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Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley ...

Narrated by Michael York ...

Unabridged

7 hours 59 min

Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before.“One of the most prophetic dystopian works of the 20th century” —Wall Street JournalCloning, feel-good drugs, antiaging programs, and total social control through politics, programming, and media—has Aldous Huxley accurately predicted our future? With a storyteller’s genius, he ... Read more

£16.99

Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before.“One of the most prophetic dystopian works of the 20th century” —Wall Street JournalCloning, feel-good drugs, antiaging programs, and total social control through politics, programming, and media—has Aldous Huxley accurately predicted our future? With a storyteller’s genius, he
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The Make

by Jessie Keane ...

Narrated by Karen Cass ...

Unabridged

12 hours 45 min

Murder, loyalty and vengeance collide in Jessie Keane's gritty fourth novel.Life is good for Gracie Doyle – running her Manchester casino keeps her busy. Until the police turn up at her door one day and her world is turned upside down. She is given news that her two estranged brothers have been viciously attacked. George is in hospital on a ventilator and worringly, Harry is missing.Gracie has no ... Read more

£18.99

Murder, loyalty and vengeance collide in Jessie Keane's gritty fourth novel.Life is good for Gracie Doyle – running her Manchester casino keeps her busy. Until the police turn up at her door one day and her world is turned upside down. She is given news that her two estranged brothers have been viciously attacked. George is in hospital on a ventilator and worringly, Harry is missing.Gracie has no
... Read more
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The Dispossessed

by Ursula K. Le Guin ...

Narrated by Roddy Doyle, Tim Treloar ...

Series Audiobook 248 - S.F. MASTERWORKS
Unabridged

12 hours 27 min

One of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle'There was a wall. It did not look important - even a child could climb it. But the idea was real. Like all walls it was ambiguous, two-faced. What was inside it and what was outside it depended upon which side of it you were on...'Shevek is brilliant scientist who is attempting to find a new theory of time - ... Read more

£19.99

One of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle'There was a wall. It did not look important - even a child could climb it. But the idea was real. Like all walls it was ambiguous, two-faced. What was inside it and what was outside it depended upon which side of it you were on...'Shevek is brilliant scientist who is attempting to find a new theory of time -
... Read more
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Middlemarch - Audiobook

by George Eliot, Classic Audiobooks ...

Narrated by Sophie Bennet ...

Series series Classic Audiobooks
Unabridged

34 hours 40 min

Middlemarch by George Eliot is a sweeping and deeply insightful novel that explores the intricate web of life in a small English provincial town during the early 19th century. With interwoven storylines and a wide cast of vividly drawn characters, the novel delves into themes such as marriage, ambition, idealism, social change, and the limitations of women's roles in Victorian society. At the ... Read more

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Middlemarch by George Eliot is a sweeping and deeply insightful novel that explores the intricate web of life in a small English provincial town during the early 19th century. With interwoven storylines and a wide cast of vividly drawn characters, the novel delves into themes such as marriage, ambition, idealism, social change, and the limitations of women's roles in Victorian society. At the
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Agnes Grey

by Anne Brontë ...

Narrated by Claire Walsh ...

Unabridged

6 hours 58 min

At age 19 Anne Brontë left home and worked as a governess for a few years before becoming a writer. Agnes Grey was an 1847 novel based on her experience as a governess. Bronte depicts the precarious position of a governess and how that can affect a young woman. Agnes was the daughter of a minister whose family was in financial difficulty. She has only a few choices for employment. Agnes ... Read more

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At age 19 Anne Brontë left home and worked as a governess for a few years before becoming a writer. Agnes Grey was an 1847 novel based on her experience as a governess. Bronte depicts the precarious position of a governess and how that can affect a young woman. Agnes was the daughter of a minister whose family was in financial difficulty. She has only a few choices for employment. Agnes
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Moby Dick

by Herman Melville ...

Narrated by Stewart Wills ...

