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The Shackleford Sisters Book 1

by Beverley Watts ...

Narrated by Eilidh Beaton, Mark Elstob ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Shackleford Sisters
Unabridged

4 hours 54 min

In this funny romantic series, the Shackleford sisters descend on a Regency society that doesn’t know what’s hit it…....Reverend Augustus Shackleford’s mission in life (aside from ensuring the collection box was suitably full every Sunday) was to secure advantageous marriages for each of his eight daughters. A tall order, given the fact that in the Reverend’s opinion they didn’t possess a single ... Read more

$13.17 USD

In this funny romantic series, the Shackleford sisters descend on a Regency society that doesn’t know what’s hit it…....Reverend Augustus Shackleford’s mission in life (aside from ensuring the collection box was suitably full every Sunday) was to secure advantageous marriages for each of his eight daughters. A tall order, given the fact that in the Reverend’s opinion they didn’t possess a single
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The Definitive Strategy Collection: 6 Works From Sun Tzu, Homer, Machiavelli, and Miyamoto Musashi

The Art of War; The Prince; The Book of Five Rings; On War; The Iliad; & The Odyssey

by Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli, Miyamoto Musashi, Carl von Clausewitz, Homer ...

Narrated by Peter Noble, Mark Elstob, Malk Williams, Barnaby Edwards ...

Unabridged

74 hours 19 min

The Definitive Strategy Collection brings together six of the most influential writings on strategy of all time. From ancient Greece and China to Machiavelli and Carl von Clausewitz's modern masterpiece, On War, this collection spans continents and eras to bring you the greatest wisdom and philosophy on the strategy and philosophy of conflict.The titles included in this collection, in ... Read more

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The Definitive Strategy Collection brings together six of the most influential writings on strategy of all time. From ancient Greece and China to Machiavelli and Carl von Clausewitz's modern masterpiece, On War, this collection spans continents and eras to bring you the greatest wisdom and philosophy on the strategy and philosophy of conflict.The titles included in this collection, in
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The Ultimate Classics Collection – Volume Three: 10 Novels and Stories from Daniel Defoe, Henry David Thoreau, John Milton, Homer, Machiavelli, & More

Gulliver's Travels, Robinson Crusoe, The Divine Comedy, The Iliad, The Prince, Walden, & More

by Daniel Defoe, Homer, Jonathan Swift, The Brothers Grimm, Niccolo Machiavelli, Henry David Thoreau, John Milton, Aesop ...

Narrated by Daniel Weyman, Rachel Atkins, Ben Allen, Jonathan Keeble, Barnaby Edwards, Robert G. Slade, Mark Elstob ...

Unabridged

104 hours 31 min

The Ultimate Classics Collection – Volume Three is the third instalment of some of the most beloved classics in history, expertly read by an incredible cast of narrators including Daniel Weyman, Rachel Atkins, Ben Allen, Jonathan Keeble, Barnaby Edwards, Robert G. Slade and Mark Elstob.In this carefully curated collection, you will discover ten essential works spanning ancient Greek accounts of ... Read more

$234.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Ultimate Classics Collection – Volume Three is the third instalment of some of the most beloved classics in history, expertly read by an incredible cast of narrators including Daniel Weyman, Rachel Atkins, Ben Allen, Jonathan Keeble, Barnaby Edwards, Robert G. Slade and Mark Elstob.In this carefully curated collection, you will discover ten essential works spanning ancient Greek accounts of
... Read more
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The Western Front

A History of the Great War, 1914-1918

by Nick Lloyd ...

Narrated by Mark Elstob ...

Unabridged

20 hours 40 min

The Western Front evokes images of mud-spattered men in waterlogged trenches, shielded from artillery blasts and machine-gun fire by a few feet of dirt. This iconic setting was the most critical arena of the Great War, a 400-mile combat zone stretching from Belgium to Switzerland where more than three million Allied and German soldiers struggled during four years of almost continuous combat. It ... Read more

$30.99 USD

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The Western Front evokes images of mud-spattered men in waterlogged trenches, shielded from artillery blasts and machine-gun fire by a few feet of dirt. This iconic setting was the most critical arena of the Great War, a 400-mile combat zone stretching from Belgium to Switzerland where more than three million Allied and German soldiers struggled during four years of almost continuous combat. It
... Read more

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Rome and Persia

The Seven Hundred Year Rivalry

by Adrian Goldsworthy ...

Narrated by Mark Elstob ...

Unabridged

20 hours 25 min

**The extraordinary history of the epic rivalry between the ancient world’s two great superpowers.“Magnificent.” —Spectator**The Roman Empire was like no other. Stretching from the north of Britain to the Sahara, and from the Atlantic coast to the Euphrates, it imposed peace and prosperity on an unprecedented scale. Its only true rival lay in the east, where the Parthian and then Persian empires ... Read more

$44.99 USD

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**The extraordinary history of the epic rivalry between the ancient world’s two great superpowers.“Magnificent.” —Spectator**The Roman Empire was like no other. Stretching from the north of Britain to the Sahara, and from the Atlantic coast to the Euphrates, it imposed peace and prosperity on an unprecedented scale. Its only true rival lay in the east, where the Parthian and then Persian empires
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The Diary of a Nobody

by George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith ...

Narrated by Mark Elstob ...

