Winter Warmers
2020 top picks
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The Winter Garden
- By: Heidi Swain
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Freya Fuller is estranged from her parents and has been following her childhood dream of becoming a gardener ever since. When an opportunity to design a winter garden opens up at a Victorian property in Nightingale Square, Freya jumps at the chance to make a fresh start. But while the majority of the residents are welcoming, local artist Finn seems determined to shut her out, and when Freya's family makes a surprise appearance, it seems that her new life is about to come crashing down.
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An uncomfortable read! Red Flags and triggers
- By Collette on 18-12-20
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Greenlights
- By: Matthew McConaughey
- Narrated by: Matthew McConaughey
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
I've been in this life for 50 years, been trying to work out its riddle for 42 and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last 35. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel and things that made me laugh out loud. How to be fair. How to have less stress. How to have fun. How to hurt people less. How to get hurt less. How to be a good man. How to have meaning in life. How to be more me.
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Long Overdue Window to Sincerity
- By Helen on 20-10-20
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Winter at Wishington Bay
- By: Maxine Morrey
- Narrated by: Gloria Sanders
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Eighteen months ago, Sophia Jones finally walked out on her unhappy life. With a tricky divorce ongoing, money is tight, and so when friends offer her a housekeeping job while they’re away travelling, she accepts. Nate McKinley is hesitant when his brother, Gabe, offers him the use of their home in the picturesque village of Wishington Bay. But he has a book to a write and an imploded marriage to recover from, so maybe a change of scene is exactly what he needs.
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Nice
- By Dumetella on 03-02-21
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The Essential Dickens Christmas
- A Christmas Carol and Eight Festive Tales
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Helen Lloyd, Tim Bruce, Greg Wagland, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of Christmas in Five Staves when he was 31. Now with numerous adaptations for film, television, radio, stage - and indeed in audio - it has become an essential part of Christmas for many. Raconteurs Audio has created this collection to include Dickens’ two Christmas novellas, The Chimes and The Cricket on the Hearth, as well as some of his lesser known short stories with a Christmas theme.
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One book is good
- By Heather on 03-01-21
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A Wild Winter Swan
- By: Gregory Maguire
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Following her brother's death and her mother's emotional breakdown, Laura now lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in a lonely townhouse she shares with her old-world, strict, often querulous grandparents. But the arrangement may be temporary. Nearly unmoored from reality through her panic and submerged grief, Laura is startled when a handsome swan boy with only one wing lands on her roof. Hiding him from her ever-bickering grandparents, Laura tries to build the swan boy a wing so he can fly home. But the task is too difficult to accomplish herself.
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Nice story.
- By Tara Fakhry on 17-12-21
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I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
- By: Milly Johnson
- Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
It’s nearly Christmas, and it’s snowing, hard. Six people have an unexpected stay in the tiny hamlet of Figgy Hollow. Stuck inside a beautiful old inn, how long will it take before the joy of Christmas seeps into their souls and offers them all a new beginning?
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A real winter warmer with a cherry on top!
- By Amy O on 16-11-20
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Clanlands
- Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other
- By: Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish, Diana Gabaldon - foreword
- Narrated by: Diana Gabaldon - foreword, Graham McTavish, Sam Heughan
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Unlikely friends Sam and Graham begin their journey in the heart of Scotland at Glencoe and travel from there all the way to Inverness and Culloden battlefield, where along the way they experience adventure and a cast of highland characters. In this story of friendship, finding themselves and whisky, they discover the complexity, rich history and culture of their native country.
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A real Heart Warmer
- By Helen Jane on 05-11-20
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The Midnight Library
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Nora's life has been going from bad to worse. Then at the stroke of midnight on her last day on earth she finds herself transported to a library. There she is given the chance to undo her regrets and try out each of the other lives she might have lived. Which raises the ultimate question: with infinite choices, what is the best way to live?
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Fantasy may be hard to take if you’re depressed
- By Joan on 04-09-20
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From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast (Series 1)
- An Audible Original
- By: Alan Partridge
- Narrated by: Alan Partridge
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Broadcaster, writer, philanthroper and one of the first public figures to suggest high-visibility clothing for people manning temporary car parks, the public Alan Partridge is a cherished institution. But what of the unseen Alan? For the first time, this famously private man welcomes us into his home and audibly deshrouds himself for a fascinating series of podcasts.
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So Ruddy, bloody brave!
- By Mark B on 03-09-20
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The Winter Garden
- By: Heidi Swain
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Freya Fuller is estranged from her parents and has been following her childhood dream of becoming a gardener ever since. When an opportunity to design a winter garden opens up at a Victorian property in Nightingale Square, Freya jumps at the chance to make a fresh start. But while the majority of the residents are welcoming, local artist Finn seems determined to shut her out, and when Freya's family makes a surprise appearance, it seems that her new life is about to come crashing down.
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An uncomfortable read! Red Flags and triggers
- By Collette on 18-12-20
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Greenlights
- By: Matthew McConaughey
- Narrated by: Matthew McConaughey
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
I've been in this life for 50 years, been trying to work out its riddle for 42 and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last 35. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel and things that made me laugh out loud. How to be fair. How to have less stress. How to have fun. How to hurt people less. How to get hurt less. How to be a good man. How to have meaning in life. How to be more me.
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Long Overdue Window to Sincerity
- By Helen on 20-10-20
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Winter at Wishington Bay
- By: Maxine Morrey
- Narrated by: Gloria Sanders
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Eighteen months ago, Sophia Jones finally walked out on her unhappy life. With a tricky divorce ongoing, money is tight, and so when friends offer her a housekeeping job while they’re away travelling, she accepts. Nate McKinley is hesitant when his brother, Gabe, offers him the use of their home in the picturesque village of Wishington Bay. But he has a book to a write and an imploded marriage to recover from, so maybe a change of scene is exactly what he needs.
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Nice
- By Dumetella on 03-02-21
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The Essential Dickens Christmas
- A Christmas Carol and Eight Festive Tales
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Helen Lloyd, Tim Bruce, Greg Wagland, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of Christmas in Five Staves when he was 31. Now with numerous adaptations for film, television, radio, stage - and indeed in audio - it has become an essential part of Christmas for many. Raconteurs Audio has created this collection to include Dickens’ two Christmas novellas, The Chimes and The Cricket on the Hearth, as well as some of his lesser known short stories with a Christmas theme.
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One book is good
- By Heather on 03-01-21
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A Wild Winter Swan
- By: Gregory Maguire
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
-
Story
Following her brother's death and her mother's emotional breakdown, Laura now lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in a lonely townhouse she shares with her old-world, strict, often querulous grandparents. But the arrangement may be temporary. Nearly unmoored from reality through her panic and submerged grief, Laura is startled when a handsome swan boy with only one wing lands on her roof. Hiding him from her ever-bickering grandparents, Laura tries to build the swan boy a wing so he can fly home. But the task is too difficult to accomplish herself.
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Nice story.
- By Tara Fakhry on 17-12-21
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I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
- By: Milly Johnson
- Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
It’s nearly Christmas, and it’s snowing, hard. Six people have an unexpected stay in the tiny hamlet of Figgy Hollow. Stuck inside a beautiful old inn, how long will it take before the joy of Christmas seeps into their souls and offers them all a new beginning?
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A real winter warmer with a cherry on top!
- By Amy O on 16-11-20
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Clanlands
- Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other
- By: Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish, Diana Gabaldon - foreword
- Narrated by: Diana Gabaldon - foreword, Graham McTavish, Sam Heughan
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Unlikely friends Sam and Graham begin their journey in the heart of Scotland at Glencoe and travel from there all the way to Inverness and Culloden battlefield, where along the way they experience adventure and a cast of highland characters. In this story of friendship, finding themselves and whisky, they discover the complexity, rich history and culture of their native country.
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A real Heart Warmer
- By Helen Jane on 05-11-20
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The Midnight Library
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Nora's life has been going from bad to worse. Then at the stroke of midnight on her last day on earth she finds herself transported to a library. There she is given the chance to undo her regrets and try out each of the other lives she might have lived. Which raises the ultimate question: with infinite choices, what is the best way to live?
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Fantasy may be hard to take if you’re depressed
- By Joan on 04-09-20
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From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast (Series 1)
- An Audible Original
- By: Alan Partridge
- Narrated by: Alan Partridge
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Broadcaster, writer, philanthroper and one of the first public figures to suggest high-visibility clothing for people manning temporary car parks, the public Alan Partridge is a cherished institution. But what of the unseen Alan? For the first time, this famously private man welcomes us into his home and audibly deshrouds himself for a fascinating series of podcasts.
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So Ruddy, bloody brave!
- By Mark B on 03-09-20
Festive
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A Wedding in December
- By: Sarah Morgan
- Narrated by: Lucy Tregear
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In the snowy perfection of Aspen, the White family gathers for youngest daughter Rosie's whirlwind Christmas wedding. First to arrive are the bride’s parents, Maggie and Nick. Their daughter’s marriage is a milestone they are determined to celebrate wholeheartedly, but they are hiding a huge secret about their own: they are on the brink of divorce. After living apart for the last six months, the last thing they need is to be trapped together in an irresistibly romantic winter wonderland.
