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The Coroner’s Lunch

by Colin Cotterill ...

Narrated by Clive Chafer ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Dr. Siri Paiboun Series
Unabridged

7 hours 27 min

Laos, 1975. The Communist Pathet Lao has taken over this former French colony. Dr. Siri Paiboun, a seventy-two-year-old Paris-trained doctor, is appointed national coroner. Although he has no training for the job, there is no one else: the rest of the educated class have fled.He is expected to come up with the answers the party wants, but crafty and charming Dr. Siri is immune to bureaucratic ... Read more

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Laos, 1975. The Communist Pathet Lao has taken over this former French colony. Dr. Siri Paiboun, a seventy-two-year-old Paris-trained doctor, is appointed national coroner. Although he has no training for the job, there is no one else: the rest of the educated class have fled.He is expected to come up with the answers the party wants, but crafty and charming Dr. Siri is immune to bureaucratic
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The Lifted Veil

by George Eliot ...

Narrated by Clive Chafer ...

Unabridged

1 hour 53 min

George Eliot’s The Lifted Veil was first published in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine in 1859 and has now become one of the author’s most widely read and critically discussed stories. Told from the point of view of a young, egocentric, and morbid clairvoyant man, Latimer, it is a dark fantasy portrait of an artist whose visionary powers merely blight his life. The story reflected the scientific ... Read more

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George Eliot’s The Lifted Veil was first published in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine in 1859 and has now become one of the author’s most widely read and critically discussed stories. Told from the point of view of a young, egocentric, and morbid clairvoyant man, Latimer, it is a dark fantasy portrait of an artist whose visionary powers merely blight his life. The story reflected the scientific
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God’s Secretaries

The Making of the King James Bible

by Adam Nicolson ...

Narrated by Clive Chafer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 40 min

A net of complex currents flowed across Jacobean England. This was the England of Shakespeare, Jonson, and Bacon; the Gunpowder Plot; the worst outbreak of the plague England had ever seen; arcadian landscapes; murderous, toxic slums; and, above all, sometimes overwhelming religious passion. Jacobean England was both more godly and less godly than it had ever been, and the entire culture was drawn ... Read more

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A net of complex currents flowed across Jacobean England. This was the England of Shakespeare, Jonson, and Bacon; the Gunpowder Plot; the worst outbreak of the plague England had ever seen; arcadian landscapes; murderous, toxic slums; and, above all, sometimes overwhelming religious passion. Jacobean England was both more godly and less godly than it had ever been, and the entire culture was drawn
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The Secret World

A History of Intelligence

by Christopher Andrew ...

Narrated by Clive Chafer ...

Unabridged

37 hours 43 min

The history of espionage is far older than any of today’s intelligence agencies, yet the long history of intelligence operations has been largely forgotten. The codebreakers at Bletchley Park, the most successful World War II intelligence agency, were completely unaware that their predecessors in earlier moments of national crisis had broken the codes of Napoleon during the Napoleonic wars and ... Read more

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The history of espionage is far older than any of today’s intelligence agencies, yet the long history of intelligence operations has been largely forgotten. The codebreakers at Bletchley Park, the most successful World War II intelligence agency, were completely unaware that their predecessors in earlier moments of national crisis had broken the codes of Napoleon during the Napoleonic wars and
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The French Revolution

From Enlightenment to Tyranny

by Ian Davidson ...

Narrated by Clive Chafer ...

Unabridged

11 hours 52 min

A vital and illuminating look at this profoundly important (and often perplexing) historical moment, by former Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist Ian DavidsonThe French Revolution casts a long shadow, one that reaches into our own time and influences our debates on freedom, equality, and authority. Yet it remains an elusive, perplexing historical event. Its significance morphs ... Read more

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A vital and illuminating look at this profoundly important (and often perplexing) historical moment, by former Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist Ian DavidsonThe French Revolution casts a long shadow, one that reaches into our own time and influences our debates on freedom, equality, and authority. Yet it remains an elusive, perplexing historical event. Its significance morphs
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In the Shadow of Frankenstein

Tales of the Modern Prometheus

by various authors, various authors ...

Narrated by Clive Chafer, Derek Perkins, Steve West, Mil Nicholson, R. C. Bray, Saskia Maarleveld, Simon Prebble0, Simon Vance1, Simon Templeman2, Anthony Heald3, Stefan Rudnicki4, Tim Gerard Reynolds5, various narrators6, Richard Powers7 ...

Unabridged

30 hours 17 min

The most infamous doctor of the gothic era once again delves into the forbidden secrets of the world, when literature’s most famous creature lives again …Frankenstein—his very name conjures up images of plundered graves, secret laboratories, electrical experiments, and reviving the dead.Within these pages, the maddest doctor of them all and his demented disciples once again delve into the secrets ... Read more

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The most infamous doctor of the gothic era once again delves into the forbidden secrets of the world, when literature’s most famous creature lives again …Frankenstein—his very name conjures up images of plundered graves, secret laboratories, electrical experiments, and reviving the dead.Within these pages, the maddest doctor of them all and his demented disciples once again delve into the secrets
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Echoes of Sherlock Holmes

Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon

by Laurie R. King, Leslie S. Klinger ...

