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The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
- A Novel
- By: Colson Whitehead
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Colson Whitehead
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER NATIONAL BESTSELLER This follow-up to The Underground Railroad brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys unjustly sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. "One of the most gifted novelists in...
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The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
- A Novel
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Colson Whitehead
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 16-07-19
- Language: English
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The Persian Boy
- A Novel of Alexander the Great
- By: Mary Renault
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 19 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexander's life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas is sold as a courtesan to King Darius of Persia, but finds freedom with Alexander the Great after the Macedon army conquers his homeland. Their relationship sustains Alexander as he weathers assassination plots, the demands of two foreign wives, a sometimes mutinous army, and his own ferocious temper.
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The Persian Boy
- By Mrs Elizabeth Petrie on 11-09-20
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The Persian Boy
- A Novel of Alexander the Great
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 19 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 11-12-14
- Language: English
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The Boy's Tale
- A Dame Frevisse Mystery, Book 5
- By: Margaret Frazer
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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A dark lady rides back into the life of Dame Frevisse, bearing with her two small boys haunted by the touch of death and scandal. Nine men lie dead on the road behind them, victims of the grim fate which relentlessly pursues them. Some seek to turn them away, but when they request sanctuary Frevisse is bound by her holy oaths to grant it. But in welcoming them within the walls of St. Frideswide, has Dame Frevisse allowed death to stalk the nunnery's halls?
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The Boy's Tale
- A Dame Frevisse Mystery, Book 5
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden
- Series: A Dame Frevisse Mystery, Book 5
- Length: 7 hrs
- Release date: 16-06-26
- Language: English
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The Boy from Block 66
- By: Limor Regev
- Narrated by: James Lawrence
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
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Fourteen-year-old Moshe Kessler steps off the train at Buchenwald concentration camp. Having endured the horrors of Auschwitz-Birkenau, lost touch with his entire family, and survived the death march in the freezing winter, Moshe has seen more than his share of tragedy. At Buchenwald, the new arrivals are assigned to their barracks. Kinder Block 66 is to be Moshe’s new home, but he doesn’t yet realize just how significant this will turn out to be. For just a short time later, the Germans decide to destroy the camp—but they are not prepared for Buchenwald’s secret resistance.
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Boy From Block66
- By william franks on 17-02-25
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The Boy from Block 66
- Narrated by: James Lawrence
- Series: Heroic Children of World War II, Book 1
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 14-07-22
- Language: English
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The Birthday Boys
- By: Beryl Bainbridge
- Narrated by: Simon Mattacks
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The Birthday Boys tells the story of Scott's doomed expedition through the voices of five men on the voyage. As Scott, Petty Officer Taff Evans, ship's doctor Edward Wilson, Lieutenant Henry Bowers and Captain Lawrence Oates step forward for their place in the narrative, the reader is gripped by the characters themselves alongside the vividly evoked period.
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The Birthday Boys
- Narrated by: Simon Mattacks
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 18-11-25
- Language: English
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Mother's Boy
- A beautifully crafted novel of war, Cornwall, and the relationship between a mother and son
- By: Patrick Gale
- Narrated by: Patrick Gale
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER comes MOTHER'S BOY, a superb historical novel of Cornwall, class, desire and two world wars. 'One of the joys of Gale's writing is how even the smallest of characters can appear fully formed, due to a charming wickedness alongside deeper...
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Id give it 10 stars if possible
- By Waggy From Derby on 12-04-22
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Mother's Boy
- A beautifully crafted novel of war, Cornwall, and the relationship between a mother and son
- Narrated by: Patrick Gale
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 01-03-22
- Language: English
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The American Boy
- By: Andrew Taylor
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 16 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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England, 1819. Two enigmatic Americans arrive in London and soon after, a bank collapses. A man is found dead on a building site; another goes missing in the teeming stews of Seven Dials. A deathbed vigil ends in an act of theft and a beautiful heiress flirts with her inferiors. A strange destiny links each of these events to the American boy Edgar Allen Poe, brought to England by his foster father and sent to the leafy village of Stoke Newington to be educated.
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An absolute must
- By The Fool on 23-04-06
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The American Boy
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 16 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 05-07-05
- Language: English
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Perfect Little Boy
- Tales of Suspense, Book 16
- By: Jerry Jamison
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Finn
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Henry Allen Carruthers had just celebrated his sixth birthday eleven days after he started first grade in 1955, and for him life was simply grand. But his idyllic existence would inexplicably grow dark with an unexpected life turn and the impact would slowly begin to change this sweet and lovable child.