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Amazing
- By Anonymous User on 21-01-21
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December Girl
- By: Nicola Cassidy
- Narrated by: Emma Thorpe
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Molly Thomas is a feisty, independent soul, born on the Winter Solstice. At every stage of her life, she has faced troubles... in 1896, her baby son is taken from his pram. While Molly searches the streets for little Oliver, the police are called but her baby is gone. Why does trouble seem to follow Molly? And will she ever find out what happened to her child? December Girl is a tale of family bonds, love, revenge, and murder.
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Felt like I was back in time
- By Mrs Linzi.T on 07-06-20
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We Met in December
- By: Rosie Curtis
- Narrated by: Jessica Preddy, Finlay Robertson
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
What if you couldn’t get away from the one who got away? Unlucky in love Jess is following her dream and moving to London. It’s December, and she’s taking a room in a crumbling Notting Hill house‐share with four strangers. On her first night Jess meets Alex, the guy sharing her floor. They don’t kiss under the mistletoe, but as far as Jess is concerned, the connection is instant. She lets herself imagine how their relationship will grow over the following year. But when Jess returns from a Christmas holiday, she finds Alex has started dating someone else.
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An OK read
- By Helen on 09-12-19
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A Week in Winter
- By: Maeve Binchy
- Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
The Sheedy sisters had lived in Stone House for as long as anyone could remember. Set high on the cliffs on the west coast of Ireland, overlooking the windswept Atlantic ocean, it was falling into disrepair - until one woman, with a past she needed to forget, breathed new life into the place. Now a hotel, with a big, warm kitchen and log fires, it provides a welcome few can resist. Winnie is generally able to make the best of things until she finds herself on the holiday from hell.
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Wonderful as always, Maeve!
- By Kate on 13-11-12
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One Day in December
- By: Josie Silver
- Narrated by: Eleanor Tomlinson, Charlie Anson
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn't exist. After all, life isn't a scene from the movies, is it? But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man whom she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there's a moment of pure magic...and then her bus drives away. Laurie thinks she'll never see the boy from the bus again. But at their Christmas party a year later, her best friend, Sarah, introduces her to the new love of her life. Who is, of course, the boy from the bus.
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Definitely not for your average Hell’s Angel reader
- By Amazon Customer on 24-12-18
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A Winter Beneath the Stars
- By: Jo Thomas
- Narrated by: Madeleine Leslay
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Halley has been running from her problems for years. On a courier trip to Tallfors, deep in Swedish Lapland, everything is going to plan. Halley has her bag, with two precious wedding rings inside for delivery...until she doesn't. The only way to save the wedding is to team up with mysterious reindeer herder Bjorn, the one person who can lead her across the snowy tundra to be reunited with her bag.
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I just can't finish it
- By Miss R. on 18-11-18
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The Winter of the Witch
- Winternight Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Katherine Arden
- Narrated by: Kathleen Gati
- Length: 14 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Moscow is in flames, leaving its people searching for answers - and someone to blame. Vasilisa, a girl with extraordinary gifts, must flee for her life, pursued by those who blame their misfortune on her magic. Then a vengeful demon returns, stronger than ever. Determined to engulf the world in chaos, he finds allies among men and spirits. Mankind and magical creatures alike find their fates resting on Vasya's shoulders. But she may not be able to save them all.
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Another great book
- By fuzz on 02-10-20
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Winter
- By: Ali Smith
- Narrated by: Melody Grove
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Winter? Bleak. Frosty wind, earth as iron, water as stone, so the old song goes. The shortest days, the longest nights. The trees are bare and shivering. The summer's leaves? Dead litter. The world shrinks; the sap sinks. But winter makes things visible. And if there's ice, there'll be fire. It's the season that teaches us survival. Here comes Winter the second audiobook in Ali Smith's shape-shifting quartet of stories.
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This is the Winter of my discontent!
- By Rachel Redford on 05-12-17
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The Winter's Tale
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Sinead Cusack, Ciaran Hinda, Eileen Atkins, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
King Leontes of Sicilia is seized by sudden and terrible jealousy of his wife Hermione, whom he accuses of adultery. He believes the child Hermione is bearing was fathered by his friend Polixenes, and when the baby girl is born he orders her to be taken to some wild place and left to die. Though Hermione's child escapes death, Leontes' cruelty has terrible consequences. Loss paves the way for reunion, and life and hope are born out of desolation and despair.
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Exit pursued by bear
- By Amazon Customer on 28-11-16
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A Wedding in December
- By: Sarah Morgan
- Narrated by: Lucy Tregear
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In the snowy perfection of Aspen, the White family gathers for youngest daughter Rosie's whirlwind Christmas wedding. First to arrive are the bride’s parents, Maggie and Nick. Their daughter’s marriage is a milestone they are determined to celebrate wholeheartedly, but they are hiding a huge secret about their own: they are on the brink of divorce. After living apart for the last six months, the last thing they need is to be trapped together in an irresistibly romantic winter wonderland.
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Amazing
- By Anonymous User on 21-01-21
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December Girl
- By: Nicola Cassidy
- Narrated by: Emma Thorpe
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Molly Thomas is a feisty, independent soul, born on the Winter Solstice. At every stage of her life, she has faced troubles... in 1896, her baby son is taken from his pram. While Molly searches the streets for little Oliver, the police are called but her baby is gone. Why does trouble seem to follow Molly? And will she ever find out what happened to her child? December Girl is a tale of family bonds, love, revenge, and murder.
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Felt like I was back in time
- By Mrs Linzi.T on 07-06-20
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We Met in December
- By: Rosie Curtis
- Narrated by: Jessica Preddy, Finlay Robertson
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
What if you couldn’t get away from the one who got away? Unlucky in love Jess is following her dream and moving to London. It’s December, and she’s taking a room in a crumbling Notting Hill house‐share with four strangers. On her first night Jess meets Alex, the guy sharing her floor. They don’t kiss under the mistletoe, but as far as Jess is concerned, the connection is instant. She lets herself imagine how their relationship will grow over the following year. But when Jess returns from a Christmas holiday, she finds Alex has started dating someone else.
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An OK read
- By Helen on 09-12-19
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A Week in Winter
- By: Maeve Binchy
- Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
The Sheedy sisters had lived in Stone House for as long as anyone could remember. Set high on the cliffs on the west coast of Ireland, overlooking the windswept Atlantic ocean, it was falling into disrepair - until one woman, with a past she needed to forget, breathed new life into the place. Now a hotel, with a big, warm kitchen and log fires, it provides a welcome few can resist. Winnie is generally able to make the best of things until she finds herself on the holiday from hell.
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Wonderful as always, Maeve!
- By Kate on 13-11-12
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One Day in December
- By: Josie Silver
- Narrated by: Eleanor Tomlinson, Charlie Anson
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn't exist. After all, life isn't a scene from the movies, is it? But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man whom she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there's a moment of pure magic...and then her bus drives away. Laurie thinks she'll never see the boy from the bus again. But at their Christmas party a year later, her best friend, Sarah, introduces her to the new love of her life. Who is, of course, the boy from the bus.
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Definitely not for your average Hell’s Angel reader
- By Amazon Customer on 24-12-18
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A Winter Beneath the Stars
- By: Jo Thomas
- Narrated by: Madeleine Leslay
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Halley has been running from her problems for years. On a courier trip to Tallfors, deep in Swedish Lapland, everything is going to plan. Halley has her bag, with two precious wedding rings inside for delivery...until she doesn't. The only way to save the wedding is to team up with mysterious reindeer herder Bjorn, the one person who can lead her across the snowy tundra to be reunited with her bag.
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I just can't finish it
- By Miss R. on 18-11-18
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The Winter of the Witch
- Winternight Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Katherine Arden
- Narrated by: Kathleen Gati
- Length: 14 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
-
Story
Moscow is in flames, leaving its people searching for answers - and someone to blame. Vasilisa, a girl with extraordinary gifts, must flee for her life, pursued by those who blame their misfortune on her magic. Then a vengeful demon returns, stronger than ever. Determined to engulf the world in chaos, he finds allies among men and spirits. Mankind and magical creatures alike find their fates resting on Vasya's shoulders. But she may not be able to save them all.
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Another great book
- By fuzz on 02-10-20
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Winter
- By: Ali Smith
- Narrated by: Melody Grove
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Winter? Bleak. Frosty wind, earth as iron, water as stone, so the old song goes. The shortest days, the longest nights. The trees are bare and shivering. The summer's leaves? Dead litter. The world shrinks; the sap sinks. But winter makes things visible. And if there's ice, there'll be fire. It's the season that teaches us survival. Here comes Winter the second audiobook in Ali Smith's shape-shifting quartet of stories.
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This is the Winter of my discontent!
- By Rachel Redford on 05-12-17
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The Winter's Tale
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Sinead Cusack, Ciaran Hinda, Eileen Atkins, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
King Leontes of Sicilia is seized by sudden and terrible jealousy of his wife Hermione, whom he accuses of adultery. He believes the child Hermione is bearing was fathered by his friend Polixenes, and when the baby girl is born he orders her to be taken to some wild place and left to die. Though Hermione's child escapes death, Leontes' cruelty has terrible consequences. Loss paves the way for reunion, and life and hope are born out of desolation and despair.
