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Author: Anna Godbersen
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Author Anna Godbersen
Narrator Caitlin Davies
SeriesBright Young Things, Book 2
Duration 8h 58m
For the bright young things of 1929, the beautiful days seem endless, filled with romance and heartbreak, adventure and intrigue, friendship and rivalry. After a month in New York, Cordelia Grey and Letty Larkspur are small-town girls no longer. They spend their afternoons with Astrid Donal at the Greys' lush Long Island estate and their nights in...
View BookWhen the Dog Dies, Series 2, Episode 3
Author: Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
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Author Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesWhen the Dog Dies Series 2, Book 3
Duration 55m
Ronnie Corbett plays granddad Sandy Hopper in this sitcom which reunites him with the writers of his hit comedy 'Sorry' - Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent. In this third episode, 'Temptation', generous Sandy sponsors his son-in-law in a charity marathon, but discovers he's splashed out too much.
View BookRoutes of English,series 2, Programme 3
Author: Melvyn Bragg
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Author Melvyn Bragg
Narrator Melvyn Bragg
SeriesRoutes to English Series 2, Book 3
Duration 27m
"By your vowels, your station shall be known." How accents and social class are entwined. For at least 400 years, the way we speak has been one of the fundamental measures by which we've judged our fellow men on the scale of social acceptability. To so many, "talking proper" matters, and "rough talk is not quality talk." But such attitudes are begi...
View BookAuthor: Jane Gardam
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Author Jane Gardam
Narrator Caroline John
Duration 5h
A collection of short stories, including the long, three-part story, 'Telegony', which is a depiction of three generations of women and the clash of two very different cultures, English and Italian. The collection includes two ghost stories, 'Dead Children' and 'The Meeting House'.
View BookAuthor: Nick Et Al Doody
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Author Nick Et Al Doody
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 48m
Welcome to Bigipedia, the omniscient friend you know from your computer and laser watch takes over for 30 minutes in a unique experiement in broadwebcasting. Bigipedia - a world of knowledge at your fingertips brought direct to your ears unless you're listening online, in which case it's been brought from your ears back to your fingertips and thenc...
View BookAuthor: BBC Audiobooks
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Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Nicholas Parsons
SeriesJust a Classic Minute, Book 1
Duration 1h 58m
Nicholas Parsons introduces four archive episodes of the ever-popular comedy panel game. Just as uproariously funny - and terrifically popular - today as when it first began on BBC Radio 4 in 1968, Just a Minute challenges contestants to speak for one minute on a given subject without repetition, hesitation or deviation. Its mix of irreverent fun a...
View BookSpud Goes Green: The Diary of My Year As A Greenie
Author: Giles Thaxton
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Author Giles Thaxton
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 1h 41m
Spud's not Superman, but he wants to save the planet! Spud is an easy-going chap who's taken on a tricky New Year resolution. It's 1st January and he's decided to go green - and this is his diary to prove it! The year starts well: he learns to grow food, recycle rubbish, and look after wildlife. It all seems to be going according to plan... With th...
View BookGrumpy Old Men the Secret Diary
Author: Stuart Prebble
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Author Stuart Prebble
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 14m
To everything there is a season. A time to be born, a time to die... and a time to get a few things off your chest. The sequel to Grumpy Old Men: The Official Handbook covers a year in the sad and sordid life of a Grumpy Old Man, sorting into dates and seasons the many and manifold bloody irritations which multiply in this perpetual torment that we...
View BookAuthor: Lisa Jewell
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Author Lisa Jewell
Narrator Antonia Beamish, Leighton Pugh
Duration 13h 24m
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Vince and Joy by Lisa Jewell, read by Antonia Beamish and Leighton Pugh. 'You know that was the best thing that ever happened to me, don't you?' She smiled. 'Me, too.' July, 1986. Vince and Joy have their whole lives ahead of them on the day they meet. Two weeks later they must part, each having lost a piec...
View BookA Monk's Guide To A Clean House and Mind
Author: Shoukei Matsumoto
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Author Shoukei Matsumoto
Narrator Adam Sims
Duration 2h 5m
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind by Shoukei Matsumoto, read by Adam Sims. We remove dust to sweep away our worldly desires. We scrub dirt to free ourselves of attachments. We live simply and take time to contemplate the self, mindfully living each moment. It's not just monks that need to live this w...
View BookAuthor: Anna Kendrick
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Author Anna Kendrick
Narrator Anna Kendrick
Duration 6h
A collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of Up in the Air and Pitch Perfect. "I'm excited to publish my first book, and because I get uncomfortable when people have high expectations, I'd like to use this opportunity to showcase my ineptitude, pettiness, and the frequency with which I embarras...