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Perfect Little Boy
- Tales of Suspense, Book 16
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Finn
- Series: Tales of Suspense
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 19-02-25
- Language: English
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Brendan Behan: Borstal Boy, The Quare Fellow and The Hostage
- Three BBC Radio Full-Cast Productions
- By: Brendan Behan
- Narrated by: Joseph Ayre, Ewan Bailey, Samuel James, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
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Brendan Behan is widely remembered as a hard-drinking, wise-cracking writer who turned up roaring drunk for interviews and cared little for authority. But he was more than just a hell-raising celebrity. His wit, expressive use of language and understanding of human nature made his writing famous around the world, and his masterpieces The Quare Fellow, Borstal Boy and The Hostage rank among the greatest works of 20th century Irish literature. Dramatisations of all three appear here, alongside a short interview with Behan himself and a fascinating biographical programme celebrating his genius.
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very disappointed
- By Tim on 21-06-24
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Brendan Behan: Borstal Boy, The Quare Fellow and The Hostage
- Three BBC Radio Full-Cast Productions
- Narrated by: Joseph Ayre, Ewan Bailey, Samuel James, Gerard McDermott, Michael Duffy, John Hewitt, Full cast, Brendan Coyle, Jonny Holden, Leah Marks, Louis Rolston, Michael Baguley, Brian Kidd, Anne Kent, Ann Callanan
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 07-03-24
- Language: English
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Little Boy Lost
- By: Marghanita Laski
- Narrated by: Justin Avoth
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Marghanita Laski’s novel Little Boy Lost is as enthralling as it is heart-wrenching. A man grapples with questions of emotional responsibility, fatherhood, and memory. Laski describes a much-changed France, struggling to rebuild its morale after the ruin caused by wartime bombing and...
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Deeply moving and informative
- By Tippi on 19-09-25
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Little Boy Lost
- Narrated by: Justin Avoth
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 17-10-24
- Language: English
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Gunner Girls and Fighter Boys
- By: Mary Gibson
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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As London goes up in flames during the Blitz, two sisters from Bermondsey find their lives changed out of all recognition.... When a bombing raid destroys nearly everything she holds dear, May joins the ATS and becomes a gunner girl. Peggy, May's elder sister, is trapped in a stifling marriage, yet amid the chaos of war, a route to freedom beckons. From war will come hardship and tragedy as well as new, unexpected friendships and love affairs.
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Excellent
- By Rosemarie on 28-08-16
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Gunner Girls and Fighter Boys
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 21-07-16
- Language: English
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The Old Boys & other stories
- Eleven Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations
- By: William Trevor
- Narrated by: Frances Jeater, Mary Wimbush, Maurice Denham, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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A collection of some of William Trevor’s most acclaimed works, as heard on BBC Radio William Trevor was an Irish literary legend. In a 40-year career, he published a multiplicity of novels, plays, and short stories, and received numerous awards and honours. He was often compared to Chekhov for...
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The Old Boys & other stories
- Eleven Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations
- Narrated by: Frances Jeater, Mary Wimbush, Maurice Denham, Cyril Cusack, Cecil Parker, Derek Waring, Prunella Scales, Eileen Walsh, Full Cast
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 05-03-26
- Language: English
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A Boy's Own Story
- A Novel
- By: Edmund White
- Narrated by: George Backman
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Originally published in 1982 as the first of Edmund White's trilogy of autobiographical novels, A Boy's Own Story became an instant classic for its pioneering portrayal of homosexuality. The audiobook's unnamed narrator, growing up during the 1950s, is beset by aloof parents, a cruel sister, and relentless mocking from his peers, compelling him to seek out works of art and literature as solace-and to uncover new relationships in the struggle to embrace his own sexuality.
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awful
- By alex on 17-08-15
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A Boy's Own Story
- A Novel
- Narrated by: George Backman
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 16-07-14
- Language: English
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A Talent for Trouble
- The Dorset Boy, Book 1
- By: Christopher C. Tubbs
- Narrated by: Grant Stimpson
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
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A stroke of good fortune sees 12-year-old Martin escape his hard life and be taken on as a ship's boy and under steward to the captain in the Royal Navy frigate the Falcon. What follows is a chronicle of his talent for getting into and out of trouble at Gibraltar, the siege of Toulon, and against Barbary pirates.
