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ID: 320102

Title: Blue Nights

Author: Joan Didion

Narrator: Kimberly Farr

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:19:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-04-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Literary, Health & Wellness, Parenting

Summary:

From one of Americas greatest and most iconic writers: an honest and courageous portrait of age and motherhood.

Several days before Christmas 2003, Joan Didions only daughter, Quintana, fell seriously ill. In 2010, Didion marked the sixth anniversary of her daughters death. Blue Nights is a shatteringly honest examination of Joan Didions life as a mother, a woman and a writer.

Recently widowed, and becoming increasingly frail, Blue Nights is Didions attempt to understand our deepest fears, our inadequate adjustments to ageing and to put a name to what we refuse to see and as a consequence fail to face up to, this refusal even to engage in such contemplation, this failure to confront the certainties of ageing, illness and death. This fear. This fear is tied to what we cherish most and fight to conserve, protect, and refuse to let go, for, when we are talking about mortality we are talking about our children. To face death is to let go of memory, to be bereft once more, I know what it is I am now experiencing. I know what the frailty is, I know what the fear is.

The fear is not for what is lost.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

You may see nothing still to be lost.

Yet there is no day in her life on which I do not see her.

A profound, poetic and powerful book about motherhood and the fierce way in which we continue to exalt and nurture our children, even if they only live on in memory.

Blue Nights is an intensely personal, and yet, strangely universal account of how we love. It is both groundbreaking and a culmination of a stunning career.

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ID: 320105

Title: My Week With Marilyn

Author: Colin Clark

Narrator: Eddie Redmayne

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:25:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-27-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment

Summary:

A delightfully comic and touchingly romantic interlude in which Colin Clark describes for the first time what happened between Marilyn Monroe and himself during the missing week in The Prince, the Showgirl and Me.

In 1956, fresh from Eton and Oxford, the 23-year-old Colin Clark (son of Lord Clark of Civilisation, brother of maverick Tory MP and diarist Alan) worked as a humble gofer on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl, the film that disastrously united Laurence Olivier with Marilyn Monroe.

Forty years on, his diary account was chosen as book of the year by Jilly Cooper, Joan Collins and others. But one week was missing. This is the story of that week, a delicious idyll in which he escorted a Monroe desperate to escape from the pressures of stardom. Her new husband Arthur Miller was away, and the coast was clear for Colin to introduce her to the pleasures of British life. How he ended up sharing her bed is a tale too rich to summarise!

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ID: 320106

Title: Bat Sprites

Author: Lee Weatherly, Linda Chapman

Narrator: Joan Walker

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:24:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-27-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Kids, Health & Family, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

The fifth action-packed quest in an exciting new six book character-led series for 7+ girls who love fantasy, adventure, and high-kicking heroines!

On her tenth birthday, tomboy Sophie learns she is the Guardian of a magic gateway between our world and the Shadow Woods. She must keep the human world safe from mischievous goblins, sprites and elves

Each book sees Sophie having to outwit weird and terrifying creatures from the Shadow Woods, starting with the gruesome Goblins!

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ID: 320104

Title: Home for Christmas

Author: Annie Groves

Narrator: Sue Jenkins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:58:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-27-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction

Summary:

Home for Christmas is a tale of four very different young women thrown together by war. Finding freedom and independence as well as love, passion and heartbreak for the very first time, a unique bond is formed as the hostilities take their toll on Britain.

It's September 1940 and the German blitz on London has just begun. The four young girls who live at No. 13 Article Row live under its constant threat. But life must go on

Tilly and Sally both work at Barts Hospital where they witness the cruelty of war first-hand.

Agnes volunteers to work extra hours at her underground station to help with the nightly influx of people seeking safety from the bombs.

Dulcie, with her broken ankle, tries to make peace with her mother, following the news of the death of her sister Enid. But her grief-stricken mother doesn't want to know.

Sally returns to her painful past in Liverpool. But it's not seeing the man she once loved, nor her father and ex-best fiend's child that hurt most

As Christmas approaches, the arrival of the handsome young American Drew, ignites new life in the heart Tilly thought was broken.

As the bombs continue to rain down on a frosty London, perilous challenges lay around every corner. And all anyone wants this year is to be home for Christmas.

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ID: 320108

Title: Cool!

Author: Michael Morpurgo

Narrator: Holly-Marie Michael

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:19:37

Language: English

Release date: 10-27-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Health & Family, Sports

Summary:

Michael Morpurgo's inspiring new story of Robbie, a boy in a coma victim of a car accident. Locked inside his own head, able to hear but not move or speak, Robbie tries to keep himself from slipping ever deeper into unconsciousness.

Michael Morpurgo's inspiring story of Robbie, a boy in a coma victim of a car accident. Locked inside his own head, able to hear but not move or speak, Robbie tries to keep himself from slipping ever deeper into unconsciousness. Robbie, football fan and animal lover, runs after his dog one day when he chases a cat and is hit by a car. Unconscious, but conscious, Robbie lies in hospital, unable to speak, move or eat. But he can hear; he is aware, even though his family and friends don't know this. Inside his head, we hear Robbie's thoughts; on his Mum and sister, why his parents are separated. His friends and family try desperately to reach him even Zola, his favourite Chelsea footballer, comes to see him. And still Robbie can't 'wake up'. Until one day, against hospital rules, Dad brings Lucky into the hospital. Can Lucky bring Robbie back to life?

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ID: 320110

Title: Halfhead

Author: Stuart B. MacBride

Narrator: Angus King

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:51:20

Language: English

Release date: 10-24-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police Stories, General

Summary:

Terrifying serial killer thriller set in the gritty Glasgow of the near future, from the bestselling author of the Logan McRae series.

