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Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley, Daniel Philpott, Roger May, Jonathan Oliver ...

Narrated by Daniel Philpott, Roger May, Jonathan Oliver ...

Unabridged

9 hours 8 min

Mary Shelley’s poignant exploration of the true depths of human ambition has had a profound effect on readers since its conception in 1816. When scientist Victor Frankenstein forms a creature from the body parts of corpses, thus shattering the perceived limits of scientific understanding, the consequences are devastating. As Frankenstein becomes disgusted with his experiment, he thwarts the ... Read more

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Mary Shelley’s poignant exploration of the true depths of human ambition has had a profound effect on readers since its conception in 1816. When scientist Victor Frankenstein forms a creature from the body parts of corpses, thus shattering the perceived limits of scientific understanding, the consequences are devastating. As Frankenstein becomes disgusted with his experiment, he thwarts the
... Read more

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In a Glass Darkly

by Sheridan Le Fanu, Jonathan Keeble, Daniel Philpott, Sean Barrett, David Horovitch, Nicholas Boulton0, Alison Pettitt2 ...

Narrated by Jonathan Keeble, Daniel Philpott, Sean Barrett, David Horovitch, Nicholas Boulton, Alison Pettitt1 ...

Unabridged

12 hours 15 min

Demons, vengeful spirits, insanity, premature burials and lesbian vampires, In a Glass Darkly contains five diabolical tales of horror and mystery that will get the heart racing. Each story, including the famous Green Tea and Carmilla, is presented as a case from the posthumous papers of Dr Martin Hesselius, a metaphysical physician who has no doubt as to the existence of supernatural phenomena ... Read more

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Demons, vengeful spirits, insanity, premature burials and lesbian vampires, In a Glass Darkly contains five diabolical tales of horror and mystery that will get the heart racing. Each story, including the famous Green Tea and Carmilla, is presented as a case from the posthumous papers of Dr Martin Hesselius, a metaphysical physician who has no doubt as to the existence of supernatural phenomena
... Read more

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Religious Freedom in Islam

The Fate of a Universal Human Right in the Muslim World Today

by Daniel Philpott ...

Since at least the attacks of September 11, 2001, one of the most pressing political questions of the age has been whether Islam is hostile to religious freedom. Daniel Philpott examines conditions on the ground in forty-seven Muslim-majority countries today and offers an honest, clear-eyed answer to this urgent question. It is not, however, a simple answer. From a satellite view, the Muslim world ... Read more

$30.59 USD

Since at least the attacks of September 11, 2001, one of the most pressing political questions of the age has been whether Islam is hostile to religious freedom. Daniel Philpott examines conditions on the ground in forty-seven Muslim-majority countries today and offers an honest, clear-eyed answer to this urgent question. It is not, however, a simple answer. From a satellite view, the Muslim world
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Just and Unjust Peace

An Ethic of Political Reconciliation

by Daniel Philpott ...

Series series Studies in Strategic Peacebuilding
Winner of the 2013 Christianity Today Book Award in Missions / Global Affairs Winner of the Aldersgate Prize Honorable Mention Winner of the 2014 International Studies Association International Ethics Section Book Award In the wake of massive injustice, how can justice be achieved and peace restored? Is it possible to find a universal standard that will work for people of diverse and often ... Read more

$34.19 USD

Winner of the 2013 Christianity Today Book Award in Missions / Global Affairs Winner of the Aldersgate Prize Honorable Mention Winner of the 2014 International Studies Association International Ethics Section Book Award In the wake of massive injustice, how can justice be achieved and peace restored? Is it possible to find a universal standard that will work for people of diverse and often
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Our Island Story (complete)

by H.E. Marshall, Anna Bentinck, Daniel Philpott ...

Narrated by Anna Bentinck, Daniel Philpott ...

Unabridged

15 hours 21 min

H. E. Marshall’s classic children’s chronicle of Britain Our Island Story includes all the best-loved (and most infamous!) stories from history: King Alfred and the cakes; King John and the Magna Carta; Lord Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar; Queen Elizabeth and the Spanish Armada; and many others. This box set contains the complete and unabridged text, released previously in separate volumes. It ... Read more

$29.99 USD

H. E. Marshall’s classic children’s chronicle of Britain Our Island Story includes all the best-loved (and most infamous!) stories from history: King Alfred and the cakes; King John and the Magna Carta; Lord Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar; Queen Elizabeth and the Spanish Armada; and many others. This box set contains the complete and unabridged text, released previously in separate volumes. It
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Revolutions in Sovereignty

How Ideas Shaped Modern International Relations

by Daniel Philpott ...

Series series Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
How did the world come to be organized into sovereign states? Daniel Philpott argues that two historical revolutions in ideas are responsible. First, the Protestant Reformation ended medieval Christendom and brought a system of sovereign states in Europe, culminating at the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Second, ideas of equality and colonial nationalism brought a sweeping end to colonial empires ... Read more

$47.59 USD

How did the world come to be organized into sovereign states? Daniel Philpott argues that two historical revolutions in ideas are responsible. First, the Protestant Reformation ended medieval Christendom and brought a system of sovereign states in Europe, culminating at the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Second, ideas of equality and colonial nationalism brought a sweeping end to colonial empires
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Dracula

by Bram Stoker ...

Narrated by Brian Cox, Heathcote Williams, Dermot Kerrigan, Siri O’Neal, Michael Gould, Polly Hayes, Daniel Philpott, Matthew Warburton, Elaine Claxton, Peter Yapp, Benjamin Soames, Anna Britten, Laura Paton, Neville Jason ...

