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Title: Young Men in Spats

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Jonathan Cecil

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-03-08

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

The stories are: "Fate, Tried in the Furnace", "Trouble Down at Tudsleigh", "The Amazing Hat Mystery", "Good-bye to All Cats", "The Luck of the Stiffhams", "Noblesse Oblige", "Uncle Fred Flist By", "Archibald and the Masses", "The Code of the Mulliners", and "The Fiery Wooing of Mordred".

Members Reviews:

Wodehouse brilliance!

The whole thing was great from start to finish. The narrator is THE definitive Wodehouse narrator. Buy it!

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Title: Carry On, Jeeves!

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-15-08

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 67 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

At his best, Jeeves miraculously keeps Bertie and his helpless friends in the good graces of their rich uncles. He deals knowingly with attractive, lovelorn young ladies, patching up their affairs of the heart just the way he thinks they should be mended.

Carry On, Jeeves! is inspired comedy that will delight everyone who loves to laugh.

Members Reviews:

Our family favorite

Both this book and this reader are absolute favorites in our family. We wore out our public library's copy of this audio book, and we are delighted to have it now in our Audible collection!

Excellent Introduction to Wodehouse

This is a wonderful introduction to P.G. Wodehouse, very well narrated by Frederick Davidson. These are all early Bertie and Jeeves stories and contain some of the great scenes and characters fans have enjoyed for several decades. Wodehouse fans have their favorite narrators; I've enjoyed Martin Jarvis in other productions. Davidson has a great range of voices, and by the end of the book I couldn't imagine anyone giving a better performance.

Wonderful Wodehouse, Awful narration

No aspersions on Wodehouse - the stories are gold, as usual. But, this narrator is terrible - he can't hold a candle to Jonathan Cecil, for whom I searched as narrator of this collection in vain. This narrator's voice is stringy, smarmy and sibilant. Words are swallowed at the ends of sentences. It's a chore to listen. I will never purchase another audiobook narrated by him.

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Title: The Clicking of Cuthbert and Other Golf Stories

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Jonathan Cecil

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-27-07

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

The stories included are: "The Clicking of Cuthbert", "A Woman Is Only a Woman", "A Mixed Threesome", "Sundered Hearts", "The Salvation of George Mackintosh", "Ordeal by Golf", "The Long Hole", "The Heel of Achilles", "The Rough Stuff", and "The Coming of Gowf".

Critic Reviews:

"Wonderful, comical golf stories." (John Updike)

"[The stories] are sheer, kick-your-heels-up bliss." (Lynne Truss)

Members Reviews:

LOL! How enjoyable can a book be!

Love the characters, the courting stories, and the golf stories. Laughed out loud. I really enjoyed this book. I thought it to be hilarious! Well worth listen.

Cecil shines

Jonathan Cecil shines. He makes Wodehouse's words dance and sing. There is no better performance artist of Wodehouse than Jonathan Cecil. He is simply the best - period!

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Titel: Mama, du bist nicht der Bestimmer

Autor:: Andrea Kiewel

Erzähler: Andrea Kiewel

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 1 hr and 18 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 08-06-07

Herausgeber: steinbach sprechende bücher

Kategorien: Fiction, Humor

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Die zwanzig Jahre, die Eltern ungefähr brauchen, um ihre Kinder großzuziehen, erinnern an den Streckenverlauf der Tour de France. Es gibt einfache Etappen, Tagessiege, Höhen und Tiefen und natürlich die Königsetappe, den Berg aller Berge: die Pubertät.

Andrea Kiewel hat einen großen und einen kleinen Sohn und erzählt in diesem Buch hinreißende, urkomische, wunderbare Geschichten aus dem Erziehungsalltag und aus ihrer eigenen Kindheit - damals, als Kinder noch ohne Handy draußen gespielt haben, bis es dunkel wurde. Sie sind ein gewitztes Plädoyer dafür, in der Erziehung die Kirche im Dorf zu lassen.

Kritik Bewertungen:

Liebe Leser, wenn Sie so wie ich in den 70ern Kind waren, dann beglückwünsche ich Sie. Ich gratuliere Ihnen und mir, dass es uns überhaupt gibt. Denn wenn man beobachtet, was Eltern heute alles mit ihren Kindern anstellen, damit sie unter optimalen Bedingungen aufwachsen, gleicht es einem Wunder, dass wir 70er Jahre-Kinder überhaupt noch da sind. Oder bekamen Sie Babymassagen und Kleinkind-Englisch? Ich nicht.

--Andrea Kiewel

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Title: The Antipope

Subtitle: The First Part of the Brentford Trilogy

Author: Robert Rankin

Narrator: Andy Greenhalgh, David Gooderson, Robert Rankin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-26-06

Publisher: SmartPass

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 93 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

You could say it all started with the red-eyed tramp with the slimy fingers who put the wind up Neville, the part-time barman, something rotten. Or when Archroy's wife swapped his trusty Morris Minor for five magic beans while he was out at the rubber factory.

On the other hand, you could say it all started a lot earlier. Like 450 years ago, when Borgias walked the earth.

Pooley and Ornally, stars of the Brentford Labour Exchange and the Flying Swan, want nothing to do with it, especially if there's a Yankee and a pint of Large in the offing. Pope Alexander VI, last of the Borgias, has other ideas.

Critic Reviews:

"Wonderful, a heavy smoker's Lord of the Rings." (Time Out)

Members Reviews:

Fun and silly

A hilarious parody of Lovecraftian horror. The humor is whimsical, over-the-top, and very British. Would've given it five stars if not for the overuse of sound effects; those got pretty irritating after a while, but certainly weren't bad enough to keep me from enjoying the rest. The voice acting was delightful.

Another good Rankin.

This was a really good listen. Strange and quite silly in parts. Particularly like the cowboy theme night.

Clearly read, acted and so on. Very good and very funny.

Laugh out loud

A very good book. The voices were excellent but the sound effects did get a bit irrating though not near enough to stop listening. It reminds me some what of Douglas Adams with a little Agatha Christie thrown in for good measure.

The added soundtrack was distracting.

Any additional comments?

I found the added sounds distracting. Frankly if your book needs to have a soundtrack instead of just reading the book then maybe the author should work on describing the atmosphere more. After about a half an hour in I felt the plot was going nowhere and I had no attachment to any of the characters, and decided not to waste any more of my time.

The Anti-pope

The book is in the vein of Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett but in the occult rather than sci-fi or fantasy. A friend recommended this book a long time ago and I never got around to getting a copy. Browsing audible I saw it and thought I would give it a try. It was an excellent choice on my part, which shows I do make some occasionally. It is well written and superbly read, with wry, dry humour and characters that don't just live but are likeable, and I really wanted to see how it would pan out. I subsequently got 'Hollow chocolate bunnies of the apocalypse' which I also enjoyed. In a publishing world where clones of success swarm, Rankin and his work stand apart. You get the idea that he is a genuine story teller who wants about all to entertain, which certainly does. The only negative comment is that none of the rest of the series are available on audible. If they do become available I will be the first to buy.

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Title: The Hitman Diaries

Author: Danny King

Narrator: Dave John

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-03-06

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

Ian Bridges works as a hitman and is on permanent stand-by for West End gangster John Broad. He does maybe three or four jobs a year and spends the rest of his lite desperately trying to find Mrs Right so he can settle down, but can't and it feels like the world is conspiring against him. He's about to find out he's right. But he can't.

©2003 Danny King; (P)2005 W.F. Howes Ltd.

Members Reviews:

Well worth buying

The only challenge is to try and keep a straight face when you are listening to this on the train. Excellent book - brilliant on audio - thought it was Ray Winstone narrating at first, excellently done and you will laugh out loud. It's impossible not to.

Superb

Laugh, I have never laughed so much out loud! This book is a real trip though the trails and tribulation of a gangster.. very lock, stock. Brilliant narration.

Excellent and funny read

Not quite as good as the Burglar diaries, but still a very good read, most enjoyable, easy going, but with a serious side to some of it. Plenty of action. It kept my attention really well.

A Brilliant Read

I strongly recommend The Hitman Diaries to anybody who likes comedy with a dark twist. This brilliant action packed book by Danny King kept me entertained from beginning to end and Dave John's narration of this book was simply fantastic.

Not for me I'm afraid

I just couldn't get into this at all, I have read some of Danny King's books and found them amusing, but this was just pants, Now, I don't mind a bit of swearing and I well expected it but every other word (if you're offended by the c-word, dont bother getting this audiobook) just took the story away, Ian was just a throughly unlikable character, I didn't even make it to the end. Sorry

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Title: Ring for Jeeves

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Nigel Lambert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-29-05

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 143 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

Bill, (Lord) Rowcester was well and truly in the gumbo. With the benefit of hindsight he could see that setting himself up as a Silver Ring bookie might not have been his smartest move ever. Particularly when being down on his dibbs threatens his oncoming nuptials with the sterling Jill Wyvern. Lucky for Bill he had the land-lease of Jeeves. Lucky indeed that the fish-fed mastermind's formidable genius was at liberty to take a header into such teasers as borrowing the stellar Mrs Spottsworth's pendent for an hour or three or overseeing the added ingredients of Abbey's Derby Dinner, to say nothing of his lordship's mauve pyjamas.

