress, comedienne and raconteur Joyce Grenfell brings to life her experiences working in radio and in film, on the stage and war-time entertainment tours. Her glamorous and madcap American mother, aunt Nancy Astor and husband Reggie are just some of the larger-than-life characters in this reading.
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Author: Alan Bennett
Author Alan Bennett
Narrator Various
Duration 3h 15m
Performed by the author and five of Britain's leading actresses, Alan Bennett's tales are full of quirky, insightful detail and wry observation. This audiobook contains the following monologues: 'A Chip in the Sugar' with Alan Bennett; 'A Lady of Letters' with Patricia Routledge; 'Bed Among the Lentils' with Anna Massey; 'Soldiering On' with Stepha...
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Author: Agatha Christie
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Norman Barrs
Duration 6h 29m
Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon. One of the party is found murdered, and tension mounts as the survivors realise that not only is the killer among them, but that they are likely to kill again...
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The Pam Ayres Poetry Collection
Author: Pam Ayres
Author Pam Ayres
Narrator Pam Ayres
Duration 2h 5m
Pam Ayres reads over 50 of her best-known and loved poems, including 'I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth', 'I'm a Starling, Me Darling' and 'Thoughts of a Late-Night Knitter'.
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Author: Terry Pratchett
Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Richard Mitchley
Duration 4h 7m
The first book in the Johnny Maxwell series. 12-year-old Johnny loves playing the computer game `Only You Can Save Mankind' where he has to save mankind from the alien hordes, but the aliens aren't so happy. When they get killed off they really die, so the alien Captain decides to take matters in her own hands, and surrenders. Suddenly Johnny finds...
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Author: Terry Pratchett
Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Richard Mitchley
Duration 3h 59m
Not many people can see the dead (not many would want to). Twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell can, and he's got bad news for them. The council want to sell the cemetery as a building site. But the dead have learnt a thing or two from Johnny, and they're not going to take it lying down...especially since it's Halloween tomorrow. Besides, they're beginni...
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The Chronicles of Narnia Series Book 3: The Horse and His Boy
Author: C S Lewis
Series: The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 3
Author C S Lewis
Narrator Andrew Sachs
SeriesThe Chronicles of Narnia, Book 3
Duration 6h
Bree the horse has been kidnapped from Narnia and longs to return there. Shasta, on the verge of being sold into slavery, decides to run away with him in search of his beloved home. Before they know it, the horse and his boy find themselves on a wild and dangerous journey through evil cities, eerie tombs and harsh deserts. This is the third book in...
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The Chronicles of Narnia Series Book 1: The Magician's Nephew
Author: C S Lewis
Series: The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 1
Author C S Lewis
Narrator Andrew Sachs
SeriesThe Chronicles of Narnia, Book 1
Duration 6h
In The Magician's Nephew, nothing is quite as it seems. Digory and Polly find themselves magically transported to a Wood between the Worlds, where several small ponds act as gateways to different worlds. They discover the dead world of Charn and together with Aslan the lion the pair fight against the evil Queen Jadis, restoring the land to its natu...
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The Chronicles of Narnia Series Book 6: The Silver Chair
Author: C S Lewis
Series: The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 6
Author C S Lewis
Narrator Andrew Sachs
SeriesThe Chronicles of Narnia, Book 6
Duration 6h
Eustace and Jill are called back to Narnia where they meet Aslan the lion who sets them the task of finding King Caspian's long lost son, Rilian. The pair stumble across Harfang, the castle of giants, and are invited to stay for the Autumn Feast. little realising that they are the main ingredients. This is the sixth book in the Narnia series.
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The Chronicles of Narnia Series Book 5: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Author: C S Lewis
Series: The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 5
Author C S Lewis
Narrator Andrew Sachs
SeriesThe Chronicles of Narnia, Book 5
Duration 6h
Edmund and Lucy are gazing miserably at the picture of the ship with the dragon prow when it slowly begins to rock, and the wind starts to blow. The frame disappears, and Lucy, Edmund and their awful cousin Eustace are suddenly swept into the picture. They find themselves in the magical kingdom of Narnia, and on a dangerous voyage of discovery to t...
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Author: Christopher Lee
Series: This Sceptered Isle, Book 10
Author Christopher Lee
Narrator Anna Massey
SeriesThis Sceptered Isle, Book 10
Duration 3h
The tenth part of a major Radio 4 series that tells the history of Britain from the Roman invasion to the death of Queen Victoria. This audiobook focuses on the Victorian period.
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The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
Author: Roddy Doyle
Author Roddy Doyle
Narrator Ger Ryan
Duration 3h
Paula Spencer struggles to reclaim her dignity after marriage to an abusive husband and a worsening drinking problem. She recalls her contented childhood, the audacity she had as a teenager, the exhilaration of her romance with Charlo, and the marriage to him that left her feeling powerless.
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Author: Bernieres Louis De
Author Bernieres Louis De
Narrator Robert Powell
Duration 3h 25m
In 1941 Captain Antonio Corelli is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia. It isn't long before he is involved in a heated affair with Pelagia, a local girl, despite her engagement to a young fisherman, Mandras, who has gone off to join Greek partisans. Love is complicated enough in wartime, even when the lovers are on the same side, but as Core...
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Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Author Frances Hodgson Burnett
Narrator Janet Mcteer
Duration 8h 35m
After the death of her parents, Mary Lennox is brought back from India as a forlorn and unwanted child to live in her uncle's great lonely house on the moors. Then one day, she discovers the key to a secret garden and, as if by magic, her life begins to change.
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