Author: Anthony Horowitz
Format: MP3 CD
Author Anthony Horowitz
Narrator Paterson Joseph
Duration 6h 41m
From a riddling sphinx to a monkey who would be king, here are 35 timeless myths and legends from around the world. Meet gods and goddesses from Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece, fearsome dragons and a very angry Norse King. Packed with action, Anthony Horowitz's refreshingly different retellings provide a perfect introduction to the heroes and mon...
View BookIdeas of the Modern World: Feminism
Author: Kay Stearman
Format: MP3 CD
Author Kay Stearman
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 1h 32m
This audiobook looks at the history of feminism and at its gradual impact on societies throughout the world. It also examines the effect that movements such as fascism and communism had on feminism.
View BookAuthor: Beth Waters
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Author Beth Waters
Narrator Louise Amos
Duration 1h 30m
Norman John Gillies was one of the last children ever born on St Kilda, five years before the whole population was evacuated forever to the British mainland. People had lived on these islands for over four thousand years, developing a thriving, tightly-knit society that knew nothing of crime or money, and took care of its weakest members without he...
View BookAuthor: Becky Albertalli
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Author Becky Albertalli
Narrator Arielle Delisle
Duration 7h 58m
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli, read by Arielle DeLisle. Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love-she's lived through it twenty-six times. She crushes hard and crushes often, but always in secret. Because no matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her t...
View BookAuthor: Jojo Moyes
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Author Jojo Moyes
Narrator Clare Corbett
Duration 14h 54m
France, 1916. Sophie Lefevre is ordered to serve the German officers who socialise in her hotel. When the new Kommandant sets eyes on Sophie's portrait-painted by her husband Edouard-a dangerous obsession is born. Almost a century later, Sophie's portrait hangs in the home of Liv Halston. A chance encounter reveals the painting's true worth-and its...
View BookLovely Lane Book 2: The Children of Lovely Lane
Author: Nadine Dorries
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Author Nadine Dorries
Narrator Georgia Maguire
SeriesLovely Lane Series, Book 2
Duration 16h 45m
St Angelus runs like a family: the workers take care of their own - a lesson the mysterious new assistant matron, Miss Van Gilder, is about to learn the hard way. Little Joe has had trouble breathing but the doctors don't take his sister Lily's concerns seriously, least of all Miss Van Gilder. The nurses of Lovely Lane have a secret which is dividi...
View BookL.a. Candy Book 2: Sweet Little Lies
Author: Lauren Conrad
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Author Lauren Conrad
Narrator Jenna Lamia
SeriesL.A. Candy, Book 2
Duration 7h 14m
In TV star Lauren Conrad's deliciously entertaining novel about young Hollywood, the lies are only as sweet as the people telling them. Jane Roberts was the average girl next door until she and her best friend Scarlett Harp landed their own reality show, L.A. Candy. Suddenly they found themselves thrown into the public eye with VIP tickets to every...
View BookAuthor: J R R Tolkien
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Author J R R Tolkien
Narrator Rob Inglis
Duration 10h 44m
The Hobbit is the unforgettable story of Bilbo, a peace-loving hobbit, who embarks on a strange and magical adventure. A timeless classic. Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services - as a b...
View BookGoosebumps Series Book 2: Stay Out of the Basement
Author: R L Stine
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Author R L Stine
Narrator Elizabeth Morton
SeriesGoosebumps, Book 2
Duration 2h 40m
Get Goosebumps with the startling repackage of a best selling classic. Now with bonus materials! Dr. Brewer is doing a little plant-testing in his basement. Nothing to worry about. Harmless, really. But Margaret and Casey Brewer are worried about their father. Especially when they...meet...some of the plants he is growing down there. Then they noti...
View BookAuthor: Jennifer Saunders
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Author Jennifer Saunders
Narrator Jennifer Saunders
Duration 9h
Jennifer Saunders' comic creations have brought joy to millions. From Comic Strip to Comic Relief, from Bolly-swilling Edina in Ab Fab to her takes on Madonna or Mamma Mia, her characters are household names. But it's Jennifer herself who has a place in all our hearts. This is her funny, moving and frankly bonkers memoir, filled with laughter, frie...
View BookAuthor: Suzanne Collins
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Author Suzanne Collins
Narrator Carolyn Mccormick
SeriesThe Hunger Games, Book 3
Duration 11h 41m
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena live, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.
