Author: William Shakespeare
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Author William Shakespeare
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 32m
King Lear is one of Shakespeare's most performed and celebrated plays - presented here in accessible story fom by brother and sister team Charles and Mary Lamb. An ideal story for newcomers to Shakespeare, young people and as an additional study aid for students.King Lear is to abdicate, and wants to divide his kingdom between his three daughters....
View BookAuthor: Francis Durbridge
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Author Francis Durbridge
Narrator BBC Full-Cast
Duration 3h 39m
From 1938 to 1968, crime novelist and detective Paul Temple and his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve solved case after case in one of BBC Radio's most popular serials. Now the dapper duo return refreshed and reinvigorated to the airwaves, to investigate the activities of a shadowy and ruthless criminal mastermind in post-war London. Enlisted by S...
View BookAuthor: Barry Took, Marty Feldman
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Author Barry Took, Marty Feldman
Narrator Kenneth Horne
SeriesRound the Horne, Book 1
Duration 1h 41m
Between 1965 and 1969 the successor to Beyond Our Ken ruled the airwaves. The show was scripted by Barry Took and Marty Feldman with music from the Fraser Hayes Four. Kenneth Horne was the golden-voiced straight man of the show, with the incredible comic talents of Kenneth Williams, Betty Marsden, Hugh Paddick and Bill Pertwee taking on the guise o...
View BookThomas Kydd Series Book 1: Kydd
Author: Julian Stockwin
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Author Julian Stockwin
Narrator Christian Rodska
SeriesThomas Kydd, Book 1
Duration 10h
Thomas Kydd, a wig-maker from Guildford, is seized by the press gang to be a part of the crew of the 98-gun line-of-battle ship. The ship sails immediately and Kydd has to learn the realities of shipboard life fast. Despite all that he goes through in danger of tempest and battle, he comes to admire the skills and courage of the seamen. CONTAINS ST...
View BookProf. Gunning's Erudite Course of Fact Retrieval (How To Revise)
Author: CGP Publications
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Author CGP Publications
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 44m
This audiobook offers the ultimate course in revision skills - a clear, practical technique for effective revision. It's ideal for pupils at any level from KS3 to GCSE or A-level and beyond.
View BookKaren Pirie Book 4: Out of Bounds
Author: Val Mcdermid
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Author Val Mcdermid
Narrator Kathleen Mccarron
SeriesKaren Pirie, Book 4
Duration 12h 59m
A stunning new cold case novel from internationally bestselling crime writer Val McDermid about a car crash that opens up an unsolved murder from decades before Internationally bestselling author Val McDermid is one of our finest crime writers, whose gripping, impeccably plotted novels have garnered millions of readers worldwide. In her latest, Out...
View BookNo One Is Too Small To Make A Difference
Author: Greta Thunberg
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Author Greta Thunberg
Narrator The Author
Duration 1h 15m
'Everything needs to change. And it has to start today' In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided not to go to school one day. Her actions ended up sparking a global movement for action against the climate crisis, inspiring millions of pupils to go on strike for our planet, forcing governments to listen, and earning he...
View BookAuthor: Tom Mclaughlin
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Author Tom Mclaughlin
Narrator Lenny Henry
Duration 1h 17m
Elliott is a boy who likes to find things and, one day, he stumbles across a machine. At first, he can't work out what the machine is for-it doesn't beep or buzz like all his other machines and it doesn't have an ON/OFF button. Then, quite by accident, Elliott makes the machine work. The machine makes letters! Elliott thinks it must be a story mach...
View BookTony Hill and Carol Jordan Book 8: Cross and Burn
Author: Val Mcdermid
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Author Val Mcdermid
Narrator Saul Reichlin
SeriesTony Hill and Carol Jordan, Book 8
Duration 13h 45m
The new unforgettable new Tony Hill and Carol Jordan novel will see them forced to fight for themselves and each other as never before... Guilt and grief have driven a wedge between long time crime-fighting partners psychologist Tony Hill and ex-DCI Carol Jordan. But just because they're not talking doesn't mean the killing stops. Someone is killin...
View BookAuthor: Liza Marklund
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Author Liza Marklund
Narrator India Fisher
Duration 14h 1m
A violent robbery has taken place in an affluent area of the Costa Del Sol, in which an entire family are killed. Annika Bengtzon is assigned to the story, and when she arrives in Spain and gains access to the crime scene, she is horrified to discover there was a third child - a teenage daughter - who is unaccounted for. Annika makes it her mission...
View BookFags, Mags & Bags, Series 1: Episode 5
Author: Sanjeev Kohli, Donald McLeary
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Author Sanjeev Kohli, Donald McLeary
Narrator Various
SeriesFags, Mags & Bags, Book 5
Duration 28m
The Festival of Maltodextrin. Corner shop owner Ramesh concocts a fake religious festival to shift unsold fireworks.
