Creator: Richard Mitchley
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 1996-12
RRP: £15.22
Price: £15.22
Review How to Write Really Badly: Complete & Unabridged / Chivers Children's Audio Books:
Creator: Nigel Lambert
Publication date: 1989-05
Price: £7.99
Review The Fox Busters: Complete & Unabridged (Cavalcade Story Cassettes) / Chivers Cavalcade Story Cassettes:
Creator: Judith Ivey
Publication date: 1994-08
Price: £8.99
Review Congo / Random House Audiobooks:If you saw the 1995 film adaptation of this Crichton thriller, somebody owes you an apology. While you're waiting for that to happen, try reading the vastly more intelligent novel on which the movie was based. The broad lines of the plot remain the same: A research team deep in the jungle disappears after a mysterious and grisly gorilla attack. A subsequent team, including a sign-language-speaking simian named Amy, follows the original team's tracks only to be subjected to more mysterious and grisly gorilla attacks. If you can look past the breathless treatment of 80s' technology, like voice-recognition software and 256K RAM modules (the book was written in 1980), you'll find the same smart use of science and edge-of-your-seat suspense shared by Crichton's other work. -Paul Hughes, Amazon. com.
Creator: Nigel Anthony
Edition: Abridged
Publication date: 1995-04
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £9.99
Price: £0.01
Review Justine (Modern Classics) / Naxos AudioBooks:
Publication date: 1999-01
Price: £12.99
Review Under Milk Wood: Richard Burton & All Welsh Cast / Argo:
Publication date: 1998-04-30
RRP: £9.00
Price: £0.01
Review Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing: Complete & Unabridged (Radio Collection) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:Passed on from babysitters to their young charges, from big sisters to little brothers and from parents to children, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and its cousins (Superfudge, Fudge-a-mania, and Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great) have entertained children since they first appeared in the early 1970s. The books follow Peter Hatcher, his little brother Fudgie, baby sister Tootsie, their neighbour Sheila Tubman, and various pets and minor characters through New York City and on treks to suburbs and camps. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is the first of these entertaining yarns. Peter, because he's the oldest, must deal with Fudgie's disgusting cuteness, his constant meddling with Peter's stuff, and other grave offences, one of which is almost too much to bear. All these incidents are presented with the unfailing ear and big-hearted humour of the masterful Judy Blume. Though some of her books for older kids have aroused controversy, the Hatcher brothers and their adventures remain above the fray, where they belong. (Peter's in fourth grade, so the book is suitable for children ages 8 and older. ).
Creator: Simon Callow
Edition: Abridged edition
Publication date: 2000-08-31
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £8.99
Price: £7.13
Review Jeeves in the Offing / Penguin Audiobooks:Written in 1960, Jeeves In The Offing finds PG Wodehouse's best-loved characters on as fine form as ever. With Jeeves on holiday, Bertie Wooster accepts an invitation to Brinkley Court, where he hopes to pass a few pleasant days. However, there is little time to relax when the visit turns out to involve Bertie's ex-headmaster, a former fiancée, an eccentric playboy, and a purloined cow-shaped creamer. Bertie struggles to master the situation, but soon enough he needs to call for the assistance of his butler. The supremely competent Jeeves saves the day as usual, able to assess any situation in a moment and dispense the appropriate advice. He guides his employer safely through numerous trials, with a great deal of humour derived from the very triviality of the obstacles which must be overcome, as well as the comic ways in which the difficulties are resolved. Simon Callow's reading captures the characters' nuances perfectly-the Butler's "Very good, sir" and "Indeed, sir" (for example) have just the right measure of professional respectfulness, studied disinterest, and a slightly superior air. As with the other cassettes in the Penguin series, Jeeves In The Offing provides a wonderful rendition of Wodehouse's expertly-crafted material. -John Oates.