Unabridged

24 hours 24 min

A masterpiece of storytelling, this epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and fantastical sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him. In telling the tale of Ahab's passion for revenge and the fateful voyage that ensued, Melville produced far more than the narrative of a hair-raising journey; Moby-Dick is a tale for the ages that sounds the deepest depths of the human soul. Interspersed ... Read more

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A masterpiece of storytelling, this epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and fantastical sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him. In telling the tale of Ahab's passion for revenge and the fateful voyage that ensued, Melville produced far more than the narrative of a hair-raising journey; Moby-Dick is a tale for the ages that sounds the deepest depths of the human soul. Interspersed
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Catch 22 - Abridged

by Joseph Heller ...

Narrated by Matthew Marks ...

Unabridged

2 hours 42 min

It’s the closing months of World War II and Yossarian has never been closer to death. Stationed in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, each flight mission introduces him to thousands of people determined to kill him.But the enemy above is not Yossarian’s problem it is his own army intent on keeping him airborne, and the maddening ‘Catch-22’ that allows for no possibility of escape ... Read more

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It’s the closing months of World War II and Yossarian has never been closer to death. Stationed in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, each flight mission introduces him to thousands of people determined to kill him.But the enemy above is not Yossarian’s problem it is his own army intent on keeping him airborne, and the maddening ‘Catch-22’ that allows for no possibility of escape
... Read more
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Footsteps in the Dark

by Georgette Heyer ...

Narrated by Matt Addis ...

Unabridged

9 hours 8 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Dark secrets, an unexplained death and an old country house lie at the heart of Georgette Heyer's classic murder mystery.The Priory may look ramshackle in appearance, but Peter, Margaret, and Celia, are totally charmed by their newly-inherited country house.But there's more to The Priory than meets the eye.Left empty for years, hardly a single person has set foot inside ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.Dark secrets, an unexplained death and an old country house lie at the heart of Georgette Heyer's classic murder mystery.The Priory may look ramshackle in appearance, but Peter, Margaret, and Celia, are totally charmed by their newly-inherited country house.But there's more to The Priory than meets the eye.Left empty for years, hardly a single person has set foot inside
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The Dean’s December

by Saul Bellow ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

13 hours 5 min

Albert Corde is a professor of journalism and dean of students at a Chicago university. He and his wife, Minna, travel to Bucharest, Romania, where Minna's mother has suffered a stroke and is lying semiconscious in the local state hospital. As Corde tries to adapt to life in his mother-in-law's small apartment and cope with her relations and friends, news filters through to him of problems he left ... Read more

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Albert Corde is a professor of journalism and dean of students at a Chicago university. He and his wife, Minna, travel to Bucharest, Romania, where Minna's mother has suffered a stroke and is lying semiconscious in the local state hospital. As Corde tries to adapt to life in his mother-in-law's small apartment and cope with her relations and friends, news filters through to him of problems he left
... Read more
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The Island Secret

The heartstopping new novel from beloved bestselling author and national treasure Lorraine Kelly

by Lorraine Kelly ...

Narrated by Lorraine Kelly ...

Unabridged

8 hours 50 min

Don't miss the stunning new novel from national treasure and beloved broadcaster Lorraine Kelly, author of Sunday Times bestselling THE ISLAND SWIMMER - available now!'Lorraine is a born storyteller' MARIAN KEYES'A Scottish Maeve Binchy' VERONICA HENRYEvie has come home to Orkney and finally found peace.She has rediscovered her passion for painting, mended broken friendships, and for the first ... Read more

£29.99

Don't miss the stunning new novel from national treasure and beloved broadcaster Lorraine Kelly, author of Sunday Times bestselling THE ISLAND SWIMMER - available now!'Lorraine is a born storyteller' MARIAN KEYES'A Scottish Maeve Binchy' VERONICA HENRYEvie has come home to Orkney and finally found peace.She has rediscovered her passion for painting, mended broken friendships, and for the first
... Read more
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All The Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr ...

Narrated by Julie Teal ...

