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Mysteries of Max Carrados Box Set, The

Three Max Carrados Mysteries: Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Simon Callow, Lionel Jeffries, & full supporting cast, Brett Usher, Brian Orrell, Charles Simpson, David Bannerman, Deidra Morris, Ian Armstrong, Kathryn Pogson, Lynsey Baxter, Marianne Morley, Matthew Marsh, Michael Beint, Oona Benson, Paul Panting, Philip Glenister, Robert Oates, Stephen Tompkinson, Steve Hodson, Teresa Gallagher ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Thriller Playhouse
Unabridged

2 hours 11 min

A collection of three thrilling mysteries, set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, where every story promises a 'Thousand Thrills!', with ingenious plots, full of twists and surprises, driven along with exciting action and tongue in cheek humour.“Murder mysteries always work well as spoken word and Mr Punch’s Thriller Playhouse is particularly good... Atmospheric and Great Fun ” Daily ... Read more

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A collection of three thrilling mysteries, set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, where every story promises a 'Thousand Thrills!', with ingenious plots, full of twists and surprises, driven along with exciting action and tongue in cheek humour.“Murder mysteries always work well as spoken word and Mr Punch’s Thriller Playhouse is particularly good... Atmospheric and Great Fun ” Daily
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Ingenious Mind of Rigby Lacksome, The

A Max Carrados Mystery: Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Simon Callow, Lionel Jeffries, Deidra Morris, Ian Armstrong, Lynsey Baxter, Oona Benson, Robert Oates, Stephen Tompkinson ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Thriller Playhouse
Unabridged

42 min

Set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, where every story promises a 'Thousand Thrills!', with ingenious plots, full of twists and surprises, driven along with exciting action and tongue in cheek humour.Max Carrados, the celebrated blind detective is lured to Stratford upon Avon following an explosion by a band of determined suffragettes. Faced with the ingenious mind of Mr Rigby Lacksome, ... Read more

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Set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, where every story promises a 'Thousand Thrills!', with ingenious plots, full of twists and surprises, driven along with exciting action and tongue in cheek humour.Max Carrados, the celebrated blind detective is lured to Stratford upon Avon following an explosion by a band of determined suffragettes. Faced with the ingenious mind of Mr Rigby Lacksome,
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Playing to Win

Sports, Video Games, and the Culture of Play

Edited by Robert Alan Brookey, Thomas P. Oates ...

Series series Digital Game Studies
In this era of big media franchises, sports branding has crossed platforms, so that the sport, its television broadcast, and its replication in an electronic game are packaged and promoted as part of the same fan experience. Editors Robert Alan Brookey and Thomas P. Oates trace this development back to the unexpected success of Atari's Pong in the 1970s, which provoked a flood of sport simulation ... Read more

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In this era of big media franchises, sports branding has crossed platforms, so that the sport, its television broadcast, and its replication in an electronic game are packaged and promoted as part of the same fan experience. Editors Robert Alan Brookey and Thomas P. Oates trace this development back to the unexpected success of Atari's Pong in the 1970s, which provoked a flood of sport simulation
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The Doll-Master

And Other Tales of Terror

by Joyce Carol Oates ...

Narrated by Kirsten Potter, Robert Fass ...

Unabridged

8 hours 46 min

From one of our most important contemporary writers, The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror is a bold, haunting collection of six stories.In the title story, a young boy becomes obsessed with his cousin's doll after she tragically passes away from leukemia. As he grows older, he begins to collect "found dolls" from the surrounding neighborhoods and stores his treasures in the abandoned carriage ... Read more

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From one of our most important contemporary writers, The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror is a bold, haunting collection of six stories.In the title story, a young boy becomes obsessed with his cousin's doll after she tragically passes away from leukemia. As he grows older, he begins to collect "found dolls" from the surrounding neighborhoods and stores his treasures in the abandoned carriage
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Fertility Preservation in Male Cancer Patients

by Linda D. Applegarth, Robert D. Oates, Peter N. Schlegel ...

Men with cancer rendered infertile by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and hormone therapy that are needed to control or cure their disease are increasingly being offered the chance to preserve their reproductive potential through artificial reproductive technologies. Cryopreservation of sperm and testicular tissue have increasingly helped boys and men preserve their fertility. There is a growing ... Read more

$159.89 USD

Men with cancer rendered infertile by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and hormone therapy that are needed to control or cure their disease are increasingly being offered the chance to preserve their reproductive potential through artificial reproductive technologies. Cryopreservation of sperm and testicular tissue have increasingly helped boys and men preserve their fertility. There is a growing
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Financing the New Federalism

Revenue Sharing, Conditional Grants and Taxation

by Robert P. Inman, Martin McGuire, Wallace E. Oates, Jeffrey L. Pressman, Robert D. Reischauer ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
Financing the New Federalism is the fifth in a series on the governance of metropolitan areas which aimed to improve the political organisation of metropolitan regions in America. Originally published in 1975, this particular study focusses on federal revenue sharing exploring its effects and implications with the purpose of providing a breadth of views on the subject for policy-makers. This title ... Read more

$51.99 USD

Financing the New Federalism is the fifth in a series on the governance of metropolitan areas which aimed to improve the political organisation of metropolitan regions in America. Originally published in 1975, this particular study focusses on federal revenue sharing exploring its effects and implications with the purpose of providing a breadth of views on the subject for policy-makers. This title
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The Museum of Dr. Moses

Tales of Mystery and Suspense

by Joyce Carol Oates ...

Narrated by Laura Hicks, Robert Fass ...

Unabridged

7 hours 44 min

Joyce Carol Oates explores with bloodcurdling insight the ties that bind—or worse.In “The Man Who Fought Roland LaStarza” a woman’s world is upended when she learns the brutal truth about a family friend’s death—and what her father is capable of. Meanwhile, a businessman desperate to find his missing two-year-old grandson in “Suicide Watch” must determine whether the horrifying tale his junkie son ... Read more

$19.95 USD

Joyce Carol Oates explores with bloodcurdling insight the ties that bind—or worse.In “The Man Who Fought Roland LaStarza” a woman’s world is upended when she learns the brutal truth about a family friend’s death—and what her father is capable of. Meanwhile, a businessman desperate to find his missing two-year-old grandson in “Suicide Watch” must determine whether the horrifying tale his junkie son
... Read more
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Sunset Boulevard

Adapted from the screenplay & performed for radio by the original film stars

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Gloria Swanson, William Holden ...

Series Audiobook 10 - Hollywood Playhouse
Unabridged

48 min

Mr Punch Presents: SUNSET BOULEVARD, nominated for eleven Academy Awards, Billy Wilder’s brilliant 1950 film is about the flamboyant silent movie star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) and her pitiful attempt to stage a comeback to the silver screen through her friendship with the young opportunistic screenwriter, played by William Holden. Recreated for the radio with the original stars in this ... Read more

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Mr Punch Presents: SUNSET BOULEVARD, nominated for eleven Academy Awards, Billy Wilder’s brilliant 1950 film is about the flamboyant silent movie star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) and her pitiful attempt to stage a comeback to the silver screen through her friendship with the young opportunistic screenwriter, played by William Holden. Recreated for the radio with the original stars in this
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Gazette Collection, The

A vivid portrait of British life through the centuries. A full-cast audio.

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Eileen Atkins, Cheryl Campbell, Alex Jennings, Geoffrey Palmer, Hugh Laurie, John Wood, Michael Maloney, Michael Pennington, Nigel Davenport, Prunella Scales, Richard Johnson, Samuel West ...