Unabridged

4 hours 15 min

Mr Pooter is a man of modest ambitions, content with his ordinary life.Yet he always seems to be troubled by disagreeable tradesmen, impertinent young office clerks and wayward friends, not to mention his devil-may-care son Lupin with his unsuitable choice of bride. In the bumbling, absurd, yet endearing figure of Pooter, the Grossmiths created an immortal comic character and a superb satire on ... Read more

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Mr Pooter is a man of modest ambitions, content with his ordinary life.Yet he always seems to be troubled by disagreeable tradesmen, impertinent young office clerks and wayward friends, not to mention his devil-may-care son Lupin with his unsuitable choice of bride. In the bumbling, absurd, yet endearing figure of Pooter, the Grossmiths created an immortal comic character and a superb satire on
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The Selected Journalism & Essays of Charles Dickens

by Charles Dickens ...

Narrated by Thomas Judd, Mark Elstob ...

Unabridged

27 hours 24 min

'There are certain descriptions of people who, oddly enough, appear to appertain exclusively to the metropolis. You meet them, every day, in the streets of London, but no one ever encounters them elsewhere; they seem indigenous to the soil, and to belong as exclusively to London as its own smoke, or the dingy bricks and mortar.'A brilliantly curated collection of journalistic work and essay ... Read more

$45.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

'There are certain descriptions of people who, oddly enough, appear to appertain exclusively to the metropolis. You meet them, every day, in the streets of London, but no one ever encounters them elsewhere; they seem indigenous to the soil, and to belong as exclusively to London as its own smoke, or the dingy bricks and mortar.'A brilliantly curated collection of journalistic work and essay
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Murder by Matchlight

by E.C.R. Lorac ...

Narrated by Mark Elstob ...

Series series British Library Crime Classics
Unabridged

6 hours 57 min

London, 1945. The capital is shrouded in the darkness of the blackout, and mystery abounds in the parks after dusk. During a stroll through Regent's Park, Bruce Mallaig witnesses two men acting suspiciously around a footbridge. In a matter of moments, one of them has been murdered; Mallaig's view of the assailant but a brief glimpse of a ghastly face in the glow of a struck match. The murderer's ... Read more

$39.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

London, 1945. The capital is shrouded in the darkness of the blackout, and mystery abounds in the parks after dusk. During a stroll through Regent's Park, Bruce Mallaig witnesses two men acting suspiciously around a footbridge. In a matter of moments, one of them has been murdered; Mallaig's view of the assailant but a brief glimpse of a ghastly face in the glow of a struck match. The murderer's
... Read more
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On the Origin of Species

by Charles Darwin ...

Narrated by Mark Elstob ...

Unabridged

17 hours 3 min

'It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.'Considered as the foundation of evolutionary biology, Charles Darwin's groundbreaking On the Origin of Species profoundly transformed the field of biology at the time, as well as contemporary religious beliefs.First published in 1859, On the Origin of Species presents Darwin's ... Read more

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'It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.'Considered as the foundation of evolutionary biology, Charles Darwin's groundbreaking On the Origin of Species profoundly transformed the field of biology at the time, as well as contemporary religious beliefs.First published in 1859, On the Origin of Species presents Darwin's
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The Lady in The Lake

by Jeremy Craddock ...

Narrated by Mark Elstob ...

Unabridged

7 hours 1 min

A body in a lake. A wife missing for 21 years. A husband’s denial of murder. A crime reporter who was there revisits the shocking crime 25 years on.The Lady in the Lake is a real-life murder mystery and true crime memoir that reads like a thriller. A dark secret resurfaces after 21 years in the English Lake District to devastate a family.With powerful themes of murder and denial, the story spans ... Read more

$14.28 USD

A body in a lake. A wife missing for 21 years. A husband’s denial of murder. A crime reporter who was there revisits the shocking crime 25 years on.The Lady in the Lake is a real-life murder mystery and true crime memoir that reads like a thriller. A dark secret resurfaces after 21 years in the English Lake District to devastate a family.With powerful themes of murder and denial, the story spans
... Read more
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Emperor of the Seas

Kublai Khan and the Making of China

by Jack Weatherford ...

Narrated by Mark Elstob ...

Unabridged

11 hours 22 min

Bloomsbury presents… Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of China by Jack Weatherford, read by Mark ElstobControl the sea, and you control everything...a gripping tale of naval warfare, dynastic rivalry, and technical innovation, from the author of the classic work Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World.Genghis Khan built a formidable land empire, but he never... ... Read more

$21.00 USD

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Bloomsbury presents… Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of China by Jack Weatherford, read by Mark ElstobControl the sea, and you control everything...a gripping tale of naval warfare, dynastic rivalry, and technical innovation, from the author of the classic work Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World.Genghis Khan built a formidable land empire, but he never...
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Claiming Victory: A Romantic Comedy

The Shackleford Diaries Book 1

by Beverley Watts ...

Narrated by Colleen Prendergast, Mark Elstob ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Shackleford Diaries
Unabridged

5 hours 52 min

Full of romantic humour, Claiming Victory is a must for fans of funny love stories.At thirty two, Victory Shackleford is arguably overweight, undeniably frumpish and the love of her life is a dog. She still lives at home with her father - an eccentric retired Admiral who she considers reckless, irresponsible, and totally incapable of looking after himself. Her father on the other hand thinks ... Read more

$12.79 USD

Full of romantic humour, Claiming Victory is a must for fans of funny love stories.At thirty two, Victory Shackleford is arguably overweight, undeniably frumpish and the love of her life is a dog. She still lives at home with her father - an eccentric retired Admiral who she considers reckless, irresponsible, and totally incapable of looking after himself. Her father on the other hand thinks
... Read more