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Historical Audiobooks

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    Runner

    by Robert Newton ...
    Narrated by Simon Burke ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 7 min

    It's 1919, Richmond football club is on top of the ladder, cream buns are threepence each and four boys are gunning for the best job in town. Charlie is lucky enough to win the prime job - running messages for Squizzy Taylor, the most dangerous gangster in Melbourne. But things start to get a little too hot for Charlie, so he decides to take the money and run . . . ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Wrath and the Dawn

    The Wrath and the Dawn Book 1

    by Renée Ahdieh ...
    Narrated by Ariana Delawari ...
    Audiobook 1 - The Wrath and the Dawn

    Unabridged

    10 hours 38 min

    One of TIME magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All TimeA #1 New York Times bestseller and a sumptuous, epic tale inspired by A Thousand and One Nights.'A riveting Game of Thrones meets Arabian Nights love story' US WeeklyEvery dawn brings horror to a different family in a land ruled by a killer. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan,... ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

    by Mildred D. Taylor ...
    Narrated by Lynne Thigpen, Jacqueline Woodson ...
    Audiobook 4 - Logan Family Saga

    Unabridged

    7 hours 28 min

    Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning masterpiece with an introduction written and read by Jacqueline Woodson, just in time for its 40th Anniversary!Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice. And it is also Cassie's story--Cassie Logan, an ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

    From the bestselling author of MURDER MOST UNLADYLIKE

    by Robin Stevens ...
    Narrated by Samantha Shortall, Thaddea Graham ...
    Audiobook 1 - The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

    Unabridged

    9 hours 11 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Britain is at war, and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up spies. And who better to become a spy than a child? A child can go places, see things and listen in on conversations in a way that no adult ever can.Enter May Wong and her friends. Trained up at the Ministry, they soon embark upon their first mission: ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Nanberry

    Black Brother White

    by Jackie French ...
    Narrated by Kris Dyer ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 59 min

    The amazing story of Australia's first surgeon and the boy he adopted.It's 1789, and as the new colony in Sydney Cove is established, Surgeon John White defies convention and adopts Nanberry, an Aboriginal boy, to raise as his son. Nanberry is clever and uses his unique gifts as an interpreter to bridge the two worlds he lives in.With his white brother, Andrew, he witnesses the struggles of the ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    A Spoonful of Murder

    by Robin Stevens ...
    Narrated by Katie Leung ...
    Audiobook 6 - A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery

    Unabridged

    7 hours

    Puffin Presents the audiobook edition of A Spoonful of Murder by Robin Stevens, read by Katie Leung.When Hazel Wong's beloved grandfather passes away, Daisy Wells is all too happy to accompany her friend (and Detective Society Vice President) to Hazel's family estate in beautiful, bustling Hong Kong.But when they arrive they discover something they didn't expect: there's a new member of the Wong ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Rose and the Dagger

    The Wrath and the Dawn Book 2

    by Renée Ahdieh ...
    Narrated by Ariana Delawari ...
    Audiobook 2 - The Wrath and the Dawn

    Unabridged

    11 hours 43 min

    The much anticipated sequel to the breathtaking New York Times bestseller THE WRATH AND THE DAWN.I am surrounded on all sides by a desert. A guest, in a prison of sand and sun. My family is here. And I do not know whom I can trust.In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad has been torn from the love of her husband Khalid, the Caliph of Khorasan. She once believed him a monster, but his secrets ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Bone Sparrow

    by Zana Fraillon ...
    Narrated by Keith Brockett ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 33 min

    2017 ABIA Book of the Year for Older ChildrenWinner, Readings Young Adult Book Prize 2017CBCA Honour Book 2017 - Older ReadersShortlisted for the 2017 Prime Minister's Literary AwardsShortlisted fo****r the 2017 Queensland Literary AwardsShortlisted for the 2017 Victorian Premier's Literary AwardsShortlisted for The Guardian Children's Fict... ... Read more

    $34.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Lost Heir, The (The Gryphon Chronicles, Book 1)

    by E.G. Foley ...
    Narrated by Jamie du Pont MacKenzie ...
    Audiobook 1 - The Gryphon Chronicles

    Unabridged

    10 hours 18 min

    NY Times Bestselling Author E.G. Foley brews up a magical potion for fantasy readers of all ages!Take a dash of Harry Potter and a splash of Oliver Twist, add a pinch of steampunk and a sprinkle of Victorian fairy lore, and what do you get? The Gryphon Chronicles! A rollicking fantasy adventure series that’s as much fun for grownups as it is for kids.Strange new talents...Jake is a scrappy ... Read more

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    The Lie Tree

    by Frances Hardinge ...
    Narrated by Emilia Fox ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 52 min

    Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2015.Read by actress Emilia Fox, The Lie Tree is a wonderfully evocative and atmospheric novel by Frances Hardinge, award-winning author of Cuckoo Song and Fly By Night.Faith's father has been found dead under mysterious circumstances, and as she is searching through his belongings for clues she discovers a strange tree. The tree only g... ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Code Name Bananas

    by David Walliams ...
    Narrated by David Walliams, Peter Serafinowicz, Sarah Alexander, Genevieve Gaunt, Toby Jones, Nina Wadia, Wayne Forester, Adjoa Andoh, Nitin Ganatra ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 12 min

    Go back in time with No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams for a whizz-bang epic adventure of action, laughter and secret plots – and the extraordinary friendship between a little boy and a huge gorilla that just might save the day…Britain is at war with Nazi Germany.Eleven-year-old Eric spends his days at the place that makes him most happy: London Zoo. And there’s one animal in particular he ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

