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The Mine
- Cumbria Crime, Book 2
- By: Rachel McLean, Joel Hames
- Narrated by: Jan Cramer
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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She’s solved her first murder with the help of her new team, averted a potential riot, and is starting to learn who she can trust inside Cumbria Police – and who she can’t.
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Northwest listener
- By Gill on 27-03-24
By: Rachel McLean, and others
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An Inspector Calls (Classic Radio Theatre)
- By: J. B. Priestley
- Narrated by: Toby Jones, David Calder, Morven Christie
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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The Birling family are spending a happy evening celebrating the engagement of Sheila Birling to Gerald Croft. But then they receive a surprise visit from an Inspector Goole....
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GCSE text
- By Susan on 24-12-12
By: J. B. Priestley
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The Henna Artist
- By: Alka Joshi
- Narrated by: Sneha Mathan
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the most highly requested henna artist - and confidante - to the wealthy women of the upper class....
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A nice, gentle read
- By M. King on 23-07-20
By: Alka Joshi
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The Idiot
- By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Narrated by: Constantine Gregory
- Length: 24 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Prince Lyov Nikolayevitch Myshkin is one of the great characters in Russian literature. Is he a saint or just naïve? Find out....
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Good but not his best
- By MR J. on 17-02-17
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Moby Dick
- By: Herman Melville
- Narrated by: William Hootkins
- Length: 24 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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"Call me Ishmael." Thus starts the greatest American novel....
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Magnificent book!
- By C.H. on 23-09-15
By: Herman Melville
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My Heart Is a Chainsaw
- By: Stephen Graham Jones
- Narrated by: Cara Gee
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Alma Katsu calls My Heart Is a Chainsaw “a homage to slasher films that also manages to defy and transcend genre.” On the surface is a story of murder in small-town America. But beneath is its beating heart....
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Mostly good but flawed book, excellent audiobook
- By Frank Riding on 21-12-21
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The Mine
- Cumbria Crime, Book 2
- By: Rachel McLean, Joel Hames
- Narrated by: Jan Cramer
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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She’s solved her first murder with the help of her new team, averted a potential riot, and is starting to learn who she can trust inside Cumbria Police – and who she can’t.
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Northwest listener
- By Gill on 27-03-24
By: Rachel McLean, and others
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An Inspector Calls (Classic Radio Theatre)
- By: J. B. Priestley
- Narrated by: Toby Jones, David Calder, Morven Christie
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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The Birling family are spending a happy evening celebrating the engagement of Sheila Birling to Gerald Croft. But then they receive a surprise visit from an Inspector Goole....
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GCSE text
- By Susan on 24-12-12
By: J. B. Priestley
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The Henna Artist
- By: Alka Joshi
- Narrated by: Sneha Mathan
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the most highly requested henna artist - and confidante - to the wealthy women of the upper class....
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A nice, gentle read
- By M. King on 23-07-20
By: Alka Joshi
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The Idiot
- By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Narrated by: Constantine Gregory
- Length: 24 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Prince Lyov Nikolayevitch Myshkin is one of the great characters in Russian literature. Is he a saint or just naïve? Find out....
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Good but not his best
- By MR J. on 17-02-17
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Moby Dick
- By: Herman Melville
- Narrated by: William Hootkins
- Length: 24 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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"Call me Ishmael." Thus starts the greatest American novel....
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Magnificent book!
- By C.H. on 23-09-15
By: Herman Melville
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My Heart Is a Chainsaw
- By: Stephen Graham Jones
- Narrated by: Cara Gee
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Alma Katsu calls My Heart Is a Chainsaw “a homage to slasher films that also manages to defy and transcend genre.” On the surface is a story of murder in small-town America. But beneath is its beating heart....
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Mostly good but flawed book, excellent audiobook
- By Frank Riding on 21-12-21
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Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The Secondary Phase Special
- By: Douglas Adams
- Narrated by: Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Stranded on Prehistoric Earth since the end of the first series, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect are once again trying to hitch their way off the planet....
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Science meets philosophy - and laughs
- By Alexander Macallister on 02-02-14
By: Douglas Adams
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Bel Canto
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Ann Patchett’s award winning, New York Times best-selling Bel Canto balances themes of love and crisis as disparate characters learn that music is their only common language. The author’s lyrical prose and lucid imagination make Bel Canto a captivating story of strength and frailty, love and imprisonment, and an inspiring tale of transcendent romance....
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Incredible. The story, the performance, the characters...
- By Rose on 10-01-21
By: Ann Patchett
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The Incomplete Tim Key
- About 300 of His Poetical Gems and What-Nots
- By: Tim Key
- Narrated by: Tim Key
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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A wildly original poetry collection written and read by one of the UK’s most exciting young comics....
