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ID: 320234

Title: Music for the People: The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Classical Music

Author: Gareth Malone

Narrator: Gareth Malone

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:54:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, World

Summary:

Have you ever been carried away by a piece of classical music? The sad song of a single violin might make us cry, but the idea of finding out more about classical music can often be intimidating. In this funny, evocative, personal book, Gareth takes us on a journey of musical discovery that explains and entertains in equal measure.

Over the course of three series of the Bafta award-winning The Choir, Gareth has unearthed a passion for classical music in schoolchildren, reluctant teenage boys, and even a whole town.

With his infectious enthusiasm and gift for explanation, Gareth's very personal narrative takes you by the hand and leads you through a world of eccentric composers, flamboyant conductors, troubled geniuses and all the colourful personalities that make up the story of Classical Music. It will also provide a foundation of classical music understanding and give the reader the tools to appreciate a whole new world of music.

So whether you want to expand your horizons, spend time with the great composers, introduce an almost infinite variety into your iPod playlist, or are just curious about what you might be missing out on, Music for The People will leave you entertained, informed and completely inspired.

Read by Gareth, and featuring a host of embedded sample tracks, the audio editions of Music for the People let you listen to excerpts of the music that Gareth has chosen to illustrate his explanations.

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ID: 320232

Title: Summer and the City

Author: Candace Bushnell

Narrator: Jenna Lamia

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:27:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Teen, Romance

Summary:

Meet teenage Carrie Bradshaw as she hits the bright lights, big city of New York for the very first time! Find out how Carrie transforms from country girl to super-cool fashionista in the second explosive CARRIE DIARIES novel from the globally bestselling author of SEX AND THE CITY.

Summer is a magical time in New York City and Carrie is in love with all of it the crazy characters in her neighbourhood, the vintage-clothing boutiques, the wild parties and the glamorous man who has swept her off her feet. Best of all, she's finally in a real writing class, taking her first steps toward fulfilling her dream.

This sequel to THE CARRIE DIARIES brings surprising revelations as Carrie learns to navigate her way around the Big Apple, going from being a country 'sparrow' as Samantha Jones dubs her to the person she always wanted to be. But as it becomes increasingly difficult to reconcile her past with her future, Carrie realises that making it in New York is much more complicated than she ever imagined.

With her signature wit and sparkling humour, Candace Bushnell reveals the irresistible story of how Carrie met Samantha and Miranda, and what turned a small-town girl into one of the New York City's most unforgettable icons, Carrie Bradshaw.

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ID: 320235

Title: Casper Candlewacks in Death by Pigeon!

Author: Ivan Brett

Narrator: David Thorpe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:57:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Kids, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Humor

Summary:

Casper Candlewacks is the only boy with any sense in a village full of idiots a hilarious debut novel from the funniest new voice in young fiction

Most villages have an idiot but Casper's village is full of them. So being bright makes poor Casper something of an outsider. When famous magician the Great Tiramisu curses the village, Casper's father is blamed and sentenced to death by pigeon. It's up to Casper and his best friend to find the magician, reverse the curse and save the day.

A riotous tale that proves all you really need in life is a buggy that runs on washing-up liquid and a couple of boys to crash it.

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ID: 320239

Title: Killing Hour

Author: Andrew Gross

Narrator: Lewis Hancock

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:19:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

The jaw-dropping new novel from the co-author of five No. 1 James Patterson bestsellers including Judge and Jury and Lifeguard, and the hit thrillers The Blue Zone and Reckless.

*Previously published as Eyes Wide Open*

A young mans suicide.

An elderly womans murder.

A conspiracy stretching back decades.

Dr. Jay Erlichs life is perfect: a wife and children he loves; a successful career. But a call comes that changes everything. His troubled nephew, Evan, has killed himself and Jays brother is in despair.

Jay flies to California to help out, and is soon convinced Evans death was no suicide. The police want him to leave the matter alone but he is determined to dig deeper. When his investigation takes him on a journey into his brothers shady past, Jay finds himself caught up in a world of dangerous secrets and ruthless killers

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ID: 320242

Title: Fragile Minds

Author: Claire Seeber

Narrator: Meriel Schofield

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:56:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

Trust no one not even yourself .

'I think I might have done something bad. Last Friday.'

When a bomb explodes outside the Royal Academy of Ballet in the heart of London, the police initially suspect a terrorist group. But the pieces don't fit and DCI Silver is struggling to find any suspects.

Still recovering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after a terrible tragedy, Claudie fears that her recent black-outs are a sign that her symptoms are returning. When her friend Tessa dies in the explosion, Claudie is gripped by the inexplicable certainty that she is involved in some way if only she could remember.

