Publication date: 2008-07-10
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.70
Review Alice Through the Looking Glass (BBC Children's Classics) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:
Creator: Miriam Margolyes
Publication date: 1996-11-04
Dewey code: 817
RRP: £5.00
Price: £3.98
Review Blackadder's Christmas Carol: Includes Comic Relief Blackadder - The Cavalier Years (BBC Radio Collection) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:
Publication date: 2007-09-06
RRP: £12.98
Price: £7.33
Review James and the Giant Peach / Puffin Audiobooks:
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:
Publication date: 2004-08-16
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £17.99
Price: £11.99
Review Sherlock Holmes, Adventures of: v. 2 (Radio Collection) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:
Creator: Martin Freeman
Publication date: 2006-06-02
RRP: £16.99
Price: £6.99
Review The Restaurant at the End of the Universe / Macmillan Audio Books:
Creator: Juliet Stevenson
Edition: Abridged
Publication date: 2004-11-30
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £10.99
Price: £4.46
Review To the Lighthouse (Modern Classics) / Naxos AudioBooks:
Creator: Brigit Forsyth
Publication date: 2004-07-19
RRP: £9.00
Price: £6.10
Review Girls in Tears: Complete & Unabridged (BBC Cover to Cover) / Cover to Cover Cassettes Ltd:Jacqueline Wilson's Girls In Tears is the fourth instalment in her successful Girls series, following the lives and loves of three buddies-Ellie, Magda and Nadine-each very different but each bound by an absolute bond of friendship. As ever, things are not running so smoothly for the girls. Ellie's romance is on its last legs, thanks to a persistent boyfriend, Nadine is "in love" with a boy she met on the Internet and is planning to go and meet him despite the other girls' insistence that things may not be quite as they seem, and Magda's hamster has died, leaving her less than happy with her friends' response to her grief. Each of them is shedding tears (rivers of them, in fact) and none of them can quite get to grips with the idea that their all-time best mates seem to be so absorbed in their own problems that communication between them is fast breaking down. Jacqueline Wilson, award-winning queen of tell-it-as-it-is children's literature, hits the teen spot with this straightforward, highly enjoyable novel, adding further flesh to the bones of the characters her loyal readers will have come to love in Girls In Love, Girls Under Pressure and Girls Out Late. She tackles the everyday issues that really count (school, boys, family life, friendship, bad hair, imperfect bodies. [+]) perfectly capturing the raw emotions her characters endure through their daily lives, while telling a darn good story that will leave readers asking, "How soon can we read the next one?". Age 11 and over. -Susan Harrison.
Creator: Adjoa Andoh
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-05-15
RRP: £16.99
Price: £8.97
Review The Lollipop Shoes / Corgi Audio:
Publication date: 2006-09-07
RRP: £4.99
Price: £0.80
Review Piglet Meets a Heffalump (Winnie the Pooh) / Hodder Children's Books:
Creator: Bernard Cribbins
Publication date: 2002-05-07
RRP: £5.00
Price: £2.64
Review Sophie's Tom (Cover to Cover) / Cover to Cover Cassettes Ltd:
Creator: Marcella Riordan
Publication date: 1998-10-31
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £19.99
Price: £10.71
Review Finnegans Wake (Modern Classics) / Naxos AudioBooks:
Creator: Joanna David
Edition: New title
Publication date: 2005-05-05
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.09
Review Danny the Champion of the World / Puffin Audiobooks:
Publication date: 2004-10-07
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £14.99
Price: £5.00
Review Charlotte Gray / Random House Audiobooks:
Creator: James Saxon
Publication date: 2008-03-06
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.95
Review Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Puffin Audiobooks:
Creator: Freda Dowie
Edition: Abridged
Publication date: 1995-11
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £10.99
Price: £8.85
Review Silas Marner (Classic fiction) / Naxos AudioBooks:
Publication date: 2007-09-06
RRP: £14.99
Price: £7.64
Review The Importance of Being Earnest / Hodder & Stoughton:
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 2006-08-07
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.18
Review Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (BBC Audio) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:
Publication date: 2003-10-06
RRP: £9.00
Price: £4.35
Review Midnight / Cover to Cover Cassettes Ltd:Jacqueline Wilson's magical talent for writing novels for children of all ages that can brighten, sadden and enlighten all at the same time is legendary. Midnight is a shining example of that gift and is an unforgettable story about friendship, adoration and sibling worship. Wilson's subjects are always close at heart, her characters lovably flawed, but her endings are reassuringly uplifting. It is the arrival of the intoxicatingly popular Jasmine, the daughter of a famous actor, at Violet's school that has impacted most on her life of late. Forever in the spell of her controlling and mesmerising older brother Will, Violet needs something to change for her. Will has discovered a shocking secret about his past that is making his behaviour even more strange and dangerous. His dreaded games of Truth or Dare often leave Violet's nerves in tatters. Will is distant, but Jasmine seems genuinely interested in her and her love of fairies. They even both like Casper Dream-the author of several popular fairy novels. But Violet can't keep Jasmine away from her house forever and when Will and Jasmine get together and apparently exclude Violet-she can think of only one person who can help her. [+]so she sets off by herself to find her favourite author. Wilson's characters are no doubt agonisingly created, but seem effortlessly real and engaging-no wonder they've been adored by over 10-million readers since she first began writing for taunted teens and younger readers. Midnight is perhaps a slightly more subtle novel than is usual, tackling lots of different, overlapping themes at once and even touching on her own life-as demonstrated by the influence of the writer in the story, Casper Dream. This is another winning read. (Recommended for ages 10 and over. ) -John McLay.
Creator: Tim Pigott-Smith
Publication date: 2003-05-19
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £15.99
Price: £9.15
Review Vagabond / HarperCollins Audio:Vagabond, the second entry in the "Grail Quest" sequence, has been eagerly anticipated by those who read the first book, and it doesn't disappoint. Thomas has managed to survive the battle of Crécy. Still nursing his wounds, he is dispatched by the king on a mission to look into the matter of his father's inheritance, which is obscurely connected to the Holy Grail. This most precious relic of the Christian faith is a much sought-after object, offering the power of total victory in war to its owner. But Thomas finds himself in the middle of a battle against an army invading the North of England, and other shadowy forces pursuing the grail are prepared to slaughter anyone who stands in their way. In the ruins of his birthplace, Thomas discovers more about his father, and a dangerous voyage to France brings him up against his cousin and arch-enemy, Count of Astarc Guy Vexville. The stage is set for a merciless showdown. Thomas is a protagonist drawn quite as pithily as his much-loved predecessor, and the sheer verve of Cornwell's storytelling here is irresistible. We are plunged into a distant age: bloody, colourful and dangerous. Roll on, volume three! -Barry Forshaw.
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