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Kindertransport
- By: Diane Samuels
- Narrated by: Hugo Armstrong, Shannon Lee Clair, Jane Kaczmarek, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
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Diane Samuels' play about families, secrets and survival takes us to the days of the impending Holocaust. As conditions deteriorated in Germany in the 1930s, many tried in vain to escape. But thanks to a British humanitarian effort, about 10,000 Jewish children from Germany and neighboring countries were relocated to live with families in the United Kingdom, while their parents stayed behind. This passage to freedom became known as Kindertransport. The audio drama stars Jane Kaczmarek and Susan Sullivan, and includes a conversation with Kindertransport survivor Hilda Fogelson.
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NOT ONE I WANT TO LISTEN TO AGAIN too SOON
- By Highlight on 04-07-17
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Kindertransport
- Narrated by: Hugo Armstrong, Shannon Lee Clair, Jane Kaczmarek, Angela Paton, Molly Quinn, Susan Sullivan
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
- Release date: 12-02-14
- Language: English
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Junk
- By: Melvin Burgess
- Narrated by: Katrina Baylis
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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"Everything is free. That's the secret. The only thing that isn't free is you. You do as you're told; you sit in your seat till they say, 'Stand.' You stay put till they say, 'Go.' Maybe that's the way you like it. It's easy. It's all there. You don't have to think about it. You don't even have to feel it. I sometimes wonder how this planet keeps on sticking to my feet. They did everything they could to pin me down: my mum, my dad, school. They put me in homes with kind guys and they put me in homes with bastards."
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Amazing book but the voices were all wrong
- By ms on 25-09-18
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Junk
- Narrated by: Katrina Baylis
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 24-06-10
- Language: English
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Beneath the Water
- By: Sarah Painter
- Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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Devastated by a broken engagement, Stella Jackson leaves her old life behind for a new start in rural Scotland. But when she arrives in the remote coastal village of Arisaig, nothing is what she expected. At the edge of Arisaig sits Munro House; grand, imposing and said to be cursed by a string of tragic deaths. No less intriguing is its eccentric and handsome young owner, Jamie Munro, who hires Stella as his assistant while he pursues a seemingly impossible aim.
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Kept me entertained for hours
- By Chris Bramham on 29-06-18
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Beneath the Water
- Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 08-02-18
- Language: English
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Maeve Binchy: Collected Stories
- Collected BBC Radio adaptations
- By: BBC Radio Comedy
- Narrated by: David Soul, full cast, Niamh Cusack
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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A collection of full-cast dramatisations and readings from the best-selling author. Maeve Binchy was one of Britain's best-loved storytellers, and this compilation of her finest fiction, as heard on BBC Radio, demonstrates all the warmth, wit and compassion that made her so popular.
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cannot hear
- By Robyn Gibbs on 20-03-20
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Maeve Binchy: Collected Stories
- Collected BBC Radio adaptations
- Narrated by: David Soul, full cast, Niamh Cusack
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 05-01-17
- Language: English
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Paul Temple And The Margo Mystery (Dramatisation)
- By: Francis Durbridge
- Narrated by: Full Cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
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Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury star in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife.
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love it
- By Donna P. on 11-02-16
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Paul Temple And The Margo Mystery (Dramatisation)
- Narrated by: Full Cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 20-11-06
- Language: English
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T. S. Eliot Reads The Waste Land, Four Quartets and Other Poems
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: T. S. Eliot
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
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The most famous, beautiful, and spiritually moving poems of the 20th century, read by the most famous poet. These are historic recordings of the cream of Eliot's poetry. It is always something of a revelation to listen to a poet reading his own words, and these recordings are no exception. Eliot clearly and evenly characterises and reveals the voices of some of his most important works in this excellent reading.
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Love TS Eliot's narration
- By H. P. on 02-02-18
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T. S. Eliot Reads The Waste Land, Four Quartets and Other Poems
- Narrated by: T. S. Eliot
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Release date: 26-02-15
- Language: English
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Girls & Boys
- By: Dennis Kelly
- Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
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When they met at an airport, it was love at first sight. But in time, everything collapsed. As an unnamed but unforgettable woman muses on her life—from meet cute to marriage and parenthood—her recollections inexorably build to a devastating truth. In this shattering performance, Carey Mulligan, star of the critically lauded drama An Education, captivates audiences with playwright Dennis Kelly’s harrowing ruminations on family, ambition, gender, and violence.