Abridged

3 hours 56 min

For a century Bram Stoker’s Dracula has reigned supreme as the undisputed masterpiece of horror writing. We have all grown up under the shadow of the elegant Count, at once an attractive, brutal and erotic creature of the night. In 1897 Bram Stoker wrote a story expressing the most persistent nightmare of the human condition. Take this opportunity to dream again… ... Read more

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For a century Bram Stoker’s Dracula has reigned supreme as the undisputed masterpiece of horror writing. We have all grown up under the shadow of the elegant Count, at once an attractive, brutal and erotic creature of the night. In 1897 Bram Stoker wrote a story expressing the most persistent nightmare of the human condition. Take this opportunity to dream again…
... Read more

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Frankenstein (Educational Edition)

by Mary Shelley, Francis Gilbert ...

Narrated by Daniel Philpott, Roger May, Jonathan Oliver, Lucy Scott ...

Unabridged

11 hours 6 min

Contains the unabridged audiobook and an educational audio guide.The ‘Educational Editions’ from Naxos AudioBooks allow listeners to enjoy important works of fiction and learn about their key elements. Each ‘Educational Edition’ combines the unabridged audiobook with an indispensable audio guide that gives background and author detail and explores the book’s themes, structure, key passages and ... Read more

$29.99 USD

Contains the unabridged audiobook and an educational audio guide.The ‘Educational Editions’ from Naxos AudioBooks allow listeners to enjoy important works of fiction and learn about their key elements. Each ‘Educational Edition’ combines the unabridged audiobook with an indispensable audio guide that gives background and author detail and explores the book’s themes, structure, key passages and
... Read more
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Twelfth Night

Directed by David Timson

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Stella Gonet, Gerard Murphy, Jonathan Keeble, Daniel Philpott, Nick Fletcher, Peter Yapp, Jane Whittenshaw, Malcolm Sinclair, David Timson, Lucy Whybrow, Christopher Godwin, Brian Parr, Adam Kotz, Benjamin Soames ...

Unabridged

2 hours 15 min

Twelfth Night, first performed around 1600, probably at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, is the tale of separated brother and sister twins Sebastian and Viola and their love entanglements. It also offers the rich comic colours of Sir Toby Belch, Malvolio and Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Twelfth Night is part of Naxos AudioBooks’ exciting new series of complete dramatisations of the works of Shakespeare, ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Twelfth Night, first performed around 1600, probably at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, is the tale of separated brother and sister twins Sebastian and Viola and their love entanglements. It also offers the rich comic colours of Sir Toby Belch, Malvolio and Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Twelfth Night is part of Naxos AudioBooks’ exciting new series of complete dramatisations of the works of Shakespeare,
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The Invisible Man

by H.G. Wells ...

Narrated by Daniel Philpott ...

Unabridged

5 hours 15 min

A stranger arrives in a small English town, wreathed in a hat, coat, goggles and bandages. It’s not just his identity he’s hiding, though; he has discovered the secret of invisibility, and believes it will lead him to ultimate power. But he needs to be able to control the process, and when the terrified villagers refuse to help him, he decides on bloody revenge. An immediate success when it first ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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A stranger arrives in a small English town, wreathed in a hat, coat, goggles and bandages. It’s not just his identity he’s hiding, though; he has discovered the secret of invisibility, and believes it will lead him to ultimate power. But he needs to be able to control the process, and when the terrified villagers refuse to help him, he decides on bloody revenge. An immediate success when it first
... Read more

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King Richard III

Directed by David Timson

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, Geraldine McEwan, Nicholas Farrell, Stella Gonet, Michael Maloney, John Shrapnel, Celia Imrie, John Woodvine, Bruce Alexander, Auriol Smith, Raphael Clarkson, Louise Alder, Dominic Kraemer, Jamie Glover, Stephen Thorne, Daniel Philpott, Jonathan Keeble, Peter Yapp, Barrie Jaimeson, Nick Fletcher, Neville Jason, David Timson ...

Unabridged

3 hours 20 min

Kenneth Branagh heads an outstanding cast in playing one of Shakespeare’s strongest characters. The eighth production in the widely admired series of Shakespeare plays presented by Naxos AudioBooks in association with Cambridge University Press. ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Kenneth Branagh heads an outstanding cast in playing one of Shakespeare’s strongest characters. The eighth production in the widely admired series of Shakespeare plays presented by Naxos AudioBooks in association with Cambridge University Press.
... Read more
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Smoke and Mirrors

by Elly Griffiths ...

Narrated by Daniel Philpott ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Brighton Mysteries
Unabridged

8 hours 12 min

“Another great series.” — San Jose Mercury News**“A dazzlingly tricky mystery.” — Kirkus Reviews“A tremendous skein of red herrings, sharp and thorough police work, [and] mysterious connections.” — Bookgasm**It’s Christmastime in Brighton, and the city is abuzz about magician Max Mephisto’s star turn in Aladdin. But the holiday cheer is lost on DI Edgar Stephens. He’s investigating the murder of ... Read more

$25.99 USD

“Another great series.” — San Jose Mercury News**“A dazzlingly tricky mystery.” — Kirkus Reviews“A tremendous skein of red herrings, sharp and thorough police work, [and] mysterious connections.” — Bookgasm**It’s Christmastime in Brighton, and the city is abuzz about magician Max Mephisto’s star turn in Aladdin. But the holiday cheer is lost on DI Edgar Stephens. He’s investigating the murder of
... Read more