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Lucky Jim

by Kingsley Amis ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Unabridged

9 hours 38 min

A hilarious satire about college life and high-class manners, this is a classic of postwar English literature.Regarded by many as the finest, and funniest, comic novel of the twentieth century, Lucky Jim remains as trenchant, withering, and eloquently misanthropic as when it first scandalized readers in 1954.This is the story of Jim Dixon, a hapless lecturer in medieval history at a provincial ... Read more

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A hilarious satire about college life and high-class manners, this is a classic of postwar English literature.Regarded by many as the finest, and funniest, comic novel of the twentieth century, Lucky Jim remains as trenchant, withering, and eloquently misanthropic as when it first scandalized readers in 1954.This is the story of Jim Dixon, a hapless lecturer in medieval history at a provincial
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Stigma

by Thomas Enger, Jørn Lier Horst ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Alexander Blix
Unabridged

11 hours 20 min

Alexander Blix is a broken man. Convicted for avenging his daughter's death, he is being held in one of Norway's high-security prisons. Inside, the other prisoners take every opportunity to humiliate the former police investigator. Outside, Blix's former colleagues are hunting for a terrifying killer. Walter Kroos has escaped from prison in Germany and is heading north. The only lead established ... Read more

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Alexander Blix is a broken man. Convicted for avenging his daughter's death, he is being held in one of Norway's high-security prisons. Inside, the other prisoners take every opportunity to humiliate the former police investigator. Outside, Blix's former colleagues are hunting for a terrifying killer. Walter Kroos has escaped from prison in Germany and is heading north. The only lead established
... Read more
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The Nonesuch

Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

by Georgette Heyer ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Unabridged

10 hours 53 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Sir Waldo Hawkridge -- wealthy, handsome, eligible, illustrious, and known as 'The Nonesuch' for his athletic prowess -- believes he is past the age of falling in love. But when he comes North to inspect his unusual inheritance at Broom Hall in the West Riding, his arrival leads to the most entertaining of ramifications ...Georgette Heyer won the hearts of a huge ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Brought to you by Penguin.Sir Waldo Hawkridge -- wealthy, handsome, eligible, illustrious, and known as 'The Nonesuch' for his athletic prowess -- believes he is past the age of falling in love. But when he comes North to inspect his unusual inheritance at Broom Hall in the West Riding, his arrival leads to the most entertaining of ramifications ...Georgette Heyer won the hearts of a huge
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Unhinged

by Thomas Enger, Jørn Lier Horst ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Alexander Blix
Unabridged

10 hours 32 min

Investigator Sofia Kovic has uncovered a connection between several deaths in Oslo over the last year and a half. She tries to call her superior, Alexander Blix, but before Blix has time to return her call, Kovic is shot and killed in her own home. In the apartment below, Blix's daughter Iselin narrowly escapes becoming the killer's next victim. Four days later, Blix and online crime journalist ... Read more

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Investigator Sofia Kovic has uncovered a connection between several deaths in Oslo over the last year and a half. She tries to call her superior, Alexander Blix, but before Blix has time to return her call, Kovic is shot and killed in her own home. In the apartment below, Blix's daughter Iselin narrowly escapes becoming the killer's next victim. Four days later, Blix and online crime journalist
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Undelivered

The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History

by Jeff Nussbaum ...

Narrated by Jeff Nussbaum, Adam Gifford, Brian Bowles, Elisa Roth, Garrick Hagon, Glen McCready, James Lailey, Johnny Heller, Kathleen Chalfant, Kurt Kanazawa0, Lance Blair1, Greg Lockett2 ...

Unabridged

10 hours 54 min

"There may be no more important listen regarding the fate of the nation's democracy than this historical record."- AudioFile**This program is read by the author and full cast, includes actual audio clips from historical and political figures, and has actors narrating the entire undelivered speeches throughout.A fascinating insight into notable speeches that were never delivered, showing what could ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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"There may be no more important listen regarding the fate of the nation's democracy than this historical record."- AudioFile**This program is read by the author and full cast, includes actual audio clips from historical and political figures, and has actors narrating the entire undelivered speeches throughout.A fascinating insight into notable speeches that were never delivered, showing what could
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Victim

by Thomas Enger, Jørn Lier Horst ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Alexander Blix
Unabridged

12 hours 9 min

Two years ago, Alexander Blix was the lead investigator in a missing person's case where a young mother, Elisabeth Eie, had been kidnapped. The case came to a standstill when Blix's own daughter was killed and he was arrested for avenging her. Blix is a now free man again, but Elisabeth's kidnapper has found him. The police are unwilling to accept Blix's help. But Elisabeth's murderer continues to ... Read more

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Two years ago, Alexander Blix was the lead investigator in a missing person's case where a young mother, Elisabeth Eie, had been kidnapped. The case came to a standstill when Blix's own daughter was killed and he was arrested for avenging her. Blix is a now free man again, but Elisabeth's kidnapper has found him. The police are unwilling to accept Blix's help. But Elisabeth's murderer continues to
... Read more
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Winter

