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ID: 319774

Title: 1356

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Narrator: Jack Hawkins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:58:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-27-12

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure, War & Military

Summary:

Go with God and Fight Like the Devil. A fascinating hero and the pursuit of a sword with mythical power this is the remarkable new novel by Britains master storyteller, which culminates at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356.

The Hundred Years War rages on and the bloodiest battles are yet to be fought. Across France, towns are closing their gates, the crops are burning and the country stands alert to danger. The English army, victorious at the Battle of Crécy and led by the Black Prince, is invading again and the French are hunting them down.

Thomas of Hookton, an English archer known as Le Bâtard, is under orders to seek out the lost sword of St Peter, a weapon said to grant certain victory to whoever possesses her. As the outnumbered English army becomes trapped near the town of Poitiers, Thomas, his men and his sworn enemies meet in an extraordinary confrontation that ignites one of the greatest battles of all time.

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ID: 319770

Title: Gallows Thief

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Narrator: James Frain

Format: Abridged

Length: 05:46:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-27-12

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Historical Fiction, Police Stories, Action & Adventure

Summary:

1820s Britain: after the wars with France, when unemployment was high and soldiers could be paid off, when the government was desperately afraid of social unrest, any crime was drastically punished and thousands were hung. But one could petition the King and an investigation might ensue

The man in the dark cell in Newgate Prison was due to hang in a week. He had been found guilty of murdering the aristocrat whose portrait he was painting. He claimed to be innocent but then the hangman had never hung a guilty man, he said. But even in 1820, the Home Secretary could occasionally use his powers to grant mercy if his investigator found cause and Captain Hawke, once of the First Foot Guards, is given the job, since justice must be seen to be done as the accused man's mother is seamstress to the Queen.

Robert Hawke, a hero of Waterloo, has family debts to repay but when his first steps in the investigations produce a sizeable bribe to look the other way, this only arouses his smouldering anger over the condition of England, a country which he and others in Wellington's army had fought to preserve. Stepping between gentlemen's clubs and taverns, talking to aristocrats, fashionable painters, their models, and their mistresses, dodging professional cut-throats and deceptive swordsmen, Hawke uncovers a conspiracy of silence, a group whose proudest boast was that they would do anything for any one of them.

Hawke is a wonderful character, as yet undaunted by the sleazy streets, dank jails or the looming scaffold, and uncorrupted by politicians, sneering gentlemen or frightening bruisers, an investigator in the making and a brilliant, but very different hero for all Bernard Cornwell fans.

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ID: 319772

Title: Medal for Leroy

Author: Michael Morpurgo

Narrator: Brian Trueman, Mairi Macfarlane

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:30:23

Language: English

Release date: 09-27-12

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Kids, Historical

Summary:

Inspired by the true story of Walter Tull, the first black officer in the British army.

A new novel about identity and loss by bestselling award-winning author of WAR HORSE.

Michael doesnt remember his father, an RAF pilot lost in the war. And his French mother, heartbroken and passionate, doesnt like to talk about her husband. But then Auntie Snowdrop gives Michael a medal, followed by a photograph, which begin to reveal a hidden history.

A story of love and loss.

A story that will change everything and reveal to Michael who he really is

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ID: 319773

Title: Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories

Author: Dr. Seuss

Narrator: David Walliams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:33:53

Language: English

Release date: 09-27-12

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Kids, General, Classics, Humor

Summary:

Seven delightful stories from the inimitable Dr. Seuss!

The amazing stories are full of typical Seuss humour, rhyme and rhythm. They include 'The Bippolo Seed,' in which a scheming cat leads an innocent duck to make a bad decision; 'The Rabbit, the Bear, and the Zinniga-Zanniga,' about a rabbit who is saved from a bear via a single eyelash; 'Gustav the Goldfish,' about a fish that grew and grew; 'Tadd and Todd,' a tale about twins; 'Steak for Supper,' about fantastic creatures who follow a boy home in anticipation of a steak dinner; 'The Strange Shirt Spot,' about a spot of dirt that gets everywhere; and 'The Great Henry McBride,' about a boy whose far-flung career fantasies were bested only by those of Dr. Seuss himself.

The perfect book for any Seuss fan, young or old!

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ID: 319776

Title: Royal Flash

Author: George MacDonald Fraser

Narrator: Rupert Penry-Jones

Format: Abridged

Length: 05:35:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-27-12

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure, Classics

Summary:

In Volume II of the Flashman Papers, Flashman tangles with femme fatale Lola Montez and the dastardly Otto Von Bismarck in a battle of wits which will decide the destiny of a continent.

In this volume of The Flashman Papers, Flashman, the arch-cad and toady, matches his wits, his talents for deceit and malice, and above all his speed in evasion against the most brilliant European statesman and against the most beauiful and unscrupulous adventuress of the era.

From London gaming-halls and English hunting-fields to European dungeons and throne-rooms, he is involved in a desperate succession of escapes, disguises, amours and (when he cannot avoid them) hand-to-hand combats.

All the while, the destiny of a continent rests on his broad and failing shoulders.

