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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

$11.07 CAD

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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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Now Comes Good Sailing

Writers Reflect on Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by William Hope, Barbara Barnes, Kaliswa Brewster, Kate Harper, Peter Marinker, Ako Mitchell ...

Unabridged

12 hours 19 min

This audiobook brings together original pieces on Thoreau by twenty-seven of today's leading writersWith narration by William Hope, Barbara Barnes, Kaliswa Brewster, Kate Harper, Peter Marinker, and Ako MitchellFeatures essays by Jennifer Finney Boylan • Kristen Case • George Howe Colt • Gerald Early • Paul Elie • Will Eno • Adam Gopnik • Lauren Groff • Celeste Headlee • Pico Iyer • Alan Lightman ... Read more

$26.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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This audiobook brings together original pieces on Thoreau by twenty-seven of today's leading writersWith narration by William Hope, Barbara Barnes, Kaliswa Brewster, Kate Harper, Peter Marinker, and Ako MitchellFeatures essays by Jennifer Finney Boylan • Kristen Case • George Howe Colt • Gerald Early • Paul Elie • Will Eno • Adam Gopnik • Lauren Groff • Celeste Headlee • Pico Iyer • Alan Lightman
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The Custom of the Country

A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation

by Edith Wharton ...

Narrated by Barbara Barnes, Full Cast, Rebecca Night ...

Unabridged

2 hours 50 min

A full-cast dramatisation of Edith Wharton’s 1913 satire of marriage and money in early-20th century American societySOON TO BE A STUDIOCANAL MOVIE STARRING SYDNEY SWEENEY, LEO WOODALL, AND MOREWhen the beautiful and ambitious Undine Spragg convinces her nouveau riche parents to move to New York, she quickly injects herself into high society. But even a well-to-do husband isn’t enough for Undine, ... Read more

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A full-cast dramatisation of Edith Wharton’s 1913 satire of marriage and money in early-20th century American societySOON TO BE A STUDIOCANAL MOVIE STARRING SYDNEY SWEENEY, LEO WOODALL, AND MOREWhen the beautiful and ambitious Undine Spragg convinces her nouveau riche parents to move to New York, she quickly injects herself into high society. But even a well-to-do husband isn’t enough for Undine,
... Read more
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Thornton Wilder: Our Town, The Bridge of San Luis Rey & More

A BBC Radio full-cast drama collection

by Thornton Wilder ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Robert Glenister, Annette Badland, Tom Goodman-Hill, Barbara Barnes, Helen McCrory, Robert Hardy, Sean Barrett, Elizabeth Proud ...

Unabridged

4 hours 32 min

Four of Thornton Wilder's most acclaimed works, adapted for BBC Radio - plus bonus material exploring his life and careerThornton Wilder is one of America's most important literary figures. He won the Pulitzer Prize three times - for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth - and is the only person to be awarded the Pulitzer for both fiction and drama. ... Read more

$25.83 CAD

Four of Thornton Wilder's most acclaimed works, adapted for BBC Radio - plus bonus material exploring his life and careerThornton Wilder is one of America's most important literary figures. He won the Pulitzer Prize three times - for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth - and is the only person to be awarded the Pulitzer for both fiction and drama.
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Anne's House of Dreams

by L. M. Montgomery ...

Narrated by Barbara Barnes ...

Series series Anne of Green Gables
Unabridged

8 hours 54 min

In the fifth book in the series, Anne's own true love, Gilbert Blythe, is finally a doctor, and, in the sunshine of the old orchard among their dearest friends, they are about to speak their vows. Soon, the happy couple will be bound for a new life together in their own dream house on the misty purple shores of Four Winds Harbor. But a new life means fresh problems to solve-and fresh surprises. As ... Read more

$34.34 CAD

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In the fifth book in the series, Anne's own true love, Gilbert Blythe, is finally a doctor, and, in the sunshine of the old orchard among their dearest friends, they are about to speak their vows. Soon, the happy couple will be bound for a new life together in their own dream house on the misty purple shores of Four Winds Harbor. But a new life means fresh problems to solve-and fresh surprises. As
... Read more

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A Place Like Home

Short Stories

by Rosamunde Pilcher ...

Narrated by Barbara Barnes, Eilidh Beaton, Ellie Heydon, Jasmine Blackborow, Jilly Bond ...

Unabridged

7 hours 43 min

"A strong cast of five narrators rewinds time and transports listeners to sparkling seascapes and the English countryside." - AudioFile MagazineCelebrate life's journeys with the beloved author whose stories of life and love touched the world.A Place Like Home is a spellbinding collection of short stories by internationally bestselling author Rosamunde Pilcher, never before published in book form. ... Read more

$30.99 CAD

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"A strong cast of five narrators rewinds time and transports listeners to sparkling seascapes and the English countryside." - AudioFile MagazineCelebrate life's journeys with the beloved author whose stories of life and love touched the world.A Place Like Home is a spellbinding collection of short stories by internationally bestselling author Rosamunde Pilcher, never before published in book form.
... Read more

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The Difference

by Marina Endicott ...

Narrated by Barbara Barnes ...