View BookAuthor: Anthony Horowitz
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Author Anthony Horowitz
Narrator Samantha Bond
Duration 15h 56m
When editor Susan Ryeland is given the tattered manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has little idea it will change her life. She's worked with the revered crime writer for years, and his detective, Atticus Pund, is renowned for solving crimes in the sleepy English villages of the 1950s. As Susan knows only too well, vintage crime sells ha...
View BookOp-center Book 7: Divide and Conquer
Author: Tom Clancy
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Author Tom Clancy
Narrator Michael Kramer
SeriesOp-Center, Book 7
Duration 7h 49m
Shadowy elements within the State Department secretly cause tensions to flare between Iran and the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan. They hope to start a shooting war to increase their own power and profit. At the same time, the conspirators decide to up the ante - by deposing the president of the United States. In a treacherous scheme, they co...
View BookThe Chronicles of Promise Paen Series Book 1: Unbreakable
Author: W. C. Bauers
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Author W. C. Bauers
Narrator Andi Ardnt
SeriesChronicles of Promise Paen, Book 1
Duration 12h 59m
The colonists of the planet Montana are accustomed to being ignored. Situated in the buffer zone between two rival human empires, their world is a backwater: remote, provincial, independently minded. Even as a provisional member of the Republic of Aligned Worlds, Montana merits little consideration-until it becomes the flashpoint in an impending in...
View BookAuthor: William Somerset Maugham
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Author William Somerset Maugham
Narrator Steven Crossley
Duration 25h 54m
One of the most widely read novels of the twentieth century, W. Somerset Maugham's masterpiece Of Human Bondage gives a harrowing depiction of unrequited love. Philip Carey, a sensitive orphan born with a clubfoot, finds himself in desperate need of passion and inspiration. He abandons his studies to travel, first to Heidelberg and then to Paris, w...
View BookAuthor: Rebecca Stead
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Author Rebecca Stead
Narrator Kimberley Farr, Kirby Heyborne, Meera Simhan
Duration 6h 49m
This brilliant novel by Newbery Medal winner Rebecca Stead explores multiple perspectives on the bonds and limits of friendship. Bridge is an accident survivor who's wondering why she's still alive. Emily has new curves and an almost-boyfriend who wants a certain kind of picture. Tabitha sees through everybody's games-or so she tells the world. The...
View BookAuthor: Sam Kiley
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Author Sam Kiley
Narrator Robin Bowerman
Duration 8h 11m
In the dust and blazing heat of Helmand, the young men of 16 Air Assault Brigade find themselves in the most relentless battles faced by British troops in recent history. As the only writer to have unrestricted access to the front line, Sam Kiley is there to bear witness to the most intense challenges of their lives. Desperate Glory is an unflinchi...
View BookAuthor: David Ashton
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Author David Ashton
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesThe Inspector McLevy Mysteries Series 2, Book 1
Duration 43m
Brian Cox stars as McLevy with Siobh n Redmond as Jean Brash and Michael Perceval-Maxwell as Mulholland in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Inspired by the real-life memoirs of a Victorian Inspector in Scotland, James McLevy prowls the dark streets of 1860s Edinburgh bringing criminals to justice, with the assistance of Constable Mulh...
View BookSarah Millican's Support Group, Series 1, Episode 1
Author: Sarah Millican
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Author Sarah Millican
Narrator Various
SeriesSarah Millican's Support Group Series 1, Book 1
Duration 28m
Sarah Millican plays Sarah, life counsellor and modern-day agony aunt, in this BBC Radio 4 comedy series. Together with her team of 'experts', Sarah tackles the nation's problems head on, dishing out real advice for real people. In this episode, Sarah tackles the problems, 'I love a plumber but I'm no boiler', 'Dating outside of your class: would y...
View BookJust A Minute Anniversary Special
Author: BBC Audiobooks
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Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 47m
To mark the 35th anniversary of Just a Minute in 2002, this audio programme features an anniversary edition of the programme, as broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Those taking part include host Nicholas Parsons and players Paul Merton and Clement Freud. This release also includes a classic JAM from 11 Sept 1982 which features Kenneth Williams, Barry Cryer...
View BookGeorgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
Author: Amanda Foreman
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Author Amanda Foreman
Narrator Maureen O'Reilly
Duration 20h
The story of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, one of the most flamboyant women of the 18th century. Georgiana was, in turn, a compulsive gambler, astute political operator, drug addict, adulteress and darling of the common people. Winner of the Whitbread Biography of the Year Award.
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