Author: Lucy Worsley
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Author Lucy Worsley
Narrator Ruth Redman
Duration 14h 17m
On the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's death, historian Lucy Worsley leads us into the world in which our best-loved novelist lived. This new telling of the story of Jane's life shows us how and why she lived as she did, examining the rooms, spaces and possessions which mattered to her, and the way in which home is used in her novels to mean bot...
View BookAuthor: Pat Barker
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Author Pat Barker
Narrator Various
Duration 8h 53m
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Pat Barker's powerful and unforgettable story of art and war, Life Class.Spring, 1914. The students at the Slade School of Art gather in Henry Tonks's studio for his life-drawing class. But for Paul Tarrant the class is troubling, underscoring his own uncertainty about making a mark...
View BookAuthor: Lisa Bullard
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Author Lisa Bullard
Narrator Intuitive
Duration 4h 10m
Earth has a water problem. People need water to live. But only a little of Earth's water is usable. How can you help? Join Trina to find out how to care for Earth's water. Do your part to be a planet protector! Discover how to reduce, reuse, recycle, and more with Tyler and Trina in the Planet Protectors series, part of the Cloverleaf BooksT collec...
View BookDivergent Series Book 1: Divergent
Author: Veronica Roth
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Author Veronica Roth
Narrator Emma Galvin
SeriesDivergent, Book 1
Duration 11h 12m
The explosive debut by No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth. DIVERGENT - a major motion picture franchise. The first book in the DIVERGENT series that has swept the globe - selling millions of copies world-wide. In the world of Divergent, society is divided into five factions - Candor, Abnegation, Dauntless, Amity and Erudite. Ever...
View BookPatrik Hedstrom Book 4: The Gallows Bird
Author: Camilla Lackberg
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Author Camilla Lackberg
Narrator Eamonn Riley
SeriesPatrik Hedstrom, Book 4
Duration 13h 35m
A woman is found dead, apparently the victim of a tragic car crash. It's the first in a spate of seemingly inexplicable accidents in Tanumshede and marks the end of a quiet winter for detective Patrik Hedstrom. A reality TV show is being shot in the town and when a drunken party ends with a particularly unpopular contestant's murder, the cast and c...
View BookAuthor: Ben Aaronovitch
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Author Ben Aaronovitch
Narrator Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
SeriesRivers of London, Book 1
Duration 10h 5m
Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London's Metropolitan Police. Too bad his superior plans to assign him to the Case Progression Unit, where the biggest threat he'll face is a paper cut. But Peter's prospects change in the aftermath of a puzzling murder, when he gains exclusive information from an eyewitness who happ...
View BookAuthor: Matthew Sweet
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Author Matthew Sweet
Narrator Christopher Oxford
Duration 13h 2m
It's the Second World War and the Savoy, the Dorchester and Claridge's teem with those determined not to allow Hitler to impact on their way of life. Spies: Meet Marie-Jacqueline Lancaster, the woman from M15 who has the gravy browning licked from her legs by Dylan Thomas. Royals: Meet Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, born in a suite at Clarid...
View BookOld Harry's Game, the Christmas Specials 2010
Author: Andy Hamilton
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Author Andy Hamilton
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 55m
Two fantastic festive episodes of Andy Hamilton's fiendishly funny Sony Award-winning BBC Radio 4 comedy. It's the most wonderful time of the year, but Satan isn't in a very Christmassy mood. In 'Christmas Spirit', he is busy dealing with the seasonal rush. Tired of Hell being inundated with drunken morons who died doing something completely stupid...
View BookThe Prime Ministers, Series 1, Episode 1
Author: Nick Robinson
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Author Nick Robinson
Narrator Nick Robinson
SeriesThe Prime Ministers Series 1, Book 1
Duration 13m
From the BBC Radio 4 series presented and written by Nick Robinson that explores how prime ministers have used their power and responded to the great challenges of their time and how they made the job what it is today. This episode features Sir Robert Walpole, the first and longest-serving prime minister.
View BookThe Goon Show: Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Author: Spike Milligan
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Author Spike Milligan
Narrator The Cast
SeriesThe Goon Show, Book 19
Duration 2h 6m
Featuring: The Penvesey Bay Disaster, The Spectre of Tintagel, Shangrila Again, Ned's Atomic Dustbin. Anarchic, ground-breaking and hilariously inventive, The Goon Show re-shaped comedy and set new standards in the genre. The mix of brilliant wordplay, mental slapstick and surreal clowning ensures the popularity of Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and...
