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Author: Virginia Woolf
Author Virginia Woolf
Narrator Lucy Briars
Duration 10h 30m
'The Waves', more than any of Virginia Woolf's other novels, conveys the complexities of human experience. Tracing the lives of a group of friends, 'The Waves' follows their development from childhood to youth and middle age. The novel is most remarkable for the rich poetic language that conveys the aspirations, triumphs and regrets of her characte...
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Author: Anne Fine
Author Anne Fine
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 6h 34m
Colin is in many ways an ideal citizen. A responsible job for the council, visits to his aged mother Norah, and cooking and shopping for her. But no-one knows about his other - much more secret - life that involves a garden shed, a circus acrobat, and a much-adored three-year-old charmer.
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Author: Suzanne Berne
Author Suzanne Berne
Narrator Charlotte Strevens
Duration 8h 20m
When the murdered body of a local boy is found in the woods, suspicions transform young Marsha's once-secure neighbourhood. Marsha begins to watch her neighbours and when Mr Green, the shy bachelor from next-door, takes an interest in her mother, Marsha is drawn into a cruel chain of events. Winner of the Orange Prize.
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Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Author Jacqueline Wilson
Narrator Patanne Fairfoot
Duration 3h 55m
Jade is so used to being with and agreeing with Vicky, her best friend, that when a tragic accident occurs, she can hardly believe that Vicky's no longer there. But Vicky is not going to let a little thing like being dead stop her from enjoying life to the full. Wherever Jade is, Vicky makes her presence felt.
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Author: David Almond
Author David Almond
Narrator David Almond
Duration 2h 20m
Michael's baby sister is ill, and the whole house is sick with her. While his parents spend time at the hospital, he explores their new home. In the old, derelict garage he finds something sinister: a strange creature, part owl, part angel. Is it something good? Or something evil? Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book of th...
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Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Author Jacqueline Wilson
Narrator Helen Bush
Duration 5h
Tracy Beaker thought things would be perfect with her new foster-mum Cam. But it's hardly fair that Cam refuses to buy her designer clothes and give her loads of money, now is it? So Tracy bunks off school and hides out in her secret place to avoid being teased by the other pupils and to stop herself from strangling Vomity Bagley, the English teach...
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Author: Jamila Gavin
Author Jamila Gavin
Narrator Maria Darling
Duration 8h 50m
In the late 1700s your circumstance of birth meant everything. Toby and Aaron may both find themselves living at Captain Thomas Coram's Hospital for parentless children, but their histories are as far apart as they could possibly be. Toby has been rescued from a life of slave labour in a faraway country; Aaron is the illegitimate son of the heir to...
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Author: Anne Fine
Author Anne Fine
Narrator Meredith Porteous
Duration 2h 52m
Ione Muffet has spent every summer she can remember alone in the summer house at the end of her garden. But the arrival of the extraordinary Ned Hump changes all that. Ione's father, Professor Muffet, his beautiful secretary, Caroline, and Ned give Ione a riotous introduction to adult life - how not to cope with love, money, careers and forty uninv...
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Author: Julie Bertagna
Author Julie Bertagna
Narrator Robert Kirkwood
Duration 1h
Dibs can copy any sound, yet he can only communicate through his drawings. Only his sister, Amy, really understands him, but even she wishes Dibs could be like an ordinary brother. Can a lost dolphin, washed up on the beach, help Dibs learn to speak?
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The Dinosaur's Packed Lunch & the Monster Story Teller
Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Author Jacqueline Wilson
Narrator Robert Kirkwood
Duration 33m
In the first book Dinah is on a school trip to see the dinosaurs in the museum. Everyone in the class has a packed lunch, everyone that is except Dinah. But then a friendly iguanodon decides to help, and soon Dinah has a very special packed lunch and a huge surprise! In the second book Natalie is feeling bored one morning in school - until a tiny m...
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This Sceptred Isle: The Twentieth Century 1901-1919
Author: Christopher Lee
Author Christopher Lee
Narrator Anna Massey
Duration 15h 15m
Continuing the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series of the story of Britain, from the start of the twentieth century to the present day - taking us through decades of whirlwind change and technological advancement.
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Author: Agatha Christie
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Nicholas Courtney
Duration 6h
In this novelisation of a playscript, the formula for a powerful explosive is stolen. Locking his guests in the library, Sir Claud switches off the lights to let the thief replace it, no questions asked. When the lights come on, Sir Claud is dead and Hercule Poirot must act quickly to prevent a global catastrophe. (Adapted by Charles Osborne).
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Author: Beverley Naidoo
Author Beverley Naidoo
Narrator Barbara Washington
Duration 1h 30m
Thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother Tiro live with their grandmother in a small village in South Africa. When their baby sister Dineo becomes seriously ill, they decide they have to get to their mother to tell her. Their journey to Johannesburg to find her is full of danger and reveals the prejudice and hostility that was an everyday p...
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Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Series: Girls in Love, Book 2
Author Jacqueline Wilson
Narrator Sara Jordan
SeriesGirls in Love, Book 2
Duration 4h
When a teen magazine begins its hunt for a new cover girl, three friends, each very different in style and personality, become obsessed by the way they look. As Nadine starts to change her appearance, Magda becomes more infatuated by designer labels and their best friend Ellie, who feels plain in comparison to her two more glamorous colleagues, fin...
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Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Author Jacqueline Wilson
Narrator Catherine Walker
Duration 1h
Mary can't see properly and is fed up with not being allowed to go anywhere by herself. She sets off to the shop but stumbles into a nightmare when a robbery goes wrong and she is held hostage.
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Mary Warnock: A Memoir - People & Places
Author: Mary Warnock
Author Mary Warnock
Narrator Mary Warnock
Duration 11h 9m
Mary Warnock entered the public eye when Margaret Thatcher made her Chairman of the highly charged Enquiry into Human Fertilization. In this audiobook she reflects on the places and people who have influenced her including the Oxford school of philosophy in the 1950s and 60s.
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Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Author Jacqueline Wilson
Narrator Robert Kirkwood
Duration 1h 46m
A werewolf video leaves Micky afraid of dogs. Mum decides that Micky should own a puppy to help him overcome his problem. Micky chooses a werepuppy and Wolfie turns out to be a special pet and a real joker.
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Author: Norton Juster
Author Norton Juster
Narrator Kevin Moore
Duration 4h 45m
Milo is bored, really bored. He can't see the point in anything. So when a tollbooth suddenly appears in his bedroom, Milo decides that as he has nothing better to do he may as well dust off his toy car, pay the toll, and drive through. What follows is a journey of mythic proportions, during which Milo encounters countless odd characters who are an...
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Pride & Prejudice - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: Jane Austen
Author Jane Austen
Narrator Various
Duration 4h 30m
Enter Austen's world to help you understand the plot, characters and themes of this classic novel. A text-specific guide packed with advice, insights and essential learning strategies.
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War Poetry 1914-1918 - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: Smartpass
Author Smartpass
Narrator Various
Duration 4h 30m
Experience the carnage and camaraderie of the First World War, first hand. Hear the poems and meet the men who created such art from chaos.
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The Girls' Guide To Hunting and Fishing
Author: Melissa Bank
Author Melissa Bank
Narrator Sara Masters
Duration 7h 5m
When it comes to the mating game, Jane is still learning how to play. When she resorts to a hilarious old fashioned guide - 'How to Meet and Marry Mr Right', Jane discovers that with love, life and men, a girl doesn't always need rules. CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND ADULT THEMES.
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