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  • The Uncommon Reader

    A Novella

    by Alan Bennett ...
    From one of England's most celebrated writers, a funny and superbly observed novella about the Queen of England and the subversive power of readingWhen her corgis stray into a mobile library parked near Buckingham Palace, the Queen feels duty-bound to borrow a book. Discovering the joy of reading widely (from J. R. Ackerley, Jean Genet, and Ivy Compton-Burnett to the classics) and intelligently, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The History Boys

    The Film

    by Alan Bennett ...
    Now a major motion picture from Fox Searchlight Pictures, The History Boys: The Film contains Alan Bennett's diary of the filming, the shooting script, and an introduction by director Nicholas Hytner, as well as an extensive plate section that includes a look behind the scenes and stills from the film.An unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth-form (or senior) boys in a British boys' school are, as ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • The Habit of Art

    A Play

    by Alan Bennett ...
    Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, seeks advice from his former collaborator and friend, W. H. Auden. During this imagined meeting, their first in twenty-five years, they are observed and interrupted by, among others, their future biographer and a young man from the local bus station.Alan Bennett's new play is as much about the theater as ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    The Wind In The Willows

    by Kenneth Grahame ...
    Narrated by Alan Bennett ...

    Abridged

    3 hours 13 min

    When the Water Rat invites the unassuming Mole to spend his first day ever in a boat on the river, and wise Badger comes along for the ride as well, so begins a marvellous season of adventure for the three friends. Mr Toad (he of Toad Hall) completes a happy foursome, but his tendency to get into hot water leads him into some rather hair-raising scrapes of his own.From an idyllic riverside picnic ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

  • Audiobook

    Winnie-The-Pooh: The Complete BBC Collection

    Celebrate 100 Years of Magic in the Hundred Acre Wood

    by A. A. Milne ...
    Narrated by Alan Bennett ...

    Abridged

    3 hours 42 min

    Alan Bennett reads A.A. Milne's much-loved stories about a small bear and his friends - from Winnie the Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner and A Party for Pooh.'If you were looking for the distilled essence of pure English cosy nostalgia, this audiobook may well be it... Every child should listen to it.' - The TelegraphWhat is the connection between a bear of very little brain and a honey pot? Usually ... Read more

    $12.08 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Wind In The Willows

    by Kenneth Grahame, Kenneth Grahame ...
    Narrated by Alan Bennett, Richard Briers, Adrian Scarborough, Leslie Phillips, Full Cast ...
    Series series BBC Children's Classics

    Unabridged

    2 hours 20 min

    Richard Briers, Adrian Scarborough and Terence Rigby star in this full-cast dramatisation, narrated by Alan Bennett.When Mole abandons his spring cleaning one morning, he surfaces into the sunlight and encounters the Water Rat. Mole stays with Ratty in his snug waterside home, and soon he meets Ratty’s friends: Badger, who lives in the Wild Wood, and the incorrigible Toad of Toad Hall. This ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

  • A Life Like Other People's

    by Alan Bennett ...
    From the acclaimed British writer behind The History Boys and The Uncommon Reader , "a touching portrait of his parents . . . and a sobering tale of depression and dementia" (NPR).In this poignant memoir of his parents' marriage, Alan Bennett recalls the lost world of his childhood and the lives, loves, and deaths of his unforgettable aunties, Kathleen and Myra. First published... ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The History Boys: A Play

    by Alan Bennett ...
    "A play of depth as well as dazzle, intensely moving as well as thought-provoking and funny." — The Daily TelegraphIn The History Boys, Alan Bennett evokes the special period and place that the sixth form represents in an English boy's life. In doing so, he raises—with gentle wit and pitch-perfect command of character—not only universal questions about the nature of history and how it is taught ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Audiobook

    Alice In Wonderland & Through The Looking Glass

    by Lewis Carroll ...
    Narrated by Alan Bennett ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 28 min

    Tumble down a rabbit hole into the extraordinary world of Lewis Carroll’s childhood classics with these delightful BBC Radio readings.This classic collection includes two of Alice’s exciting adventures, brought to life by the incomparable Alan Bennett.Alice in WonderlandYoung Alice leads an ordinary sort of life until, one day, she follows a rabbit down a hole and embarks on a series of adventures ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

  • Enough Said

    by Alan Bennett ...
    Poignant, funny, contemplative, personal, and political: Alan Bennett's fourth collection of diaries is the latest installment in a singular record of a singular life.*20 September. Have a notion for a radio series—Awkward Conversations.Enough Said* is Alan Bennett's fourth collection of diaries and prose. Covering the turbulent years of 2016 to 2024, the diaries take us through lockdown, Brexit, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Lady in the Van and Other Stories

    by Alan Bennett ...
    Now a major motion picture starring Maggie Smith, Bennett's famous and heartwarming story "The Lady in the Van" and more of his classic short-form work.Alan Bennett has long been one of the world's most revered humorists. From his acclaimed story collection Smut to his hilarious and sharply observed The Uncommon Reader, Bennett has consistently remained one of literature's most acute observers of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Wind in the Willows

    by Kenneth Grahame, Alan Bennett ...
    Narrated by a full cast, Richard Briers, Adrian Scarborough, Terence Rigby, Alan Bennett ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 20 min

    One Spring morning, Mole abandons his spring cleaning and surfaces into the sunlight and warm grass of a great meadow. Rambling busily along the hedgerows he comes all at once to the edge of a river. Mole is entranced. Here on the river bank he meets the Water Rat. Mole stays with the Water Rat in his snug waterside home where the river laps at the sill of the window and here he meets Ratty's ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks