New and Selected Poems by Seamus Heaney

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"His is "close-up" poetry - close up to thought, to the world, to the emotions. Few writers at work today, in verse or fiction, can give the sense of rich, fecund, lived life that Heaney does." (John Banville). "More than any other poet since Wordsworth he can make us understand that the outside world i s not outside, but what we are made of." (John Carey). "Heaney's voice, by turns mythological and journalistic, rural and sophisticated, reminiscent and impatient, stern and yielding, curt and expansive, is one of a suppleness almost equal to consciousness itself." (Helen Vendler). ...Show more

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats CD by T. S. Eliot

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A delightful new recording of T.S. Eliot's beloved cat poems. Cats! Some are sane, some are mad and some are good and some are bad. Meet magical Mr Mistoffelees, sleepy Old Deuteronomy and curious Rum Tum Tugger. But you'll be lucky to meet Macavity because Macavity's not there! In 1925 T.S. Eliot bec ame co-director of Faber and Faber, who remain his publishers to this day. Throughout the 1930s, he composed the now famous poems about Macavity, Old Deuteronomy, Mr Mistoffelees and many other cats, under the name of "Old Possum". In 1981 Eliot's poems were set to music by Andrew Lloyd Webber as Cats which went on to become the longest-running Broadway musical in history. ...Show more

All the Light We Cannot See

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The Road Home : News from Lake Wobegon by Garrison (ART) Keillor

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Ted Hughes Poems for children by Ted Hughes

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Ted Hughes' poetry for children is as rich, powerful and magical as anything he wrote. This new recording consists of a collection of the children's poems of Ted Hughes, introduced and selected by acclaimed writer Michael Morpurgo, and read by both Morpurgo and actor Juliet Stevenson.

The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

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Like a car alarm, bagpipe music, or a doorbell ringing in the middle of the night, hearing this all-new audio edition of The Bad Beginning will only upset you. This unique multi-voice recording brings the first book in Lemony Snicket's alarming A Series of Unfortunate Events to such terrible life that n o one should really have to experience it. Unless you have an ear for such ghastly details as a tragic fire, a nefarious villain, itchy clothing, and cold porridge for breakfast, all narrated in chilly detail by the distinguished, and disturbed, Tim Curry with a team of talented readers, you would be better off listening to something else. Featuring Tim Curry ...Show more

Wuthering Heights - A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation by Emily Brontë; Rachel Joyce; Emma Fielding (Read by)

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Chloe Pirrie and Ben Batt star in this stunning dramatisation of Emily Brontë's classic, adapted by bestselling author Rachel Joyce When homeless orphan Heathcliff is brought to the isolated, storm-swept farmhouse of Wuthering Heights, he sparks very different emotions in the children of the house , Hindley and Cathy. While Hindley instantly hates him and makes his life miserable, Heathcliff finds a soulmate in Cathy and the two spend days playing together on the wild Yorkshire moors. Inseparable as children, passionately in love as adolescents, they are everything to each other - until Cathy meets the wealthy, handsome Edgar Linton and agrees to marry him. Consumed by jealousy and resentment, Heathcliff flees, returning three years later rich and seeking revenge. Bitter and cruel, he vows to destroy everyone who has hurt him - and his hatred and vengeance will ruin the lives of two generations before it runs its course... First published in 1847, Wuthering Heights scandalized Victorian readers with its shocking portrayal of obsession and doomed love. This radio production, dramatised by Rachel Joyce, retains all the force and intensity of Emily Brontë's masterpiece.   Cast Nelly........................Emma Fielding Young Cathy........................Rosie Boore Young Heathcliff........................Reuben Bainbridge Hindley........................Luke Bailey Mr Earnshaw........................Clive Hayward Joseph........................Philip Bretherton Frances/Mary (Servant girl)........................Lauren Cornelius Edgar/Linton (adult)........................Ryan Whittle Servant 1/Priest........................Ryan Early Servant 2........................Philip Bretherton Adult Cathy........................Chloe Pirrie Adult Heathcliff........................Ben Batt Isabella........................Kerry Gooderson Hareton........................Ruben Cryer/Tom Glynn-Carney Dr Kenneth........................Clive Hayward Linton (Young child)........................Charlie Brand Zillah (Servant)........................Georgie Glen Catherine (adult)........................Bryony Hannah Linton (Older child)........................Oliver Zetterstrom Produced and Directed by Tracey Neale Production Coordinator: Joanne Hopper Studio Managers: Cal Knightley, Anne Bunting and Jenni Burnett Approx 2 hours 20 mins on 2CDs ...Show more

