Author: By Jane Ogborn Edited
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Author By Jane Ogborn Edited
Narrator Jan Boyd
Duration 1h 35m
Alfred Lord Tennyson, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning are the three nineteenth-century poets explored in this collection.
View BookArthur Smith's Balham Bash Series 1
Author: Arthur Smith
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Author Arthur Smith
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 50m
Arthur Smith invites an audience into his South London home for comedy, music and entertainment. There's jamming in the kitchen, chuckles in the front room and poetry on the landing. Pippa Evans is a regular contributor as singer-songwriter Loretta Maine, while special guests include Paul Sinha, Milton Jones, Glenn Tilbrook, Benjamin Zephaniah, Ste...
View BookAuthor: Terry Pratchett
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Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Richard Mitchley
Duration 4h 7m
The first book in the Johnny Maxwell series. 12-year-old Johnny loves playing the computer game `Only You Can Save Mankind' where he has to save mankind from the alien hordes, but the aliens aren't so happy. When they get killed off they really die, so the alien Captain decides to take matters in her own hands, and surrenders. Suddenly Johnny finds...
View BookThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 and 3/4
Author: Sue Townsend
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Author Sue Townsend
Narrator Nicholas Barnes
SeriesAdrian Mole, Book 1
Duration 5h 15m
Adrian Mole is having a hard time, trying to deal with his parents' crumbling marriage, his spots, his school, his unrequited love for Pandora and the erratic behaviour of his dog.
View BookAuthor: Charles Chilton
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Author Charles Chilton
Narrator Various
SeriesThe Red Planet, Book 10
Duration 29m
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 BookIt's Morecambe and Wise: Vintage Beeb
Author: Eddie Braben
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Author Eddie Braben
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 48m
As part of the popular Vintage Beeb range, this is a reissue of the classic 1970s vinyl LP. First published by BBC Records & Cassettes. Selected items from the Morecambe & Wise Television Show. Bringing us sunshine on this recording are "Ern's magnificent body", "A visit from the police" and Ernie's going to be "Bob Hope's chief scriptwrite...
View BookChief Justice of Beauty & Confession
Author: Alexander Mccall Smith
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Author Smith Alexander Mccall
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 3
Duration 1h 28m
'The Chief Justice of Beauty' finds the ladies hired by a beauty contest judge to check up on the integrity of the finalists in a forthcoming competition, following the embarrassing arrest for shoplifting of a previous winner. Meanwhile, Mma Ramotsweis worried about her fianc‚, Mr J. L. B. Matekoni. 'The Confession' sees Mma Ramotswe consulti...
View BookWhat Is Race? Who Are Racists? Why Does Skin Colour Matter? and Other Big Questions
Author: Nikesh Shukla, Claire Heuchan
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Author Nikesh Shukla, Claire Heuchan
Narrator Hiral Varsani
Duration 2h
Talk about race is often discouraged, but this book aims to bring everyone into the conversation. It explores the history of race and society, giving context to how racist attitudes come into being. It looks at belonging and identity, the damaging effects of stereotyping and the benefits of positive representation. The authors talk sensitively abou...
View BookAuthor: Jenny Eclair
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Author Jenny Eclair
Narrator Judith Boyd
Duration 12h 53m
Artist and illustrator Edwina Spinner used to have a busy family life. Now she lives alone in a house that has grown too big for her. She has decided to sell it. As Edwina takes the estate agent from room to room, she finds herself transported back to her life as a young mother. Back to her twins, Rowena and Charlie, and a stepson she cannot bring...
View BookDaisy Dalrymple Book 22: Superfluous Women
Author: Carola Dunn
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Author Carola Dunn
Narrator Lucy Rayner
SeriesDaisy Dalrymple, Book 22
Duration 11h 32m
In England in the late 1920s, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher, on a convalescent trip to the countryside, goes to visit three old school friends in the area. The three, all unmarried, have recently bought a house together. They are a part of the generation of "superfluous women"-brought up expecting marriage and a family, but left without a...
View BookAuthor: Terry Pratchett
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Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Stephen Briggs
SeriesDiscworld, Book 9
Duration 3h 34m
Eric is the Discworld's only demonology hacker. Pity he's not very good at it. All he wants is his three wishes granted.Nothing fancy - to be immortal, rule the world, have the most beautiful woman in the world fall madly in love with him, the usual stuff. But instead of a tractable demon, he calls up Rincewind, probably the most incompetent wizard...
