Creator: Tony Robinson
Publication date: 2006-09-28
RRP: £14.99
Price: £8.56
Review Wintersmith / Random House Children's Books:
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 2005-07-18
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £17.99
Price: £10.00
Review The Return of Sherlock Holmes: v. 3 (BBC Audio) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:
Creator: Tony Robinson
Publication date: 2006-10-23
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £14.99
Price: £8.55
Review Eric (Discworld Series) / Corgi Audio:
Creator: Stephen Fry
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2003-11-03
RRP: £9.98
Price: £4.87
Review More About Paddington: Complete & Unabridged / Collins Audio:
Creator: Tony Robinson
Publication date: 2005-07-04
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £14.99
Price: £9.44
Review Reaper Man (Discworld) / Corgi Audio:
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2008-04-01
Dewey code: 823
RRP: £16.99
Price: £7.70
Review The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Volume 2: v. 2 (Complete Classics) / Naxos AudioBooks:
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 1988-09-29
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £7.99
Price: £2.97
Review How Many Miles to Babylon? / Penguin Books Ltd:
Creator: Spike Milligan
Publication date: 2002-09-02
Dewey code: 817
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.99
Review The Goon Show Classics: Fear of Wages/The Nadger Plague/The Great British Revolution/The Sahara Desert Salute Vol 20 (BBC Radio Collection) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:
Publication date: 2007-03-08
RRP: £16.99
Price: £10.36
Review Far from the Madding Crowd / Hodder & Stoughton:
Creator: Eric Idle
Publication date: 2007-09-06
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.89
Review Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator / Puffin Books:
Creator: Toby Longworth
Edition: Abridged
Publication date: 2008-01-31
RRP: £17.99
Price: £2.98
Review Matter / Hachette Audio:
Creator: Anton Lesser
Edition: Abridged
Publication date: 1998-03-31
RRP: £10.99
Price: £4.26
Review The Happy Prince and Other Tales (Junior Classics) / Naxos AudioBooks:
Creator: Eric Idle
Publication date: 2007-09-06
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.89
Review Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator / Puffin Books:
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 2006-08-07
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.20
Review Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (BBC Audio) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:
Creator: Brian Wright
Publication date: 2005-10
RRP: £9.99
Price: £9.99
Review My Life and Times: The Autobiography of Jerome K Jerome / Crimson Cats:
Creator: Stephen Fry
Publication date: 2002-10-21
RRP: £59.99
Price: £45.00
Review Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4 - Unabridged 18 Audio CD Set) / Cover to Cover Cassettes Ltd:Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire CD Set tells the story of Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 18 CDs. The audio book is also available in two volumes, Part 1 and Part 2, each containing 9 CDs. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the long-awaited, heavily hyped fourth instalment of a phenomenally successful series that has captured the imagination of millions of readers, young and old, across the globe. For J K Rowling the pressure is certainly on to continue to come up with thrilling, pacey storylines that allow her hero to mature into a young man without detracting from the magical secret that has made Harry into a superstar. In this book, the teenage Harry has a certain gawky charm that fits well with his advancing adolescence. As the story moves on, Harry too moves on to a new level of maturity that leaves the reader wondering how he will learn from his experiences, and liking him all the more as a character. Once returned to Hogwarts after his summer holiday with the dreadful Dursleys and an extraordinary outing to the Quidditch World Cup, the 14-year-old Harry and his fellow pupils are enraptured by the promise of the Triwizard Tournament: an ancient, ritualistic tournament that brings Hogwarts together with two other schools of wizardry-Durmstrang and Beauxbatons-in heated competition. But when Harry's name is pulled from the Goblet of Fire, and he is chosen to champion Hogwarts in the tournament, the trouble really begins. Still reeling from the effects of a terrifying nightmare that has left him shaken, and with the lightning-shaped scar on his head throbbing with pain (a sure sign that the evil Voldemort, Harry's sworn enemy, is close), Harry becomes at once the most popular boy in school. Yet, despite his fame, he is totally unprepared for the furore that follows. [+]This is a hefty volume: 636 pages, of which probably at least 200 could have been cut without detracting from the story. The weight and complexity of the book is perhaps a hint that Rowling now has her eye sharply focused on her adult audience, and the average child-reader (particularly one who is coming to Harry Potter for the first time) may well find its girth daunting. Rowling's ironic and pointed observations on tabloid journalism and the nature of media hype is just one of the references littered through the book that will tickle the grown-ups but may well fly over the heads of her young fans. However, after a slow start, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire really starts to sparkle halfway through with Rowling's familiar magic (and yes, there is a death-sudden and tragic-and yes, Harry does start to notice girls). The crux of this story, however, is Harry's gradual coming-of-age and his handling of the increasingly determined threats to his own life. This book is pivotal, not just for the author for whom the heat is well and truly on, but for Harry and his readers who, by the last chapter, are left in little doubt that there is much more to come. (Ages 10 to adult) -Susan Harrison.
Creator: et al
Publication date: 2007-08-23
RRP: £5.95
Price: £5.95
Review The Return of the Native (Classic Radio Drama Series) / CSA WORD:
Creator: Stephen Fry
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2003-11-03
RRP: £9.98
Price: £4.87
Review More About Paddington: Complete & Unabridged / Collins Audio:
Creator: Tony Robinson
Publication date: 2006-10-23
RRP: £14.99
Price: £6.39
Review Hogfather / Corgi Audio:
Creator: Teresa Gallagher
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2006-09
Dewey code: 823.8
RRP: £85.00
Price: £50.84
Review Bleak House (Classic Fiction) / Naxos AudioBooks:
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