The Casebook of Inspector Steine
Author: Lynne Truss
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Author Lynne Truss
Narrator The Cast
Duration 2h 46m
The second series of Lynne Truss's hugely popular BBC Radio 4 comedy thriller. Inspector Steine - the amiable, unworldly detective who refuses to believe in Brighton's criminal underworld - returns for another six episodes. It is 1957 and, as the series opens, all crime has stopped along the South Coast. But Mrs. Groynes - the cockney charlady who...
View BookAuthor: Henry James
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Author Henry James
Narrator Carole Boyd
Duration 2h 23m
More than just a simple tale of the supernatural, James poses questions about childhood innocence, corruption and hysteria. The story focuses on a na‹ve governess who takes charge of two children at the lonely house of Bly. When she begins to see ghosts, she believes that the children do too, with devastating consequences.
View BookAuthor: Mervyn Haisman, Henry Lincoln
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Author Mervyn Haisman, Henry Lincoln
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 27m
In The Web of Fear, when the TARDIS arrives in the tunnels of the London Underground, the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria are reunited with Professor Travers from their Tibetan adventure. But the Great Intelligence is also on Earth, and it wants to drain the Doctor's mind. Can the armed forces, led by Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart, help the time travellers...
View BookAuthor: Bill Bryson
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Author Bill Bryson
Narrator Bill Bryson
Duration 2h 45m
BILL BRYSON presents a fascinating exploration of THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. This highly entertaining BBC Radio 4 series is written and presented by Bill Bryson and based on his bestselling book, Mother Tongue. In it he romps through the history of Britain to reveal how English became such an infuriatingly complex - but ultimately world-b...
View BookAuthor: Simon Barnes
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Author Simon Barnes
Narrator The Author
Duration 4h 47m
Simon Barnes is one of Britain's leading bird writers and humorists. His weekly column in 'The Times', his essays for the RSPB magazine and his two books on bad bird-watching have made him one of the characters of the bird world. Here he reads his own illuminating introductions to the fifty main birds of Britain, supported by the distinguishing bir...
View BookAuthor: Charles Dickens
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Author Charles Dickens
Narrator Simon Vance
Duration 31h 21m
The most gorgeously theatrical of all Dickens's novels, Nicholas Nickleby follows the delightful adventures of a hearty young hero in nineteenth-century England. Nicholas, a gentleman's son fallen upon hard times, must set out to make his way in the world. His journey is accompanied by some of the most swaggering scoundrels and unforgettable eccent...
View BookJack Ryan Book 12: The Teeth of the Tiger
Author: Tom Clancy
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Author Tom Clancy
Narrator Stephen Hoye
SeriesJack Ryan, Book 12
Duration 16h 45m
In the suburbs of Maryland, the firm of Hendley and Associates meanders its way through financial transactions-but its true purpose is to identify and locate terrorist threats, and then deal with them in whatever manner necessary. "The Campus" is always on the lookout for new talent, and its eye happens to light on President John Patrick Ryan's son...
View BookAuthor: Simon Jenkins
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Author Simon Jenkins
Narrator Simon Jenkins
Duration 11h 14m
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Short History of Europe written and read by Simon Jenkins. Europe is an astonishingly successful place. In this dazzling new history, bestselling author Simon Jenkins grippingly tells the story of its evolution from warring peoples to peace, wealth and freedom - a story that twists and turns from Greece a...
View BookAuthor: Emma Pass
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Author Emma Pass
Narrator Fiona Hardingham
Duration 10h 47m
The year is 2113. In Jenna Strong's world, ACID-the most brutal controlling police force in history-rule supreme. No throwaway comment or whispered dissent goes unnoticed-or unpunished. And it was ACID agents who locked Jenna away for life, for a horrendous crime she struggles to remember. But Jenna's violent prison time has taught her how to survi...
View BookAuthor: Blake Bauer
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Author Blake Bauer
Narrator Blake Bauer
Duration 8h 54m
In this life-changing audiobook Blake D Bauer explains why depression, addiction, physical illness, unfulfilling work and relationship problems are caused by years of hiding your true emotions, denying your life purpose and living in fear. Having already helped thousands of people around the world find lasting solutions that conventional medicine,...
View BookKnitting Mystery Series Book 1: Knit One, Kill Two
Author: Maggie Sefton
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Author Maggie Sefton
Narrator Jane Jacobs
SeriesKnitting Mystery, Book 1
Duration 9h 13m
Despite the fact that her aunt was an expert knitter, Kelly Flynn never picked up a pair of knitting needles she liked-until she strolled into House of Lambspun. Now, in the first in a brand-new series, she learns how to knit one, purl two, and untangle the mystery behind her aunt's murder...