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Exit pursued by bear
- By Amazon Customer on 28-11-16
At Christmas Time
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Secret Santa
- Cherringham - A Cosy Crime Series, Mystery Shorts 25
- By: Matthew Costello, Neil Richards
- Narrated by: Neil Dudgeon
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Bill Vokes has played Santa at the children's Christmas show for years. But with the show just hours away, he vanishes with no explanation. The whole village is baffled. Did something bad happen to loveable Bill, upstanding citizen, churchgoer, life and soul of the party and the holiday season? Jack and Sarah are on the case - and soon discover there are secrets about this Santa that no one could have imagined.
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A really great listen all round!
- By Julie on 16-01-18
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Christmas Shopaholic
- By: Sophie Kinsella
- Narrated by: Nathalie Buscombe
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Celebrate Christmas with the ultimate Shopaholic! Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) is back in a new adventure for 2019 - Christmas Shopaholic. A brilliant laugh-out-loud festive novel from the number one best-selling author.
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Emma C
- By Amazon Customer on 01-12-19
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A Perfect Cornish Christmas
- By: Phillipa Ashley
- Narrated by: Laura Kirman
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Christmas in Cornwall is just around the corner. But after last Christmas revealed a shocking family secret, Scarlett’s hardly feeling merry and bright. All she wants this Christmas is to know who her real father is. So Scarlett heads to the little Cornish town of Porthmellow, where she believes the truth of her birth is hidden. She just didn’t bargain on being drawn into the Christmas festival preparations - or meeting Jude Penberth, whose charm threatens to complicate life further.
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narrator not good
- By Mrs. CA BERRY on 29-11-20
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Last Christmas
- By: Greg Wise, Emma Thompson
- Narrated by: Heather Long, Luke Thompson, Sandra Duncan, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The perfect gift book, featuring the writing of Meryl Streep, Bill Bailey, Emilia Clarke, Olivia Colman, Caitlin Moran, Richard Ayoade, Emily Watson and others, to coincide with the upcoming movie Last Christmas, starring Emma Thompson, Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding. When you think back to Christmases past, what (if anything) made it magical? This is a beautiful, funny and soulful collection of personal essays about the meaning of Christmas, written by a unique plethora of voices from the boulevards of Hollywood to the soup kitchens of Covent Garden.
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Lovely Christmas moments
- By Maya Connell on 06-12-19
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19th Christmas
- Women’s Murder Club, Book 19
- By: James Patterson
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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This Christmas season, the Women's Murder club unite to protect the streets of San Francisco once more in James Patterson's latest instalment to the bestselling series.
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What’s the point?
- By Fee on 17-10-19
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A Christmas Carol
- By: Charles Dickens, R. D. Carstairs - adaptation
- Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Cranham, Miriam Margolyes, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Original Recording
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'If I had my way, every idiot who goes around with Merry Christmas on his lips, would be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. Merry Christmas? Bah humbug!' Charles Dickens’ ghostly tale of sour and stingy miser Ebenezer Scrooge has captivated readers, listeners and audiences for over 150 years. This Christmas, Audible Studios brings this story to life in an audio drama featuring an all-star cast.
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THANK YOU 🎄🤶🏻🎄& Merry Christmas
- By Highlight on 14-12-16
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Secret Santa
- Cherringham - A Cosy Crime Series, Mystery Shorts 25
- By: Matthew Costello, Neil Richards
- Narrated by: Neil Dudgeon
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
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Bill Vokes has played Santa at the children's Christmas show for years. But with the show just hours away, he vanishes with no explanation. The whole village is baffled. Did something bad happen to loveable Bill, upstanding citizen, churchgoer, life and soul of the party and the holiday season? Jack and Sarah are on the case - and soon discover there are secrets about this Santa that no one could have imagined.
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A really great listen all round!
- By Julie on 16-01-18
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Christmas Shopaholic
- By: Sophie Kinsella
- Narrated by: Nathalie Buscombe
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
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Celebrate Christmas with the ultimate Shopaholic! Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) is back in a new adventure for 2019 - Christmas Shopaholic. A brilliant laugh-out-loud festive novel from the number one best-selling author.
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- By Amazon Customer on 01-12-19
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A Perfect Cornish Christmas
- By: Phillipa Ashley
- Narrated by: Laura Kirman
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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Christmas in Cornwall is just around the corner. But after last Christmas revealed a shocking family secret, Scarlett’s hardly feeling merry and bright. All she wants this Christmas is to know who her real father is. So Scarlett heads to the little Cornish town of Porthmellow, where she believes the truth of her birth is hidden. She just didn’t bargain on being drawn into the Christmas festival preparations - or meeting Jude Penberth, whose charm threatens to complicate life further.
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narrator not good
- By Mrs. CA BERRY on 29-11-20
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Last Christmas
- By: Greg Wise, Emma Thompson
- Narrated by: Heather Long, Luke Thompson, Sandra Duncan, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
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The perfect gift book, featuring the writing of Meryl Streep, Bill Bailey, Emilia Clarke, Olivia Colman, Caitlin Moran, Richard Ayoade, Emily Watson and others, to coincide with the upcoming movie Last Christmas, starring Emma Thompson, Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding. When you think back to Christmases past, what (if anything) made it magical? This is a beautiful, funny and soulful collection of personal essays about the meaning of Christmas, written by a unique plethora of voices from the boulevards of Hollywood to the soup kitchens of Covent Garden.
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Lovely Christmas moments
- By Maya Connell on 06-12-19
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19th Christmas
- Women’s Murder Club, Book 19
- By: James Patterson
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
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This Christmas season, the Women's Murder club unite to protect the streets of San Francisco once more in James Patterson's latest instalment to the bestselling series.
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What’s the point?
- By Fee on 17-10-19
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A Christmas Carol
- By: Charles Dickens, R. D. Carstairs - adaptation
- Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Cranham, Miriam Margolyes, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
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'If I had my way, every idiot who goes around with Merry Christmas on his lips, would be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. Merry Christmas? Bah humbug!' Charles Dickens’ ghostly tale of sour and stingy miser Ebenezer Scrooge has captivated readers, listeners and audiences for over 150 years. This Christmas, Audible Studios brings this story to life in an audio drama featuring an all-star cast.
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THANK YOU 🎄🤶🏻🎄& Merry Christmas
- By Highlight on 14-12-16
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Hercule Poirot's Christmas
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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It is Christmas Eve. The Lee family reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture, followed by a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. But when Hercule Poirot, who is staying in the village with a friend for Christmas, offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man.
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Unusual and full of red herrings
- By Kathleen on 04-01-17
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Christmas at Silver Falls: A Heartwarming, Feel Good Christmas Romance
- By: Jenny Hale
- Narrated by: Patricia Rodriguez
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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White Oaks Inn has always been at the heart of Christmas celebrations for Scarlett Bailey and her family. Her adored gran has owned the rambling, old-fashioned hotel, filled with the scent of cinnamon and chocolate, since Scarlett was a little girl. But now her gran’s home is under threat. And it looks like it could be the Baileys’ last Christmas together there....
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- By Darren Ryan on 24-11-20
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Eve: A Christmas Ghost Story
- A Psychic Surveys Prequel
- By: Shani Struthers
- Narrated by: Heather Tracy
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
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In 1899, in the North Yorkshire market town of Thorpe Morton, a tragedy occurred; 59 people died at the market hall whilst celebrating Christmas Eve, many of them children. One hundred years on and the spirits of the deceased are restless still, 'haunting' the community, refusing to let them forget. In 1999, psychic investigators Theo Lawson and Ness Patterson are called in to help, sensing immediately on arrival how weighed down the town is. Quickly they discover there's no safe haven. The past taints everything.
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A Christmas Horror with a Heart
- By Noelle Kelly on 16-12-17
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Christmas Wishes & Mistletoe Kisses
- A Feel Good Christmas Romance Novel
- By: Jenny Hale
- Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
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An uplifting, beautiful story about never letting go of your dreams, the special magic of a family Christmas...and the rush of falling in love under the mistletoe. Single mother Abbey Fuller loves her family more than anything and doesn't regret for a moment having had to put her dreams of being an interior designer on hold. But with her son, Max, growing up, when a friend recommends her for a small design job, she jumps at the chance.
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Predicable but an easy listening Christmas read.
- By c brennan on 04-02-16
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The Christmas Card Crime
- And Other Stories
- By: Martin Edwards
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin, Anne Dover
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
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A Christmas party is punctuated by a gunshot under a policeman’s watchful eye. A jewel heist is planned amidst the glitz and glamour of Oxford Street’s Christmas shopping. And lost in a snowstorm, a man finds a motive for murder.... This collection of mysteries explores the darker side of the festive season, from unexplained disturbances in the fresh snow to the darkness that lurks beneath the sparkling decorations.
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Not worth the time
- By Nigel on 23-01-19
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Christmas by the Lighthouse
- By: Rebecca Boxall
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
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Happy-go-lucky journalist Summer has always managed to focus on the silver lining. But nothing in her life has prepared her for her husband Seth’s recent revelation: He wants a six-month break from their marriage. Determined to stay positive, Summer decamps to Jersey to spend six months by the sea, where every passing week makes Seth more of a distant memory. Then she meets sweet, charming Jude, whose life seems to be on permanent hold even before he receives devastating news of his own.
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Comment cracker
- By pamela.a.jonesZA on 08-12-19
Family Listening
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- A Harry Potter Hogwarts Library Book
- By: J.K. Rowling, Newt Scamander
- Narrated by: Eddie Redmayne
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
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An approved textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since its first publication, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an indispensable guide to the magical beasts of the wizarding world. It showcases a menagerie of magical creatures, explained enchantingly by noted magizoologist, Newt Scamander, who you may remember from the film series of the same name.
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Shards of Pottery!
- By Simon on 14-03-17
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The Anne of Green Gables Collection
- Anne Shirley Books 1-6 and Avonlea Short Stories
- By: L.M. Montgomery
- Narrated by: Susie Berneis, Tara Ward
- Length: 73 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Fans of L. M. Montgomery's Anne Shirley rejoice! Collected here are six of the original Anne Shirley books in the order they were published. This collection includes Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, and Rilla of Ingleside. Published between 1908 and 1921, these heartwarming tales of hidden hopes and cherished dreams will enchant fans and new listeners alike.
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Breakdown of the Books
- By RAW on 03-05-20
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Let It Snow
- By: John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle
- Narrated by: Rebecca Soler, Brandon Gill, Ali Ahn
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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An ill-timed storm on Christmas Eve buries the residents of Gracetown under multiple feet of snow and causes quite a bit of chaos. One brave soul ventures out into the storm from her stranded train and sets off a chain of events that will change quite a few lives. Over the next three days one girl takes a risky shortcut with an adorable stranger, three friends set out to win a race to the Waffle House (and the hash brown spoils) and the fate of a teacup pig falls into the hands of a lovesick barista.
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Terrible quality
- By Shelley Frame on 01-06-20
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Looking for Alaska
- By: John Green
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words - and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet François Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps”. Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps.
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Nice listen
- By Ye123 on 25-10-20
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- A Harry Potter Hogwarts Library Book
- By: J.K. Rowling, Newt Scamander
- Narrated by: Eddie Redmayne
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
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An approved textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since its first publication, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an indispensable guide to the magical beasts of the wizarding world. It showcases a menagerie of magical creatures, explained enchantingly by noted magizoologist, Newt Scamander, who you may remember from the film series of the same name.
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Shards of Pottery!
- By Simon on 14-03-17
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The Anne of Green Gables Collection
- Anne Shirley Books 1-6 and Avonlea Short Stories
- By: L.M. Montgomery
- Narrated by: Susie Berneis, Tara Ward
- Length: 73 hrs and 19 mins
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Fans of L. M. Montgomery's Anne Shirley rejoice! Collected here are six of the original Anne Shirley books in the order they were published. This collection includes Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, and Rilla of Ingleside. Published between 1908 and 1921, these heartwarming tales of hidden hopes and cherished dreams will enchant fans and new listeners alike.
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Breakdown of the Books
- By RAW on 03-05-20
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Let It Snow
- By: John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle
- Narrated by: Rebecca Soler, Brandon Gill, Ali Ahn
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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An ill-timed storm on Christmas Eve buries the residents of Gracetown under multiple feet of snow and causes quite a bit of chaos. One brave soul ventures out into the storm from her stranded train and sets off a chain of events that will change quite a few lives. Over the next three days one girl takes a risky shortcut with an adorable stranger, three friends set out to win a race to the Waffle House (and the hash brown spoils) and the fate of a teacup pig falls into the hands of a lovesick barista.
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Terrible quality
- By Shelley Frame on 01-06-20
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Looking for Alaska
- By: John Green
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words - and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet François Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps”. Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps.
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Nice listen
- By Ye123 on 25-10-20
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Deeplight
- By: Frances Hardinge
- Narrated by: Joshua Akehurst
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
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For centuries the gods of the Undersea ruled the islands of the Myriad through awe and terror: they were very real, and very dangerous. Sacrifices were hurled into the waters to appease them, and every boat was painted with pleading eyes to entreat their mercy. They were served, feared and adored. Then, 30 years ago, the gods rose up in madness and tore each other apart. Now, none remain. The islands have recovered and the people have patched their battered ships and moved on.
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Beautifully written, wonderfully told
- By ladies man on 11-12-22
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Charlotte's Web
- By: E. B. White, Melissa Sweet
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Robin Miles, MacLeod Andrews, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
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Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high up in Zuckerman's barn. Charlotte's spider web tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur's life when he was born the runt of his litter. E. B. White's Newbery Honor Book is a tender novel of friendship, love, life, and death that will continue to be enjoyed by generations to come.
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Beautiful!
- By Caroline Armstrong on 14-09-20
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The Emerald City of Oz
- By: L. Frank Baum
- Narrated by: Charles Hubbell
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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The Emerald City is built all of beautiful marbles in which are set a profusion of emeralds, every one exquisitely cut and of very great size. There are other jewels used in the decorations inside the houses and palaces, such as rubies, diamonds, sapphires, amethysts and turquoises. But in the streets and upon the outside of the buildings only emeralds appear, from which circumstance the place is named the Emerald City of Oz.
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The Bird's Christmas Carol
- By: Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Narrated by: Alexander Doddy
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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Kate Douglas Wiggin was an American educator and author of children's stories, including the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. The Birds' Christmas Carol, published in 1888, is a novel about Carol Bird, a Christmas baby who turns into an exceptionally kind and generous young girl who has a positive effect on everyone with whom she comes into contact. The story was adapted as the silent movie A Bit o' Heaven in 1917.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Classic Starts)
- By: Chris Sasaki - adaptation, Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Rebecca K. Reynolds
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
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Classic Starts: The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve. No child is too young to appreciate the amazing deductive powers of the world's smartest detective. These easy-to-listen-to Sherlock Holmes stories provide the perfect introduction to the super sleuth and his friend and assistant, Dr. Watson. Among the intriguing tales: "A Scandal in Bohemia", Holmes's first encounter with the mysterious Irene Adler; "The Red-Headed League"; "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" and others.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- By: Lewis Carroll
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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On an ordinary summer's afternoon, Alice tumbles down a hole - and an extraordinary adventure begins. In a strange world with even stranger characters, she meets a rabbit with a pocket watch, joins a Mad Hatter's Tea Party, and plays croquet with the Queen! Lost in this fantasy land, Alice finds herself growing more and more curious by the minute.
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Perfectly read masterpiece!
- By TOMOKO on 13-09-12
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Mary Poppins
- By: P. L. Travers
- Narrated by: Olivia Colman
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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When the East Wind blows Mary Poppins into the home of the Banks children, their lives go topsy-turvy and are changed forever. More than 80 years since we first met Mary Poppins, this original, classic story is still charming listeners and transporting new fans into the mysterious world of everyone’s favourite magical nanny.
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Oh Olivia
- By Happy on 22-10-18
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Treasure Island
- By: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Narrated by: Sam Taylor
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From the moment young Jim Hawkins first encounters the sinister Blind Pew at the Admiral Benbow Inn until the climactic battle for treasure on a tropic isle, the nevel creates scenes and characters that have firetd the imaginations of generations of readers. Written by a superb prose stylist, a master of both action and atmosphere, the story centers upon the conflict between good and evil - but in this case a particularly engaging form of evil.
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Great story, terrible narrator
- By LadyKay on 09-11-20
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The Enchanted Collection
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Secret Garden, Black Beauty, The Wind in the Willows, Little Women (The Heirloom Collection)
- By: Anna Sewell, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Kenneth Grahame, and others
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden, Simon Vance, Michael Page, and others
- Length: 40 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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This is a collection meant to be cherished for a lifetime. Whether encountering these cherished tales for the first or the 50th time, listeners will find enchantment in this collection.
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5 brilliant books well read
- By Dragonbadger on 30-09-17
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- By: Ian Fleming
- Narrated by: David Tennant
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Crackpot is what everybody calls the Pott family. So when they go to buy a new car and come back with a wreck, nobody is surprised. Except for the Potts themselves. First, the car has a name. And she tells them what it is. Then they find that she can fly... and swim... Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a car on a mission to stop a criminal gang in its tracks and she is taking the Potts with her! Jump into the world s most loved magical car, for her first adventure ever!
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Loved by my son
- By E. Parke on 01-12-15
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A Naughty Elf Christmas Stories: Books 1-3
- Christmas Bedtime Stories
- By: Mary Fern
- Narrated by: Clinton Herigstad
- Length: 51 mins
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Naughty Elf needs to help Santa get some children back from the naughty list on to the good list in time for Christmas, but can he do it in time? Find out when you listen to these delightful Christmas tales, all of which reinforce messages of good behavior.
