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Author: Margaret Su
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Author Margaret Su
Narrator Richard Popple
Duration 28m
George and Calvin live in a research centre under the sea. When they are learning to operate the underwater ocean pods, disaster strikes. Can they save themselves and their friends?
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Author Donald Stuart
Narrator William Franklyn
Duration 29m
Double And Quit sees the top-secret Department 7 recruit Sexton Blake as a special agent.
View BookGiant Ladies That Changed the World
Author: Patrick Barlow
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Author Patrick Barlow
Narrator Raymond Box
Duration 1h 9m
Spoof theatre company The National Theatre of Brent take on the story of the Suffragette Movement in this hilarious Radio 4 series, first heard on the Woman's Hour Drama slot The award-winning National Theatre of Brent aka Desmond Olivier Dingle and Raymond Box present the entire epic struggle of the Suffragettes or the Giant Ladies as they was als...
View BookA Guide To British Farmland Birds
Author: Stephen Moss, Brett Westwood
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Author Stephen Moss, Brett Westwood
Narrator The Authors, Chris Watson
Duration 1h 3m
Join Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss in this absorbing guide to the sounds of our most popular farmland birds, as heard on BBC Radio 4. In the fifth of our series of bird guides, Brett Westwood is joined once again by enthusiastic birdwatcher Stephen Moss, and with the help of recordings made by wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson they present th...
View BookAuthor: Richard Hughes
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Author Richard Hughes
Narrator Michael Maloney
Duration 6h 13m
Set in the nineteenth century against a backdrop of island life and the vast surrounding seas, A High Wind in Jamaica is the gripping story of the Bas-Thornton children, whose parents send them back to England following a hurricane in the postcolonial Caribbean they call home. Having set sail, the children quickly fall into the hands of pirates.
View BookAuthor: Elizabeth Berridge
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Author Elizabeth Berridge
Narrator Katreen Lack
Duration 9h
A middle-aged divorcee inherits a house in the Welsh village where she grew up and decides to start afresh and rebuild her life. She begins to renew old friendships, make new ones and re-examine her relationships with her mother and daughter.
View BookThe Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side
Author: Agatha Christie
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Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 1h 27m
After the death of her husband, Dolly Bantry sold Gossington Hall to the former film star Marina Gregg and her husband. When the glamorous couple decide to throw a benefit party for the local hospital, the grounds are thronged with curious visitors, and for one of them, the day ends in tragedy. As Marina is serving cocktails in the house, she is co...
View BookConfessions of Georgia Nicholson Series Book 7: Startled By His Furry Shorts!
Author: Louise Rennison
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Author Louise Rennison
Narrator Louise Rennison
SeriesThe Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, Book 7
Duration 4h 47m
The seventh title in the 'Confessions of Georgia Nicolson' series. 'Why did I admit I wanted Masimo to be my proper boyfriend? Why? One minute he was snogging me, and then the next he was snogging Wet Lindsay, stick insect and drip. Perhaps I should tell him he can go out with her as well as me... But then I might snog him after she has snogged him...
View BookThe Bolds Book 4: The Bolds In Trouble
Author: Julian Clary
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Author Julian Clary
Narrator Julian Clary
SeriesThe Bolds, Book 4
Duration 2h 40m
This time, Teddington's wildest family have decided to stay at home and keep their heads down - it isn't always easy hiding tails and fur under clothes, and it's important not to raise suspicion amongst their human neighbours. But trouble soon comes skulking when a very sly fox starts making a big nuisance of himself. It's up to the Bolds to try to...
View BookAuthor: Graham Hurley
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Author Graham Hurley
Narrator William Rycroft
Duration 1h 11m
Bird flu has arrived in the UK. Most of the population is dead or dying so fast that there's not enough time to bury them. Norman's survived-so far, and when his grandfather gets sick he knows that there can only be one outcome-but not before some secrets are revealed that will change Norman's life forever...
View Book21 Lessons For the 21st Century
Author: Yuval Noah Harari
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Author Yuval Noah Harari
Narrator Derek Perkins
Duration 11h 47m
How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What should we teach our children? Yuval Noah Harari takes us on a thrilling journey through today's most urgent issues. The golden thread running through his exhilarating new...
