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The Garden of Evening Mists

by Tan Twan Eng ...

Narrated by Anna Bentinck ...

Unabridged

15 hours 36 min

This “elegant and haunting novel of war, art and memory" (The Independent) award-winning novel from the acclaimed author of The Gift of Rain follows the only Malaysian survivor of a Japanese wartime camp as she begins working for an exiled former gardener of the Emperor.Malaya, 1951. Yun Ling Teoh, the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle-fringed ... Read more

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This “elegant and haunting novel of war, art and memory" (The Independent) award-winning novel from the acclaimed author of The Gift of Rain follows the only Malaysian survivor of a Japanese wartime camp as she begins working for an exiled former gardener of the Emperor.Malaya, 1951. Yun Ling Teoh, the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle-fringed
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Our Island Story Volume 3

from James I and Guy Fawkes to Queen Victoria

by H.E. Marshall ...

Narrated by Anna Bentinck, Daniel Philpott ...

Unabridged

4 hours 42 min

Our Island Story by H. E. Marshall is an Edwardian history book for younger listeners (aged sixtwelve) which tells the story of England, concluding with the reign of Queen Victoria. Antonia Fraser and many other current historians declare that it was this book that opened the delights of history for them. It fell from fashion in the 1960s, but its recent re-release in hardback has seen it become a ... Read more

$15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Our Island Story by H. E. Marshall is an Edwardian history book for younger listeners (aged sixtwelve) which tells the story of England, concluding with the reign of Queen Victoria. Antonia Fraser and many other current historians declare that it was this book that opened the delights of history for them. It fell from fashion in the 1960s, but its recent re-release in hardback has seen it become a
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Our Island Story Volume 1

The Romans to Richard the Lionheart

by H.E. Marshall ...

Narrated by Anna Bentinck, Daniel Philpott ...

Unabridged

5 hours 5 min

Our Island Story by H. E. Marshall is an Edwardian history book for younger listeners (aged sixtwelve) which tells the story of England, concluding with the reign of Queen Victoria. Antonia Fraser and many other current historians declare that it was this book that opened the delights of history for them. It fell from fashion in the 1960s, but its recent re-release in hardback has seen it become a ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Our Island Story by H. E. Marshall is an Edwardian history book for younger listeners (aged sixtwelve) which tells the story of England, concluding with the reign of Queen Victoria. Antonia Fraser and many other current historians declare that it was this book that opened the delights of history for them. It fell from fashion in the 1960s, but its recent re-release in hardback has seen it become a
... Read more
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Our Island Story Volume 2

The Magna Carta to Queen Elizabeth I

by H.E. Marshall ...

Narrated by Anna Bentinck, Daniel Philpott ...

Unabridged

5 hours 32 min

Our Island Story by H. E. Marshall is an Edwardian history book for younger listeners (aged sixtwelve) which tells the story of England, concluding with the reign of Queen Victoria. Antonia Fraser and many other current historians declare that it was this book that opened the delights of history for them. It fell from fashion in the 1960s, but its recent re-release in hardback has seen it become a ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Our Island Story by H. E. Marshall is an Edwardian history book for younger listeners (aged sixtwelve) which tells the story of England, concluding with the reign of Queen Victoria. Antonia Fraser and many other current historians declare that it was this book that opened the delights of history for them. It fell from fashion in the 1960s, but its recent re-release in hardback has seen it become a
... Read more
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The Bone Clocks

by David Mitchell ...

Narrated by Jessica Lauren Ball, Leon Williams, Colin Mace, Steven Crossley, Laurel Lefkow, Anna Bentinck ...

Unabridged

24 hours 31 min

David Mitchell is an eloquent conjurer of interconnected tales, a genre-bending daredevil, and a master prose stylist. His hypnotic new novel, The Bone Clocks, crackles with invention and wit-it is fiction at its most spellbinding and memorable. Following a scalding row with her mother, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old life. But Holly is no typical teenage runaway: A ... Read more

$35.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

David Mitchell is an eloquent conjurer of interconnected tales, a genre-bending daredevil, and a master prose stylist. His hypnotic new novel, The Bone Clocks, crackles with invention and wit-it is fiction at its most spellbinding and memorable. Following a scalding row with her mother, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old life. But Holly is no typical teenage runaway: A
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The Case of the Vanishing Emerald

The Mysteries of Maisie Hitchins

by Holly Webb ...

Narrated by Anna Bentinck ...

Unabridged

2 hours 14 min

Sarah Massey, talented lead actress in Circus Sweethearts, is a mess. She should be dancing on air—after all, her boyfriend just proposed. But she has lost his gift: a beautiful emerald necklace with a storied history. Rumor has it whoever loses the necklace will be cursed, and now everything around Miss Massey is falling apart. She turns to Maisie Hitchins and her dog, Eddie, for help. But when ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Sarah Massey, talented lead actress in Circus Sweethearts, is a mess. She should be dancing on air—after all, her boyfriend just proposed. But she has lost his gift: a beautiful emerald necklace with a storied history. Rumor has it whoever loses the necklace will be cursed, and now everything around Miss Massey is falling apart. She turns to Maisie Hitchins and her dog, Eddie, for help. But when
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Behind Her Eyes

A Suspenseful Psychological Thriller

by Sarah Pinborough ...

