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Historical Audiobooks

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    Monsters of Men

    by Patrick Ness ...
    Narrated by Humphrey Bower ...
    Audiobook 3 - Chaos Walking

    Unabridged

    15 hours 32 min

    'War,' says the Mayor. 'At last.' Three armies have marched on New Prentisstown, each one intent on destroying the others. And Todd and Viola are caught in the middle of it all. As the battles commence, can they hope to stop all-out war? Can there ever be peace when they’re so hopelessly outnumbered? And if, as they have been told, 'War makes monsters of men', what terrible choices await them? And ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Sinister Booksellers of Bath

    by Garth Nix ...
    Narrated by Marisa Calin ...
    Audiobook 2 - Left-Handed Booksellers of London

    Unabridged

    9 hours 51 min

    There is often trouble of a mythical sort in Bath. The booksellers who police the Old World keep a careful watch there, particularly on the entity who inhabits the ancient hot spring. Yet this time it is not from Sulis Minerva that trouble starts. It comes from the discovery of a sorcerous map, leading left-handed bookseller Merlin into great danger. A desperate rescue is attempted by his sister ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Capturing the Devil

    by Kerri Maniscalco ...
    Narrated by Nicola Barber ...
    Audiobook 4 - Stalking Jack the Ripper

    Unabridged

    12 hours 25 min

    In this shocking finale to the bestselling series that began with Stalking Jack the Ripper, Audrey Rose and Thomas are on the hunt for the depraved, elusive killer known as the White City Devil.A deadly game of cat-and-mouse has them fighting to stay one step ahead of the brilliant serial killer -- or see their fateful romance cut short by unspeakable tragedy.Audrey Rose Wadsworth and Thomas ... Read more

    $49.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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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

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    A Reaper at the Gates (Ember Quartet, Book 3)

    by Sabaa Tahir ...
    Narrated by Samantha Sutherland, Aysha Kala, Jack Farrar, Freddie Gaminara ...
    Audiobook 3 - Ember Quartet

    Unabridged

    14 hours 37 min

    The highly anticipated third book in Sabaa Tahir's New York Times bestselling Ember Quartet.Beyond the Empire and within it, the threat of war looms ever larger.The Blood Shrike, Helene Aquilla, is assailed on all sides. Emperor Marcus, haunted by his past, grows increasingly unstable, while the Commandant capitalizes on his madness to bolster her own power. As Helene searches for a way to hold ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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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 or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Tomorrow, When the War Began

    by John Marsden ...
    Narrated by Suzi Dougherty ...
    Audiobook 1 - The Tomorrow Series

    Unabridged

    7 hours 23 min

    While Ellie and her friends are away in the bush, the world changes. Suddenly they are in the toughest situations humans can confront, facing life and death decisions. They are thrown into a world where they find courage, initiative, spirit and wisdom, or they die... ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    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 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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    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

    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

    The Guinevere Deception

    by Kiersten White ...
    Narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden ...
    Audiobook 1 - Camelot Rising Trilogy

    Unabridged

    10 hours 51 min

    **"Fascinating. . . . Kiersten White has taken the best parts of the Arthurian legend and made them all her own."--Renée Ahdieh, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn series.A new fantasy series set in the world of Camelot that bestselling author Christina Lauren calls "brilliant," reimagining the Arthurian legend . . . where nothing is as magical and terrifying as a girl. ... Read more

    $40.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Romanov

    by Nadine Brandes ...
    Narrated by Jessica Ball ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 2 min

    My name is Anastasia. The history books say I died. They don’t know the half of it.Anastasia “Nastya” Romanov was given a single mission: to smuggle an ancient spell into her suitcase on her way to exile in Siberia. It might be her family’s only salvation. But the leader of the Bolshevik army is after them, and he’s hunted Romanov before.Nastya’s only chances of saving herself and her family are ... Read more

    $37.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • 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 or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    In the Serpent's Wake

    by Rachel Hartman ...
    Narrated by Katharine Lee McEwan ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 4 min

    From the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Seraphina comes a piercing new fantasy adventure that champions our resilience and humility.MIND OF THE WORLD,OPEN YOUR EYES.At the bottom of the world lies a Serpent, the last of its kind.Finding the Serpent will change lives.Tess is a girl on a mission to save a friend.Spira is a dragon seeking a... ... Read more

    $40.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Court of Dragons

    by Frost Kay ...
    Narrated by Katherine Littrell, Paul Bellantoni ...
    Audiobook 1 - Dragon Isle Wars

