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What is the fruit of a searching dialogue between faith and reason? This book collects theological and philosophical perspectives on the richness of the faith-reason dialogue, including examples from literature, continental and analytic philosophy, worship and liturgy, and radical approaches to issues of racism and prejudice. The authors strongly resist the temptations to either disregard the faith-reason dialogue or take it for granted. Through their explorations and reflections they open...

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George MacDonald Fraser

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Joss Ackland, Nigel Anthony, Christian Rodska, William Hope, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Vivienne Dixon, Crawford Logan, Katherine Igoe, Mark McDonnell, Tom Fleming, Rhys Meredith, Angus Wright, Jayne McKenna, Full Cast

Full-cast adaptations of two Flashman novels, plus a standalone historical romp, a humorous short story and an interview with George MacDonald FraserScottish author George MacDonald Fraser took the loutish bully from Thomas Hughes’ Tom Brown's Schooldays and gave him a new lease of life. Over the course of 12 novels, caddish anti-hero Flashman swashbuckled his way around the British Empire, playing a key role in some of the 19th century’s most significant ...

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Patrick O'Brian

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Richard Dillane, Michael Troughton, Adjoa Andoh, Nigel Anthony, Patrick Malahide, David Robb, Full Cast

BBC Radio productions of the first seven books in Patrick O'Brian's hugely popular Napoleonic naval series - plus bonus materialWidely regarded as the most engaging historical novels ever written, the 21 books in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series have garnered millions of fans since the publication of the first volume over 50 years ago. Included here are BBC radio adaptations of the first seven thrilling stories.Master and Commander

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Peter Ackroyd

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Philip Jackson, Norman Rodway, Philip Glenister, Nigel Anthony, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Simon Callow, Miranda Foster, Anthony Ofoegbu, Full Cast, Adjoa Andoh, Jamie Foreman, Peter Marinker

Stunning all-star adaptations of Ackroyd's intriguing London storiesA superb collection of dramas guaranteed to thrill and entertain from best-selling author Peter Ackroyd. Set in the heart of London, these star-studded adaptations feature parallel investigations into killings across two centuries, black magic, haunted houses, holy ghosts and a stunning performance by Simon Callow as the magnificent Charles Dickens.Novelist, biographer and critic, Peter Ack...

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Philip Levene, Jill Hyem, Eddie Maguire, Dawn Pavitt, Terry Wale, Andrew Sachs, Arnold Yarrow

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Gerald Flood, Cyril Shaps, Brenda Bruce, Bernard Horsfall, Pauline Yates, Nigel Anthony, George Cole, Wendy Craig, Francis Matthews, Charles Leno, Mary Wimbush, Full Cast

**Who is behind the mysterious advert reading ‘Wife available – what offers?’What prompted a ‘third girl’ to suddenly pack her bags and leave her flatshare?And when a newly married couple’s honeymoon period comes to an abrupt end, is the wedding dress to blame?**Conceived by respected writer Philip Levene, whose writing credits include 19 episodes of ITV’s The Avengers, these ten full-cast dramas read between the lines of newspaper personal ads to tell capt...

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Gillen D'Arcy Wood

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Nigel Anthony

In this audiobook, Nigel Anthony narrates the gripping history of the polar continent, from the great discoveries of the nineteenth century to modern scientific breakthroughsAntarctica, the ice kingdom hosting the South Pole, looms large in the human imagination. The secrets of this vast frozen desert have long tempted explorers, but its brutal climate and glacial shores notoriously resist human intrusion. Land of Wondrous Cold tells a gripping story of the...

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Kenneth Grahame

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James Saxon, James Saxon, June Whitfield, June Whitfield, Nigel Anthony, Nigel Anthony, Nigel Lambert, Nigel Lambert

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Puffin Classics

The abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Kenneth Graham's much-loved classic, The Wind in the Willows, read by James Saxon, June Whitfield, Nigel Anthony and Nigel Lambert.When Mole goes boating with Ratty instead of doing his spring-cleaning, he discovers a whole new world. As well as adventures on the river and in the Wild Wood, there are high jinks on the open road with that reckless ruffian, Mr Toad of Toad Hall. Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad become the firmest o...

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Victor Pemberton

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Nerys Hughes, Sheila Grant, Adam Godley, Derek Seaton, Nigel Anthony, Wendy Richard, Emily Richard, Michael Tudor Barnes, Eric Allan, Bill Monks, Julie Berry, Sean Barrett, Joan Matheson, Norman Bird, John Baddeley, Kim Wall, Full Cast

Three semi-autobiographical plays by Victor Pemberton telling the story of one family across the 20th centuryNovelist and playwright Victor Pemberton was best known for scripting Doctor Who and working on Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock. His many plays for BBC Radio included The Slide, Kill the Pharaoh. and this three-part family saga, a love story inspired by the lives of his own parents and starring Nerys Hughes, Nigel Anthony, Sheila...

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Emily Mayhew

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Nigel Anthony

Wounded traces the journey made by a casualty from the battlefield to a hospital in Britain. It is a story told through the testimony of those who cared for him – stretcher bearers and medical officers, surgeons and chaplains, orderlies and nurses – from the aid post in the trenches to the casualty clearing station and the ambulance train back to Blighty.We feel the calloused hands of the stretcher-bearers; we see the bloody dressings and bandages; we smell the nauseating ...

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Jane Austen

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Harriet Walter, Kim Hicks, Carole Boyd, Ruth Sillers, Jonathan Keeble, Nigel Anthony, Patience Tomlinson

Lady Susan was the first of Jane Austen’s novels to be completed. An epistolary novel in eighteenth-century style, it tells the story of the recently widowed Lady Susan Vernon, intelligent but highly manipulative, who is intent on gaining financially secure relationships for both herself and her wayward but shy teenage daughter Frederica. Less known than Austen’s six great later novels, it demonstrates the wit and sharp observations of Jane Austen and is shown at its best in audiobook form...

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William Trevor

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Daniel Day-Lewis, TP McKenna, Sylvia Coleridge, Malcolm Hayes, Nigel Anthony, Sarah Badel, Kate Binchy, Elizabeth Proud, Maurice Denham, Full Cast

A collection of original radio dramas by the much-loved Irish literary legendOne of Ireland’s greatest contemporary authors, William Trevor won the Whitbread Prize three times, and was shortlisted four times for the Man Booker Prize. He received an honorary CBE in 1977 for his services to literature, was made a Companion of Literature in 1994 and in 2002, and received an honorary knighthood. These eight radio plays display all his hallmarks: his keen observation of...

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William Harrison Ainsworth

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Gudrun Ure, Francis de Wolff, Ralph Truman, David March, Malcolm Hayes, Peter Williams, Christopher Bidmead, Nigel Anthony, Denis McCarthy, Alexa Romanes, Duncan McIntyre, Full Cast

An epic 13-part dramatisation of William Harrison Ainsworth’s historical romance, centring around the rise and fall of Lady Jane GreyWilliam Harrison Ainsworth was lauded by his contemporaries as a successor to Sir Walter Scott, and was named in 1847 as one of the three most popular writers in England (alongside Edward Bulwer-Lytton and Charles Dickens). His first three historical novels were inspired by the lives of Dick Turpin, ‘Honest Jack’ Sheppard and ‘the Adm...