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North Pole Antics
- By Gazi shell on 09-11-18
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Letters from Father Christmas
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, John Moffatt, Christian Rodska
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
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Can you imagine writing to Father Christmas and actually getting a reply? Every year, the children of J.R.R. Tolkien would write to Father Christmas, and the letters they received told wonderful stories of his adventures at the North Pole. These humorous tales are brought to life by Derek Jacobi as Father Christmas, John Moffatt as Polar Bear, and Christian Rodska as Ilbereth the Elf, complete with specially composed music.
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Seriously irritating music
- By Sally on 24-12-16
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Christmas Book at Bedtime: Complete Series
- By: Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Dickens, Laurie Lee
- Narrated by: Patricia Routledge, Joss Ackland, Miriam Margolyes, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
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Everyone loves a bedtime story. And here are eight of the best from BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime, each with a Christmas theme, written by an array of literature's best-known names. They include Laurie Lee, Charles Dickens, and Hans Christian Andersen - just some of the storytellers included in this collection.
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Good for adults as well
- By mrs on 23-12-12
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The Girl Who Saved Christmas
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
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If magic has a beginning, can it also have an end? When Amelia wants a wish to come true she knows just the man to ask - Father Christmas. But the magic she wants to believe in is starting to fade, and Father Christmas has more than impossible wishes to worry about. Upset elves, reindeers dropping out of the sky, angry trolls and the chance that Christmas might be cancelled.
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The Girl Who Saved Christmas
- By Kindle Customer on 19-01-17
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Father Christmas and Me
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Natascha McElhone
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
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It isn't always easy growing up as a human in Elfhelm, even if your adoptive parents are the newly married Father Christmas and Mary Christmas. For one thing, Elf School can be annoying when you have to sing Christmas songs every day - even in July - and when you fail all your toy-making tests. Also it can get very, very cold. But when the jealous Easter Bunny and his rabbit army launch an attack to stop Christmas, it's up to Amelia, her new family and the elves to keep Christmas alive. Before it's too late....
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Technical Issue Spoils a Great Story
- By Donn Edwards on 24-12-17
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A Boy Called Christmas
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
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You are about to listen to the true story of Father Christmas. If you believe that some things are impossible, you should stop considering listening right away. Because this audiobook is full of impossible things. Are you still there? Good. Then let us begin. A Boy Called Christmas is a tale of adventure, snow, kidnapping, elves, more snow and an 11-year-old boy called Nikolas who isn't afraid to believe in magic.
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Amazingly depressing!
- By lilac on 28-03-17
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The Complete Chronicles of Narnia
- The Classic BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: C. S. Lewis
- Narrated by: Maurice Denham, Full Cast
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
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C.S. Lewis’s acclaimed and universally loved novels spring to life in these spellbinding full-cast BBC dramatisations. Anyone who’s visited Narnia wants to go back again, and these radio dramas make for a hugely entertaining first-time or return journey, with a cast including Bernard Cribbins, Maurice Denham, Richard Griffiths, Martin Jarvis, Sylvester McCoy, John Sessions, Fiona Shaw and Timothy Spall.
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The reason I became a voice actor...
- By William on 18-02-15
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Peter Duck
- Swallows and Amazons Series, Book 3
- By: Arthur Ransome
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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For anyone who loves sailing and adventure, Arthur Ransome's classic Swallows and Amazons series stands alone. Originally published over a half-century ago, the twelve books are still eagerly read by children and adults alike - by all those captivated by the world of adventure and imagination. Such longevity is not only due to Ransome's unparalleled gift of storytelling, but also his championing of qualities such as independence and initiative; virtues that appeal to every generation, whether young or old.
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I was completely absorbed by this story
- By Justin on 05-11-13
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The Little Prince
- By: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Richard Howard - translator
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see, standing before him, the most extraordinary little fellow. "Please," asks the stranger, "draw me a sheep." And the pilot realizes that when life's events are too difficult to understand, there is no choice but to succumb to their mysteries. He pulls out pencil and paper... And thus begins this wise and enchanting fable that, in teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has changed forever the world for its readers.
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Important things can only be seen by the heart
- By Wras on 24-07-15
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The Wind in the Willows
- By: Kenneth Grahame
- Narrated by: Michael Hordern
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Here is a timeless tale of waterside Britain that has been loved by generations of children and acclaimed as a classic. The story of Mole, Ratty, Badger, and Toad, and their escapades, whether messing about on the river or poop-pooping in Toad's shiny new car, cannot fail to enchant.
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Great performance
- By Annika on 02-01-14
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The Slug That Saved Christmas
- By: Clifford James Hayes
- Narrated by: Sheree Wichard
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Fans of quirky, irreverent yuletide humor will screech with delight at Clarence the slug's Christmas adventure! A rude letter from a greedy child makes Santa go a bit bonkers - but it's Christmas Eve and the elves are desperate for someone to deliver all the presents!
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Free review for free Xmas audiobook
- By Samantha on 23-09-16
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Paddington and the Christmas Surprise
- By: Michael Bond
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 9 mins
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When the Browns take Paddington to the Christmas grotto at the local department store, their journey through the Winter Wonderland is full of unexpected surprises. But the best surprise is a present from Santa. After all, who else would find the perfect present for a bear like Paddington?
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Epic Adventure (Kind Of)
- Tom Gates, Book 13
- By: Liz Pichon
- Narrated by: Russell Tovey
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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The 13th hilarious audiobook in the ever-popular Tom Gates series! Having two sets of grandparents is turning out to be very good for me. The wrinkles are keen on giving presents, and they're planning a family outing, too, which is going to be epic!
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brilliant book
- By Alex on 26-03-20
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The Twits
- By: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Richard Ayoade
- Length: 57 mins
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Mr Twit is a foul and smelly man with bits of cornflake and sardine in his beard. Mrs Twit is a horrible old hag with a glass eye. Together they make the nastiest couple you could ever hope not to meet. Down in their garden, the ghastly, evil Twits keep Muggle-Wump the monkey and his family locked in a cage. But not for much longer! Because the monkeys are planning to trick the terrible Twits and make their escape, once and for all....
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VERY expensive for an hour
- By Tim J. on 04-10-18
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The Slug That Saved Christmas
- By: Clifford James Hayes
- Narrated by: Sheree Wichard
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
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Fans of quirky, irreverent yuletide humor will screech with delight at Clarence the slug's Christmas adventure! A rude letter from a greedy child makes Santa go a bit bonkers - but it's Christmas Eve and the elves are desperate for someone to deliver all the presents!
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Free review for free Xmas audiobook
- By Samantha on 23-09-16
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Paddington and the Christmas Surprise
- By: Michael Bond
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 9 mins
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When the Browns take Paddington to the Christmas grotto at the local department store, their journey through the Winter Wonderland is full of unexpected surprises. But the best surprise is a present from Santa. After all, who else would find the perfect present for a bear like Paddington?
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Epic Adventure (Kind Of)
- Tom Gates, Book 13
- By: Liz Pichon
- Narrated by: Russell Tovey
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
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The 13th hilarious audiobook in the ever-popular Tom Gates series! Having two sets of grandparents is turning out to be very good for me. The wrinkles are keen on giving presents, and they're planning a family outing, too, which is going to be epic!
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brilliant book
- By Alex on 26-03-20
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The Twits
- By: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Richard Ayoade
- Length: 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Mr Twit is a foul and smelly man with bits of cornflake and sardine in his beard. Mrs Twit is a horrible old hag with a glass eye. Together they make the nastiest couple you could ever hope not to meet. Down in their garden, the ghastly, evil Twits keep Muggle-Wump the monkey and his family locked in a cage. But not for much longer! Because the monkeys are planning to trick the terrible Twits and make their escape, once and for all....
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VERY expensive for an hour
- By Tim J. on 04-10-18
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The Gruffalo
- By: Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler
- Narrated by: Imelda Staunton
- Length: 25 mins
- Unabridged
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A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood. A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good. Walk further into the deep dark wood, and discover what happens when a quick-witted mouse comes face to face with an owl, a snake...and a hungry Gruffalo!
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lovely book
- By TheHollobones on 14-04-19
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A Bear Called Paddington
- By: Michael Bond
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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"A bear on Paddington Station?" said Mrs Brown in amazement. "Don't be silly - there can't be." The Browns first met Paddington on a railway station - Paddington station, in fact. He had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru with only a jar of marmalade, a suitcase and his hat. The Browns soon found that Paddington was a very unusual bear.
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Fabulous
- By Jane on 01-05-11
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Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales
- By: Erik Christian Haugaard, Hans Christian Andersen
- Narrated by: F. Murray Abraham, Edoardo Ballerini, Marisa Calin, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
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Brought to life by Academy Award®-winning actor F. Murray Abraham and an ensemble cast of narrators, and featuring original music by Michael Bacon, this collection contains Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved fairy tales, as well as a selection of lesser-known favorites. Unlike the Brothers Grimm, who collected and retold folklore and fairy tales, Hans Christian Andersen adopted the most ancient literary forms and distilled them into a genre that was uniquely his own. His fairy tales are remarkable for their sense of fantasy, power of description, and vivid imagination.
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Dissatisfied
- By Carl Fitzpatrick on 06-12-23
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Little House in the Big Woods
- Little House, Book 1
- By: Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Narrated by: Cherry Jones
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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Told from four-year-old Laura's point of view, this story begins in 1871 in a little log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Laura lives in the little house with her pa, her ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their trusty dog, Jack. Pioneer life is sometimes hard for the family, since they must grow or catch all their own food as they get ready for the cold winter. But it is also exciting as Laura and her family celebrate Christmas with homemade toys and treats, do the spring planting, bring in the harvest, and make their first trip into town.
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Little House In The Big Woods Review
- By Amazon Customer on 12-07-18
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Pollyanna (BBC Children's Classics) (Dramatised)
- By: Eleanor H. Porter
- Narrated by: Gayle Hunnicutt
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
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When Pollyanna's father dies, she is sent to live with her only surviving relative, the rich but stern Aunt Polly. Pollyanna's joy soon turns to disappointment when her spinster aunt gives her a cold greeting and tells her she is to stay in the attic. It's not the welcome Pollyanna expected, but she soon regains her spirits, playing the "glad game" her father taught her.
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Beautiful and loved by children
- By Eva on 15-05-21
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Christmas Treats
- Contains 29 Classic Blyton Tales (Bumper Short Story Collections)
- By: Enid Blyton
- Narrated by: Nicky Diss, Alex Wingfield
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
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A collection of 29 of Enid Blyton's Christmas stories. Visit Santa's workshop, hang up your stocking and help two naughty goblins make a Christmas pudding in this magical collection from the classic children's author. Stories include 'Mr Icy-Cold', 'The Christmas Party' and 'Rescuing Santa Claus'. A wonderful selection to enjoy and share. Mystery and magic, laughter and mischief, the joy of shared times and plenty of delicious food....
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Delightful!
- By Dan & Kim on 20-12-21
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Grimm's Fairy Tales
- By: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Since their first publication in 1812, Grimm's Fairy Tales have proven to be an enduring feature of Western literature. The stories have been translated into over 100 languages worldwide, and their influence has cast its spell on many film makers, as well. The stories were collected from traditional storytellers from around Germany, usually women, and the motivation to collect them grew out of the wave of romantic nationalism of the early 19th century.
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Fantastical!
- By Craigie xx on 15-12-15
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The Velveteen Rabbit and The Girl Who Owned a Bear
- By: Margery Williams, L. Frank Baum
- Narrated by: James Mio, Jenny Day
- Length: 50 mins
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Two delightful, fanciful, and heartwarming stories. "The Velveteen Rabbit" tells the tale of a stuffed rabbit that longs to become real, while "The Girl Who Owned a Bear" tells of a little girl who receives a magical book filled with the most unpredictable of magic.
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Aladdin and Other Stories
- By: Audible Studios
- Narrated by: Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan
- Length: 45 mins
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Magical retellings of three classic fairy tales, read by Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan. In "Aladdin", Aladdin is a tailor's son who dreams of making his fortune and marrying the Sultan's daughter, but is tricked into becoming apprentice to a cunning magician. He needs Aladdin to do a very special job - climb down into a deep, dark cave and fetch an oil lamp...
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Dont be fooled by the cover!
- By Ruth on 27-05-20
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The Girl Who Saved Christmas
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
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If magic has a beginning, can it also have an end? When Amelia wants a wish to come true she knows just the man to ask - Father Christmas. But the magic she wants to believe in is starting to fade, and Father Christmas has more than impossible wishes to worry about. Upset elves, reindeers dropping out of the sky, angry trolls and the chance that Christmas might be cancelled.
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The Girl Who Saved Christmas
- By Kindle Customer on 19-01-17
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Agatha Raisin and the Christmas Crumble
- By: M. C. Beaton
- Narrated by: Penelope Keith
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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At home alone for the holidays, Agatha Raisin decides to host a dinner party for the elder residents in her Cotswold village of Winter Parva. Agatha's never been much of a homemaker, but she's dead set on making this the perfect holiday for the 'crumblies', as she affectionately calls them. She's decorated a tree while fending off her cats, Hodge and Boswell, and even made a (lumpy) Christmas pudding in between swigs of rum.
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Funny and enjoyable.
- By Mr Adrian Paul Friar on 25-12-16
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We Are the Beaker Girls
- By: Jacqueline Wilson
- Narrated by: Sheridan Smith
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
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Jess and Tracy Beaker have found happiness in The Dumping Ground. Not that Dumping Ground - the children’s home that Tracy grew up in - but a seaside antique shop full of treasures, along with Flo, the owner, and Alfie, their dog. Jess is looking for a fantastic new boyfriend for her mum (mostly because Tracy’s awful ex Sean is back on the scene). But Jess has bigger problems of her own. She’s being picked on by a local kid who’s got it in for her. But when Jess uncovers the truth about her new enemy, it means big changes for the Beaker Girls....
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Not good at all
- By Ruth on 10-01-20
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The Girl of Ink & Stars
- By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
- Narrated by: Victoria Fox
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Forbidden to leave her island, Isabella dreams of the faraway lands her cartographer father once mapped. When her best friend disappears, she's determined to be part of the search party. Guided by an ancient map and her knowledge of the stars, Isabella navigates the island's dangerous Forgotten Territories. But beneath the dry rivers and dead forests, a fiery myth is stirring from its sleep.
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Prefer to read it...
- By Andrew on 12-04-17
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The Call of the Wild (Classic Starts)
- By: Jack London, Oliver Ho - adaptation
- Narrated by: Rebecca K. Reynolds
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
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Classic Starts: The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve. Here is the ultimate dog story, one filled with emotion, adventure, and excitement. During the Gold Rush, Buck is snatched away from his peaceful home and brought to the harsh and bitter Yukon to become a sled dog. Will he adapt, and learn to trust men?
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Beatrix Potter: The Complete Tales
- By: Beatrix Potter
- Narrated by: Gary Bond, Michael Hordern, Rosemary Leach, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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The 23 tales in this set have never lost their popularity and sell in their millions all over the world. Meet again the famous characters that children love and adore...Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, the Flopsy Bunnies, Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, Tom Kitten, Jeremy Fisher, Jemima Puddle-Duck and many more.
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Lovely recordings but shame about the metadata
- By Anouska on 28-10-17
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
- By: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Douglas Hodge
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Charlie Bucket and his family are rushing around the Earth at seventeen-thousand miles an hour in a great glass elevator. It belongs to the fantastic Mr Willy Wonka, and the adventure becomes even greater upon discovering they're not the only ones orbiting the Earth at that particular time....
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Okay
- By Sam O'Regan on 12-02-20
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Winnie the Pooh (Dramatised)
- By: A. A. Milne
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Jane Horrocks, Geoffrey Palmer, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
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Packed full of fun and adventure with Winnie-the-Pooh and all his friends in the Hundred Acre Forest. This is a wonderful dramatisation of Winnie-the-Pooh by David Benedictus with music composed, directed and played by John Gould.
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Brilliant!!!! Adults also can enjoy
- By Ayako on 28-06-12
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Peter Pan
- By: J. M. Barrie
- Narrated by: Lily Collins
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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There are few characters in literature more iconic than J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. Originally introduced in 1902 in another Barrie novel (The Little White Bird), Peter's story was expanded as a standalone novel in 1911 and since then has been memorably adapted for the movies, for television, and for stage.
Now, actress Lily Collins (The Blind Side, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones) brings new, youthful energy to Peter's magical adventures.
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Disgusting.
- By Andrew on 09-11-19
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Timeless Tales for Kids
- By: E. Nesbit, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, and others
- Narrated by: Alistair McGowan, Olivia Colman, Bill Nighy, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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Timeless Tales for Kids is an enchanting compilation of children's classic stories read by an all-star cast. Olivia Colman reads E. Nesbit's classic novel The Railway Children, a masterpiece in children's fiction wonderfully evoking a bygone age, packed with fun, excitement and adventure. Bill Nighy reads a much-loved children's classic, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which continues to delight young and old with its enchanting tale of witches, flying monkeys and magical shoes.
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Needs Chapter names
- By T L Waldron on 27-12-19
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The Gingerbread Man
- By: Joseph Jacobs
- Narrated by: Blair Mellow
- Length: 9 mins
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A little old woman and her husband long for a child of their very own, so they decide to make one out of gingerbread. Unfortunately, when the oven door is opened, that rascally little fella runs away! Can anyone catch him?
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i didnt like the narrator and how it was narrated.
- By Aiza Joyce on 06-02-21
Shelter from the Cold
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Savage Son
- By: Jack Carr
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Deep in the wilds of Siberia, a woman is on the run, pursued by a man harbouring secrets - a man intent on killing her. Half a world away, James Reece is recovering from brain surgery in the Montana wilderness, slowly putting his life back together with the help of investigative journalist Katie Buranek and his longtime friend and SEAL teammate Raife Hastings.
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A bit heavy on the patriotism,
- By Ant on 07-02-21
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In Cold Blood
- By: Truman Capote
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues.
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Cool, balanced recounting of brutal event
- By Steve on 26-01-06
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
- By: John le Carré
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Alec Leamas has ended his time in Berlin. Or his time has ended him. The last of his Eastern agents has been killed, like the others, by the Abteilung. Back at the Circus, Leamas is put on the shelf. He turns to drunkenness and dishonesty and finally disappears from view, a seemingly broken man. But unknown to anyone except George Smiley and his master, Control, Leamas has been given his toughest mission ever. He will have to be himself but more so.
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The book that came in from the cd.
- By S. Thomas on 23-12-12
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The Secret of Cold Hill
- By: Peter James
- Narrated by: Jack Hawkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Cold Hill House has been demolished to make way for a new housing estate. Luxury living at its best with high specification gadgets all thrown in - part exchange available for the right buyers. The first two families move in, and as soon as they do, the unearthly residents of Cold Hill begin to make themselves known. Nobody who moves into Cold Hill reaches their 40th birthday, and the old couple that have just arrived...let’s just say their days are numbered.
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ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.
- By Janet on 04-10-19
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Savage Son
- By: Jack Carr
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Deep in the wilds of Siberia, a woman is on the run, pursued by a man harbouring secrets - a man intent on killing her. Half a world away, James Reece is recovering from brain surgery in the Montana wilderness, slowly putting his life back together with the help of investigative journalist Katie Buranek and his longtime friend and SEAL teammate Raife Hastings.
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A bit heavy on the patriotism,
- By Ant on 07-02-21
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In Cold Blood
- By: Truman Capote
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues.
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Cool, balanced recounting of brutal event
- By Steve on 26-01-06
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
- By: John le Carré
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Alec Leamas has ended his time in Berlin. Or his time has ended him. The last of his Eastern agents has been killed, like the others, by the Abteilung. Back at the Circus, Leamas is put on the shelf. He turns to drunkenness and dishonesty and finally disappears from view, a seemingly broken man. But unknown to anyone except George Smiley and his master, Control, Leamas has been given his toughest mission ever. He will have to be himself but more so.
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The book that came in from the cd.
- By S. Thomas on 23-12-12
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The Secret of Cold Hill
- By: Peter James
- Narrated by: Jack Hawkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Cold Hill House has been demolished to make way for a new housing estate. Luxury living at its best with high specification gadgets all thrown in - part exchange available for the right buyers. The first two families move in, and as soon as they do, the unearthly residents of Cold Hill begin to make themselves known. Nobody who moves into Cold Hill reaches their 40th birthday, and the old couple that have just arrived...let’s just say their days are numbered.
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ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.
- By Janet on 04-10-19
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Cold Comfort Farm
- A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- By: Stella Gibbons
- Narrated by: Patricia Gallimore, Miriam Margolyes, Elizabeth Proud, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
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Strong of will and slender of ankle, 20-year-old orphan Flora Poste is blessed with every virtue save that of being able to earn her own living. Casting around for suitable relatives with whom she can make her home, Flora alights on the mysterious Starkadders and, ignoring the horrified shrieks of her friends, heads down to darkest Sussex.
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Mmm, not my cup of tea...
- By Lorna Davies on 28-05-19
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold
- By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Geoffrey Trousselot - translator
- Narrated by: Arina Ii
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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In Before the Coffee Gets Cold, we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the café’s time-travelling offer, in order to: confront the man who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer's, to see their sister one last time, and to meet the daughter they never got the chance to know.
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Just No
- By M. Atkinson on 26-09-19
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Stone Cold
- By: Robert Swindells
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Homeless, frightened and alone, Link finds himself down and out in London. He survives only because he is befriended by the streetwise Ginger, then Ginger disappears. Other kids are vanishing, too. Will Link be the next victim?
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Brilliant parallel story!
- By Lorie Hollies on 18-10-20
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Cold Mountain
- By: Charles Frazier
- Narrated by: Charles Frazier
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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A soldier wounded in the American Civil War, Inman turns his back on the carnage of the battlefield and begins the treacherous journey home to Cold Mountain - and to Ada, the woman he loved before the war began. As Inman attempts to make his way across the mountains, through the devastated landscape of a soon-to-be-defeated South, Ada struggles to make a living from the land her once-wealthy father left when he died. Neither knows if the other is still alive.
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Cold Mountain
- By Stafford Steve on 30-12-10
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It's Not OK to Feel Blue (and Other Lies)
- Inspirational People Open Up About Their Mental Health
- By: Scarlett Curtis
- Narrated by: Scarlett Curtis, Adam Kay, Honey Ross, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone has a mental health. So we asked: what does yours mean to you? The result is extraordinary. Over 60 people have shared their stories. Powerful, funny, moving, this book is here to tell you: it's OK.
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Thank you
- By clare on 10-10-19
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So Lucky
- By: Dawn O’Porter
- Narrated by: Dawn O’Porter, Clara Francis
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Beth shows that women really can have it all. Ruby lives life by her own rules. And then there’s Lauren, living the dream. As perfect as it looks? Beth hasn’t had sex in a year. Ruby feels like she’s failing. Lauren’s happiness is fake news. And it just takes one shocking event to make the truth come tumbling out....
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Crude
- By lou on 12-02-20
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The Man Who Didn't Call
- By: Rosie Walsh
- Narrated by: Katherine Press
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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If you've ever found yourself waiting for a call that didn't come, The Man Who Didn't Call by Rosie Walsh is the audiobook for you. Imagine you meet a man, spend six glorious days together, and fall in love. And it's mutual: you've never been so certain of anything. So when he leaves for a long-booked holiday and promises to call from the airport, you have no cause to doubt him. But he doesn't call.
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Brilliant Book!! Recommended!
- By Catherine on 29-07-18
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A Winter Hope
- By: Sheila Newberry
- Narrated by: Rosie Jones
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
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Number five Kitchener Avenue heralds the start of a new life for the Hope family. For pregnant Miriam, it is a warm, safe environment to bring up her child. For her sister, 14-year-old Barbara, it means independence...and boys. And for Fred, it means the security he craves for his young family. In the lead up to Christmas, the Hopes settle in, and start to make happy memories in their new home. But World War II is round the corner, and this carefree life can't last.
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A very family view of the war and their lives.
- By Idadown on 01-10-20
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It's Not OK to Feel Blue (and Other Lies)
- Inspirational People Open Up About Their Mental Health
- By: Scarlett Curtis
- Narrated by: Scarlett Curtis, Adam Kay, Honey Ross, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone has a mental health. So we asked: what does yours mean to you? The result is extraordinary. Over 60 people have shared their stories. Powerful, funny, moving, this book is here to tell you: it's OK.
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Thank you
- By clare on 10-10-19
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So Lucky
- By: Dawn O’Porter
- Narrated by: Dawn O’Porter, Clara Francis
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Beth shows that women really can have it all. Ruby lives life by her own rules. And then there’s Lauren, living the dream. As perfect as it looks? Beth hasn’t had sex in a year. Ruby feels like she’s failing. Lauren’s happiness is fake news. And it just takes one shocking event to make the truth come tumbling out....
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Crude
- By lou on 12-02-20
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The Man Who Didn't Call
- By: Rosie Walsh
- Narrated by: Katherine Press
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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If you've ever found yourself waiting for a call that didn't come, The Man Who Didn't Call by Rosie Walsh is the audiobook for you. Imagine you meet a man, spend six glorious days together, and fall in love. And it's mutual: you've never been so certain of anything. So when he leaves for a long-booked holiday and promises to call from the airport, you have no cause to doubt him. But he doesn't call.
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Brilliant Book!! Recommended!
- By Catherine on 29-07-18
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A Winter Hope
- By: Sheila Newberry
- Narrated by: Rosie Jones
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Number five Kitchener Avenue heralds the start of a new life for the Hope family. For pregnant Miriam, it is a warm, safe environment to bring up her child. For her sister, 14-year-old Barbara, it means independence...and boys. And for Fred, it means the security he craves for his young family. In the lead up to Christmas, the Hopes settle in, and start to make happy memories in their new home. But World War II is round the corner, and this carefree life can't last.
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A very family view of the war and their lives.
- By Idadown on 01-10-20
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Once, Twice, Three Times an Aisling
- By: Emer McLysaght, Sarah Breen
- Narrated by: Amy McAllister
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. Aisling is ready to conquer the world. Yes, Aisling recently had her heart broken and her job disappear, but everything's back on track. She's got a new man and a new business, and her best friend has asked her to cater for her wedding. What could be nicer? Aisling's world is falling apart. Because a celebrity wedding is in town on the same day, and taking that job could change the game for Aisling's fledgling business. Not to mention that an old flame is back in town, muddying the waters with her handsome new boyfriend.
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Love it
- By Anonymous User on 21-07-21
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Ghost Stories, Volume One
- By: M. R. James
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Sir Derek Jacobi reads a collection of tales from the master of ghost stories, M. R. James, whose stories have for many years inspired the BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas TV adaptations. M. R. James was described as "a man who, in company with Sheridan le Fanu, is the best ghost-story writer England has ever produced".
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Stories Included
- By Alice on 03-11-17
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The Testaments
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Bryce Dallas Howard, Ann Dowd, Mae Whitman, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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More than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets.
