Author: Alan Garner
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Author Alan Garner
Narrator Philip Madoc
SeriesAlderley, Book 1
Duration 6h 19m
Exploring Alderley Edge in Cheshire, Colin and Susan are rescued from sinister creatures by a wizard, Cadellin Silverbrow, who takes them to Funindelve, where over 140 knights lie in enchanted sleep. Fundindelve was guarded by strong magic, magic that was sealed within Firefrost, the Weirdstone of Brisingamen - which Cadellin has lost. Colin and Su...
View BookClare In the Community, Series 2
Author: Harry Venning
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Author Harry Venning
Narrator The Cast
Duration 2h 45m
The second in the Radio 4 comedy series based on the long running cartoon strip in the Guardian's Society section. Clare (Sally Phillips- Smack the Pony etc), like many before her, has entered a caring profession so that she can sort out other peoples problems rather than deal with her own. A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interferi...
View BookAuthor: Various
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Author Various
Narrator Various Readers
SeriesMurder Most Foul, Book 2
Duration 2h 26m
Horrible, gruesome, strange and fantastic, some of the best murder stories ever written. Including stories of instinctual hate, murders with a conscience, covert plots and all-out murderous intentions, this collection is enthralling. With short stories from world-renowned authors such as Robert Louis Stevenson and Sapper, a listener will be entranc...
View BookThe Red Planet: The Complete Series
Author: Charles Chilton
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Author Charles Chilton
Narrator Various
Duration 9h 54m
Charles Chilton's classic science fiction trilogy stormed the BBC airwaves during the 1950s. Its gripping story lines, extra-terrestrial sound effects and atmospheric music engaged the listener as never before. Between 1953 and 1958, a devoted audience of adults and children attentively followed Captain Jet Morgan and his crew from one cliff-hanger...
View BookAuthor: Kenneth Grahame
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Author Kenneth Grahame
Narrator Alan Bennett
Duration 1h 17m
When the Water Rat invites the unassuming Mole to spend his first day ever in a boat on the river, and wise Badger comes along for the ride as well, so begins a marvellous season of adventure for the three friends. Mr Toad (he of Toad Hall) completes a happy foursome, but his tendency to get into hot water leads him into some rather hair-raising sc...
View BookThe Perks of Being A Wallflower
Author: Stephen Chbosky
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Author Stephen Chbosky
Narrator Noah Galvin
Duration 6h 26m
The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky, Perks follows observant "wallflower" Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Caught between tr...
View BookDavid Raker Series Book 9: You Were Gone
Author: Tim Weaver
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Author Tim Weaver
Narrator Joe Coen, Rachel Bavidge, Tom Burke
SeriesDavid Raker, Book 9
Duration 14h 20m
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of You Were Gone by Tim Weaver, read by Joe Coen, Rachel Bavidge and Tom Burke. Three days after Christmas, a woman walks into a police station. She has no phone and no ID, just a piece of paper with the name of investigator David Raker on it. She tells officers that Raker is her husband. SHE SAYS SHE'S MY WIF...
View BookAuthor: Jack Grimwood
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Author Jack Grimwood
Narrator Daniel Weyman
Duration 13h
Red Square, 1985. The naked body of a young man is left outside the walls of the Kremlin; frozen solid - like marble to the touch - missing the little finger from his right hand. A week later, Alex Marston, the headstrong fifteen year old daughter of the British Ambassador disappears. Army Intelligence Officer Tom Fox, posted to Moscow to keep him...
View BookThe Amazing Book Is Not On Fire
Author: Phil Lester
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Author Phil Lester
Narrator The Authors
Duration 4h 25m
If you found The Amazing Book is Not on Fire at least mildly interesting, or even if you didn't read it at all, then you will LOVE our audiobook! Not only do you get us sensually narrating the whole thing in your ears, but there are over three hours of exclusive behind-the-scenes commentary on the book, and irrelevant Dan and Phil banter straight f...
View BookOp-center Series Book 4: Acts of War
Author: Tom Clancy
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Author Tom Clancy
Narrator Michael Kramer
SeriesOp-Center, Book 4
Duration 12h 34m
Kurdish terrorists have attacked a dam inside the borders of Turkey, threatening the water supply of their very homeland. It is not insanity, but the first step in a deceptively simple plan: force all-out war in the Middle East, drawing in the major players in the new world order. What the terrorists don't know is that a new Regional Op-Center is n...