View BookLovely Lane Book 1: The Angels of Lovely Lane
Author: Nadine Dorries
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Author Nadine Dorries
Narrator Georgia Maguire
SeriesLovely Lane Series, Book 1
Duration 14h 30m
It is 1953, and five girls are arriving to start their training at St Angelus Hospital. Dana has escaped from her family farm in Ireland. Victoria is running away from an aristocratic background. Beth is an army brat and throws her lot in with bitchy Celia Forsyth, and Pammy has come from the wrong side of the tracks. When an unknown girl is admitt...
View BookAuthor: S. K. Tremayne
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Author S. K. Tremayne
Narrator Imogen Church
Duration 12h 15m
When Rachel marries handsome David and moves to a beautiful house in Cornwall, she gains wealth, love, and an affectionate stepson, Jamie. But then Jamie's behaviour changes, and her perfect life begins to unravel. He makes disturbing predictions, claiming to be haunted by the spectre of his late mother. As September slips away and December looms,...
View BookAuthor: Michael Rosen
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Author Michael Rosen
Narrator Michael Rosen
Duration 9m
A completely topsy-turvey view of a world seen from a dog's eye point of view-a very funny story which turns to real drama when the little girl gets lost on the beach and the search is on to find her... Part of our fantastic, Read-along collection for younger readers, these are picture books which highlight the text in time with the narration.
View BookClassic Erotic Verse Classic Erotic Verse
Author: Various
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Author Various
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 38m
A witty, bawdy, erotic but classic collection of poetry designed to celebrate the most sensual of human pleasures. Over the ages many poets have put pen to paper in celebration of that most raw and yet most beautiful of human instincts - erotic love. This anthology includes verse by Herrick, Marlowe, Jonson, Byron, Verlaine, Whitman, Yeats, Cumming...
View BookAuthor: Dawn French
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Author Dawn French
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 9h
Everyone knows the real Silvia, don't they? Silvia Shute lies in hospital in a coma. Family and friends gather at her bedside, each thinking they know the real Silvia. But do they? For Silvia hides a secret. One she can never tell. And as her visitors congregate so the truth about Silvia is slowly revealed. Again, and again and again . . .
View BookHow To Snog A Hagfish! Disgusting Things In the Sea
Author: Jonathan Eyers
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Author Jonathan Eyers
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 3h
'How to Snog a Hagfish!' explores the most bizarre, the most disgusting and the most fascinating creatures that inhabit the oceans. When attacked, the hagfish (also known as the slime eel) ties itself in a knot that travels the length of its body, squeezing out mucus by the bucketful and making it impossible for a predator to keep hold. To eat, a s...
View BookTemperance Brennan Book 12: 206 Bones
Author: Kathy Reichs
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Author Kathy Reichs
Narrator Lorelei King
SeriesTemperance Brennan, Book 12
Duration 9h 17m
A routine case turns sinister when Dr Temperance Brennan is accused of mishandling the autopsy of a missing heiress. Someone has made an incriminating accusation that she missed or concealed crucial evidence. But before Tempe can get to the one man with information, he turns up dead. The heiress isn't the only elderly female to have appeared on Tem...
View BookAuthor: John Mortimer
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Author John Mortimer
Narrator Bill Wallis
Duration 6h 40m
Solving the mystery of the Primrose Path Home proves to be the first of a collection of great new cases, as Rumpole defies hospital and returns triumphantly to defend the innocent - and the not-so-innocent.The stories contained within are: 'Rumpole and the Primrose Path', 'Rumpole and the New Year's Resolutions', 'Rumpole and the Scales of Justice'...
View BookAuthor: P.G. Wodehouse
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Author P.G. Wodehouse
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 17m
Wooster bumps into Bingo and his uncle Old Bittlesham in St James' Street. Old Bittlesham has received a threatening letter in an uneducated hand. Bingo and his uncle think that the culprit is a man with a beard. So Bingo with the help of œ50 offers to sort the matter out. Instead he puts the œ50 on Ocean Breeze a horse owned by his Unc...
View BookAuthor: James Rye
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Author James Rye
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 43m
In the final episode of the series, The Night, DCI John Stone investigates the sexual assault of the wife of one of his team. DI Tanner's wife Karen finds herself in a dodgy hotel after a night out remembering nothing of the night before; she has been assaulted and Stone suspects she has been given Rohypnol. It would seem that this is just the begi...
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