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Bodies, Commodities, and Biotechnologies

Death, Mourning, and Scientific Desire in the Realm of Human Organ Transfer

by Lesley Sharp ...

Series series Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures
In the United States today, the human body defines a lucrative site of reusable parts, ranging from whole organs to minuscule and even microscopic tissues. Although the medical practices that enable the transfer of parts from one body to another most certainly relieve suffering and extend lives, they have also irrevocably altered perceptions of the cultural values assigned to the body.Organ ... Read more

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In the United States today, the human body defines a lucrative site of reusable parts, ranging from whole organs to minuscule and even microscopic tissues. Although the medical practices that enable the transfer of parts from one body to another most certainly relieve suffering and extend lives, they have also irrevocably altered perceptions of the cultural values assigned to the body.Organ
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More-than-Human Aging

Animals, Robots, and Care in Later Life

by Cristina Douglas, Cristina Douglas, Andrew Whitehouse, Andrew Whitehouse, Susan McHugh, Vanessa Ashall, Katie Brittain, Ardra Cole, Cathrine Degnen, Carrie Friese0, Ruud Hendriks1, Larissa Hjorth2, Samantha Hurn3, Ike Kamphof4, Joanna Elizabeth Latimer5, Daniel López Gómez6, Susan MacLeod7, Ingrid Richardson8, Nete Schwennesen9, Lesley Sharp0 ...

Series series Global Perspectives on Aging
What does later life look like when it is lived in the companionship of other species? Similarly, how do other species age (or not) with humans, and what sort of (a)symmetries, if any, are brought to light around how we understand and think about aging? So far, aging has been investigated in the social sciences in purely human terms. This is the first collection of original work that considers ... Read more

£21.69

What does later life look like when it is lived in the companionship of other species? Similarly, how do other species age (or not) with humans, and what sort of (a)symmetries, if any, are brought to light around how we understand and think about aging? So far, aging has been investigated in the social sciences in purely human terms. This is the first collection of original work that considers
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Schiller's Literary Prose Works

New Translations and Critical Essays

by Jeffrey L. High, Lesley Sharpe, Nicholas Martin, Otto Johnston, Tanya Doss, Carrie Collenberg, Dennis F. Mahoney, Edward T. Larkin, Ellis Dye, F. J. Lamport0, Professor Gail K. Hart1, Helen Kilgallen2, Ian Codding3 ...

Friedrich Schiller was a dramatist and poet for the ages, an important aesthetic theorist, and among Germany's first historians. But he left few works of literary prose behind -- seven short tales and fragments, almost all from early in his career -- and although they include some of his most resonant in his own time, they are largely overlooked today. Several of the pieces -- which include The ... Read more

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Friedrich Schiller was a dramatist and poet for the ages, an important aesthetic theorist, and among Germany's first historians. But he left few works of literary prose behind -- seven short tales and fragments, almost all from early in his career -- and although they include some of his most resonant in his own time, they are largely overlooked today. Several of the pieces -- which include The
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It Could Have Been Her

The brand-new addictive psychological thriller from No.1 bestselling author of None of This Is True

by Lisa Jewell ...

Narrated by Lesley Sharp, James Norton ...

Unabridged

10 hours 47 min

**PREPARE TO BE HOOKED by the brand new thriller from Lisa Jewell, author of the Sunday Times bestselling novels None of This Is True and Don't Let Him In.This audiobook is read by a full cast including Lesley Sharp, James Norton, Joanna David, Emilia Fox, Freddie Fox, Tim McInnerny, Ella Rae Smith, Harriet Fisher, Elsa Lepecki Bean and Roy McMillan.**It was the night she almost died.Jane Trevally ... Read more

£16.00

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**PREPARE TO BE HOOKED by the brand new thriller from Lisa Jewell, author of the Sunday Times bestselling novels None of This Is True and Don't Let Him In.This audiobook is read by a full cast including Lesley Sharp, James Norton, Joanna David, Emilia Fox, Freddie Fox, Tim McInnerny, Ella Rae Smith, Harriet Fisher, Elsa Lepecki Bean and Roy McMillan.**It was the night she almost died.Jane Trevally
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Glyph

by Ali Smith ...

