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Agrippa

A Novel of Ancient Rome's Descent into Dictatorship

by Robert Harris ...

Narrated by Robert Harris, Simon Russell Beale ...

Unabridged

9 hours 50 min

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • From the #1 internationally bestselling author of Conclave and Dictator, a gripping tale of ancient Rome’s descent into dictatorship“Thrilling. . . . Agrippa is a swift-paced romp. . . . Politics may be ‘a filthy business,’ as Agrippa observes, but in the hands of Mr. Harris, it is a drama of endless interest.” —The Wall Street Journal**He was ... Read more

$23.00 USD

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • From the #1 internationally bestselling author of Conclave and Dictator, a gripping tale of ancient Rome’s descent into dictatorship“Thrilling. . . . Agrippa is a swift-paced romp. . . . Politics may be ‘a filthy business,’ as Agrippa observes, but in the hands of Mr. Harris, it is a drama of endless interest.” —The Wall Street Journal**He was
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The Charioteer

A Virago Modern Classic

by Mary Renault ...

Narrated by Joe Jameson ...

Series Audiobook 323 - Virago Modern Classics
Unabridged

14 hours 47 min

'The Charioteer remains compelling both as a snapshot of a particular - and particularly fascinating - cultural moment, and as a deeply romantic story of love fulfilled against the odds. It has all those qualities that make Mary Renault so memorable as a novelist: craft, subtlety, intelligence, and a terrific natural sympathy with the intricacies of honour and desire' SARAH WATERS'An explosive and ... Read more

$31.99 USD

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'The Charioteer remains compelling both as a snapshot of a particular - and particularly fascinating - cultural moment, and as a deeply romantic story of love fulfilled against the odds. It has all those qualities that make Mary Renault so memorable as a novelist: craft, subtlety, intelligence, and a terrific natural sympathy with the intricacies of honour and desire' SARAH WATERS'An explosive and
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On America's Prison Industrial Complex

by Russell Simons ...

Narrated by Dylan Ratigan ...

Unabridged

1 hour 23 min

Music mogul Russell Simmons talks with MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan about the prison industrial complex turning America’s prisons into a for profit industry. Simmons cites the legal bribery, where lobbyists pay politicians to keep non-violent criminals locked up, as just one example the harmful effect money has on politics. ... Read more

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Music mogul Russell Simmons talks with MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan about the prison industrial complex turning America’s prisons into a for profit industry. Simmons cites the legal bribery, where lobbyists pay politicians to keep non-violent criminals locked up, as just one example the harmful effect money has on politics.
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Michael Frayn: A BBC Radio Drama Collection

Nine Full-Cast Productions including Copenhagen

by Michael Frayn ...

Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, Greta Scacchi, Simon Russell Beale, Dawn French, Samuel West, Dinsdale Landen, Penelope Wilton, Martin Jarvis, Harriet Walters, Deborah Findley ...

Unabridged

12 hours 24 min

Original plays and dramatisations from the award-winning novelist and playwright, plus bonus documentary Viewing the Century: Michael FraynA renowned playwright, novelist, journalist, memoirist and translator, Michael Frayn has had a varied and prolific literary career spannning over seven decades. His play Noises Off was one of the 20th century’s most beloved and successful plays, and he has been ... Read more

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Original plays and dramatisations from the award-winning novelist and playwright, plus bonus documentary Viewing the Century: Michael FraynA renowned playwright, novelist, journalist, memoirist and translator, Michael Frayn has had a varied and prolific literary career spannning over seven decades. His play Noises Off was one of the 20th century’s most beloved and successful plays, and he has been
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Simon Russell Beale on Cassius

Performing Shakespeare

by Simon Russell Beale, Julian Curry ...

Series Book 0 - Shakespeare On Stage
Simon Russell Beale discusses playing Cassius in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in this ebook taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2 - Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles.In each volume of the Shakespeare On Stage series, a leading actor takes us behind the scenes of a landmark Shakespearean production, recreating in detail their memorable performance in a major role. They lead us through ... Read more

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Simon Russell Beale discusses playing Cassius in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in this ebook taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2 - Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles.In each volume of the Shakespeare On Stage series, a leading actor takes us behind the scenes of a landmark Shakespearean production, recreating in detail their memorable performance in a major role. They lead us through
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Hamlet

by William Shakespeare, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright ...

Narrated by Simon Russell Beale, Imogen Stubbs, a full cast, Bob Peck, Jane Lapotaire, Norman Rodway ...

Series series The Arkangel Shakespeare Collection
Unabridged

3 hours 25 min

Shakespeare’s most famous play is one of the greatest stories in the literature of the world.Distressed by his father’s death and his mother’s over-hasty remarriage, Hamlet, prince of Denmark is faced by a specter from beyond the grave bearing a grim message of murder and revenge. The young prince is driven to the edge of madness by his struggle to understand the situation he finds himself in and ... Read more

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Shakespeare’s most famous play is one of the greatest stories in the literature of the world.Distressed by his father’s death and his mother’s over-hasty remarriage, Hamlet, prince of Denmark is faced by a specter from beyond the grave bearing a grim message of murder and revenge. The young prince is driven to the edge of madness by his struggle to understand the situation he finds himself in and
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Richard III: Arden Performance Edition

by William Shakespeare, Simon Russell Beale, Dr Abigail Rokison-Woodall ...

