The Sheriff and his men capture Roy, and the outlaws find a baby abandoned in Sherwood Forest. Roy is given a choice: kill Robin Hood or let his own mother hang. Meanwhile, Marian angers the Sheriff with her disobedience. Will Roy betray Robin? How will the Sheriff punish Marian? And who does the baby belong to? This is an action adventure read by...

All is not well at the Wenley Moor underground atomic research station: there are unaccountable losses of power-output, nervous breakdowns amongst the staff, and then - a death! UNIT is called in, and the Brigadier is soon joined by Doctor Who and Liz Shaw in a tense and exciting adventure with subterranean reptile men, Silurians, and a 40 ft. high...

In this audiobook Dawkins argues for the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm it has inflicted on society. He suggests that while Europe is becoming increasingly securalised, the rise of religious fundamentalism, whether in the Middle East or Middle America, is dangerously dividing opinion around the world - and all from belief in a...

This audiobook features an ordinary man on an extraordinary journey living in a world glittering with technology in which something is wanting still. It is a supernatural thriller, a detective novel and a love story, with a cast of extraordinary characters, including a psychic 13-year-old drop-out with a passion for 'Talking Heads', a hunky matinee...

In the tradition of Alan Bennett's 'Talking Heads', Lynne Truss' twelve monologues are about love, romance, friendship and family. Here are six men and six women, each with a very different story to tell, ranging from the wife who feels better when her husband disappears to the pedant who undergoes a TV makeover and the Olympic swimmer who can't es...

The 'Uncommon Reader' of the title is none other than H M the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely (J R Ackerley, Jean Genet, Ivy Compton Burnett, and the classics) and intelligently. Her reading naturally changes her world view and her relationship with...

In the autumn of 1988 Michael Palin set out to circumnavigate the world, following the route taken by Phileas Fogg 115 years earlier. He had to make the journey in 80 days - accompanied by a BBC film crew - using only forms of transport that would have been available to Fogg. Their voyage took them from the opulence of the Orient Express to the ste...

This is John Grisham's first work of non-fiction. In the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the Oakland A's, he left his hometown of Ada and went to pursue his dreams of big league glory. Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habits. He began to sho...

The town of Rossmore is a special place, full of character charm. Nestled beside the Whitethorn Woods, the town has grown since the days when it was small and friendly and everyone knew everyone else; now it has chain stories and traffic problems and housing estates. But still, there are the woods, full of spiky bushes and criss-crossed with paths;...

The unhappily married Lady Constantine breaks all the rules of social decorum when she falls in love with Swithin St. Cleeve, an astronomer who is ten years her junior. Her husband's death leaves the lovers free to marry, but the discovery of a legacy forces them apart.

Explore 'King Lear' at your own pace. This audiobook contains comprehensive analysis, commentary, historical and social background, study and exam strategies.

Alain de Botton asks: What makes a house truly beautiful? Why are many new houses so ugly? Why do we argue so bitterly about sofas and pictures - and can differences of taste ever be satisfactorily resolved? Will minimalism make us happier than ornaments? To answer these questions and many more, de Botton looks at buildings across the world, from m...

The poetry in this audiobook is full of ideas, but as always, Stevenson approaches them by looking intently at small things and seemingly insignificant events. In creating a poetry of acute psychological insight, she has managed to be incisive as well as entertaining.

There was once a world of blazing heat and falling meteorites, of enormous rodents and gigantic scorpions, where eventually, out of the violence and the chaos, the first humans emerged. That world is brought to life again in this audiobook. Dare you voyage back through the mists of time to the beginning?

In the United Kingdom, over 110,000 people have a stroke for the first time each year. This audiobook, published in association with the British Medical Association, is a clear and accessible way to understand strokes. Part of the Family Doctor series.

Mercy and her sister Charity have never questioned their daily routine, each day unfolding exactly as the next. They live at night, sleep during the day and see their widowed father only rarely - their house shrouded in perpetual winter. Then one day, Mercy is woken to find a snowdrop on her pillow. A sign of spring, a subtle hint at a possible dif...

Flame is prince and heir to the Lion throne, but he is not yet strong enough to stand up to the evil uncle who is trying to claim Flame's throne for his own. Flame must hide in the human world as a kitten and travels from family to family in various kitten guises using his magic spells to help those who need it along the way. CLASSROOM CHAOS: Abi h...

BUG BROTHER: Jamie is smaller than his younger brother Harry and he's fed up with everyone thinking he's the youngest. Then Jamie finds a magic cloak and accidentally turns Harry into a bluebottle. In the mad panic of trying to rescue him, Jamie discovers that being a big brother has nothing to do with size. PIRATE BROTHER: Jamie is worried about b...

When young Lucy Graham marries Sir Michael Audley, all seems well and good. Sir Michael is thoroughly devoted to his new bride and Lady Audley takes great pride in her privileged position at Audley Court. But Sir Michael's daughter, Alicia, is frustrated and uncomfortable with her new stepmother's girlish ways. Shortly afterwards, Sir Michael's nep...

Six 'Just William' stories for Christmas: 1. 'William and the Carol Singers', 2. 'A Busy Day', 3. 'William All The Time', 4. 'William's Christmas Eve', 5. 'The Outlaws Fetch The Holly', and 6. 'A Present from William'.

Alan Garner's exciting and atmospheric tale of magic and evil which began with 'The Weirdstone of Brisingamen' (book number 9955 & 9955CD) continues. Colin and Susan are not safe from the evil Morrigan and once more find themselves back in Fundindelve with the wizard Cadellin.