Audiobooks narrated by Robert Oates

Skip side bar filters

Playing to Win

Sports, Video Games, and the Culture of Play

Edited by Robert Alan Brookey, Thomas P. Oates ...

Series series Digital Game Studies
In this era of big media franchises, sports branding has crossed platforms, so that the sport, its television broadcast, and its replication in an electronic game are packaged and promoted as part of the same fan experience. Editors Robert Alan Brookey and Thomas P. Oates trace this development back to the unexpected success of Atari's Pong in the 1970s, which provoked a flood of sport simulation ... Read more

$17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In this era of big media franchises, sports branding has crossed platforms, so that the sport, its television broadcast, and its replication in an electronic game are packaged and promoted as part of the same fan experience. Editors Robert Alan Brookey and Thomas P. Oates trace this development back to the unexpected success of Atari's Pong in the 1970s, which provoked a flood of sport simulation
... Read more
Audiobook

Audiobook

The Doll-Master

And Other Tales of Terror

by Joyce Carol Oates ...

Narrated by Kirsten Potter, Robert Fass ...

Unabridged

8 hours 46 min

From one of our most important contemporary writers, The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror is a bold, haunting collection of six stories.In the title story, a young boy becomes obsessed with his cousin's doll after she tragically passes away from leukemia. As he grows older, he begins to collect "found dolls" from the surrounding neighborhoods and stores his treasures in the abandoned carriage ... Read more

$28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

From one of our most important contemporary writers, The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror is a bold, haunting collection of six stories.In the title story, a young boy becomes obsessed with his cousin's doll after she tragically passes away from leukemia. As he grows older, he begins to collect "found dolls" from the surrounding neighborhoods and stores his treasures in the abandoned carriage
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Audiobook

Ingenious Mind of Rigby Lacksome, The

A Max Carrados Mystery: Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Simon Callow, Lionel Jeffries, Deidra Morris, Ian Armstrong, Lynsey Baxter, Oona Benson, Robert Oates, Stephen Tompkinson ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Thriller Playhouse
Unabridged

42 min

Set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, where every story promises a 'Thousand Thrills!', with ingenious plots, full of twists and surprises, driven along with exciting action and tongue in cheek humour.Max Carrados, the celebrated blind detective is lured to Stratford upon Avon following an explosion by a band of determined suffragettes. Faced with the ingenious mind of Mr Rigby Lacksome, ... Read more

$8.93 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, where every story promises a 'Thousand Thrills!', with ingenious plots, full of twists and surprises, driven along with exciting action and tongue in cheek humour.Max Carrados, the celebrated blind detective is lured to Stratford upon Avon following an explosion by a band of determined suffragettes. Faced with the ingenious mind of Mr Rigby Lacksome,
... Read more
Audiobook

Audiobook

Mysteries of Max Carrados Box Set, The

Three Max Carrados Mysteries: Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Simon Callow, Lionel Jeffries, & full supporting cast, Brett Usher, Brian Orrell, Charles Simpson, David Bannerman, Deidra Morris, Ian Armstrong, Kathryn Pogson, Lynsey Baxter, Marianne Morley, Matthew Marsh, Michael Beint, Oona Benson, Paul Panting, Philip Glenister, Robert Oates, Stephen Tompkinson, Steve Hodson, Teresa Gallagher ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Thriller Playhouse
Unabridged

2 hours 11 min

A collection of three thrilling mysteries, set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, where every story promises a 'Thousand Thrills!', with ingenious plots, full of twists and surprises, driven along with exciting action and tongue in cheek humour.“Murder mysteries always work well as spoken word and Mr Punch’s Thriller Playhouse is particularly good... Atmospheric and Great Fun ” Daily ... Read more

$18.55 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A collection of three thrilling mysteries, set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, where every story promises a 'Thousand Thrills!', with ingenious plots, full of twists and surprises, driven along with exciting action and tongue in cheek humour.“Murder mysteries always work well as spoken word and Mr Punch’s Thriller Playhouse is particularly good... Atmospheric and Great Fun ” Daily
... Read more
Fertility Preservation in Male Cancer Patients

by Linda D. Applegarth, Robert D. Oates, Peter N. Schlegel ...

