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ID: 320002

Title: Toro! Toro!

Author: Michael Morpurgo

Narrator: Christopher Barlow

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:03:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-05-12

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Kids, Historical

Summary:

Best-selling author Michael Morpurgo turns his storytelling skills to the drama and tragedy of the Spanish Civil War, read by Christopher Barlow.

TORO! TORO! is the story of a young boy growing up in Andalucia, Spain, on a farm rearing bulls for the bull ring. Antonito hand-rears a little black calf, but the boy doesn't yet understand the fate of the black bulls the corrida and death. Later, learning of the horrors of the bull fight, he frees Paco, and rides with him into the hills. There they witness the beginning of the Spanish Civil War and Antonito is left alone his family and the farm are destroyed by bombs, and Paco has run off, wild with fright. He decides to stay in the hills, where he joins the Resistance fighters. Around the campfire, Antonito hears tales of the wonderful black bull, who becomes a symbol of freedom for them all. Could this really be Paco? One night, Antonito falls asleep and dreams of Paco. In the morning, he wakes to see hoof prints on the ground beside him

A delightful story, full of nostalgia and drama in the author's own inimitable style. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.

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ID: 320007

Title: Absent in the Spring

Author: Agatha Christie

Narrator: Jacqui Crago

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:25:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-05-12

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

A striking novel of truth and soul-searching.

Returning from a visit to her daughter in Iraq, Joan Scudamore finds herself unexpectedly alone and stranded in an isolated rest house by flooding of the railway tracks.

Looking back over the years, Joan painfully re-examines her attitudes, relationships and actions and becomes increasingly uneasy about the person who is revealed to her

Famous for her ingenious crime books and plays, Agatha Christie also wrote about crimes of the heart, six bittersweet and very personal novels, as compelling and memorable as the best of her work.

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ID: 320011

Title: Titanic Lives: Migrants and Millionaires, Conmen and Crew

Author: Richard Davenport-Hines

Narrator: John Sackville

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14:20:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-05-12

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: History, World, Europe

Summary:

Marking the centenary of the Titanic disaster, Titanic Lives is an utterly compelling exploration of the lives on board the most famous ship in history.

On the night of 14 April 1912, midway through her maiden voyage, the seemingly unsinkable Titanic hit an iceberg, sustaining a 300-feet gash as six compartments were wrenched open to the Atlantic Ocean. In little over two hours, the palatial liner nose-dived to the bottom of the sea. More than 1,500 people perished in the freezing waters. But who were they?

In Titanic Lives, Richard Davenport-Hines brings to life in fascinating and absorbing detail the stories of the men who built and owned the ship, the crew who serviced her and the passengers of all classes who sailed on her. The Titanic was a floating microcosm of Edwardian society at the bottom of the ship was third class, filled with economic migrants and political and religious refugees hoping for a better life in the New World. Above them were hundreds of second-class passengers buoyed up by their prosperous respectability. On the upper decks were the hereditary rich and those of inconceivable wealth American titans of industry such as John Jacob Astor IV, who was found with $4000 in sodden notes in his pockets. In this epic, sweeping history we are introduced to this broad cast of characters, from every class and every continent, as we follow their lives on board the ship through to the supreme dramatic climax of the disaster itself.

Published to coincide with the centenary of the sinking, Titanic Lives is an impeccably researched and utterly riveting history which re-creates the complexities, disparities and tensions of life one hundred years ago.

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ID: 320013

Title: Clever Dog: The Secrets Your Dog Wants You to Know

Author: Sarah Whitehead

Narrator: Jane Arnfield

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:15:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-05-12

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Science & Technology, Animals & Nature

Summary:

Man is not ape. Dog is not wolf.

From startling facts about its origins, to the fundamental reasons behind dog and mans unbreakable attachment, Clever Dog: The Secrets Your Dog Wants You to Know explores the myths that so many pet owners have been led to believe and forms conclusions as to how our future relationship with the dog needs to change in order to survive, and thrive.

With her unique understanding of the secret language of dogs and her belief that all dogs are clever dogs, Sarah uses amusing anecdote and useful case histories to discover the mysteries of dog behaviour and show us a way of communicating with the four-legged friend who shares our hearts and homes.

Dog lovers can look at their best friends in a new light and create the perfect bond. As a world-leading expert in canine psychology, and often acknowledged as the trainers trainer, Sarah Whitehead shares her unique understanding of dogs in Clever Dog. With sections on Life, Love, Health and Happiness, this is a book about how we can become a harmonious team with our best friend. Here at last are the secrets your dog wants you to know.

With fascinating case studies and expert practical advice, Clever Dog is much more than a guidebook it is the book your dog would want you to buy.

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ID: 307286

Title: Feast for Crows

Author: George R.R. Martin

Narrator: Roy Dotrice

Format: Unabridged

Length: 33:50:05

Language: English

Release date: 12-15-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Epic Fantasy

Summary:

HBOs hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martins internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A FEAST FOR CROWS is the fourth volume in the series.

The Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne.

The war in the Seven Kingdoms has burned itself out, but in its bitter aftermath new conflicts spark to life. The Martells of Dorne and the Starks of Winterfell seek vengeance for their dead. Euron Crows Eye, as black a pirate as ever raised a sail, returns from the smoking ruins of Valyria to claim the Iron Isles.

From the icy north, where Others threaten the Wall, apprentice Maester Samwell Tarly brings a mysterious babe in arms to the Citadel. As plots, intrigue and battle threaten to engulf Westeros, victory will go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel and the coldest hearts.