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Annoying music
- By Paul Carley on 09-11-19
By: Tim Key
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Saving April
- By: Sarah A. Denzil
- Narrated by: Sophie McShera
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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A new family moves in over the road. The new family is acting strange. This new family has some secrets....
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In Silent Child's Shadow
- By Simon on 28-10-17
By: Sarah A. Denzil
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All the Sonnets of Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare, Paul Edmondson - editor, Stanley Wells - editor
- Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh, Lolita Chakrabarti
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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How can we look afresh at Shakespeare as a writer of sonnets? What new light might they shed on his career, personality, and sexuality? Shakespeare wrote sonnets for at least 30 years, not only for himself, for professional reasons, and for those he loved, but also in his plays....
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Supreme narration!
- By Audiophile on 21-09-22
By: William Shakespeare, and others
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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
- By: Grady Hendrix
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Patricia Campbell's life has never felt smaller. Her ambitious husband is too busy to give her a goodbye kiss in the morning, her kids have their own lives, her senile mother-in-law needs constant care, and she's always a step behind on thank-you notes and her endless list of chores....
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Really disappointing
- By DiStudios on 10-08-20
By: Grady Hendrix
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Playing for Keeps
- Single Dads Club, Book 3
- By: Hannah Ellis
- Narrated by: Ciaran Saward
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Single dad Hugh is perfectly content with his life. With an easy-going daughter, a stable job and great friends, he truly believes he has everything he needs. At least until he meets Allie. Injury forced Allie out of her dream career as a professional golfer, leaving her utterly lost.
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Best one yet
- By BB on 08-03-24
By: Hannah Ellis
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Tom Stoppard: A BBC Radio Collection
- 14 full-cast productions including Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead & others
- By: Tom Stoppard
- Narrated by: Rufus Sewell, Bill Nighy, Harriet Walters, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
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This is the collected BBC radio productions of the internationally renowned playwright Tom Stoppard....
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Ideas and Language
- By Nicolas Dawson on 09-04-21
By: Tom Stoppard
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Nobody Told Me
- Poetry and Parenthood
- By: Hollie McNish
- Narrated by: Hollie McNish
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Nobody Told Me is a collection of poems and stories taken from Hollie's diaries - one person's thoughts on raising a child in modern Britain....
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Motherhood read in her own words
- By Victoria on 30-12-20
By: Hollie McNish
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Paradise Lost
- By: John Milton
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Milton tells the story of man's creation, fall and redemption, "to justify the ways of God to men"....
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Sonorous metal
- By Francis on 06-12-07
By: John Milton
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The Inspector Graham Mysteries: Books 5-7
- Inspector Graham Collection, Book 2
- By: Alison Golden, Grace Dagnall
- Narrated by: Matt Jamie
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Graham's a career police officer, with a tragic past. His quiet, thoughtful exterior hides a complex mind, and a fierce determination to see justice done.
By: Alison Golden, and others
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The Way Forward
- By: Yung Pueblo
- Narrated by: Yung Pueblo
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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The #1 New York Times bestselling poet returns with his most ambitious collection yet. In this third and final installment of his poetic trilogy, Yung Pueblo expands upon favorite themes while guiding listeners further, toward a life lived authentically, intuitively, and in harmony with others....
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Message
- By George Reese on 15-01-24
By: Yung Pueblo
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The Southern Lawyer
- Joe Hennessy Legal Thriller Series, Book 1
- By: Peter O'Mahoney
- Narrated by: Bradford Hastings
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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After more than twenty years away from the law, Joe Hennessy is forced back into the courtroom. Trying to save his vineyard after years of drought, Hennessy returns to practice in Charleston, South Carolina–the city he walked away from after the murder of his ten-year-old son....
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Spoilt by the awful character accents
- By Mr on 02-07-23
By: Peter O'Mahoney
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The Nation's Favourite Poems
- By: BBC Audiobooks
- Narrated by: John Nettles, Siobhan Redmond, Greg Wise, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
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In a nationwide poll conducted by BBC Television's Bookworm to find the nation's favourite poem, Rudyard Kipling's "If" was voted number one....
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Bad format, two chapters
- By Amazon Customer on 08-06-16
By: BBC Audiobooks
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The Complete Novels : Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Alison Larkin
- Length: 81 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Ever since Colin Firth's Mr Darcy emerged from the lake in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, the novels of Jane Austen have become more popular than ever, delighting millions of fans all over the world....