Men with cancer rendered infertile by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and hormone therapy that are needed to control or cure their disease are increasingly being offered the chance to preserve their reproductive potential through artificial reproductive technologies. Cryopreservation of sperm and testicular tissue have increasingly helped boys and men preserve their fertility. There is a growing ... Read more

$179.19 CAD

Men with cancer rendered infertile by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and hormone therapy that are needed to control or cure their disease are increasingly being offered the chance to preserve their reproductive potential through artificial reproductive technologies. Cryopreservation of sperm and testicular tissue have increasingly helped boys and men preserve their fertility. There is a growing
... Read more
Financing the New Federalism

Revenue Sharing, Conditional Grants and Taxation

by Robert P. Inman, Martin McGuire, Wallace E. Oates, Jeffrey L. Pressman, Robert D. Reischauer ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
Financing the New Federalism is the fifth in a series on the governance of metropolitan areas which aimed to improve the political organisation of metropolitan regions in America. Originally published in 1975, this particular study focusses on federal revenue sharing exploring its effects and implications with the purpose of providing a breadth of views on the subject for policy-makers. This title ... Read more

$71.44 CAD

Financing the New Federalism is the fifth in a series on the governance of metropolitan areas which aimed to improve the political organisation of metropolitan regions in America. Originally published in 1975, this particular study focusses on federal revenue sharing exploring its effects and implications with the purpose of providing a breadth of views on the subject for policy-makers. This title
... Read more
Audiobook

Audiobook

The Museum of Dr. Moses

Tales of Mystery and Suspense

by Joyce Carol Oates ...

Narrated by Laura Hicks, Robert Fass ...

Unabridged

7 hours 44 min

Joyce Carol Oates explores with bloodcurdling insight the ties that bind—or worse.In “The Man Who Fought Roland LaStarza” a woman’s world is upended when she learns the brutal truth about a family friend’s death—and what her father is capable of. Meanwhile, a businessman desperate to find his missing two-year-old grandson in “Suicide Watch” must determine whether the horrifying tale his junkie son ... Read more

$27.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Joyce Carol Oates explores with bloodcurdling insight the ties that bind—or worse.In “The Man Who Fought Roland LaStarza” a woman’s world is upended when she learns the brutal truth about a family friend’s death—and what her father is capable of. Meanwhile, a businessman desperate to find his missing two-year-old grandson in “Suicide Watch” must determine whether the horrifying tale his junkie son
... Read more
Audiobook

Audiobook

Philadelphia Story & Holiday Inn

Adapted from the screenplay & performed for radio by the original film stars

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart ...

Series Audiobook 7 - Hollywood Playhouse
Unabridged

50 min

Mr Punch Presents: THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, known as Hollywood's most sophisticated and sparkling romantic comedy, telling the story of Philadelphia heiress Tracy Lord who is preparing for her second marriage, when Dexter Haven, her first husband, re-enters her life on the day before her wedding, determined to spoil things. Holiday Inn, is the story of Jim Hardy (Bing Crosby) who is head over heels ... Read more

$8.93 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Mr Punch Presents: THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, known as Hollywood's most sophisticated and sparkling romantic comedy, telling the story of Philadelphia heiress Tracy Lord who is preparing for her second marriage, when Dexter Haven, her first husband, re-enters her life on the day before her wedding, determined to spoil things. Holiday Inn, is the story of Jim Hardy (Bing Crosby) who is head over heels
... Read more
Audiobook

Audiobook

Hollywood Playhouse Box Set

14 Movies specially adapted for radio & performed by the original film stars

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Alan Ladd, Anne Baxter, Bette Davis, Bing Crosby, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Dinah Shore, Donna Reed, Elizabeth Taylor, Gary Cooper, Gloria Swanson, Greer Garson, James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Mickey Rooney, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Van Heflin, Victor Moore, Vivien Leigh, Walter Huston, William Holden ...