View BookAuthor: By Jane Ogborn Edited
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Author By Jane Ogborn Edited
Narrator Jan Boyd
Duration 1h 35m
Alfred Lord Tennyson, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning are the three nineteenth-century poets explored in this collection.
View BookArthur Smith's Balham Bash Series 1
Author: Arthur Smith
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Author Arthur Smith
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 50m
Arthur Smith invites an audience into his South London home for comedy, music and entertainment. There's jamming in the kitchen, chuckles in the front room and poetry on the landing. Pippa Evans is a regular contributor as singer-songwriter Loretta Maine, while special guests include Paul Sinha, Milton Jones, Glenn Tilbrook, Benjamin Zephaniah, Ste...
View BookAuthor: Iris Murdoch
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Author Iris Murdoch
Narrator Miriam Margolyes
Duration 12h 40m
A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home of an enclosed order of nuns. As the new bell is installed, the old bell - legendary symbol of religion and magic - is rediscovered. Dora Greenfield, erring wife, returns to her husband. Michael Meade, leader of the community, is confronted by a man with whom he had...
View BookAuthor: Terry Pratchett
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Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Richard Mitchley
Duration 4h 7m
The first book in the Johnny Maxwell series. 12-year-old Johnny loves playing the computer game `Only You Can Save Mankind' where he has to save mankind from the alien hordes, but the aliens aren't so happy. When they get killed off they really die, so the alien Captain decides to take matters in her own hands, and surrenders. Suddenly Johnny finds...
View BookThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 and 3/4
Author: Sue Townsend
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Author Sue Townsend
Narrator Nicholas Barnes
SeriesAdrian Mole, Book 1
Duration 5h 15m
Adrian Mole is having a hard time, trying to deal with his parents' crumbling marriage, his spots, his school, his unrequited love for Pandora and the erratic behaviour of his dog.
View BookAuthor: Charles Chilton
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Author Charles Chilton
Narrator Various
SeriesThe Red Planet, Book 10
Duration 29m
Charles Chilton's classic science fiction trilogy stormed the BBC airwaves during the 1950s. Its gripping story lines, extra-terrestrial sound effects and atmospheric music engaged the listener as never before. Between 1953 and 1958, a devoted audience of adults and children attentively followed Captain Jet Morgan and his crew from one cliff-hanger...
View BookIt's Morecambe and Wise: Vintage Beeb
Author: Eddie Braben
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Author Eddie Braben
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 48m
As part of the popular Vintage Beeb range, this is a reissue of the classic 1970s vinyl LP. First published by BBC Records & Cassettes. Selected items from the Morecambe & Wise Television Show. Bringing us sunshine on this recording are "Ern's magnificent body", "A visit from the police" and Ernie's going to be "Bob Hope's chief scriptwrite...
View BookAuthor: Alan Macdonald
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Author Alan Macdonald
Narrator Clive Mantle
Duration 2h 10m
When Ulrik Troll invites Grumpa for Trollmas (trollish Christmas) he thinks he is doing a good thing. Little does he know his parents have spun a few white lies about life in Biddlesden - its forests, mountains and healthy troll population. Fresh from Norway Grumpa is looking forward to seeing their wonderful new home. He isn't prepared for suburbi...
View BookChief Justice of Beauty & Confession
Author: Alexander Mccall Smith
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Author Smith Alexander Mccall
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 3
Duration 1h 28m
'The Chief Justice of Beauty' finds the ladies hired by a beauty contest judge to check up on the integrity of the finalists in a forthcoming competition, following the embarrassing arrest for shoplifting of a previous winner. Meanwhile, Mma Ramotsweis worried about her fianc‚, Mr J. L. B. Matekoni. 'The Confession' sees Mma Ramotswe consulti...
View BookDiary of a Chav Series Book 2: Slinging the Bling
Author: Grace Dent
Format: MP3 CD
Author Grace Dent
Narrator Jennifer Bryce
SeriesDiary of a Chav, Book 2
Duration 5h 16m
The divine Shiraz Bailey Wood is back to enlighten us on the multi-layered, rich tapestry that is her life in Goodmayes Essex. Shiraz is astonished to discover that she has passed eight GCSEs and is actually clever! Emboldened, she decides she can't waste her brain power on a job at 'Mr Yolk', the local greasy spoon. No, she'll stay on at the Mayfl...
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