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Apex Hides the Hurt
- By: Colson Whitehead
- Narrated by: Peter J Fernandez
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
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The town of Winthrop has decided it needs a new name. The resident software millionaire wants to call it New Prospera; the mayor wants to return to the original choice of the founding black settlers; and the town's aristocracy sees no reason to change the name at all. What they need, they realise, is a nomenclature consultant. And, it turns out, the consultant needs them. But in a culture overwhelmed by marketing, the name is everything, and our hero's efforts may result in not just a new name for the town but a new and subtler truth about it as well.
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Apex Hides the Hurt
- Narrated by: Peter J Fernandez
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 27-06-2019
- Language: English
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The Silver Linings Playbook
- By: Matthew Quick
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
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Now a major film starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro.Pat Peoples knows that life doesn’t always go according to plan, but he’s determined to get his back on track. After a stint in a psychiatric hospital, Pat is staying with his parents and trying to live according to his new philosophy: get fit, be nice and always look for the silver lining. Most importantly, Pat is determined to be reconciled with his wife Nikki. Pat’s parents just want to protect him
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Silverlining, abit too drawn out
- By Belinda Weber on 28-11-2018
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The Silver Linings Playbook
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 04-03-2013
- Language: English
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Italian Shoes
- By: Henning Mankell
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 9 hrs
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Once a successful surgeon, Frederick Welin now lives in self-imposed exile on an island in the Swedish archipelago. Nearly twelve years have passed since he was disgraced for attempting to cover up a tragic mishap on the operating table. One morning in the depths of winter, he sees a hunched figure struggling towards him across the ice. His past is about to catch up with him.
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Italian Shoes
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 9 hrs
- Release date: 15-12-2009
- Language: English
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Mary Ann in Autumn
- A Tales of the City Novel
- By: Armistead Maupin
- Narrated by: Armistead Maupin
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
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Twenty years have passed since Mary Ann Singleton left her husband and child in San Francisco to pursue her dream of a career in New York. Now a pair of personal calamities has driven her back to the city of her youth and into the arms of her friend, Michael "Mouse" Tolliver, a gardener happily ensconced with his much-younger husband. Mary Ann finds refuge in the couple's backyard cottage, where, at the unnerving age of 57, she licks her wounds and takes stock of her mistakes.
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Mary Ann in Autumn
- A Tales of the City Novel
- Narrated by: Armistead Maupin
- Series: Tales of the City, Book 8
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 02-11-2010
- Language: English
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One Day
- By: David Nicholls
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
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The 15th of July 1988. Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways.So where will they be on this one day next year? And the year after that? And every year that follows? Twenty years, two people, one day....
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One Day
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 04-02-2010
- Language: English
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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 and then to fall back on the subtle tactical skills honed at Cambridge down the centuries: blackmail and kidnap. But will these be enough? Menaced on all sides - by the collapse of the Chapel, by the tentacles of organised crime, and by the hovering threat of the abominable Dog’s Nose Man - will Porterhouse be forced to unleash the most fearsome weapon in its armoury - the college food?
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Witty and clever
- By Ross M. on 17-08-2017
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Grantchester Grind
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Series: Porterhouse Blue, Book 2
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 31-01-2012
- Language: English
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TransAtlantic
- By: Colum McCann
- Narrated by: Geraldine Hughes
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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In 1919 Emily Ehrlich watches as two young airmen, Alcock and Brown, emerge from the carnage of World War One to pilot the very first nonstop transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to the west of Ireland. In 1845 Frederick Douglass, a black American slave, lands in Ireland to champion ideas of democracy and freedom, only to find a famine unfurling at his feet. And in 1998 Senator George Mitchell criss-crosses the ocean in search of an elusive Irish peace.
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TransAtlantic
- Narrated by: Geraldine Hughes
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 23-01-2020
- Language: English
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Under the Midnight Sky
- By: Anna Romer
- Narrated by: Eloise Oxer
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
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When an injured teenager goes missing at a remote bushland campground, local journalist Abby Bardot is determined to expose the area’s dark history. The girl bears a striking resemblance to the victims of three brutal murders that occurred 20 years ago, and Abby fears the killer is still on the loose. But the newspaper Abby works for wants to suppress the story for fear it will scare off tourists to the struggling township. Haunted by her own turbulent memories, Abby is desperate to learn the truth and enlists the help of Tom Gabriel, a reclusive crime writer.
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Interesting story with a lot to offer.
- By My Pet Dog on 02-01-2021
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Under the Midnight Sky
- Narrated by: Eloise Oxer
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 23-04-2019
- Language: English
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Lady Oracle
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Lorelei King
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
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From fat girl to thin, from red hair to mud brown, from London to Toronto, from Polish count to radical husband - Joan Foster is utterly confused by her life of multiple identities. She decides to escape to an Italian hill town to take stock of her life. But first, she must organise her own death.
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Lady Oracle
- Narrated by: Lorelei King
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 12-11-2009
- Language: English
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Who Is Tom Ditto
- By: Danny Wallace
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
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We join the action just as our ‘hero’ Tom, (early thirties, reads the ‘news’ on the radio) finds out that his girlfriend has not left him. Tom, I have not left you. But I am gone. Please carry on as normal. Love always, Hayley. Has Hayley gone or hasn’t she? Is she coming back? If she has gone, but is coming back, when is she coming back? And what is he supposed to bloody do in the meantime? And what if she’s never coming back?
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Plodding story that goes nowhere
- By Sasha Ratbag on 17-05-2019
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Who Is Tom Ditto
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 24-04-2014
- Language: English
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Poppet
- By: Mo Hayder
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
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The Maude is outside. It wants to come in. It wants to sit on your chest. The mentally ill patients in Amberly Secure Unit are highly suggestible. A hallucination can spread like a virus. When unexplained power cuts lead to a series of horrifying incidents, fear spreads from the inmates to the staff. Amidst the growing hysteria, AJ, a senior psychiatric nurse, is desperate to protect his charges.
