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The Hobbit

The Classic BBC Radio Production

by J.R.R. Tolkien ...

Narrated by Anthony Jackson, Heron Carvic, Paul Daneman, Francis de Wolff, John Justin, John Pullen, Full cast ...

Unabridged

3 hours 42 min

Dwarves, elves, goblins, trolls, dragons and wizards - these are the ingredients of J.R.R. Tolkien's wonderful fantasy, the prelude to The Lord of The Rings, now the subject of a major feature film series. The hero of the tale is Bilbo Baggins, a home-loving unambitious hobbit who is suddenly thrust into what turns out to be the biggest adventure of his life. Guided by Gandalf the wizard, Bilbo ... Read more

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Dwarves, elves, goblins, trolls, dragons and wizards - these are the ingredients of J.R.R. Tolkien's wonderful fantasy, the prelude to The Lord of The Rings, now the subject of a major feature film series. The hero of the tale is Bilbo Baggins, a home-loving unambitious hobbit who is suddenly thrust into what turns out to be the biggest adventure of his life. Guided by Gandalf the wizard, Bilbo
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Racine’s Tragedies: A BBC Radio Drama Collection

Four Classic Full-Cast Productions including Phaedra & Berenice

by Jean Racine ...

Narrated by Barbara Jefford, Paul Daneman, Prunella Scales, Timothy West, Sheila Allen, Christopher Guinee, Sarah Collier, Alec Heggie, David Rintoul, Paul Young, Diana Olsson, William Fox, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

7 hours

Four Neo Classic tragedies from the renowned French dramatist Jean RacineJean-Baptiste Racine was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille. Racine is also an important literary figure in the Western tradition and world literature. Racine was primarily a tragedian. Dive into these classic Greek stories told with a French ... Read more

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Four Neo Classic tragedies from the renowned French dramatist Jean RacineJean-Baptiste Racine was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille. Racine is also an important literary figure in the Western tradition and world literature. Racine was primarily a tragedian. Dive into these classic Greek stories told with a French
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The H G Wells BBC Radio Collection

Dramatisations and readings including The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds & other science fiction classics

by H.G. Wells ...

Narrated by Amy Hoggart, Bernard Cribbins, Bill Nighy, Blake Ritson, Full Cast, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Paul Daneman, Robert Bathurst, Robert Glenister, Stephen Murray ...

Unabridged

29 hours 12 min

BBC radio productions of H. G. Wells' finest fiction - plus hear H .G. Wells in his own words in a selection of original radio broadcasts from the 1930s and 40sH. G. Wells is one of the founding fathers of science fiction, renowned for his futuristic tales in which he predicted space travel, lasers, the atomic bomb and wireless communication. But in addition to his 'scientific romances', he also ... Read more

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BBC radio productions of H. G. Wells' finest fiction - plus hear H .G. Wells in his own words in a selection of original radio broadcasts from the 1930s and 40sH. G. Wells is one of the founding fathers of science fiction, renowned for his futuristic tales in which he predicted space travel, lasers, the atomic bomb and wireless communication. But in addition to his 'scientific romances', he also
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Restoration

by Rose Tremain ...

Narrated by Paul Daneman ...

Unabridged

13 hours 1 min

From Rose Tremain comes the Booker Prize short-listed novel that "restored the historical novel to its rightful place of honor" (New York Times).Robert Merivel, son of a glove maker and an aspiring physician, finds his fortunes transformed when he is given a position at the court of King Charles II. Merivel slips easily into a life of luxury and idleness, enthusiastically enjoying the women and ... Read more

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From Rose Tremain comes the Booker Prize short-listed novel that "restored the historical novel to its rightful place of honor" (New York Times).Robert Merivel, son of a glove maker and an aspiring physician, finds his fortunes transformed when he is given a position at the court of King Charles II. Merivel slips easily into a life of luxury and idleness, enthusiastically enjoying the women and
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Alibi for a Judge & other plays

Eight Full-Cast Vintage BBC Radio Dramatisations

by Henry Cecil ...

Narrated by Cecil Parker, Monica Grey, Norman Shelley, David Spenser, Naunton Wayne, Basil Dawson, Alan Barry, John Westbrook, Joan Matheson, Peter Sallis, Sarah Badel, Peter Howell, Paul Daneman, Peter Williams, Gerald Cross ...

Unabridged

10 hours 21 min

Eight thrilling tales from the writer of Brothers in Law, featuring courtroom cases, legal wranglings, conspiracy and blackmailBarrister and county court judge, Henry Cecil wrote numerous comic stories set in the legal world, most famously Brothers in Law. Collected here are eight vintage dramas based on his works, beginning with an adaptation of his debut novel, The Painswick Line, a tale of a ... Read more

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Eight thrilling tales from the writer of Brothers in Law, featuring courtroom cases, legal wranglings, conspiracy and blackmailBarrister and county court judge, Henry Cecil wrote numerous comic stories set in the legal world, most famously Brothers in Law. Collected here are eight vintage dramas based on his works, beginning with an adaptation of his debut novel, The Painswick Line, a tale of a
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The War Of The Worlds

Classic Radio Sci-Fi

by H.G. Wells ...

Narrated by Anthony Jackson, Full Cast, Martin Jarvis, Paul Daneman, Peter Sallis ...

Series Audiobook 7 - Classic Radio Sci-Fi
Unabridged

2 hours 41 min

'They came in cylinders as dreaded falling stars; they were the ultimate killing machines...' When a Martian spacecraft crash-lands near Woking, mankind is terrorised by aliens in tall, armoured capsules that stalk the countryside on three legs. The frightening machines wreak havoc on London and the Southern Counties with their heat-rays, and survivors are driven underground. Yet it all began in ... Read more

$8.99 USD

'They came in cylinders as dreaded falling stars; they were the ultimate killing machines...' When a Martian spacecraft crash-lands near Woking, mankind is terrorised by aliens in tall, armoured capsules that stalk the countryside on three legs. The frightening machines wreak havoc on London and the Southern Counties with their heat-rays, and survivors are driven underground. Yet it all began in
... Read more

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New England Bound

Slavery and Colonization in Early America

by Wendy Warren ...

Narrated by Elizabeth Wiley ...

Unabridged

10 hours 4 min

In a work that fundamentally recasts the history of colonial America, Wendy Warren shows how the institution of slavery was inexorably linked with the first century of English colonization of New England. While most histories of slavery in early America confine themselves to the Southern colonies and the Caribbean, New England Bound forcefully widens the historical aperture to include the entirety ... Read more

$17.99 USD

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In a work that fundamentally recasts the history of colonial America, Wendy Warren shows how the institution of slavery was inexorably linked with the first century of English colonization of New England. While most histories of slavery in early America confine themselves to the Southern colonies and the Caribbean, New England Bound forcefully widens the historical aperture to include the entirety
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The Age of Caesar

Five Roman Lives

by Plutarch ...

Narrated by Michael Page ...

Unabridged

11 hours 44 min

Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, Antony: the names still resonate across thousands of years. Major figures in the civil wars that brutally ended the Roman republic, their lives pose a question that haunts us still: how to safeguard a republic from the flaws of its leaders.This edition of Plutarch delivers a fresh translation of notable clarity, explanatory notes, and ample historical context. ... Read more

$30.99 USD

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Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, Antony: the names still resonate across thousands of years. Major figures in the civil wars that brutally ended the Roman republic, their lives pose a question that haunts us still: how to safeguard a republic from the flaws of its leaders.This edition of Plutarch delivers a fresh translation of notable clarity, explanatory notes, and ample historical context.
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Biloxi

A Novel

by Mary Miller ...

Narrated by Danny Campbell ...

Unabridged

7 hours 43 min

Mary Miller seizes the mantle of Southern literature with this wry tale of middle age and the unexpected turns a life can take.Like her predecessors Ann Beattie and Raymond Carver, Mary Miller brings an essential voice to her generation. Building on her critically acclaimed novel The Last Days of California and her biting collection Always Happy Hour, Miller slyly transports listeners to her ... Read more

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Mary Miller seizes the mantle of Southern literature with this wry tale of middle age and the unexpected turns a life can take.Like her predecessors Ann Beattie and Raymond Carver, Mary Miller brings an essential voice to her generation. Building on her critically acclaimed novel The Last Days of California and her biting collection Always Happy Hour, Miller slyly transports listeners to her
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Fierce Ambition

The Life and Legend of War Correspondent Maggie Higgins

by Jennet Conant ...

Narrated by EJ Lavery ...

Unabridged

13 hours 56 min

Marguerite Higgins was both the scourge and envy of the journalistic world. A longtime reporter for the New York Herald Tribune, she first catapulted to fame with her dramatic account of the liberation of Dachau at the end of World War II. Brash, beautiful, ruthlessly competitive, and sexually adventurous, she forced her way to the front despite being told the combat zone was no place for a woman ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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Marguerite Higgins was both the scourge and envy of the journalistic world. A longtime reporter for the New York Herald Tribune, she first catapulted to fame with her dramatic account of the liberation of Dachau at the end of World War II. Brash, beautiful, ruthlessly competitive, and sexually adventurous, she forced her way to the front despite being told the combat zone was no place for a woman
... Read more

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The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man

A Novel

by Jonas Jonasson, Rachel Willson-Broyles ...

Narrated by Peter Kenny ...

Unabridged

10 hours 18 min

What's next for Allan Karlsson? Turns out this centenarian has a few more adventures in store . . .It all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of champagne. Allan and Julius are ready for some spectacular views, but they’re not expecting to land in the sea and be rescued by a North Korean ship, and they could never have imagined that the captain of the ship would be harboring a ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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What's next for Allan Karlsson? Turns out this centenarian has a few more adventures in store . . .It all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of champagne. Allan and Julius are ready for some spectacular views, but they’re not expecting to land in the sea and be rescued by a North Korean ship, and they could never have imagined that the captain of the ship would be harboring a
... Read more

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The Shape of Family

A Novel

by Shilpi Somaya Gowda ...

Narrated by Shiromi Arserio, Vikas Adam ...

Unabridged

10 hours 39 min

""Deeply involving....Rings so true."" -- Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of RoomFrom the international bestselling author of Secret Daughter and The Golden Son comes a poignant, unforgettable novel about a family's growing apart and coming back together in the wake of tragedy.“The Shape of Family is a novel about race and culture, parents and siblings, marriage and love, but most of all, it's ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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""Deeply involving....Rings so true."" -- Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of RoomFrom the international bestselling author of Secret Daughter and The Golden Son comes a poignant, unforgettable novel about a family's growing apart and coming back together in the wake of tragedy.“The Shape of Family is a novel about race and culture, parents and siblings, marriage and love, but most of all, it's
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