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A Kind of Loving

by Stan Barstow ...

Originally published in 1960, this popular novel about frustrated youth laid the groundwork for contemporary writers such as Tony Parsons and Nick Hornby. All about love, lust, and loneliness, the book introduces Vic Brown, a young working-class Yorkshireman. Vic is attracted to the beautiful but demanding Ingrid, and as their relationship grows and changes, he comes to terms—the hard way—with ... Read more

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Originally published in 1960, this popular novel about frustrated youth laid the groundwork for contemporary writers such as Tony Parsons and Nick Hornby. All about love, lust, and loneliness, the book introduces Vic Brown, a young working-class Yorkshireman. Vic is attracted to the beautiful but demanding Ingrid, and as their relationship grows and changes, he comes to terms—the hard way—with
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Stories of Five Decades

by Stan Barstow ...

A classic selection of the best of Stan Barstow's stories, covering the last five decades of British life. A group of young tearaways on a night out that begins with horse-play and ends in tragedy; the loneliness of a drunken miner's wife; a war-shocked ex-sailor forced beyond endurance, a widower is brought to grief by a woman outside his real understanding, and a factory worker finding his way ... Read more

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A classic selection of the best of Stan Barstow's stories, covering the last five decades of British life. A group of young tearaways on a night out that begins with horse-play and ends in tragedy; the loneliness of a drunken miner's wife; a war-shocked ex-sailor forced beyond endurance, a widower is brought to grief by a woman outside his real understanding, and a factory worker finding his way
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Kind of Loving, A

by Stan Barstow ...

Narrated by Richard Huw ...

Abridged

2 hours 43 min

In post war Britiain a new writing style emerged from the bleak times that was commonly known as ‘kitchen sink dramas’. It sounds a little disrespectful now perhaps but these stories brough realism and raw emotion to their readers. Stan Barstow’s ‘A Kind Of Loving finds Vic Brown in a bleak Yorkshire industrial town and his striving for maturity in his relationship with girlfriend Ingrid and her ... Read more

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In post war Britiain a new writing style emerged from the bleak times that was commonly known as ‘kitchen sink dramas’. It sounds a little disrespectful now perhaps but these stories brough realism and raw emotion to their readers. Stan Barstow’s ‘A Kind Of Loving finds Vic Brown in a bleak Yorkshire industrial town and his striving for maturity in his relationship with girlfriend Ingrid and her
... Read more

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Saturday Night And Sunday Morning

by Alan Sillitoe ...

Narrated by Linus Roache ...

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2 hours 56 min

Alan Sillitoe was an integral part of the Angry Young Men movement of the fifties that focused on its authentic depiction of real working class people. This book is true to their ideals in its raw sharp writing of the story of a young man framed by his brutal experience in the army and as a factory worker. Fuelled by a bleak aggressive outlook on life the book centres around a boozy, philandering ... Read more

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Alan Sillitoe was an integral part of the Angry Young Men movement of the fifties that focused on its authentic depiction of real working class people. This book is true to their ideals in its raw sharp writing of the story of a young man framed by his brutal experience in the army and as a factory worker. Fuelled by a bleak aggressive outlook on life the book centres around a boozy, philandering
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Vienna Nocturne

A Novel

by Vivien Shotwell ...

Narrated by Kate Reading ...

Unabridged

9 hours 14 min

In the tradition of Paula McLain’s The Paris Wife and Laura Moriarty’s The Chaperone comes a sweeping historical love story and a portrait of an age. Vienna Nocturne is a deeply moving debut novel that brings to life two extraordinary figures—a thirty-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and a young English soprano, Anna Storace, who was his muse—in prose as spirited, timeless, and touching as Mozart ... Read more

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In the tradition of Paula McLain’s The Paris Wife and Laura Moriarty’s The Chaperone comes a sweeping historical love story and a portrait of an age. Vienna Nocturne is a deeply moving debut novel that brings to life two extraordinary figures—a thirty-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and a young English soprano, Anna Storace, who was his muse—in prose as spirited, timeless, and touching as Mozart
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The City of Shadows

by Michael Russell ...

Narrated by Conor Delaney ...

Unabridged

12 hours 23 min

An evocative debut crime novel, set between Dublin and Danzig in the 1930s – linking the church, an illegal abortionist, the Nazi Party and a missing woman…Detective Stefan Gillespie arrest Herr Keller under suspicion of carrying out illegal abortions and encounters Hannah Rosen desperately trying to find her friend Susan, a Jewish woman who had become romantically involved with a priest.When the ... Read more

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An evocative debut crime novel, set between Dublin and Danzig in the 1930s – linking the church, an illegal abortionist, the Nazi Party and a missing woman…Detective Stefan Gillespie arrest Herr Keller under suspicion of carrying out illegal abortions and encounters Hannah Rosen desperately trying to find her friend Susan, a Jewish woman who had become romantically involved with a priest.When the
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Exposed

A gripping, gritty gangland thriller of murder, mystery and revenge

by Roberta Kray ...