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ID: 319771

Title: One Child

Author: Torey Hayden

Narrator: Laurel Lefkow

Format: Abridged

Length: 04:51:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-27-12

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family

Summary:

This beautiful and deeply moving tale recounts educational psychologist Torey Hayden's battle to unlock the emotions of a troubled and sexually abused child who, with the help of Hayden, was finally able to overcome her dark past and realise her full potential.

Six-year-old Sheila was abandoned by her mother on a highway when she was four. A survivor of horrific abuse, she never spoke, never cried, and was placed in a class for severely retarded children after committing an atrocious act of violence against another child. Everyone thought Sheila was beyond salvation except her teacher, Torey Hayden. With patience, skill, and abiding love, she fought long and hard to release a haunted little girl from her secret nightmare and nurture the spark of genius she recognised trapped within Sheila's silence. This is the remarkable story of their journey together an odyssey of hope, courage, and inspiring devotion that opened the heart and mind of one lost child to a new world of discovery and joy.

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ID: 319775

Title: Very Accidental Love Story

Author: Claudia Carroll

Narrator: Claudia Carroll

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:19:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-27-12

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Romance, Clean & Wholesome

Summary:

An original, funny and poignant story about those things in life that you just cant plan forA very modern fairytale, full of Claudias trademark wit and humour. Sheila OFlanagan

Eloise Elliot is one of the youngest newspaper editors in the country. Respected and revered by her peers, shes at the top of her game.

But, on the eve of her thirtieth birthday, finding herself surrounded by some pathetic looking balloons and mangy sandwiches in The Daily Posts conference room, Eloise is hit but a long sharp pang of loneliness.

Suddenly, and with dazzling clarity, she realises what she wants to make her life more complete. A baby.

One successful trip to the sperm bank and almost three years later and she is the adoring mother of a gorgeous little girl, Lily. Juggling a high-powered job with motherhood is not easy and when she finds herself without childcare she sends an SOS to her sister Helen. Yet its when Lily starts asking about her daddy that Eloise really starts to panic. What will she tell her?

So Eloise decides theres nothing for it shes going to find Lilys father. After all, she chose the perfect donor so surely there wont be any surprises. Except that there are plenty, and Eloise gets a lot more than she bargained for.

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ID: 319777

Title: Stuart: A Life Backwards

Author: Alexander Masters

Narrator: Jot Davies

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:34:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-27-12

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Science & Technology, Animals & Nature

Summary:

A unique biography of a homeless man and a complete portrait of the hidden underclass.

So here it is, my attempt at the story of Stuart Shorter, thief, hostage taker, psycho and sociopath street raconteur, my spy on how the British chaotic underclass spend their troubled days at the beginning of this century: a man with an important life. I wish I could have presented it to Stuart before he stepped in front of the 11.15 train from London to Kings Lynn.

Stuart Shorters brief life was one of turmoil and chaos. In this remarkable book, a masterful act of biographical restoration, Alexander Masters retraces Stuarts troubled journey. Stuart was homeless, with many of the problems this sub-section of English society display; alcoholism, drug-addiction, crime, violence. Scattered with glimpses of the authors friendship with Stuart in the years before his death, Masters gives us Stuarts life in reverse, tracing his route backwards through the post-office heists and attempts at suicide and the spells inside many of this countrys prisons, on back to a troubled time at school and learning difficulties and a violent childhood that acted like a springboard into the trouble that was to follow him all his life.

This extraordinary book is a glimpse at the underbelly of English society, a world largely hidden from our lives. Funny, despairing, uplifting, brilliantly-written, it is one of the most original biographies of recent years.

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ID: 319782

Title: Ricky

Author: Ricky Tomlinson

Narrator: Ricky Tomlinson

Format: Abridged

Length: 03:11:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-12

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment

Summary:

The astonishing and inspiring autobiography of Ricky Tomlinson, one of Britains best-loved actors and entertainers.

Famous as the loveable couch potato Jim Royle of The Royle Family, Ricky Tomlinson has entertained millions without ever leaving his armchair. Now, in his autobiography, he surprises yet again with a remarkable story of love, hardship, humour, injustice and triumph.

His mother used to tell him that he had lived three lives, but even she miscounted. He has been a plasterer, banjo player, stand-up comic, union agitator, political activist, film extra, award-winning actor and unwilling guest of Her Majestys prison service.

I know that Im going to get stick over this book but there you go it cant be helped. And some readers might think Im a terrible liar when they read what follows, but everything in this book is true. Enough lies have been told about me, without me adding to them.

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ID: 319779

Title: Ratburger

Author: David Walliams

Narrator: Nitin Ganatra

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:39:23

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-12

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Humor

Summary:

The fifth screamingly funny novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing childrens author in the country.

Hot on the heels of bestselling Gangsta Granny comes another hilarious, action-packed and touching novel the story of a little girl called Zoe. Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery mainly by flobbing on her head. And now the evil Burt from Burts Burgers is after her pet rat! And guess what he wants to do with it? The clue is in the title

From the author that is being called a new Roald Dahl, Ratburger is not to be missed!

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