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Remarkable! Oddly Uplifting
- By HistoryLover on 13-09-19
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Ice Cold
- Rizzoli & Isles, Book 8
- By: Tess Gerritsen
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Something terrible has happened in the snowbound village of Kingdom Come, Wyoming, where 12 eerily identical houses stand dark and abandoned. Meals remain untouched on dining room tables, cars are still in garages, and the town's residents have vanished into thin air. This is the disturbing setting where vacationing medical examiner Maura Isles and her traveling companions find themselves trapped during a ferocious snowstorm.
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Riveting thriller
- By Kirstine on 11-10-10
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Casting the Runes
- By: M. R. James
- Narrated by: David Suchet
- Length: 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The tale of a man who unwittingly angers a sorcerer, who is assumed by some Monty scholars to be based on the self-styled 'Great Beast,' occultist Aleister Crowley. Montague Rhodes James was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature.
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An encounter with evil
- By Kaggy on 07-12-14
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Friday on My Mind
- By: Nicci French
- Narrated by: Beth Chalmers
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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When a corpse is found floating in the River Thames, the police can at least be sure that identifying the victim will be straightforward. Around the dead man's wrist is a hospital band. On it are the words 'Dr F. Klein'. But psychotherapist Frieda Klein is very much alive. And, after evidence linking her to the murder is discovered, she becomes the prime suspect.
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Win win Nicci French duo make another killing!
- By Rachel Redford on 31-08-15
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The Last Witness
- A D.C.I. Daley Thriller, Book 2
- By: Denzil Meyrick
- Narrated by: David Monteath
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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James Machie was a man with a genius for violence, his criminal empire spreading beyond Glasgow into the UK and mainland Europe. Fortunately, James Machie is dead, assassinated in the back of a prison ambulance following his trial and conviction. But now, five years later, he is apparently back from the grave, set on avenging himself on those who brought him down. Top of his list is his previous associate, Frank MacDougall, who unbeknownst to D.C.I. Jim Daley, is living under protection on his lochside patch, the small Scottish town of Kinloch.
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Best narrator ever! Exciting story.
- By Seashell on 07-11-16
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Jane Eyre
- By: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrated by: Thandiwe Newton
- Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Following Jane from her childhood as an orphan in Northern England through her experience as a governess at Thornfield Hall, Charlotte Brontë's Gothic classic is an early exploration of women's independence in the mid-19th century and the pervasive societal challenges women had to endure. At Thornfield, Jane meets the complex and mysterious Mr. Rochester, with whom she shares a complicated relationship that ultimately forces her to reconcile the conflicting passions of romantic love and religious piety.
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A beautiful audiobook!!
- By Philip on 13-02-17
Inspirational People
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Perfect Sound Whatever
- By: James Acaster
- Narrated by: James Acaster
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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James Acaster wakes up heartbroken and alone in New York, his relationship over, a day of disastrous meetings leading him to wonder if comedy is really what he wants to be doing anymore. A constant comfort in James' life has been music, but he's not listened to anything new for a very long time. Idly browsing 'best of the year' lists, it dawns on him that 2016 may have been a grim year for a lot of reasons, but that it seemed to be an iconic year for music. And so begins a life-changing musical odyssey, as James finds himself desperately seeking solace in the music of 2016....
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The clues were there
- By K. Richards on 05-09-19
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Me
- Elton John Official Autobiography
- By: Elton John
- Narrated by: Elton John, Taron Egerton
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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In Me Elton writes powerfully about getting clean and changing his life, about finding love with David Furnish and becoming a father. In a voice that is warm, humble and open, this is Elton on his music and his relationships, his passions and his mistakes. This is a story that will stay with you, by a living legend.
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Don't expect Elton to read this...
- By Aimee on 01-12-19
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Between the Stops
- The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus
- By: Sandi Toksvig
- Narrated by: Sandi Toksvig
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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'Between the Stops is a sort of a memoir, my sort. It's about a bus trip really, because it's my view from the Number 12 bus (mostly top deck, the seat at the front on the right), a double-decker that plies its way from Dulwich, in South East London, where I was living, to where I sometimes work - at the BBC, in the heart of the capital. It's not a sensible way to write a memoir at all, probably, but it's the way things pop into your head as you travel, so it's my way'.
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Marvellous listening
- By cwmbear on 06-11-19
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Educated
- By: Tara Westover
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Tara Westover and her family grew up preparing for the End of Days but, according to the government, she didn’t exist. She hadn’t been registered for a birth certificate. She had no school records because she’d never set foot in a classroom, and no medical records because her father didn’t believe in hospitals. As she grew older, her father became more radical and her brother more violent. At 16, Tara knew she had to leave home. In doing so she discovered both the transformative power of education, and the price she had to pay for it.
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Wonderful, inspiring book on the value of education
- By David Bowden on 03-03-18
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Inside Out
- By: Demi Moore
- Narrated by: Demi Moore
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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For decades, Demi Moore has been synonymous with celebrity. From iconic film roles to high-profile relationships, Moore has never been far from the spotlight - or the headlines. Even as Demi was becoming the highest paid actress in Hollywood, however, she was always outrunning her past, just one step ahead of the doubts and insecurities that defined her childhood. Inside Out is a story of survival, success, and surrender - a wrenchingly honest portrayal of one woman’s at once ordinary and iconic life.
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Unable to see photographs
- By Mrs D Stothert on 15-10-19
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Gotta Get Theroux This
- My Life and Strange Times in Television
- By: Louis Theroux
- Narrated by: Louis Theroux
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In Gotta Get Theroux This, Louis takes the reader on a joyous journey from his anxiety-prone childhood to his unexpectedly successful career. Nervously accepting the BBC’s offer of his own series, he went on to create an award-winning documentary style that has seen him immersed in the weird worlds of paranoid US militias and secretive pro-wrestlers, get under the skin of celebrities like Max Clifford and Chris Eubank and tackle gang culture in San Quentin prison, all the time wondering whether the same qualities that make him good at documentaries might also make him bad at life.
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Great book
- By Kate Pennington on 21-09-19
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Perfect Sound Whatever
- By: James Acaster
- Narrated by: James Acaster
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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James Acaster wakes up heartbroken and alone in New York, his relationship over, a day of disastrous meetings leading him to wonder if comedy is really what he wants to be doing anymore. A constant comfort in James' life has been music, but he's not listened to anything new for a very long time. Idly browsing 'best of the year' lists, it dawns on him that 2016 may have been a grim year for a lot of reasons, but that it seemed to be an iconic year for music. And so begins a life-changing musical odyssey, as James finds himself desperately seeking solace in the music of 2016....
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The clues were there
- By K. Richards on 05-09-19
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Me
- Elton John Official Autobiography
- By: Elton John
- Narrated by: Elton John, Taron Egerton
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Story
In Me Elton writes powerfully about getting clean and changing his life, about finding love with David Furnish and becoming a father. In a voice that is warm, humble and open, this is Elton on his music and his relationships, his passions and his mistakes. This is a story that will stay with you, by a living legend.
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Don't expect Elton to read this...
- By Aimee on 01-12-19
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Between the Stops
- The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus
- By: Sandi Toksvig
- Narrated by: Sandi Toksvig
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
'Between the Stops is a sort of a memoir, my sort. It's about a bus trip really, because it's my view from the Number 12 bus (mostly top deck, the seat at the front on the right), a double-decker that plies its way from Dulwich, in South East London, where I was living, to where I sometimes work - at the BBC, in the heart of the capital. It's not a sensible way to write a memoir at all, probably, but it's the way things pop into your head as you travel, so it's my way'.
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Marvellous listening
- By cwmbear on 06-11-19
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Educated
- By: Tara Westover
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Tara Westover and her family grew up preparing for the End of Days but, according to the government, she didn’t exist. She hadn’t been registered for a birth certificate. She had no school records because she’d never set foot in a classroom, and no medical records because her father didn’t believe in hospitals. As she grew older, her father became more radical and her brother more violent. At 16, Tara knew she had to leave home. In doing so she discovered both the transformative power of education, and the price she had to pay for it.
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Wonderful, inspiring book on the value of education
- By David Bowden on 03-03-18
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Inside Out
- By: Demi Moore
- Narrated by: Demi Moore
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
For decades, Demi Moore has been synonymous with celebrity. From iconic film roles to high-profile relationships, Moore has never been far from the spotlight - or the headlines. Even as Demi was becoming the highest paid actress in Hollywood, however, she was always outrunning her past, just one step ahead of the doubts and insecurities that defined her childhood. Inside Out is a story of survival, success, and surrender - a wrenchingly honest portrayal of one woman’s at once ordinary and iconic life.
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Unable to see photographs
- By Mrs D Stothert on 15-10-19
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Gotta Get Theroux This
- My Life and Strange Times in Television
- By: Louis Theroux
- Narrated by: Louis Theroux
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In Gotta Get Theroux This, Louis takes the reader on a joyous journey from his anxiety-prone childhood to his unexpectedly successful career. Nervously accepting the BBC’s offer of his own series, he went on to create an award-winning documentary style that has seen him immersed in the weird worlds of paranoid US militias and secretive pro-wrestlers, get under the skin of celebrities like Max Clifford and Chris Eubank and tackle gang culture in San Quentin prison, all the time wondering whether the same qualities that make him good at documentaries might also make him bad at life.
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Great book
- By Kate Pennington on 21-09-19