View BookA Charles Paris Mystery Book 13: A Series of Murders
Author: Simon Brett
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Author Simon Brett
Narrator Simon Brett
SeriesCharles Paris Mysteries, Book 13
Duration 57m
Charles Paris, actor and amateur sleuth, is working in television as the brainless bobby sidekick to a suave detective. The accidental death of an unpromising actress causes little suspicion, except in Charles' mind. He decides to investigate.
View BookAuthor: Dodie Smith
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Author Dodie Smith
Narrator Emilia Fox
Duration 4h 52m
I Capture the Castle is Dodie Smith's first novel, written in 1949 while living in USA. Smith was already an established playwright and later became famous for authoring the children's classic The Hundred and One Dalmatians. This coming-of-age novel recounts in the first person the adventures of an eccentric family, the Mortmains, struggling to liv...
View BookAuthor: Alan Bennett
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Author Alan Bennett
Narrator Thora Hird, Imelda Staunton, Brian Wilde
Duration 29m
Taken from Alan Bennett: Triple Bill, April 2007 Release. A naive, inexperienced social worker calls on an elderly couple - but does she need more help than they do?
View BookAuthor: J R R Tolkien
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Author J R R Tolkien
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 3h 42m
Tolkien's famous saga, the prelude to 'The Lord of the Rings', has all the ingredients of fantasy and adventure: dwarves, elves, goblins and trolls, a fearsome dragon, a great wizard, a perilous quest and a dramatic climax. At the centre is the unsuspecting hero Bilbo Baggins, a home-loving, unambitious Hobbit who is suddenly thrust into the bigges...
View BookThe Witcher Book 2: Time of Contempt
Author: Andrzej Sapkowski
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Author Andrzej Sapkowski
Narrator Peter Kenny
SeriesThe Witcher, Book 2
Duration 12h
Geralt the Witcher has fought monsters and demons across the land, but even he may not be prepared for what is happening to his world. The kings and armies are manoeuvring for position, each fearing invasion from across the river, each fearing their neighbours more. Intrigue, dissent and rebellion are on all sides. The Elves and other non-humans ar...
View BookAuthor: Gerald Seymour
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Author Gerald Seymour
Narrator Colin Mace
Duration 12h 38m
Holt, a diplomat, and Noah Crane, Israeli master-sniper, plan to walk by night into the dangerous Beqa'a Valley, where capture by the Syrian Army results in torture and death. It is to find one man: the subject of an act of vengeance by the British, to display their strength in the face of terrorism. But when Holt and Crane are far into the Beqa'a,...
View BookThe Last Kingdom Book 4: Sword Song
Author: Bernard Cornwell
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Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator Jonathan Keeble
SeriesThe Last Kingdom, Book 4
Duration 11h 33m
The fourth in the best-selling Alfred series from number-one historical novelist, Bernard Cornwell. The year is 885, and England is at peace, divided between the Danish kingdom to the north and Alfred's kingdom of Wessex in the south. But trouble stirs, a dead man has risen and new Vikings have arrived to occupy London. It is a dangerous time, and...
View BookAuthor: C. L. Taylor
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Author C. L. Taylor
Narrator Clare Corbett
Duration 8h 58m
To escape her past, Anna takes a job at a hotel on the remote Scottish island of Rum, but when seven guests join her, what started as a retreat from the world turns into a deadly nightmare. Each of the guests have a secret, but one of them is lying - about who they are and why they're on the island. There's a murderer staying in the Bay View hotel....
View BookManchester's Finest: How the Munich Air Disaster Broke the Heart of A Great City
Author: David Hall
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Author David Hall
Narrator Jonathan Keeble
Duration 10h 51m
On 6 February 1958, British European Airways flight 609 crashed in a blizzard on its third attempt to take off from an icy runaway in Munich. On board were the Manchester United football team as well as a number of journalists and other passengers. News of the disaster sent shockwaves around the world. For people who lived in Manchester at the time...
View BookAuthor: Lisa Mcinerney
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Author Lisa Mcinerney
Narrator Shelley Atkinson
Duration 11h 2m
One messy murder affects the lives of five misfits who exist on the fringes of Ireland's post-crash society. Ryan is a fifteen-year-old drug dealer desperate not to turn out like his alcoholic father Tony, whose obsession with his unhinged next-door neighbour threatens to ruin him and his family. Georgie is a prostitute whose willingness to feign a...
View BookRivers of London Book 2: Moon Over Soho
Author: Ben Aaronovitch
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Author Ben Aaronovitch
Narrator Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
SeriesRivers of London, Book 2
Duration 10h
Body and Soul. The song. That's what London constable and sorcerer's apprentice Peter Grant first notices when he examines the corpse of Cyrus Wilkins, part-time jazz drummer and full-time accountant, who dropped dead of a heart attack while playing a gig at Soho's 606 Club. A sure sign that something about the man's death was not at all natural. W...
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