Author: Julia Stuart
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Author Julia Stuart
Narrator Hannah Curtis
Duration 10h 38m
When Indian Princess Alexandrina is left penniless by the sudden death of her father, the Maharaja of Brindor, Queen Victoria grants her a grace-and-favor home in Hampton Court Palace. Though rumored to be haunted, Alexandrina and her lady's maid, Pooki, have no choice but to take the Queen up on her offer. Aside from the ghost sightings, Hampton C...
View BookAuthor: Bea Davenport
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Author Bea Davenport
Narrator Alexandra Whitworth
Duration 7h 23m
Five years ago Maura fled life in Dowerby and took on a new identity, desperately trying to piece her life back together. But then a reporter tracks her down, and persuades her to tell her story, putting her own life in danger once again. Layer upon layer of violence and deceit make up the full picture for Maura to see and the reporter to reveal. H...
View BookAuthor: Aldous Huxley
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Author Aldous Huxley
Narrator Michael York
Duration 8h
Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs, all its members are happy consumers. Humans are no longer born but instead grown from embryos in huge research labs, their social status predetermined. Bernard Marx seems alone in feeling d...
View BookAuthor: Reginald Hill
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Author Reginald Hill
Narrator Ian Redford
Duration 8h 8m
Who would sever the tongue of a living person? Or kill a pathetic, homeless old man? Or frighten a young doctor into silence? The questions are piling up, and Doug McHarg can't stop asking them - especially when he's warned off by his boss in the local police, by Scotland Yard, and by increasingly professional death threats. The pattern that emerge...
View BookAuthor: David Ashton
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Author David Ashton
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 1h 26m
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 Mulholland. In Behind the Curtain, a death threat written in blood is found pinned to the wall of the leading lady's dressing room at the Parade Theatre. A Vo...
View BookRoutes of English, Series 4, Programme 2
Author: Melvyn Bragg
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Author Melvyn Bragg
Narrator Melvyn Bragg
SeriesRoutes of English Series 4, Book 2
Duration 27m
The English language in India. Despite being the imposed language of the imperial power, English also had the power to unite the nation. The story of the English language in India is also the story of the British merchants, adventurers and colonial administrators for whom the country was the Empire's jewel in the crown. Calcutta, the great Victoria...
View BookAuthor: BBC Audiobooks
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Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 19m
Suave but embattled chairman Nicholas Parsons attempts to control prattling panellists Peter Jones, Clement Freud, Derek Nimmo and Paul Merton as they pit their wits - and their words - against the clock. Another hilarious selection of mirth-filled minutes from BBC Radio 4's popular long-running panel game. Suave but embattled chairman Nicholas Par...
View BookDoctor Who: The Ghosts of N-space
Author: BBC Audiobooks
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Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Jon Pertwee
Duration 2h 46m
Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen and Nicholas Courtney join forces once more for a specially written Doctor Who adventure.'When the barrier gives way, this planet will be flooded by all the evil in N-Space; and at the moment I have no idea how to stop it.' The Brigadier's ancient great-uncle Mario seems unsurprised by the spectres which haunt his even...
View BookAuthor: Bram Stoker
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Author Bram Stoker
Narrator Richard Pasco
Duration 45m
This is, arguably, Stoker's best traditional ghost story. Prominently featuring rats as a central theme, this terrifying and chilling tale is sure to strike fear into the heart of any listener. Take with you on an isolated retreat to a draughty old house to fully enjoy the full effects of this dark and delightfully disturbing yarn.
View BookAuthor: Alan Bennett
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Author Alan Bennett
Narrator Alan Bennett
SeriesAlan Bennet's Untold Stories, Book 3
Duration 2h 28m
Untold Stories, Alan Bennett's first major collection of prose since his bestselling Writing Home, brings together the finest and funniest of his writing over the last ten years. Following on from Untold Stories: Part 1: Stories and Part 2: The Diaries (also available from BBC Audiobooks), Part 3: Written on the Body is both a reflection on Alan Be...
View BookAuthor: Dirk Maggs
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Author Dirk Maggs
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 3h 10m
Gotham City is reeling from the shocking news that Batman is confined to a wheelchair. Who will now protect the innocent from the dangerous inmates of Arkham Asylum, whom Bane has released? A new hero - Azrael - takes up the mantle of the Bat. But Azrael is a more brutal Batman than Bruce Wayne, and far more eager to punish the guilty than to prote...