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Short but powerful
- By Quirkyjay on 06-09-18
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Girls & Boys
- Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Release date: 27-06-18
- Language: English
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London Journal
- By: James Boswell
- Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
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Between the years of 1762 and 1763, James Boswell kept a journal of his time in London. During his time, he met the renowned writer, moralist, and lexicographer Samuel Johnson, with whom Boswell would form a close relationship. This account, told with much detail and candor, was one of the various journals written by Boswell, but it is the journal that has undergone the least amount of censorship, leading it, and the racy material within, to be deemed a best seller upon publication.
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outrageous but fascinating
- By CKC on 11-10-20
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London Journal
- Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 29-11-19
- Language: English
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to An Inspector Calls (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: Gil Maine, J. B. Priestley
- Narrated by: Full-Cast Drama
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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Combined for great value! The multi award-winning SmartPass study guide with and without commentary options. This is a full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis for any student to fully understand and appreciate the play. Peel away the layers of Priestley's complex drama to appreciate this powerful warning, wrapped up in the genre of a gripping detective story, and truly understand that "We don't live alone. We are members of one body."
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Brilliant study tool
- By Karen Zea on 03-04-15
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to An Inspector Calls (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- Narrated by: Full-Cast Drama
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 29-11-06
- Language: English
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Postcards from a Stranger
- By: Imogen Clark
- Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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When Cara stumbles across a stash of old postcards in the attic, their contents make her question everything she thought she knew. The story she pieces together is confusing and unsettling, and appears to have been patched over with lies. But who can tell her the truth? With her father sinking into Alzheimer’s and her brother reluctant to help, it seems Cara will never find the answers to her questions. One thing is clear, though: someone knows more than they’re letting on.
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Spoilt by the reader
- By jken on 13-09-18
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Postcards from a Stranger
- Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
- Series: Postcards from a Stranger, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 07-08-18
- Language: English
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Du côté de chez Swann
- À la recherche du temps perdu lu par de grands acteurs 1
- By: Marcel Proust
- Narrated by: André Dussollier, Lambert Wilson
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
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"Du côté de chez Swann" est à la fois l'ouverture de toute l'œuvre, et un roman complet, pourvu d'une conclusion, certes provisoire, mais dont la désillusion peut paraître, à qui ne lirait pas plus loin, le dernier mot de "La recherche".
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Du côté de chez Swann
- À la recherche du temps perdu lu par de grands acteurs 1
- Narrated by: André Dussollier, Lambert Wilson
- Series: "À la recherche du temps perdu" lu par de grands acteurs, Book 1
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 24-05-17
- Language: French
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Piers Plowman
- By: William Langland
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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Piers Plowman, William Langland's visionary medieval work about one man's quest for the true Christian life, is an allegorical journey through dream visions and visions within dreams. During the course of his journey, the narrator (William Langland) meets Piers Plowman, who gradually reveals himself to be the son of God. Through Piers, William learns of the virtues in poverty, the temptations of wealth, and of the perfect society that is to come under the rule of Piers Plowman.
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author's comment on this performance (AVC Schmidt)
- By Anonymous User on 30-01-22
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Piers Plowman
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 25-06-20
- Language: English
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In the Name of Truth
- Sandhamn Murders, Book 8
- By: Viveca Sten, Marlaine Delargy - translator
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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With the summer season on Sandhamn comes an unsettling mystery for Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson. A bullied young boy has vanished from a sailing camp on neighboring Lökholmen Island. Has the terrorized eleven-year-old run away? Or, in this isolated vacation spot where strangers lurk, is it something more ominous?
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In the Name of Truth
- Sandhamn Murders, Book 8
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Series: Sandhamn Murders, Book 8
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 19-05-20
- Language: English
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The Trial
- By: Franz Kafka, Mike Mitchell - translator
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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One of the great works of the twentieth century, Kafka's The Trial has been read as a study of political power, a pessimistic religious parable, or a crime novel where the accused man is himself the problem. In it, a man wakes up one morning to find himself under arrest for an offence which is never explained. Faced with this ambiguous but threatening situation, Josef K. gradually succumbs to its psychological pressure.