View BookArtemis Fowl Series Book 7: Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex
Author: Eoin Colfer
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Author Eoin Colfer
Narrator Gerry O'Brien
SeriesArtemis Fowl, Book 7
Duration 8h 29m
Will the real Artemis Fowl please stand up? Criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has summoned an elite group of high-tech fairies to Iceland. He wants to present his invention to save the world from global warming. But something terrible has happened to him. Artemis Fowl has become nice. The fairies diagnose Atlantis Complex (aka multiple-personality d...
View BookAuthor: Kathy Reichs
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Author Kathy Reichs
Narrator Bonnie Hurren
Duration 10h 4m
Rennie Wilford, a young jounalist running from her life, takes an assignment to a Caribbean island and tumbles into a world where no one is what they seem. When the burnt-out Yankee Paul (does he smuggle dope or hustle for the CIA?) offers her a no-hooks, no strings affair, she is caught up in a lethal web of corruption.
View BookAuthor: Anna Godbersen
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Author Anna Godbersen
Narrator Caitlin Davies
SeriesBright Young Things, Book 2
Duration 8h 58m
For the bright young things of 1929, the beautiful days seem endless, filled with romance and heartbreak, adventure and intrigue, friendship and rivalry. After a month in New York, Cordelia Grey and Letty Larkspur are small-town girls no longer. They spend their afternoons with Astrid Donal at the Greys' lush Long Island estate and their nights in...
View BookWhen the Dog Dies, Series 2, Episode 3
Author: Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
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Author Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesWhen the Dog Dies Series 2, Book 3
Duration 55m
Ronnie Corbett plays granddad Sandy Hopper in this sitcom which reunites him with the writers of his hit comedy 'Sorry' - Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent. In this third episode, 'Temptation', generous Sandy sponsors his son-in-law in a charity marathon, but discovers he's splashed out too much.
View BookRoutes of English,series 2, Programme 3
Author: Melvyn Bragg
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Author Melvyn Bragg
Narrator Melvyn Bragg
SeriesRoutes to English Series 2, Book 3
Duration 27m
"By your vowels, your station shall be known." How accents and social class are entwined. For at least 400 years, the way we speak has been one of the fundamental measures by which we've judged our fellow men on the scale of social acceptability. To so many, "talking proper" matters, and "rough talk is not quality talk." But such attitudes are begi...
View BookAuthor: Jane Gardam
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Author Jane Gardam
Narrator Caroline John
Duration 5h
A collection of short stories, including the long, three-part story, 'Telegony', which is a depiction of three generations of women and the clash of two very different cultures, English and Italian. The collection includes two ghost stories, 'Dead Children' and 'The Meeting House'.
View BookAuthor: Nick Et Al Doody
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Author Nick Et Al Doody
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 48m
Welcome to Bigipedia, the omniscient friend you know from your computer and laser watch takes over for 30 minutes in a unique experiement in broadwebcasting. Bigipedia - a world of knowledge at your fingertips brought direct to your ears unless you're listening online, in which case it's been brought from your ears back to your fingertips and thenc...
View BookAuthor: BBC Audiobooks
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Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Nicholas Parsons
SeriesJust a Classic Minute, Book 1
Duration 1h 58m
Nicholas Parsons introduces four archive episodes of the ever-popular comedy panel game. Just as uproariously funny - and terrifically popular - today as when it first began on BBC Radio 4 in 1968, Just a Minute challenges contestants to speak for one minute on a given subject without repetition, hesitation or deviation. Its mix of irreverent fun a...
View BookSpud Goes Green: The Diary of My Year As A Greenie
Author: Giles Thaxton
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Author Giles Thaxton
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 1h 41m
Spud's not Superman, but he wants to save the planet! Spud is an easy-going chap who's taken on a tricky New Year resolution. It's 1st January and he's decided to go green - and this is his diary to prove it! The year starts well: he learns to grow food, recycle rubbish, and look after wildlife. It all seems to be going according to plan... With th...
View BookGrumpy Old Men the Secret Diary
Author: Stuart Prebble
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Author Stuart Prebble
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 14m
To everything there is a season. A time to be born, a time to die... and a time to get a few things off your chest. The sequel to Grumpy Old Men: The Official Handbook covers a year in the sad and sordid life of a Grumpy Old Man, sorting into dates and seasons the many and manifold bloody irritations which multiply in this perpetual torment that we...
View BookAuthor: Lisa Jewell
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Author Lisa Jewell
Narrator Antonia Beamish, Leighton Pugh
Duration 13h 24m
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Vince and Joy by Lisa Jewell, read by Antonia Beamish and Leighton Pugh. 'You know that was the best thing that ever happened to me, don't you?' She smiled. 'Me, too.' July, 1986. Vince and Joy have their whole lives ahead of them on the day they meet. Two weeks later they must part, each having lost a piec...
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