    Unabridged

    7 hours 43 min

    "When the enemy strikes on the eve of her wedding, Wren has no choice but to fight. Captured, she's dragged before the elvish king and given an ultimatum: death or marriage. She submits, biding her time as she plots and spies, determined to strike at the heart of the elvish royalty and take back her family's throne once more. But the more time she spends with her dangerous and achingly handsome ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Unbroken in Time (The After Cilmeri Series)

    by Sarah Woodbury ...
    Narrated by Annie Keris ...
    Audiobook 15 - The After Cilmeri Series

    Unabridged

    9 hours 9 min

    In 1282, David and his sister Anna crashed through time to save the life of their father, the last Prince of Wales. Thirteen years later, David is a grown man—husband, father, and High King of Britain. He is also the Duke of Aquitaine, a fact which King Philip of France appears to resent.So when Philip summons David to Paris to bend the knee for the right to remain Aquitaine's duke, David is the ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Sorcery & Cecelia

    Or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

    by Patricia C. Wrede, Caroline Stevermer ...
    Narrated by Lucy Rayner ...
    Audiobook 1 - Cecelia and Kate

    Unabridged

    8 hours 44 min

    Two young ladies contend with the Royal College of Wizards in Regency London: first in the series filled with "magical twists and turns" (San Diego Union-Tribune). Since they were children, cousins Kate and Cecelia have been inseparable. But in 1817, as they approach adulthood, their families force them to spend a summer apart. As Cecelia fights boredom in her small country town, Kate visits ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Refuge in Time (The After Cilmeri Series)

    by Sarah Woodbury ...
    Narrated by Laurel Schroeder ...
    Audiobook 14 - The After Cilmeri Series

    Unabridged

    7 hours 30 min

    April 2022. When an unknown gunman sends David and William back to Earth Two, Michael and Livia are left gasping along with the rest of their universe. Accepting that their respective employers are possible suspects, not to mention untrustworthy, the pair band together in the shooting's immediate aftermath, in an attempt to put the first few pieces of the puzzle together. But when an unexpected ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Queen of Legends

    by Frost Kay ...
    Narrated by Katherine Littrell, Paul Bellantoni ...
    Audiobook 2 - Dragon Isle Wars

    Unabridged

    8 hours 13 min

    With nowhere to go and price on her head, Wren goes into hiding and joins forces with the Kingdom of Myths to destroy the corrupt elf king and reclaim her kingdom, but it comes with a price: killing her husband. Prince Arrik swore to never fall in love, let alone with a human with vengeance in her eyes and fire in her soul. Yet, despite all his well made plans, he can't seem to let her go—even if ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Stalking Jack the Ripper

    Booktrack Edition

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

    Unabridged

    9 hours 26 min

    Stalking Jack the Ripper: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! *INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSeventeen-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 father ... Read more

    $43.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Mara, Daughter of the Nile

    by Eloise Jarvis McGraw ...
    Narrated by Tara Sands ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 22 min

    This compelling story of adventure, romance, and intrigue, set in ancient Egypt, was written by the three-time Newbery Honor and Edgar Award winning author Eloise Jarvis McGraw.Mara is a proud and beautiful slave girl who yearns for freedom in ancient Egypt, under the rule of Queen Hatshepsut. Mara is not like other slaves; she can read and write, as well as speak the language of Babylonian. So, ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Footsteps in Time (The After Cilmeri Series)

    by Sarah Woodbury ...
    Narrated by Laurel Schroeder ...
    Audiobook 1 - The After Cilmeri Series

    Unabridged

    8 hours 25 min

    Join the adventure as Anna and David are catapulted back in time to save the medieval kingdom of Wales ...Anna is driving her aunt's minivan with her brother, David, when she crashes through time and finds herself in the middle of an ambush of Llywelyn, the last Prince of Wales. It is December 1282, and the English have attacked, hoping to eliminate the Welsh rebels forever. Instead, the siblings ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Immortality: A Love Story

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

    Unabridged

    12 hours 2 min

    INSTANT NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!The eagerly-anticipated sequel to Dana Schwartz's Reese's Book Club Winter YA Pick and No.1 New York Times bestselling gothic romance, Anatomy: A Love StoryHazel Sinnett is alone and half-convinced the events of the year before - the immortality, Beecham's vial - were a figment of her imagination. She doesn't even know if Jack is alive or dead. All she can ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial