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The Understudy
- By: David Nicholls
- Narrated by: Paul Thornley
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
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Does your life feel like a dress rehearsal? Do you long to enter the limelight and steal the show? But what do you do when you're playing second fiddle to an arrogant actor who barely knows your name? And, more importantly, what do you do when you find yourself falling in love with his wife?
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Below average
- By Anonymous User on 08-06-21
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The Understudy
- Narrated by: Paul Thornley
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 09-08-12
- Language: English
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How to Stop Time
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old history teacher, but he’s been alive for centuries. From Elizabethan England to Jazz-Age Paris, from New York to the South Seas, Tom has seen it all. As long as he keeps changing his identity, he can stay one step ahead of his past – and stay alive. The only thing he must not do is fall in love. But what if the one thing he can't have just happens to be the one thing that might save him?
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Superb as I expected from Matt Haig
- By Kaggy on 17-07-17
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How to Stop Time
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 06-07-17
- Language: English
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Sorrow and Bliss
- By: Meg Mason
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
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Everyone tells Martha Friel she is clever and beautiful, a brilliant writer who has been loved every day of her adult life by one man, her husband Patrick. So why is everything broken? Why is Martha - on the edge of 40 - friendless, practically jobless and so often sad? And why did Patrick decide to leave? Maybe she is just too sensitive, someone who finds it harder to be alive than most people. Or maybe - as she has long believed - there is something wrong with her.
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depressing and pointless
- By Anonymous User on 23-10-21
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Sorrow and Bliss
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 09-02-21
- Language: English
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Not That Sort of Girl
- By: Mary Wesley
- Narrated by: Anna Massey
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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For the whole of Rose's respectable married life, she had kept faith with two men. To Ned she was a perfect wife, mother of his son, and elegant hostess of Slepe. To Mylo, Rose was an impetuous and unconventional mistress, answering his erratic and impassionate calls throughout 50 years of tactful duplicity. After Ned's funeral Rose looks back on a life of dual constancy, passion, humour, and the ambiguities of love - and chooses her future.
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Favourite Mary Wesley!
- By Mel Chambers on 08-08-17
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Not That Sort of Girl
- Narrated by: Anna Massey
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 01-02-13
- Language: English
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Die Möglichkeit von Glück
- By: Anne Rabe
- Narrated by: Katja Sesterhenn
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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In der DDR geboren, im wiedervereinigten Deutschland aufgewachsen. Als die Mauer fällt, ist Stine gerade einmal drei Jahre alt. Doch die Familie ist tief verstrickt. In ein System, von dem sie nicht lassen kann, und in den Glauben, das richtige Leben gelebt zu haben. Bestechend klar und kühn erzählt Anne Rabe von einer Generation, deren Herkunft eine Leerstelle ist.
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Die Möglichkeit von Glück
- Narrated by: Katja Sesterhenn
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 13-11-23
- Language: German
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Herzog
- By: Saul Bellow
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
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Winner of the National Book Award when it was first published in 1964, Herzog traces five days in the life of a failed academic whose wife has recently left him for his best friend. Through the device of letter writing, Herzog movingly portrays both the internal life of its eponymous hero and the complexity of modern consciousness.
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Two Stars!?!?!?!
- By S. Wragg on 05-04-11
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Herzog
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 02-12-09
- Language: English
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The Dandelion Years
- By: Erica James
- Narrated by: Emma Gregory, Lee Maxwell Simpson
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
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Ashcombe was the most beautiful house Saskia had ever seen as a little girl, providing a perfect sanctuary to hide from the tragedy which shattered her childhood. Now an adult, Saskia is still living at Ashcombe and, as a book restorer ,devotes her days tending to broken, battered books. When she discovers a notebook carefully concealed in an old Bible, Saskia finds herself drawn into a heart-rending tale of wartime love....
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Lovely story nicely read
- By Mr S Gregory on 30-06-15
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The Dandelion Years
- Narrated by: Emma Gregory, Lee Maxwell Simpson
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 26-02-15
- Language: English
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Shift
- Wool Trilogy, Book 2
- By: Hugh Howey
- Narrated by: Peter Brooke
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
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The much anticipated prequel to best seller Wool that takes us back to the beginnings of the silo. The full novel which brings together First, Second and Third Shift.
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Great book, terrible performance!!
- By Mr. Stephen Briglin on 15-05-13
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Shift
- Wool Trilogy, Book 2
- Narrated by: Peter Brooke
- Series: The Silo Saga, Book 2
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 25-04-13
- Language: English
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The Persimmon Tree
- By: Bryce Courtenay
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 27 hrs and 57 mins
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The Persimmon Tree opens in Indonesia in 1942 on the cusp of Japanese invasion and the evacuation of Batavia (Jakarta) by the Dutch. Seventeen-year-old Nicholas Duncan is on holiday there, in pursuit of an exotic butterfly known as the Magpie Crow. It's an uncertain, dangerous time to be in Indonesia, and Nick's options of getting out are fast dwindling. Amidst the fear and chaos he falls in love with Anna, the beautiful daughter of a Dutch acquaintance, and she nicknames him 'Mr Butterfly'.
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Compelling read
- By Philippa on 10-09-11
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The Persimmon Tree
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Series: The Persimmon Tree, Book 1
- Length: 27 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 09-07-10
- Language: English
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Clarissa Oakes
- Aubrey-Maturin Series, Book 15 (Unabridged)
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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Captain Jack Aubrey sails away from the hated Australian prison colonies in his favourite vessel the Surprise, pondering on middle age and sexual frustration. He soon becomes aware that he is out of touch with the mood of his ship: to his astonishment he finds that in spite of a lifetime's experience he does not know what the foremost hands or even his own officers are thinking.
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A weak (ish) link?
- By Mr. N. W. Boothman on 26-08-20
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Clarissa Oakes
- Aubrey-Maturin Series, Book 15 (Unabridged)
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin, Book 15
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 01-09-13
- Language: English
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- By: John le Carré
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
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Mr George Smiley is small, podgy, and at best, middle-aged. He is disillusioned, wrestles with idleness, and has been deserted by his beautiful wife. He is also compassionate, ruthless, and a senior British intelligence officer in short-lived retirement from the Circus, the British Secret Service organisation situated in London. But Moscow centre has infiltrated a mole into the Circus, and it's more than likely the perpetrator is Karla, Smiley's old adversary and his opposite number in Moscow.
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Absolutely fantastic - loved it!
- By ella on 11-05-15
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 22-07-05
- Language: English
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Interview with the Vampire
- The Vampire Chronicles, Book 1
- By: Anne Rice
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
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In a darkened room a young man sits telling the macabre and eerie story of his life - the story of a vampire, gifted with eternal life, cursed with an exquisite craving for human blood. Anne Rice's compulsively readable novel is arguably the most celebrated work of vampire fiction since Bram Stoker's Dracula which was published in 1897.
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revisited
- By n robbie on 26-05-17
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Interview with the Vampire
- The Vampire Chronicles, Book 1
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Series: The Vampire Chronicles, Book 1
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 15-10-13
- Language: English
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Big Money
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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Most of the big money belongs to Torquil Paterson Frisby, the dyspeptic American millionaire – but that doesn’t stop him wanting more out of it. His niece, the beautiful Ann Moon, is engaged to ‘Biscuit’, Lord Biskerton, who doesn’t have very much of the stuff and so he has to escape to Valley Fields to hide from his creditors. Meanwhile, his old schoolfriend Berry Conway, who is working for Frisby, himself falls for Ann – just as Biscuit falls for her friend Kitchie Valentine.
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Classic Wodehouse and very enjoyableI
- By Maureen Bennell on 26-07-14
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Big Money
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 16-03-11
- Language: English
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Trouble at the Little Village School
- By: Gervase Phinn
- Narrated by: Gervase Phinn
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
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The second book in the delightful Barton-In-The-Dale series which began with The Little Village School. Elisabeth Devine certainly rocked the boat when she arrived in Barton-in-the-Dale to take over as head teacher of the little primary school. Now it's a new term, and after winning over the wary locals, she can finally settle in to her role. Or so she thinks... For the school is hit by a brand-new bombshell: it's to be merged with its arch rival, and Elisabeth has to fight for the headship with Urebank's ruthless and calculating headmaster. She has her work cut out for her.
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laugh out loud funny
- By judith on 08-10-13
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Trouble at the Little Village School
- Narrated by: Gervase Phinn
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 12-09-13
- Language: English
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Vertical
- A Novel
- By: Rex Pickett
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 17 hrs and 32 mins
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It’s seven years after the events of Sideways. Miles has written a novel that has been made into a wildly successful movie, and the movie has changed his life. Jack, contrarily, is divorced, has a kid, and is on the skids. Phyllis, Miles’ mom, has suffered a stroke that’s left her wheelchair-bound and wasting away in assisted living. She desperately wants to live with her sister in Wisconsin. When Miles gets invited to be master of ceremonies at the International Pinot Festival in Oregon, he hatches a harebrained road trip.
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- A Novel
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Series: The Sideways Trilogy, Book 2
- Length: 17 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 08-03-13
- Language: English
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Circle of Friends
- By: Maeve Binchy
- Narrated by: Kate Binchy
- Length: 16 hrs and 34 mins
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In the small Irish town of Knockglen, best friends Bernadette ('Benny') and Eve are inseparable. Benny is an adored only child, and Eve, a poor, birdlike orphan brought up by nuns. On their first day at University College, Dublin, a fatal road accident brings the pair together with fellow students Nan Mahon and Jack Foley, and new friendships are quickly struck. Jack and Nan introduce Eve and Benny to a life of excitement and sophistication.
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Brilliant!!!!
- By Kate on 13-02-11
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Circle of Friends
- Narrated by: Kate Binchy
- Length: 16 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 27-03-09
- Language: English
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Letters to My Daughters
- By: Emma Hannigan
- Narrated by: Michele Moran
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
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To sisters Bea, Jeannie and Rose, the death of their beloved childhood nanny is a devastating loss. As the girls grew up, Nanny May had become so much more to them all: confidante, advocate, comforter, friend. In whom will they confide their hopes, fears and failures now she has gone? Especially now each sister needs a mother's wisdom more than ever....
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A must read for every one
- By Valerie on 23-02-18
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Letters to My Daughters
- Narrated by: Michele Moran
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 15-02-18
- Language: English
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The School Inspector Calls!
- By: Gervase Phinn
- Narrated by: Gervase Phinn
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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Summer has arrived in Barton-in-the-Dale and as a new term begins at the little primary school, it's not just the warm weather that's getting people hot under the collar. Meetings with the teachers from Urebank School to discuss the merger are producing more than a few fireworks, a disruptive new pupil arrives, set to cause trouble, and a surprising staff love affair is exposed.
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Book three of three
- By Amazon Customer on 09-11-14
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The School Inspector Calls!
- Narrated by: Gervase Phinn
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 19-06-14
- Language: English
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Human Croquet
- By: Kate Atkinson
- Narrated by: Susan Jameson
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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Once it had been the great forest of Lythe--a vast and impenetrable thicket of green. And here, in the beginning, lived the Fairfaxes, grandly, at Fairfax Manor, visited once by the great Gloriana herself. But over the centuries, the forest had been destroyed, replaced by Streets of Trees. The Fairfaxes have dwindled, too; now they live in Arden, at the end of Hawthorne Close, and are hardly a family at all.
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Brilliant
- By DartmoorDiva on 30-07-15
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Human Croquet
- Narrated by: Susan Jameson
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 09-02-15
- Language: English
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Us
- By: David Nicholls
- Narrated by: Justin Salinger
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
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Douglas Petersen’s family is on the brink of dissolution. His marriage of twenty-one years to Connie is almost over. When autumn comes around, their son Albie will leave for college. Connie has decided to leave soon after. But before everything falls apart, there's still the summer holidays to get through - a Grand Tour of Europe's major cities - and over the course of the journey, Douglas devises a plan to win back the love of his wife and repair his troubled relationship with his son.
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Great Story but….
- By lou58 on 13-10-14
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Us
- Narrated by: Justin Salinger
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 30-09-14
- Language: English
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