Author: Karen Joy Fowler
Format: MP3 CD
Author Karen Joy Fowler
Narrator Bonnie Hurren
Duration 8h 26m
Six people - five women and a man - meet once a month in California's Central Valley to discuss Jane Austen's novels. They are ordinary people, neither happy nor unhappy, but each of them is wounded in different ways and they are all mixed up about their lives and relationships. Marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become su...
View BookThe Penguin Book of Modern Women's Short Stories
Author: Various
Format: MP3 CD
Author Various
Narrator
Duration 13h 20m
Over half of the short stories written during this century have been written by women. This book is an anthology of British women's short stories and authors represented include Rebecca West, Jean Rhys, Elizabeth Bowen, Olivia Manning, Elizabeth Taylor, Doris Lessing and Rose Tremain. The collection is edited by Susan Hill.
View BookAuthor: Terry Deary
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Author Terry Deary
Narrator Stephen Thorne
Duration 2h 38m
These are the true stories of people involved in many different kinds of disaster, and how they behaved in life-or-death situations. Find out how a single act of revenge sacrificed hundreds of lives; how a tragic disaster at sea turned one man into a hero; and how a train crash should never have happened.
View BookAuthor: Robert Leeson
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Author Robert Leeson
Narrator Kenneth Shanley
Duration 4h
Alec is rubbing an old beer can and suddenly a tall figure in a white robe appears by his bed - and he finds himself having to cope with a genie on the loose.
View BookAuthor: Saki
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Author Saki
Narrator Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Duration 11m
This excellent animal story, written by Saki under his penname H.H. Munro, concerns two half-brothers, their respective artistic prowess, sibling rivalry, jealousy and a rather non-plussed white bull. As always, Saki lives up to his (real) name and delivers a witty and caustic short story which is an amusing delight to hear.
View BookAuthor: M.M. Kaye
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Author M.M. Kaye
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 4h 33m
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of M. M. Kaye's epic novel of love and war. M. M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that spans over twenty years, moving from the foothills of the Himalayas, to the burning plains, to the besieged British Mission in Kabul. It begins in 1857 when, following the Indian Mutiny,...
View BookNudge Nudge Wink Wink: Monty Python's Flying Circus
Author: John Cleese
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Author John Cleese
Narrator Eric Idle
Duration 1m
Perhaps the ultimate in TV comedy madness and absurdity, this cult series, which began in 1969, was conceived, written and performed by Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. It was innovative and ground-breaking comedy which inspired many of today's writers and performers. Its sketches, songs and catchphrases are...
View BookUnauthorised History: The Killing
Author: Micheal Butt
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Author Micheal Butt
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 43m
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation by Michael Butt about the death of the poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe, originally broadcast in the "Afternoon Play" slot on 17 August 2010. In May 1593, the playwright Christopher Marlowe was killed. Apparently, it was because of an argument over a bill. Michael Butt's innovative drama dons the cloak o...
View BookAuthor: Agatha Christie
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Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 27m
A middle-aged man in search of adventure, Bobby Roberts answers an advert in The Times and is dispatched to Milan, to collect a harmless package from a scientist. However, he very soon gets caught up in a terrifying murder...
View BookAuthor: Lindsey Davis
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Author Lindsey Davis
Narrator Various
SeriesMarcus Didius Falco, Book 2
Duration 2h 39m
No caveats for readers of Davis's second playful, well-plotted mystery featuring imperial agent Marcus Didius Falco and based in first century, C.E., Rome. Nero's successor Vespasian has squelched an early treasonous plot and assigned Falco to take care of loose ends, which include the body of the uncle of the high-born young widow Helena Justina,...
View BookA Dog Called Grk Series Book 1: A Dog Called Grk
Author: Joshua Doder
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Author Joshua Doder
Narrator Clive Mantle
SeriesA Dog Called Grk, Book 1
Duration 6h 7m
When Tim finds an abandoned and bedraggled little dog outside his house, he can't just leave him there, even though his parents hate the idea of pets in their house. And then the endearing animal turns out to be Grk, the much loved pet of the recently replaced ambassador of Stanislavia, left behind when they made a rushed (and enforced) exit. Tim i...
