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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

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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
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The Night is for Hunting

by John Marsden ...

Narrated by Suzi Dougherty ...

Series Audiobook 6 - The Tomorrow Series
Unabridged

6 hours 38 min

They are the enemy. And they're still out there. They're in your street, your home, the safest places you know. You feel their hot breath ... even in the depths of hell. Ellie and Homer are out there too. Lee and Fi and Kevin. They've forgotten what it means to be safe. Sometimes they feel like there's nowhere left for them. They may be right. ... Read more

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They are the enemy. And they're still out there. They're in your street, your home, the safest places you know. You feel their hot breath ... even in the depths of hell. Ellie and Homer are out there too. Lee and Fi and Kevin. They've forgotten what it means to be safe. Sometimes they feel like there's nowhere left for them. They may be right.
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Darkness, Be My Friend

by John Marsden ...

Narrated by Suzi Dougherty ...

Series Audiobook 4 - The Tomorrow Series
Unabridged

6 hours 58 min

That's what war does for you – either kills you in one hit or destroys you slowly. One way or the other, it gets you ... unless you fight back ... ... Read more

$18.99 AUD

That's what war does for you – either kills you in one hit or destroys you slowly. One way or the other, it gets you ... unless you fight back ...
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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

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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
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Tomorrow, When the War Began

by John Marsden ...

Narrated by Suzi Dougherty ...

Series 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

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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...
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The Third Day, the Frost

by John Marsden ...

Narrated by Suzi Dougherty ...

Series Audiobook 3 - The Tomorrow Series
Unabridged

7 hours 3 min

What's the biggest danger you can think of? This is bigger. What's the toughest challenge you can imagine? This is tougher. What's the greatest fear you have? You're about to find out. They came in summer. They fell upon the land swiftly and suddenly. Through autumn they spread, like locusts, like mice, like a plague. Now it's winter. They're still here. But so too are Ellie and Homer and their ... Read more

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What's the biggest danger you can think of? This is bigger. What's the toughest challenge you can imagine? This is tougher. What's the greatest fear you have? You're about to find out. They came in summer. They fell upon the land swiftly and suddenly. Through autumn they spread, like locusts, like mice, like a plague. Now it's winter. They're still here. But so too are Ellie and Homer and their
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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 ...

Series 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

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
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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

$37.99 AUD

***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
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Burning for Revenge

by John Marsden ...

Narrated by Suzi Dougherty ...

Series Audiobook 5 - The Tomorrow Series
Unabridged

6 hours 54 min

When you're on your knees there's only one thing to do ... stand up again! Ellie and her friends have stared defeat in the face. They have felt its hot breath. They have been bashed and battered by it, brought to breaking point. Now it's time to hit back. Now it's time to come out fighting. Now they really are burning for revenge ... ... Read more

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When you're on your knees there's only one thing to do ... stand up again! Ellie and her friends have stared defeat in the face. They have felt its hot breath. They have been bashed and battered by it, brought to breaking point. Now it's time to hit back. Now it's time to come out fighting. Now they really are burning for revenge ...
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The Sinister Booksellers of Bath

by Garth Nix ...

Narrated by Marisa Calin ...

Series 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

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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
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Before the Devil Breaks You

by Libba Bray ...

Narrated by January LaVoy ...

Series Audiobook 3 - The Diviners
Unabridged

21 hours 26 min

The Diviners are back in this thrilling and eerie third installment by #1 New York Times bestselling author Libba Bray.After battling a sleeping sickness, The Diviners are up against a group of new and malevolent foes--ghosts! Out in Ward's Island sits a mental hospital full of lost souls from people long forgotten. Ghosts who have unusual and dangerous ties to the Man in the Stovepipe Hat also ... Read more

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The Diviners are back in this thrilling and eerie third installment by #1 New York Times bestselling author Libba Bray.After battling a sleeping sickness, The Diviners are up against a group of new and malevolent foes--ghosts! Out in Ward's Island sits a mental hospital full of lost souls from people long forgotten. Ghosts who have unusual and dangerous ties to the Man in the Stovepipe Hat also
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The Other Side of Dawn

by John Marsden ...