Unabridged

17 hours 1 min

WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR FICTIONA beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War IIMarie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of ... Read more

£23.99

WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR FICTIONA beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War IIMarie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of
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The Return of the King

by J. R. R. Tolkien ...

Narrated by Rob Inglis ...

Series Audiobook 3 - The Lord of the Rings
Unabridged

18 hours 13 min

Concluding the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the final part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings.The armies of the Dark Lord Sauron are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to do battle agains the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring.The devastating ... Read more

£20.99

Concluding the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the final part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings.The armies of the Dark Lord Sauron are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to do battle agains the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring.The devastating
... Read more
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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete BBC Collection

60 Full-Cast Dramatisations

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Bert Coules ...

Narrated by Clive Merrison, Michael Williams, Brian Blessed, Judi Dench, Andrew Sachs, Robert Glenister, Harriet Walters, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

48 hours 33 min

Fully-dramatised adaptations of all 60 Sherlock Holmes stories, brought to life with a full cast of actors, sound effects and music'A remarkable undertaking... applauding them, and particularly Clive Merrison's Holmes, made my hands sore' The TimesArthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and his dear friend Dr Watson are among the most enduringly popular fictional characters ever ... Read more

£16.99

Fully-dramatised adaptations of all 60 Sherlock Holmes stories, brought to life with a full cast of actors, sound effects and music'A remarkable undertaking... applauding them, and particularly Clive Merrison's Holmes, made my hands sore' The TimesArthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and his dear friend Dr Watson are among the most enduringly popular fictional characters ever
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The Moving Finger

by Agatha Christie ...

Narrated by Richard E Grant ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Marple
Unabridged

6 hours 23 min

A malicious letter A tragic death A village filled with suspectsNothing ever happens in the sleepy village of Lymstock.Until letters accusing the villagers of unspeakable acts start to appear.They try to dismiss them as a cruel hoax, but then one of the recipients is found dead. The letter next to her body reads simply, ‘I can’t go on’.As fear spreads among the villagers, Jane Marple must uncover ... Read more

£15.99

A malicious letter A tragic death A village filled with suspectsNothing ever happens in the sleepy village of Lymstock.Until letters accusing the villagers of unspeakable acts start to appear.They try to dismiss them as a cruel hoax, but then one of the recipients is found dead. The letter next to her body reads simply, ‘I can’t go on’.As fear spreads among the villagers, Jane Marple must uncover
... Read more
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The Light Years

The Beloved First Instalment in The Cazalet Chronicles

by Elizabeth Jane Howard ...

Narrated by Indira Varma, Elizabeth Day ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Cazalet Chronicles
Unabridged

17 hours 39 min

Told with exceptional grace and read beatifully by Indira Varma, The Light Years is a modern classic of twentieth-century English life and is the first novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard’s extraordinary, bestselling family saga, The Cazalet Chronicles.Includes a new introduction, written and read by Elizabeth Day.'Compelling, moving, unputdownable . . . Maybe my favourite books ever' - Marian Keyes, ... Read more

£18.99

Told with exceptional grace and read beatifully by Indira Varma, The Light Years is a modern classic of twentieth-century English life and is the first novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard’s extraordinary, bestselling family saga, The Cazalet Chronicles.Includes a new introduction, written and read by Elizabeth Day.'Compelling, moving, unputdownable . . . Maybe my favourite books ever' - Marian Keyes,
... Read more
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H.E. Bates: A BBC Radio Collection

Dramatisations and Readings including Fair Stood the Wind for France, Love for Lydia & More

by HE Bates ...

