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The Nonesuch

Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

by Georgette Heyer ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Unabridged

10 hours 53 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Sir Waldo Hawkridge -- wealthy, handsome, eligible, illustrious, and known as 'The Nonesuch' for his athletic prowess -- believes he is past the age of falling in love. But when he comes North to inspect his unusual inheritance at Broom Hall in the West Riding, his arrival leads to the most entertaining of ramifications ...Georgette Heyer won the hearts of a huge ... Read more

$23.98 CAD

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Brought to you by Penguin.Sir Waldo Hawkridge -- wealthy, handsome, eligible, illustrious, and known as 'The Nonesuch' for his athletic prowess -- believes he is past the age of falling in love. But when he comes North to inspect his unusual inheritance at Broom Hall in the West Riding, his arrival leads to the most entertaining of ramifications ...Georgette Heyer won the hearts of a huge
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Memoirs of Hadrian

by Marguerite Yourcenar ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Series series
Unabridged

12 hours 8 min

For the first time in audio, Marguerite Yourcenar's masterpiece—an extraordinary novel based on the life of the Roman emperor Hadrian."[James] Lailey sweeps us away with a virtuoso reading of this debate on soul, body, and power, sensitively underlining the nuanced sentiments in the passionate quest for essence and human value. The illusion of authenticity evoked by the reading is spellbinding..." ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

For the first time in audio, Marguerite Yourcenar's masterpiece—an extraordinary novel based on the life of the Roman emperor Hadrian."[James] Lailey sweeps us away with a virtuoso reading of this debate on soul, body, and power, sensitively underlining the nuanced sentiments in the passionate quest for essence and human value. The illusion of authenticity evoked by the reading is spellbinding..."
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MONEYMANIA

Wealth, Power and the Cult of Economics

by The Rebel Accountant ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Unabridged

9 hours 36 min

'Pulls off the rare feat of making you laugh, think and feel like you happened upon a top secret dossier' GEOFF NORCOTT'MONEYMANIA is a page-turner and a must read if you wonder why the world is so screwed up.' PATRICK ALLEY, author of VERY BAD PEOPLEThe anonymous author of TAXTOPIA takes us behind the scenes as he embarks on another part of his career, this time recruited as an economist into an ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

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'Pulls off the rare feat of making you laugh, think and feel like you happened upon a top secret dossier' GEOFF NORCOTT'MONEYMANIA is a page-turner and a must read if you wonder why the world is so screwed up.' PATRICK ALLEY, author of VERY BAD PEOPLEThe anonymous author of TAXTOPIA takes us behind the scenes as he embarks on another part of his career, this time recruited as an economist into an
... Read more

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Lucky Jim

by Kingsley Amis ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Unabridged

9 hours 38 min

A hilarious satire about college life and high-class manners, this is a classic of postwar English literature.Regarded by many as the finest, and funniest, comic novel of the twentieth century, Lucky Jim remains as trenchant, withering, and eloquently misanthropic as when it first scandalized readers in 1954.This is the story of Jim Dixon, a hapless lecturer in medieval history at a provincial ... Read more

$27.95 CAD

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A hilarious satire about college life and high-class manners, this is a classic of postwar English literature.Regarded by many as the finest, and funniest, comic novel of the twentieth century, Lucky Jim remains as trenchant, withering, and eloquently misanthropic as when it first scandalized readers in 1954.This is the story of Jim Dixon, a hapless lecturer in medieval history at a provincial
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The Slowworm's Song

by Andrew Miller ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Unabridged

9 hours 24 min

A Best Book Of 2022 (New Yorker)A Best Book Of Fall 2022 (Wall Street Journal)A tender tale of guilt, trust, and a father's yearning to atone.A harmless-looking letter drops onto the doormat in Stephen Rose's Somerset home like an unexploded bomb. It is a summons to an inquiry in Belfast, asking him to give testimony about his participation in a disastrous event during the Troubles—one he has long ... Read more

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A Best Book Of 2022 (New Yorker)A Best Book Of Fall 2022 (Wall Street Journal)A tender tale of guilt, trust, and a father's yearning to atone.A harmless-looking letter drops onto the doormat in Stephen Rose's Somerset home like an unexploded bomb. It is a summons to an inquiry in Belfast, asking him to give testimony about his participation in a disastrous event during the Troubles—one he has long
... Read more

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Admiral Collingwood: Nelson's Own Hero

by Max Adams ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Series series Great Lives
Unabridged

10 hours 48 min

Bloomsbury presents Admiral Collingwood by Max Adams, read by James Lailey.Admiral Lord Collingwood, the eldest son of a Newcastle merchant, went to sea in 1761 at the age of thirteen. In his nearly fifty years in the Navy he rose to become a fine seaman, a master of gunnery, a battle commander the equal of his friend – and rival in love – Nelson. He was also an accomplished writer and wit, a ... Read more

$22.00 CAD

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Bloomsbury presents Admiral Collingwood by Max Adams, read by James Lailey.Admiral Lord Collingwood, the eldest son of a Newcastle merchant, went to sea in 1761 at the age of thirteen. In his nearly fifty years in the Navy he rose to become a fine seaman, a master of gunnery, a battle commander the equal of his friend – and rival in love – Nelson. He was also an accomplished writer and wit, a
... Read more

