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Study for Obedience
- By: Sarah Bernstein
- Narrated by: Sarah Bernstein
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
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A powerful, compressed masterwork for fans of Shirley Jackson and Claire-Louise Bennett. A woman moves from the place of her birth to a remote northern country to be housekeeper to her brother, whose wife has just left him. The youngest child of many siblings - more than she cares to remember - from earliest childhood she has attended to their every desire, smoothed away the slightest discomfort with perfect obedience, with the highest degree of devotion. The country, it transpires, is the country of their family's ancestors, an obscure though reviled people.
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Too much navel gazing
- By K. Sewell on 10-01-24
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Study for Obedience
- Narrated by: Sarah Bernstein
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 05-10-23
- Language: English
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Shadows on the Nile
- By: Kate Furnivall
- Narrated by: Jane McDowell
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
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It's 1932 and 27-year-old Jessica is living London life to the full when her younger brother, Tim, an ancient Egyptian archaeology expert, goes missing. Teaming up with Sir Montague Chamford - who can resist neither a damsel in distress nor the chance of adventure - Jessie vows to find her beloved brother. Following the clues Tim has left in his wake, Jessie and Monty head to Egypt. In the relentless heat of the desert, romance is kindled between them, but danger also lurks in every shadow. And then Jessie starts to wonder how much Monty really knows about her brother's disappearance....
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Charming, exciting and beautifully read
- By Flick W. on 22-02-21
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Shadows on the Nile
- Narrated by: Jane McDowell
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 20-06-13
- Language: English
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La sombra del ciprés es alargada
- By: Miguel Delibes
- Narrated by: Jordi Llovet
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Una novela sobre el amor y la esperanza que supuso el descubrimiento de Miguel Delibes y marcó un antes y un después en la narrativa española. El protagonista de esta novela, la primera de Miguel Delibes, galardonada con el premio Nadal 1947, es –como en tantas de sus obras- un niño. Pedro, huérfano desde la infancia, va a parar a Ávila para su educación, al hogar sombrío de don Mateo Lesmes, que le inculcará la creencia de que para ser feliz hay que evitar toda relación con el mundo, toda emoción o afecto.
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La sombra del ciprés es alargada
- Narrated by: Jordi Llovet
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 28-10-23
- Language: Spanish
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The Life and Loves of a She Devil
- By: Fay Weldon
- Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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Ruth Patchett never thought of herself as particularly devilish. Rather the opposite in fact - simply a tall, not terribly attractive woman living a quiet life as a wife and mother in a respectable suburb. But when she discovers that her husband is having a passionate affair with the lovely romantic novelist Mary Fisher, she is so seized by envy that she becomes truly diabolic. Within weeks she has burnt down the family home, collected the insurance, made love to the local drunk and embarked on a course of destruction and revenge.
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Darkly delicious
- By Mrs C Chambers on 03-05-20
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The Life and Loves of a She Devil
- Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 04-06-19
- Language: English
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Getting Over Mr Right
- By: Chrissie Manby
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
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Have you ever had your heart broken? How did you get over it? Did you delete his number and start again? Are you now friends with your ex? Perhaps you’re godmother to his children? In which case, you’re a weirdo and this book is not for you. But if you reacted with denial, begging or a spot of casual witchcraft, then you’ve come to the right place.
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Disappointed
- By Mrs K Tonkins on 27-08-22
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Getting Over Mr Right
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 14-06-10
- Language: English
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The Time Being
- By: Antonia Honeywell
- Narrated by: Melody Grove
- Length: 31 mins
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At 11 Lalla should be enjoying her childhood in London. But this is not London as we know it. In a collapsed society, Lalla struggles to imagine her future. When a government announcement invites her to enjoy a new life in Regent’s Park, Lalla sees a glimmer of hope. But what is she willing to risk? The Time Being is the short-story prequel to The Ship by Antonia Honeywell, if you enjoyed this, you’ll love the full-length novel sequel.
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Captivating.
- By VJ on 20-02-15
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The Time Being
- Narrated by: Melody Grove
- Length: 31 mins
- Release date: 12-02-15
- 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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Great novel even after seeing the film
- By Thomas on 27-07-13
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The Silver Linings Playbook
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 04-03-13
- Language: English
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We Need New Names
- By: NoViolet Bulawayo
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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'To play the country-game, we have to choose a country. Everybody wants to be the USA and Britain and Canada and Australia and Switzerland and them. Nobody wants to be rags of countries like Congo, like Somalia, like Iraq, like Sudan, like Haiti and not even this one we live in – who wants to be a terrible place of hunger and things falling apart?' Darling and her friends live in a shanty called Paradise, which of course is no such thing. It isn’t all bad, though. There’s mischief and adventure, games of Find bin Laden, stealing guavas, singing Lady Gaga at the tops of their voices.
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Poor Narration: Zimbabwean/Carribean accent?
- By Lorraine on 25-03-14
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We Need New Names
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 06-06-13
- Language: English
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Le Club des Incorrigibles Optimistes
- By: Jean-Michel Guenassia
- Narrated by: Stéphane Ronchewski
- Length: 21 hrs and 33 mins
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Michel Marini - douze ans en 1959, élève à Henri IV - a une passion, la littérature. Il ne s'en intéresse pas moins au rock'n'roll. Et au baby-foot. Au café où il joue tous les jours se réunit un club d'échecs fréquenté par Tibor, Léonid, Sasha, et les autres, tous réfugiés de l'Est qui ont dû s'exiler pour survivre.