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All in one place
- By Ramona Toy on 11-02-18
By: Jane Austen
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The Water Margin
- Outlaws of the Marsh
- By: Shi Naian, J. H. Jackson - translator, Edwin Lowe - translator
- Narrated by: Jonathan Booth
- Length: 33 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The Water Margin is one of the most popular classics of early Chinese literature. It tells the vigorous story of 108 characters who, falling foul of the established state authorities, are forced to become outlaws....
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Very engaging but too many characters
- By Christian B on 15-02-24
By: Shi Naian, and others
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The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
- The Complete First Edition
- By: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Jack Zipes - translator/editor
- Narrated by: Joel Richards, Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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For the very first time, The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm makes available in English all 156 stories from the 1812 and 1815 editions....
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160 chapters with no titles :(
- By Ruth on 10-02-21
By: Jacob Grimm, and others
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47 Ronin
- By: John Allyn, Stephen Turnbull - foreword
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the definitive, fascinating account of this unforgettable tale of a band of samurai who defied the Emperor to avenge the disgrace and death of their master....
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A great story
- By Taarente on 08-08-23
By: John Allyn, and others
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En agosto nos vemos [See You in August]
- By: Gabriel García Márquez
- Narrated by: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Rodrigo García Barcha, Cristóbal Pera
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Cada mes de agosto Ana Magdalena Bach toma el transbordador hasta la isla donde está enterrada su madre para visitar la tumba en la que yace. Esas visitas acaban suponiendo una irresistible invitación a convertirse en una persona distinta durante una noche al año.
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Llyfr Glas Nebo [The Blue Book of Nebo]
- Enillydd y Fedal Ryddiaith 2018 [Winner of the 2018 Prose Medal]
- By: Manon Steffan Ros
- Narrated by: Morfudd Hughes
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Dyma stori ryfeddol Siôn, a orfodwyd i dyfu’n ddyn yn sydyn iawn, ei fam Rowenna, a’i chwaer fach, Dwynwen. Mae’r hanes hynod wedi’i gofnodi mewn llyfr nodiadau glas wrth geisio goroesi ar ôl Y Terfyn yr hunllef a gafodd effaith ddychrynllyd ar drigolion pentref Nebo a thu hwnt....
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Llyfr anhygoel o diddorol werth ei wrando.
- By Catrin Eleri Owen on 29-01-21
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to An Inspector Calls (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: Gil Maine, J. B. Priestley
- Narrated by: Full-Cast Drama
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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Combined for great value! The multi award-winning SmartPass study guide with and without commentary options....
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Brilliant study tool
- By Karen Zea on 03-04-15
By: Gil Maine, and others
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Terence Rattigan: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- 13 Full-Cast Productions: The Winslow Boy, The Browning Version, The Deep Blue Sea, Separate Tables & More
- By: Terence Rattigan
- Narrated by: Michael Aldridge, John Gielgud, Angela Baddeley, and others
- Length: 20 hrs and 14 mins
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Presenting 13 of the finest works by the world-renowned playwright, as heard on BBC radio....
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A fine collection
- By Tulayev on 23-04-23
By: Terence Rattigan
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Ramayana
- India's Immortal Tale of Adventure, Love and Wisdom
- By: Krishna Dharma, Valmiki Ramayana
- Narrated by: Krishna Dharma
- Length: 19 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Ramayana must rank as one of the most loved and revered books of all time. A part of India's ancient Vedas, it is a beautiful story of romance and adventure....
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recommended
- By Florian on 13-10-17
By: Krishna Dharma, and others
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The Elements of Style
- By: William Strunk Jr.
- Narrated by: James Reynolds
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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This book aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style. It aims to lighten the task of instructor and student by concentrating attention (in chapters 2 and 3) on a few essentials, the rules of usage, and principles of composition most commonly violated....
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Short Stories in Welsh for Beginners
- Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn Welsh the fun way!
- By: Olly Richards
- Narrated by: Huw Charles Morris
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Short Stories in Welsh for Beginners has been written especially for students from high-beginner to low-intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories are designed to give you a sense of achievement and a feeling of progress when reading.
By: Olly Richards
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Slave Heart
- By: Joyce Reynolds
- Narrated by: Kathy Handrock
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Vivienne Marsh, removed from her contemporary life in New York, finds herself deep in the heart of Louisiana, living in an old plantation house, aiding her dying father. The more time she spends in the house, the more familiar it all becomes to her. The land and the artifacts slowly connect her with a slave woman born centuries before her.
By: Joyce Reynolds
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Curing a Cold
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Curing a Cold was written in response to a serious cold followed by bronchitis that Twain suffered through the summer of 1863 – during the American Civil War, in fact, though you wouldn't really know it from the story. He wrote several letters and reports detailing his experiences to newspaper editors in Virginia City (Nevada) and San Francisco, but didn't write this dedicated piece until he arrived in San Francisco in September of that year.
