Routes of English, Series 4, Programme 1
Author: Melvyn Bragg
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Author Melvyn Bragg
Narrator Melvyn Bragg
SeriesRoutes of English Series 4, Book 1
Duration 27m
We explore the rise of powerful non-English linguistic forces in the United States. Starting at Plymouth Rock where the Pilgrim Fathers landed in 1620, Melvyn Bragg follows the development of English in the American colony-from the War of Independence and the founding of the first capital, Philadelphia, right through to the controversial contempora...
View BookAuthor: BBC Audiobooks
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Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 38m
Another hilarious selection of mirth-filled minutes from BBC Radio 4's popular long-running panel game. These four shows were recorded in Bath, Edinburgh, Brighton and, from Sheffield, Derek Nimmo's last appearance on Just A Minute. Just a minute began on BBC Radio 4 in 1967 and has become a classic panel game which is still popular on Radio 4 toda...
View BookAuthor: Myla Goldberg
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Author Myla Goldberg
Narrator Aiofe Nally
Duration 11h 30m
Eliza Naumann, a seemingly unremarkable nine-year-old, expects never to fit into her gifted family: her father, Saul, absorbed in his study of Jewish mysticism; her brother, Aaron, the vessel of his father's spiritual ambitions; and her brilliant but distant lawyer-mom, Miriam. But when Eliza sweeps her school and district spelling bees in quick su...
View BookAuthor: William Dalrymple
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Author William Dalrymple
Narrator Michael Maloney
Duration 3h
In the summer of 1986, two Cambridge history undergraduates set out on Marco Polo's famous journey across Central Asia to the city of Xanadu in Mongolia. This account traces their experiences in the war-torn Middle East and along 1500 miles of the Silk Road to their eventual destination.
View BookThe Navy Lark: Getting In the Swim
Author: Laurie Wyman, Sid Colin
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Author Laurie Wyman, Sid Colin
Narrator The Cast
SeriesThe Navy Lark, Book 2
Duration 2h 7m
Features: The Lighthouse Lark, A Deliberate Bashing, Let Loose with a Chopper, Mr Phillips' Promotion. The Navy Lark, one of radio's longest running laughter-makers, kept the nation on the crest of a comic wave from 1959 to 1977. All at sea in the Senior Service were conniving Petty Officer Jon Pertwee, silly-ass Sub-Lieutenant Leslie Phillips and...
View BookAuthor: Arthur Miller
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Author Arthur Miller
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 34m
Italian - American immigrant life in the 1950's textures this searing drama of love and revenge. Longshoreman Eddie Carbone is devoted to his wife, Beatrice and to his niece, Catherine. When Beatrice's impoverished Sicilian cousins enter the U.S. illegally, in the hope of finding work, Eddie gives them a helping hand. But when Catherine and one of...
View BookAuthor: Dirk Maggs
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Author Dirk Maggs
Narrator Stuart Milligan, Shelley Thompson
Duration 2h 36m
Whilst Daily Planet lovebirds Clark Kent and Lois Lane finally get engaged, the villainous Lex Luthor dies in a plane crash. Metropolis is thriving with prosperity and happiness under Superman's care - or so it seems...
View BookAuthor: William Shakespeare
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Author William Shakespeare
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 13m
In this BBC full-cast production of Much Ado About Nothing, some handsome soldiers return from battle. Yet one soldier finds himself locked in a merry war of his own...In Shakespeare's comedy of wit, love and miscommunication, Beatrice and Benedick and Hero and Claudio are pushed into and pulled out of love, their friends playing cupid with li...
View Book11 Killer Exam Tips For...Biology
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 biology. It gives 11 tips to boost marks, covering the most common mistakes made in biology exams and how to avoid them. Suitable for Key Stage 3, GCSE and A Level.
View BookAuthor: Katrina Charman
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Author Katrina Charman
Narrator Justin Fletcher
Duration 5m
Join two seafaring pirates and their captain on a nautical adventure to find a treasure chest. Add to that a text that is read aloud to the tune of 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat' and you have a book that will be enjoyed time and time again! Go, go, pirate boat, Across the salty sea, Raise the anchor, hoist the sail, It's a pirate's life for me. Little p...
View BookAuthor: Debbie Macomber
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Author Debbie Macomber
Narrator Nancy Linari, Allyson Ryan
SeriesNew Beginnings, Book 2
Duration 10h 54m
How do you move on after your life has fallen apart? When Leanne and her daughter-in-law Nichole went through divorces at the same time, they compiled a list to help them move on from the heartbreak. Now, two years on, these unlikely best friends have managed to pick up the pieces, and love is on the cards for both of them. Leanne's friendship with...
