Karen Pirie Book 1: The Distant Echo
Author: Val Mcdermid
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Author Val Mcdermid
Narrator Tom Cotcher
SeriesKaren Pirie, Book 1
Duration 14h 12m
On a freezing morning four drunken students stumble upon the body of a woman in the snow. Rosie has been raped, stabbed and left for dead in a cemetery. The only suspects are the four young men now stained with her blood. 25 years later the police mount a 'cold case' review of Rosie's unsolved murder and the four are still suspects. But when two of...
View BookLooking After Your Mental Health
Author: Alice James, Louie Stowell
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Author Alice James, Louie Stowell
Narrator Emmy Rose
Duration 3h
We talk about our physical health - but not so much about how we're feeling. With lots of practical advice, this lively, accesible guide explains why we have emotions, and what can influence them. Covering everything from friendships, social media and bullying to divorce, depression and eating disorders, this is an essential book for young people.
View BookAuthor: Jeff Vandermeer
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Author Jeff Vandermeer
Narrator Carol Mccormick
Duration 6h 3m
For thirty years, Area X has remained behind its border- an environmental disaster zone. Eleven expeditions have been sent in to investigate; all with terrible consequences. Annihilation is the story of the twelfth expedition. Their mission: to take samples and expand their understanding of Area X. But an inexplicable moaning calls in the distance,...
View BookDeath In Paradise Series Book 3: Death Knocks Twice
Author: Robert Thorogood
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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...
View BookAuthor: Various
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Author Various
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 2m
A delightful collection from around the British Isles including Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold, Leisure by W. H Davis and To Autumn by John Keats. Featuring classic recordings by Richard Burton, Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson.
View BookPerkins & Tate Mystery 1: Cover-up Story
Author: Marian Babson
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Author Marian Babson
Narrator James Langton
SeriesPerkins & Tate Mystery, Book 1
Duration 5h 24m
Nashville's Bart and the Cousins, in England on a road trip, have a chart-topping song. Unfortunately Bart also has an indictment back in the USA over an underage groupie. Keeping that hot news out of the London papers is a job for Doug Perkins of the PR firm Perkins and Tate. Doug soon finds that you can take the boy out of the country ... but he'...
View Book44 Scotland Street Series Book 7: Bertie Plays the Blues
Author: Alexander Mccall Smith
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Author Alexander Mccall Smith
Narrator David Rintoul
Series44 Scotland Street, Book 7
Duration 8h 40m
Even down to its well-set Georgian townhouses, Edinburgh is a hymn to measure and harmony. But on Scotland Street, domestic accord is in short supply. Matthew and Elspeth welcome three new arrivals, though the joys of multiple parenthood are somewhat lost due to sleep deprivation and the difficulties of telling their brood apart. Angus and Domenica...
View BookAuthor: John Lawton
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Author John Lawton
Narrator Sara Coward
Duration 17h 37m
England is a country set to explode but Troy is fighting his own battle against ill-health. While he is on medical leave, the Yard brings charges against an acquaintance of his, a hedonistic doctor with a penchant for voyeurism and young women, two of whom just happen to be sleeping with a senior man at the Foreign Office as well as a KGB agent. Bu...
View BookAuthor: Jonathan Franzen
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Author Jonathan Franzen
Narrator David Ledoux
Duration 24h 4m
An international bestseller and the novel of the year, 'Freedom' is an epic of contemporary love and marriage. This is the story of the Berglunds, their son Joey, their daughter Jessica and their friend Richard Katz. It is about how we use and abuse our freedom; about the beginning and ending of love; teenage lust; the unexpectedness of adult life;...
View BookStephen Fry Does the Knowledge
Author: Stephen Fry
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Author Stephen Fry
Narrator Stephen Fry
Duration 1h 47m
Stephen Fry presents this intriguing programme charting the history of knowledge, how technology changes our relationship with it, and how we know what we know Knowledge. The Google generation thinks it doesn't need to carry much of it around in its head any more. Much has already been written about the internet changing the way we think and learn....
