Shakespeare and His Dramatic Acts
Author: Andrew Donkin
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Author Andrew Donkin
Narrator Chris Hogan
Duration 3h 31m
You've probably heard of William Shakespeare. He is dead famous for writing a few plays, having a bit of a way with words, creating characters like romantic Romeo and murderous Macbeth. But have you heard that William did a seven-year vanishing act, nearly had his head chopped off by the Queen, nicked an entire theatre? Yes, even though he's dead,...
View BookAuthor: Agatha Christie
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Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Hugh Fraser
Duration 6h 19m
From seat No.9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly infatuated with the man opposite; ahead, in seat No.13, sat a Countess with a poorly-concealed cocaine habit; across the gangway in seat No.8, a detective writer was being troubled by an aggressive wasp. What P...
View BookPretty Book Thriller Book 2: A Good Night to Kill
Author: Amen Alonge
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Author Amen Alonge
Narrator Theo Solomon
SeriesPretty Boy Thriller, Book 2
Duration 10h 55m
Born and raised in London, Pretty Boy has spent the last ten years in exile after being forced out of his hometown. He's learned patience, and how to disappear. Now Pretty Boy is ready to get his revenge on those who need to pay for his lost years. Meanwhile, back in the city, things have moved on. People still talk about Pretty Boy, of course. He'...
View BookAuthor: Alice Slater
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Author Alice Slater
Narrator Emma Noakes, Victoria Blunt
Duration 12h 2m
A BOOKSHOP. A TRUE CRIME CASE. A DEADLY FRIENDSHIP. THE UNMISSABLE THRILLER. Roach - bookseller, loner and true crime obsessive - is not interested in making friends. She has all the company she needs in her serial killer books, murder podcasts and her pet snail, Bleep. That is, until Laura joins the bookshop. Smelling of roses, with her cute liter...
View BookAuthor: Stephanie Butland
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Author Stephanie Butland
Narrator Imogen Church
Duration 12h 2m
Loveday Cardew's beloved Lost for Words bookshop, along with the rest of York, has fallen quiet. At the very time when people most need books to widen their horizons, or escape from their fears, or enhance their lives, the doors are closed. Then the first letter comes. Rosemary and George have been married for fifty years. Now their time is running...
View BookAuthor: Rebecca Struthers
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Author Rebecca Struthers
Narrator Anna Ploszajski
Duration 8h 9m
Timepieces are one of humanity's most ingenious innovations. Their invention was more significant for human culture than the printing press, or even the wheel. They have travelled the world with us, from the depths of the oceans to the summit of Everest, and even to the Moon. They regulate our daily lives and have sculpted the social and economic d...
View BookAuthor: Sarah Bonner
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Author Sarah Bonner
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Duration 11h 50m
Two women receive the same anonymous note. For one it's a threat. For the other it's an invitation for revenge. Helena is beautiful, successful and living in married bliss in Exeter. But she's hiding a secret that could tear her perfect life apart. When the notes begin to arrive, she realises someone else must know. But what might her husband and h...
View BookAuthor: Roma Agrawal
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Author Roma Agrawal
Narrator Roma Agrawal
Duration 8h 21m
In Nuts and Bolts, award-winning engineer and broadcaster Roma Agrawal deconstructs our most complex feats of engineering into seven fundamental inventions: the nail, spring, wheel, lens, magnet, string and pump. Each of these objects is itself a wonder of design, the result of many iterations and refinements. Together, they have enabled humanity t...
View BookAuthor: Rachelle Atalla
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Author Rachelle Atalla
Narrator Gemma Stroyan
Duration 10h 28m
The next audiobook from writer Rachelle Atalla. The world is running out of water. With supply in the Scottish cities drying up, Aida is forced back home to live with her mum at their rural farm. For now, they are safe with just enough to get by. Yet at the border, tensions are close to breaking point as more and more southerners chase the delusion...
View BookThe Dragon Scales Trilogy Book 1: Dragonfall
Author: L.R. Lam
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Author L.R. Lam
Narrator Philip Ishak Arditti, Rebecca Hayes
SeriesThe Dragon Scales Trilogy, Book 1
Duration 13h 36m
The first in an epic fantasy trilogy from Sunday Times bestselling author L.R. Lam. Long ago, humans betrayed dragons, stealing their magic and banishing them to a dying world. Centuries later, their descendants worship dragons as gods. But the 'gods' remember, and they do not forgive. Thief Arcady scrapes a living on the streets of Vatra. Desperat...
View BookDaniel Pursglove Book 3: Rivers of Treason
Author: K. J. Maitland
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Author K. J. Maitland
Narrator Matt Addis
SeriesDaniel Pursglove, Book 3
Duration 14h 15m
From the stark Yorkshire landscape to the dark underbelly of Jacobean London, Daniel Pursglove's new mission sees him fall prey to a ruthless copycat killer... London, 1607. As dawn breaks, Daniel Pursglove rides north, away from the watchful eye of the King and his spies. He returns, disguised, to his childhood home in Yorkshire - with his own sco...