Narrated by Suzi Dougherty ...

Series Audiobook 7 - The Tomorrow Series
Unabridged

9 hours 13 min

With a roar like a train in a tunnel, the war enters its final days. Ellie has to be on that train. There's no more sitting around, no more waiting. There's only fast decisions, fast action, fast thinking. And she'd better get it right. With all their being, Ellie and her friends want to stay alive. But there's a war out there. And it has to be won. ... Read more

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With a roar like a train in a tunnel, the war enters its final days. Ellie has to be on that train. There's no more sitting around, no more waiting. There's only fast decisions, fast action, fast thinking. And she'd better get it right. With all their being, Ellie and her friends want to stay alive. But there's a war out there. And it has to be won.
... Read more
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The Last Pendragon Saga Volume 1 (The Last Pendragon Saga Boxed Set)

The Last Pendragon/The Pendragon's Blade/Song of the Pendragon

by Sarah Woodbury ...

Narrated by Tom Mumford ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Last Pendragon Saga Boxed Set
Unabridged

11 hours 50 min

He is a king, a warrior, the last hope of his people--and the chosen one of the sidhe ... journey with Cade and Rhiann to a world of myth and magic in Dark Age Wales!The Last Pendragon: Rhiann knows that demons walk the night. She has been taught to fear them. But from the moment Cade is dragged before her father's throne, beaten and having lost all of his men to her father's treachery, he stirs ... Read more

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He is a king, a warrior, the last hope of his people--and the chosen one of the sidhe ... journey with Cade and Rhiann to a world of myth and magic in Dark Age Wales!The Last Pendragon: Rhiann knows that demons walk the night. She has been taught to fear them. But from the moment Cade is dragged before her father's throne, beaten and having lost all of his men to her father's treachery, he stirs
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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

$17.99 AUD

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
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The Bone Houses

by Emily Lloyd-Jones ...

Narrated by Moira Quirk ...

Unabridged

9 hours 9 min

Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Sky in the Deep in this bewitching historical horror novel, perfect for fans of Holly Black and V.E. Schwab.Seventeen-year-old Aderyn ("Ryn") only cares about two things: her family and her family's graveyard. And right now, both are in dire straits. Since the death of their parents, Ryn and her siblings have been scraping together a meager existence as gravediggers ... Read more

$41.99 AUD

Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Sky in the Deep in this bewitching historical horror novel, perfect for fans of Holly Black and V.E. Schwab.Seventeen-year-old Aderyn ("Ryn") only cares about two things: her family and her family's graveyard. And right now, both are in dire straits. Since the death of their parents, Ryn and her siblings have been scraping together a meager existence as gravediggers
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Capturing the Devil

by Kerri Maniscalco ...

Narrated by Nicola Barber ...

Series 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

$47.99 AUD

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
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Footsteps in Time (The After Cilmeri Series)

by Sarah Woodbury ...

Narrated by Laurel Schroeder ...

Series 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 Kobo Plus

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
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The Light in Hidden Places

by Sharon Cameron ...

Narrated by Beata Pozniak ...

Unabridged

16 hours 11 min

The extraordinary story of Stefania Podgorska, a Polish teenager who chose bravery and humanity by hiding thirteen Jews in her attic during WWII -- from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sharon Cameron.One knock at the door, and Stefania has a choice to make...It is 1943, and for four years, sixteen-year-old Stefania has been working for the Diamant family in their grocery store in Przemsyl, ... Read more

$48.99 AUD

The extraordinary story of Stefania Podgorska, a Polish teenager who chose bravery and humanity by hiding thirteen Jews in her attic during WWII -- from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sharon Cameron.One knock at the door, and Stefania has a choice to make...It is 1943, and for four years, sixteen-year-old Stefania has been working for the Diamant family in their grocery store in Przemsyl,
... Read more
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Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All

by Candace Fleming, Stephanie Hemphill, Lisa Ann Sandell, Jennifer Donnelly, Linda Sue Park, Deborah Hopkinson, M. T. Anderson ...