Unabridged

14 hours 49 min

From one of our most critically acclaimed and beloved storytellers comes a sweeping novel set on board the Morning Light, a Nova Scotian merchant ship sailing through the south pacific in 1912.Kay and Thea are half-sisters, separated in age by almost twenty years, but deeply attached. When their stern father dies, Thea returns to Nova Scotia for her long-promised marriage to the captain of the ... Read more

$32.95 CAD

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From one of our most critically acclaimed and beloved storytellers comes a sweeping novel set on board the Morning Light, a Nova Scotian merchant ship sailing through the south pacific in 1912.Kay and Thea are half-sisters, separated in age by almost twenty years, but deeply attached. When their stern father dies, Thea returns to Nova Scotia for her long-promised marriage to the captain of the
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Untangling

A Memoir of Psychoanalysis

by Joan K. Peters, Kristi Walsh ...

Narrated by Barbara Barnes ...

Unabridged

10 hours 49 min

Bloomsbury presents…Untanglingby Joan K. Petersread by Barbara BarnesWith the drama of a novel, Untangling: A Memoir of Psychoanalysis tells the story of a turbulent and transformative psychoanalysis in this first ever in-depth patient's account. Joan K. Peters’s story lays bare the inner workings of this complex treatment, which takes place behind closed doors, is rarely spoken about, and is ... ... Read more

$25.00 CAD

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Bloomsbury presents…Untanglingby Joan K. Petersread by Barbara BarnesWith the drama of a novel, Untangling: A Memoir of Psychoanalysis tells the story of a turbulent and transformative psychoanalysis in this first ever in-depth patient's account. Joan K. Peters’s story lays bare the inner workings of this complex treatment, which takes place behind closed doors, is rarely spoken about, and is ...
... Read more

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Indigenous Identity Formation in Postsecondary Institutions

I Found Myself in the Most Unlikely Place

by Barbara G. Barnes, Cora J. Voyageur ...

A new model of Indigenous identity formation in Canadian postsecondary institutions What role does postsecondary education play in the formation of Indigenous identity? Some argue that this impact must be negative, not only because postsecondary education draws students away from their communities, but also because of the Eurocentric worldviews that dominate most institutions. However, according ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

A new model of Indigenous identity formation in Canadian postsecondary institutions What role does postsecondary education play in the formation of Indigenous identity? Some argue that this impact must be negative, not only because postsecondary education draws students away from their communities, but also because of the Eurocentric worldviews that dominate most institutions. However, according
... Read more
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Driver's License

Object Lessons

by Meredith Castile ...

Narrated by Barbara Barnes ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

4 hours 33 min

Bloomsbury presents…Driver’s Licenceby Meredith Castileread by Barbara BarnesObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.A classic teenage fetish object, the American driver’s license has long symbolized freedom and mobility in a nation whose design assumes car travel and whose vastness rivals continents. It is youth’s pass to regulated ... Read more

$20.00 CAD

Bloomsbury presents…Driver’s Licenceby Meredith Castileread by Barbara BarnesObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.A classic teenage fetish object, the American driver’s license has long symbolized freedom and mobility in a nation whose design assumes car travel and whose vastness rivals continents. It is youth’s pass to regulated
... Read more
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Bewitched

by Beverley Cooper, Edith Wharton ...

Narrated by Barbara Barnes ...

Abridged

55 min

Prudence Rutledge is terrified. She sits in her isolated New England farmhouse, fearing that her husband is stepping out on her. Seems like Saul has been seen down at the pond, meeting up with a young woman named Ora Brand. Trouble is, Ora Brand has been dead for over a year.In her short story Bewitched, Edith Wharton lures you into the ghostly heart of New England, circa 1926. It’s a time when ... Read more

$6.95 CAD

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Prudence Rutledge is terrified. She sits in her isolated New England farmhouse, fearing that her husband is stepping out on her. Seems like Saul has been seen down at the pond, meeting up with a young woman named Ora Brand. Trouble is, Ora Brand has been dead for over a year.In her short story Bewitched, Edith Wharton lures you into the ghostly heart of New England, circa 1926. It’s a time when
... Read more

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The Stone Diaries & Unless

Two Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations

by Carol Shields ...

Narrated by Barbara Barnes, Laurel Lefkow, Teresa Gallagher, Garrick Hogan, Peter Marinker, Sara Kestelman, Liza Ross, William Hope, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

5 hours 59 min

Two novels by the award-winning Canadian writer Carol Shields, dramatised for BBC RadioCarol Shields was one of Canada’s most renowned contemporary authors. Often compared to Jane Austen, her deft, witty and compassionate works depicting the everyday lives of ordinary people won her numerous literary honours. Included here are adaptations of her Pulitzer Prize-winning tour de force, The Stone ... Read more

$25.83 CAD

Two novels by the award-winning Canadian writer Carol Shields, dramatised for BBC RadioCarol Shields was one of Canada’s most renowned contemporary authors. Often compared to Jane Austen, her deft, witty and compassionate works depicting the everyday lives of ordinary people won her numerous literary honours. Included here are adaptations of her Pulitzer Prize-winning tour de force, The Stone
... Read more