Series series Arden Performance Editions
Richard III is one of Shakespeare's enduring villains as the troubled and troubling figure at the heart of this popular succession drama. Traversing the familiar terrain of scheming plots, proposals, betrayals and kingly power, this edition is presented in an easy to read format with notes for performance and rehearsal by directors and actors. It is edited by academic and director, Abigail Rokison ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Richard III is one of Shakespeare's enduring villains as the troubled and troubling figure at the heart of this popular succession drama. Traversing the familiar terrain of scheming plots, proposals, betrayals and kingly power, this edition is presented in an easy to read format with notes for performance and rehearsal by directors and actors. It is edited by academic and director, Abigail Rokison
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A Piece of Work

Playing Shakespeare and Other Stories

by Simon Russell Beale ...

Simon Russell Beale is one of Britain's most recognisable and well-loved actors. He has played many roles on stage, film, television and radio - ranging from Winston Churchill to Stalin, George Smiley to King Arthur. But ever since his appearance at school as a glamorous Desdemona, complete with false eyelashes that rendered him half-blind, he has been captivated by Shakespeare.In A Piece of Work, ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Simon Russell Beale is one of Britain's most recognisable and well-loved actors. He has played many roles on stage, film, television and radio - ranging from Winston Churchill to Stalin, George Smiley to King Arthur. But ever since his appearance at school as a glamorous Desdemona, complete with false eyelashes that rendered him half-blind, he has been captivated by Shakespeare.In A Piece of Work,
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The Tempest

by William Shakespeare, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright ...

Narrated by Jennifer Ehle, Adrian Lester, a full cast, Bob Peck, Simon Russell Beale, Jamie Glover ...

Series series The Arkangel Shakespeare Collection
Unabridged

2 hours 11 min

This haunting drama of vengeance and forgiveness crowns the group of tragicomic romances that Shakespeare composed at the end of his career. Sometimes read as his farewell to the stage, the play contains some of Shakespeare's most lyrical verse.Prospero, wise Duke of Milan, has been deposed by Antonio, his wicked brother, and exiled with his daughter Miranda to a mysterious island. But Prospero ... Read more

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This haunting drama of vengeance and forgiveness crowns the group of tragicomic romances that Shakespeare composed at the end of his career. Sometimes read as his farewell to the stage, the play contains some of Shakespeare's most lyrical verse.Prospero, wise Duke of Milan, has been deposed by Antonio, his wicked brother, and exiled with his daughter Miranda to a mysterious island. But Prospero
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Karla's Choice

A John le Carré Novel

by Nick Harkaway ...

Narrated by Nick Harkaway, Simon Russell Beale ...

Unabridged

10 hours 42 min

The instant international bestseller set in the world of John le Carré's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by acclaimed novelist Nick HarkawayIt is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West’s spy war against the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only for a more peaceful life. And indeed, with his marriage more secure than ever, there is a ... Read more

$22.50 USD

The instant international bestseller set in the world of John le Carré's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by acclaimed novelist Nick HarkawayIt is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West’s spy war against the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only for a more peaceful life. And indeed, with his marriage more secure than ever, there is a
... Read more
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The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

by John le Carré, Robert Forest ...

Narrated by Brian Cox, Full Cast, Ruth Gemmell, Simon Russell Beale ...

Unabridged

2 hours 49 min

George Smiley is one of the most brilliantly realised characters in British fiction. Bespectacled, tubby, eternally middle-aged and deceptively ordinary, he has a mind like a steel trap and is said to possess ‘the cunning of Satan and the conscience of a virgin’. It is 1962: the height of the Cold War and only months after the building of the Berlin Wall. Alec Leamas is a hard-working, hard ... Read more

$18.99 USD

George Smiley is one of the most brilliantly realised characters in British fiction. Bespectacled, tubby, eternally middle-aged and deceptively ordinary, he has a mind like a steel trap and is said to possess ‘the cunning of Satan and the conscience of a virgin’. It is 1962: the height of the Cold War and only months after the building of the Berlin Wall. Alec Leamas is a hard-working, hard
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The Complete George Smiley Radio Dramas

BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatization

by John le Carré ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Simon Russell Beale ...

Unabridged

18 hours 59 min

The complete collection of acclaimed BBC Radio dramas based on John le Carre's bestselling novels, starring Simon Russell Beale as George Smiley.With a star cast including Kenneth Cranham, Eleanor Bron, Brian Cox, Ian MacDiarmid, Anna Chancellor, Hugh Bonneville and Lindsay Duncan, these enthralling dramatisations perfectly capture the atmosphere of le Carre's taut, thrilling spy novels.Call for ... Read more

$21.99 USD

The complete collection of acclaimed BBC Radio dramas based on John le Carre's bestselling novels, starring Simon Russell Beale as George Smiley.With a star cast including Kenneth Cranham, Eleanor Bron, Brian Cox, Ian MacDiarmid, Anna Chancellor, Hugh Bonneville and Lindsay Duncan, these enthralling dramatisations perfectly capture the atmosphere of le Carre's taut, thrilling spy novels.Call for
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