Narrated by Annie Aldington ...

Unabridged

10 hours 49 min

Uncover the truth or end up six feet underNO ONE KNOWS CRIME LIKE KRAY'A cracking good read!' Jessie Keane'Martina Cole territory' Independent'Gripping' Daily ExpressCut from the same cloth as Kimberley Chambers, Martina Cole and Casey Kelleher.***DECEIVED is available to pre-order now in hardback and ebook***<... ... Read more

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Uncover the truth or end up six feet underNO ONE KNOWS CRIME LIKE KRAY'A cracking good read!' Jessie Keane'Martina Cole territory' Independent'Gripping' Daily ExpressCut from the same cloth as Kimberley Chambers, Martina Cole and Casey Kelleher.***DECEIVED is available to pre-order now in hardback and ebook***<...
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The Things We Never Said

by Susan Elliot Wright ...

Narrated by Kate Lee ...

Unabridged

9 hours 57 min

The past shapes us all. But what happens when it hides a secret that changes everything?In 1964, Maggie wakes to find herself in a mental asylum, with no idea who she is or how she got there. Remnants of memories swirl in her mind - a familiar song, a storm, a moment of violence. Slowly, she begins to piece together the past and the events which brought her to this point.In the present day, ... Read more

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The past shapes us all. But what happens when it hides a secret that changes everything?In 1964, Maggie wakes to find herself in a mental asylum, with no idea who she is or how she got there. Remnants of memories swirl in her mind - a familiar song, a storm, a moment of violence. Slowly, she begins to piece together the past and the events which brought her to this point.In the present day,
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The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories

by Agatha Christie ...

Narrated by Hugh Fraser, Christopher Lee ...

Unabridged

7 hours 39 min

Read by Hugh Fraser and Christopher LeeWitness for the Prosecution and Other Stories is a collection of eleven tantalizing tales of murder and other criminal pursuits—including the classic title story, the basis for the 1957 Oscar-nominated Billy Wilder film starring Marlene Dietrich, Tyrone Power, and Charles Laughton.A murder trial takes a diabolical turn when the wife of the accused takes the ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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Read by Hugh Fraser and Christopher LeeWitness for the Prosecution and Other Stories is a collection of eleven tantalizing tales of murder and other criminal pursuits—including the classic title story, the basis for the 1957 Oscar-nominated Billy Wilder film starring Marlene Dietrich, Tyrone Power, and Charles Laughton.A murder trial takes a diabolical turn when the wife of the accused takes the
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Black Roses

by Jane Thynne ...

Narrated by Julie Teal ...

Series series Clara Vine Thrillers
Unabridged

15 hours 45 min

Berlin, 1933. Aspiring actress Clara Vine arrives in Berlin to find work at the famous Ufa studios. Through a chance meeting, she is unwillingly drawn into a circle of Nazi wives, led by Magda Goebbels. British Intelligence officer Leo Quinn sees Clara as the perfect recruit to spy on her new elite friends. But then Magda reveals to Clara a dramatic secret and entrusts her with an extraordinary ... Read more

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Berlin, 1933. Aspiring actress Clara Vine arrives in Berlin to find work at the famous Ufa studios. Through a chance meeting, she is unwillingly drawn into a circle of Nazi wives, led by Magda Goebbels. British Intelligence officer Leo Quinn sees Clara as the perfect recruit to spy on her new elite friends. But then Magda reveals to Clara a dramatic secret and entrusts her with an extraordinary
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The Cement Garden

by Ian McEwan ...

Narrated by Steven Crossley ...

Unabridged

4 hours 52 min

One of the world's most acclaimed novelists, New York Times best-selling author Ian McEwan has earned the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. A tour de force of stunning power, The Cement Garden is a beautiful yet disturbing look at the psychology of childhood. After their parents die, four children are left alone in the family house. They are free to live however they choose ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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One of the world's most acclaimed novelists, New York Times best-selling author Ian McEwan has earned the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. A tour de force of stunning power, The Cement Garden is a beautiful yet disturbing look at the psychology of childhood. After their parents die, four children are left alone in the family house. They are free to live however they choose
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A Town Like Alice

by Nevil Shute ...

Narrated by Neil Hunt ...

Unabridged

12 hours 26 min

Eight hundred women and children begin a 1,200-mile journey on foot across Japanese-occupied Malaya. At journey's end only 30 will still be alive. This is the story of one woman, of her ordeal, and of how she was saved by the sacrifice of an Australian soldier. It is a story of rare individual courage in the face of certain death, and hope in the face of despair. ... Read more

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Eight hundred women and children begin a 1,200-mile journey on foot across Japanese-occupied Malaya. At journey's end only 30 will still be alive. This is the story of one woman, of her ordeal, and of how she was saved by the sacrifice of an Australian soldier. It is a story of rare individual courage in the face of certain death, and hope in the face of despair.
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