This brilliantly conceived audiobook begins with the sudden death of a young violinist during a concert performance of Gustav Mahler’s Sixth Symphony at the Royal Albert Hall in London, with music from the Boston Symphony Orchestra woven throughout this truly classical whodunnit.Blind, curmudgeonly violinist Jacobus and his companions, Yumi Shinagawa and Nathaniel Williams, join forces with Branwell Small, a questionably trustworthy partner in crime solving as they follow every baff...

Meet Custard, Digger, Greta, Will, and Whisper — five rabbit friends who roam the wooded hillsides of Massachusetts and discover that true wisdom begins with listening.When an unexpected friendship challenges what they think they know, the rabbits learn the power of shared leadership, cooperation, and learning from someone very different from themselves.Warm, thoughtful, and gently inspiring, Traveling Down the Rabbit Hole: Talking with Trees is more than a charming animal ...

A joyful, moving, compulsively readable story about true love, loss and the unexpected surprises that life (and the afterlife) can throw our way.Grief... A Comedy is the follow up to Larkin's hit solo show, that critics called "Outstandingly uplifting." SCOTTISH FIELD"Leaves you believing joy really can be found after loss." DAILY MAIL"A story that could truly change your life."

England, 1820. To gain a certain marquess’s notice, Lady Albina Beauchamp aims to win the derby. What she hadn’t planned for is the price that handsome Edmund White asks in payment to train her to race: each lesson for a kiss.A first place finish isn’t the only thing worth racing for. Lady Albina Beauchamp is in love with the Marquess of Satterfield. Unfortunately, his only interest is in horses and doesn’t know she exists. But when the marquess confesses he will bestow his undying...

The first in Sam Maxfield's heartwarming, hilarious, original new comic series. Stella loves her life in London, far from the foul-mouthed, flame-haired grandmother who raised her. Then she gets the dreaded call in the middle of the night and finds herself living with Gina in a crazy coastal town. Whether it is misbehaving dogs or gangs of pensioners racing mobility scooters along the promenade, as the June temperature soars, love shows up and a mystery is revealed. Gina, Stella, and the r...

“Raised in England by adoptive parents, Alison Larkin was actually born in America. She herself is a comic writer and performer and she approaches Austen as a satirist…the voice reveals all.” The New YorkerMulti award-winning writer/narrator Alison Larkin brings the teenage writings of Jane Austen to sparkling new life in this delightful collection. Listeners will enjoy identifying where Jane Austen’s later comic creations came from as they listen to young Jane Austen gleefully lampooning ...

Jane Austen’s most famous novel, Pride and Prejudice, is brought to sparkling life in this new unabridged recording by AudioFile earphones award winning narrator Alison Larkin. A witty and always original voice, Alison Larkin is the perfect vessel to bring Jane Austen’s classically satirical second novel to a new American audience. This fresh and hugely entertaining reading from the English American joined with Austen’s deft satire, results in pure, boundless FUN. Cover illustration by New...

"Alison Larkin herself is a comic writer and performer and she approaches Austen as a satirist. She has genuine theatrical skilll...sustained comic creations. The voice reveals all.” — The New YorkerEver since Colin Firth’s Mr Darcy emerged from the lake in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, the novels of Jane Austen have become more popular than ever, delighting millions of fans all over the world. Now, Alison Larkin’s critically acclaimed narrations of Austen’s six comple...

Grief... A Comedy, written and read by Alison Larkin, is a warm, funny, life-enhancing love story and the follow-up Larkin's hit one-woman show critics called "Outstandingly uplifting" Scottish Field ***** "A story that could truly change your life" Entertainment Now***** "Real, butterflies-in-stomach romance. Leaves you believing joy really can be found after loss" The Daily Mail **** What if your soulmate died...and then came back to help you find love again? Alison and Bhima found true,...

Fungi are unlike any other living thing—they’re almost magically unique. Welcome to this astonishing world …Fungi can appear anywhere, from desert dunes to frozen tundra. They can invade our bodies and live between our toes or our floorboards. They are unwelcome intruders or vastly expensive treats, and symbols of both death and eternal life. But despite their familiar presence, there’s still much to learn about the eruption, growth, and decay of their secret, interconnected world....

At the heart of each of these award winning audio recordings is an orphan with an indomitable spirit who becomes the heroine (or hero) of her own life, despite all odds. Peter PanJ.M. Barrie's classic tale of Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up. (AudioFile Earphones award)Great ExpectationsIt's the same thrilling story of mysterious beginnings, poverty, an old woman jilted at the altar, a beautiful, haughty young woman and a mysterious financial gift that transforms the life of a young p...

“Narrating the story of Jane Eyre showed me that the bravery it takes for an unwanted orphan to forge her own path in life was as great in 1847 as it is today.” (Alison Larkin)The epic love story of the plain, unloved orphan with an indomitable spirit who becomes a great romantic heroine despite all odds still resonates with millions of fans all over the world.In this brilliant, highly accessible recording, award-winning narrator Alison Larkin draws on her own adoption experi...