View BookAuthor: Ed Harris
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Author Ed Harris
Narrator Various
Duration 43m
A tender and sad BBC Radio 4 comedy drama about losing your past, starring Richard Briers. The Moment You Feel It was originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 18 May 2009. Alf's memories come in flashes with great blank holes, along with a running commentary from the voices of his past. So how does finding a strange coat in his kitchen remin...
View BookAuthor: Margot Morrell, Stephanie Capparell
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Author Margot Morrell, Stephanie Capparell
Narrator Tim Piggot-Smith
Duration 2h 30m
Sir Ernest Shackleton was one of the greatest explorers of the 20th Century. The authors of 'Shackleton's Way' explore the leadership skills of the man who, following the wreck of his ship Endurance and stranded 1200 miles from any form of communication, led all of his 27 men to safety.
View BookOur Planet In Peril: Acid Rain
Author: Louise Petheram
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Author Louise Petheram
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 45m
Ever wonder how acid rain is made? Or why it is dangerous? Discover the truth behind this environmental issue and some pratical solutions to prevent it.
View BookAuthor: Daphne Du Maurier
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Author Daphne Du Maurier
Narrator Anna Massey
Duration 14h 45m
The second Mrs de Winter can find no peace with her new husband at Manderley, where the haunting spirit of Rebecca - nurtured by the sinister housekeeper Mrs Danvers - lives on.
View BookSeven Habits of Highly Effective People
Author: Stephen Covey
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Author Stephen Covey
Narrator Stephen Covey
Duration 1h 30m
Extraordinary step-by-step guide to achieving the characteristics that create success.
View BookAuthor: Agatha Christie
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Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 26m
Father Gorman is called to a dingy rooming house to see a woman who, before she dies, confesses a bizarre tale to him. Leaving the house he is followed and, in the fog, a fatal blow is struck. A piece of paper with nine names written on it is found in the dead priest's shoe. The clue leads to The Pale Horse Inn, home of three women: a psychic, a me...
View BookRoutes of English: Series 1, Programme 5
Author: Melvyn Bragg
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Author Melvyn Bragg
Narrator Melvyn Bragg
SeriesRoutes of English Series 1, Book 5
Duration 27m
The power of English-and the "English of Power", as the language extends its influence from Court to Edinburgh. Melvyn Bragg goes to Edinburgh and the house of John Knox, the great Scottish apostle of the Reformation, who preached in English. Latin was replaced by English as the language of the Church when Henry VIII broke with Rome. And the 1611 K...
View BookAuthor: Agatha Christie
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Author Agatha Christie
Narrator John Moffatt
SeriesHercule Poirot, Book 19
Duration 1h 27m
Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs. Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her. With only 24 hours available to solve the mystery, Hercule Poirot recalled a chance remark he'd overheard back in Jerusalem: "You see, don't you,...
View BookAuthor: Bernard Cornwell
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Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator Tom Sellwood
Duration 13h
Uhtred is an English boy, born into the aristocracy of ninth-century Northumbria. Orphaned at 10, he is captured and adopted by a Dane and taught Viking ways. Yet Uhtred's fate is indissolubly bound up with Alfred, King of Wessex, who rules over the only English Kingdom to survive the Danish assault. CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE/ADULT THEMES
View BookAuthor: William Shakespeare
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Author William Shakespeare
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 13m
In this BBC full-cast production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius and Helena run to the woods and stumble into a life separate from time itself.Fairy magic wreaks havoc and midsummer madness takes over as lovers tread the delicate line between fantasy and reality.Sylvestra le Touzel stars as Titania in this deligh...
View BookOne Weird Day At Freekham High: Thumb
Author: Steve Cole
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Author Steve Cole
Narrator Russell Boulter
Duration 3h 15m
It's the first day at a new school for both Sam and Sara. So of course they're hoping to fit in quickly. All they want is a helping hand. Some new friends to keep an eye out for them and help them get ahead. What they're probably not hoping for is a thumb. Actually, a lot of thumbs. And fingers. They're turning up all over Freekham High - in seriou...
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