A Bernard Samson Novel

by Len Deighton ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Unabridged

24 hours 55 min

"What raises Deighton's genre to art is not only his absorbing characters but his metaphoric grace, droll wit, command of technical detail . . . and sure sense of place." —Washington PostPeter and Paul Winter, sons of a German businessman, are bonded by childhood trauma. When they grow apart, only to meet again under the shadow of the Third Reich—and then again at the Nuremburg trials—they find ... Read more

$34.99 USD

"What raises Deighton's genre to art is not only his absorbing characters but his metaphoric grace, droll wit, command of technical detail . . . and sure sense of place." —Washington PostPeter and Paul Winter, sons of a German businessman, are bonded by childhood trauma. When they grow apart, only to meet again under the shadow of the Third Reich—and then again at the Nuremburg trials—they find
... Read more
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Brothers of the Wind

by Tad Williams ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Series series Osten Ard
Unabridged

12 hours 17 min

Set in the New York Times bestselling world of Osten Ard, this short novel continues the saga that inspired a generation of fantasistsPride often goes before a fall, but sometimes that prideful fall is so catastrophic that it changes history itself.Among the immortal Sithi of Osten Ard, none are more beloved and admired than the two sons of the ruling family, steady Hakatri and his proud and fiery ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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Set in the New York Times bestselling world of Osten Ard, this short novel continues the saga that inspired a generation of fantasistsPride often goes before a fall, but sometimes that prideful fall is so catastrophic that it changes history itself.Among the immortal Sithi of Osten Ard, none are more beloved and admired than the two sons of the ruling family, steady Hakatri and his proud and fiery
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Smoke Screen

by Thomas Enger, Jørn Lier Horst ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Alexander Blix
Unabridged

10 hours 1 min

Oslo, New Year's Eve. The annual firework celebration is rocked by an explosion, and the city is put on terrorist alert. Police officer Alexander Blix and blogger Emma Ramm are on the scene, and when a severely injured survivor is pulled from the icy harbour, she is identified as the mother of two-year-old Patricia Smeplass, who was kidnapped on her way home from kindergarten ten years earlier and ... Read more

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Oslo, New Year's Eve. The annual firework celebration is rocked by an explosion, and the city is put on terrorist alert. Police officer Alexander Blix and blogger Emma Ramm are on the scene, and when a severely injured survivor is pulled from the icy harbour, she is identified as the mother of two-year-old Patricia Smeplass, who was kidnapped on her way home from kindergarten ten years earlier and
... Read more
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The Ipcress File

by Len Deighton ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Unabridged

8 hours 43 min

A high-ranking scientist has been kidnapped, and a secret British intelligence agency has just recruited Deighton’s iconic unnamed protagonist—later christened Harry Palmer—to find out why. His search begins in a grimy Soho club and brings him to the other side of the world. When he ends up amongst the Soviets in Beirut, what seemed a straightforward mission turns into something far more sinister ... Read more

$21.99 USD

A high-ranking scientist has been kidnapped, and a secret British intelligence agency has just recruited Deighton’s iconic unnamed protagonist—later christened Harry Palmer—to find out why. His search begins in a grimy Soho club and brings him to the other side of the world. When he ends up amongst the Soviets in Beirut, what seemed a straightforward mission turns into something far more sinister
... Read more
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Funeral in Berlin

by Len Deighton ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Series series Harry Palmer
Unabridged

9 hours 48 min

"Deighton, Greene and John le Carré comprise the reigning triumvirate of fictional spymasters beside whom all others pale." —Seattle TimesIn 1963, Berlin is dark and dangerous. Len Deighton's skilled, jaded, anonymous hero of The IPCRESS File is now set to arrange the defection—and fake the death—of a leading Soviet scientist. "A ferociously cool fable" (New York Times) and one of the first novels ... Read more

$19.99 USD

"Deighton, Greene and John le Carré comprise the reigning triumvirate of fictional spymasters beside whom all others pale." —Seattle TimesIn 1963, Berlin is dark and dangerous. Len Deighton's skilled, jaded, anonymous hero of The IPCRESS File is now set to arrange the defection—and fake the death—of a leading Soviet scientist. "A ferociously cool fable" (New York Times) and one of the first novels
... Read more
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Spy Line

by Len Deighton ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Series series Bernard Samson
Unabridged

10 hours 24 min

Bernard Samson is a spy on the run, forced to abandon his life and job and plunge into hiding. But in the murky, dangerous streets of Berlin, he knows where to hide. Wanted for an act of treachery he has not committed, he must not only escape the grasp of London Central, but get to the bottom of a tangled conspiracy that is about to change everything. In the thrilling penultimate installment of ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Bernard Samson is a spy on the run, forced to abandon his life and job and plunge into hiding. But in the murky, dangerous streets of Berlin, he knows where to hide. Wanted for an act of treachery he has not committed, he must not only escape the grasp of London Central, but get to the bottom of a tangled conspiracy that is about to change everything. In the thrilling penultimate installment of
... Read more