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Sunshine on Scotland Street
- 44 Scotland Street, Book 8
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall130
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Performance111
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Story113
Scotland Street witnesses the wedding of the century of Angus Lordie to Domenica Macdonald, but as the newlyweds depart on honeymoon Edinburgh is in disarray. Recovering from the trauma of being best man, Matthew is taken up by a Dane called Bo, while Cyril eludes his dog-sitter and embarks on an odyssey involving fox-holes and the official residence of a cardinal. Narcissist Bruce meets his match in the form of a sinister doppelganger; Bertie, set up by his mother for fresh embarrassment at school, yearns for freedom; and Big Lou goes viral.
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Sunshine on Scotland Street
- By Sarah on 17-07-19
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Sunshine on Scotland Street
- 44 Scotland Street, Book 8
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 8
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 18-07-13
- Language: English
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I Capture the Castle
- A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- By: Dodie Smith
- Narrated by: Holliday Grainger, Toby Jones
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall64
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Performance50
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Story53
Toby Jones and Holliday Grainger star in a new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Dodie Smith's enduringly popular coming-of-age novel In the 1930s, seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain lives in a crumbling ruin of a castle in the Suffolk countryside. Her father, an author wrestling with...
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A great dramatisation of a quirky story.
- By Lucy Mars on 05-11-21
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I Capture the Castle
- A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- Narrated by: Holliday Grainger, Toby Jones
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Release date: 03-03-16
- Language: English
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Paths of Glory
- By: Jeffrey Archer
- Narrated by: Roger Allam
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall725
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Performance483
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Story485
Inspired by the true story of mountaineer George Mallory, Paths of Glory bring to life one of history's enduringly enigmatic figures in a stunning novel from bestselling author Jeffrey Archer. 'Archer at the peak of his imaginative powers' – The Times Some people have dreams that are so...
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fantastic stuff
- By Brand on 13-03-09
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Paths of Glory
- Narrated by: Roger Allam
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 06-03-09
- Language: English
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The Gropes
- By: Tom Sharpe
- Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall131
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Performance94
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Story93
The Gropes are an old English family based in Northumberland, separated from the rest of society and as eccentric as they come. It is a line dominated by strong-willed and oversexed women, determined to produce more female heirs regardless of whether their desired partners are willing.... At the dawn of the new millennium, timid and gormless teenager Esmond is abducted and lured to Grope Hall by a descendant of the Gropes.
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not as good as he used to be.
- By HampshireHooker on 05-08-19
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The Gropes
- Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 11-12-09
- Language: English
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Biography of X
- By: Catherine Lacey
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance20
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Story20
When X - an iconoclastic artist, writer and polarizing shape-shifter - dies suddenly, her widow, wild with grief, hurls herself into writing a biography of the woman she deified. Though X was recognised as a crucial creative force of her era, she kept a tight grip on her life story. Not even CM, her wife, knew where X had been born, and in her quest to find out, she opens a Pandora's box of secrets, betrayals and destruction.
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This Book bamboozled me
- By Ad on 19-06-23
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Biography of X
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 27-03-23
- Language: English
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Burnt Island
- The Isles of Scilly Mysteries: 3
- By: Kate Rhodes
- Narrated by: Stephen Perring
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall353
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Performance322
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Story319
THE ISLES OF SCILLY MYSTERIES #3 The third instalment in a gripping and atmospheric crime series set on a small island where there is no escape . . . ‘Gripping, clever and impossible to put down' Erin Kelly INTRUDERS HERE ARE BOUND TO DIE . . . As the sun sets on a cold November evening, the...
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Starting to get just a little repetitive.
- By Kate Holmes on 02-12-19
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Burnt Island
- The Isles of Scilly Mysteries: 3
- Narrated by: Stephen Perring
- Series: The Isles of Scilly Mysteries, Book 3
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 28-11-19
- Language: English
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The Landscape of Love
- By: Sally Beauman
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister, Sophie Ward
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance22
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Story22
The year is 1967. Thirteen-year-old Maisie is at her decaying family home, once a medieval abbey. Lucas, an artist and friend, is painting a portrait of Maisie and her sisters. Maisie embarks on a portrait of her own: telling the story of herself, her sisters and their lovers, and of her friend, Daniel Nunn. Twenty-three years later, Lucas's now-famous portrait features in a retrospective of his work. Daniel, obsessed by the sisters and determined to understand what happened that summer at the abbey, pursues answers.