(P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Members Reviews:

A sort of time capsule of post-war Britain

One of the things I like most about Wodehouse books is that everyone's always talking about money - having it, losing it, marrying for it, borrowing it - in great detail. The result is that you end up learning a lot about the economic conditions of the time in which the stories are set. And that's one of the best aspects of this book.

'Ring for Jeeves' is set in post-WWII Britain, when the term 'impoverished nobility' was more applicable than ever before: the economy was a mess, the pound had been devalued, and even titled aristocrats - who formerly had lived on 'private income' or income from large country estates - had to start getting real jobs and selling their 15-bedroom castles to Americans, who were the only ones with enough money to handle the upkeep.

The male members of the leisure class are forced to take jobs at Harrods-like department stores, and the 'delicately nurtured' female members are becoming more independent and career-minded: Hilarity ensues!

In many ways, the story feels like a Blandings Castle novel onto which Jeeves has been grafted. It's not entirely successful (apparently wrote the play first, and then turned it into a book, and I think the retrofitting is apparent) but overall it's a decent story, has some good moments of humor, and provides a great insight into the upper classes in the late 40s and early 50s.

Delightful

I avoided this for a long time because Bertie Wooster isn't in it. Big mistake. It's a delightful story, every bit as laugh-out-loud funny as any Wooster and Jeeves outing, and Nigel Lambert is a wonderful reader. Wodehouse treats his characters badly, ratcheting up the tension and the potential calamities down to the last 15 minutes - and then Jeeves, as always, saves the day with a few brilliant, fish-fed suggestions. It's all based on the psychology of the individual - and no one is better manager of that than Jeeves.

A fun romp

I'm a big fan of Wodehouse and have most of the audiobooks and love them all. This one have a fun story and was a bit different, being that Bertie Wooster is only mentioned and Jeeves is on lone to the hero of this story. It takes place after WWII in an England where the aristocracy had lost much of it's power and wealth and the characters watch horse races on tv. The story itself is basically the typical Wodehouse kind of story, ludicrous and pretty funny. The reader does a great job, and I enjoyed it a lot.

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Title: Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Jonathan Cecil

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-26-05

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 34 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

How fortunate that Stilton Cheesewright drew Bertie Wooster, the red-hot favourite, in the Drones Club annual darts tournament. Had he not he would surely have beaten Bertie to a pulp and buttered the lawn with him. Stilton does not like men trifling with his fiancee Florence Craye's affections. In the event Florence would seem to prefer Percy Gorringe, stepson of L.G. Trotter. What is Aunt Dahlia's obsessive interest in the wretched Trotter? Can there be more then one rope of false pearls? Will Jeeves deign to put things right, given that Bertie has grown a moustache of which he disapproves strongly?

©1954 P.G. Wodehouse; (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Critic Reviews:

"Jonathan Cecil amazes as he reads this larky narrative, capturing perfectly the befuddled Wooster, the conniving Stilton Cheesewright, and the divine Florence with flawless aplomb." (AudioFile)

Members Reviews:

Absolutely wonderful

PG Wodehouse is a genius. These books are fantastic. The world of Bertie is wonderful and I love visiting it. Funny, wonderful phrases run throughout. Bertie reminds us that it is enough simply to be kind and have the best intentions.

I couldn't recommend these books highly enough and (without wanting to seem too gushing) I think my life would be poorer and darker without Jeeves and Wooster. Thank you PGW

narration not skippy enough for Bertie

sorry, narrator too slow and too received pronunciation to convey Bertie's joie de vivre. will be looking for other readers

What Ho, Jeeves

Bertie is growing a moustache and Jeeves disapproves. Bertie is determined to keep said moustache but unfortunately, novelist and ex-fiance Florence Craye, admires the moustache resulting in the wrath of Stilton Cheesewright, a "combustible chap", who considers the moustache a cheap trick by Bertie to steal his girl.

When Bertie gets a call for assistance from Aunt Dahlia to rush down to her "country pile" at Brinkley Court, he unfortunately finds himself in close proximity to Florence Craye, and Stilton Cheesewright.

Bring on those Jeeves specials.

Contains the fabulous insult:

You revoting young piece of cheese.

Dated but still ingenious

1 have not read Wodehouse for years, and found many aspects of his style had not worn well. However, he and this reader still had me laughing often.