View Book11 Killer Exam Tips For...Physics
Author: CGP Publications
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Author CGP Publications
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 45m
This audiobook is designed to help students to do well at GCSE physics. It gives 11 tips to boost marks, covering the most common mistakes made in physics exams and how to avoid them. Suitable for Key Stage 3, GCSE and A Level.
View BookAuthor: Elizabeth Strout
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Author Elizabeth Strout
Narrator Kimberley Farr
Duration 12h 2m
At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn't always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance; a former student who...
View BookAuthor: Michelle Robinson
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Author Michelle Robinson
Narrator Justin Fletcher
Duration 5m
Fred and Nell's grandma is babysitting and the kids couldn't be happier. But hang on, there's something not quite right about her. In fact, she's acting very strangely indeed. And is that a spare eyeball? A tail? A striped tongue? That's NOT their grandma; it's an alien ... RUUUUUUN! Find out how Fred and Nell overcome the invasion by grandmas from...
View BookAuthor: Dave Allen
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Author Dave Allen
Narrator Dave Allen
Duration 2h 47m
In today's world of exponentially increased communication and responsibility, yesterday's methods for staying on top just don't work. Veteran management consultant and trainer David Allen recognizes that "time management" is useless the minute your schedule is interrupted; "setting priorities" isn't relevant when your email is down; "procrastinatio...
View BookAuthor: Susan Lewis
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Author Susan Lewis
Narrator Julia Franklin
Duration 7h 20m
Andee Lawrence is in heaven. Well, the South of France to be exact. Ex-detective Andee has swapped freelance investigation and a broken marriage, for two months in Provence, renovating a beautiful villa with the new man in her life. Pottering around a small picturesque town on an early summer's day, she is at peace. But her world is about to be sha...
View BookHorrible Science: Fatal Forces
Author: Nick Arnold
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Author Nick Arnold
Narrator Ian Collington
Duration 3h 12m
Learn about the scientists who discovered "Smashing Speed", "Gruesome Gravity", and "Facts about Friction". Tons of interesting facts about the forces of nature are packed into this latest instlament in the Horrible Science series.
View BookDaisy Dalrymple Book 5: Damsel In Distress
Author: Carola Dunn
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Author Carola Dunn
Narrator Mia Chiaromonte
SeriesDaisy Dalrymple, Book 5
Duration 7h 34m
In spring a young man's fancy will turn to love, and the Honorable Phillip Petrie is no exception. Daisy's chum is totally smitten with Miss Gloria Arbuckle, daughter of a millionaire Yank. But before the enthusiastic suitor can pop the question, his beloved is abducted. As a distraught Mr. Arbuckle begins assembling the ransom, Phillip enlists Dai...
View BookAuthor: Lily Baxter
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Author Lily Baxter
Narrator Penelope Freeman
Duration 11h 31m
It is 1940 and Britain is at war with Germany. In London, eighteen-year-old Susan Banks longs to do her duty. Her secret ambition is to learn to fly - to serve her country and realise her dream. But she knows it is out of the question for a girl like her; a foundling, unwanted and unloved and dependent on strangers for her welfare. Just as she fear...
View BookBeautiful Creatures Series Book 2: Beautiful Darkness
Author: Margaret Stohl
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Author Margaret Stohl
Narrator Kevin T. Collins
SeriesBeautiful Creatures, Book 2
Duration 15h 48m
Is death the end...or only the beginning? Ethan Wate always dreamed of leaving the stifling Southern town of Gatlin. But he never dreamt that finding love with Lena Duchannes would drive him away. Lena is a Caster girl whose supernatural powers unveiled a secretive and cursed side of Gatlin, so powerful it forced him to make a terrible sacrifice. N...
View BookHope Street Church Mystery 1: The Path of the Crooked
Author: Ellery Adams
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Author Ellery Adams
Narrator Cris Dukeheart
SeriesHope Street Church Mysteries, Book 1
Duration 7h 54m
New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams presents the first novel in her Hope Street Church Mystery series. Hoping for a fresh start and a new outlook on life, Cooper Lee joins the Bible study group at Hope Street Church. The last thing she expects while studying the Bible is a lesson in murder. When Brooke Hughes, the woman who first invited...
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