There are worse things than the death penalty

They call them halfheads: convicted criminals, surgically mutilated and lobotomized by the State, then sent out to do menial jobs in the community so everyone will know what happens when you break the law. There are no appeals, no reprieves, and no one ever comes back. Until now.

Dr Fiona Westfield, one of the most prolific serial killers Glasgow has ever seen, is waking up. Surrounded by blood and death and darkness.

William Hunter has risen through the ranks since putting Westfield away; now hes Assistant Network Director, in charge of police actions. But a routine murder investigation is about to embroil him in an appalling conspiracy.

The vast connurb blocks on Glasgows deprived south side are ready to explode. Eleven years ago the VR riots killed millions now someone wants to start them all over again. And Will is being dragged back into a past he desperately wants to forget

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ID: 320111

Title: Night Eternal

Author: Chuck Hogan, Guillermo Del Toro

Narrator: Daniel Oreskes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-13-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror

Summary:

The nail-biting vampire thriller from the world-famous director of Pans Labyrinth and Hellboy. Now a popular Amazon TV show.

The night belongs to them, and it will be a night eternal

After the blasts, it was all over. Nuclear Winter has settled upon the earth. Except for one hour of sunlight a day, the whole world is plunged into darkness. It is a near-perfect environment for vampires. They have won. It is their time.

Almost every single man, woman and child has been enslaved in vast camps across the globe. Like animals, they are farmed, harvested for the sick pleasure of the Master Race.

Almost, but not all. Somewhere out there, hiding for their lives, is a desperate network of free humans, continue the seemingly hopeless resistance. Everyday people, with no other options among them Dr Ephraim Goodweather, his son Zack, the veteran exterminator Vassily, and former gangbanger Gus.

To be free, they need a miracle, they need divine intervention. But Salvation can be a twisted game one in which they may be played like pawns in a battle of Good and Evil. And at what cost?

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ID: 320113

Title: Work! Consume! Die!

Author: Frankie Boyle

Narrator: Angus King

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:47:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-13-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment

Summary:

Brace yourself, Frankies back, and hes more outspoken and brilliantly inappropriate than ever.

There are fears that this year could see the start of a double-dip recession, or worse still a double-dip-with-misery-sprinkles and f**k-wheres-my-job?-sauce. Why not chuckle into the howling void as taloned fingers reach up to consume you with Frankie Boyles new book, Work! Consume! Die!

In Work! Consume! Die! stand-up comedy's favourite pessimist, Frankie Boyle, offers his outrageous, laugh-out-loud, cynical rant on life as he knows it. He describes your reality as viewed through a bloodshot eye pressed against a shit-smeared telescope, focused on hell:

- Charlie Sheens life consists of going on huge drug benders with groups of porn stars. If he straightened himself out he could have a really mediocre career as a bit-part Hollywood actor. Playing the role of Martin Sheens corpse. Hes crazy like a fox! And also actually crazy. What a tragic waste, not being Charlie Sheen is. How majestic it will be for him to die, possibly quite soon, knowing that when they make a movie of his life, it will be a porno.

- The X Factor will be allowed to show product placements. Thats powerful advertising. Last series I realised that looking at the judges alone had made me subconsciously buy a gnome, a scrag-end of mutton, a vacuous mannequin and a suspected gay.

- The Taliban are running out of bullets. Operation Get our troops to absorb them with their bodies is finally paying off. The Taliban are finding it impossible to get hold of essential supplies at last were fighting on equal terms. But lets not get complacent. Just because theyre running out of bullets we mustnt assume our boys wont get shot. Remember, the US troops have still got plenty.

A no-holds-barred tour de force of comic writing, Work! Consume! Die! is Frankie Boyle at his brutal, taboo-busting best. This is nothing more or less than the clanging call to arms of a dying mechanical God.

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ID: 320117

Title: Introduction to NLP: Psychological skills for understanding and influencing people

Author: Ian McDermott, Joseph Oconnor

Narrator: Ian McDermott, Joseph O'Connor

Format: Abridged

Length: 03:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-06-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness

Summary:

An Introduction to NLP reveals the techniques you need to achieve excellence in everything you do. Specially designed for audio with listener participation exercises, this CD focuses on communication strategies, using and understanding body languages, successful meetings and more!

Some people appear more gifted than others. NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), one of the fastest growing developments in applied psychology, describes in simple terms what these people do differently and enables you to learn these patterns of excellence.

An Introduction to NLP teaches you practical skills to achieve excellent communication and great results in all areas of your life.

Includes: how to create rapport with others influencing skills understanding and using body language how to think about and achieve the results you want the art of asking key questions effective meetings, negotiations and selling accelerated learning strategies.

Specifically designed for audio, this CD also includes exercises that encourage listener participation.

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ID: 320121

Title: Killing Kindness

Author: Reginald Hill

Narrator: Colin Buchanan

Format: Abridged

Length: 02:45:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-06-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police Stories

Summary:

Hill is on top form in this sixth story in the Dalziel and Pascoe series

When Mary Dinwoodie is found choked in a ditch following a night out with her boyfriend, a mysterious caller phones the local paper with a quotation from Hamlet. The career of the Yorkshire Choker is underway.

If Superintendent Dalziel is unimpressed by the literary phone calls, he is downright angry when Sergeant Wield calls in a clairvoyant.

Linguists, psychiatrists, mediums its all a load of nonsense as far as he is concerned, designed to make a fool of him.

And meanwhile the Choker strikes again and again

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