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Cabin Pressure
- Zurich: The BBC Radio 4 airline
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: Stephanie Cole, Full Cast, Benedict Cumberbatch
- Length: 55 mins
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The complete finale of the hit BBC Radio 4 sitcom- 2 episodes. Cabin Pressure is set in the wing and prayer world of a tiny, one-plane airline....
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Brilliant!!!!!!
- By SARA JANE RATHBONE on 01-02-15
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Cabin Pressure
- Zurich: The BBC Radio 4 airline
- Narrated by: Stephanie Cole, Full Cast, Benedict Cumberbatch
- Length: 55 mins
- Release date: 15-01-15
- Language: English
- The complete finale of the hit BBC Radio 4 sitcom- 2 episodes. Cabin Pressure is set in the wing and prayer world of a tiny, one-plane airline....
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Appassionata
- Rutshire Chronicles, Book 5
- By: Jilly Cooper
- Narrated by: Sherry Baines
- Length: 29 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Abigail Rosen, nicknamed Appassionata, was the sexiest, most flamboyant violinist in classical music, but she was also the loneliest and the most exploited girl in the world....
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Audio narration oddly stilted
- By Amazon Customer on 23-05-20
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Appassionata
- Rutshire Chronicles, Book 5
- Narrated by: Sherry Baines
- Series: Rutshire Chronicles, Book 5
- Length: 29 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 26-07-18
- Language: English
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Abigail Rosen, nicknamed Appassionata, was the sexiest, most flamboyant violinist in classical music, but she was also the loneliest and the most exploited girl in the world....
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The Bell Jar
- By: Sylvia Plath
- Narrated by: Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
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When Esther Greenwood wins an internship at a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer....
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This is not unabridged
- By Mr N J Filer on 01-08-15
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The Bell Jar
- Narrated by: Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 16-07-15
- Language: English
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When Esther Greenwood wins an internship at a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer....
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Ghost Children
- By: Sue Townsend
- Narrated by: Rob Crossan
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
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Sue Townsend, creator of the much-loved Adrian Mole series, tells a compassionate and gritty story of love and loss in Ghost Children....
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Poor narration
- By Mercutio on 09-08-17
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Ghost Children
- Narrated by: Rob Crossan
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 04-07-13
- Language: English
- Sue Townsend, creator of the much-loved Adrian Mole series, tells a compassionate and gritty story of love and loss in Ghost Children....
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Pearl in a Cage
- By: Joy Dettman
- Narrated by: Deidre Rubenstein
- Length: 20 hrs and 32 mins
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On a balmy midsummer's evening in 1923, a young woman - foreign, dishevelled and heavily pregnant - is found unconscious just off the railway tracks....
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Would have liked more in the end....
- By Botha on 15-09-14
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Pearl in a Cage
- Narrated by: Deidre Rubenstein
- Series: Woody Creek, Book 1
- Length: 20 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 06-01-10
- Language: English
- On a balmy midsummer's evening in 1923, a young woman - foreign, dishevelled and heavily pregnant - is found unconscious just off the railway tracks....
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Wicked!
- Rutshire Chronicles, Book 8
- By: Jilly Cooper
- Narrated by: Sherry Baines
- Length: 36 hrs and 43 mins
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At Bagley Hall, a notoriously wild, but increasingly academic, independent, crammed with the children of the famous, trouble is afoot....
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I am no prude but this is all about under age sex
- By Bella H on 22-11-19
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Wicked!
- Rutshire Chronicles, Book 8
- Narrated by: Sherry Baines
- Series: Rutshire Chronicles, Book 8
- Length: 36 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 20-09-18
- Language: English
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At Bagley Hall, a notoriously wild, but increasingly academic, independent, crammed with the children of the famous, trouble is afoot....
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The Sunday Lunch Club
- By: Juliet Ashton
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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Every few Sundays, Anna and her extended family and friends get together for lunch. They talk, they laugh, they bicker, they eat too much....
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I just loved this book
- By Mary Bolch on 27-06-18
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The Sunday Lunch Club
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 24-05-18
- Language: English
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Every few Sundays, Anna and her extended family and friends get together for lunch. They talk, they laugh, they bicker, they eat too much....
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In Just One Day
- The Seaside Girls, Book 1
- By: Helen McGinn
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Everything can change - in just one day. Flora has always adored her brother Billy. Born just 18 months apart, their childhood was spent like two peas in a pod - no one could separate them....
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Enjoyed this so much
- By Pinotnoirgirl on 19-10-21
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In Just One Day
- The Seaside Girls, Book 1
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 05-08-21
- Language: English
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Everything can change - in just one day. Flora has always adored her brother Billy. Born just 18 months apart, their childhood was spent like two peas in a pod - no one could separate them....
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A Breath of French Air
- The Larkin Novels, Volume 2
- By: H. E. Bates
- Narrated by: Philip Franks
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
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In the second novel in the Pop Larkin series, the Larkin family descends upon Brittany in France. Like fish out of water, they find that things don't quite turn out their way....
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Excellent
- By Marty Wild on 24-02-24
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A Breath of French Air
- The Larkin Novels, Volume 2
- Narrated by: Philip Franks
- Series: Pop Larkin, Book 2
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 13-01-16
- Language: English
- In the second novel in the Pop Larkin series, the Larkin family descends upon Brittany in France. Like fish out of water, they find that things don't quite turn out their way....
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Time and Time Again
- By: Ben Elton
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
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It’s the 1st of June 1914 and Hugh Stanton, ex-soldier and celebrated adventurer is quite literally the loneliest man on earth....
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Rip roaring good yarn
- By Linda on 05-02-15
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Time and Time Again
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 06-11-14
- Language: English
- It’s the 1st of June 1914 and Hugh Stanton, ex-soldier and celebrated adventurer is quite literally the loneliest man on earth....
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Midnight Falcon
- Rigante, Book 2
- By: David Gemmell
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
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They called him Bane the Bastard - though none said it to his face. Born of treachery, his name a curse, he grew up among the warriors of the Rigante....
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Heroic Fantasy at its best
- By Northern Boy on 07-04-18
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Midnight Falcon
- Rigante, Book 2
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Series: Rigante, Book 2
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 23-11-17
- Language: English
- They called him Bane the Bastard - though none said it to his face. Born of treachery, his name a curse, he grew up among the warriors of the Rigante....
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An Imaginative Experience
- By: Mary Wesley
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
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A traveller on a train returning to London....
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Remarkable narration...
- By Restorationwoman on 24-11-22
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An Imaginative Experience
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 01-03-13
- Language: English
- A traveller on a train returning to London....
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Summer at the Lake
- By: Erica James
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
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A fateful car crash sets in motions a series of events for Floriana, Esme....
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Disappointing!
- By Ivy’s40 on 21-03-14
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Summer at the Lake
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 27-02-14
- Language: English
- A fateful car crash sets in motions a series of events for Floriana, Esme....
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The School Inspector Calls!
- By: Gervase Phinn
- Narrated by: Gervase Phinn
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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The third Little Village School novel....
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Book three of three
- By Amazon Customer on 09-11-14
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The School Inspector Calls!
- Narrated by: Gervase Phinn
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 19-06-14
- Language: English
- The third Little Village School novel....
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Grantchester Grind
- By: Tom Sharpe
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
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The instinct of the true Porterhouse man faced with a crisis is to reach for the bottle....
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Disjointed, unfunny, bulked out by expletives
- By twigs way on 22-02-12
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Grantchester Grind
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Series: Porterhouse Blue, Book 2
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 31-01-12
- Language: English
- The instinct of the true Porterhouse man faced with a crisis is to reach for the bottle....
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The Italian Matchmaker
- By: Santa Montefiore
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
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Gianluca's life is empty. His City job, his seven-figure income, his glossy girlfriends - all have long ceased to satisfy him. His marriage is over, and he barely knows his young daughters....
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gripping & very atmospheric
- By Marianna on 13-04-13
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The Italian Matchmaker
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 07-12-09
- Language: English
- Gianluca's life is empty. His City job, his seven-figure income, his glossy girlfriends - all have long ceased to satisfy him. His marriage is over, and he barely knows his young daughters....
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The Country Girls
- By: Edna O'Brien
- Narrated by: Edna O'Brien
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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It is the early 1960s in a country village in Ireland. Caithleen Brady and her attractive friend, Baba, are on the verge of womanhood and dreaming of spreading their wings....
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Authors should not read there own books
- By Jules on 19-04-20
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The Country Girls
- Narrated by: Edna O'Brien
- Series: Country Girls Trilogy, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 06-12-10
- Language: English
- It is the early 1960s in a country village in Ireland. Caithleen Brady and her attractive friend, Baba, are on the verge of womanhood and dreaming of spreading their wings....
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Miss Buncle's Book
- By: D. E. Stevenson
- Narrated by: Patricia Gallimore
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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The plot centres round Miss Barbara Buncle, a maiden lady who was obliged to write a book because – as she naively explained – her dividends were so poor....
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A very English book
- By Cornish Kanny on 11-06-10
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Miss Buncle's Book
- Narrated by: Patricia Gallimore
- Series: Miss Buncle, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 18-02-10
- Language: English
- The plot centres round Miss Barbara Buncle, a maiden lady who was obliged to write a book because – as she naively explained – her dividends were so poor....
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Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools
- By: Victoria Twead
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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If Joe and Vicky had known what relocating to a tiny mountain village in Andalucía would really be like, they might have hesitated....
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FANTASTIC!!
- By Anonymous User on 02-03-23
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Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: Old Fools, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 21-06-18
- Language: English
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If Joe and Vicky had known what relocating to a tiny mountain village in Andalucía would really be like, they might have hesitated....
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The Men and the Girls
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
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Lifelong friends, now in their sixties, James, a teacher, and Hugh, a TV personality, both live with attractive women 25 years their junior....
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I loved this book
- By Sarah on 15-03-17
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The Men and the Girls
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 13-06-13
- Language: English
- Lifelong friends, now in their sixties, James, a teacher, and Hugh, a TV personality, both live with attractive women 25 years their junior....
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