Narrated by David Jason, Pam Ferris, David Neal, Rory Kinnear, Tim Pigott-Smith, Juliet Aubrey, Roger Delgado, Pauline Letts, Anthony Hyde, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

8 hours 5 min

Selected Dramatisations and readings of the genre-spanning work of HE Bates'A great treasure trove to dive into' Entertainment FocusHE Bates is probably best known for his comic novel The Darling Buds of May, which introduced the lovable Larkins to the world and sparked three hugely popular TV adaptations. In his 68 years, Bates wrote over 20 further novels, more than 300 short stories, children’s ... Read more

£14.99

Selected Dramatisations and readings of the genre-spanning work of HE Bates'A great treasure trove to dive into' Entertainment FocusHE Bates is probably best known for his comic novel The Darling Buds of May, which introduced the lovable Larkins to the world and sparked three hugely popular TV adaptations. In his 68 years, Bates wrote over 20 further novels, more than 300 short stories, children’s
... Read more
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Pet Sematary

An iconic chiller from the No. 1 bestseller

by Stephen King ...

Narrated by Michael C. Hall ...

Unabridged

15 hours 41 min

For the first time in unabridged audio download comes the perennial classic from Stephen King - timeless and topical.The house looked right, felt right to Dr Louis Creed.Rambling, old, unsmart and comfortable. A place where the family could settle; the children grow and play and explore. The rolling hills and meadows of Maine seemed a world away from the fume-choked dangers of Chicago.Only the ... Read more

£31.99

For the first time in unabridged audio download comes the perennial classic from Stephen King - timeless and topical.The house looked right, felt right to Dr Louis Creed.Rambling, old, unsmart and comfortable. A place where the family could settle; the children grow and play and explore. The rolling hills and meadows of Maine seemed a world away from the fume-choked dangers of Chicago.Only the
... Read more
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Wild Mountain Thyme

by Rosamunde Pilcher ...

Narrated by Lucy Paterson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 41 min

Can you ever re-create that first great love?Victoria Bradshaw fell in love with London playwright Oliver Dobbs when she was just eighteen. But he left her and disappeared from her life. Now, years later, he is a widower standing on her doorstep with his two-year-old son in his arms. And Victoria is foolish enough to want to take him back.Their early spring journey to a castle in Scotland becomes ... Read more

£19.99

Can you ever re-create that first great love?Victoria Bradshaw fell in love with London playwright Oliver Dobbs when she was just eighteen. But he left her and disappeared from her life. Now, years later, he is a widower standing on her doorstep with his two-year-old son in his arms. And Victoria is foolish enough to want to take him back.Their early spring journey to a castle in Scotland becomes
... Read more
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The Complete Mapp and Lucia, Volume 1

Queen Lucia, Miss Mapp and Lucia in London

by E.F. Benson, Georgina Sutton ...

Narrated by Georgina Sutton ...

Series series Mapp and Lucia
Unabridged

26 hours 42 min

Sharply observant and wickedly funny, E.F. Benson’s six ‘Mapp and Lucia’ novels satirise the upper-middle-class social climbers in 1920s and ’30s rural England. Games of bridge and cups of tea fuel hilarious gossip and vindictive plots a-plenty. It is a masterfully sustained spotlight on the minutiae of village life a clever and ultimately heart-warming series that seems tailor-made for audio. ... Read more

£23.99

Sharply observant and wickedly funny, E.F. Benson’s six ‘Mapp and Lucia’ novels satirise the upper-middle-class social climbers in 1920s and ’30s rural England. Games of bridge and cups of tea fuel hilarious gossip and vindictive plots a-plenty. It is a masterfully sustained spotlight on the minutiae of village life a clever and ultimately heart-warming series that seems tailor-made for audio.
... Read more
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The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas ...

Narrated by David Clarke ...

Unabridged

53 hours 59 min

Set against the turbulent years of the Napoleonic era, Alexandre Dumas’s thrilling adventure story is one of the most widely read romantic novels of all time. In it the dashing young hero, Edmond Dantès, is betrayed by his enemies and thrown into a secret dungeon in the Chateau d’If — doomed to spend his life in a dank prison cell. The story of his long, intolerable years in captivity, his ... Read more

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Set against the turbulent years of the Napoleonic era, Alexandre Dumas’s thrilling adventure story is one of the most widely read romantic novels of all time. In it the dashing young hero, Edmond Dantès, is betrayed by his enemies and thrown into a secret dungeon in the Chateau d’If — doomed to spend his life in a dank prison cell. The story of his long, intolerable years in captivity, his
... Read more
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Macbeth - Dramatizado

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Emilio Villa, Jose Díaz, Marcos Chacón, Niloofer Khan ...

