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The Casebook of Inspector Sniffabout

by John Rowe ...

All children love solving puzzles and mysteries. In The Casebook of Inspector Sniffabout, their brains will be put to the test, as the great bloodhound detective Inspector Sniffabout is called on to unravel all kinds of strange events and happenings.The book is designed to undertake two important experiences in children's development. First, it encourages young children to read, but in an ... Read more

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All children love solving puzzles and mysteries. In The Casebook of Inspector Sniffabout, their brains will be put to the test, as the great bloodhound detective Inspector Sniffabout is called on to unravel all kinds of strange events and happenings.The book is designed to undertake two important experiences in children's development. First, it encourages young children to read, but in an
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Little Stories for Little People

by John Rowe ...

Little Stories for Little People is a pre-school children’s book consisting of twelve short stories. This delightful book encourages young children to use their minds to solve a problem or a mystery. The aim is to introduce children to reading, but in a fun and entertaining way. Each story is wonderfully illustrated with colourful drawings to help them understand each story’s narrative. The ... Read more

$13.56 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Little Stories for Little People is a pre-school children’s book consisting of twelve short stories. This delightful book encourages young children to use their minds to solve a problem or a mystery. The aim is to introduce children to reading, but in a fun and entertaining way. Each story is wonderfully illustrated with colourful drawings to help them understand each story’s narrative. The
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Written for Children

An Outline of English-Language Children's Literature

by John Rowe Townsend ...

This revised and updated edition provides children's and young adult librarians, teachers, literature classes, and library school classes with an authoritative history and analysis of the best British and American children's literature through 1994, with a new 2003 postscript including such recent phenomenons as J.K.Rowling and Philip Pullman. Written for Children traces the development of ... Read more

$100.09 CAD

This revised and updated edition provides children's and young adult librarians, teachers, literature classes, and library school classes with an authoritative history and analysis of the best British and American children's literature through 1994, with a new 2003 postscript including such recent phenomenons as J.K.Rowling and Philip Pullman. Written for Children traces the development of
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The Islanders

by John Rowe Townsend ...

The inhabitants of Halcyon Island are ruled by the laws of the Deliverer and follow the same customs and traditions that have prevailed for hundreds of years. The laws state 'No incomers', but when Thomas and Molly find a shipwrecked canoe with a boy and girl, barely alive, inside they are determined not to reject them outright. New blood on the island is bound to cause a disturbance, but the ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

The inhabitants of Halcyon Island are ruled by the laws of the Deliverer and follow the same customs and traditions that have prevailed for hundreds of years. The laws state 'No incomers', but when Thomas and Molly find a shipwrecked canoe with a boy and girl, barely alive, inside they are determined not to reject them outright. New blood on the island is bound to cause a disturbance, but the
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Thrush Green

A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation

by Miss Read ...

Narrated by Adam Godley, Anna Massey, Ian Masters, John Rowe, Trevor Peacock, Annette Badland, Marcia Warren, Linda Bassett, Janet Maw, Maggie McCarthy, Geoffrey Whitehead, Teresa Gallagher, June Barrie, Lynne Verrall, Anny Tobin, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

5 hours 35 min

Wonderful comedy drama adapted from the beloved novels featuring an all-star castWelcome to Thrush Green, a small and peaceful village in the Cotswolds, where everything and nothing happens. This wonderful, gentle comedy features and all-star cast including Adam Godley (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Anna Massey (Rebecca), Geoffrey Whitehead (Poirot) and Trevor Peacock</stron... ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Wonderful comedy drama adapted from the beloved novels featuring an all-star castWelcome to Thrush Green, a small and peaceful village in the Cotswolds, where everything and nothing happens. This wonderful, gentle comedy features and all-star cast including Adam Godley (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Anna Massey (Rebecca), Geoffrey Whitehead (Poirot) and Trevor Peacock</stron...
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The Canterbury Tales II

by Geoffrey Chaucer ...

Narrated by Philip Madoc, Frances Jeater, John Rowe, Charlie Simpson, John Moffatt ...

Unabridged

3 hours 30 min

Four more delightful tales from one of the most entertaining storytellers of all time. Though writing in the thirteenth century, Chaucer’s wit and observation comes down undiminished through the ages, especially in this accessible modern verse translation. The stories vary considerably from the uproarious Wife of Bath’s Tale, promoting the power of women to the sober account of patient Griselda in ... Read more

$16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Four more delightful tales from one of the most entertaining storytellers of all time. Though writing in the thirteenth century, Chaucer’s wit and observation comes down undiminished through the ages, especially in this accessible modern verse translation. The stories vary considerably from the uproarious Wife of Bath’s Tale, promoting the power of women to the sober account of patient Griselda in
... Read more
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Fortunes of War

A BBC Radio 4 Full cast dramatisation of the complete Balkan Trilogy

by Olivia Manning ...

Narrated by Joanna Lumley, Honeysuckle Weeks, James Fleet, Khalid Abdalla, Alex Wyndham, John Rowe, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

5 hours 38 min

A sweeping adaptation of Olivia Manning's classic war novels, starring Joanna Lumley and Honeysuckle Weeks'A rare and many-layered pleasure' Gillian Reynolds, The Telegraph1939, and naive young newlywed Harriet Pringle arrives in Bucharest with her husband, Guy - just as Europe is about to rip itself apart. She believes she knows everything about the man she has married, but soon realises she ... Read more

$16.67 CAD

A sweeping adaptation of Olivia Manning's classic war novels, starring Joanna Lumley and Honeysuckle Weeks'A rare and many-layered pleasure' Gillian Reynolds, The Telegraph1939, and naive young newlywed Harriet Pringle arrives in Bucharest with her husband, Guy - just as Europe is about to rip itself apart. She believes she knows everything about the man she has married, but soon realises she
... Read more
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Inspector Purbright

Five BBC Radio 4 full-cast crime dramatisations from The Flaxborough Chronicles

by Colin Watson ...

Narrated by Peter Jeffrey, John Rowe, John Pullen, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

11 hours 13 min

A collection of cosy crime dramas adapted from Colin Watson's 'Flaxborough Chronicles', set in a small Lincolnshire market town in the 1960s and '70sInspector Purbright is a thoroughly English policeman: affable, polite, dogged and decent. Created by award-winning crime writer Colin Watson, he appeared in 12 Flaxborough mysteries, four of which were adapted for BBC TV under the title Murder Most ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

A collection of cosy crime dramas adapted from Colin Watson's 'Flaxborough Chronicles', set in a small Lincolnshire market town in the 1960s and '70sInspector Purbright is a thoroughly English policeman: affable, polite, dogged and decent. Created by award-winning crime writer Colin Watson, he appeared in 12 Flaxborough mysteries, four of which were adapted for BBC TV under the title Murder Most
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And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Geoffrey Whitehead, John Rowe, Lyndsey Marshal ...

Unabridged

1 hour 26 min

Ten guests travel to an island at the invitation of someone named U.N. Owen. All are strangers, but they have two things in common: they have all been responsible for someone's death, and none will leave the island alive. Over the next two days and nights, each of the guests is killed off in a different manner in keeping with the nursery rhyme, 'Ten Little Soldier Boys'. As they are picked off one ... Read more

$25.94 CAD

Also available as: eBook

Ten guests travel to an island at the invitation of someone named U.N. Owen. All are strangers, but they have two things in common: they have all been responsible for someone's death, and none will leave the island alive. Over the next two days and nights, each of the guests is killed off in a different manner in keeping with the nursery rhyme, 'Ten Little Soldier Boys'. As they are picked off one
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

R.D Wingfield: Post-Mortem Shock and other thrillers

14 Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramas

by R.D Wingfield ...

Narrated by Irene Sutcliffe, Penelope Lee, John Rowe, Christopher Scoular, Alan Tilvern, Antony Viccars, Douglas Blackwell, Anthony Hall, Sam Dastor, Christopher Venning, Patrick Tull, Lockwood West, Full Cast, Diana Olsson ...

Unabridged

11 hours 38 min

A collection of RD Wingfield’s finest thrillers from the Sixties, Seventies and EightiesBest known for his ‘Inspector Jack Frost’ series of novels, RD Wingfield also penned a string of gripping thrillers for BBC Radio. Initially thought lost, many of the 14 dramas in this collection were recovered and restored by Keith Wickham and the Radio Circle, and thanks to their careful preservation, are now ... Read more

$25.94 CAD

A collection of RD Wingfield’s finest thrillers from the Sixties, Seventies and EightiesBest known for his ‘Inspector Jack Frost’ series of novels, RD Wingfield also penned a string of gripping thrillers for BBC Radio. Initially thought lost, many of the 14 dramas in this collection were recovered and restored by Keith Wickham and the Radio Circle, and thanks to their careful preservation, are now
... Read more
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The Prince and The Mandrake

Two Full Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations

by Niccoli Machiavelli ...

Narrated by Ciarán Hinds, Philip Voss, Christopher Godwin, Scott Handy, Stephen Critchlow, John Rowe, John Rye, Anthony Jackson, Douglas Wilmer, David March, Hilda Schroder, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

2 hours 25 min

The renowned masterpiece from one of the most influential writers in history, Machiavelli"It's very, very good...an engaging exploration of one of the most influential political works ever written." - Entertainment FocusThe Prince, written during the Italian Renaissance by author Niccolò Machiavelli, is an internationally renowned masterpiece about power, greed and strategy in government. Regarded ... Read more

$25.94 CAD

The renowned masterpiece from one of the most influential writers in history, Machiavelli"It's very, very good...an engaging exploration of one of the most influential political works ever written." - Entertainment FocusThe Prince, written during the Italian Renaissance by author Niccolò Machiavelli, is an internationally renowned masterpiece about power, greed and strategy in government. Regarded
... Read more
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To Serve Them All My Days

A BBC Radio Dramatisation

by RF Delderfield ...

Narrated by Oliver Milburn, John Wood, John Rowe, Alison Pettitt, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

3 hours 39 min

A stunning full-cast dramatisation of R.F. Delderfield's classic novel of life between the warsListen now to this epic story of tragedy, love and betrayal set during the inter-war period as soldier Davy Powlett-Jones, invalided out of the trenches, must face a new start in life…A coal miner's son, Davy has risen from the ranks of the South Wales Borderers and been commissioned as a Second ... Read more

$25.94 CAD

A stunning full-cast dramatisation of R.F. Delderfield's classic novel of life between the warsListen now to this epic story of tragedy, love and betrayal set during the inter-war period as soldier Davy Powlett-Jones, invalided out of the trenches, must face a new start in life…A coal miner's son, Davy has risen from the ranks of the South Wales Borderers and been commissioned as a Second
... Read more