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Author: Wilbur Smith
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Author Wilbur Smith
Narrator Mike Grady
Duration 15h 13m
A novel of Ancient Egypt from the best-selling author of River God. Wilbur Smith is a master at the helm of one of the greatest stories of all time. On the banks of the Nile, a hero will rise. Across the lush plains of Egypt, Taita, a freed eunuch slave, wears his authority lightly. Not only is he the close advisor to the Pharaoh, but he is...
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Author: Wilbur Smith
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Author Wilbur Smith
Narrator Mike Grady
Duration 15h 15m
The Malabar coast is full of dangers: greedy tradesmen, fearless pirates, and men full of vengeance. But for a Courtney, the greatest danger might just be his own family.... Francis Courtney flees the comfort of his Devonshire estate when his stepfather's gambling debts leave him penniless and at risk. He sails to South Africa with revenge and for...
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Author: Michael Morpurgo
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Narrator Mike Grady
Duration 9h 13m
The stunning novel set during World War One from Michael Morpurgo, the nation's favourite storyteller and multi-million copy bestseller. May, 1915. Alfie and his fisherman father find a girl on an uninhabited island in the Scillies - injured, thirsty, lost. and with absolutely no memory of who she is, or how she came to be there. She can say only o...
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Author: Justin Fisher
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Author Justin Fisher
Narrator Mike Grady
SeriesCircus of Marvels, Book 1
Duration 9h 48m
From exciting debut author, Justin Fisher, comes this rip-roaring, page-turning new magical adventure. Perfect for fans of House of Secrets. Ned Waddlesworth has always considered his world to be exceptionally ordinary. Until the day he discovers it ISN'T. AT ALL. Because on Ned's thirteenth birthday he discovers that everything magical he's ever r...
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Author: Arthur C. Clarke
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Author Arthur C. Clarke
Narrator Mike Grady
Duration 9h 2m
In the 22nd century visionary scientist Vannevar Morgan conceives the most grandiose engineering project of all time, and one which will revolutionise the future of humankind in space: a Space Elevator, 36,000 kilometres high, anchored to an equatorial island in the Indian Ocean.
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Author: Arthur C. Clarke
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Author Arthur C. Clarke
Narrator Mike Grady
Duration 9h 49m
Men had built cities before, but never such a city as Diaspar; for millennia its protective dome shut out the creeping decay and danger of the world outside. Once, it ruled the stars. But then, as legend had it, the Invaders came, driving humanity into this last refuge. It takes one man, a Unique, to smash the legend and discover the true nature of...
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Author: Wilbur Smith
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Author Wilbur Smith
Narrator Mike Grady
Duration 13h 48m
EGYPT IS UNDER ATTACK. The old Pharaoh Tamose lies mortally wounded. The ancient city of Luxor is surrounded. All seems lost. Taita, ex-slave and general of Tamose's armies, leads his men to victory against Egypt's enemies. But upon his victorious return to Luxor, he is seized as a traitor. Tamose is dead and a new Pharaoh has risen. Pharaoh Utteri...
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Author: Ian Sansom
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Author Ian Sansom
Narrator Mike Grady
Duration 6h 27m
Hitler, Mussolini and Pope Paul V are on fire. Fireworks explode and flaming tar barrels are being dragged through the streets. Bonfire Night in Lewes is the closest England comes to Mardis Gras. In their fifth adventure, Morley, Miriam and Sefton find themselves caught up in the celebrations and the chaos. On the morning after the night before, Se...
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The County Guides: The Norfolk Mystery
Author: Ian Sansom
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Author Ian Sansom
Narrator Mike Grady
Duration 8h 20m
It is 1937 and disillusioned Spanish Civil War veteran Stephen Sefton is stony broke. So when he sees a mysterious advertisement for a job where 'intelligence is essential', he applies. Thus begins Sefton's association with Professor Swanton Morley, an omnivorous intellect. Morley's latest project is a history of traditional England, with a guide t...
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Author: George Rr Martin
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Author George Rr Martin
Narrator Mike Grady
Duration 3h 58m
Alien meets Psycho with a chilling mystery set on a haunted spaceship in this short story, soon to be an original series on Netflix, by the number one best-selling author of Game of Thrones. On a voyage toward the boundaries of the known universe, nine misfit academics seek out first contact with a shadowy alien race. But another enigma is the Nigh...
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The County Guides: Death In Devon
Author: Ian Sansom
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Author Ian Sansom
Narrator Mike Grady
Duration 7h 50m
Swanton Morley, the People's Professor, sets off for Devon to continue his history of England, The County Guides. Morley's daughter, Miriam, and his assistant, Stephen Sefton, pack up the Lagonda for a trip to the English Riviera. Morley has been invited to give the Founder's Day speech at All Souls School in Rousdon. But when the trio arrive, they...
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The County Guides: Westmorland Alone
Author: Ian Sansom
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Author Ian Sansom
Narrator Mike Grady
Duration 7h 57m
Welcome to Westmorland. Perhaps the most scenic county in England! Home of the poets! Land of the great artists! District of the Great lakes! And the scene of a mysterious crime.... Swanton Morley, the People's Professor, once again sets off in his Lagonda to continue his history of England, The County Guides. Stranded in the market town of Appleby...
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The County Guides: Essex Poison
Author: Ian Sansom
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Author Ian Sansom
Narrator Mike Grady
Duration 7h 40m
October 1937. Swanton Morley, the People's Professor, sets off to Essex to continue his history of England, The County Guides. Morley's daughter, Miriam, continues to cause chaos, and his assistant, Stephen Sefton, continues to slide deeper into depression and despair. Morley is an honorary guest at the Colchester Oyster Festival. But when the mayo...
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Ted Hughes: An Unauthorised Life
Author: Jonathan Bate
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Author Jonathan Bate
Narrator Mike Grady
Duration 25h 43m
A magisterial life of Ted Hughes - identified recently as the only English poet since the First World War with a claim to true greatness and one of Britain's most important writers. Ted Hughes, Poet Laureate, was one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. He is one of Britain's most important poets, a poet of claws and cages: Jaguar, Hawk and...
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