Author: Bridget Blankley
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Author Bridget Blankley
Narrator Devarnie Lothian
Duration 4h 13m
The Ghosts and Jamal is an intriguing story, touching on religion, terrorism and Nigeria s internal conflicts, following a young orphan who is negotiating an unforgiving society. Waking up in the aftermath of a terrorist attack, 13-year-old Jamal tries to piece together what has happened whilst simultaneously trying to evade capture by the attacker...
View BookThe Infinite Monkey Cage: How To Build A Universe
Author: Robin Ince
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Author Robin Ince
Narrator Various
Duration 5h 44m
From the hosts of the legendary BBC Radio 4 programme comes this irreverent celebration of scientific marvels - a hectic leap through the grand and bizarre ideas conjured up by human imagination, from dark matter to consciousness via neutrinos and earthworms. Prof Brian Cox and Robin Ince take the musings of the great and the good of British scienc...
View BookAuthor: Paul Storrie, Steve Kurth
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Author Paul Storrie, Steve Kurth
Narrator Book Buddy Digital Media
Duration 31m
Famous for his superhuman strength, Hercules is the most popular hero in Greek mythology. The son of Zeus-king of the gods-and a mortal mother, Hercules faces the wrath of Zeus's wife Hera, who resents her illegitimate stepson and vows to bring him misery. With her magical powers, she tricks Hercules into performing a series of twelve seemingly imp...
View BookAuthor: Paul Harrison
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Author Paul Harrison
Narrator Paul Messingham
Duration 12m
Samuel Pepys is famous for the diary he wrote 400 years ago. The diary tells us about lots of important events such as the Great Fire of London and the Great Plague. Find out why people thought his diary was written in code, why Pepys was known as the 'father of the modern navy' and why he was arrested and sent to the Tower of London.
View BookAuthor: Kim Geyer
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Author Kim Geyer
Narrator Various
Duration 8m
Meet Noah - confident and happy until he starts at a new school. There, he meets Connor. For some reason, Connor won't stop picking on Noah. Wherever Noah goes, whatever he does, there's Connor. Being mean. In his journal, Noah draws all sorts of doodles about how he would like to stand up to his bully. But in class, Noah doesn't say anything. He's...
View BookCousins' War Series Book 1: The White Queen
Author: Philippa Gregory
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Author Philippa Gregory
Narrator Susan Lyons
SeriesCousin's War, Book 1
Duration 15h 2m
Philippa Gregory-the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Parker Pen Novel of the Year The Other Boleyn Girl-delivers the first in a series of historical novels set during the tumultuous War of the Roses. This compelling tale of romance, rivalry, and revenge unfolds through the eyes of Elizabeth Woodville, the woman whose renowned beauty catapu...
View BookAuthor: Michael Rosen
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Author Michael Rosen
Narrator Wayne Forester
Duration 2h 25m
Michael Rosen keeps bumping into a chatty old lady who tells him wildly unlikely stories - like there being man eating fleas on the London tube. In addition there are grizzly bears roaming the streets of London, killer wasps and all sorts of tall tales.
View BookFather Brown, Series 2: The Complete Series
Author: G K Chesterton
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Author G K Chesterton
Narrator Andrew Sachs
Duration 2h 45m
With his black hat, huge umbrella, unwordly simplicity and 'beaming but breathless geniality', Father Brown is one of fiction's best-loved amateur detectives. Short and tatty, but with the wisdom and insight to unravel the most wayward of criminal minds, he has entertained generations. In Series 2, the High Priest of detection becomes involved in s...
View BookAuthor: Judy Upton
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Author Judy Upton
Narrator Nadine Marshall
Duration 43m
Resourceful mum, Shanice, is persuaded by her next-door neighbour, Evie, to take up the bizarre sport of jelly wrestling to make ends meet in this BBC Radio 4 'Afternon Play'. 'Jelly Babes' was originally broadcast on 13 April 2011. Becky, AKA 'Azaria The Amazon', shows Shanice the ropes, and she is soon wowing the rowdy stag night audiences with h...
View BookDoctor Who: The Way Through the Woods
Author: Una McCormack
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Author Una McCormack
Narrator Meera Syal
Duration 4h 27m
England, today. Between the housing estate and the motorway lies an ancient wood. The motorway bends to avoid it. Last week, teenager Laura Brown went missing. Tonight, Vicky Caine will miss her bus and take a shortcut through the wood. And she will disappear too. England, 1917. Between the village and the main road lies an ancient wood. The old Ro...