View BookThe Vintage Shop of Second Chances
Author: Libby Page
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Author Libby Page
Narrator Helen Keeley, Katherine Fenton, Phyllida Nash
Duration 9h 16m
One dress. Three women. A lifetime of secrets. Among the cobbled streets of Frome in Somerset, Lou is about to start something new. After losing her mother, she knows it's time to take a chance and open her own vintage clothes shop. In upstate New York, Donna receives some news about her family which throws everything she thought she knew into ques...
View BookAuthor: Emily Kenway
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Author Emily Kenway
Narrator The Author
Duration 9h 50m
Around the world, millions of people are quietly caring for long-term unwell, elderly or disabled loved ones; one-in-eight people in the UK and a sixth of the total US population, with comparable proportions across the globe. For many, this is a full-time job, saving our economies billions each year. Yet when writer, activist and former policy advi...
View BookAuthor: Susanna Moore
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Author Susanna Moore
Narrator Sophie Amoss
Duration 5h 20m
Summer, 1855. Sarah Brinton sets out from Rhode Island, leaving an abusive husband and child behind to head west across the country, looking for a refuge where nobody knows her history - or cares to discover it. Sarah's journey ends at a small frontier post in Minnesota Territory, on lands claimed both by white settlers and Native Americans. There...
View BookAuthor: Veronica Henry
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Author Veronica Henry
Narrator Emilia Fox
Duration 11h 9m
Because Paris is always a good idea... Years ago, Juliet left a little piece of her heart in Paris - and now, separated from her husband and with her children flying the nest, it's time to get it back! So she puts on her best red lipstick, books a cosy attic apartment near Notre-Dame and takes the next train out of London. Arriving at the Gare du N...
View BookAuthor: Natasha Carthew
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Author Natasha Carthew
Narrator The Author
Duration 7h 29m
Natasha Carthew grew up in rural poverty in Cornwall, battling limited opportunities, precarious resources, escalating property prices, isolation and a community marked by the ravages of inequality. Her world existed alongside the postcard picture Cornwall, where wealth and privilege converged on sandy beaches and expensive second homes. In the roc...
View BookAuthor: R.J. Ellory
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Author R.J. Ellory
Narrator Jeff Harding
Duration 11h 53m
Estranged after a devastating betrayal, brothers Victor and Frank Landis - sheriffs of neighbouring counties - hadn't spoken for years. In truth, Victor didn't care if Frank was alive or dead. Until the day somebody killed him. Crossing county lines in search of answers, Victor is soon on the trail of a sinister conspiracy that takes him deep into...
View BookAuthor: Eli Cranor
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Author Eli Cranor
Narrator The Author
Duration 7h 30m
After his son is convicted of murder, Vietnam War veteran Jeremiah Fitzjurls takes over the care of his granddaughter, Joanna, raising her with as much warmth as can be found in an Ozark junkyard outfitted to be an armory. He teaches her how to shoot and fight, but there is not enough training in the world to protect her when the dreaded Ledfords,...
View BookAuthor: Anton du Beke
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Author Anton du Beke
Narrator Rachel Hurd-Wood
Duration 12h 22m
The Forsyth Variety Company has been given the opportunity of a lifetime - to entertain Her Majesty at 1962's Royal Variety Performance. Keen to rehearse, the company heads to the Seagate Theatre under the tutelage of the company's owner, Ed Forsyth. This is Ed's last hoorah before retiring and he's keen to leave on a high. But his son, Cal, has ab...
View BookThe Story of Greenriver Book 2: The Swan's Warning
Author: Holly Webb
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Author Holly Webb
Narrator Chris Nayak
SeriesThe Story of Greenriver, Book 2
Duration 5h 43m
'You think the foxes are travelling down river to look for a new home?' The swan hesitated, but eventually he nodded. 'They could be.' The otters who live on the Greenriver have only just begun to recover from last year's flood when a swan arrives with news of a new threat: a clan of foxes is travelling closer and closer to the holt. Legends that h...
View BookIndigo Wilde Book 3: Indigo Wilde and the Giant Problem
Author: Pippa Curnick
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Author Pippa Curnick
Narrator Imogen Wilde
SeriesIndigo Wilde, Book 3
Duration 1h 41m
Enter the wonderful world of Indigo Wilde and the magical creatures she takes care of...including three new giants who are causing ENORMOUS trouble! A wonderfully wild series for children seven and up and fans of Pippi Longstocking and Amelia Fang. Indigo has lots of new Creatures to look after at her home on Jellybean Crescent, so she's busier tha...
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