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Othello
William Shakespeare;Perf. Hugh Quarshie;Anton Lesser et al
Othello, a Moor and a general in the service of Venice, is played here by Hugh Quarshie, with Emma Fielding as his wife, Desdemona and Anton Lesser as the villainous Iago. 3 CDs: 32hrs 01mins.

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Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare;Perf: Michael Sheen;Kate Beckinsale et al
Michael Sheen plays Romeo and directs this full cast production, with Kate Beckinsale as Juliet and Fiona Shaw as the nurse. 3 CDs: 2hrs 50mins.

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The Call Of Cthulhu and Other Stories
HP Lovecraft;Read. William Roberts
The Call of Cthulhu (1928) introduced the malevolent Great Old One trapped beneath the ocean who will one day resurface. The story is accompanied by The Hound, The Dunwich Horror and Dagon. Read by William Roberts. Unabridged.

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson;Read. John Sessions
Dr Jekyll’s elixir was meant to help him explore the hidden depths of his personality, but instead created the monstrous and uncontrollable alter ego, Edward Hyde. A condensed version of Stevenson’s famous horror story is read here by John Sessions. 2 CDs; 2hrs 34mins.

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Emma
Jane Austen;Read. Juliet Stevenson
Clever, self-satisfied and interfering, Emma Woodhouse is determined to arrange marriages for her friends, while avoiding one for herself; but the matchmaking finds both Emma and her protégé, poor Harriet, caught in a web of misunderstandings. Abridged.

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The Lady Elizabeth
Alison Weir
The Lady Elizabeth is the daughter of Henry VIII, but disinherited and declared a bastard after the execution of her mother. How the young Elizabeth survives the savage world of Tudor politics, inherits the throne and becomes queen is the subject of Alison Weir's novel. It is read here by Emma Fielding. Abridged.

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Down the rabbit-hole, through the pool of tears to meet with the Caterpillar, the Duchess, the pig and the pepper... Alice’s fantastical adventure is read here by Fiona Shaw, with music including Bruckner’s Lancier Quadrille. Abridged. Naxos Junior Classics. Age 8+

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Treasure Island
RL Stevenson;Read. Jasper Britton
Jasper Britton reads this abridged version of one of the best adventure stories ever written: Stevenson's tale of Jim Hawkins, the sinister Pew, Long John Silver's treacherous crew and Captain Flint's treasure. Abridged.

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Cotillion
Georgette Heyer;Read. Clare Wille
Told she must marry one of her cousins, the impetuous Kitty courts wholesome cousin Freddy to make dashing cousin Jack jealous and propose; but in the whirl of London society, things don’t go to plan for Kitty. Read by Claire Wille. Abridged.

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Ulysses
James Joyce;Read. Jim Norton;Marcella Riordan
James Joyce’s famous (and once infamous) novel catalogues the events of one day – 16 June 1904 – as Leopold Bloom wanders around Dublin, musing on his wife Molly and meeting another wanderer, Stephen Daedalus. Read by Jim Norton and Marcella Riordan. Abridged.

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The Great Gatsby
F Scott Fitzgerald;Read. William Hope
F Scott Fitzgerald’s story of the enigmatic Jay Gatsby, living in luxury in his Long Island mansion, captures the flamboyance, carelessness and cruelty of the wealthy during America's Jazz Age. Read by William Hope. Unabridged.

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Zorro - 3 Audiobooks
Johnston McCulley
Zorro, the masked alter ego of Don Diego de la Vega, first rode out on his black stallion to avenge the oppressed of Spanish California in The Curse of Capistrano (1919). Zorro was so popular, his creator, Johnston McCulley (1883–1958), wrote three more books of adventures. The novellas are read here by Bill Homewood. Unabridged. The items included in this set are:Sign of Zorro (Read more...) Further Adventures of Zorro (Read more...) Zorro Rides Again (Read more...)

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Mightier than the Sword
Jeffrey Archer
This fifth book in the Clifton Chronicles series opens with an IRA bomb exploding during MV Buckingham’s maiden voyage – with repercussions for Emma Clifton, chairman of Barrington Shipping. Meanwhile, Harry Clifton is campaigning to free a Russian dissident author. Jeffrey Archer’s cliffhanger is read here by Alex Jennings. Unabridged.