View BookArtemis Fowl Series Book 2: Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident
Author: Eoin Colfer
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Author Eoin Colfer
Narrator Gerry O'Brien
SeriesArtemis Fowl, Book 2
Duration 6h 48m
Someone has been supplying Class A illegal human power sources to the goblins. Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit is sure that her arch-enemy, thirteen-year-old Artemis Fowl, is responsible. But is he? Artemis has his own problems to deal with: his father is being held to ransom and only a miracle will save him. Maybe this time a brilliant pl...
View BookPatrik Hedstrom Book 7: The Lost Boy
Author: Camilla Lackberg
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Author Camilla Lackberg
Narrator Robin Bowerman
SeriesPatrik Hedstrom, Book 7
Duration 14h 38m
A young woman jumps in her car and flees to the only safe haven she knows: the island of Graskar off the coast of Fjallbacka ... Meanwhile, Detective Patrik Hedstrom begins an investigation into the murder of a man in his home.The victim, Mats Sverin, the council's financial director. But when Patrik and his team start digging into the dead man's l...
View BookGrant County Series Book 1: Blindsighted
Author: Karin Slaughter
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Author Karin Slaughter
Narrator Denica Fairman
SeriesGrant County, Book 1
Duration 11h 4m
The sleepy town of Heartsdale, Georgia, is jolted into panic when Sara Linton, paediatrician and medical examiner, finds Sibyl Adams dead in the local diner. As well as being viciously raped, Sibyl has been cut: two deep knife wounds form a lethal cross over her stomach. But it's only once Sara starts to perform the post-mortem that the full extent...
View BookAuthor: Dennis Spooner
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Author Dennis Spooner
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 36m
Materialising in a forest, the Doctor and friends find themselves 12 kilometres from Paris. It is the 18th century, and France is the scene of an ongoing battle between royalists and revolutionaries. Following a blaze at a farmhouse, Ian, Barbara and Susan are separated from the Doctor and arrested as traitors. Ian receives information about James...
View BookWhen the Dog Dies, Series 2,episode 2
Author: Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
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Author Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesWhen the Dog Dies Series 2, Book 2
Duration 55m
Ronnie Corbett stars as granddad Sandy Hopper in Series 2 of the sitcom that reunites him with the writers of his hit comedy 'Sorry' - Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent. In the second episode, 'Knock Down Ginger', Sandy goofs when lodger Dolores feels guilty over the rent and decides to be a housekeeper in Edinburgh.
View BookRoutes of English, Series 2,programme 2
Author: Melvyn Bragg
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Author Melvyn Bragg
Narrator Melvyn Bragg
SeriesRoutes to English Series 2, Book 2
Duration 27m
Melvyn has fun and games with puns, wordplay and tongue twisters. Twisting, manipulation and stretching of the English language is an integral part of everyday communication. This language play exists in many forms, as puns, double entendres, word games and verse exercises, and we have been playing with English for centuries.
View BookAuthor: Stephen Phillips
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Author Stephen Phillips
Narrator Derek Jacobi
Duration 39m
The murder by suspected poisoning of Mr. Weatherby at the guest house at No. 9, Hill Crescent, points the finger of suspicion at a number of likely suspects. Crime writer Mr. Lattimer is on the case, noticing details around the house that the detectives seem to have overlooked. But what will Mr. Lattimer do with his all-important 'inside' informati...
View BookAuthor: William Shakespeare
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Author William Shakespeare
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 20m
In this BBC full-cast production, Julius Caesar is triumphant after his victory over the sons of Pompey. But as bad omens and weather plague Rome, even his most loyal friends are starting to see the signs...Political intrigue and fierce battle rage in this tense and dynamic production in which a country is torn apart under the legacy of Julius Caes...
View BookAn Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming (young Adult Version)
Author: Al Gore
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Author Al Gore
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 1h 54m
The truth about the climate crisis is an inconvenient one that means we are going to have to change the way we live our lives - and this affects young people above all. Our climate crisis may at times appear to be happening slowly, but in fact it has become a true planetary emergency and we need to understand that we are facing a crisis. Al Gore, f...
View BookAuthor: P.G. Wodehouse
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Author P.G. Wodehouse
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 28m
Bertie Wooster looks pretty stylish in his new Tyrolean hat - or so he thinks: others, notably Jeeves, disagree. But when Bertie embarks on an errand of mercy to Totleigh Towers, things get quickly out of control and he's going to need all the help Jeeves can provide. There are good eggs present, such as Gussie Fink-Nottle and the Rev. 'Stinker' Pi...
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