View BookAuthor: Emma Healey
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Author Emma Healey
Narrator Laura Aikman
Duration 10h 44m
In the award-winning Elizabeth is Missing debut novelist Emma Healey explored grandmother Maud's attempt to solve a 70-year-old mystery as she succumbed to dementia. Now, in her dazzling follow-up Whistle in the Dark, we meet Jen, mother to 15-year-old Lana - who has just been found after going missing for four desperate days. Lana can't talk about...
View BookThe True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole
Author: Sue Townsend
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Author Sue Townsend
Narrator James Carcaterra
SeriesAdrian Mole, Book 3
Duration 4h 8m
Adrian Mole is an adult. At least that's what it says on his passport. But living at home, clinging to his threadbare cuddly rabbit 'Pinky', working as a paper pusher for the DoE and pining for the love of his life, Pandora, has proved to him that adulthood isn't quite what he expected. Still, without the dilemmas of modern life what would an intel...
View BookBooktown Mystery Series Book 4: Chapter and Hearse
Author: Lorna Barrett
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Author Lorna Barrett
Narrator Cassandra Campbell
SeriesBooktown Mystery, Book 4
Duration 9h 20m
Mystery bookstore owner Tricia Miles has been spending more time solving whodunits than reading them. Now a nearby gas explosion has injured Tricia's sister's boyfriend, Bob Kelly, the head of the Chamber of Commerce, and killed the owner of the town's history bookstore. Tricia's never been a fan of Bob, but when she reads that he's being tight-lip...
View BookSlide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp
Author: Brian P Cleary
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Author Brian P Cleary
Narrator Intuitive
Duration 4h 33m
One book is never enough to explore the wide range of verbs! The crazy cats deliver loads of additional examples to illustrate the power of both action verbs and linking verbs. Brian P. Cleary's playful verse turn traditional grammar lessons on end. Read this book aloud and share the delight of the sense and nonsense of words.
View BookBeautiful Creatures Series Book 1: Beautiful Creatures
Author: Margaret Stohl
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Author Margaret Stohl
Narrator Kevin T. Collins
SeriesBeautiful Creatures, Book 1
Duration 17h 9m
Is falling in love the beginning...Or the end? In Ethan Wate's hometown there lies the darkest of secrets. There is a girl. Slowly, she pulled the hood from her head. Green eyes, black hair. Lena Duchannes. There is a curse. On the Sixteenth Moon, the Sixteenth Year, the Book will take what it's been promised. And no one can stop it. In the end, th...
View BookOp-center Series Book 1: Op-center
Author: Tom Clancy
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Author Tom Clancy
Narrator Various
SeriesOp-Center, Book 1
Duration 9h 17m
A terrorist bomb explodes during a South Korean celebration of the anniversary of the election of its first president. Alarms are raised in Washington. No one is claiming responsibility. The first suspect is North Korea. Could it be making a power play against South Korea and unification? If so, how will the U.S. respond? Paul Hood, Director of the...
View BookAuthor: Various
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Author Various
Narrator David Cochran Heath
Duration 72h 3m
The King James Version has continued to this day to be one of the most beloved and widely sought after translations of the bible into the English language. Now over 400 years old, the King James Version has been shaping Christians for centuries with it\u2019s majesty and solemnity.Narrator David Cochran Heath brings his voice of clarity and warmth,...
View BookThe 39 Clues Series Book 8: The Emperor's Code
Author: Gordon Korman
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Author Gordon Korman
Narrator David Pittu
SeriesThe 39 Clues, Book 8
Duration 4h 57m
Amy and Dan must steal a Clue guarded by thousands of the world's best-trained soldiers. With their enemies closing in, the brother and sister are separated. Now how will they stand a chance?
View BookAuthor: Mette Ivie Harrison
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Author Mette Ivie Harrison
Narrator Kirsten Potter
Duration 10h 46m
In the predominantly Mormon city of Draper, Utah, some seemingly perfect families have deadly secrets. Inspired by an actual crime and written by a practicing Mormon, The Bishop's Wife is both a fascinating look at the lives of modern Mormons and a grim and cunningly twisted mystery.Linda Wallheim is the mother of five grown boys and the wife of a...
View BookAuthor: Jeremy Front
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Author Jeremy Front
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 27m
Beth just wants what's best for her 11 year old son; a solid secondary education at the kind of school that recognises his genius, as well as his aptitude for baroque music. A school like Folgate. But when the family is edged out of Folgate's catchment area, a battle begins. Beth takes on the might of the council with a mixture of community action,...
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