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The Cuckoo

by Camilla Läckberg ...

Narrated by Philip Bird ...

Unabridged

13 hours 46 min

Detective Patrik Hedström and Erica Falck are back, in an irresistible Scandi crime thriller for fans of Jo Nesbo and Lars Kepler.A community torn apartAs a heavy mist rolls into the Swedish coastal town of Fjällbacka, shocking violence shakes the small community to its core. Rolf Stenklo, a famous photographer, is found murdered in his gallery. Two days later, a brutal tragedy on a private island ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

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Detective Patrik Hedström and Erica Falck are back, in an irresistible Scandi crime thriller for fans of Jo Nesbo and Lars Kepler.A community torn apartAs a heavy mist rolls into the Swedish coastal town of Fjällbacka, shocking violence shakes the small community to its core. Rolf Stenklo, a famous photographer, is found murdered in his gallery. Two days later, a brutal tragedy on a private island
... Read more

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The Silence and the Rage

by Pierre Lemaitre ...

Narrated by Philip Bird ...

Unabridged

17 hours 18 min

From “a novelist at the height of his powers,” a dramatic and jubilant dive into France in the “glorious years” of the 1950s, through the lens of one ambitious, troubled, and utterly compelling family (La Croix).It is 1952 and the grown children of Louis Pelletier, a prominent businessman with a dark past, have settled in Paris. Jean, the menacing eldest brother, is trapped in a stifling marriage, ... Read more

$50.99 CAD

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From “a novelist at the height of his powers,” a dramatic and jubilant dive into France in the “glorious years” of the 1950s, through the lens of one ambitious, troubled, and utterly compelling family (La Croix).It is 1952 and the grown children of Louis Pelletier, a prominent businessman with a dark past, have settled in Paris. Jean, the menacing eldest brother, is trapped in a stifling marriage,
... Read more

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Stage-Land

by Jerome K Jerome ...

Narrated by Philip Bird ...

Unabridged

1 hour 48 min

“The stage hero never has any work to do. He is always hanging about and getting into trouble. His chief aim in life is to be accused of crimes he has never committed, and if he can muddle things up with a corpse in some complicated way so as to get himself reasonably mistaken for the murderer, he feels his day has not been wasted...”A comic look at the curious habits and customs of the ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

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“The stage hero never has any work to do. He is always hanging about and getting into trouble. His chief aim in life is to be accused of crimes he has never committed, and if he can muddle things up with a corpse in some complicated way so as to get himself reasonably mistaken for the murderer, he feels his day has not been wasted...”A comic look at the curious habits and customs of the
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The Wide World

A Novel

by Pierre Lemaitre ...

Narrated by Philip Bird ...

Unabridged

17 hours 41 min

This electrifying novel of passion, greed, murder, and revenge follows the sweeping saga of one prominent French family in postwar Paris, Beirut, and Saigon.The Pelletiers are a prominent French family living in Beirut. The patriarch, Louis, has built a successful business that he hopes to pass on to his eldest son. With no head for management, Jean nearly runs the company into the ground, then ... Read more

$50.99 CAD

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This electrifying novel of passion, greed, murder, and revenge follows the sweeping saga of one prominent French family in postwar Paris, Beirut, and Saigon.The Pelletiers are a prominent French family living in Beirut. The patriarch, Louis, has built a successful business that he hopes to pass on to his eldest son. With no head for management, Jean nearly runs the company into the ground, then
... Read more

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The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst

The gripping true story of one of the greatest hoaxes of our time - the inspiration for the film THE MERCY

by Nicholas Tomalin, Ron Hall ...

Narrated by Philip Bird ...

Unabridged

10 hours 12 min

'A masterpiece.' New Yorker'Wholly riveting, brilliantly researched.' Evening Standard'A meticulous investigation into the seeds of disaster... fascinating, uncomfortable reading.' Sunday TimesIn 1968, Donald Crowhurst was trying to market a nautical navigation device he had developed, and saw the Sunday Times Golden Globe round the world sailing race as the perfect opportunity to showcase... ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

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'A masterpiece.' New Yorker'Wholly riveting, brilliantly researched.' Evening Standard'A meticulous investigation into the seeds of disaster... fascinating, uncomfortable reading.' Sunday TimesIn 1968, Donald Crowhurst was trying to market a nautical navigation device he had developed, and saw the Sunday Times Golden Globe round the world sailing race as the perfect opportunity to showcase...
... Read more

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The Haunted House

by Charles Dickens et al ...

Narrated by Philip Bird ...

Unabridged

4 hours 52 min

On Christmas Eve, a party of friends descends on a purportedly haunted country retreat, charged with the task of discovering evidence of the supernatural. Sequestered in their rooms for the holiday, the friends reconvene on Twelfth Night at a great feast and share their stories of spectral encounter. “The Mortals in the House” by Charles Dickens provides the framework for the tales, which include ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

On Christmas Eve, a party of friends descends on a purportedly haunted country retreat, charged with the task of discovering evidence of the supernatural. Sequestered in their rooms for the holiday, the friends reconvene on Twelfth Night at a great feast and share their stories of spectral encounter. “The Mortals in the House” by Charles Dickens provides the framework for the tales, which include
... Read more
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The Wreck of the Golden Mary

by Charles Dickens et al ...

