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ID: 297243

Title: Boswell's London Journal

Author: James Boswell

Narrator: Anthony Quayle

Format: Abridged

Length: 00:52:52

Language: English

Release date: 05-04-17

Publisher: The Copyright Group Ltd.

Genres: Biography & Memoir

Summary:

In 1762, 22-year old James Boswell left Edinburg for London. This portion of his personal journals documents the nine months that followed. Filled with detail, description, and zest for life, Boswell's London Journal provides a frank and accurate picture of both the young man and London in the early 1760s. While many of Boswell's journals have been published, this one gained popularity for its racier entries as well as its descriptions of Boswell's first encounter with Samuel Johnson, who would later be the subject of his most famous written work, the biography Life of Johnson. This audiobook contains a wonderful reading by the talented Sir Anthony Quale.

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ID: 297138

Title: Kitsune

Author: John Paul Catton

Narrator: Terry Molloy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:40:36

Language: English

Release date: 05-04-17

Publisher: The Copyright Group Ltd.

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

Synopsis: In the year 2020, Honoré Lechasseur and Emily Blandish find themselves thrown into a mystery as an ice spirit wreaks havoc during the Kyoto's Gion Festival, and a haunted funhouse proves to contain more than just paper lanterns and wax dummies. But what does all this have to do with the elegant owner of the Hide and Chic fashion chain... and to the legendary Japanese fox-spirits, the Kitsune?

Part mystery, part detective story, part dark fantasy, part science fiction... original adventures in time and space.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: John Paul Catton lives and works in Tokyo, where he teaches English language and literature. He has worked freelance for various magazines in Japan, the UK and the USA, including Metropolis, Tokyo Eye Ai and The London Time Out Guide to Tokyo. His short fiction and comic strips have appeared in 'Roadworks', 'Terror Tales', 'Xenos' among others, and he has a regular column appear in the magazine 'The Third Alternative'

ABOUT THE READER: Terry Molloy is an experience radio and television actor. Most notably he is best known as Mike Tucker in BBC Radio 4's 'The Archers', while on television he played the Doctor's evil nemesis Davros during the 1980s! He has also recently appeared on BBC 7 in the role of Professor Edward Dunning in 'The Scarifyers' produced by Cosmic Hobo Productions.

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ID: 297191

Title: Edith Nesbit: The Ghost Stories

Author: Edith Nesbit

Narrator: Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:55:49

Language: English

Release date: 05-04-17

Publisher: The Copyright Group Ltd.

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Short Stories

Summary:

Edith Nesbit - The Ghost Stories. Edith Nesbit is more famously known as a writer of children's stories such as The Railway Children. But in this volume we explore her short stories of the macabre and ghostly sort.

Born in 1858 in Kennington, then part of Surrey and now London. Her early life was one of constant house changes before meeting, age 17, Hubert Bland who she was to marry three years later - whilst she was 7 months pregnant.

Additionally Bland kept his affair with another woman going throughout. The two children of this relationship were raised by Edith as her own as well as their own three.

They founded the Fabian Society in 1884. Thought of as the first modern writer for children she also wrote for adults producing over 50 books in total as well as a collections of poetry which we shall explore in a separate volume.

These stories are brought to your ears in eerie detail by Ghizela Rowe, George Irving and Richard Mitchley.

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ID: 330595

Title: Doctor Who: Planet of Giants: 1st Doctor Novelisation

Author: Terrance Dicks

Narrator: Carole Ann Ford

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-04-17

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

Carole Ann Ford reads this classic TV novelisation featuring the First Doctor, as played on TV by William Hartnell. The Doctor is feeling confident: this time the TARDIS has landed on Earth; in England; in 1963. But when he and his companions Susan, Ian and Barbara venture outside, they are soon lost in a maze of ravines and menaced by gigantic insects. However, the insects are dying - every living thing is dying

Meanwhile, in a cottage garden on a perfect summer's day, the man from the Ministry arrives to put a stop to the production of DN6, a pesticide with the power to destroy all life-forms. But the men who invented DN6 will stop at nothing-not even murder-in their desire to see DN6 succeed.

Can the one-inch-tall Doctor foil their plans? Carole Ann Ford, who played Susan in the original TV series, reads Terrance Dicks's novelisation. Duration: 2 hours 30 mins approx

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ID: 297219

Title: Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Short Stories

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Narrator: Vincent Marzello

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-04-17

Publisher: The Copyright Group Ltd.

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Short Stories

Summary:

Nathaniel Hawthorne - An Introduction. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in the city of Salem, Massachusetts.

His father, a sea captain died when Nathaniel was 4 and Nathaniel always a shy child spent his early years with his Mother and two sisters.

Hit on the leg by a ball, doctors could finds nothing wrong but he went lame and was bedridden for a year. He entered Bowdoin College in 1821, and graduated in 1825. Hawthorne anonymously published his first work, the novel 'Fanshawe', in 1828. He continued to publish in various periodicals which he collected in 1837 as Twice-Told Tales.