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give me more
- By Darryn S. on 15-10-24
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A Talent for Trouble
- The Dorset Boy, Book 1
- Narrated by: Grant Stimpson
- Series: Dorset Boy, Book 1
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 10-02-20
- Language: English
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Boy
- A Novel
- By: Nicole Galland
- Narrated by: Ell Potter
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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From critically acclaimed author Nicole Galland comes a vibrant and thought-provoking historical tale of love, political intrigue, and gender-swapping set in the theatre world of Elizabethan London. Alexander “Sander” Cooke is the most celebrated “boy player” in the Chamberlain’s Men...
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Not what l was looking for
- By Adanaya on 06-04-25
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Boy
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Ell Potter
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 25-02-25
- Language: English
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Bad Boy Jack
- By: Josephine Cox
- Narrated by: Sherry Baines
- Length: 16 hrs and 29 mins
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Robert Sullivan has been left to raise three-year-old Nancy and her seven-year-old brother Jack by himself.Unable to cope, Robert is driven to abandon his children to those he believes can provide them with a better life. However, he quickly has a change of heart and decides to go back for them. But on the way there, he is involved in a horrific accident.
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fantastic
- By lou on 15-06-24
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Bad Boy Jack
- Narrated by: Sherry Baines
- Length: 16 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 01-09-22
- Language: English
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The Scottish Boy
- By: Alex de Campi
- Narrated by: Richard Pearce
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
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1333. Edward III is at war with Scotland. Nineteen-year-old Sir Harry de Lyon yearns to prove himself and jumps at the chance when a powerful English baron, William Montagu, invites him on a secret mission with a dozen elite knights. They ride north, to a crumbling Scottish keep, capturing a feral, half-starved boy within and putting the other inhabitants to the sword. But nobody knows why the flower of English knighthood snuck over the border to capture a savage, dirty teenage boy. Montagu gives the boy to Harry as his squire, with only two rules.
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A well written and well performed little gem
- By Anonymous on 30-09-24
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The Scottish Boy
- Narrated by: Richard Pearce
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 03-06-22
- Language: English
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Till the Boys Come Home
- War at Home, Book 5
- By: Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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In 1918 the Great War has taken so much from so many, and it threatens to take even more still from the Hunters, their friends and their servants. Edward, in a bid to run away from problems at home, decides not to resist conscription and ends up at the Front. Sadie's hopes for love are unrequited, and Laura has to flee Artemis House when it is shelled, and she finds herself in London driving an ambulance.
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Perfect follow up to previous title
- By Sam on 25-10-24
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Till the Boys Come Home
- War at Home, Book 5
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Series: War at Home, Book 5
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 28-06-18
- Language: English
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The Armada Boy
- By: Kate Ellis
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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Archaeologist Neil Watson did not expect to find the body of American veteran Norman Openheim in the ruins of the old chantry chapel. He turns to his old student friend, Detective Sergeant Wesley Peterson, for help. Ironically, both men are looking at an invading force - Wes the WWII Yanks and Neil a group of Spaniards killed by outraged locals as they limped from the wreckage of the Armada. 400 years apart two strangers in a strange land have died violently - could the same motives of hatred, jealousy and revenge be at work? Wes is running out of time to find out....
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one of my favourite series
- By LM Milford on 08-02-18
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The Armada Boy
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Series: DI Wesley Peterson, Book 2
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 01-11-17
- Language: English
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El niño que perdió la guerra [The Boy Who Lost the War]
- By: Julia Navarro
- Narrated by: Sheila Blanco
- Length: 18 hrs and 3 mins
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Clotilde, una artista gráfica que dibuja caricaturas para los diarios republicanos, asiste en Madrid a los últimos meses de la Guerra Civil. La caída de la República es inminente, por lo que su marido, militante comunista que trabaja para los rusos, decide enviar a Moscú a su hijo Pablo, de tan solo cinco años, en contra de su voluntad.
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amazing
- By Amazon Customer on 29-03-25
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El niño que perdió la guerra [The Boy Who Lost the War]
- Narrated by: Sheila Blanco
- Length: 18 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 05-09-24
- Language: Spanish
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