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ID: 250355

Title: Tale of a Tub

Author: Jonathan Swift

Narrator: Peter Wickham

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:41:43

Language: English

Release date: 11-26-15

Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

Swift's allegorical satire about religion and politics follows the lives of three brothers, Martin, Peter and Jack, who each represent a faction of the Christian faith - Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism and the Dissenting faiths respectively. Each brother inherits a coat (representing religious practice) from their father (God) on the condition that they do not change it. But instead, the three quarrelsome youths disobey their father and change their coats beyond recognition. A Tale of a Tub was Swift's first major work and was considered a personal favourite by the author.

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ID: 230220

Title: Aeneid

Author: Virgil

Narrator: David Collins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:04:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-01-15

Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry

Summary:

Virgils Aeneid, one of the greatest Classical poems, tells the story of Aeneas, son of Priam, after the fall of Troy. His quest is to find the site in the west where he will found a new town prophesied to be the seat of a world empire Rome. This great poem, in a modern translation by Cecil Day Lewis, is superbly read by the great classical actor Paul Scofield, with Jill Balcon.

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ID: 217974

Title: Castle of Otranto

Author: Horace Walpole

Narrator: Neville Jason

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:41:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-01-14

Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

The Castle of Otranto is regarded as the first Gothic novel. The son of Manfred, Prince of Otranto, is mysteriously killed on his wedding day by a huge helmet. The event leads to a fast-paced story of jealous passion, intrigue, murder and supernatural phenomena unfolding in an atmosphere of thunderclaps, moonlight and dark castle walls - mirroring the inner turmoils of the characters themselves. Horace Walpole's tale, an immediate success when it first appeared in 1764, is a classic of its genre.

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ID: 223367

Title: Snow Queen and Other Stories

Author: Hans Christian Andersen

Narrator: Clare Corbett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:05:00

Language: English

Release date: 08-14-14

Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

The Snow Queen is one of Andersens most affecting stories. Little Kay is enticed away from his home by the Snow Queen who traps him in her palace in the cold far north. His loyal friend Gerda goes on a long and dangerous journey, overcoming many obstacles to rescue him. Presented alongside this classic childrens story are four other entertaining and moving tales from the imagination of Hans Christian: The Leap-Frog, The Old House, The Snowman and The Daisy.

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ID: 792788

Title: Secret Societies

Author: Philip Gardiner

Narrator: Philip Gardiner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:51:17

Language: English

Release date: 07-23-24

Publisher: One Media iP LTD

Genres: Non-Fiction, Health & Wellness, Social Science, Naturopathy & New Age

Summary:

Throughout Secret Societies, Gardiner; uncovers an ancient secret society thought to have died out many years ago and gets to the core of the secret societies belief systems. He explores the secret origins of Freemasonry and the links to secret Serpent Cults, Investigates the secret hidden meaning of King Arthur and Robin Hood and examines the claimants to the name of Illuminati, and analyzes the history of the group in Europe and America. Gardiner reveals the secret links within the Vatican and the Nazi Party and looks in-depth at the white-powdered gold theory supposedly kept secret by orders throughout time and radically re-appraises it. He also shows the link between the so-called enlightenment experience and the control of our minds.

Nobody in the genre involves themselves in the tale in the same way that Gardiner does, and here he shows that the search for ultimate truth can often be a terrifying one.

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ID: 563026

Title: Three Dark Crowns

Author: Kendare Blake

Narrator: Amy Landon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:52:55

Language: English

Release date: 02-17-22

Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Audio

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Epic Fantasy, Romantasy

Summary:

Three dark queens

are born in a glen,

sweet little triplets

will never be friends

Three dark sisters

all fair to be seen,

two to devour

and one to be Queen

Every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born: three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. Katharine is a poisoner, one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much as a stomachache. Arsinoe, a naturalist, is said to have the ability to bloom the reddest rose and control the fiercest of lions.

But becoming the Queen Crowned isn't solely a matter of royal birth. Each sister has to fight for it. And it's not just a game of win or lose...it's life or death. The night the sisters turn sixteen, the battle begins. The last queen standing gets the crown.