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superb!
- By nikki on 18-11-2022
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Poppet
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Series: Jack Caffery, Book 6
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 28-03-2013
- Language: English
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The Careful Use of Compliments
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
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For philosophically-minded Isabel Dalhousie, editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, getting through life with a clear conscience requires careful thought. And whilst juggling the arrival of baby Charlie, a passionate relationship with his father Jamie, a truce with her furious niece Cat, and struggles for authority over her son with her formidable housekeeper Grace, Isabel finds herself drawn into the story of a painter's mysterious death off the island of Jura.
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The Careful Use of Compliments
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Series: Isabel Dalhousie Series, Book 4
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 01-08-2013
- Language: English
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Thrush Green
- By: Miss Miss Read
- Narrated by: Clare Higgins
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
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It's the May Day holiday, and a fair has come to the village of Thrush Green. The residents of Thrush Green all have their own views about the fair. For young Paul, just recovered from an illness, it is a joy to be allowed out to play at the fair; for Ruth, who returned to the soothing tranquility of Thrush Green nursing a broken heart, the fair is a welcome distraction from her own problems. And for Dr Lovell, the fair brings an unexpected new patient.
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Thrush Green
- Narrated by: Clare Higgins
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 23-05-2011
- Language: English
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Perfect
- By: Rachel Joyce
- Narrated by: Paul Rhys
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
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In 1972, two seconds were added to time. It was in order to balance clock time with the movement of the earth. Byron Hemming knew this because James Lowe had told him and James was the cleverest boy at school. But how could time change? The steady movement of hands around a clock was as certain as their golden futures.Then Byron’s mother, late for the school run, makes a devastating mistake. Byron’s perfect world is shattered. Were those two extra seconds to blame? Can what follows ever be set right?
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Fantastic!
- By Anonymous User on 16-09-2022
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Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
- By: Matthew Green
- Narrated by: Matthew Brown
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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Ingenious. Incredible. Invisible. My name is Budo. I have been alive for 5 years, a very long time for someone like me to be alive. MAX gave me my name. Max is 8 years old. He is the only human person who can see me. I know what Max knows, and some things he doesn't. I know that Max is in danger. And I know that I am the only one who can save him.
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Beautiful book
- By Anonymous User on 02-03-2023
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Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
- Narrated by: Matthew Brown
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 06-04-2012
- Language: English
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Outcast of Redwall
- By: Brian Jacques
- Narrated by: Brian Jacques, full cast
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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In this stirring, sword-rattling chapter in New York Times best-selling author Brian Jacques' beloved series, questions of right and wrong do not have simple answers. Abandoned by his evil warlord father Swartt Sixclaw, the ferret Veil is raised at Redwall. But when he commits an unforgivable crime, he is banished forever. So when Swartt goes on a rampage, Veil must make a choice. He can either fight for the father who orphaned him, or for those who turned him away.
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Outcast of Redwall
- Narrated by: Brian Jacques, full cast
- Series: Redwall, Book 8
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 24-10-2008
- Language: English
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The Summer of Secrets
- By: Barbara Hannay
- Narrated by: Taryn Ryan
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
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Sydney journalist Chloe Brown is left devastated when her long-term boyfriend finally admits he never wants children. Impulsively, she takes a job on a small country newspaper in Queensland's far north to escape disappointment. But she soon realises that no place is free from trouble or heartache. The grouchy news editor, Finn Latimer, is a former foreign correspondent who has retreated after a family tragedy. Emily, the paper's elegant, 60-something owner, is battling with her husband's desertion. Meanwhile, the whole town is worried when their popular young baker disappears.
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Lost potential
- By Darina on 28-10-2018
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The Summer of Secrets
- Narrated by: Taryn Ryan
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 11-10-2018
- Language: English
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The Lola Quartet
- By: Emily St. John Mandel
- Narrated by: Sarah Scott
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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Gavin Sasaki was a promising young journalist in New York City until the day he was fired for plagiarism. The last thing he wants is to sell foreclosed real estate for his sister Eilo's company in their Florida hometown, but he's in no position to refuse her job offer. Plus, there's another reason to go home: Eilo recently met a 10-year-old girl who looks very much like Gavin and has the same last name as his high-school girlfriend, Anna, who left town abruptly after graduation.
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meh
- By Alexis SHOREHILL on 22-02-2021
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The Lola Quartet
- Narrated by: Sarah Scott
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 04-04-2017
- Language: English
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Came Back to Show You I Could Fly
- By: Robin Klein
- Narrated by: Dino Marnika
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
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It's the summer holidays and eleven-year-old loner, Seymour, lodged with a fussy guardian in an inner-city suburb, is bored and unhappy in his confined world. By chance he meets Angie, beautiful, charismatic Angie. He is bewitched, and his world is opened as she takes him on unexpected holiday outings and shopping sprees. Angie, however, is not what she seems.
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amazing
- By Anonymous User on 21-04-2021
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Came Back to Show You I Could Fly
- Narrated by: Dino Marnika
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 31-10-2005
- Language: English
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Mike and Psmith
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Graham Seed
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
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It was a preference for cricket over schoolwork that united Mike and Psmith in their reluctance to attend their new school, Sedleigh. The school insists that its attendees be keen, but it is sorely unprepared for boys of such foresight and resources as Mike and Psmith who have decided to indulge in all manner of high-jinks and adventures.
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Mike and Psmith
- Narrated by: Graham Seed
- Series: Psmith, Book 1
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 01-03-2013
- Language: English
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