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Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
In Mary Shelley’s powerful Promethean fable, Dr Frankenstein’s experiment and its terrible outcome is told through the letters of an English explorer who met the doomed scientist as he pursued his monster into the Arctic wilderness. This abridged version is read by Daniel Philpott, Jonathan Oliver and Chris Larkin. Naxos Young Adult Classics. 2 CDs 2hrs 37mins, plus a bonus CD-ROM with a full text and study guide.

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The Voyage Out
Virginia Woolf;Read. Juliet Stevenson
Virginia Woolf’s first novel is a haunting account of a naive young woman’s sea voyage to South America – and her internal journey into adulthood. The lyrical intensity of Woolf’s mature prose is already in evidence, read here by one of Britain’s finest actresses. Unabridged.

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Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley
In Mary Shelley’s powerful Promethean fable, Dr Frankenstein’s experiment and its terrible outcome is told through the letters of an English explorer who met the doomed scientist as he pursued his monster into the Arctic wilderness. Read by Daniel Philpott, Roger May and Jonathan Oliver.

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The Essential Edgar Allan Poe
Stories. Poems. Biography
Although stories such as The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart and The Murders in the Rue Morgue have remained popular to this day, Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) felt that his vocation was poetry. This collection includes both stories and poems, plus a biography of Poe. The works are unabridged and read by Kerry Shale, William Roberts and John Chancer.

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce

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Science Fiction Writers
British Library
Douglas Adams on Desert Island Discs, Ursula K LeGuin interviewed on Woman's Hour, Kurt Vonnegut talking on Third Ear in 1990.... Originally broadcast on BBC radio, these interviews feature ten of the really great science fiction writers talking about their art. The other seven writers are Isaac Asimov, Brian Aldiss, Doris Lessing, Michael Moorcock, JG Ballard, Arthur C Clarke (another Desert Islander) and Ray Bradbury. One CD: duration 73 minutes.

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The Snow Queen
And Other Stories
Hans Christian Andersen;Read. Clare Corbett
As well as the famous tale of Little Kay’s capture by the Snow Queen and Gerda’s heroic journey to save him, Clare Corbett reads four more tales, including The Snowman. Unabridged.

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Scouting for Boys
Robert Baden-Powell
Robert Baden-Powell intended his 1908 scoutcraft manual to be a book of practical advice and instruction for boys' self-improvement, but its success gave impetus to the foundation of the Scout movement. Mixing practical advice on topics such as woodcraft, camping and first aid with personal anecdotes and moral observations. Read by Hugh Dennis. Abridged.

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The Swiss Family Robinson
Johann David Wyss;Read. Jonathan Keeble
The epic tale of a Swiss family’s shipwreck and their survival on an uncharted tropical island has been a bestseller since it was published in 1812. What started as a bedtime story for Pastor Wyss’ own four sons, aiming to teach them about nature, survival, self-reliance and cooperation, is now a classic of children’s literature. This abridged version is read by Jonathan Keeble. Naxos Junior Classics.

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Famous Heroes of the American West
William Roberts
William Roberts tells the stories of iconic figures from the history of the American ‘Wild West’, exploring in detail the real exploits of ‘heroes’ including Daniel Boone, Kit Carson, Davy Crockett, Sitting Bull, Geronimo, Calamity Jane and Wyatt Earp. The text is read by Adam Sims, with music by Gottschalk and Macdowell. Age 12+

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Pirates!
Roy McMillan
‘It’s the dramatic, astonishing, comic or eye-popping truth that you’ll hear about in Pirates! ’ Roy McMillan traces the history of piracy on the high seas – often more extraordinary than fiction – since antiquity and tells the stories of notorious individuals such as Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, Barbarossa and Mary Read. Read by Jasper Britton.

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Our Island Story
HE Marshall
HE Marshall (1867–1941) incorporated folk legends and focused on famous people and dramatic events in her books to give children a lively and engaging introduction to British history. Anna Bentinck and Daniel Philpott read the unabridged third volume, covering the period from James I and Guy Fawkes to Queen Victoria.

