Publication date: 2007-07-30
Dewey code: 813.4
RRP: £16.99
Price: £33.99
Review The Red Badge of Courage (Classic Literature With Classical Music. Classic Fiction) / Naxos AudioBooks:
Publication date: 1988-01-01
Review Fool's Sanctuary / Penguin USA (Paper):
Creator: Nigel Planer
Edition: Abridged Ed
Publication date: 2000-10-19
RRP: £9.99
Price: £20.00
Review Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years / Penguin Audiobooks:Adrian Mole is balding, he's bitter and he's back, this time aged 30¼. Working at the Hoi Polloy restaurant, Soho, where a typical menu includes: Heinz Tomato Soup, (with white bread floaters) Grey Lamb Chops Boiled Cabbage avec Dan Quayle Potatoes Dark Brown onion gravy Spotted Dick à la Clinton Bird's Eye Custard Cheddar Cheese, Cream Crackers Nescafé After Eight Mint he is spotted by a cable TV producer and ends up starring in a celebrity chef show celebrating offal. Though he may be older he is certainly no wiser, still passing his time by dreaming of Pandora (now a shining star in Tony Blair's New Government) after his marriage to a Nigerian beauty ends in tatters. But underneath the layers of experience and sophistication, fans of the Mole family will find the same dysfunctional mess that made Adrian's Secret Diary an instant bestseller-his young son is being brought up by his mother in Ashby-de-la- Zouch, his 16-year-old sister leaves home to live with her multiply pierced boyfriend and his father is bed- bound with manic depression. Adrian still makes constant lists of juvenile neuroses and concentrates on his penis activity to an unhealthy extent (it is when it reaches 0/10 he realises something has to be done). Townsend's trademark acerbic wit is still much in evidence; Zippo kissed my mother's hand and complimented her on the shirt she was wearing. 'Is it Vivienne Westwood?' he murmered. 'No', she muttered back. 'It's BhS'. 'You clever thing', he crooned. [+]it is only the frames of reference that have changed. Occasionally verging on the corny ("I arrived at the Brent Cross shopping centre car-park, to find that my car had been towed away five days ago and was in a police compound somewhere in Purley. A £25 cab ride took me to the Purley gates …") true Mole fanatics will forgive Townsend her occasional excesses for the numerous laugh-out-loud moments that punctuate Adrian's existence as he blunders on towards middle age. Accessible, amusing and appealing, The Cappuccino Years see an Adrian who has survived the Growing Pains; thought better of True Confessions; is out of the Wilderness Years and is facing the only really important question that remains: Is Viagra cheating? -Lucie Naylor.
Publication date: 1995-09
RRP: £14.99
Price: £36.87
Review The Illusionist / Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd:
Creator: Peter Wickham
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2000-04-01
RRP: £57.50
Price: £59.49
Review Cross of Fire / ISIS Audio Books:
Creator: Miriam Margolyes
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2002-03
Dewey code: 813
Price: £39.95
Review According to Queeney: Complete & Unabridged / Chivers Audio Books:In According to Queeney, a bold, often ribald and moving invention, Beryl Bainbridge takes the extravagant figure of Samuel Johnson, 18th-century scholar and wit, and brings his last 20 years to rumbustious life through the blunt and mocking observations of his mistress's firstborn daughter Queeney. Hurtling her readers into small and great events in the company of Garrick and Goldsmith, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Fanny Burney and Boswell, the years spin by. Johnson's wearisomely quarrelling household in Johnson's Court draws him increasingly to the sublime excesses of Streatham Court, presided over by his adored Mrs Thrale (whose wifely duties include poultices to testicles). This odd ménage is gossiped about and gawked at as child births and deaths, comeuppances and flirtations, swallowed buttons and skirmishes on staircases reveal as well as obscure unpalatable shifts of affection to the ageing Johnson and the composed but outraged Queeney. Bainbridge's handling of the troubled, demanding and contrite Johnson and of Queeney, first as child observer and then as reluctant adult correspondent, are especially vivid, quirky and captivating. And this creation of sheer delight is underlayed by a delicate attention to the vulnerabilities of the human heart. -Ruth Petrie.
Creator: Jennifer Van Dyck
Edition: MP3 Una
Publication date: 2008-04-22
Dewey code: 813.54
RRP: £25.76
Price: £12.89
Review Quicksand (Eve Duncan Forensics Thrillers) / Brilliance Audio:
Edition: Large print e.
Publication date: 1997-11
Price: £7.99
Review Illusionist, The (Camden S.) / Chivers P.:
Creator: J. T. Lindholm
Publication date: 1997-01
Dewey code: 904
RRP: £8.91
Price: £12.95
Review Adventure at the Bottom of the World: Adventure at the Top of the World / Paws IV Pub:
Creator: William Dufris
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 1999-11
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £35.50
Price: £72.95
Review The Maltese Falcon / ISIS Audio Books:
Creator: Frank Muller
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 1998-03-16
Price: £15.99
Review Ambush at Fort Bragg: Unabridged (BBC Radio Collection) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:In Tom Wolfe's audio-only Ambush at Fort Bragg, no one escapes the author's satiric barbs. The doughy, rumpled network producer of a hard-hitting 60 Minutes-style TV show dreams of fame, while the limelight always shines instead on the tough-as-nails blonde investigative reporter in the perfect silk blouse with every hair always in place. The TV team, in their zeal to get the story, entrap a trio of skinhead gay-bashers by having an exotic dancer (with the pitch-perfect name Lola Thong) lure them into a trailer, where hidden TV cameras capture their unwitting confessions. As usual, Wolfe makes it impossible to predict where your sympathies will land. Actor Edward Norton gives a delicious reading, especially in capturing the North Carolina drawls of the guilty men.