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Horse Under Water

A Novel

by Len Deighton ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Series series Harry Palmer
Unabridged

8 hours 35 min

"The poet of the spy story" —Sunday TimesA sunken U-Boat has lain undisturbed on the Atlantic ocean floor since the Second World War—until now. Inside its rusting hull, among the corpses of top-rank Nazis, lie secrets people will kill to obtain. The sequel to Len Deighton's game-changing debut The IPCRESS File, Horse Under Water sees its nameless, laconic narrator sent from fogbound London to the ... Read more

$28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"The poet of the spy story" —Sunday TimesA sunken U-Boat has lain undisturbed on the Atlantic ocean floor since the Second World War—until now. Inside its rusting hull, among the corpses of top-rank Nazis, lie secrets people will kill to obtain. The sequel to Len Deighton's game-changing debut The IPCRESS File, Horse Under Water sees its nameless, laconic narrator sent from fogbound London to the
... Read more
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Hope

by Len Deighton ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Series series Bernard Samson
Unabridged

10 hours 50 min

In Len Deighton's second novel of the classic spy trilogy, Faith, Hope, Charity, Bernard Samson is trying to readjust his life after his wife, Fiona, defected to the East. As the Berlin Wall begins to crumble, loyalties seem to change along with the freezing wind. Caught between his job and his ethics, his past and his future, and the two women he loves, Samson embarks on his most sensational ... Read more

$35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In Len Deighton's second novel of the classic spy trilogy, Faith, Hope, Charity, Bernard Samson is trying to readjust his life after his wife, Fiona, defected to the East. As the Berlin Wall begins to crumble, loyalties seem to change along with the freezing wind. Caught between his job and his ethics, his past and his future, and the two women he loves, Samson embarks on his most sensational
... Read more
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Undelivered

The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History

by Jeff Nussbaum ...

Narrated by Jeff Nussbaum, Adam Gifford, Brian Bowles, Elisa Roth, Garrick Hagon, Glen McCready, James Lailey, Johnny Heller, Kathleen Chalfant, Kurt Kanazawa0, Lance Blair1, Greg Lockett2 ...

Unabridged

10 hours 54 min

"There may be no more important listen regarding the fate of the nation's democracy than this historical record."- AudioFile**This program is read by the author and full cast, includes actual audio clips from historical and political figures, and has actors narrating the entire undelivered speeches throughout.A fascinating insight into notable speeches that were never delivered, showing what could ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

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"There may be no more important listen regarding the fate of the nation's democracy than this historical record."- AudioFile**This program is read by the author and full cast, includes actual audio clips from historical and political figures, and has actors narrating the entire undelivered speeches throughout.A fascinating insight into notable speeches that were never delivered, showing what could
... Read more

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Spy Sinker

by Len Deighton ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Series series Bernard Samson
Unabridged

12 hours 23 min

What kind of woman would leave her husband, her children, and her home to live behind the Iron Curtain and work for the KGB? From the brilliant Oxford graduate who understands the espionage game better than her male colleagues, to the beguiling woman who uses her charm and brains to deceive everyone around her, Fiona Samson presents a complex puzzle. She is by no means alone. Characters we have ... Read more

$35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

What kind of woman would leave her husband, her children, and her home to live behind the Iron Curtain and work for the KGB? From the brilliant Oxford graduate who understands the espionage game better than her male colleagues, to the beguiling woman who uses her charm and brains to deceive everyone around her, Fiona Samson presents a complex puzzle. She is by no means alone. Characters we have
... Read more
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SS-GB

by Len Deighton ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Unabridged

12 hours 21 min

"Deighton's best book . . . an absorbingly exciting spy story that is also a fascinating exercise in might-have-been speculation." —The New York Times Book ReviewIt is 1941 and Germany has won the war. Britain is occupied, Churchill executed, and the King imprisoned in the Tower of London. At Scotland Yard, Detective Inspector Archer tries to do his job and keep his head down. But when a body is ... Read more

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"Deighton's best book . . . an absorbingly exciting spy story that is also a fascinating exercise in might-have-been speculation." —The New York Times Book ReviewIt is 1941 and Germany has won the war. Britain is occupied, Churchill executed, and the King imprisoned in the Tower of London. At Scotland Yard, Detective Inspector Archer tries to do his job and keep his head down. But when a body is
... Read more

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Brothers of the Wind

by Tad Williams ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Series series Osten Ard
Unabridged

12 hours 17 min

Set in the New York Times bestselling world of Osten Ard, this short novel continues the saga that inspired a generation of fantasistsPride often goes before a fall, but sometimes that prideful fall is so catastrophic that it changes history itself.Among the immortal Sithi of Osten Ard, none are more beloved and admired than the two sons of the ruling family, steady Hakatri and his proud and fiery ... Read more

$29.50 CAD

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Set in the New York Times bestselling world of Osten Ard, this short novel continues the saga that inspired a generation of fantasistsPride often goes before a fall, but sometimes that prideful fall is so catastrophic that it changes history itself.Among the immortal Sithi of Osten Ard, none are more beloved and admired than the two sons of the ruling family, steady Hakatri and his proud and fiery
... Read more

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