Publication date: 1999-09-02
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £9.99
Price: £0.01
Review Second to None / Random House Audiobooks:
Creator: Paul Scofield
Edition: Abridged Ed
Publication date: 1992-05-21
RRP: £8.99
Price: £14.99
Review Nicholas Nickleby / HarperCollins Audio:
Creator: Nigel Planer
Edition: Abridged Ed
Publication date: 1998-09-24
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.70
Review Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog / Penguin Audiobooks:
Creator: Tim Pigott-Smith
Publication date: 2005-03-28
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £13.00
Price: £0.01
Review The Triumph of the Sun / Macmillan Audio Books:
Creator: Tim McInnerny
Edition: Abridged Ed
Publication date: 1998-11-02
Dewey code: 817
RRP: £24.99
Price: £15.60
Review The Blackadder Collection (BBC Radio Collection) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:
Creator: Nigel Lambert
Publication date: 1997-09-30
Price: £8.99
Review Find the White Horse: Complete & Unabridged / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:
Publication date: 2001-10-01
RRP: £32.99
Price: £8.46
Review A Box of Bennetts: Four Acclaimed Alan Bennett Works: Selected Non-fiction: Four Acclaimed Alan Bennett Works (BBC Radio Collection) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:
Creator: Simon Callow
Edition: Abridged Ed
Publication date: 2001-07-26
Price: £7.65
Review Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves / Penguin Audiobooks:
Publication date: 2000-07-06
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.25
Review Chocolat / Hodder & Stoughton Audio Books:I hear our M'sieur le Curé already has it in for you. Does he know you're a witch? Lansquenet-sous-Tannes-"a blip on the fast road between Toulouse and Bourdeaux"-and new home to Vianne Rocher, her six-year-old daughter Anouk, and Anouk's "imaginary" rabbit, Pantoufle. They arrive "on the wind of the carnival", and, a couple of days later, Vianne opens a luxuriant chocolate shop. "La Céleste Praline" bubbles over with the most tempting of confections, topped with an irresistible selection of rich, smooth chocolate drinks. It's Lent, the shop is opposite the church (which Vianne and Anouk don't attend) it's open on Sundays and Francis Reynaud, the austere parish priest with the "measuring, feline look" is not exactly happy. As one by one the villagers sidle into the shop to sample Vianne's concoctions, we learn of their characters and secrets, their loves and desires, their troubles and hopes. Sad, polite Guillame and his dying dog. Shoplifting, beaten Joséphine Muscat. [+]And Armande Voizin, still vigorous and perceptive in her 80s, who can see Pantoufle, and recognises Vianne for who she really is. But Reynaud has his power base. And when Vianne advertises a Grand Festival of Chocolate to start on Easter Sunday, it's all-out war. War between church and chocolate. Read clearly and precisely by Samantha Bond-whose voice is almost choclatey enough for Vianne-and Gareth Armstrong - who sounds marginally too rich for Reynaud-this is an elegant adaptation of an utterly delicious novel, the denouement of which brings a new, literal meaning to the phrase "a sticky end", and which proves, indisputably, that soft centres are best. -Lisa Gee.
Publication date: 2000-11-06
RRP: £32.99
Price: £23.97
Review A Box of Bennetts: Selected Fiction: Four Acclaimed Alan Bennett Works (BBC Radio Collection) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:
Publication date: 2003-04-01
Price: £4.00
Review The Secret Garden (Tempo Childrens Classics) / Abbey Home Media:
Publication date: 1997-08-07
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.50
Review The House at Pooh Corner: Starring Judi Dench & Cast (Winnie the Pooh) / Hodder Children's Books:
Creator: Brian Bowles
Edition: Abridged Ed
Publication date: 1998-10-29
RRP: £4.99
Price: £18.99
Review Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Puffin Audiobooks) / Penguin Children's Audiobooks:
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How to Write Really Badly: Complete & Unabridged, The Fox Busters: Complete & Unabridged (Cavalcade Story Cassettes), Congo, Justine (Modern Classics), Under Milk Wood: Richard Burton & All Welsh Cast, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing: Complete & Unabridged (Radio Collection), Jeeves in the Offing, Second to None, Nicholas Nickleby, Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog, The Triumph of the Sun, The Blackadder Collection (BBC Radio Collection), Find the White Horse: Complete & Unabridged, A Box of Bennetts: Four Acclaimed Alan Bennett Works: Selected Non-fiction: Four Acclaimed Alan Bennett Works (BBC Radio Collection), Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, Chocolat, A Box of Bennetts: Selected Fiction: Four Acclaimed Alan Bennett Works (BBC Radio Collection), The Secret Garden (Tempo Childrens Classics), The House at Pooh Corner: Starring Judi Dench & Cast (Winnie the Pooh), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Puffin Audiobooks) |