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A great listen
- By MaE on 22-11-13
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The Landscape of Love
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister, Sophie Ward
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 14-12-12
- Language: English
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This is Me
- By: Shari Low
- Narrated by: Helen McAlpine
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28
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Performance26
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Story26
This is... Denise. Married to Ray, her first and only love, Denise has never, for one moment, regretted putting the husband she idolised on a pedestal above everyone and everything else. But, after forty years of marriage, he is gone, leaving Denise to discover that their perfect marriage was fatally flawed. Now she faces a future alone. But first, she must face the betrayals of the past. This is... Claire. The estranged daughter of Denise, the woman who put her husband before her children, Claire took the opposite path and devoted her life to raising her family, sacrificing.
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Another Brilliant story by Shari low
- By MillsLupe on 30-07-24
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This is Me
- Narrated by: Helen McAlpine
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 12-12-22
- Language: English
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Come una notte a Bali
- By: Gianluca Gotto
- Narrated by: Gianluca Gotto
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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Story7
Trascorri anni a immaginare il momento in cui la tua vita cambierà. Quel momento però non arriva. La vita va avanti come sempre, senza sorprese, senza novità, senza grandi emozioni. Ma poi, proprio quando ormai credi che nulla possa cambiare, ecco che succede qualcosa di totalmente inaspettato. È il destino? È colpa di Dio? O forse è l'Universo? O è semplicemente il caso?
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La forza del cambiamento
- By Vittorio Marino on 16-05-22
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Come una notte a Bali
- Narrated by: Gianluca Gotto
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 18-11-21
- Language: Italian
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Echo Boy
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Jane Collingwood, Thomas Judd, Various, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall192
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Performance178
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Story177
In order to stay human, Audrey has built a moat around herself; a moat of books, music, and dreams. It makes her different from the echoes: the sophisticated, emotionless machines, built to resemble and work for the humans. Daniel is an echo - but he's not like the others. He has feelings he was never designed to have, and cannot explain. And when Audrey is placed in danger, he's determined to save her.
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This could be our future.
- By Kaggy on 27-10-14
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Echo Boy
- Narrated by: Jane Collingwood, Thomas Judd, Various, Antonia Beamish
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 24-04-14
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Timewasting: The Complete Series 1 and 2
- A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama
- By: Linda Smith
- Narrated by: Linda Smith, Jeremy Hardy, Margaret John, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall40
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Performance31
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Story31
Linda Smith lives in her East London home, where her daily routine involves dozing through Thought for the Day, filing and cross-referencing the pizza leaflets that come through her door, and updating her limited edition 'Songbirds of Great Britain' porcelain collection. That is, when she's not managing the chaos caused by her flamboyant, sugar-loving live-in builder Chris; dealing with the demands of her morbid, crumbly boned Welsh neighbour Betty; or taking regular jaunts chauffeured by Worra, the philosophical Nigerian cabby.
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A wonderful reminder of a very funny person
- By Andrew G. Robson on 25-07-21
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A Brief History of Timewasting: The Complete Series 1 and 2
- A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama
- Narrated by: Linda Smith, Jeremy Hardy, Margaret John, Femi Elufowoju Jr, Chris Neill, Martin Hyder, full cast
- Series: A Brief History of Timewasting, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 10-06-21
- Language: English
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By Its Cover
- Commissario Brunetti, Book 23
- By: Donna Leon
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall89
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Performance76
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Story77
By Its Cover is the much anticipated twenty-third instalment in Donna Leon's bestselling crime series, where Commissario Brunetti is better than ever as he addresses questions of worth and value alongside his ever-faithful team of Ispettore Vianello and Signorina Elettra. When several valuable antiquarian books go missing from a prestigious library in the heart of Venice, Commissario Brunetti is immediately called to the scene.
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Narrator
- By Gillian M. on 24-05-15
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By Its Cover
- Commissario Brunetti, Book 23
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Series: Commissario Brunetti, Book 23
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 03-04-14
- Language: English
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Pictures of Lily
- By: Paige Toon
- Narrated by: Jane Collingwood
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall138
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Performance123
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Story124
'Will you marry me?' I think of you, then. I think of you every day. But usually in the quietest part of the morning, or the darkest part of the night. Not when my boyfriend of two years has just proposed. I look up at Richard with his hopeful eyes. 'Lily?' he prompts. It's been ten years, but...
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Jane Collingwood is great at bringing PT to life!
