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Down and Out In Paris and London
Author: George Orwell
Author George Orwell
Narrator Jeremy Northam
Duration 6h 54m
Orwell was arguably one of the first 'gonzo' journalists. In this unabridged, enlightening and often shocking expose of life on the streets of two of Europe's most romanticised and celebrated cities, Orwell describes in detail the day-to-day life of a 'down-and-out', which involves hunger, filth, derision and often prejudice and violence. Alcohol i...
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Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Author Giovanni Boccaccio
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 19m
Read by members of the cast of the exciting new film based on 'The Decameron', 'Virgin Territory', Boccacio's raunchy 14th-Century work is given a new lease of life in this inventive and witty production by CSA WORD. A group of Florentine youth escape to the mountain countryside during the time of the plague, only to regale each other with vignette...
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Author: J B Priestley
Author J B Priestley
Narrator Rodney Bewes
Duration 7h 23m
Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and twice adapted into films, The Good Companions also inspired the Yorkshire Television series of the same name. One of Priestley's best-known works, it follows the fortune of a group of misfits who decide to join a concert troupe. An excellent choice for audio due to Priestley's use of regional diale...
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Author: James Goss
Author James Goss
Narrator Clare Corbett
Duration 6h 8m
The Dead are not alone. There is something in the mist and it talks to them. In a remote clinic in 18th-century Italy, a lonely girl writes to her mother. She tells of pale English aristocrats and mysterious Russian nobles. She tells of intrigues and secrets, and strange faceless figures that rise from the sea. And she tells about the enigmatic Mr...
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Author: James Goss
Author James Goss
Narrator Kai Owen
Duration 2h 13m
G.R. Owen is the last of Cardiff's old department stores. Times are hard and the ancient firm has gone into administration. But who are the Administrators? What goes on behind the shutters at night? And why are customers disappearing? Torchwood are already investigating; G.R. Owen is the site of their oldest unsolved cases, and Jack is determined...
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Author: James Joyce
Author James Joyce
Narrator T P Mckenna
Duration 16m
One of Joyce's celebrated tales from his 'Dubliners' collection, which follows Maria, a likeable maid, as she travels from work to her make-shift-family home. Written in Joyce's famous train-of-consciousness style, his words work well on audio, especially when read in T.P. McKenna's lyrical and nimble Irish tone.
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Counterparts: From "dubliners"
Author: James Joyce
Author James Joyce
Narrator T P Mckenna
Duration 28m
A day in the life of Farrington, an Irish man X who faces daily trials and tribulations in this anthropological story from James Joyce's Dubliners. A listener hears Farrington's tribulation-full journey from the office, to the pub and home. This tale makes no judgments but portrays a life-beaten man who is neither entirely wrong nor right in his ow...
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Author: James Joyce
Author James Joyce
Narrator T P Mckenna
Duration 1h 31m
From Dubliners: The Dead - At a party, Gabriel Conroy offends three women and realizes in an epiphany that passionless people like himself are already dead. At 15-16,000 words this story has also been classified as a novella. The Dead was adapted to film by John Huston, written for the screen by his son Tony and starring his daughter Anjelica as M...
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Author: James Joyce
Author James Joyce
Narrator T P Mckenna
Duration 16m
The story involves a boy, the narrator, and his friend, Mahony, taking a day off from school and going to the shore, to seek adventure in their otherwise dull lives. As the narrator says, "The mimic warfare of the evening became at last as wearisome to me as the routine of school in the morning because I wanted real adventures to happen to myself....
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Author: James Joyce
Author James Joyce
Narrator T P Mckenna
Duration 12m
Eveline is short story from James Joyce's celebrated short story collection 'Dubliners'. It begins with Eveline, a nineteen-year-old girl, who has met a sailor, Frank, who has convinced her to run away to Buenos Aires with him. Should she go with Frank, or remain in Ireland, her homeland? This beautiful story gives great insight into the predicamen...
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Author: James Joyce
Author James Joyce
Narrator T P Mckenna
Duration 49m
After a Dublin 'tea taster', salesman Tom Kernan loses consciousness while drunk and takes a nasty fall down the stairs. His friends, who want to help rescue Kernan from inevitable consequences of his flawed ways, gather in his bedroom and talk about a catholic retreat, which is taking place for the benefit of businessmen. They persuade him to atte...
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Author: Ted Kavanagh
Series: It's That Man Again, Book 1
Author Ted Kavanagh
Narrator Various
SeriesIt's That Man Again, Book 1
Duration 1h 26m
It's That Man Again is a giant in the history of radio comedy. Mat Coward's book Classic Radio Comedy says, "Surely the most written-about radio series in history, it was successful to an extent which is hard to imagine today. Its international audience was measured in the tens of millions. Its star, Tommy Handley, was undoubtedly the most popular...
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Japan: Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
Author: Marcus Brigstocke, Jeremy Salsby
Series: Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off Series 3, Book 2
Author Marcus Brigstocke, Jeremy Salsby
Narrator Marcus Brigstocke
SeriesGiles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off Series 3, Book 2
Duration 27m
Giles Wemmbley Hogg 2m's, 2g's world traveller and proud graduate in Canadian Studies goes for broke, quite literally, as he tries his hand at being a Bond Trader in Japan. Note: This is part two of a series of six parts.
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Jeremy Hardy Speaks To the Nation
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Series: Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 1
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Jeremy Hardy
SeriesJeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 1
Duration 29m
"How to be a popular figure around town" Note: This is part one of a series of six parts.
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Jeremy Hardy Speaks To the Nation
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Series: Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 2
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Jeremy Hardy
SeriesJeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 2
Duration 29m
"How to have a Baby" Note: This is part two of a series of six parts.
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Jeremy Hardy Speaks To the Nation
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Series: Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 3
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Jeremy Hardy
SeriesJeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 3
Duration 29m
"How to be a leader of men" Note: This is part three of a series of six parts.
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Jeremy Hardy Speaks To the Nation
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Series: Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 4
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Jeremy Hardy
SeriesJeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 4
Duration 28m
"How to be a father - part one" Note: This is part four of a series of six parts.
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Jeremy Hardy Speaks To the Nation
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Series: Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 5
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Jeremy Hardy
SeriesJeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 5
Duration 29m
"How to be a father - part two" Note: This is part five of a series of six parts.
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Jeremy Hardy Speaks To the Nation
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Series: Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 6
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Jeremy Hardy
SeriesJeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 6
Duration 28m
"How to meet the Challenge of the 21st Century" Note: This is part six of a series of six parts.
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John Arlott's Cricketing Wides, Byes and Slips!
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator John Arlott
Duration 1h 9m
John Arlott was BBC's Voice of Cricket for more than 30 summers and reported on all the key cricket matches from the 40's to his final commentary in 1980 at Lords. The imagery and wit of an uncomparable broadcaster is captured here in a unique collection of historic moments. From the 40's we hear about Bradman's last test, from the 50's Compton's h...
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Author: Rev W Awdry
Author Rev W Awdry
Narrator Michael Angelis
Duration 1h 16m
Three original stories from the Reverend W. Awdry's bestselling Railway Series, read by Michael Angelis, narrator of TV's Thomas & Friends. Branch Line Engines Cinders and ashes! Thomas crashes into the Stationmaster's house at breakfast time, and Daisy the Diesel Rail-car comes to help while Thomas is repaired. Toby shows Daisy how to deal w...
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