AuthorSally Gardner
NarratorSophie Roberts
Duration13h 36m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Historical Novels, Science Fiction and Fantasy
PublisherClipper
VersionUnabridged
The rich and atmospheric new novel from prize-winning author Sally Gardner, set in the 18th century between the two great Frost Fairs.
Neva Friezland is born into a world of trickery and illusion, where fortunes can be won and lost on the turn of a card.
She is also born with an extraordinary gift. She can predict the weather. In Regency England, where the proper goal for a gentlewoman is marriage and only God knows the weather this is dangerous. It is also potentially very lucrative.
In order to debate with the men of science and move about freely, Neva adopts a sophisticated male disguise. She foretells the weather from inside an automaton created by her brilliant clockmaker father.
But what will happen when the disguised Neva falls in love with a charismatic young man?
It can be very dangerous to be ahead of your time. Especially as a woman.
Author: Andrzej Sapkowski
Author Andrzej Sapkowski
Narrator Peter Kenny
Duration 12h 53m
Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. He roams the country seeking assignments, but gradually...
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The Last Kingdom Book 12: Sword of Kings
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator Matt Bates
SeriesThe Last Kingdom, Book 12
Duration 13h 27m
England is in turmoil as Vikings and Saxons battle for territory. Rumours build about the fatal sickness of the King, and the country awaits an heir. A violent clash at sea forces the warrior lord Uhtred to lead his men from his Northumbrian fortress to London and plunge into the eye of the storm. For two kings claim the empty throne and a new king...
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Author: Sally Gardner
Author Sally Gardner
Narrator Amanda Bright
Duration 6h 29m
A heartbreaking novel for adults, from the award-winning Sally Gardner. Women imprisoned by superstition, chained by guilt. Perched on a mountain in a land of ancient forests is a village, rife with secrets. Cut off from the outside world it is run by the elders, men to whom tradition is all. Edith lives alone with her alcoholic father who is...
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Author: Pam Jenoff
Author Pam Jenoff
Narrator Various
Duration 11h 42m
From the internationally best-selling author Pam Jenoff, The Lost Girls of Paris is an emotional and powerful journey through friendship and betrayal during the Second World War, inspired by true events. 1940s. With the world at war, Eleanor Trigg leads a mysterious ring of female secret agents in London. Twelve of these women are sent to aid the r...
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Author: Philip K. Dick
Author Philip K. Dick
Narrator Paul Giamatti
Duration 9h 15m
Substance D - otherwise known as Death - is the most dangerous drug ever to find its way on to the black market. It destroys the links between the brain's two hemispheres, leading first to disorentation and then to complete and irreversible brain damage. Bob Arctor, undercover narcotics agent, is trying to find a lead to the source of supply, but t...
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Night Rebel Book 1: Shades of the Wicked
Author: Jeaniene Frost
Author Jeaniene Frost
Narrator Tavia Gilbert
SeriesNight Rebel, Book 1
Duration 8h 51m
In this thrilling new Night Rebel series set in New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress world, sexy and ruthless vampire Ian finally meets his match! The Rule Breaker...Master vampire Ian is unrepentant, shameless...and every shade of wicked. He's made one too many enemies in his two centuries of existence, including Dagon...
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Author: Sally Gardner
Author Sally Gardner
Narrator Rachel Atkins
Duration 8h 3m
From I, Coriander to Invisible in a Bright Light, Sally Gardner's first middle grade novel in 14 years soars with the imagination of a master story-teller. A pitch perfect, haunting story about a crystal chandelier shaped like a galleon that splinters into a thousand pieces, a girl abandoned as a baby on the steps of an opera house and a dangerous...
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An Interview With Sally Gardner
Author: Listening Books, Sally Gardner
Author Listening Books, Sally Gardner
Narrator Sally Gardner
Duration 14h 42m
Sally is a Nestle Prize winning children's author and illustrator and her books have been translated into 22 different languages. You can find The Boy Who Could Fly & The Invisible Boy in our library, number 00490CD.
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Rivers of London Book 8: False Value
Author: Ben Aaronovitch
Author Ben Aaronovitch
Narrator Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
SeriesRivers of London, Book 8
Duration 11h 11m
Peter Grant is facing fatherhood and an uncertain future with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm. Rather than sit around, he takes a job with ‚migr‚ Silicon Valley tech genius Terrence Skinner's brand-new London start-up - the Serious Cybernetics Company. Drawn into the orbit of Old Street's famous 'silicon roundabout', Peter must le...
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Night Rebel Book 2: Wicked Bite
Author: Jeaniene Frost
Author Jeaniene Frost
Narrator Tavia Gilbert
SeriesNight Rebel, Book 2
Duration 9h
In the newest Night Rebel novel, set in New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress world, beautiful, daring vampire Veritas risks all to protect Ian... Some promises are meant to be broken... Veritas spent most of her life as a vampire Law Guardian. Now, she's about to break every rule by secretly hunting down the dark souls...
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