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Le Club des Incorrigibles Optimistes
- Narrated by: Stéphane Ronchewski
- Length: 21 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 03-07-13
- Language: French
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A Treacherous Paradise
- By: Henning Mankell
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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A Treacherous Paradise sees Henning Mankell turn his talents for writing gripping thrillers to a world where power and powerlessness meet and passion is a dangerous commodity. Hanna Lundmark escapes the brutal poverty of rural Sweden for a job as a cook onboard a steamship headed for Australia. Jumping ship at the African port of Lourenço Marques, Hanna decides to begin her life afresh. Stumbling across what she believes to be a down-at-heel hotel, Hanna becomes embroiled in a sequence of events that lead to her inheriting the most successful brothel in town.
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Mankell loses his touch
- By D. Cottam on 22-05-15
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A Treacherous Paradise
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 06-06-13
- Language: English
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L'Arminuta
- By: Donatella Di Pietrantonio
- Narrated by: Jasmine Trinca
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
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Ci sono romanzi che toccano corde così profonde, originarie, che sembrano chiamarci per nome. È quello che accade con "L'Arminuta" fin dalla prima pagina, quando la protagonista, con una valigia in mano e una sacca di scarpe nell'altra, suona a una porta sconosciuta. Ad aprirle, sua sorella Adriana, gli occhi stropicciati, le trecce sfatte: non si sono mai viste prima. Inizia così questa storia dirompente e ammaliatrice: con una ragazzina che da un giorno all'altro perde tutto - una casa confortevole, le amiche più care, l'affetto incondizionato dei genitori.
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bello, meglio con un lettore abruzzese
- By Stefano Burattini on 12-11-22
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L'Arminuta
- Narrated by: Jasmine Trinca
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 29-08-18
- Language: Italian
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Miracle on Regent Street
- By: Ali Harris
- Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
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Sink into the romance and sparkle of snowy London, in this charming début novel. For the past two years, Evie has lived an invisible life in London. Her neighbours think she's just moved in, and even Evie's manager at work can't remember her name. But all that is about to change ...this Christmas has brought a flurry of snow and unimaginable possibilities into town. And when an accidental encounter with the handsome, enigmatic Joel gives her the chance of a whole new identity, she takes it.
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Bending the truth
- By sarahmoose2000 on 12-03-14
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Miracle on Regent Street
- Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 14-11-11
- Language: English
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Golden Boy
- By: Abigail Tarttelin
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth, Penelope Rawlins, Antonia Beamish, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
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Max Walker is the golden boy. He's attractive, intelligent, athletic. He's even nice to his little brother. Max is going to pass his exams with flying colours; he’s going to make his parents proud.
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Essential reading for a difficult topic
- By Cathy on 30-06-13
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Golden Boy
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth, Penelope Rawlins, Antonia Beamish, Oliver J. Hembrough
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 16-05-13
- Language: English
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Fay
- By: Larry Brown
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
- Length: 17 hrs and 24 mins
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Larry Brown is hailed as one of today's most talented Southern writers. With the release of each book, reviewers and fans offer increasingly enthusiastic praise for the astonishing characters he creates.
At 17, Fay Jones leaves her family's squalid home with $3 in her bra and ragged sneakers on her feet. As she heads for Biloxi, people befriend her (a policeman, his wife, a bouncer) but her impact on their lives is seductive and unpredictable.
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Loved this story!
- By monica on 06-08-24
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Fay
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
- Length: 17 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 11-03-04
- Language: English
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The Lower River
- By: Paul Theroux
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
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Ellis Hock runs a menswear store in Massachusetts but still dreams of the four years he spent in Malawi. When his wife leaves him, he realises that there is only one place for him to go: back to Malawi, where he can be happy again.
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Great narrator.
- By "slugworth_uk" on 06-02-24
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The Lower River
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 23-08-12
- Language: English
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The White Marriage
- By: Charlotte Bingham
- Narrated by: Kim Hicks
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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Sunny's mundane country life is changed overnight when handsome, stylish Gray's Bentley breaks down outside her parents' cottage in Rushington. It seems that he may have fallen in love with her. Sunny herself remains unconvinced.
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The White Marriage
- Narrated by: Kim Hicks
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 26-11-07
- 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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Real and gripping
- By Cat on 05-02-11
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One Day
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 04-02-10
- Language: English
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Falling Slowly
- By: Anita Brookner
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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Beatrice considers herself to be delicate and sensitive, idle and confused. Forced into early retirement, she has an unashamed and romantic desire to be rescued by the ideal man. But Beatrice's only family is her orderly sister, Miriam.
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All Souls
- By Welsh Mafia on 02-11-14
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Falling Slowly
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 12-05-10
- Language: English
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A Better World Than This
- By: Marie Joseph
- Narrated by: Carole Boyd
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
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In a small Lancashire cotton town in the 1930s, Daisy Bell dreams her life away. At twenty-six, still a spinster and heiress to her mother's potato pie shop, she's resigned to a lonely old age. But toiling over the bake-house fire she dreams of a better world- a world of glamour and romance as seen on the silver screen. Then she meets Sam, a dashing Clarke Gable look-alike and chauffeur to a wealthy London businessman- and suddenly her life is changed forever...
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A Better World Than This
- Narrated by: Carole Boyd
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 04-08-11
- Language: English
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It's a Vet's Life
- By: Cathy Woodman
- Narrated by: Julia Barrie
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
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Christmas is coming, and life is busy for vet Maz Harwood. She has a beautiful baby boy, George, and she will soon be marrying fellow vet Alex Fox-Gifford. But between arranging the wedding, performing life-saving animal surgery, and taking care of George, Maz doesn’t have much time left for Alex, and even if she did, he’s working even harder than her. And as Alex won’t do anything to make life easier, Maz has decided that she will have to take matters into her own hands.
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Loved it!
- By Diana on 06-11-18
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It's a Vet's Life
- Narrated by: Julia Barrie
- Series: Talyton St. George, Book 4
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 07-02-13
- Language: English
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