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What Katy Did at School
Susan Coolidge
Based on Susan Coolidge’s own upbringing in a well-to-do New England family, the Katy books are among the best-loved of children’s classics. This second book in the series sees Katy and her sister Clover adjusting to life in boarding school. Here, the American actress Laurel Lefkow reads an abridged version.

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A Life of Dante
Benedict Flynn;Read. John Shrapnel

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Thumbelina and Other Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen
These ten fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, some familiar and others less well-known, are read by the finalists of the Naxos Audio Books/The Times Voice of the Year competition, with each story accompanied by classical music and sound effects.

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The Book of the Courtier
Baldassare Castiglione;Nicholas Boulton
Unabridged

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The Possessed
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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The Mimic Men
VS Naipaul;Read. Sam Dastor
Unabridged

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The Story of My Life
Volume One
Giacomo Casanova

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Beautiful Bird Songs from Around the World
Ed. Cheryl Tipp
A Skylark, recorded in the Outer Hebrides; the Musical Wren from the Amazonian rainforest; a plaintive Hoopoe Lark in the North African desert: or the strange sound of the Kokako, heard in the wild only in New Zealand's North Island... With recordings drawn from the British Library Sound Archive, this double CD set presents 40 of the most inspiring sounds of the natural world, whether richly melodic, ethereal or simply amazing, like the mimickry of Albert's Lyrebird. 2 CDs total duration over 2 hours.

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The Further Adventures of Zorro
Johnston McCulley;Read. Bill Homewood
Zorro’s beloved, the beautiful Lolita Pulido is captured by the evil Captain Ramon and our hero is forced to go to sea and fight pirates to win her back.

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Zorro Rides Again
Johnston McCulley;Read. Bill Homewood
To save the people of Reina de Los Angeles and establish his own innocence, Zorro must unmask an evil impostor who is terrorizing the town and marking his victims’ faces with Zorro’s trademark: ‘Z’ cut by rapier.

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The Sign of Zorro
Johnston McCulley;Read. Bill Homewood
A devious villain is threatening to kidnap the Governor of California and has duped Vicente Canchola, a wealthy landowner. To save the family estate, Canchola’s sister Panchita desperately needs Zorro’s help.

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Worzel Gummidge Again
Barbara Euphan Todd;Read. Jessica Martin
The second novel finds Worzel married to Earthy Mangold, and taking on the roles of schoolteacher, handyman and policeman, with chaotic results.

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More About Worzel Gummidge
Barbara Euphan Todd;Read. Jessica Martin
In his third volume of riotous adventures, our turnip-headed hero gets stuck in a chimney, rides a horse and becomes the star attraction at a circus.

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Worzel Gummidge and Saucy Nancy
Barbara Euphan Todd;Read. Jessica Martin
Worzel and Earthy Mangold join John and Susan at the seaside, where Earthy is swept out to sea and Worzel finds a kindred spirit in a ship’s figurehead called Saucy Nancy.

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Worzel Gummidge Takes a Holiday
Barbara Euphan Todd;Read. Jessica Martin
The scarecrows Worzel Gummidge, Earthy Mangold and Hannah Harrow are creating havoc in May: among other disasters, a swarm of bees invades Mrs Bloomsbury-Barton’s living room.

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Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare;Read. Andrew Buchan;Paul Rhys et al
Sean Barrett as Caesar, Andrew Buchan as Mark Antony and a full cast perform Shakespeare’s classic study of political power and its effect on an individual life. 2 CDs: 2hrs 16mins.

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On The Genealogy of Morals
Friedrich Nietzsche;Trans. Ian Johnston
This important work comprises three essays: Good and Evil, Guilt, Bad Conscience and Related Matters and What Do Ascetic Ideals Mean? Nietzsche (1844–1900) analyses the evolution of moral concepts in a critique of 'moral prejudices', specifically the morality of the Christian and Judaic traditions. The complete, unabridged work is read here by Duncan Steen.

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Anne of Green Gables
LM Montgomery;Read. Liza Ross
In Canada in the early 1900s, Anne Shirley, an eleven-year-old orphan, arrives at the Cuthberts’ farm – a red-haired, imaginative and adventurous girl instead of the boy farmhand they had expected. Abridged. Age 8+

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A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare;Perf. Warren Mitchell;Michael Maloney et al
A distinguished cast for this Dream includes Warren Mitchell as Bottom, Michael Maloney as Oberon and Sarah Woodward as Titania. 3 CDs: 2hrs 19mins.