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At a loss as to why this is considered a classic
- By AHeath on 09-06-20
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The Trial
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 16-11-12
- Language: English
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The Man of Property
- Book One of The Forsyte Saga
- By: John Galsworthy
- Narrated by: David Case
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
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The Man of Property, the first novel in Galsworthy's epic social satire The Forsyte Saga, introduces us to Soames Forsyte, a solicitor and prominent man of his important family. Accustomed to getting whatever he wants, he sets his sights with absolute determination on the beautiful Irene, in spite of her pennilessness and her indifference to him.
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Beautifully read
- By Elizabeth on 07-07-08
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The Man of Property
- Book One of The Forsyte Saga
- Narrated by: David Case
- Series: The Forsyte Saga (Blackstone Audio, Inc.), Book 1, The Forsyte Chronicles, Book 1
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 25-09-06
- Language: English
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The Luckiest Guy Alive
- By: John Cooper Clarke
- Narrated by: John Cooper Clarke
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
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Punk. Poet. Pioneer. The Bard of Salford’s hugely anticipated new collection of poetry is his first in over 30 years. These are poems as scabrous, wry and vivid as only John Cooper Clarke could deliver. Inimitable and iconic, this collection will be a complete joy for lifelong fans and a whole new generation.
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Utter brilliance
- By edward on 08-01-19
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The Luckiest Guy Alive
- Narrated by: John Cooper Clarke
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Release date: 01-11-18
- Language: English
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Mr. Midshipman Easy
- By: Frederick Marryat
- Narrated by: Michael Healy
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
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At fourteen, the unworldly, idealistic Jack Easy leaves the luxury of his father's estate in England and sails into a world of action and adventure aboard the sloop of war HMS Harpy. At first, Jack finds it hard to stomach the discipline of naval life and, with his mischievous sense of humor, is always getting himself into scrapes. But soon he is bravely taming a band of mutinous seamen, outwitting a wily and murderous Sicilian nobleman, and breathing the smell of gunpowder and raw steel as the Harpy chases Spanish ships on the Mediterranean.
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Mr. Midshipman Easy
- Narrated by: Michael Healy
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 30-12-13
- Language: English
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Monstrous Regiment
- Discworld, Book 31
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Tony Robinson
- Length: 5 hrs
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Polly Perks had to become a boy in a hurry. Cutting off her hair and wearing trousers was easy. Learning to fart and belch in public and walk like an ape took more time. And now she's enlisted in the army, and searching for her lost brother. But there's a war on. There's always a war on. And Polly and her fellow recruits are suddenly in the thick of it, without any training, and the enemy is hunting them.
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Half the story missing
- By R Goddard on 07-09-24
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Monstrous Regiment
- Discworld, Book 31
- Narrated by: Tony Robinson
- Series: Discworld (abridged), Book 31, Discworld: Industrial Revolution (abridged), Book 3
- Length: 5 hrs
- Release date: 15-02-07
- Language: English
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The Sonnets
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
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Everyone knows something of Shakespeare's sonnets, even if only in memorable fragments like "the darling buds of May," or "remembrance of things past," or "the marriage of true minds." For centuries these wonderfully crafted, intense lyrics have stood for something valued about youth, love, and the emotional complexities belonging to that time of life. This new recording presents all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets, using the New Cambridge Shakespeare texts.
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20 May 1609 - 2009
- By B on 19-05-09
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The Sonnets
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 26-10-00
- Language: English
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The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
- The Complete First Edition
- By: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Jack Zipes - translator/editor
- Narrated by: Joel Richards, Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
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When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as "Rapunzel", "Hansel and Gretel", and "Cinderella" would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms would publish six other editions, each extensively revised in content and style.
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160 chapters with no titles :(
- By Sarah C on 10-02-21
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The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
- The Complete First Edition
- Narrated by: Joel Richards, Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 23-12-14
- Language: English
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