Alan Bennett: Stories - Read by Alan Bennett by Alan Bennett (Read by)

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A unique collection of eight Alan Bennett stories read by the author. The titles are Uncle Clarence; The Lady in the Van; The Clothes They Stood Up In; Father Father Burning Bright; Hymn; The Laying On of Hands; The Uncommon Reader; and The Shielding of Mrs Forbes. These readings were first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1986 and 2011. Duration: approximately 13 hours. ...Show more

So, Anyway: The Autobiography audio cd

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The autobiography of a comedy giant. Candid and brilliantly funny, this is the story of how a tall, shy youth from Weston-super-Mare went on to become a self-confessed legend. En route, John Cleese describes his nerve-racking first public appearance, at St Peter's Preparatory School at the age of eight and five-sixths; his endlessly peripatetic home life with parents who seemed incapable of staying in any house for longer than six months; his first experiences in the world of work as a teacher who knew nothing about the subjects he was expected to teach; his hamster-owning days at Cambridge; and his first encounter with the man who would be his writing partner for over two decades, Graham Chapman. And so on to his dizzying ascent via scriptwriting for Peter Sellers, David Frost, Marty Feldman and others to the heights of Monty Python. Punctuated from time to time with John Cleese's thoughts on topics as diverse as the nature of comedy, the relative merits of cricket and waterskiing, and the importance of knowing the dates of all the kings and queens of England, this is a masterly performance by a former schoolmaster. ...Show more

Trace - Who Killed Maria James? Audio by Rachael Brown (Read by)

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Every cop has a case that dug its claws in and would not let go. For veteran detective Ron Iddles, it was his very first homicide case - the 1980 murder of single mother Maria James at the back of her Melbourne bookshop. He never managed to solve it, and it still grates like hell.Maria's two sons, Mark and Adam, have lived in a holding pattern longer than Rachael Brown has been alive. When the investigative journalist learned that a crucial witness's evidence had never seen daylight, the case would start to consume her - just as it had the detective nearly four decades prior - so she asked for his blessing, and that of the James brothers, to review Maria's case.In her exhaustive and exhausting 16-month investigation for the ABC podcast Trace, Rachael reviewed initial suspects, found one of her own, and prompted devastating revelations about a forensic bungle and possible conspiracies that led to calls for the coroner to hold a new inquest.This is a mesmerising account, as Rachael traces back through her investigation - one that blew the dust off a 38-year-old cold case, gave a voice to the forgotten and the abused, and could have serious implications for two of the state's most powerful institutions. ...Show more

Cloudstreet (Audio-CD; unabridged; 11 CDs)

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Winner of the Miles Franklin and NBC Awards. From seperate catastrophes two rural families flee to the city and find themselves sharing a great, breathing shuddering joint called Cloudstreet where they begin their lives from scratch. For twenty years they roister and rankle, laugh and curse until the ro of over their heads becomes a home for their hearts. "Nothing short of magnificent ...a wonderful read." -Time Out. "One of those rare novels that warm the heart, as well as spark the imagination." - Kirkus Reviews. ...Show more

The Last Painting of Sara De Vos (Audio Book, unabridged; 9 CDs) by Dominic Smith

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A dazzling and mesmerising story that charts the collision course between a rare landscape by a female Dutch painter of the golden age, an inheritor of the work in 1950s Manhattan, and a celebrated art historian who painted a forgery of it in her youth. A literary novel of breathtaking scope, ambition a nd achievement. This is what we long for: the profound pleasure of being swept into vivid new worlds, worlds peopled by characters so intriguing and real that we can't shake them, even long after the reading's done. In this extraordinary novel, The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, Australian writer Dominic Smith brilliantly bridges the historical and the contemporary, tracking a collision course between a rare landscape by a female Dutch painter of the Golden Age, an inheritor of the work in 1950s Manhattan, and a celebrated Australian art historian who painted a forgery of it in her youth. In 1631, Sara de Vos is admitted to the Guild of St. Luke in Holland as a master painter, the first woman to be so honoured. Three hundred years later, only one work attributed to de Vos is known to remain-a haunting winter scene, At the Edge of a Wood, which hangs over the Manhattan bed of a wealthy descendant of the original owner. An Australian grad student, Ellie Shipley, struggling to stay afloat in New York, agrees to paint a forgery of the landscape, a decision that will haunt her. Because now, half a century later, she's curating an exhibition of female Dutch painters, and both versions threaten to arrive. As the three threads intersect with increasing and exquisite suspense, The Last Painting of Sara de Vos mesmerises while it grapples with the demands of the artistic life, showing how the deceits of the past can forge the present. ...Show more