Publication date: 2007-07-30
Dewey code: 813.4
RRP: £16.99
Price: £31.61
Review The Red Badge of Courage (Classic Literature With Classical Music. Classic Fiction) / Naxos AudioBooks:
Authors
- Brigit Forsyth
- Jacqueline Wilson
RRP: £20.95
Price: £20.95
Review Girls in Tears / Chivers Children's Audio Books: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.
Publication date: 1981-09-17
Price: £8.50
Review The Christmas Tree / Hamish Hamilton Ltd:
Edition: Large Print Ed
Publication date: 1997-03-01
Price: £14.99
Review The Illusionist / Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C:
Creator: Stephen Thorne
Publication date: 2002-09
RRP: £53.50
Price: £53.50
Review The Mauritius Command / Soundings:Ashore without a command-and on half pay to boot-Jack Aubrey's prayers are answered when Stephen Maturin shows up with a secret mission for him. The two men have been ordered to the Cape of Good Hope. There they hope to dislodge the French garrisons on the islands of Mauritius and La Reunion. Alas, two of their own colleagues-a dilettante and a martinet-prove to be nearly as great an obstacle as the French themselves. -Amazon. com.
Creator: Nigel Planer
Publication date: 2002-09
RRP: £45.50
Price: £45.50
Review Interesting Times (Discworld Novels) / ISIS Audio Books:Marvellous Discworld, which revolves on the backs of four great elephants and a big turtle, spins into Interesting Times, the 17th outing in Terry Pratchett's rollicking fantasy series. The gods are playing games again, and this time the mysterious Lady opposes Fate in a match of "Destinies of Nations Hanging by a Thread". -Blaise Selby.
Creator: Helen Lederer
Publication date: 2003-09-29
RRP: £37.01
Price: £37.01
Review Lola Rose / Chivers Children's Audio Books:Fortunately for Jacqueline Wilson fans, her new books seem to come along a lot more regularly than JK Rowling's do, and for this latest, fantastic bittersweet slice of life offering they should again be grateful. Lola Rose is typical Wilson-a story of normal family strife, situations and feelings bound together with extraordinarily uplifting solutions that leave the reader with a tear in their eye and a smile on their lips. Lola Rose is definitely one for her older readers, however. Jayni, her mum and little brother Kenny are forced to flee their family home when Jayni's dad starts hitting her too-as if it wasn't enough that he battered his wife about already. A desperate flight to London is made bearable when Jayni's mum wins £10,000 on a lottery scratch card and treats everybody to whatever they want. It's a chance to start again and have an adventure-and to forget. They even get to pick new names so that they can hide better. Jayni picks out "Lola Rose"-an exotic-sounding name she finds in one of the magazines she is so fond of cutting up and pasting into her scrapbooks. But the lottery money doesn't last forever and Lola's mum finds it harder than she thought being away from her husband. However, it's definitely the start of something better for everyone despite a few hiccups along the way. [+]Jacqueline Wilson is a mega-star among children's authors. Her books are consistently unputdownable and Lola Rose exemplifies her skill at stirring the emotions in an unforgettable story that is sure to win her even more accolades. (Age 12 and over) -John McLay.