Narrated by Justine Eyre, Katharine Lee McEwan, Jayne Entwistle, Heather Wilds, Fiona Hardingham, Elizabeth Knowelden, Elliot Hill ...

Unabridged

12 hours 24 min

Perfect for anyone fascinated by the Royal Wedding, Netflix's The Crown, or Wolf Hall, this is a pitch-perfect reimagining of the romance and tragedy of Henry VIII and his six wives, told from multiple points of view by some of your favorite authors.If you were one of King Henry VIII's six wives, who would you be? Would you be Anne Boleyn, who literally lost her head? Would you be the subject of ... Read more

$48.99 AUD

Perfect for anyone fascinated by the Royal Wedding, Netflix's The Crown, or Wolf Hall, this is a pitch-perfect reimagining of the romance and tragedy of Henry VIII and his six wives, told from multiple points of view by some of your favorite authors.If you were one of King Henry VIII's six wives, who would you be? Would you be Anne Boleyn, who literally lost her head? Would you be the subject of
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Wolf Hollow

by Lauren Wolk ...

Narrated by Emily Rankin ...

Unabridged

6 hours 55 min

Annabelle has lived in Wolf Hollow all her life: a quiet place, still scarred by two world wars. But when cruel, manipulative Betty arrives in town, Annabelle's calm world is shattered, along with everything she's ever known about right and wrong.When Betty accuses gentle loner Toby - a traumatised ex-soldier - of a terrible act, Annabelle knows he's innocent. Then Betty disappears . . .Now ... Read more

$19.99 AUD

Annabelle has lived in Wolf Hollow all her life: a quiet place, still scarred by two world wars. But when cruel, manipulative Betty arrives in town, Annabelle's calm world is shattered, along with everything she's ever known about right and wrong.When Betty accuses gentle loner Toby - a traumatised ex-soldier - of a terrible act, Annabelle knows he's innocent. Then Betty disappears . . .Now
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Shane

by Jack Schaefer ...

Narrated by Eric G. Dove ...

Unabridged

4 hours 24 min

I had lain in my bed thinking of our visitor out in the bunk in the barn. It scarce seemed possible that he was the same man I had first seen, stern and chilling in his dark solitude, riding up our road. Something in Father, something not of words or of actions but of the essential substance of the human spirit, had reached out and spoken to him and he had replied to it and had unlocked a part of ... Read more

$26.99 AUD

I had lain in my bed thinking of our visitor out in the bunk in the barn. It scarce seemed possible that he was the same man I had first seen, stern and chilling in his dark solitude, riding up our road. Something in Father, something not of words or of actions but of the essential substance of the human spirit, had reached out and spoken to him and he had replied to it and had unlocked a part of
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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

$48.99 AUD

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...
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Refuge in Time (The After Cilmeri Series)

by Sarah Woodbury ...

Narrated by Laurel Schroeder ...

Series 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

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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
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The Pendragon's Blade (The Last Pendragon Saga Book 2)

The Last Pendragon Saga Book 2

by Sarah Woodbury ...

Narrated by Tom Mumford ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Last Pendragon Saga
Unabridged

3 hours 45 min

Having given her trust to Cade and his companions, Rhiann comes face to face with the terror of the sidhe and discovers the true threat they represent to her people—and in so doing, takes her place as a full member of Cade’s war band. But even as his relationship with Rhiann deepens, Cade knows that only he can stand at the crossroads between the Underworld and the free people of Wales and prevent ... Read more

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Having given her trust to Cade and his companions, Rhiann comes face to face with the terror of the sidhe and discovers the true threat they represent to her people—and in so doing, takes her place as a full member of Cade’s war band. But even as his relationship with Rhiann deepens, Cade knows that only he can stand at the crossroads between the Underworld and the free people of Wales and prevent
... Read more

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