The next year, he became engaged to Sophia Peabody eventually marrying her in 1842. His defining work 'The Scarlet Letter' was published in 1850, followed by a succession of other novels. The majority of his works centre on New England and have a Puritan inspiration and outlook with their inherent evil and sin of humanity. A political appointment took Hawthorne and family to Europe before their return in 1860. Hawthorne died on May 19, 1864, leaving behind his wife and their three children.

This volume centres on his short stories which are beautifully crafted pieces layered with characters ill at ease with their path through life.

They are read for you by Vincent Marzello.

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ID: 296347

Title: Women's Short Stories - Volume 1 - Volume 1

Author: Elizabeth Gaskell, Kate Chopin, Katherine Mansfield

Narrator: Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:00:19

Language: English

Release date: 05-04-17

Publisher: The Copyright Group Ltd.

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Short Stories

Summary:

Women's Short Stories - Vol 1. The art of writing a short story can be barely noticed by a reader such is the quality with which they are usually written. It is a difficult trade, an unforgiving discipline but for those who master it the rewards are many. In this series of works by our greatest female writers we bring you a selection of those we consider the best. In Volume 1 we bring you the classics of A Dill Pickle - Katherine Mansfield, The Storm - Kate Chopin, The Sexton's Hero - Elizabeth Gaskell. These stories are read for you by the renowned actresses Eve Karpf and Liza Ross

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ID: 296437

Title: Jackie Mason: Live In London

Author: Jackie Mason

Narrator: Jackie Mason

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:50:04

Language: English

Release date: 05-04-17

Publisher: The Copyright Group Ltd.

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

Jackie Mason is quite rightly a comedic legend. Mel Brooks is often quoted as saying 'Nobody makes me laugh harder'. Mason is funny. Period. In this recording he takes aim and hits everyone from Bill Clinton to John Major to TV to Shakespeare. Most famous for poking fun at his own culture and other Jews he nonetheless has a wonderful way of getting his point across with warmth, barbs and of course wit.

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ID: 296462

Title: School For Scandal

Author: Richard Sheridan

Narrator: Claire Bloom

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:05:32

Language: English

Release date: 05-04-17

Publisher: The Copyright Group Ltd.

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction

Summary:

The School For Scandalis Sheridan's master work which wittily illustrates 18th century's aristocrats at play. With pinpoint accuracy Sheridan's characterisation of these decadent ruling classes give it a universal appeal as echoes of both the people and their antics are to be found in each generation.

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ID: 297022

Title: Clockwork Woman

Author: Claire Bott

Narrator: Tracey Childs

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:21:49

Language: English

Release date: 05-04-17

Publisher: The Copyright Group Ltd.

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror

Summary:

Synopsis: Honoré and Emily find themselves imprisoned in the 19th Century by a celebrated inventor ... but help comes from an unexpected source - a humanoid automaton created by, and to give pleasure to, its owner. As the trio escape to London, they are unprepared for what awaits them, and at every turn it seems impossible to avert what fate may have in store for the Clockwork Woman. Part mystery, part detective story, part dark fantasy, part science fiction... original adventures in time and space. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Claire Bott is a journalist, currently working full time as a staff writer on Publishing News magazine. She used to be a performance poet, before realising there was no money in it and opting to be a hack instead. She quickly found out there was no money in journalism either, but by then she was hooked and it was too late. She wrote for The Independent, Men's Health and Comics International before settling down at Publishing News. The Clockwork Woman is her first book. ABOUT THE READER: Tracey has just finished a sell-out run playing Martha to Matthew Kelly's George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at London's Trafalgar Studios. Tracey is best known for playing Lynne Howard in the popular eighties drama Howards' Way, and Linda Cosgrove in the long running Born and Bred. Theatre credits include The New Vic's production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Great Gatsby, Sybil in Private Lives, Stepping Out, No Sex Please, We're British, Why Me?, The Hollow and The Unexpected Guest. Television work includes Prometheus, playing Rose in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Devil's Crown, The Amazing Affair of Adelaide Harris, Strangers, Landseer- Working Out The Beast, playing Marianne in Sense and Sensibility, Bergerac, Jane Eyre, Captain Zep, A Talent for Murder, As Seen on TV and Dempsey and Makepeace.

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ID: 297200

Title: Daniel Defoe: The Short Stories

Author: Daniel Defoe

Narrator: Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley

Format: Abridged

Length: 02:48:32

Language: English

Release date: 05-04-17

Publisher: The Copyright Group Ltd.

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Short Stories

Summary:

Daniel Defoe - An Introduction. Defoe is most well known for his classic novels Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders. Born around 1659 he was also a journalist, a pamphleteer, a businessman, a spy - and a writer of short stories. His life was long and colourful covering all manner of fields and usually closely followed by political intrigue or unpaid bills. But the breath of his works are still highly regarded indeed his Journal Of A Plague Year is an important account of that disastrous year for England. His novels of course are regularly used as the basis of films and TV shows as well lauded for their contribution to the birth of novels as an art form. In these short stories Defoe succinctly emblazons his style upon subjects as diverse as apparitions, pirates and politics. This volume is brought to your ears by Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe.

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