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    Pennies For Hitler

    by Jackie French ...
    Narrated by Humphrey Bower ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 8 min

    It′s 1939, and for Georg, son of an English academic living in Germany, life is full of cream cakes and loving parents. It is also a time when his teacher measures the pupils′ heads to see which of them have the most ′Aryan′- shaped heads. But when a university graduation ceremony turns into a pro-Nazi demonstration, Georg is smuggled out of Germany to war-torn London and then across enemy seas to ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

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    The War I Finally Won

    by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley ...
    Narrated by Jayne Entwistle ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 47 min

    Eleven-year-old Ada’s clubfoot has been fixed at last, and she knows now that she’s not what her mother said she was – damaged and deranged. But soon Ada learns that she’s not a daughter anymore either. Who is she now? World War II rages on, and Ada and her brother move with their guardian, Susan, into a cottage with the ironfaced Lady Thorton and her daughter. Life in the crowded home is tense. ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

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    The Roman Mysteries 3-Book Collection

    Books 1, 2 and 7 in the historical adventure series

    by Caroline Lawrence ...
    Narrated by Michael Praed ...
    Audiobook 999 - The Roman Mysteries

    Abridged

    11 hours 11 min

    Audiobooks 1, 2 and 7 in Caroline Lawrence's internationally bestselling Roman Mysteries series.Book 1:Flavia Gemina is a natural at solving mysteries. The daughter of a ship's captain living in Ostia, the port of Rome, in AD 79, she and her three friends, Jonathan, a Jewish boy (and secretly a Christian); Nubia, an African slave girl; and Lupus, a mute beggar boy, must work together to discover ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD

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    The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

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

    Unabridged

    9 hours 20 min

    Brought to you by Puffin.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

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    The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz

    by Robin Stevens ...
    Narrated by Samantha Shortall, Thaddea Graham ...
    Audiobook 2 - The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

    Unabridged

    9 hours 51 min

    Brought to you by Puffin.The second thrilling and unputdownable mystery starring a new generation of the Detective Society, from the million-copy-bestselling author of Murder Most Unladylike: Robin Stevens.April 1941. Britain is at war, and a secret agency called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up children as spies - because grown-ups always underestimate them.Enter May, Eri... ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

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    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 Book Thief

    by Markus Zusak ...
    Narrated by Dennis Olsen ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 18 min

    It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. By her brother’s graveside, Liesel’s life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger’s Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

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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

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    Goodnight Mister Tom

    by Michelle Magorian ...
    Narrated by Patrick Malahide, Patrick Malahide ...
    series A Puffin Book

    Abridged

    3 hours 26 min

    Penguin presents, the downloadable audiobook edition of Goodnight Mr Tom, read by Patrick Malahide.Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of WW2. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley - but his new-found happiness is shattered by a summons from his mother back in London...Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

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    Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

    A Harry Potter Hogwarts Library Book

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

    Unabridged

    1 hour 54 min

    An approved textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since its first publication, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an indispensable guide to the magical beasts of the wizarding world. It showcases a menagerie of magical creatures, explained enchantingly by noted magizoologist, Newt Scamander, who you may remember from the film series of the same name.And, who better to ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    Stalking Jack the Ripper

    by Kerri Maniscalco ...
    Narrated by Nicola Barber ...
    Audiobook 1 - Stalking Jack the Ripper

    Unabridged

    9 hours 26 min

    This #1 New York Times bestseller and deliciously creepy horror novel has a storyline inspired by the Ripper murders and an unexpected, blood-chilling conclusion.Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life. Against her stern ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD

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    An Ember in the Ashes (Ember Quartet, Book 1)

    by Sabaa Tahir ...
    Narrated by Aysha Kala, Jack Farrar ...
    Audiobook 1 - Ember Quartet

    Unabridged

    13 hours 56 min

    ‘Tahir spins a captivating, heart-pounding fantasy’ – Us WeeklyRead the explosive New York Times bestselling debut that’s captivated readers worldwide. Set to be a major motion picture, An Ember in the Ashes is the book everyone is talking about.What if you were the spark that could ignite a revolution?For years Laia has lived in fear. Fear of the Empire, fear of the Martials, fear of truly living ... Read more

    $49.99 AUD

  • 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

  • Audiobook

    Grandpa’s Great Escape

    by David Walliams ...
    Narrated by David Walliams, Nitin Ganatra, Michael Gambon ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 49 min

    The hotly-anticipated next novel from NUMBER ONE bestselling author, David Walliams, with audio hilariously read by the author himself!Jack’s Grandpa…*wears his slippers to the supermarket*serves up Spam à la Custard for dinner*and often doesn’t remember Jack’s nameBut he can still take to the skies in a speeding Spitfire and save the day…An exquisite portrait of the bond between a small boy and ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    A Sky Beyond the Storm (Ember Quartet, Book 4)

    by Sabaa Tahir ...
    Narrated by Joe Gaminara, Samantha Suntherland, Aysha Kala, Julie Maisey, Freddie Gaminara ...
    Audiobook 4 - Ember Quartet

    Unabridged

    15 hours 55 min

    Prepare for the jaw-dropping finale of Sabaa Tahir's beloved New York Times bestselling An Ember in the Ashes fantasy series, and discover: Who will survive the storm?Picking up just a few months after A Reaper at the Gates left off…The long-imprisoned jinn are on the attack, wreaking bloody havoc in villages and cities alike. But for the Nightbringer, vengeance on his human foes is just the ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    A Torch Against the Night (Ember Quartet, Book 2)

    by Sabaa Tahir ...
    Narrated by Aysha Kala, Jack Farrar, Samantha Sutherland ...
    Audiobook 2 - Ember Quartet

    Unabridged

    14 hours 17 min

    ‘Tahir spins a captivating, heart-pounding fantasy’ – Us WeeklyThe sequel to the explosive New York Times bestselling debut An Ember in the Ashes, that’s captivated readers worldwide.A Torch Against the Night takes readers into the heart of the Empire as Laia and Elias fight their way north to liberate Laia’s brother from the horrors of Kauf Prison. Hunted by Empire soldiers, manipulated by the ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    The Ice Monster

    by David Walliams ...
    Narrated by David Walliams, Jane Horrocks, Miriam Margolyes, Peter Serafinowicz, Nitin Ganatra, James Goode ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 40 min

    From No. 1 bestselling children’s author David Walliams comes his biggest and most epic adventure!This is the story of a ten-year-old orphan and a 10,000-year-old mammoth…Read all about it! Read all about it!ICE MONSTER FOUND IN ARCTIC!When Elsie, an orphan on the streets of Victorian London, hears about the mysterious Ice Monster – a woolly mammoth found at the North Pole – she’s determined to ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    The Librarian of Auschwitz

    by Antonio Iturbe ...
    Narrated by Marisa Calin ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 39 min

    ***Recommended by Parents' Choice*This program features an author's note read by Dita Kraus.Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, The Librarian of Auschwitz is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.Written with touching sensitivity by Antonio Iturbe, and translated by Lilit Thwaites, this audiobook ... Read more

    $31.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    Once

    by Morris Gleitzman ...
    Narrated by Morris Gleitzman ...
    Audiobook 1 - Once

    Unabridged

    3 hours 7 min

    Felix lives in a convent orphanage in Poland. He is convinced his parents are still alive and that they will one day come back to get him. When Nazi soldiers come to the orphanage Felix decides to escape and make his way home. The journey to find his parents is a long and difficult one, as Poland is occupied by the Nazis and a dangerous place for a Jewish boy. Felix manages to live and look after ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • 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

  • Audiobook

    The Dead of the Night

    by John Marsden ...
    Narrated by Suzi Dougherty ...
    Audiobook 2 - The Tomorrow Series

    Unabridged

    7 hours 2 min

    When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight high-school teenagers band together to fight. Seventeen-year-old Ellie and her friends have survived the invasion, but two of their band are captured: Kevin is imprisoned and Corrie is alive, but in a coma. Homer and Ellie are determined to get them back and to continue their campaign against the enemy. They discover that there are ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    Hunting Prince Dracula

    by Kerri Maniscalco ...
    Narrated by Nicola Barber ...
    Audiobook 2 - Stalking Jack the Ripper

    Unabridged

    11 hours 58 min

    In this New York Times bestselling sequel to Kerri Maniscalco's haunting #1 debut Stalking Jack the Ripper, bizarre murders are discovered in the castle of Prince Vlad the Impaler, otherwise known as Dracula. Could it be a copycat killer . . . or has the depraved prince been brought back to life?Following the grief and horror of her discovery of Jack the Ripper's true identity, Audrey Rose ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD

  • 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

  • Audiobook

    The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

    by John Boyne ...
    Narrated by Alex Wyndham ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 20 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his Aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy household at the top of the German mountains. But this is no ordinary time, for it is 1935 and the Second World War is fast approaching; and this is no ordinary house, for this is the Berghof, the home of Adolf Hitler.Quickly, Pierrot is taken under ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD