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A House for Mr Biswas

by V.S. Naipaul, Sam Dastor ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Unabridged

21 hours 29 min

A House for Mr Biswas, by Nobel and Booker Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul, is a powerful novel about one man’s struggle for identity and belonging. Born into poverty, then trapped in the shackles of charity and gratitude, Mr Biswas longs for a house he can call his own. He loathes his wife and her wealthy family, upon whom he is dependent. Finding himself a mere accessory on their estate, his ... Read more

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A House for Mr Biswas, by Nobel and Booker Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul, is a powerful novel about one man’s struggle for identity and belonging. Born into poverty, then trapped in the shackles of charity and gratitude, Mr Biswas longs for a house he can call his own. He loathes his wife and her wealthy family, upon whom he is dependent. Finding himself a mere accessory on their estate, his
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The Mimic Men

by V.S. Naipaul, Sam Dastor ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Unabridged

10 hours 12 min

Former government minister Ralph Singh is the perpetual outsider: displaced, disillusioned and now living in exile, Ralph reflects on his earlier life and the searing effects of colonialism. Ralph’s constant estrangement sees him ever attempting to fit into various communities, only to find home in more transient spaces. Born on the tropical island of Isabella, he is one of West India’s many ... Read more

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Former government minister Ralph Singh is the perpetual outsider: displaced, disillusioned and now living in exile, Ralph reflects on his earlier life and the searing effects of colonialism. Ralph’s constant estrangement sees him ever attempting to fit into various communities, only to find home in more transient spaces. Born on the tropical island of Isabella, he is one of West India’s many
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A Passage to India

by E. M. Forster ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Unabridged

11 hours 2 min

When Adela and her elderly companion, Mrs. Moore, arrive in the town of Chandrapore, India, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced British community.Determined to explore the “real India,” they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr. Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz, and the well ... Read more

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When Adela and her elderly companion, Mrs. Moore, arrive in the town of Chandrapore, India, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced British community.Determined to explore the “real India,” they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr. Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz, and the well
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The Case of the Reincarnated Client

From the Files of Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Investigator

by Tarquin Hall ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Series Audiobook 5 - The Vish Puri Mysteries
Unabridged

8 hours 50 min

A client claiming she was murdered in a past life is a novel dilemma even for Vish Puri, India’s most private investigator.When a young woman comes forward saying she’s the reincarnation of Riya Kaur, a wife and mother who vanished during the bloody 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Puri is dismissive. He’s busy enough dealing with an irate matrimonial client whose daughter is complaining about her groom’s ... Read more

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A client claiming she was murdered in a past life is a novel dilemma even for Vish Puri, India’s most private investigator.When a young woman comes forward saying she’s the reincarnation of Riya Kaur, a wife and mother who vanished during the bloody 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Puri is dismissive. He’s busy enough dealing with an irate matrimonial client whose daughter is complaining about her groom’s
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India: A Wounded Civilization

by V. S. Naipaul ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Unabridged

6 hours 41 min

In 1975, at the height of Indira Gandhi’s “Emergency,” V. S. Naipaul returned to India, the country his ancestors had left one hundred years earlier. Out of that journey he produced this concise masterpiece: a vibrant, defiantly unsentimental portrait of a society traumatized by centuries of foreign conquest and immured in a mythic vision of its past.Drawing on novels, news reports, political ... Read more

$16.95 USD

In 1975, at the height of Indira Gandhi’s “Emergency,” V. S. Naipaul returned to India, the country his ancestors had left one hundred years earlier. Out of that journey he produced this concise masterpiece: a vibrant, defiantly unsentimental portrait of a society traumatized by centuries of foreign conquest and immured in a mythic vision of its past.Drawing on novels, news reports, political
... Read more
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Tragedy on the Branch Line

by Edward Marston ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Series Audiobook 19 - Inspector Colbeck
Unabridged

9 hours 27 min

When Bernard Pomeroy, a young undergraduate at Corpus Christi College, finds a letter slipped under his door in the early hours of a rainy day, he flies into a panic. He hurries to the railway station. But he doesn't reach his destination alive. Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming are called upon to investigate this tragedy on the railway. It soon becomes apparent that Cambridge's hopes of ... Read more

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When Bernard Pomeroy, a young undergraduate at Corpus Christi College, finds a letter slipped under his door in the early hours of a rainy day, he flies into a panic. He hurries to the railway station. But he doesn't reach his destination alive. Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming are called upon to investigate this tragedy on the railway. It soon becomes apparent that Cambridge's hopes of
... Read more
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The Collector

by Laura Kat Young ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Unabridged

8 hours 52 min

A frightening dystopian horror novel in which grief is forbidden and purged from the mindSorrow is inefficient. It’s also inescapable.Lieutenant Dev Singh dutifully spends his days recording the memories of people who, struck with incurable depression, will soon have their minds erased in order to be more productive members of society.At night though, hidden in the dark, Dev remembers and writes ... Read more

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A frightening dystopian horror novel in which grief is forbidden and purged from the mindSorrow is inefficient. It’s also inescapable.Lieutenant Dev Singh dutifully spends his days recording the memories of people who, struck with incurable depression, will soon have their minds erased in order to be more productive members of society.At night though, hidden in the dark, Dev remembers and writes
... Read more

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India: A Million Mutinies Now

by V. S. Naipaul ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Unabridged

24 hours 46 min

Arising out of Naipaul’s lifelong obsession and passion for a country that is at once his and totally alien, India: A Million Mutinies Now relates the stories of many of the people he met traveling there more than fifty years ago. He explores how they have been steered by the innumerable frictions present in Indian society—the contradictions and compromises of religious faith, the whim and chaos ... Read more

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Arising out of Naipaul’s lifelong obsession and passion for a country that is at once his and totally alien, India: A Million Mutinies Now relates the stories of many of the people he met traveling there more than fifty years ago. He explores how they have been steered by the innumerable frictions present in Indian society—the contradictions and compromises of religious faith, the whim and chaos
... Read more
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Prince Philip's Century 1921-2021

The Extraordinary Life of the Duke of Edinburgh

by Robert Jobson ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Unabridged

13 hours 25 min

Prince Philip's life and legacy. Read the new and definitive biography of the remarkable Duke of Edinburgh.For decades Prince Philip shared the Queen’s burden of office without upstaging her, always privately providing reassurance and advice but never overstepping the boundaries of his supporting role. It was an unforgiving position – a challenge for anyone – but one that he met head on. He ... Read more

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Prince Philip's life and legacy. Read the new and definitive biography of the remarkable Duke of Edinburgh.For decades Prince Philip shared the Queen’s burden of office without upstaging her, always privately providing reassurance and advice but never overstepping the boundaries of his supporting role. It was an unforgiving position – a challenge for anyone – but one that he met head on. He
... Read more

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Murder in Transit

by Edward Marston ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Series Audiobook 22 - Inspector Robert Colbeck
Unabridged

9 hours 17 min

On a dark, brooding summer's evening, Agnes Lenham seats herself in an empty first-class compartment on the train to Portsmouth. She is joined by a naval officer and a middle-aged man, in high spirits after dining at his club, travelling to his home on the Isle of Wight. His name is Giles Blanchard - and within moments of the train leaving the station, the sailor strangles him . . . At Scotland ... Read more

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On a dark, brooding summer's evening, Agnes Lenham seats herself in an empty first-class compartment on the train to Portsmouth. She is joined by a naval officer and a middle-aged man, in high spirits after dining at his club, travelling to his home on the Isle of Wight. His name is Giles Blanchard - and within moments of the train leaving the station, the sailor strangles him . . . At Scotland
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Great Explorers of the World

Marco Polo Ibn Battuta Vasco da Gama Christopher Columbus Ferdinand Magellan Captain Cook Lewis and Clark Livingstone and Stanley The Apollo Mission to the Moon

by David Angus ...

Narrated by Kerry Shale, Sam Dastor, Trevor Nichols, Frances Jeater ...

Unabridged

2 hours 35 min

Here are the stories of nine great adventures and the lives of the men who took part in them. They pushed back the frontiers of man’s knowledge of the world by their vision, courage and sheer doggedness. They were very different people from bold adventurers facing the unknown with enjoyment to careful, more scientific individuals. Their journeys are placed within their historical context, but also ... Read more

$12.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Here are the stories of nine great adventures and the lives of the men who took part in them. They pushed back the frontiers of man’s knowledge of the world by their vision, courage and sheer doggedness. They were very different people from bold adventurers facing the unknown with enjoyment to careful, more scientific individuals. Their journeys are placed within their historical context, but also
... Read more
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The Railway Detective's Christmas Case

by Edward Marston ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Series Audiobook 20 - Inspector Colbeck
Unabridged

9 hours 14 min

December 1864. As a cold winter wind scours the Worcestershire countryside, an excursion train comes through a tunnel in the Malvern Hills, only to be confronted by a blockage on the line ahead. The driver manages to slow the train down so that the impact is minimised, but the passengers are alarmed. The first person to alight is Cyril Hubbleday, the man in charge of the excursion. He walks to the ... Read more

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December 1864. As a cold winter wind scours the Worcestershire countryside, an excursion train comes through a tunnel in the Malvern Hills, only to be confronted by a blockage on the line ahead. The driver manages to slow the train down so that the impact is minimised, but the passengers are alarmed. The first person to alight is Cyril Hubbleday, the man in charge of the excursion. He walks to the
... Read more