Narrated by various narrators, Alison Larkin, Clive Chafer, Derek Perkins, Donald Corren, Anne Flosnik, Kate Reading0, Marguerite Gavin1, Mirron Willis2, Ralph Lister3, Saskia Maarleveld4, Sarah Nichols5, Tim Gerard Reynolds6, Traber Burns7 ...

Series series The Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon Series
Unabridged

13 hours 29 min

A brand-new anthology of stories inspired by the Arthur Conan Doyle canonIn this follow-up to the acclaimed In the Company of Sherlock Holmes, expert Sherlockians Laurie King and Leslie Klinger put forth the question: What happens when great writers/creators who are not known as Sherlock Holmes devotees admit to being inspired by Conan Doyle stories? While some are highly regarded mystery writers, ... Read more

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A brand-new anthology of stories inspired by the Arthur Conan Doyle canonIn this follow-up to the acclaimed In the Company of Sherlock Holmes, expert Sherlockians Laurie King and Leslie Klinger put forth the question: What happens when great writers/creators who are not known as Sherlock Holmes devotees admit to being inspired by Conan Doyle stories? While some are highly regarded mystery writers,
... Read more

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Candide and Zadig

by Voltaire ...

Narrated by Clive Chafer ...

Unabridged

6 hours 25 min

These two classic coming-of-age stories by Voltaire parody the romanticism of his day with the ruthless wit that has made him the undisputed master of social commentary.Candide, which is alternately titled Optimism, is a merciless satire and expos├® of the ideas and institutions men live by. In this philosophical fantasy, the na├»ve Candide comes to witness and to suffer such misfortune that he ... Read more

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These two classic coming-of-age stories by Voltaire parody the romanticism of his day with the ruthless wit that has made him the undisputed master of social commentary.Candide, which is alternately titled Optimism, is a merciless satire and expos├® of the ideas and institutions men live by. In this philosophical fantasy, the na├»ve Candide comes to witness and to suffer such misfortune that he
... Read more
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The Second Biggest Nothing

by Colin Cotterill ...

Narrated by Clive Chafer ...

Series series Dr. Siri Paiboun Mysteries
Unabridged

7 hours 27 min

A death threat to Dr. Siri and all his friends sends the ex-coroner down memory lane in the 14th installment of Cotterill’s quirky, critically acclaimed series set in 1970s Laos.Vientiane, 1980: For a man of his age and in his corner of the world, Dr. Siri, the 76-year-old former national coroner of Laos, is doing remarkably well—especially considering the fact that he is possessed by a thousand ... Read more

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A death threat to Dr. Siri and all his friends sends the ex-coroner down memory lane in the 14th installment of Cotterill’s quirky, critically acclaimed series set in 1970s Laos.Vientiane, 1980: For a man of his age and in his corner of the world, Dr. Siri, the 76-year-old former national coroner of Laos, is doing remarkably well—especially considering the fact that he is possessed by a thousand
... Read more

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Foundation

The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors

by Peter Ackroyd ...

Narrated by Clive Chafer ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The History of England Series
Unabridged

18 hours 21 min

In this massive bestseller in England, one of Britain's most popular and esteemed historians tells the epic story of the birth of the country.Peter Ackroyd, whose work has always been underpinned by a profound interest in and understanding of England's history, now tells the epic story of England itself.In Foundation,the chronicler of London and of its river, the Thames, takes us from the primeval ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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In this massive bestseller in England, one of Britain's most popular and esteemed historians tells the epic story of the birth of the country.Peter Ackroyd, whose work has always been underpinned by a profound interest in and understanding of England's history, now tells the epic story of England itself.In Foundation,the chronicler of London and of its river, the Thames, takes us from the primeval
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Don't Eat Me

by Colin Cotterill ...

Narrated by Clive Chafer ...

Series series Dr. Siri Paiboun Mysteries
Unabridged

7 hours 57 min

Dr. Siri Paiboun, the 75-year-old ex-national coroner of Laos, may have more experience dissecting bodies than making art, but now that he’s managed to smuggle a fancy movie camera into the country, he devises a plan to shoot a Lao adaptation of War and Peace with his friend Civilai. The only problem? The Ministry of Culture must approve the script before they can get rolling. That, and they can’t ... Read more

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Dr. Siri Paiboun, the 75-year-old ex-national coroner of Laos, may have more experience dissecting bodies than making art, but now that he’s managed to smuggle a fancy movie camera into the country, he devises a plan to shoot a Lao adaptation of War and Peace with his friend Civilai. The only problem? The Ministry of Culture must approve the script before they can get rolling. That, and they can’t
... Read more

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The Twelve Caesars

by Suetonius ...

Narrated by Clive Chafer ...

Unabridged

17 hours 42 min

As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to produce one of the most colorful biographical works in history. The Twelve Caesars chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the foundation of the empire under Julius Caesar and Augustus, ... Read more

$21.99 USD

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As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to produce one of the most colorful biographical works in history. The Twelve Caesars chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the foundation of the empire under Julius Caesar and Augustus,
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