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Art and Drama Audio Books
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Silver Spoon, The
“But, however much or little ‘A Modern Comedy’ may be deemed to
reflect the spirit of an Age, it continues in the main to relate
the tale of life which sprang from the meeting of Soames and Irene
in a Bournemouth drawing-room in 1881….”—John Galsworthy
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Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us
to Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes 'unstuck in time' after he is
abducted by aliens.
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Small House at Allington, The
Squire Dale, the embittered old bachelor who lives in the great
house at Allington, has loaned the nearby small house rent free to
his widowed sister-in-law and her two daughters, Lily and Bell. The
action centers on the strained relations between the two houses and
on the romantic entanglements...
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Smith of Wootton Major/Leaf By Niggle
Smith of Wooton Major tells of the preparation of the Great Cake to
mark the Feast of Good Children and the magical...
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Soldier's Promise, A
The heroic true stroy of an American soldier and an Iraqi boy.
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Song of Hiawatha, The
The Song of Hiawatha was one of the most loved and quoted narrative
poems of the 19th century.
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Song of Roland, The
The audiodrama of this twelfth-century French epic allows listeners
to hear the story as they might have in medieval time, when a
traveling troubador would recite the poem in the village square. It
describes the heroic exploits of Roland and the campaign of
Charlemagne. Fired by the religious...
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Sonnets
A Shakespeare Recording Society Production, this selection of
Shakespeare's Sonnets is read by the legendary Sir John
Gielgud.
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Sonnets, The
This new recording presents all 154 of Shakespeare's Sonnets, using
the New Cambridge Shakespeare texts.
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Steve Martin: The Magic Years
This is no ordinary celebrity biography pieced together by an
outsider. Steve Martin and author Morris Walker had a close
relationship growing up. They were class clowns together, charming
the girls and the teachers with their wit and eventually going on
the road as comedians. You’ll meet the...
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Steven Pacey Interview
Actor Steven Pacey discusses his work as a reader for
audiobooks.
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Stick It!
Stick It! Rocking Road Stories told by legendary classic rock
drummer Corky Laing...
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Story of Classical Music, The
The lives and music of the great composers of classical music
unfold in this entertaining account, introduced by singer and
presenter Aled Jones.
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Story of Dr. Dolittle, The
Doctor Dolittle, a little, lovable, old doctor, has so many animal
pets that his people patients will not come to him any more. In
fact, he likes the animals better, and he can talk to them, too!
Soon his fame spreads all over the world and when the monkeys in
Africa are stricken with an...
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Suitable Boy, A
A Suitable Boy is Vikram Seth's epic love story set in India... it
is as close as you can get to Dickens for the twentieth
century.
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Swan Song
In his old age, Soames Forsyte has mellowed into a patient and
benign figure, guarding with especial tenderness the welfare of his
daughter, Fleur. But all his watchfulness and devotion are
powerless to avert the tragedy when Fleur revives her old love
affair with Jon Forsyte.
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Tale of Two Cities, A
The doctor has just been released, demented, when the story opens.
He is brought to England where he gradually recovers his health and
his sanity.
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Tales from the Black Museum: The Hammer Head
Orson Welles introduces and stars in true crime stories from the
Black Museum, Scotland Yard's infamous gallery of death...
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Tales from the Black Museum: The Pigskin Glove
Orson Welles introduces and stars in true crime stories from the
Black Museum, Scotland Yard's infamous gallery of death...
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Tales from the Black Museum: The Receipt
Orson Welles introduces and stars in true crime stories from the
Black Museum, Scotland Yard's infamous gallery of death...
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Tales of the Fish Patrol
These seven stories are based on Jack London’s youthful adventures
as an oyster pirate. In the early 1900s, San Francisco Bay was
plagued by oyster pirates who plundered in broad daylight. At
sixteen, London’s common sense suggested he change sides. Thus he
joined the Fish Patrol. Catching the...