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Quite Early One Morning
Dylan Thomas
On this audio CD, Dylan Thomas tells the story of his childhood in Wales, evoking the sights, smells and sounds as only he could. As well as the title memoir, Thomas reads Reminiscences of Childhood, A Visit to Grandpa’s and Holiday Memory.

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The Damned Utd
David Peace;Read. John Simm
This hard-hitting story of Brian Clough's troubled time as manager of Leeds United was criticised for its portrayal of Ol' Big Head but nevertheless added to his legend and garnered acclaim as one of the best sports novels ever written. Abridged.

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The Last King of Scotland
Giles Foden;Read. Forbes Masson
A young Scottish doctor working in a medical mission in Uganda becomes dangerously compromised when he is chosen as personal physician to Idi Amin, the country’s brutal and unpredictable dictator. This abridged version of the bestselling thriller is read here by Forbes Masson. 4 CDs: 4hrs 20mins.

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The Janissary Tree
Jason Goodwin
Istanbul 1836: ten years after the Janissaries, the Sultan’s elite guard, had been disbanded and slaughtered, men from the New Guard go missing; while in the palace, a young concubine has been murdered. These first, mysterious cases for Yashim, the eunuch detective, are read by Andrew Sachs. Abridged. 4 CDs: 4hrs

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The Snake Stone
A Yashim the Eunuch Mystery
Jason Goodwin;Read. Andrew Sachs
In 1838, Maximilien Lefèvre, a French archaeologist, arrives in Istanbul to excavate a Byzantine treasure, but rumours about his real motives abound and Yashim is hired to investigate him. Then Lefèvre’s mutilated body is discovered, and in his second case, Yashim himself becomes the suspect. Read by Andrew Sachs. Abridged.

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Friendship According to Humphrey
Betty G Birney;Read. Greg Proops
In the second story in the According to Humphrey series, the classroom hamster learns how to overcome jealousy and make new friends after a rival pet arrives at school. Read by American comedian Greg Proops. Unabridged. Age 7+

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His Illegal Self
Peter Carey;Read. Greta Scacchi
Raised by his wealthy New York grandmother, Che sets out to find his radical activist parents – a quest that will turn him into an outlaw and lead him to a hippy commune in the Queensland rainforest. Abridged.

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Beautiful Malice
Rebecca James;Read. Anna Skellern
Katherine is a teenage girl who is trying to escape a tragedy in her past. When she arrives in town to start a new life at a different school, she is befriended by Alice, a beautiful, gregarious girl whose own dark secrets are gradually revealed. Age 12+

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Grubtown Tales
Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky
Philip Ardagh;Read. David Mitchell
In Grubtown, mayhem rules the day and exceptional silliness is a way of life. In the first story of the series, everyone wants the repulsive Mr Org to leave town, until the discovery of a large diamond changes everything. Age 5+

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The Sunday Sessions
Philip Larkin Reading his Poetry
Philip Larkin
Recorded in February 1980, in the garage of Larkin’s friend John Weeks, the two Sunday Sessions tapes contain 26 poems from four collections: The North Ship, The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows. The tapes were found in the garage in 2006 and are released on a vinyl LP recording, as befits Larkin’s love of records.

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Aeneid Book VI
Seamus Heaney;Read. Ian McKellen
This is Seamus Heaney’s last completed work, an inspired translation of the sixth book of Virgil’s Aeneid in which Aeneas travels through death’s dark door, into the underworld to meet the spirit of his father. The poem is read here by Ian McKellen.

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Wrongful Death
Lynda La Plante;Read. Jennifer Egan
The death of Josh Reynolds, a London nightclub owner, was a simple case of suicide, but DCI Anna Travis has to reopen the investigation when a man awaiting trial for armed robbery claims that Reynolds was murdered. Abridged.

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No Cunning Plan
My Story
Tony Robinson
After stints in regional theatre in Leeds, Birmingham and Bristol, Tony Robinson played small parts on television during the 1970s, including presenting Play Away, and began to make his name as a comedian in the early 1980s with the sketch show Who Dares Wins. The Blackadder star reads his engaging autobiography in this 12-CD set.