Publication date: 1999-03-01
Price: £15.99
Review Personal Effects / Listen for Pleasure:
Edition: n.e.
Publication date: 1982-10-28
Price: £1.50
Review Christmas Tree / Fontana:
Creator: Brigit Forsyth
Publication date: 2003-12-31
RRP: £24.62
Price: £24.62
Review Girls in Love / Chivers Children's Audio Books:Girls in Love is the first title (followed by Girls Under Pressure) in a trilogy for older readers (young teens) by award-winning author Jacqueline Wilson. Already an immensely popular author of books for younger readers (Bad Girls, The Suitcase Kid and Double Act) with Girls in Love Jacqueline Wilson shows she's sure to be equally popular with girls in their early teens. As well as the boyfriend problem, this hilariously entertaining novel touches on the deeper pains associated with the loss of a parent and coming to terms with a new step-parent. Ellie, Magda and Nadine are determined to explore the, as yet uncharted, country of the boyfriend. When best friend Nadine gets a boyfriend, Ellie finds herself saying that she's got one too. Trouble is, he's the too young, too nerdy and too ugly boy who fell in love with her during her boring holiday in Wales. But when Nadine's dishy boyfriend starts causing trouble we see just how important girlfriends are and just how lucky Ellie is to have found a boy who is really her friend. An amusing and delightful read by someone who clearly knows what she's writing about. -Tamsin Palmer.
Creator: Martin Jarvis
Publication date: 2004-01
RRP: £39.95
Price: £41.93
Review Spies / Chivers Audio Books:
Publication date: 1973-01-18
Price: £8.50
Review The Gates / Hamish Hamilton Ltd:
Authors
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Arthur Conan Doyle
Edition: Abridged
Publication date: 2007-07-30
Dewey code: 813
Price: £10.99
Review Four Short Stories : The Horror of the Heights, The Terror of Blue John Gap, Lot No. 249, The Sealed Room (Classic Fiction) / Naxos AudioBooks:
Creator: Quentin Blake
Edition: New edition
Publication date: 2005-10-06
Price: £7.99
Review Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Book & CD) / Puffin Books:For the first time in a decade, Willy Wonka, the reclusive and eccentric chocolate maker, is opening his doors to the public-well, five members of the public, actually. The lucky five who find a Golden Ticket in their Wonka bars will receive a private tour of the factory, given by Mr Wonka himself. For young Charlie Bucket, this a dream come true. So when he finds a dollar bill in the street, he can't help but buy two Wonka's Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delights-even though his impoverished family could certainly use the extra dollar for food. But as Charlie unwraps the second chocolate bar, he sees the glimmer of gold just under the wrapper. The very next day, Charlie, along with his unworthy fellow winners Mike Teavee, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde and Augustus Gloop, steps through the factory gates to discover whether or not the rumours surrounding the Chocolate Factory and its mysterious owner are true. What they find is that the gossip can't compare to the extraordinary truth, and for Charlie, life will never be the same again. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: another unforgettable masterpiece from the legendary Roald Dahl, never fails to delight, thrill and utterly captivate. (Ages 9 to 12) -Susan Harrison For the first time in a decade, Willy Wonka, the reclusive and eccentric chocolate maker, is opening his doors to the public-well, five members of the public to be exact. The lucky five who find a Golden Ticket in their Wonka chocolate bars will receive a private tour of the factory, given by Mr Wonka himself. [+]For young Charlie Bucket, this a dream come true. So when he finds a dollar bill in the street, he can't help but buy two Wonka's Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delights-even though his impoverished family could certainly use the extra dollar for food. But as Charlie unwraps the second chocolate bar, he sees the glimmer of gold just under the wrapper! The very next day, Charlie, along with his unworthy fellow winners Mike Teavee, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde, and Augustus Gloop, steps through the factory gates to discover whether or not the rumours surrounding the Chocolate Factory and its mysterious owner are true. What they find is that the gossip can't compare to the extraordinary truth, and for Charlie, life will never be the same again. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, another unforgettable masterpiece from the legendary Roald Dahl, never fails to delight, thrill and utterly captivate. (Ages 9 to 12).
Creator: Jamie Rose
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2006-04-07
Dewey code: 813.52
RRP: £25.99
Price: £6.76
Review Ride the River / Listening Library:
Creator: Bill Homewood
Publication date: 2001-09
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £19.99
Price: £21.69
Review The Three Musketeers: AND The Man in the Iron Mask (Naxos Audio) / Naxos AudioBooks:
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The Red Badge of Courage (Classic Literature With Classical Music. Classic Fiction), Fool's Sanctuary, Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years, The Illusionist, Cross of Fire, According to Queeney: Complete & Unabridged, Quicksand (Eve Duncan Forensics Thrillers), Illusionist, The (Camden S.), Adventure at the Bottom of the World: Adventure at the Top of the World, The Maltese Falcon, Ambush at Fort Bragg: Unabridged (BBC Radio Collection), Personal Effects, Christmas Tree, Girls in Love, Spies, The Gates, Four Short Stories : The Horror of the Heights, The Terror of Blue John Gap, Lot No. 249, The Sealed Room (Classic Fiction), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Book & CD), Ride the River, The Three Musketeers: AND The Man in the Iron Mask (Naxos Audio) |