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Talisman, The
The Crusaders, led by Richard I of England, are encamped in the
Holy Land and torn by the dissensions and jealousies of the
leaders, including Coeur de Lion himself and Philip of France.
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Tempest, The
Audiences the world over still thrill to The Tempest's dark comedy
and magical fantasy.
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Tempest, The
The wronged Duke raises a tempest to shipwreck his old opponents on
his island so that he can ensure justice is done.
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Tempest, The
Shakespeare's magical, other-wordly final play.
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Tenant of Wildfell Hall, The
A beautiful woman with a young child and a mysterious past takes up
residence at Wildfell Hall and becomes the passionate focus of
attention of a young unmarried country gentleman, in this tragic
tale that reveals the secret violence in a society considered
well-mannered.
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Theatre Royale: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
In this episode from the series, Sir Laurence Olivier stars in a
fully dramatised adaptation of the famous Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
classic by Robert Louis Stevenson...
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Theatre Royale: Private Rooms
Theatre Royal: In this episode from the series, Ralph Richardson
stars in a fully dramatised adaptation of the famous Private Rooms
classic by J.B.Priestley...
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Theatre Royale: The Happy Hypocrite
First broadcast as an half-hour radio programme in the 1950's, this
performance captures the marvellous theatrical style of post-war
radio before the advent of television and offers the
experience...
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Therese Raquin
In a dingy apartment on the Passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, Thérèse
Raquin is trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin,
Camille. The numbing tedium of her life is suddenly shattered when
she embarks on a turbulent affair with her husband’s earthy friend
Laurent. But their passion for...
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The Sign of the Four
At the farthest reaches of the British Empire, four men swear an
oath to keep a terrible secret, a secret drenched in blood which is
the key to immense wealth...
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Three Musketeers, The
This historical romance, perhaps the greatest cloak-and-sword story
ever written, relates the adventures of four fictional
swashbuckling heroes and their escapades against the master of
intrigue, Cardinal Richelieu, and the quintessential wicked woman,
Lady de Winter.
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Three Musketeers, The
The young and headstrong D'Artagnan, having proven his bravery by
dueling with each, becomes a friend of Athos, Porthos, and Aramis,
members of the King's Musketeers.
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Through the Looking Glass
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There - the sequel
to Alice in Wonderland.
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
A literary as well as a philosophical masterpiece, Thus spoke
Zarathustra survived an initially poor reception, to be recognised
as a seminal text in modern culture.
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TNIV Audio Bible - New Testament
A multi-voice audio recording of a fresh, new translation for
today’s generation.
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TNIV Audio Bible - Old Testament
A multi-voice audio recording of a fresh, new translation for
today’s generation.
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TNIV Complete Audio Bible
A multi-voice audio recording of a fresh, new translation for
today’s generation.
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To Let: Book Three of The Forsyte Saga
In To Let, Jon and Fleur, now both nineteen years old, fall in
love. However, when Jolyon informs his son of the past feud between
the families, Jon decides that he cannot marry Fleur. Meanwhile,
Soames learns that his second wife, Annette, has been unfaithful to
him, and the Forsyte family...
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Touchstone, The
Stephen Glennard, a young lawyer, sells a package of love letters,
written to him over the years by distinguished novelist Margaret
Aubyn, to raise money to pay for his forthcoming wedding to another
woman. After the wedding, his secret comes back to haunt him, and
when he confesses to his wife,...
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Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, The
In this book that implicitly condemns slavery, David Wilson is
called “Pudd’nhead” by the townspeople, who fail to understand his
combination of wisdom and eccentricity. He redeems himself by
solving a murder mystery and a case of transposed identities.
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Treasure Island
The timeless adventure classic of young Jim Hawkins and Captain
Flint's treasure.
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Twelfth Night
Modem audiences, critics and directors seem better attuned to its
delicate counterpointing of romance and realism, to its ambivalent
ending and to the poetic suggestiveness of Feste's songs.
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