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Title: Psmith Journalist

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Jonathan Cecil

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-26-05

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 111 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

Meet Psmith, with a silent 'P' as in psychic. A gallant, charming individual, Psmith has a gift for getting into awful scrapes, and when he takes over a gentile journal known as Cosy Moments with the aid of Billy Windsor, its sub-editor, he turns it into a radical publication...with alarming and hilarious results.

© The Trustees of the Wodehouse Estate; (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Members Reviews:

Very bad sound quality

My enthusiasm for P G Wodehouse stories caused me to overlook the reviews. The sound is muffled and very hard to hear. Do not purchase this audiobook.

Terrible quality

I'm with Frank. I love Wodehouse and Jonathan Cecil but I can't listen to this.

Poor sound quality in format 4

I hope the enhanced version is better. I almost couldn't finish this in format 4. The sound was very muddy and I often couldn't understand what the narrator was saying (a sin in a Wodehouse story). Love Jonathan Cecil and Wodehouse, but not this recording.

AUDIO QUALITY PERFECT NOW!!

Would you listen to Psmith Journalist again? Why?

Although the book is overall great, the racial slurs against african americans, italians and the irish are very disappointing. Because I love P.G. Wodehouse, it makes me sad to see this side of his character.

If youve listened to books by P.G. Wodehouse before, how does this one compare?

This book is great. But, 'Leave It To Psmith' is still the funniest ever.

Have you listened to any of Jonathan Cecils other performances before? How does this one compare?

Outstanding as always!

Hard to hear

I always enjoy Wodehouse and especially read by Jonathon Cicil, however, the quality of the recording is terrible. Need a quite road, crank the volume but adjust the bass and treble and at the same time turn down your player to minimize static.

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Title: A Pelican at Blandings

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Nigel Lambert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-25-05

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 94 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

Clarence, ninth Earl of Emsworth, sank back in his chair looking like the good old man in a Victorian melodrama whose mortgage the villain had just foreclosed. He felt the absence of that gentle glow which customarily accompanied the departure of one of his sisters. Lord Emsworth needed Galahad....There are tricky corners to be rounded, and assorted godsons, impostors, and pretty girls to be paired off. Fortunately, many years' membership of the Pelican Club means the Hon. Galahad Threepwood is able to keep cool, stiffen his upper lip, and always think a shade quicker then the next man.

© Trustees of the Wodehouse Estate; (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Critic Reviews:

"It would be easy to drive off the road while you whoop with laughter over this audiobook." (AudioFile)

Members Reviews:

a rollicking wodehouse comedy

If you could sum up A Pelican at Blandings in three words, what would they be?

entertaining, clever, witty

Who was your favorite character and why?

clarence - he's so completely absorbed in his own interests

What about Nigel Lamberts performance did you like?

his ability to assume the character with each voice

One of my Top-5 favorite books of all-time

I have a growing love for P.G. Wodehouse's books. I've read many, and have many audiobook versions as well. This is one of my favorites.

Nigel Lambert is my favorite reader of the Blandings series of books. His reading is so well done. It's a joy to listen to (and a I have many times!).

Highly recommended.

Corking!

A lovely romp round Blandings Castle, complete with mad relatives, impeccable butlers, mistaken identity, duplicity and revenge. What a treat to be transported back to a simpler time what a fellows word was his bind, couples fell in love at the drop of a summer hat and Lords spent their time ogling fat swine.

A sweet read that really helped me chill on the way home after a rough day. No stresses could withstand the gentle pace, intrigue and laughter provided by such a lovely story.

Audio quality is fine although you can hear when the narrator has taken a break but this in no way detracts from the pleasure. The pace is measured beautifully and delivery is perfect, splendid all round.

I am off to try an earlier book about Blandings residents and brothers who should have set thier faces against sisters right from the start.

Classic Wodehouse

I was really surprised to come across a PGW work which I had not previously read - what a lovely treat!

This is a Blandings Castle adventure with all the usual ingredients - Lord Emsworth beset by the dragon Connie, an unwelcome guest in the person of the ghastly Duke of Dunstable, complicated love interest, impostors and the wonderful Galahad Threepwood coming to the rescue of all in his own brilliant style. Perhaps the plot does not achieve the same supremely inventive daftness of some of the earlier Blandings tales, but it is wonderfully entertaining nonetheless. Nigel Lambert is a superb narrator; he paces the book brilliantly; he really savours the jokes and he brings all the characters vividly to life, especially the horrible Dunstable.

Strongly recommended.

Pleasurable Wodehouse

Well read by Nigel Lambert, this is very entertaining and typical of Wodehouse. Guaranteed to cheer you up.