Series Audiobook 15 - Hollywood Playhouse
Unabridged

9 hours 23 min

The Hollywood Playhouse Box Set is a unique compilation of 14 Oscar winning films specially adapted from the original screenplays & performed for the radio by many of the original film stars in front of a live studio audience. Re-mastered and re-edited from the original radio broadcastCASABLANCA with Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid BergmanTHE MALTESE FALCON with Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre & Sydney ... Read more

$72.83 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Hollywood Playhouse Box Set is a unique compilation of 14 Oscar winning films specially adapted from the original screenplays & performed for the radio by many of the original film stars in front of a live studio audience. Re-mastered and re-edited from the original radio broadcastCASABLANCA with Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid BergmanTHE MALTESE FALCON with Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre & Sydney
... Read more
Audiobook

Audiobook

Chronicle Book Two

An epic eye-witness history of the British Isles.

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Charles Dance, Dame Harriet Walter, Sir David Suchet, Dame Maureen Lipman, Timothy West, Jenny Agutter, Sir Donald Sinden, Joss Ackland, James Bolam, Robert Powell ...

Series Audiobook 2.0 - The Chronicle
Unabridged

3 hours

The Chronicle is an exhilarating and immersive journey through 500 years of British history, told entirely in the words of those who were there and performed in a dramatised setting.Brought to life by an award-winning all-star cast of 30 celebrated actors, including Charles Dance, Dame Harriet Walter, Sir David Suchet, Dame Maureen Lipman, Timothy West, Jenny Agutter, Sir Donald Sinden, Joss ... Read more

$14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Chronicle is an exhilarating and immersive journey through 500 years of British history, told entirely in the words of those who were there and performed in a dramatised setting.Brought to life by an award-winning all-star cast of 30 celebrated actors, including Charles Dance, Dame Harriet Walter, Sir David Suchet, Dame Maureen Lipman, Timothy West, Jenny Agutter, Sir Donald Sinden, Joss
... Read more
Audiobook

Audiobook

First Men in the Moon

A four-part dramatisation of H.G.Wells’ classic tale. A Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Sir Donald Sinden, James Bolam, Ali Hames, Anthony Jackson, Chris Pavlos, Gary Olson, Jilly Bond, Kerry Shale, Nick Mercer, Robert Whelan, Tom Georgeson ...

Unabridged

1 hour 45 min

In this exciting adaptation of the novel by H.G.Wells set in 1900 we join the eccentric professor Cavor (Sir Donald Sinden) and the rakish free loading Charles Bedford (James Bolam) on their extraordinary journey to the moon in a huge metal sphere resplendent with drape curtains, gentleman’s arm chairs and brass fittings.Once upon the moon’s surface they discover more than they bargained for - ... Read more

$18.55 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In this exciting adaptation of the novel by H.G.Wells set in 1900 we join the eccentric professor Cavor (Sir Donald Sinden) and the rakish free loading Charles Bedford (James Bolam) on their extraordinary journey to the moon in a huge metal sphere resplendent with drape curtains, gentleman’s arm chairs and brass fittings.Once upon the moon’s surface they discover more than they bargained for -
... Read more
Audiobook

Audiobook

Chronicle Box Set

An epic eye-witness history of the British Isles.

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Charles Dance, Dame Harriet Walter, Sir David Suchet, Dame Maureen Lipman, Timothy West, Jenny Agutter, Sir Donald Sinden, Joss Ackland, James Bolam, Robert Powell, Full Supporting Cast ...

Series Audiobook 5.0 - The Chronicle
Unabridged

11 hours 24 min

The Chronicle is an exhilarating and immersive journey through 500 years of British history, told entirely in the words of those who were there and performed in a dramatised setting.Brought to life by an award-winning all-star cast of 30 celebrated actors, including Charles Dance, Dame Harriet Walter, Sir David Suchet, Dame Maureen Lipman, Timothy West, Jenny Agutter, Sir Donald Sinden, Joss ... Read more

$58.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Chronicle is an exhilarating and immersive journey through 500 years of British history, told entirely in the words of those who were there and performed in a dramatised setting.Brought to life by an award-winning all-star cast of 30 celebrated actors, including Charles Dance, Dame Harriet Walter, Sir David Suchet, Dame Maureen Lipman, Timothy West, Jenny Agutter, Sir Donald Sinden, Joss
... Read more