Narrated by Lesley Sharp ...

Unabridged

4 hours 57 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Ghosts don't exist.They don't. End of.Story, however.It is haunting.Everything tells it.It all starts when Petra and her little sister Patch hear a horrifying story from the past and find themselves making up a ghost.Is it imaginary? Is it real?Then it all starts again thirty years later when Petra, now estranged from Patch, finds a phantom hors... ... Read more

£14.00

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Brought to you by Penguin.Ghosts don't exist.They don't. End of.Story, however.It is haunting.Everything tells it.It all starts when Petra and her little sister Patch hear a horrifying story from the past and find themselves making up a ghost.Is it imaginary? Is it real?Then it all starts again thirty years later when Petra, now estranged from Patch, finds a phantom hors...
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Wrong Place Wrong Time

How do you stop a murder when it’s already happened? THE MILLION-COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

by Gillian McAllister ...

Narrated by Lesley Sharp ...

Unabridged

10 hours 9 min

Brought to you by Penguin.CAN YOU STOP A MURDER WHEN IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED?THE BOOK EVERYONE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUTIt's every parent's nightmare.Your happy, funny, innocent son commits a terrible crime: murdering a complete stranger.You don't know who. You don't know why. You only know your teenage boy is in custody and his future lost.That night you fall asleep in despair. Until you wake . .... ... Read more

£13.00

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Brought to you by Penguin.CAN YOU STOP A MURDER WHEN IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED?THE BOOK EVERYONE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUTIt's every parent's nightmare.Your happy, funny, innocent son commits a terrible crime: murdering a complete stranger.You don't know who. You don't know why. You only know your teenage boy is in custody and his future lost.That night you fall asleep in despair. Until you wake . ....
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Welcome To The Wasteland

A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation

by DJ Britton ...

Narrated by Anamaria Marinca, Benjamin Askew, Lesley Sharp, Lizzy Watts, Philip Fox, Sam Dale, Stephen Hogan ...

Unabridged

43 min

As Chief Executive of her local council, Robyn has just days to stop recycling being wiped from her ambitious environmental plans. But the credit crunch continues to put pressure on other priorities. Meanwhile, her daughter Afrah provides a safe house for a fiercely committed environmentalist from Eastern Europe. Written by D. J. Britton and starring Lesley Sharp, Anamaria Marinca, Lizzy Watts, ... Read more

£4.99

As Chief Executive of her local council, Robyn has just days to stop recycling being wiped from her ambitious environmental plans. But the credit crunch continues to put pressure on other priorities. Meanwhile, her daughter Afrah provides a safe house for a fiercely committed environmentalist from Eastern Europe. Written by D. J. Britton and starring Lesley Sharp, Anamaria Marinca, Lizzy Watts,
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The Transplant Imaginary

Mechanical Hearts, Animal Parts, and Moral Thinking in Highly Experimental Science

by Lesley A. Sharp ...

In The Transplant Imaginary, author Lesley Sharp explores the extraordinarily surgically successful realm of organ transplantation, which is plagued worldwide by the scarcity of donated human parts, a quandary that generates ongoing debates over the marketing of organs as patients die waiting for replacements. These widespread anxieties within and beyond medicine over organ scarcity inspire ... Read more

£21.29

In The Transplant Imaginary, author Lesley Sharp explores the extraordinarily surgically successful realm of organ transplantation, which is plagued worldwide by the scarcity of donated human parts, a quandary that generates ongoing debates over the marketing of organs as patients die waiting for replacements. These widespread anxieties within and beyond medicine over organ scarcity inspire
... Read more
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The Complete Earthsea Series & The Left Hand of Darkness

3 BBC Radio full cast dramatisations

by Ursula.K.Le Guin ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Toby Jones, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Lesley Sharp, Noma Dumezweni, Robert Glenister, James McArdle, Sam Dale, Adjoa Andoh ...