View BookAuthor: Various
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Author Various
Narrator Nigel Hawthorne
Duration 3h
Seven chuckle-inducing tales including: 'Brugglesmith' by Rudyard Kipling, 'The Cricket Match' from 'England, their England' by A.G. Macdonell, 'Reginald on House Parties' by Saki, 'The Great Winglebury Duel' by Charles Dickens, 'The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County' by Mark Twain, 'A Photographer's Day Out' by Lewis Carroll and 'Jeff Pe...
View BookAuthor: Angela Huth
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Author Angela Huth
Narrator Rosalind Ayres
Duration 11m
A doting Grandmother comes a cropper of temptation when attempting to prove to her daughter that she can care for her children. Set on showing the kids a good time, Gran plays dressing up, the children's favourite game, although getting carried away with the charade may prove misguided.
View BookFags, Mags & Bags, Series 1, Episode 2: The De-magowaning of Ramesh
Author: Sanjeev Kohli, Donald McLeary
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Author Sanjeev Kohli, Donald McLeary
Narrator Various
SeriesFags, Mags & Bags Series 1, Book 2
Duration 28m
The De-Magowaning of Ramesh. Corner shop owner Ramesh has toothache and Sanjay embraces retail.
View BookAuthor: Kenneth Grahame
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Author Kenneth Grahame
Narrator Alan Bennett
Duration 3h 13m
Portraying each character in his own inimitable fashion, Alan Bennett reads the original story of Ratty, Mole, Badger and, of course, Toad.
View BookAuthor: Agatha Christie
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Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesMiss Marple, Book 9
Duration 2h 9m
As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier's yarn about strange coincidence. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her an astonishing photograph, the Major'...
View BookAuthor: Brett Mckenzie, Jemaine Clement
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Author Brett Mckenzie, Jemaine Clement
Narrator The Authors
Duration 2h 58m
The complete BBC Radio 2 series from Perrier Award nominated duo Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement features Rob Brydon and Neil Finn. Flight of the Conchords are Bret McKenzie (guitar and vocals) and Jemaine Clement (vocals and guitar) and they're New Zealand's fourth best folk guitar-based jazz, techno, hip-hop duo. Over six episodes we follow the...
View BookAuthor: Anthony Mccarten
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Author Anthony Mccarten
Narrator John Lee
Duration 8h 40m
Brought to you by Penguin. On 28 February 2013, a 600-year-old tradition was shattered: the conservative Pope Benedict XVI made a startling announcement. He would resign. Reeling from the news, the College of Cardinals rushed to Rome to congregate in the Sistine Chapel to pick his successor. Their unlikely choice? Francis, the first non-European po...
View BookAuthor: Hanna Jameson
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Author Hanna Jameson
Narrator Anthony Starke
Duration 12h 15m
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Last by Hanna Jameson, read by Anthony Starke. BREAKING: Nuclear weapon detonates over Washington BREAKING: London hit, thousands feared dead. BREAKING: Munich and Scotland hit. World leaders call for calm. Jon Keller was on a trip to Switzerland when the world ended. More than anything he wishes he had...
View BookAuthor: P. D. James
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Author P. D. James
Narrator Daniel Weyman
SeriesInspector Adam Dalgliesh, Book 12
Duration 12h 44m
Commander Adam Dalgliesh is already acquainted with the Dupayne Museum in Hampstead, and with its sinister murder room celebrating notorious crimes committed in the interwar years, when he is called to investigate the killing of one of the trustees. He soon discovers that the victim was seeking to close the museum against the wishes of both staff a...
View BookAuthor: Darshini David
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Author Darshini David
Narrator Andrew Fettes
Duration 8h 20m
Have you ever wondered why we can afford to buy far more clothes than our grandparents ever could . . . but may be less likely to own a home in which to keep them all? Why your petrol bill can double in a matter of months, but it never falls as fast? Behind all of this lies economics. It's not always easy to grasp the complex forces that are shapin...
View BookAir Force Blue: The Raf In World War Two - Spearhead of Victory
Author: Patrick Bishop
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Author Patrick Bishop
Narrator Tim France
Duration 15h 1m
Air warfare was a terrible novelty of the modern age, requiring a new military outlook. From the beginning, the RAF's identity set it apart from the traditional services. It was innovative, flexible and comparatively meritocratic, advancing the quasi-revolutionary idea that competence was more important than background. Drawing from diaries, letter...
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