Unabridged

39 min

"¡Salud a ti, Macbeth! ¡Salud, barón de Cáudor! ¡Salud a ti, Macbeth! ¡Serás un día rey!" Lo saludan las tres brujas llamadas Hermanas Fatídicas. Sólo entonces, tras oir la profecía, Macbeth comienza a desear el trono. Cuando se cumple la primera predicción y el rey Duncan lo nombra barón de Cáudor, las dudas, la ambición y la obsesión se apoderan de Macbeth y de su codiciosa esposa, decidiendo ... Read more

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"¡Salud a ti, Macbeth! ¡Salud, barón de Cáudor! ¡Salud a ti, Macbeth! ¡Serás un día rey!" Lo saludan las tres brujas llamadas Hermanas Fatídicas. Sólo entonces, tras oir la profecía, Macbeth comienza a desear el trono. Cuando se cumple la primera predicción y el rey Duncan lo nombra barón de Cáudor, las dudas, la ambición y la obsesión se apoderan de Macbeth y de su codiciosa esposa, decidiendo
... Read more
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Songs of Innocence and Experience

by William Blake ...

Narrated by Brian Murray, Suzanne Toren ...

Unabridged

44 min

This collection is narrated by distinguished Broadway performers Brian Murray and Suzanne Toren. It contains all 45 poems from two famous works, revealing a child's unspoiled view of human nature and the corruption and disillusionment awaiting the innocent. Included are such favorites as "The Lamb", "The Tyger", and "The Sick Rose". ... Read more

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This collection is narrated by distinguished Broadway performers Brian Murray and Suzanne Toren. It contains all 45 poems from two famous works, revealing a child's unspoiled view of human nature and the corruption and disillusionment awaiting the innocent. Included are such favorites as "The Lamb", "The Tyger", and "The Sick Rose".
... Read more
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The Secret Adversary

by Agatha Christie ...

Narrated by Shiromi Arserio ...

Unabridged

7 hours 53 min

“Two young adventurers for hire. Willing to do anything, go anywhere. Pay must be good. No reasonable offer refused”Tommy Beresford and Prudence “Tuppence” Cowley are broke. What are two young people in post–WWI London to do in such a situation except start up a new and exciting business: Young Adventurer’s Ltd.Almost as soon as they make the leap into self-employment a case falls into their lap. ... Read more

£17.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

“Two young adventurers for hire. Willing to do anything, go anywhere. Pay must be good. No reasonable offer refused”Tommy Beresford and Prudence “Tuppence” Cowley are broke. What are two young people in post–WWI London to do in such a situation except start up a new and exciting business: Young Adventurer’s Ltd.Almost as soon as they make the leap into self-employment a case falls into their lap.
... Read more
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Secret Adversary, The

by Agatha Christie ...

Narrated by B. J. Harrison ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries
Unabridged

8 hours 6 min

A flustered man gives a young woman some papers. Then the Lusitania sinks, and the young woman disappears. The result is a chain of events that could topple the very government.Meanwhile, Tommy and Tuppence, dear old friends, get to comparing notes. They find that neither one has two coppers to rub together, even if they wanted to. They form the company of Young Adventurers, LTD, and adventure ... Read more

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A flustered man gives a young woman some papers. Then the Lusitania sinks, and the young woman disappears. The result is a chain of events that could topple the very government.Meanwhile, Tommy and Tuppence, dear old friends, get to comparing notes. They find that neither one has two coppers to rub together, even if they wanted to. They form the company of Young Adventurers, LTD, and adventure
... Read more

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