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ID: 339516

Title: Doctor Who: The Lost Magic: 12th Doctor Audio Original

Author: Cavan Scott

Narrator: Dan Starkey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:05:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-04-17

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

Dan Starkey reads an intriguing original story featuring the Twelfth Doctor, as played on TV by Peter Capaldi.

People laughed at John Dee for years, dismissing the astrologer as a madman or a fraud. Then one day a face appeared in his mirror, a face that was not his own. He was given secrets from beyond time: how to mix potions; how to tame the elements; even how to trap a demon. But Dees magic was lost, his library ransacked, his spells and hexes stolen. A dread prophecy was made: the Earth will burn

When the TARDIS lands on a Spanish galleon, caught in an unnatural storm, the Doctor, Alex and Brandon are shipwrecked and separated from each other. Between them they must discover who is waging supernatural war - before the planet is pulled apart. What connects John Dee with Sir Francis Drake and the impending attack of the Spanish Armada?

Dan Starkey, who plays the Sontaran Strax in the hit BBC TV series, reads this original audio story by Cavan Scott. Duration: 1 hour 5 mins approx

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ID: 330556

Title: Journey to the Centre of the Earth: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

Author: Jules Verne

Narrator: Full Cast , Joel Maccormack, Stephen Critchlow

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:55:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-04-17

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Action & Adventure

Summary:

A thrilling new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Jules Verne's classic novel.

Descend, bold traveller into the crater of the Jokul of Snfell, which the shadow of Scartaris touches before the kalends of July and you will attain the centre of the earth. Which I have done.

Renowned professor Otto Lidenbrock discovers a mysterious runic cryptogram in a rare manuscript. His nephew, Axel, accidentally cracks the code, which is by a Sixteenth Century alchemist who claims to have found a pathway to the centre of the Earth! Lidenbrock decides he must see for himself if such a journey is possible, and with the reluctant Axel and their guide, Hans, the three venture into the heart of a dormant Icelandic volcano.

Shock and peril await at every turn, from a raft voyage across a subterranean sea - where they witness a battle between two prehistoric monsters - to a terrifying lightning storm that threatens to capsize them, and an expedition into the magma chamber of an active volcano filled with boiling lava. Will they ever make it back to the surface?

Full of action, surprise and discovery, this suspenseful dramatisation of Vernes ultimate adventure story stars Joel MacCormack and Stephen Critchlow.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes approx.

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ID: 330705

Title: Doctor Who: Scales of Injustice: 3rd Doctor Novelisation

Author: Gary Russell

Narrator: Dan Starkey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 12-01-16

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

An unabridged reading of this original novel featuring the Third Doctor, as played on TV by Jon Pertwee. When a boy goes missing and a policewoman starts drawing cave paintings, the Doctor suspects the Silurians are back. With the Brigadier distracted by questions about UNIT funding and problems at home, the Doctor swears his assistant Liz Shaw to secrecy and investigates alone.

But Liz has enquiries of her own, teaming up with a journalist to track down people who dont exist. What is the mysterious Glasshouse, and why is it so secret?

As the Silurians wake from their ancient slumber, the Doctor, Liz and the Brigadier are caught up in a conspiracy to exploit UNITs achievements a conspiracy that reaches deep into the heart of the British Government. Duration: 8 hours approx

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ID: 331263

Title: Doctor Who: K9 and Company

Author: Terence Dudley

Narrator: Terence Dudley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:04:00

Language: English

Release date: 12-03-15

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

John Leeson reads this exciting novelisation of the 1981 spin-off TV adventure for two popular Doctor Who characters. In the sleepy village of Hazelbury Abbas the Winter Solstice is fast drawing near. It is a time of deep mystery and ancient evil. Sarah Jane Smith, journalist and former companion to the Doctor, comes to the village to write her new book. For company she has Brendan, the young ward of Sarah's missing Aunt Lavinia. Then Brendan too disappears, possibly kidnapped by practitioners of Black Magic. Is he to be sacrificed to the goddess Hecate on the Solstice? Sarah is not alone in her search for Brendan, for the Doctor has sent her a very special companion: a robotic dog by the name of K9... John Leeson, who provided K9's voice in the original BBC TV serial, reads Terence Dudley's own novelisation of his 1981 teleplay. Duration: 6 hours approx.

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