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ID: 320019

Title: Blood Games

Author: Faye Kellerman

Narrator: Mitchell Greenberg

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:01:00

Language: English

Release date: 12-08-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

The twentieth book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman

When fifteen-year-old Gregory Hesse is found dead, a single gunshot to his head, it appears to be a tragic suicide. But his mother refuses to accept the verdict and pleads for a police inquiry.

Detective Peter Decker of the LAPD, working the case, knows only too well what secret lives teenagers live. He and his wife Rina have recently become responsible for Gabe Whitman, an enigmatic and gifted teen, whose parents abandoned him.

Just weeks later, a sixteen-year-old girl enrolled at the same exclusive high school as Gregory commits suicide. Deckers probe into the lives of these privileged teenagers, uncovers a dark trail of twisted allegiances and unholy alliances. With the return of Gabes father, former hit-man Chris Donnatti, the case takes an even more sinister turn

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ID: 320020

Title: We Bought a Zoo (Film Tie-in): The amazing true story of a broken-down zoo, and the 200 animals that changed a family forever

Author: Benjamin Mee

Narrator: Gildart Jackson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:12:00

Language: English

Release date: 12-08-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Self Development, Health & Wellness

Summary:

A film tie-in edition to 20th Century Foxs film adaptation of the heart-warming international bestseller starring Scarlett Johansson and Matt Damon and directed by Oscar-winning director Cameron Crowe.

An amazing true story that has inspired the major Hollywood motion picture this Christmas, to be repackaged for release alongside the film. We Bought a Zoo is about one young family, a broken down zoo, and the wild animals that changed their lives forever. When Ben [played by Damon] and his wife Katherine [played by Johansson] sold their small flat in Primrose Hill, upped sticks with their children and invested their savings into a dilapidated zoo on the edge of Dartmoor, they were prepared for a challenge and a momentous change in all their lives. With over 200 exotic animals to care for including an African lion, a wolf pack, a Brazilian tapir and a jaguar Bens hands, and those of his wife, children and tiny team of keepers, were full.

What they werent prepared for was Katherines devastating second brain cancer diagnosis. Ben found himself juggling the daunting responsibilities of managing the parks staff and finances, while holding the bailiffs at bay and caring for his wife.

A moving and entertaining story of courage and a familys attempts to rebuild a zoo, and carry on after Katherines tragic death.

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ID: 320088

Title: I Heart Vegas

Author: Lindsey Kelk

Narrator: Cassandra Harwood

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:18:00

Language: English

Release date: 12-08-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Contemporary, Holidays

Summary:

Escape to Vegas with this hilarious and feel good rom-com from the bestselling I Heart series.

Angela Clark loves her life in New York. She a Brit whos conquered the Big Apple. Unfortunately, shes also a Brit whos lost her job. And when, just a couple of weeks before Christmas, the immigration department gets wind of this, Angela needs to find a new job urgently. Or a husband. And she doesnt think her boyfriend Alex will be keen.

A girls weekend in Vegas with her best friend Jenny seems the perfect way to forget her troubles. From the minute they arrive Angela is swept up in a whirl of cocktails, outrageous outfits, late nights and brushes with the chapel of love. But rather than escaping trouble, Angela is up to her neck in it.

But what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas right?

Readers love Lindsey:

Fun, romantic and warm Closer

Witty, funny, warm and wise Marian Keyes

Lindsey is the queen of cracking one-liners hilarious and energetic Alex Brown

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ID: 320098

Title: Micro

Author: Michael Crichton, Richard Preston

Narrator: John Bedford Lloyd

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:52:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-22-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

An instant classic in the vein of Jurassic Park, this boundary-pushing novel has all the hallmarks of Michael Crichtons greatest adventures with its combination of pulse-pounding thrills, cutting-edge technology, and extraordinary research

Three men are found dead in a locked second-floor office in Honolulu. There is no sign of struggle, though their bodies are covered in ultra-fine, razor-sharp cuts. With no evidence, the police dismiss it as a bizarre suicide pact. But the murder weapon is still in the room, almost invisible to the human eye.

In Cambridge, Massachusetts, seven graduate students at the forefront of their fields are recruited by a pioneering microbiology start-up company. Nanigen MicroTechnologies sends them to a mysterious laboratory in Hawaii, where they are promised access to tools that will open up a whole new scientific frontier.

But this opportunity of a lifetime will teach them the true cost of existing at the cutting-edge

The group becomes prey to a technology of radical, unimaginable power and is thrust out into the teeming rainforest. Armed only with their knowledge of the natural world, the young scientists face a hostile wilderness that threatens danger at every turn.

To survive, they must harness the awe-inspiring creative and destructive forces of nature itself.

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ID: 320101

Title: Christmas Magic

Author: Cathy Kelly

Narrator: Grainne Gillis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:26:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-10-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Romance, General, Rom-Com

Summary:

A festive collection of short stories by No. 1 bestseller, Cathy Kelly, the natural heir to Maeve Binchy.

Lose yourself in this warm and wonderful collection of short stories from bestselling Irish storyteller Cathy Kelly.

From weddings and summer holidays to Christmas with uninvited family or long-lost friends returning, this anthology captures the hopes, tears, laughter and loves of all kinds of women and their families and friends with Cathy s inimitable warmth.

The holiday season comes but once a year, so curl up by a roaring fire and let the magic reel you in

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