Narrated by Philip Bird ...

Unabridged

3 hours 31 min

Charles Dickens once again gathers his favourite storytellers around him and 'conducts' the story of 'The Wreck of the Golden Mary'. Dickens leads, Percy Fitzgerald, Harriet Parr, Adelaide Anne Procter and others follow...Contains:'The Wreck' by Charles Dickens'The Beguilement in the Boats: The Armorer's Story' by Percy Fitzgerald'Poor Dick's Story' by Harriet Parr'The Supercargo's Story' by Percy ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

Charles Dickens once again gathers his favourite storytellers around him and 'conducts' the story of 'The Wreck of the Golden Mary'. Dickens leads, Percy Fitzgerald, Harriet Parr, Adelaide Anne Procter and others follow...Contains:'The Wreck' by Charles Dickens'The Beguilement in the Boats: The Armorer's Story' by Percy Fitzgerald'Poor Dick's Story' by Harriet Parr'The Supercargo's Story' by Percy
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A Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire

by Charles Dickens et al ...

Narrated by Philip Bird ...

Unabridged

3 hours 48 min

A Victorian family gathers round the hearth, and one by one they tell each other their Winter's tales. Charles Dickens begins 'the round of stories they were to relate, as they sat in a goodly circle by the Christmas fire', and then hands over to Elizabeth Gaskell, Samuel Sidney and other respected contributors to the Christmas 1852 number of Household Words. Read aloud as they were originally ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

A Victorian family gathers round the hearth, and one by one they tell each other their Winter's tales. Charles Dickens begins 'the round of stories they were to relate, as they sat in a goodly circle by the Christmas fire', and then hands over to Elizabeth Gaskell, Samuel Sidney and other respected contributors to the Christmas 1852 number of Household Words. Read aloud as they were originally
... Read more
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Remembering Peasants

A Personal History of a Vanished World

by Patrick Joyce ...

Narrated by Philip Bird ...

Unabridged

12 hours 40 min

“I had been waiting for much of my life to read this extraordinary book…there are clues and messages for every fortunate reader who picks it up.” —Annie Proulx*A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice*A landmark history of the peasant experience, exploring a now neglected way of life that once encompassed most of humanity, but is rapidly vanishing in our time.“What the skeleton is to anatomy, ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

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“I had been waiting for much of my life to read this extraordinary book…there are clues and messages for every fortunate reader who picks it up.” —Annie Proulx*A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice*A landmark history of the peasant experience, exploring a now neglected way of life that once encompassed most of humanity, but is rapidly vanishing in our time.“What the skeleton is to anatomy,
... Read more

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On the Stage and Off

The Brief Career of a Would-Be Actor

by Jerome K Jerome ...

Narrated by Philip Bird ...

Unabridged

3 hours 35 min

“There comes a time in every one’s life when he feels he was born to be an actor. Something within him tells him that he is the coming man, and that one day he will electrify the world. Then he burns with a desire to show them how the thing’s done, and to draw a salary of three hundred a week...”This audiobook is a faithful reproduction of one of Jerome K Jerome’s first successes, a humorous ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

“There comes a time in every one’s life when he feels he was born to be an actor. Something within him tells him that he is the coming man, and that one day he will electrify the world. Then he burns with a desire to show them how the thing’s done, and to draw a salary of three hundred a week...”This audiobook is a faithful reproduction of one of Jerome K Jerome’s first successes, a humorous
... Read more
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The Little Parachute

by J. Robert Janes ...

Narrated by Philip Bird ...

Unabridged

12 hours 6 min

The moment Angelique arrives in Paris, she is taken prisoner by the SS. In a lonely little room, she is put in a chair with leather straps and a bloodstained seat and ordered to tell her captors everything she knows about the resistance. But Angelique knows nothing. She cares only for Martin, the boy who has been unable to speak since the bombs first fell during the Blitzkrieg. He has a secret-and ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

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The moment Angelique arrives in Paris, she is taken prisoner by the SS. In a lonely little room, she is put in a chair with leather straps and a bloodstained seat and ordered to tell her captors everything she knows about the resistance. But Angelique knows nothing. She cares only for Martin, the boy who has been unable to speak since the bombs first fell during the Blitzkrieg. He has a secret-and
... Read more

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Alfred Tennyson - A Collection of Poetry

by Alfred Tennyson ...

Narrated by Jan Hartley, Philip Bird ...

Unabridged

40 min

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and remains one of the most popular poets in the English language. He was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, a rector's son and fourth of 12 children and reportedly a descendant of King Edward III of England.This audiobook collects together six of his finest poems including 'The Lotus-Eaters', ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and remains one of the most popular poets in the English language. He was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, a rector's son and fourth of 12 children and reportedly a descendant of King Edward III of England.This audiobook collects together six of his finest poems including 'The Lotus-Eaters',
... Read more