Unabridged

7 hours 50 min

The dazzling BBC Radio adaptations of Ursula K. Le Guin's famous fantasy saga and her ground-breaking science fiction masterpiece - plus bonus materialUrsula K. Le Guin was one of the most revered and influential writers of the 20th Century. Her 'Earthsea' books have sold millions of copies and been translated into numerous languages, while her trailblazing novel The Left Hand of Darkness was a ... Read more

£14.00

The dazzling BBC Radio adaptations of Ursula K. Le Guin's famous fantasy saga and her ground-breaking science fiction masterpiece - plus bonus materialUrsula K. Le Guin was one of the most revered and influential writers of the 20th Century. Her 'Earthsea' books have sold millions of copies and been translated into numerous languages, while her trailblazing novel The Left Hand of Darkness was a
... Read more
Audiobook

The Nick Revell Show

A BBC Radio Comedy

by Nick Revell ...

Narrated by Nick Revell, Doon Mackichan, Alistair McGowan, Stephen Tompkinson, Lesley Sharp, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

5 hours 47 min

The award-winning 1990s sitcom, written by and starring Nick RevellNick Revell plays a slightly stranger version of himself in this surreal comedy – a struggling writer in his mid-thirties who shares his untidy flat with Vince and Alan, a pair of talking geraniums. They, meanwhile, watch on and take stock of his many mishaps and misadventures.For the beleaguered Nick, even simple tasks like ... Read more

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The award-winning 1990s sitcom, written by and starring Nick RevellNick Revell plays a slightly stranger version of himself in this surreal comedy – a struggling writer in his mid-thirties who shares his untidy flat with Vince and Alan, a pair of talking geraniums. They, meanwhile, watch on and take stock of his many mishaps and misadventures.For the beleaguered Nick, even simple tasks like
... Read more
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Last Friend Alive

The most gripping friends-to-killers thriller of 2025

by Caro Carver ...

Narrated by Lesley Sharp ...

Unabridged

9 hours 40 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.The White Lotus meets Lucy Foley's The Guest List in this chilling, sun-soaked thriller about three vengeful women, a beautiful island resort, and the darkest of secrets.**Best friends Darcy, Camilla and Kate have just landed in to the Maldives for a luxury holiday at the exclusive Sapphire Island Resort.They can't wait for ten days of scorching sun, crystal-clear ... Read more

£14.00

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**Brought to you by Penguin.The White Lotus meets Lucy Foley's The Guest List in this chilling, sun-soaked thriller about three vengeful women, a beautiful island resort, and the darkest of secrets.**Best friends Darcy, Camilla and Kate have just landed in to the Maldives for a luxury holiday at the exclusive Sapphire Island Resort.They can't wait for ten days of scorching sun, crystal-clear
... Read more

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Madeleine

Our daughter's disappearance and the continuing search for her

by Kate McCann ...

Narrated by Kate McCann, Lesley Sharp ...

Unabridged

13 hours 6 min

'The decision to publish this book has been very difficult, and taken with heavy hearts ... My reason for writing it is simple: to give an account of the truth ... Writing this memoir has entailed recording some very personal, intimate and emotional aspects of our lives. Sharing these with strangers does not come easily to me, but if I hadn't done so I would not have felt the book gave as full a ... Read more

£12.99

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'The decision to publish this book has been very difficult, and taken with heavy hearts ... My reason for writing it is simple: to give an account of the truth ... Writing this memoir has entailed recording some very personal, intimate and emotional aspects of our lives. Sharing these with strangers does not come easily to me, but if I hadn't done so I would not have felt the book gave as full a
... Read more

Also available as: eBook