By: Mark Twain
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A Complaint About Correspondents, Dated in San Francisco
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 12 mins
- Unabridged
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A Complaint about Correspondents, Dated in San Francisco is a short story by Mark Twain, one of the most funny and beloved American authors of all time. In it, Mark Twain complains about the letters he gets from friends and relatives. Letters which hold not a word of anyone he cares about or anything that would interest him, but instead are filled with nothing but utterly boring drivel, telling him about people he's never heard of before, and things he knows nothing at all about and cares less.
By: Mark Twain
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The Short Stories by Anton Chekhov
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Andrey Repin
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Anton Chekhov belongs to the cohort of the most prominent Russian classics, together with Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev and Pushkin. The rankings of the most read authors, comprising the 'golden fund' of the world's literature, persistently include Chekhov alongside Charles Dickens, the Bronte Sisters, Mark Twain... Chekhov's plays, such as Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard, and the short stories of this collection, are featured in the curriculum of faculties of philology of top global universities, such as University of Oxford, Harvard University and many more.
By: Anton Chekhov
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Answers to Correspondents
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Mark Twain calls on Dennis McCarthy, editor of the San Francisco journal, The Irish People. He has some difficulties with the language. Mark Twain was an American author and humorist. He is noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), called "the Great American Novel", and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). He achieved great success as a writer and public speaker. His wit and satire earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.
By: Mark Twain
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Short Stories in Welsh for Beginners
- Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn Welsh the fun way!
- By: Olly Richards
- Narrated by: Huw Charles Morris
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Short Stories in Welsh for Beginners has been written especially for students from high-beginner to low-intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories are designed to give you a sense of achievement and a feeling of progress when reading.
By: Olly Richards
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Slave Heart
- By: Joyce Reynolds
- Narrated by: Kathy Handrock
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Vivienne Marsh, removed from her contemporary life in New York, finds herself deep in the heart of Louisiana, living in an old plantation house, aiding her dying father. The more time she spends in the house, the more familiar it all becomes to her. The land and the artifacts slowly connect her with a slave woman born centuries before her.
By: Joyce Reynolds
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Curing a Cold
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Curing a Cold was written in response to a serious cold followed by bronchitis that Twain suffered through the summer of 1863 – during the American Civil War, in fact, though you wouldn't really know it from the story. He wrote several letters and reports detailing his experiences to newspaper editors in Virginia City (Nevada) and San Francisco, but didn't write this dedicated piece until he arrived in San Francisco in September of that year.
By: Mark Twain
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A Complaint About Correspondents, Dated in San Francisco
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 12 mins
- Unabridged
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A Complaint about Correspondents, Dated in San Francisco is a short story by Mark Twain, one of the most funny and beloved American authors of all time. In it, Mark Twain complains about the letters he gets from friends and relatives. Letters which hold not a word of anyone he cares about or anything that would interest him, but instead are filled with nothing but utterly boring drivel, telling him about people he's never heard of before, and things he knows nothing at all about and cares less.
By: Mark Twain
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The Short Stories by Anton Chekhov
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Andrey Repin
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Anton Chekhov belongs to the cohort of the most prominent Russian classics, together with Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev and Pushkin. The rankings of the most read authors, comprising the 'golden fund' of the world's literature, persistently include Chekhov alongside Charles Dickens, the Bronte Sisters, Mark Twain... Chekhov's plays, such as Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard, and the short stories of this collection, are featured in the curriculum of faculties of philology of top global universities, such as University of Oxford, Harvard University and many more.
By: Anton Chekhov
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Answers to Correspondents
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Mark Twain calls on Dennis McCarthy, editor of the San Francisco journal, The Irish People. He has some difficulties with the language. Mark Twain was an American author and humorist. He is noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), called "the Great American Novel", and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). He achieved great success as a writer and public speaker. His wit and satire earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.
By: Mark Twain
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On the Decay of the Art of Lying
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Michael Goodrick
- Length: 13 mins
- Unabridged
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On the Decay of the Art of Lying is a short essay written by Mark Twain in 1880 for a meeting of the Historical and Antiquarian Club of Hartford, Connecticut. Twain published the text in The Stolen White Elephant Etc. (1882). In the essay, Twain laments the four ways in which men of America's Gilded Age employ man's 'most faithful friend'.
By: Mark Twain
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Stories
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen, Belinda Hillman
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. Chekhov practiced as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress."