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More Great Scientists
and Their Discoveries
David Angus;Read. Benjamin Soames
Including extracts from classical music, this CD features scientists ranging from Copernicus to Humboldt, Babbage and Oppenheimer. Often self-taught, each individual had passion, dedication and the ability to overcome great obstacles in the quest for truth.

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Little Men
Louisa May Alcott;Read. Liza Ross
Now married, Jo March (of Little Women) and her husband have founded Plumstead, a school for boys that is the antithesis of the grim, repressive institutions of Tom Brown’s Schooldays or Dickens’s Dotheboys Hall. Read by Liza Ross. Abridged.

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A Hero of our Time
Mikhail Lermontov;Nicholas Boulton

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More Great Inventors
David Angus;Read. Benjamin Soames
From the Montgolfier Brothers’ hot air balloon to Whittle’s jet engine, via the steam engine, braille, photography and TV, here are some of the greatest innovations of the past 300 years, demonstrating the relentless curiosity and problem-solving ability of the human mind.

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Great Victorians
David Angus;Read. Benjamin Soames;Georgina Sutton
During her 63-year reign, Victoria presided over a period of tremendous change, development and technological advancement. This CD features seven people who helped to shape the era, including Charles Dickens, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Charles Darwin. Age 12+

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Junichir Tanizaki
In Praise of Shadows
Junichirō Tanizaki;Read. David Rintoul
In this classic essay, Junichiro Tanizaki (1886–1965) celebrates the aesthetics of traditional Japanese culture and its use of natural light, shade and darkness. The 1933 Harper and Seidensticker translation is read, unabridged by David Rintoul. 2 CDs 1 hr 28 mins

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The Book of Disquiet
Fernando Pessoa;Read. Adam Sims

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Nana
Émile Zola;Read. Leighton Pugh

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The Diary of a Madman
And Other Stories
Nikolai Gogol;Read. Nicholas Boulton

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Pensées
Blaise Pascal;Read. Peter Wickham

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Dreaming of Jupiter
Ted Simon;Read. Rupert Degas

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Venetia
Georgette Heyer;Read. Richard Armitage
Beautiful, intelligent and independent, Venetia lives in comfortable seclusion in rural Yorkshire until she embarks on a scandalous affair with the rakish Lord Damerel and her well-ordered life is turned upside down. Read by Richard Armitage. Abridged.

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Favourite Poems For Children
Read. Anton Lesser;Roy McMillan;Rachel Bavidge et al
This collection of 41 poems features funny and absurd rhymes by Carroll, Lear and Milne, Belloc’s cautionary Matilda, Stevenson’s My Shadow, Blake’s The Tyger and Browning’s The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson;Read. Roy McMillan

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Lady Chatterley's Lover
DH Lawrence;Read. Maxine Peake
DH Lawrence's famously controversial story of Lady Chatterley's sexual involvement with her gamekeeper is read here by Maxine Peake. Abridged.

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The Vikings
David Angus
David Angus‘s account of the Vikings follows the Norsemen on their long voyages, explores their far-flung settlements and describes Viking social life and culture. The text is read by Joe Marsh, with music by Wagner and Mendelssohn. Naxos Junior Classics. Age 12+

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Classic Poems For Boys
Read. Anton Lesser;Roy McMillan;Benjamin Soames et al
Including classics such as 'Ozymandias', 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' and 'The Tyger', Michael Caine reading 'If–' and Benjamin Zephaniah reading his own 'Talking Turkeys', this compilation presents 23 poems for boys of all ages.

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Jude the Obscure
Thomas Hardy;Read. Neville Jason
The tragedy of Jude Fawley, tricked into a bad marriage, and denied happiness with a soulmate, was described by Hardy as the story of a ‘deadly war waged between flesh and spirit’. The novel is read here by Neville Jason. Unabridged.

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Great Men and Women in the History of Medicine
David Angus;Read. Benjamin Soames
From ‘father of modern medicine’ Hippocrates and early medics Galen, Ibn Sina and Hildegard of Bingen, this title goes on to examine Jenner and Pasteur’s achievements, concluding in the 20th century with Curie, Fleming and the discovery of DNA.

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The Prelude
The 1850 Text
William Wordsworth;Read. Nicholas Farrell
Unabridged

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The Planets and The Solar System
Dr Jen Green;Read. Ruth Sillers
Dr Jen Green takes young listeners on a journey across the night sky, introducing the planets and solar system and examining the ISS, the space race and some great astronomers of the past.

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Faro's Daughter
Georgette Heyer;Read. Laura Paton
Max Ravenscar sets out to prevent his cousin, young Lord Maplethorpe, from marrying the daughter of a gaming-house owner; but Miss Grantham proves to be a worthy and disconcertingly attractive opponent. Read by Laura Paton. Unabridged.

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Discourse On The Origin and The Foundations of Inequality Among Men
Jean-Jacques Rousseau;Read. Neville Jason

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Tom Brown's Schooldays
Thomas Hughes;Read. Jamie Parker

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The Finest Nonsense of Edward Lear
Edward Lear;Read. Sir Derek Jacobi
Read by one of Britain’s best-loved actors, these 29 verses include ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’ and ‘The Jumblies’, with less well-known rhymes such as ‘The Duck and the Kangaroo’ and ‘The New Vestments’. The sleeve notes offer a fascinating insight into Lear’s life. Age 8+

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Selected Poetry by Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll;Read. Roger May
Beginning with the first ‘Mock Turtle’s Song' from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, this selection includes ‘Jabberwocky’, ‘The Hunting of the Snark’ and ‘Phantasmagoria’ – a strange conversation between one Tibbets and a ghost.

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The Great Poets: Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman;Read. Garrick Hagon
Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass was considered disreputable when it was published in 1855; now he is seen as ‘America’s poet’. This selection of ten poems includes ‘I Sing the Body Electric’ from Leaves of Grass and Whitman’s Civil War rallying cry to the North, ‘Beat! Beat! Drums!’.

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Grimms' Fairy Tales
Jacob Grimm;Wilhelm Grimm;Read. Laura Paton

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Tales from the Norse Legends
Edward Ferrie;Read. Benjamin Soames

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The Railway Children
E Nesbit;Read. Eve Karpf;Delia Paton et al
Written in 1906, Nesbit’s novel tells the story of siblings Roberta, Peter and Phyllis as they adapt to a new life in the country after their father mysteriously disappears. This recording presents a full cast performing a dramatized version.

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The Tale of Troy
Benedict Flynn;Read. Benjamin Soames

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Peter Pan
JM Barrie;Read. Samuel West
JM Barrie's tale of the boy who never grows old, the mischievous Tinker Bell and the villainous Captain Hook has fired the imagination of children since 1904. On this recording, Samuel West reads an abridgement of the novel.

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Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen;Read. Jenny Agutter
Jenny Agutter reads this abridgement of Jane Austen’s ingenious tale of the five Bennet girls, single men in possession of good fortunes and misunderstandings all round.

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David Copperfield
Charles Dickens;Read. Anton Lesser
‘Of all my books,’ wrote Charles Dickens, ‘I like this the best’. The story of how the orphaned boy makes his way in the world, through trials and tribulations to ultimate happiness, is read here by Anton Lesser. Abridged.

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Black Beauty
Anna Sewell;Read. Jonathan Keeble

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes II
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle;Read. David Timson
Four of Holmes’s finest cases – The Scandal in Bohemia; The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb; The Five Orange Pips; and Silver Blaze – are read by David Timson. Unabridged.

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Famous People in History
Nicolas Soames;Read. Trevor Nichols et al
Through energy, imagination, courage or determination, the individuals featured in this collection had a unique impact on the world. Among the nine remarkable people are Christopher Columbus, William Shakespeare, Lord Nelson, Florence Nightingale and Anne Frank.

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Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare;Read. Stella Gonet et al
With its themes of identity, disguise and deception and youthful folly, Twelfth Night, or What You Will is now a favourite among Shakespeare’s comedies. It is performed here by Stella Gonet, Gerald Murphy and a full cast.

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Famous People in History 2
Nicolas Soames;Read. Daniel Philpott;Laura Brattan et al
Nicolas Soames presents the biographies of a varied group of men and women who changed the course of history. Figures covered include Alexander the Great, Joan of Arc, da Vinci, Washington and Gandhi. Age 12+

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