Meanwhile, Silver is shocked to find that one of the dancers from the academy now missing in the aftermath of the explosion is linked to his past, and the lines between his personal and professional life are starting to blur. Can Claudie and Silver get to the heart of what is real and what isn't before something terrifying happens again?

A compelling read for fans of Nicci French and Sophie Hannah.

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ID: 320249

Title: Chances

Author: Freya North

Narrator: Helen Longworth

Format: Abridged

Length: 06:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-31-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Contemporary, Family Life

Summary:

The stunning new summer besteller from Freya North.

Vitas nursing a broken heart.

Olivers heart belongs to the past.

They should be perfect for each other.

But will they chance it?

Vita's gift shop would do better if she ran it as a business, not as somewhere to daydream. But she's not one to tell herself off: she leaves that to Tim, her ex.

Active and outdoorsy Oliver runs his tree-surgery business as calmly as his home but his love life is intensely private.

When Vita and Olivers paths cross at a pear tree, theres a chance of something blossoming. As spring turns into summer, both Vita and Oliver are given choices and chances. But will they take them or walk away?

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ID: 320251

Title: King of the Badgers

Author: Philip Hensher

Narrator: Mike Rogers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-31-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ+

Summary:

After the success of The Northern Clemency, shortlisted for the 2008 Man Booker Prize, Philip Hensher brings us another slice of contemporary life, this time the peaceful civility and spiralling paranoia of a small English town.

After the success of The Mulberry Empire and The Northern Clemency, which was short-listed for the 2008 Man Booker Prize, Philip Hensher brings us the peaceful civility and spiralling paranoia of the small English town of Handsmouth.

Usually a quiet and undisturbed place situated on an estuary, Handsmouth becomes the centre of national attention when an eight-year-old girl vanishes. The town fills with journalists and television crews, who latch onto the public's fearful suspicions that the missing girl, the daughter of one of the town's working-class families, was abducted.

This tragic event serves to expose the range of segregated existences in the town, as spectrums of class, wealth and lifestyle are blurred in the investigation. Behind Handsmouth's closed doors and pastoral façade the extraordinary individual lives of the community are exposed. The undisclosed passions of a quiet international aid worker are set against his wife, a woman whose astonishing aptitude for intellectual pursuits, such as piano-playing and elaborate cooking, makes her seem a paragon of virtue to the outside world. A recently-widowed old woman tells a story that details her late discovery of sexual gratification. And the Bears middle-aged, fat, hairy gay men, given to promiscuity and some drug abuse have a party.

As the search for the missing girl elevates, the case enables a self-appointed authority figure to present the case for increased surveillance, and, as old notions of privacy begin to crack, private lives seep into the public well of knowledge.

Handsmouth is a powerful study of the vital importance of individuality, the increasingly intrusive hand of political powers and the unyielding strength of Nature against the worst excesses of human behaviour.

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ID: 320247

Title: Mr Skip

Author: Michael Morpurgo

Narrator: Cassandra Harwood

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:35:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-31-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

Ill put you together again. And Mum and me, well look after you alright?!?

Jackie wants a horse of her own, one thatll be the fastest on the estate, the fastest in all of Ireland and the fastest in all the world. Mum wants a little cottage in the country for her and Jackie to live in. What they get is a garden gnome that Jackie finds in a rubbish skip; a gnome she lovingly repairs and paints; a gnome she calls Mister Skip. And Jackie soon discovers that with Mister Skip, anything is possible!

A fairy-tale for today from a master storyteller.

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ID: 320245

Title: King in the Forest

Author: Michael Morpurgo

Narrator: Jot Davies

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:14:31

Language: English

Release date: 03-31-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature

Summary:

A wonderful story written by the Childrens Laureate Michael Morpurgo.

One morning, while chopping wood in the forest, Tod notices a small white fawn fleeing the Kings hunt. Swiftly, Tod gathers the fawn into his arms and runs back to his fathers cottage. As the years go by, the fawn grows into a magnificent white stag, and the bonds between boy and deer grow strong. But Tod has yet to face a great test of his devotion to the THE KING IN THE FOREST.

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ID: 320248

Title: Rainbow Bear

Author: Michael Morpurgo

Narrator: Harry Man

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:11:29

Language: English

Release date: 03-31-11

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature

Summary:

The poignant story of a polar bear who longs to soak himself in all the colours of the rainbow.

The polar bear is bored of his white environment and his hard life. He dreams of soaking himself in all the luminous colours of the rainbow. But when his wish is granted, he realizes to his cost that his arctic camouflage no longer works and he needs the advice of others to escape his prism.

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