Series Audiobook 10 - The Gazette
Unabridged

13 hours 10 min

The Gazette Collection is a vivid portrait of British life through the centuries, told entirely in the words of those who were there.Performed by an outstanding company of award-winning actors including Dame Eileen Atkins, Cheryl Campbell, Nigel Davenport, Alex Jennings, Richard Johnson OBE, Hugh Laurie CBE, Michael Maloney, Geoffrey Palmer OBE, Michael Pennington, Prunella Scales CBE, Samuel West ... Read more

$53.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Gazette Collection is a vivid portrait of British life through the centuries, told entirely in the words of those who were there.Performed by an outstanding company of award-winning actors including Dame Eileen Atkins, Cheryl Campbell, Nigel Davenport, Alex Jennings, Richard Johnson OBE, Hugh Laurie CBE, Michael Maloney, Geoffrey Palmer OBE, Michael Pennington, Prunella Scales CBE, Samuel West
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It’s a Wonderful Life

Adapted from the screenplay & performed for radio by the original film stars

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by James Stewart, Donna Reed, Victor Moore ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Hollywood Playhouse
Unabridged

51 min

Mr Punch Presents: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, the irresistibly heart-warming story of George Bailey, who is prevented from committing suicide by the elderly angel Clarence, who takes him on a journey back through his life to show him how the town of Bedford Falls would have been had he never lived. Directed by the celebrated Frank Capra, it is performed here for radio with James Stewart and Donna Reed ... Read more

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Mr Punch Presents: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, the irresistibly heart-warming story of George Bailey, who is prevented from committing suicide by the elderly angel Clarence, who takes him on a journey back through his life to show him how the town of Bedford Falls would have been had he never lived. Directed by the celebrated Frank Capra, it is performed here for radio with James Stewart and Donna Reed
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Mutiny on the Bounty

An award-winning three-part classic serial. A Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Oliver Reed, Linus Roach, Ali Hames, Andrew Schofield, Charles Simpson, Clive Hill, David Healey, David Roper, Jonathan Keeble, Lionel Jeffries, Lynhdam Gregory, Mamta Kaash, Richard Pearce, Roger Daltrey, Russell Floyd, Steve Hodson, Vincent Friel ...

Unabridged

2 hours 41 min

Mutiny on the Bounty is a gripping adventure of the high seas and a story of treachery and betrayal.First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, this epic three-part serial tells the true story of Fletcher Christian’s dramatic mutiny against his tyrannical Captain and how Lieutenant Bligh when cast adrift in an open rowing boat with 18 loyal men makes an incredible voyage across 3,600 miles of hostile and ... Read more

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Mutiny on the Bounty is a gripping adventure of the high seas and a story of treachery and betrayal.First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, this epic three-part serial tells the true story of Fletcher Christian’s dramatic mutiny against his tyrannical Captain and how Lieutenant Bligh when cast adrift in an open rowing boat with 18 loyal men makes an incredible voyage across 3,600 miles of hostile and
... Read more
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Hollywood Playhouse Box Set

14 Movies specially adapted for radio & performed by the original film stars

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Alan Ladd, Anne Baxter, Bette Davis, Bing Crosby, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Dinah Shore, Donna Reed, Elizabeth Taylor, Gary Cooper, Gloria Swanson, Greer Garson, James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Mickey Rooney, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Van Heflin, Victor Moore, Vivien Leigh, Walter Huston, William Holden ...

Series Audiobook 15 - Hollywood Playhouse
Unabridged

9 hours 23 min

The Hollywood Playhouse Box Set is a unique compilation of 14 Oscar winning films specially adapted from the original screenplays & performed for the radio by many of the original film stars in front of a live studio audience. Re-mastered and re-edited from the original radio broadcastCASABLANCA with Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid BergmanTHE MALTESE FALCON with Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre & Sydney ... Read more

$53.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Hollywood Playhouse Box Set is a unique compilation of 14 Oscar winning films specially adapted from the original screenplays & performed for the radio by many of the original film stars in front of a live studio audience. Re-mastered and re-edited from the original radio broadcastCASABLANCA with Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid BergmanTHE MALTESE FALCON with Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre & Sydney
... Read more