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Yorkshire

A lyrical history of England's greatest county

by Richard Morris ...

Narrated by Sean Baker ...

Unabridged

11 hours 10 min

Yorkshire is 'a continent unto itself', a region where mountain, plain, coast, downs, fen and heath lie close. By weaving history, family stories, travelogue and ecology, Richard Morris reveals how Yorkshire took shape as a landscape and in literature, legend and popular regard. The result is a fascinating and wide-ranging meditation on Yorkshire and Yorkshireness, told through the prism of the ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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Yorkshire is 'a continent unto itself', a region where mountain, plain, coast, downs, fen and heath lie close. By weaving history, family stories, travelogue and ecology, Richard Morris reveals how Yorkshire took shape as a landscape and in literature, legend and popular regard. The result is a fascinating and wide-ranging meditation on Yorkshire and Yorkshireness, told through the prism of the
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A Season for the Dead: Nic Costa, Book 1

Nic Costa, Book 1

by David Hewson ...

Narrated by Sean Baker ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Nic Costa Series
Unabridged

12 hours 37 min

In a hushed Vatican reading room, the scene was shocking: a crazed professor shot dead after brandishing evidence of a grisly crime. Moments later, two bodies are found in a nearby church, each with a gruesome calling card from the killer.As the August heat takes Rome in its fiery grip, the news of the two brutal murders holds the city in thrall. And as the media gathers and Vatican officials ... Read more

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In a hushed Vatican reading room, the scene was shocking: a crazed professor shot dead after brandishing evidence of a grisly crime. Moments later, two bodies are found in a nearby church, each with a gruesome calling card from the killer.As the August heat takes Rome in its fiery grip, the news of the two brutal murders holds the city in thrall. And as the media gathers and Vatican officials
... Read more
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English Journey

by J. B. Priestley ...

Narrated by Sean Baker ...

Unabridged

17 hours 37 min

‘The finest book ever written about England and the English’ Stuart Maconie‘J. B. Priestley is one of our literary icons of the 20th Century and it is time that we all became re-acquainted with his genius.’ Dame Judi DenchThree years before George Orwell made his expedition to the far and frozen North in The Road to Wigan Pier, celebrated writer and broadcaster JB Priestley cast his net wider, in ... Read more

$39.99 USD

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‘The finest book ever written about England and the English’ Stuart Maconie‘J. B. Priestley is one of our literary icons of the 20th Century and it is time that we all became re-acquainted with his genius.’ Dame Judi DenchThree years before George Orwell made his expedition to the far and frozen North in The Road to Wigan Pier, celebrated writer and broadcaster JB Priestley cast his net wider, in
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Delight

by J. B. Priestley ...

Narrated by Sean Baker ...

Unabridged

4 hours 51 min

‘An exquisitely-written, generous, funny, thoughtful book about the everyday joys of being alive. I love it.’ Dolly Alderton‘J. B. Priestley is one of our literary icons of the 20th Century and it is time that we all became re-acquainted with his genius.’ Dame Judi Dench‘My apology, my little bit of penitence, for having grumbled so much, for having darkened the breakfast table, almost ruined the ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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‘An exquisitely-written, generous, funny, thoughtful book about the everyday joys of being alive. I love it.’ Dolly Alderton‘J. B. Priestley is one of our literary icons of the 20th Century and it is time that we all became re-acquainted with his genius.’ Dame Judi Dench‘My apology, my little bit of penitence, for having grumbled so much, for having darkened the breakfast table, almost ruined the
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Sparkling Cyanide

by Agatha Christie ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Naomi Frederick, Peter Wight, Sean Baker ...

Unabridged

1 hour 20 min

‘There’s Rosemary, that’s for remembrance.’ Published in 1945, Sparkling Cyanide is all about remembrance. It begins with six characters recalling the horrific death of Rosemary Barton, a beautiful but shallow young heiress poisoned by a cyanide-spiked glass of champagne whilst celebrating her birthday at a smart London restaurant. Rosemary haunts all six characters, each of them a suspect, ... Read more

$9.99 USD

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‘There’s Rosemary, that’s for remembrance.’ Published in 1945, Sparkling Cyanide is all about remembrance. It begins with six characters recalling the horrific death of Rosemary Barton, a beautiful but shallow young heiress poisoned by a cyanide-spiked glass of champagne whilst celebrating her birthday at a smart London restaurant. Rosemary haunts all six characters, each of them a suspect,
... Read more

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Cry of the Bittern

A Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama

by Tim Jackson ...

Narrated by Rachel Atkins, Sean Baker, Ian Pepperell, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

6 hours 59 min

A full-cast environmental mystery set against the evocative backdrop of the Norfolk fensMist rising over the fens. The haunting cry of the nesting bittern. But not everything is as pristine as it appears to be. The protection of nature and the pursuit of progress collide in this thrilling, full-cast, environmental drama.When Laura McLaren lands a much-needed job with the Environment Agency in ... Read more

$18.99 USD

A full-cast environmental mystery set against the evocative backdrop of the Norfolk fensMist rising over the fens. The haunting cry of the nesting bittern. But not everything is as pristine as it appears to be. The protection of nature and the pursuit of progress collide in this thrilling, full-cast, environmental drama.When Laura McLaren lands a much-needed job with the Environment Agency in
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How to Build a Supertower

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast thriller

by Paul Sellar ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Robert Glenister, Catherine Cusack, Katherine Press, Sean Baker ...