    A Harry Potter Hogwarts Library Book

    by J.K. Rowling, Newt Scamander, Olly Moss ...
    Narrated by Eddie Redmayne ...
    Audiobook 1 - Hogwarts Library book

    Unabridged

    1 hour 54 min

    "A glance through Muggle art and literature of the Middle Ages reveals that many of the creatures they now believe to be imaginary were then known to be real."As every fan of the Harry Potter stories knows, the shelves of the Hogwarts Library are home to all sorts of fascinating books. There are three in particular you might have heard mentioned by certain Hogwarts students, and that you can add ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    Dead Kid Detective Agency

    by Evan Munday ...
    Narrated by Michelle Monteith ...
    Audiobook 1 - Dead Kid Detective Agency

    Unabridged

    9 hours 22 min

    Thirteen-year-old October Schwartz is new in town, short on friends, and the child of a clinically depressed science teacher. Naturally, she spends most of her time in the Sticksville Cemetery, which just happens to border her backyard. And that backyard just happens to be the home of five dead teenagers, each from a different era of the past: there’s the dead United Empire Loyalist! The dead ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Grave Mercy

    His Fair Assassin, Book I

    by Robin LaFevers ...
    Narrated by Erin Moon ...
    Audiobook 1 - His Fair Assassin

    Unabridged

    13 hours 17 min

    Robin LaFevers has enchanted young readers with her Nathaniel Fludd: Beastologist and Theodosia series, which earned starred reviews from Booklist and Publishers Weekly. In Grave Mercy, LaFevers crafts a fantastical tale sure to win her a new fan base among young adults. Escaping an arranged marriage, 17-year-old Ismae finds sanctuary in the St. Mortain convent, where the sisters worship the gods ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Murder Most Unladylike

    by Robin Stevens ...
    Narrated by Gemma Chan ...
    Audiobook 1 - A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery

    Unabridged

    5 hours 48 min

    Penguin presents, the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens, read by Gemma Chan.When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own secret detective agency at Deepdean School for Girls, they struggle to find any truly exciting mysteries to investigate. (Unless you count the case of Lavinia's missing tie. Which they don't.)Then Hazel discovers the ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

    by John Boyne ...
    Narrated by Michael Maloney ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 55 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us . . .Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no one to play ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Wolf Brother

    Book 1 in the million-copy-selling series

    by Michelle Paver ...
    Narrated by Ian McKellen ...
    Audiobook 1 - Chronicles of Ancient Darkness

    Unabridged

    6 hours 25 min

    A boy. A wolf. A legend for all time. The first book in the internationally bestselling WOLF BROTHER (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness) series by renowned author Michelle Paver. Audio edition read by Sir Ian McKellen.Thousands of years ago, a powerful and malevolent force conjured a demon: a demon so evil that it could only be contained in the body of a ferocious bear, a demon determined to destroy ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Little House in the Big Woods

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder ...
    Narrated by Cherry Jones ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 41 min

    The book that started it all! Little House in the Big Woods is the first book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House series, which is based on her life growing up as an American pioneer.Told from four-year-old Laura's point-of-view, this story begins in 1871 in a little log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Laura lives in the little house with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Anatomy: A Love Story

    the must-read Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick

    by Dana Schwartz ...
    Narrated by Mhairi Morrison, Tim Campbell ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 35 min

    A Reese Witherspoon YA Book Club Pick!INSTANT NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!'Dana Schwartz is one of the brightest of the next generation of young writers' NEIL GAIMANA gothic tale full of mystery and romance . . .Edinburgh, 1817.Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry.... ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Number the Stars

    by Lois Lowry ...
    Narrated by Blair Brown ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 46 min

    Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It's now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are "relocated," Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of the family. Soon Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission to ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Grenade

    by Alan Gratz ...
    Narrated by Todd Haberkorn, Andrew Eiden ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 24 min

    Here it is! The hugely anticipated follow-up to Gratz's NYT bestselling, critically acclaimed phenomenon REFUGEE. This is another searing and heart-pounding look at kids making their way through war.It's 1944 and the world is at war. Hideki lives peacefully with his family on the island of Okinawa, near Japan. Until the day WWII reaches their door.Hideki is drafted into the "Blood and Iron ... Read more

    $30.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Mortal Heart

    by Robin LaFevers ...
    Narrated by Jennifer Grace ...
    Audiobook 3 - His Fair Assassin

    Unabridged

    17 hours 53 min

    In the powerful conclusion to Robin LaFever's New York Times bestselling His Fair Assassins trilogy, Annith has watched her gifted sisters at the convent come and go, carrying out their dark dealings in the name of St. Mortain, patiently awaiting her own turn to serve Death. But her worst fears are realized when she discovers she is being groomed by the abbess as a Seeress, to be forever ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Private Peaceful

    by Michael Morpurgo ...
    Narrated by Jamie Glover ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 21 min

    Heroism or cowardice? A stunning story of the First World War from a master storytellerTold in the voice of a young soldier, the story follows 24 hours in his life at the front during WW1, and captures his memories as he looks back over his life. Full of stunningly researched detail and engrossing atmosphere, the book leads to a dramatic and moving conclusion.Both a love story and a deeply moving ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Pax, Journey Home

    by Sara Pennypacker ...
    Narrated by Michael Curran-Dorsano ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 32 min

    From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes the long-awaited sequel to Pax; gorgeously crafted and utterly compelling.It’s been a year since Peter and his pet fox, Pax, have seen each other. Once inseparable, they now lead very different lives. Pax must protect his litter of kits in a dangerous world. Meanwhile Peter, orphaned after the war, has left his adopted home and ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial