Author: Frances Fyfield
Format: MP3 CD
Author Frances Fyfield
Narrator Sean Barrett
Duration 9h 10m
In a huge old school house by the sea, full of precious paintings, Thomas Porteous is dying. His much younger wife Di holds him and mourns. She knows that soon, despite her being his sole inheritor, Thomas's relatives will descend on the collection that was the passion of both of their lives.And descend they do. The two needy daughters, who were po...
View BookJust A Minute, Series 61: Episode 2
Author: Ian Messiter
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Author Ian Messiter
Narrator Nicholas Parsons Et Al
SeriesJust a Minute Series 61, Book 2
Duration 27m
The popular panel game hosted by Nicholas Parsons, in which the panellists attempt to talk uninterrupted for a minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation. This week the players are Josie Lawrence, Julian Clary, Phill Jupitus and the ex-rocker Rick Wakeman.
View BookStephen Fry On the Phone, Shrinking the Handset
Author: Stephen Fry
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Author Stephen Fry
Narrator Stephen Fry
SeriesStephen Fry on the Phone Series, Book 4
Duration 13m
Stephen Fry meets the brains behind the mobile phone. In this third episode, he looks at the discovery of text messaging. The engineers who designed the early texting facilities didn't imagine that anyone might want to reply. (Just in case, they added a short list of possible pre-set answers: yes, no and maybe). In the eighties, when network covera...
View BookAuthor: Bettina Gracias
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Author Bettina Gracias
Narrator Sagar Radia
Duration 43m
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast drama about a young Pakistani boy forced into bonded labour in a carpet factory at the age of four, and who became a figurehead for the Bonded Liberation Movement aged eleven. Originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 25 February 2009, and repeated on 18 January 2011. Despite the valiant efforts of many, there are stil...
View BookAuthor: Rudyard Kipling
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Author Rudyard Kipling
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 11m
One of Rudyard Kipling's more farcical stories, this look at the strange administration of the British Raj introduces us to the eccentric inventor Mellish, and the rich and important Mellishe, both of whom desire an audience with the Viceroy of the Indian Empire. By a strange quirk of fate, the Viceroy's invitation gets sent to the inventor instead...
View BookShakespeare: His Life and Work
Author: Richard Hampton, David Weston
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Author Richard Hampton, David Weston
Narrator Judi Dench, Timothy West
Duration 2h 30m
Dame Judi Dench and Timothy West perform extracts from all of Shakespeare's plays from 'Hamlet' to 'Pericles'. This audiobook also includes commentary, music, songs and sonnets.
View BookAuthor: Agatha Christie
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Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesHercule Poirot, Book 11
Duration 2h 14m
Hercule Poirot is a guest at a weekend house party, given at the Cornish clifftop home of the celebrated actor Sir Charles Cartwright. The other visitors include keen amateur detective Mr. Satterthwaite and distinguished Harley Street nerve specialist Sir Bartholomew Strange. Death visits the house soon after Poirot's arrival, the victim an elderly...
View BookDoctor Who Demon Quest Series Book 4: Starfall
Author: Paul Magrs
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Author Paul Magrs
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesDoctor Who Demon Quest, Book 4
Duration 1h 13m
Tom Baker reprises the role of the Fourth Doctor, with Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey and Richard Franklin as Mike Yates. Two things arrive on the same night in Central Park, New York, 1976. The first is a fireball from space, bringing with it a new identity for one Alice Trefusis. The second is the TARDIS, carrying the Doctor and his friends on the...
View BookWoman's Hour: A Celebration of Mothers
Author: BBC Audiobooks
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Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 13m
Interviews, discussions, readings and poems celebrating motherhood in all its diversity.This compilation of extracts from the much-loved BBC Radio 4 programme Woman's Hour looks at the changing role of mothers over the last fifty years; the relationships that they have enjoyed with their children, how they have juggled the work/life balance and how...
View BookAuthor: Agatha Christie
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Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 28m
A man witnesses a murderous attack on a young woman in a mirror - yet when he turns round there is nothing there. Can he prevent a premonition coming true? Basic human loyalty and jealousy are at the fore in this chilling tale.
View BookAuthor: Rob Childs
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Author Rob Childs
Narrator Mccready Glen
Duration 1h 40m
Josh is soccer-mad and can't wait to show off his ball skills to his new classmates. After all, he is the nephew of Ossie Williams - the best footballer in the country. Josh's arrival gives shy Matthew more confidence, but it is not welcomed by Rajesh, the school goalkeeper and captain. With important seven-a-side tournaments coming up, will the pl...
View BookAuthor: Alexander Kent
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Author Alexander Kent
Narrator Michael Jayston
Duration 11h 39m
It is October 1789, in New South Wales. Into Sydney, capital of Britain's infant colony, sails the frigate Tempest. She is one of His Majesty's ships employed in policing the new southern trade routes. Her captain is Richard Bolitho, who hopes to be ordered home to England. Instead, he is despatched on a mission to the islands of the Great South Se...
View BookAuthor: Mary Jane Staples
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Author Mary Jane Staples
Narrator Terry Wale
Duration 9h 30m
It's 1959, and Boots Adams and his wife Polly are at their favourite Camberwell pub when they witness with horror a sudden and vicious attack on the barman, Joe, by a knife-wielding thug. Is this a sign of the times? Is contempt for old traditions and enthusiasm for everything new and fashionable going to threaten the Adams family and their easy-go...
View BookDavid Raker Series Book 7: Broken Heart
Author: Tim Weaver
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Author Tim Weaver
Narrator Joe Coen, John Chancer
SeriesDavid Raker, Book 7
Duration 14h 25m
Where did she go? What did she know? A woman drives to a secluded beauty spot on the Somerset coast. CCTV watches her enter but doesn't see her leaving. In fact, Lynda Korin is never seen again. How can someone just disappear? Her sister calls missing persons investigator David Raker. For him, the mystery of where she went is only the start. The re...
View BookAuthor: Rivers Solomon
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Author Rivers Solomon
Narrator Cherise Boothe
Duration 11h 54m
Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She's used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, she'd be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remains of her world. Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vess...
View BookAn Interview With Christopher Paolini
Author: Listening Books
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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.
View BookAuthor: Hal Runkel
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Author Hal Runkel
Narrator Hal Runkel
Duration 4h 53m
You Can Start a Revolution in Your Family . . . Tonight ScreamFree Parenting is not just about lowering your voice. It's about learning to calm your emotional reactions and learning to focus on your own behavior more than your kids' behavior . . . for their benefit. Our biggest enemy as parents is not the TV, the Internet, or even drugs. Our bigges...
View BookTemperance Brennan Book 3: Deadly Decisions
Author: Kathy Reichs
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Author Kathy Reichs
Narrator Lorelei King
SeriesTemperance Brennan, Book 3
Duration 9h 29m
A nine-year-old girl is killed in crossfire on her way to ballet class. The body of a teenager killed in North Carolina is found hundreds of miles away. Forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan has to pick up the pieces: she knows she shouldn't let emotion get in the way, but when nin-year-old Emily's body is wheeled into the morgue she cannot...
View BookJust A Minute, Series 61: Episode 1
Author: Ian Messiter
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Author Ian Messiter
Narrator Nicholas Parsons Et Al
SeriesJust a Minute Series 61, Book 1
Duration 27m
Returning series of the ever popular Just A Minute, hosted by Nicholas Parsons. Graham Norton, Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock and Tony Hawks are attempting to speak without hesitation, repetition or deviation on 'Barn Dances', 'My Personal Assistant' and other subjects.
View BookStephen Fry On the Phone, the Accidentaldiscoveroftext
Author: Stephen Fry
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Author Stephen Fry
Narrator Stephen Fry
SeriesStephen Fry on the Phone Series, Book 3
Duration 13m
Stephen Fry meets the brains behind the mobile phone. In this third episode, he looks at the discovery of text messaging. The engineers who designed the early texting facilities didn't imagine that anyone might want to reply. (Just in case, they added a short list of possible pre-set answers: yes, no and maybe). In the eighties, when network covera...
View BookAuthor: Helen Clohessy
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Author Helen Clohessy
Narrator Various
Duration 43m
An offbeat 21st Century urban love story starring Rosie Cavaliero and John Dougall, originally broadcast as BBC Radio 4's 'Afternoon Play' on 12 January 2011. It's a difficult time for Sue, her mother has just died and the kids have moved out. She has a vision of leaving their tough housing estate behind and starting a new life by the sea but husba...
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