View BookAuthor: Laurie Hernandez
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Author Laurie Hernandez
Narrator Amielynn Abellera
Duration 3h 26m
Gold medal-winning Olympic gymnast and Dancing with the Stars champion Laurie Hernandez shares her story in her own words in this debut book for fans of all ages! At sixteen years old, Laurie Hernandez has already made many of her dreams come true-and yet it's only the beginning for this highly accomplished athlete. A Latina Jersey girl, Laurie saw...
View BookAuthor: Lesley Pearse
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Author Lesley Pearse
Narrator Georgia Maguire
Duration 20h 7m
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Charlie by Lesley Pearse. Her family is threatened and only she can save it . . . When sixteen-year-old Charlie witnesses a brutal attack on her mother by two strangers she is shocked and terrified. But after talking to the police she realises that her father's business dealings can't be so innocent. With h...
View BookFear On 4: 13 Chilling BBC Radio 4 Dramas
Author: Various
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Author Various
Narrator Various
Duration 6h 18m
An unsettling collection of full-cast dramas from the long-running BBC Radio 4 horror series. Throughout five series of Fear on 4 from 1988-1997, Edward de Souza was The Man in Black, a sinister raconteur who introduced a weekly half-hour of terror and suspense. Here, he welcomes us to his house of horrors as he presents thirteen terrifying tales t...
View BookThe Museum of Curiosity: Series 5 - 8
Author: John Lloyd
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Author John Lloyd
Narrator Various
Duration 12h
Join Professor John Lloyd and Curators Jimmy Carr, Humphrey Ker, Phill Jupitus and Sarah Millican as they plunge down the badger hole of ignorance in a search for the universe's most mind-boggling oddnesses. The Museum of Curiosity is BBC Radio 4's monumental comedy edifice, and the only one with gargoyles in the foyer. It allows nothing inside tha...
View BookAuthor: Matthew Quick
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Author Matthew Quick
Narrator Ray Porter
Duration 7h 23m
Pat Peoples knows that life doesn't always go according to plan, but he's determined to get his back on track. After a stint in a psychiatric hospital, Pat is staying with his parents but is determined to be reconciled with his estranged wife Nikki. Pat's parents just want to protect him so he can recover, but when Pat befriends the mysterious Tiff...
View BookAuthor: Francis Duncan
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Author Francis Duncan
Narrator Geoffrey Beevers
Duration 8h 47m
A classic mystery for the festive season: mulled wine, mince pies...and murder. Mordecai Tremaine, former tobacconist and perennial lover of romance novels, has been invited to spend Christmas in the sleepy village of Sherbroome at the country retreat of one Benedict Grame. Arriving on Christmas Eve, he finds that the revelries are in full flow - b...
View BookThe Hardy Boys Series Book 5: Hunting For Hidden Gold
Author: Franklin W Dixon
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Author Franklin W Dixon
Narrator Bill Irwin
SeriesHardy Boys, Book 5
Duration 3h 32m
Timber Wolves, a Rocky Mountain blizzard, and a mine cave-in are only a few of the perils Frank and Joe Hardy encounter during their search for the principal members of a notorious gang responsible for a payroll robbery.
View BookBrides of Wishmore Series Book 3: The Groom Says Yes
Author: Cathy Maxwell
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Author Cathy Maxwell
Narrator Mary Jane Wells
SeriesBrides of Wishmore, Book 3
Duration 7h 14m
He had a noose around his neck and a price on his head . . . Sabrina Davidson, dutiful daughter, avowed spinster, thought she'd secured a place for herself in Aberfeldy society- until her hard-earned acceptance of her fate is challenged by the arrival of Cormac Enright, earl of Ballin, trained physician, soldier of fortune, and convicted felon. A p...
View BookUnderstanding and Experiencing Shakespeare: A Selection of Interviews For Shakespeare Week
Author: Listening Books
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Author Listening Books
Narrator Various
Duration 45m
A special audiobook of interviews featuring some famous names in the world of Shakespeare performance. Discussing their experience of Shakespeare at school and how they have been inspired to pursue careers that involve his work, this is a lovely resource for students who struggle with the Bard's works.
View BookAuthor: John Murphy
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Author John Murphy
Narrator Various
SeriesFather Paolo Baldi Mysteries Series 4, Book 5
Duration 43m
On sabbatical from the Franciscan order, Father Paolo Baldi is working as a philosophy lecturer in Dublin when his life takes an unexpected turn and he finds himself helping the police to solve crimes. The Empty Vessel sees Paolo investigating the suspicious death of a leading figure in the university debating society. Father Baldi looks into the d...
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