Unabridged

2 hours 50 min

Robert Glenister stars in this compelling corporate thriller about a self-made property tycoon who sets out to build a brand new London skyscraperProperty magnate Max Silver is in trouble. His West End properties are starting to crumble, his assets are turning into liabilities and his business empire's on the rocks. With the company in danger of going under, he shakes up his property portfolio, ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Robert Glenister stars in this compelling corporate thriller about a self-made property tycoon who sets out to build a brand new London skyscraperProperty magnate Max Silver is in trouble. His West End properties are starting to crumble, his assets are turning into liabilities and his business empire's on the rocks. With the company in danger of going under, he shakes up his property portfolio,
... Read more
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Anne Of Green Gables

by L.M. Montgomery ...

Narrated by Barbara Barnes, Full Cast, Sean Baker, Susan Engel ...

Series series BBC Children's Classics
Unabridged

2 hours 23 min

Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert have sent to the orphanage for a boy. So when a skinny, red-haired girl turns up, she is not quite what they had in mind. Anne Shirley soon sets the quiet island community of Avonlea talking of little else. With her incessant chatter and intense imagination, things are never dull with Anne - in fact, they are frequently fiery. But slowly the islanders realise that ... Read more

$8.05 USD

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Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert have sent to the orphanage for a boy. So when a skinny, red-haired girl turns up, she is not quite what they had in mind. Anne Shirley soon sets the quiet island community of Avonlea talking of little else. With her incessant chatter and intense imagination, things are never dull with Anne - in fact, they are frequently fiery. But slowly the islanders realise that
... Read more

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The Bat Man

A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation

by Amelia Bullmore ...

Narrated by Bill Nighy, Georgia Groome, Jenny Agutter, Katherine Parkinson, Lauren Mote, Sean Baker ...

Unabridged

44 min

A BBC Radio 4 'Afternoon Play' starring Bill Nighy as widower Christopher, originally broadcast on 20 April 2011.When his wife died three years ago, Christopher fled London for a simpler existence in Cornwall, where he has settled on bat protection as his mission. Colette and her noisy daughters rent the holiday cottage next door and disturb the peace - both his and that of his beloved bats.'The ... Read more

$5.99 USD

A BBC Radio 4 'Afternoon Play' starring Bill Nighy as widower Christopher, originally broadcast on 20 April 2011.When his wife died three years ago, Christopher fled London for a simpler existence in Cornwall, where he has settled on bat protection as his mission. Colette and her noisy daughters rent the holiday cottage next door and disturb the peace - both his and that of his beloved bats.'The
... Read more
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Incredibly Guilty: A Comic Moral Fable

A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation

by Marcy Kahan ...

Narrated by Stephen Mangan, Naomi Frederick, Adeel Akhtar, Christine Kavanagh, Joanna Monro, Lloyd Thomas, Sean Baker ...

Unabridged

43 min

A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama written by the award-winning screen and stage dramatist Marcy Kahan, and starring Stephen Mangan as Ed, whose life is about to change forever when he accidentally puts National Treasure Penhaligon Rhinehart into a coma. First broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 14 January 2011. It's an important day for Ed Hanson. He has to do two things: present a 'vision statement' to ... Read more

$5.99 USD

A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama written by the award-winning screen and stage dramatist Marcy Kahan, and starring Stephen Mangan as Ed, whose life is about to change forever when he accidentally puts National Treasure Penhaligon Rhinehart into a coma. First broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 14 January 2011. It's an important day for Ed Hanson. He has to do two things: present a 'vision statement' to
... Read more
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More BBC Classics

Wuthering Heights, Silas Marner, Ethan Frome & Orlando

by George Eliot, Edith Wharton, Virginia Woolf, Emily Brönte ...

Narrated by Susan Jameson, Sean Baker, Joseph Ayre, Clare Corbett ...

Series series BBC Classics
Unabridged

32 hours 23 min

Unabridged readings of four fictional masterpiecesContained in this collection are four more enduring classics, read in full by some of the very best audiobook narrators. With over 32 hours of irresistible storytelling, tracked by chapter for ease of navigation, this is the perfect way to immerse yourself in these iconic works.Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë's tempestuous tale of passions, betrayal ... Read more

$21.48 USD

Unabridged readings of four fictional masterpiecesContained in this collection are four more enduring classics, read in full by some of the very best audiobook narrators. With over 32 hours of irresistible storytelling, tracked by chapter for ease of navigation, this is the perfect way to immerse yourself in these iconic works.Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë's tempestuous tale of passions, betrayal
... Read more
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BBC Classics: Suspense Collection

Frankenstein, A Christmas Carol, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde & The Turn of the Screw

by Mary Shelley, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry James ...

Narrated by Shaun Mason, Sean Baker, Sam Dale, Clare Corbett ...

Series series BBC Classics
Unabridged

18 hours 31 min

Unabridged readings of four spine-tingling storiesThis suspenseful anthology collects together four gripping tales of gruesome scientific experiments and chilling supernatural events - all read in full by some of the very best voice actors. With over 18 hours of electrifying listening, tracked by chapter, these classic tales will have you on the edge of your seat.FrankensteinMary Shelley's Gothic ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Unabridged readings of four spine-tingling storiesThis suspenseful anthology collects together four gripping tales of gruesome scientific experiments and chilling supernatural events - all read in full by some of the very best voice actors. With over 18 hours of electrifying listening, tracked by chapter, these classic tales will have you on the edge of your seat.FrankensteinMary Shelley's Gothic
... Read more