By: Anton Chekhov
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The Complete Adventures Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Abigail Reno, Sharon Plummer
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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This book includes two wonderful novels The Adventures of Tom Sawer Adventures (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by (1885) a famous American writer Mark Twain. Tom adores adventures, he runs away from home in order to become a pirate and to live on an island; he wanders in a mysterious cave, finds treasure and shares it with his friend Huckleberry Finn. But Huck as well is a big fan of adventures about which he tells himself in the second book by Mark Twain.
By: Mark Twain
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What Stumped the Blue Jays
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 13 mins
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What Stumped the Blue Jays by Mark Twain, is about animals' ability to speak, converse, and act like humans—mainly the blue jays. The blue jays, as Mark Twain claims, are like humans: they can speak, out-swear miners, have good grammar, and have a good sense of humor.
By: Mark Twain
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White Nights
- By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 2 hrs
- Unabridged
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White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a poignant and introspective short story that delves into the complexities of human emotions and the transient nature of romantic connections. Set against the backdrop of St. Petersburg's nocturnal charm, the narrative follows the lonely protagonist through four consecutive white nights, where he encounters a mysterious young woman. As the two form a deep but ephemeral connection, Dostoyevsky explores themes of love, isolation, and the fleeting nature of human connections.
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The Beauties: Essential Stories
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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The Beauties: Essential Stories is a captivating collection that brings together some of the most remarkable and beloved works by the acclaimed Russian writer Anton Chekhov. This anthology showcases Chekhov's unparalleled talent for depicting the complexities of human nature, the intricacies of relationships, and the nuances of everyday life. Each story in this collection is a testament to Chekhov's unparalleled ability to capture the subtlest emotions and psychological depths of his characters.
By: Anton Chekhov
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Uncle Vanya
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 2 hrs
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Uncle Vanya is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1897. The play portrays the visit of an elderly professor and his glamorous, much younger second wife, Yelena, to the rural estate that supports their urban lifestyle. Two friends—Vanya, brother of the professor's late first wife, who has long managed the estate, and Astrov, the local doctor—both fall under Yelena's spell while bemoaning the ennui of their provincial existence. Sonya, the professor's daughter by his first wife, who has worked with Vanya to keep the estate going, suffers from her unrequited feelings for Astrov.
By: Anton Chekhov
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Collected Poems 1947-1997
- By: Allen Ginsberg
- Narrated by: Greg D. Barnett
- Length: 28 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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This magnificent volume gathers the published verse of Allen Ginsberg in its entirety, a half-century of brilliant work from one of America's greatest poets.
By: Allen Ginsberg
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No Longer Human
- By: Osamu Dazai
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai’s NO LONGER HUMAN narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. His attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood, continue through high school, where he becomes a “clown” to mask his alienation, and eventually lead to a failed suicide attempt as an adult. Without sentimentality, he records the casual cruelties of life and its fleeting moments of human connection and tenderness.
By: Osamu Dazai
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Sacrifice
- The Hebraica Trilogy, Volume 1
- By: Christine Jordan
- Narrated by: Nicholas Camm
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Zev, a humble butcher’s son, has always loved Arlette but she is promised to another. When the death of a Christian boy is blamed on the local Jews, Arlette is caught up in the ensuing chaos and mob violence leading her betrothed to reject her. Throughout the ordeal, Zev remains steadfast and refuses to abandon Arlette while she struggles to overcome her trauma. But their troubles are far from over as they endure continuing harassment and are drawn into intrigue involving the Irish king.
By: Christine Jordan
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A Forgotten Kill
- Daniela Vega, Book 2
- By: Isabella Maldonado
- Narrated by: Almarie Guerra, Feodor Chin
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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FBI Special Agent Daniela “Dani” Vega was seventeen when her mother murdered her father. Ten years after Dani’s own damning eyewitness testimony sealed her mother’s fate, she’s starting to have doubts. What if she got it all wrong? A veteran NYPD homicide detective agrees to reopen the closed case on one condition—Dani must help him find a serial killer who’s been operating throughout New York City for the past decade. If anyone can decipher his patterns, and his riddles, it’s a trained codebreaker like Dani. The killer knows this too. And his next riddle—and victim—is meant just for her.
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Dr. Josef's Little Beauty
- By: Zyta Rudzka, Antonia Lloyd-Jones - translator
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
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In the middle of summer, omnipresent heat radiates as a group of elderly people are remembering their youth. The story focuses on two sisters, Leokadia and Helena, who live together in a retirement home not far from Warsaw. These are not ordinary stories they are sharing, because both of them were imprisoned as children in Auschwitz during World War II.
By: Zyta Rudzka, and others