Narrated by Anna Bentinck, Bea Holland, Huw Parmenter, Josie Dunn ...

Unabridged

11 hours 48 min

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESThe instant New York Times and #1 international bestseller. “You should read Behind Her Eyes…It’s bloody brilliant.” **—**Stephen King"An eerie thriller…Pinborough keeps us guessing about just who’s manipulating whom – until the ending reveals that we’ve been wholly complicit in this terrifying mind game.” —The New York Times Book ReviewWhy is ... ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESThe instant New York Times and #1 international bestseller. “You should read Behind Her Eyes…It’s bloody brilliant.” **—**Stephen King"An eerie thriller…Pinborough keeps us guessing about just who’s manipulating whom – until the ending reveals that we’ve been wholly complicit in this terrifying mind game.” —The New York Times Book ReviewWhy is ...
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Tanzania - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Quintin Winks ...

Narrated by Anna Bentinck ...

Series series Culture Smart!
Unabridged

3 hours 58 min

Don't pack anxiety in your suitcase! By reading Culture Smart! Tanzania before you go, will ease your travel, help you to make friends and avoid confusion. Culture Smart! Tanzania will help you to understand local manners, customs and laws. Culture Smart! Tanzania goes the extra mile to help you brush up on your cultural small talk and will make you confident in leaving your comfort zone far ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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Don't pack anxiety in your suitcase! By reading Culture Smart! Tanzania before you go, will ease your travel, help you to make friends and avoid confusion. Culture Smart! Tanzania will help you to understand local manners, customs and laws. Culture Smart! Tanzania goes the extra mile to help you brush up on your cultural small talk and will make you confident in leaving your comfort zone far
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The Playground Murders

by Lesley Thomson ...

Narrated by Anna Bentinck ...

Series Audiobook 7 - The Detective's Daughter
Unabridged

13 hours 13 min

Bloomsbury presents The Playground Murders by Lesley Thomson, read by Anna Bentinck'A class above' IAN RANKIN.Forty years ago, in the dark of the playground, two children's lives were changed for ever.The case of six-year-old Sarah Ferris, killed in an empty playground, haunted Hammersmith police for decades. Not just because the victim would never see her seventh birthday. But because solving the ... Read more

$21.99 USD

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Bloomsbury presents The Playground Murders by Lesley Thomson, read by Anna Bentinck'A class above' IAN RANKIN.Forty years ago, in the dark of the playground, two children's lives were changed for ever.The case of six-year-old Sarah Ferris, killed in an empty playground, haunted Hammersmith police for decades. Not just because the victim would never see her seventh birthday. But because solving the
... Read more

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The Disappearance

by Katherine Webb ...

Narrated by Anna Bentinck ...

Unabridged

14 hours

From the bestselling author of The Legacy, comes an unforgettable novel exploring guilt, love and confronting the truth.April, 1942. Amid the chaos of a night of bombing in Bath, six-year-old Davy Noyle goes missing. Frances Parry, looking after him at the time, is tortured by guilt and refuses to believe that he's dead.As quiet falls and the dust begins to settle on the damaged city, a body is ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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From the bestselling author of The Legacy, comes an unforgettable novel exploring guilt, love and confronting the truth.April, 1942. Amid the chaos of a night of bombing in Bath, six-year-old Davy Noyle goes missing. Frances Parry, looking after him at the time, is tortured by guilt and refuses to believe that he's dead.As quiet falls and the dust begins to settle on the damaged city, a body is
... Read more

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A Bachelor Establishment

by Jodi Taylor ...

Narrated by Anna Bentinck ...

Unabridged

7 hours 21 min

High adventure and dark mystery combine in this sparkling historical romance from the internationally bestselling author of the Chronicles of St Mary's series.Elinor Bascombe, widowed and tied to an impoverished estate, has learned to ask little of life. With no hope of leaving, the years have passed her by.Lord Ryde, exiled abroad after a scandal, has returned to strip his estate and make a new ... Read more

$37.99 USD

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High adventure and dark mystery combine in this sparkling historical romance from the internationally bestselling author of the Chronicles of St Mary's series.Elinor Bascombe, widowed and tied to an impoverished estate, has learned to ask little of life. With no hope of leaving, the years have passed her by.Lord Ryde, exiled abroad after a scandal, has returned to strip his estate and make a new
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Our Island Story (complete)

by H.E. Marshall, Anna Bentinck, Daniel Philpott ...

Narrated by Anna Bentinck, Daniel Philpott ...

Unabridged

15 hours 21 min

H. E. Marshall’s classic children’s chronicle of Britain Our Island Story includes all the best-loved (and most infamous!) stories from history: King Alfred and the cakes; King John and the Magna Carta; Lord Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar; Queen Elizabeth and the Spanish Armada; and many others. This box set contains the complete and unabridged text, released previously in separate volumes. It ... Read more

$29.99 USD

H. E. Marshall’s classic children’s chronicle of Britain Our Island Story includes all the best-loved (and most infamous!) stories from history: King Alfred and the cakes; King John and the Magna Carta; Lord Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar; Queen Elizabeth and the Spanish Armada; and many others. This box set contains the complete and unabridged text, released previously in separate volumes. It
... Read more