Creator: et al
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 1997-10-31
Dewey code: 780
RRP: £13.99
Price: £6.94
Review The Life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Biography) / Naxos AudioBooks:
Creator: Simon Callow
Publication date: 2003-10-02
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.83
Review London - The Biography: Districts and Suburbs / Random House Audiobooks:
Publication date: 2006-09-04
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.66
Review Alan Bennett, Untold Stories: Common Assault Pt. 4 / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:
Authors
- Tony Anthony with Angela Little
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.48
Review Taming the Tiger: From the Depths of Hell to the Heights of Glory / Authentic Media:
Publication date: 2007-06-21
RRP: £40.00
Price: £1.99
Review Forgotten Voices of the Falklands (Forgotten Voices/Falklands) / Random House Audiobooks:
Creator: Edward de Souza
Edition: Abridged
Publication date: 2007-07-30
Dewey code: 809
RRP: £10.99
Price: £18.95
Review Composers' Letters / Naxos AudioBooks:
Publication date: 2006-09-25
RRP: £14.99
Price: £9.00
Review Rio: My Story / Headline:
Publication date: 2003-01-01
RRP: £10.99
Price: £6.99
Review Beethoven Lives Upstairs (Classical Kids) / Children's Group:
Creator: Michael Prichard
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-02-10
Dewey code: 297.122
RRP: £12.49
Price: £7.87
Review The Qur'an: A Biography (Books That Changed the World) / Tantor Media, Inc:
Creator: Simon Callow
Publication date: 2003-10-02
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.16
Review London - The Biography: Trade and Enterprise / Random House Audiobooks:
Publication date: 2002-09-06
Dewey code: 301
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.90
Review Once in a House on Fire / Macmillan Audio Books:Given her start in life, it is all the more remarkable that Andrea Ashworth should have turned out to be an Oxford graduate with such a compelling memoir under her belt. Her father died when she was five, her mother was left, poor and isolated in 70s, depressed Manchester to bring up Andrea and her younger sister singlehandedly. Along comes a physically abusive stepfather who sets about dragging the young family into the pits of despair, petty crime and sordid poverty. But Ashworth writes an enchanting story that blends social history (the 70s are rendered with an acute eye for detail) with poetic intensity. She turns a child's uncomprehending gaze on the domestic horrors of working- class life when it is dominated by a vicious man and drunken, self-pitying mother. We know, as we listen with Andrea, that her mother has decided to leave her man when she puts Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" on the turntable. Unfortunately, we know, too, that she was kidding herself when said man comes home and twirls her round the front room to the sound of Motown disco. We know, because Ashworth makes us re-live her childhood by dint of her astonishing gift for storytelling. -Lilian Pizzichini.
Creator: Robert Powell
Publication date: 2001-10
RRP: £64.57
Price: £66.56
Review Elizabeth: Complete & Unabridged / Chivers Audio Books:The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, Good Queen Bess; Elizabeth I holds a unique place in the English imagination as one of the nation's most powerful, charismatic and successful monarchs. Elizabeth is usually imagined as the icy, untouchable figure memorably recreated on screen by Bette Davis and Judi Dench, but that vision of Elizabeth ignores the turbulent years of her early life, from her birth as the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in 1533, until her accession to the throne in 1558 following the death of her sister Mary. It is these early years which are the subject of David Starkey's fascinating Elizabeth I, written to accompany his television series about the life of Elizabeth. Starkey argues that in her first 25 years Elizabeth "had experienced every vicissitude of fortune and ever extreme of condition. She had been Princess and inheritrix of England, and bastard and disinherited; the nominated successor to the throne and an accused traitor on the verge of execution; showered with lands and houses and a prisoner in the Tower". He draws on his skills as a respected Tudor historian to produce a deft account of the religious, political and dynastic maelstrom of mid-16th century England that reads "like a historical thriller". The book carefully picks its way through the finer points of contemporary religious conflict and the peculiarities of Tudor court ceremony, whilst also exploring the formation of Elizabeth's character in relation to a murdered mother, a charismatic father, a tortured sister, and a predatory guardian. Highly readable and written with verve and pace, this is a fascinating account of the young Elizabeth. -Jerry Brotton.
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 2003-11-01
Dewey code: 920
Price: £14.99
Review It's a Long Way from Penny Apples / Hodder & Stoughton Audio Books:
Creator: Brian Cox
Edition: Abridged
Publication date: 2006-05
Dewey code: 920
RRP: £12.91
Price: £4.93
Review Brief Lives (Classic Nonfiction) / Naxos AudioBooks:
Publication date: 2006-11-20
RRP: £16.99
Price: £10.61
Review Mixed Fancies / Simon & Schuster Audio:
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2000-02-01
Dewey code: 809
RRP: £39.50
Price: £70.49
Review Cider with Rosie / ISIS Audio Books:
Creator: Simon Callow
Publication date: 2002-12-05
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.80
Review London - The Biography: Fire and Pestilence / Random House Audiobooks:
Creator: Bob Peck
Edition: Abridged
Publication date: 2001-03-31
Dewey code: 780
RRP: £16.99
Price: £7.99
Review The Life and Works of Beethoven (Classic Literature with Classical Music) / Naxos AudioBooks:
Publication date: 2006-11-03
RRP: £14.99
Price: £2.79
Review Just Julie / Macmillan Audio Books:
Publication date: 2003-11-30
Dewey code: 780
RRP: £19.99
Price: £11.38
Review Schubert (Life & Works) / Naxos Audiobooks:
| Models & Brands:
The Life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Biography), London - The Biography: Districts and Suburbs, Alan Bennett, Untold Stories: Common Assault Pt. 4, Taming the Tiger: From the Depths of Hell to the Heights of Glory, Forgotten Voices of the Falklands (Forgotten Voices/Falklands), Composers' Letters, Rio: My Story, Beethoven Lives Upstairs (Classical Kids), The Qur'an: A Biography (Books That Changed the World), London - The Biography: Trade and Enterprise, Once in a House on Fire, Elizabeth: Complete & Unabridged, It's a Long Way from Penny Apples, Brief Lives (Classic Nonfiction), Mixed Fancies, Cider with Rosie, London - The Biography: Fire and Pestilence, The Life and Works of Beethoven (Classic Literature with Classical Music), Just Julie, Schubert (Life & Works) |