- By CurlyBR on 19-11-16
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Pictures of Lily
- Narrated by: Jane Collingwood
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 15-12-10
- Language: English
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The Small Hand
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall158
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Performance112
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Story112
Late one summer evening, antiquarian bookseller Adam Snow is returning from a client visit when he takes a wrong turn. He stumbles across a derelict Edwardian house, and compelled by curiosity, approaches the door. Standing before the entrance, he feels the unmistakable sensation of a small cold hand creeping into his own, ‘as if a child had taken hold of it’. At first he is merely puzzled by the odd incident but then begins to suffer attacks of fear and panic, and is visited by nightmares.
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Definitely small
- By Jo on 08-09-11
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The Small Hand
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 22-08-11
- Language: English
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Can't Help but Love You
- By: Tay Mo'nae
- Narrated by: Elena Campbell, Winston James
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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Story6
Aisha owns her own printing company, creating custom shirts, mugs, and other things. She's guarded and has a hard time allowing men to get close to her on a serious level. One heartbreak was enough for her. She eventually learns the only one who can heal that hurt she felt years ago is the same guy who caused it. But is that possible knowing the secret she's holding onto?
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Very realistic and intense
- By diane on 27-04-25
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Can't Help but Love You
- Narrated by: Elena Campbell, Winston James
- Series: Want You
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 18-04-23
- Language: English
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Gather ‘Round the Sound
- Holiday Stories from Beloved Authors and Great Performers Across the Globe
- By: Paulo Coelho, Yvonne Morrison, Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Angele Masters, Daniel Frances Berenson, Magda Szubanski, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall39
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Performance35
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Story33
2017 has been a monumental year for Audible, having just celebrated our 20th anniversary, a milestone that would have never been possible without our wonderful and loyal listeners. One of our major commitments is bringing new and diverse audio experiences to our members, so this year, as our gift to you, we pulled together a collection that reflects a little bit of everything we’ve been up to recently.
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Overall enjoyed it
- By Frieda on 25-08-25
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Gather ‘Round the Sound
- Holiday Stories from Beloved Authors and Great Performers Across the Globe
- Narrated by: Angele Masters, Daniel Frances Berenson, Magda Szubanski, Simon Callow, Dan Starkey, John Banks, Vern
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Release date: 08-12-17
- Language: English
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Peaches for Monsieur le Curé
- Chocolat, Book 3
- By: Joanne Harris
- Narrated by: Rula Lenska, Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall329
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Performance251
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Story251
It isn't often you receive a letter from the dead. When Vianne Rocher receives a letter from beyond the grave, she has no choice but to follow the wind that blows her back to Lansquenet, the village in south-west France where, eight years ago, she opened up a chocolate shop.
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The Wrong Choice of Narrator
- By Kate Voss on 23-08-15
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Peaches for Monsieur le Curé
- Chocolat, Book 3
- Narrated by: Rula Lenska, Gareth Armstrong
- Series: Chocolat, Book 3
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 24-05-12
- Language: English
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An Imaginative Experience
- By: Mary Wesley
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall57
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Performance48
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Story47
A traveller on a train returning to London smells the burn of brakes as it hisses to a stop in the middle of the countryside. He sees a white-faced woman leap from the train and race to the aid of a sheep stranded on its back, unable to rise, in a field. Righting it, she turns, and he sees her face is full of tragedy. Considering tragedies of his own, he does not intrude, but the image lodges in his mind: a strange but familiar despair, unable, despite itself
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Remarkable narration...
- By Restorationwoman on 24-11-22
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An Imaginative Experience
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 01-03-13
- Language: English
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Other People's Children
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Clare Higgins
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall49
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Performance45
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Story45
When a man and a woman get married, things can get complicated. When they have children from previous marriages, "complicated" can become the understatement of the year.
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disappointing
- By Mrs on 15-08-13
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Other People's Children
- Narrated by: Clare Higgins
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 09-01-12
- Language: English
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Seizure
- By: Kathy Reichs
- Narrated by: Cristin Milioti
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall92
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Performance77
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Story77
Rumour has it that notorious pirate Anne Bonny hid her treasure somewhere in Charleston in 1720. No-one knows where, but Tory Brennan - great-niece of famous forensic anthropologist Dr Tempe Brennan - is certain that the Virals can work out Bonny's cryptic clues. A deadly pathIt isn't long before the Virals are on the right track. But they aren't the only ones searching for the treasure. Someone is following them, and will stop at nothing to get their hands on it.
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virals
- By meshiel brown on 26-04-24
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Seizure
- Narrated by: Cristin Milioti
- Series: Virals, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 10-01-13
- Language: English
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