View BookAuthor: Anne Rice
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Author Anne Rice
Narrator Samantha Prescott, Corbin Steele
SeriesSleeping Beauty Trilogy, Book 3
Duration 9h 13m
In the final volume of Anne Rice's deliciously tantalizing erotic trilogy, Beauty's adventures on the dark side of sexuality make her the bound captive of an Eastern Sultan and a prisoner in the exotic confines of his harem. As this voluptuous adult fairy tale moves toward conclusion, all of Beauty's encounters with the myriad variations of sexual...
View BookLucy Kellaway's History of Office Life
Author: Lucy Kellaway
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Author Lucy Kellaway
Narrator Lucy Kellaway
Duration 2h 16m
In today's Britain, more and more people spend longer at an office than ever before. It dominates lives. It's made more people middle class, transformed the lot of women, raised standards in education and been the reason for many technological advances. But the office itself seems to have no history and people accept without question the way they w...
View BookThe Misadventures of Tallulah Casey, Book 2: A Midsummer Tights Dream
Author: Louise Rennison
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Author Louise Rennison
Narrator Louise Rennison
SeriesThe Misadventures of Tallulah Casey, Book 2
Duration 5h 1m
Yaroooo! Tallulah's triumphant Heathcliff in `Wuthering Heights' the comedy musical was enough to secure her place at Dother Hall performing arts college for another term. She can't wait to see her pals again, Charlie and the boys from Woolfe Academy and maybe even bad boy Cain. Could the bright lights of Broadway be calling? And for who? Find out...
View BookWarhorses of Letters, Episode 4
Author: Robert Hudson
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Author Robert Hudson
Narrator Stephen Fry
SeriesWarhorses of Letters, Book 4
Duration 13m
Two horses divided by war, united by love. Comedy starring Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby. Episode 4 sees the wars rage on as Copenhagen lives it up in Paris and Marengo tries to enjoy a quiet retirement.
View BookAuthor: Lafayette Madame De
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Author Lafayette Madame De
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Duration 1h 14m
Madame de Lafayette's classic tale of intrigue and love, La Princesse de ClŠves, dramatised for BBC Radio 3 and originally broadcast in the Drama on 3 slot on 28 February 2010. Set in the 16th Century, the play follows the life of a beautiful young lady newly presented to Court. It's the reign of Henri II and Mary Queen of Scots is safely en...
View BookAuthor: P.G. Wodehouse
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Author P.G. Wodehouse
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 3h
A humorous novel in which Bertie Wooster wonders how he ever managed without his trusted manservant Jeeves, who manages to get Bertie out of innumerable scrapes with formidable aunts, madcap girls and uninvited guests.
View BookThe Burkiss Way: The Complete First Series
Author: Various
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Author Various
Narrator The Cast
Duration 2h 17m
The complete first series of the groundbreaking comedy sketch show starring Denise Coffey, Chris Emmett, Fred Harris and Nigel Rees.
View BookParkinson Interviews: The Goons and Peter Sellers
Author: Michael Parkinson
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Author Michael Parkinson
Narrator Michael Parkinson Et Al
Duration 2h 30m
Includes: Two Interviews from The Parkinson Show. Between and 1971 and 1982, Michael Parkinson interviewed some of the greatest show business talents in more than 500 episodes of Parkinson.
View BookThomas Kydd Series Book 7: Command
Author: Julian Stockwin
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Author Julian Stockwin
Narrator Christian Rodska
SeriesThomas Kydd, Book 7
Duration 10h 38m
Thrilled at his first command, a little brig sloop called Teazer, Thomas Kydd must race to bring his ship to battle readiness - he is desperately needed to defend Malta against Barbary corsairs, ferocious privateers and the French who are frantically trying to rescue the remnants of their army in the Levant. But his jubilation does not last long -...
View BookAuthor: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett
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Author Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 44m
The Two Ronnies was one of Britain's most successful comedy sketch shows, and dominated the TV schedules for sixteen years between 1971 and 1987. This compilation of classics from the much-loved show includes the sketches 'The Strange Case of Mrs. Mace', 'Plain Speaking', 'Grublian', 'Dr. Spooner Re-Visited', 'A Doctor's Life' and 'About a Bout'. T...
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