View BookAuthor: Ian Messiter
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Author Ian Messiter
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 47m
icholas Parsons chairs six more episodes of the evergreen BBC Radio 4 panel game. Fresh from winning the Radio Award for comedy in the 2016 Chortle Awards, the perennially popular show returns for a 75th series. Guests joining Nicholas Parsons include regulars Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Sheila Hancock and Marcus Brigstocke, as well as relative ne...
View BookAuthor: Charity Norman
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Author Charity Norman
Narrator Various
Duration 13h 33m
On a sharp winter's morning, a man turns his back on prison. He's lost almost everything; all he has left are his three children but he is not allowed anywhere near them. This is the story of Joseph, who killed his wife, Zoe. Of their three children who witnessed the event. Of Zoe's parents, Hannah and Frederick, who are bringing up the children an...
View BookAuthor: E M Forster
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Author E M Forster
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 4h 46m
Sheila Hancock stars in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of E. M. Forster's glorious tale of love in Italy and England. Lucy Honeychurch is an innocent abroad. Under the care of her well-meaning but infuriating chaperon, cousin Charlotte, she is completing the final part of a conventional well-bred English upbringing - the Grand Tour. But the...
View BookAuthor: Bruce Henderson
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Author Bruce Henderson
Narrator John Pruden
Duration 9h 9m
Bruce Henderson brings to life one of the most mysterious tragedies of American exploration in Fatal North.
View BookYour Body: An A-z From Allergies To Zits
Author: Steve Parker
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Author Steve Parker
Narrator Jan Boyd
Duration 6h 37m
This dictionary of the human body is arranged in easy-access alphabetical format, suitable for 9-13 year olds. Topics covered include major body structures and processes (lungs and breathing, heart and circulation, etc) and individual organs. Also covered are concerns that often preoccupy this age group - a wide range of common ailments and conditi...
View BookAuthor: Celine Curiol
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Author Celine Curiol
Narrator Susannah Harker
Duration 9h
A lonely young woman works as an announcer in Paris's Gare du Nord, surrounded by people yet separate from them. Obsessed with a man who loves another, she suffers alone as she waits for him. In her solitude, she wanders the streets of the modern city, playing on the edge of danger, seeking connection. Her interactions with strangers create a confr...
View BookBrangwen Family Series Book 1: The Rainbow
Author: D.H. Lawrence
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Author D.H. Lawrence
Narrator Paul Slack
SeriesBrangwen Family, Book 1
Duration 20h 19m
D.H. Lawrence's controversial classic, The Rainbow, follows the lives and loves of three generations of the Brangwen family, between 1840 and 1905. Their tempestuous relationships are played out against a backdrop of change as they witness the arrival of industrialization-the only constant being their unending attempts to grasp a higher form of exi...
View BookCritical Thinking: An Introduction
Author: Alec Fisher
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Author Alec Fisher
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 11h 7m
In this highly accessible book, Alec Fisher shows students how they can develop a range of creative and critical thinking skills that are transferable to other subjects and contexts. Critical Thinking includes topics such as: argument analysis, clarifying terms and interpreting ideas, skilful decision making and value judgements, and applying criti...
View BookAuthor: Lionel Shriver
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Author Lionel Shriver
Narrator Alice Rosengard
Duration 13h 1m
When Pandora picks up her older brother Edison at her local Iowa airport, she literally doesn't recognize him. In the four years since the siblings last saw each other, the once slim, hip New York jazz pianist has gained hundreds of pounds. And it's not just the weight. Imposing himself on Pandora's world, Edison breaks her husband Fletcher's handc...
View BookAuthor: Edward J Mason
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Author Edward J Mason
Narrator Douglas Kelly
Duration 4h 2m
In the first story of the second radio series, Barton is on the trail of Tony Patelli, a criminal mastermind who has stolen a lorry-load of gold bullion. Can Barton save a kidnapped girl from Patelli's clutches? Can he defeat the Vulture? Find out in this next exciting instalment of 'Dick Barton - Special Agent!'
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