Publication date: 2003-04-01
RRP: £4.99
Price: £3.71
Review Jungle Book (Tempo Childrens Classics) / Abbey Home Media:
Creator: Simon Prebble
Edition: Library ed
Publication date: 2008-12-29
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £33.49
Price: £33.49
Review Hard Times / Tantor Media, Inc:
Creator: Jill Balcon
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2002-02
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £57.95
Price: £120.20
Review The Light Years: Complete & Unabridged / Chivers Audio Books:
Creator: Richard Mitchley
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2001-05
RRP: £29.32
Price: £27.85
Review Johnny and the Dead: Complete & Unabridged (The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy) / Chivers Children's Audio Books:
Authors
- A A Milne
- Geoffrey Palmer (Eeyore)
- Steven Webb (Christopher Robin)
- Stephen Fry (Pooh)
- Finty Williams (Roo)
- Jane Horrocks (Piglet)
- Robert Daws (Rabbit)
- Sandi Toksvig (Tigger)
- Judi Dench (Kanga)
- Michael Williams (Owl)
Publication date: 1997
Review The House at Pooh Corner by A A Milne dramatised by David Benedictus / Hodder Headline Audiobooks:
Creator: John Bolen
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2009-04-06
Dewey code: 823
RRP: £10.49
Price: £10.49
Review The Valley of Fear, with EBook / Tantor Media, Inc:
Edition: New edition
Publication date: 1999-01-07
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £7.99
Price: £3.62
Review The Captains and the Kings / Headline Review:
Creator: Jonathan Kent
Edition: Library ed
Publication date: 2008-08-25
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £28.49
Price: £28.49
Review White Fang, with EBook / Tantor Media, Inc:
Creator: Shelly Frasier
Edition: Library ed
Publication date: 2003-01-01
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £42.49
Price: £35.91
Review The Scarlet Letter / Tantor Media, Inc:
Creator: Lindsay Duncan
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 2000-10
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £35.99
Price: £52.95
Review Marrying the Mistress: Complete & Unabridged / Chivers Audio Books:The court official leaned closer. "What's gone past", he said 'is not just an advocate, any old lady advocate. What's gone past is his Honour's totty". And what's going past is the life of Guy Stockdale, a 62-year-old judge, who has been married forever, has two sons-Simon and Alan-and three grandchildren. For the past seven years, he has also had a mistress; Merrion Palmer is intelligent, attractive and half Guy's age, which also makes her younger than both Simon and Alan. Her dad died when she was a toddler and she is well aware that Guy is something of a father substitute. For years the role of mistress has suited her but then, suddenly, this style of relationship isn't enough for either of them. They have both had enough of sneaking around and avoiding people, so Guy has momentously made up his mind to leave his wife Laura and marry Merrion. Marrying the Mistress dives into the shock-waves that buffet the Stockdale family after Guy leaves Laura. The novel addresses the question of how his sons are going to cope, the explosive opinions of his forthright daughter-in-law Carrie and what his teenage grandchildren make of it all. [+]Can any of them avoid taking sides? Should they? And what about the abandoned wife Laura, a woman apparently so long-sufferingly self-sacrificing she makes Mother Teresa look selfish?From queen of the aga saga Joanna Trollope comes a dexterous portrayal of the causes and effects of marital breakdown: the stresses, the battle of wills, the bitterness and personal growth, the renegotiation of relationships-and an exposure of the depths to which the moral high ground can sink. -Lisa Gee.
Creator: Lindsay Duncan
Publication date: 2004-04
RRP: £53.99
Price: £35.00
Review Brother and Sister / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:
Creator: Peter Sellers
Publication date: 1995-11-16
Price: £5.95
Review The Goon Shows: Vol 2 / Listen for Pleasure:
Creator: David Case
Edition: Library ed
Publication date: 2006-02-01
Dewey code: 843.7
RRP: £50.49
Price: £42.05
Review The Hunchback of Notre Dame / Tantor Media, Inc:
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The Red Badge of Courage (Classic Literature With Classical Music. Classic Fiction), Girls in Tears, The Christmas Tree, The Illusionist, The Mauritius Command, Interesting Times (Discworld Novels), Lola Rose, Jungle Book (Tempo Childrens Classics), Hard Times, The Light Years: Complete & Unabridged, Johnny and the Dead: Complete & Unabridged (The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy), The House at Pooh Corner by A A Milne dramatised by David Benedictus, The Valley of Fear, with EBook, The Captains and the Kings, White Fang, with EBook, The Scarlet Letter, Marrying the Mistress: Complete & Unabridged, Brother and Sister, The Goon Shows: Vol 2, The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
