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Private Eye Philip Odell: Lady in a Fog & Test Room Eight
- Two BBC Radio Classic Crime Dramas
- By: Lester Powell
- Narrated by: Robert Beatty, Sheila Manahan, full cast
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
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Lester Powell's Chandleresque detective Philip Odell was a huge hit on the BBC Light Programme between 1947 and 1961, thrilling audiences with his crime-solving adventures in post-war London. This gripping collection brings together the only two surviving radio serials featuring the tough-guy investigator—one of which, Test Room Eight, is published here for the very first time.
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English Noir-Lite
- By Chris O'Hearn on 19-02-23
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Private Eye Philip Odell: Lady in a Fog & Test Room Eight
- Two BBC Radio Classic Crime Dramas
- Narrated by: Robert Beatty, Sheila Manahan, full cast
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 15-09-22
- Language: English
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For Better or for Worse: The Complete Series 1-3
- A BBC Radio Comedy Drama
- By: Vince Powell
- Narrated by: full cast, Gorden Kaye, Su Pollard
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
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All three series of the BBC radio comedy about the turbulent relationship of an odd couple. Dithering undertaker's assistant Bernard Pringle has finally got engaged to his sweetheart, Iris Bickerdyke - but Iris still has to persuade her fiancé to buy her a ring. And goodness knows when he'll manage to get her down the aisle....
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quite good
- By Neil M. on 09-02-21
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For Better or for Worse: The Complete Series 1-3
- A BBC Radio Comedy Drama
- Narrated by: full cast, Gorden Kaye, Su Pollard
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 10-12-20
- Language: English
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The Last Days of Thunder Child
- Victorian Britain in Chaos!
- By: C.A. Powell
- Narrated by: Jack Wynters
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
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Pastiche story from H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds from the perspective of H.M.S. Thunder Child’s Royal Navy crew. The year is 1898, and the story unfolds through the eyes of an ironclad crew and a land-based war office clerk Mister Albert Stanley. Gradually, everyone moves toward the dreadful outcome as the strange alien tripods rampage around Victorian Britain.
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A poor story turned into a truly dreadful listen
- By anon on 05-03-20
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The Last Days of Thunder Child
- Victorian Britain in Chaos!
- Narrated by: Jack Wynters
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 04-02-20
- Language: English
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The Wizard in My Shed
- The Misadventures of Merdyn the Wild
- By: Simon Farnaby, Claire Powell
- Narrated by: Simon Farnaby
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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Merdyn the Wild is from the Dark Ages. He's the world's greatest Warlock (don't call him a wizard), banished to the 21st century for bad behaviour, and he's about to create a whole load of trouble for Rose, aged 12. Rose is a totally ordinary girl, on a mission to mend her broken family. Bubbles is Rose's guinea pig. He just poos a lot. When Rose bumps into Merdyn and discovers what he is, she quickly realises that he could be just what she needs.
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wonderful funny story
- By Lindsay Brockwell on 17-12-20
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The Wizard in My Shed
- The Misadventures of Merdyn the Wild
- Narrated by: Simon Farnaby
- Series: The Misadventures of Merdyn the Wild, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 01-10-20
- Language: English
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Wings of Glory
- By: Dermot O’Leary, Claire Powell - illustrator
- Narrated by: Dermot O’Leary
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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It's 1940, and the world is at war. Linus, a swift, has always dreamed of flying with the Royal Bird Force and making a name for himself as a squadron leader. So when he and his sister, Ava, have the opportunity to volunteer, he jumps at the chance. But it's a dangerous journey, and Ava goes missing before they manage to reach the airfield for training. Now, Linus has two missions: help the war effort and find his sister.
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Fantastic Story!
- By Michelle Herron on 01-10-24
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Wings of Glory
- Narrated by: Dermot O’Leary
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 14-09-23
- Language: English
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The Swifts
- By: Beth Lincoln, Claire Powell - illustrator
- Narrated by: Nikki Patel
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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On the day they are born, each Swift is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. They are given a name and a definition, and it is assumed they will grow up to match. Unfortunately, Shenanigan Swift has other ideas. So what if her relatives all think she's destined to turn out as a troublemaker, just because of her name? Shenanigan knows she can be whatever she wants - pirate, explorer or even detective. Which is lucky, really, because when one of the Family tries to murder Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, someone has to work out whodunit.
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Entertaining book with unique premise
- By Marcia Feldman on 02-05-24
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The Swifts
- Narrated by: Nikki Patel
- Series: The Swifts, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 02-02-23
- Language: English
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The New Machiavelli
- By: Jonathan Powell
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
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Taking the lessons Machiavelli recorded in his political masterpiece The Prince, Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair's Chief of Staff, shows how they can still apply today. Illustrating each of Machiavelli's maxims with a description of events that occurred during Tony Blair's time as Prime Minister, Powell provides a gripping account of life inside Number 10 and draws lessons from those experiences for anyone today who has access to the levers of power.
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Relevant and thoroughly enjoyable
- By Stavros on 25-02-15
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The New Machiavelli
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 13-01-11
- Language: English
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The King's Justice
- A Stanton and Barling Mystery, Book 1
- By: E. M. Powell
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
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England, 1176. Aelred Barling, esteemed clerk to the justices of King Henry II, is dispatched from the royal court with his young assistant, Hugo Stanton, to investigate a brutal murder in a village outside York. The case appears straightforward. A suspect is under lock and key in the local prison, and the angry villagers are demanding swift justice. But when more bodies are discovered, certainty turns to doubt - and amid the chaos it becomes clear that nobody is above suspicion.
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my first encounter with Stanton and Barling
- By Anonymous User on 12-09-21
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The King's Justice
- A Stanton and Barling Mystery, Book 1
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Series: A Stanton and Barling Mystery, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 01-06-18
- Language: English
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Lady Joker: Volume 1
- By: Kaoru Takamura, Allison Markin Powell - translator, Marie Iida - translator
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 20 hrs and 51 mins
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Tokyo, 1995. Five men meet at the racetrack every Sunday to bet on horses. They have little in common except a deep disaffection with their lives, but together they represent the social struggles and griefs of post-war Japan. Intent on revenge against a society that values corporate behemoths more than human life, the five conspirators decide to carry out a heist: kidnap the CEO of Japan's largest beer conglomerate and extract blood money from the company's corrupt financiers.
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Lady Joker: Volume 1
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Series: Lady Joker, Book 1
- Length: 20 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 17-02-22
- Language: English
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A Dance to the Music of Time: Second Movement
- By: Anthony Powell
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 20 hrs and 30 mins
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Anthony Powell's universally acclaimed epic encompasses a four-volume panorama of twentieth century London. Hailed by Time as "brilliant literary comedy as well as a brilliant sketch of the times," A Dance to the Music of Time opens just after World War I. Amid the fever of the 1920s and the first chill of the 1930s, Nick Jenkins and his friends confront sex, society, business, and art.
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The narrative moves on
- By Kirstine on 20-07-13
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A Dance to the Music of Time: Second Movement
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Series: Dance to the Music of Time, Book 2
- Length: 20 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 19-07-10
- Language: English
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The Canterbury Murders
- A Stanton and Barling Mystery, Book 3
- By: E.M. Powell
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Easter, 1177. Canterbury Cathedral, home to the tomb of martyr Saint Thomas Becket, bears the wounds of a terrible fire. Benedict, prior of the great church, leads its rebuilding. But horror interrupts the work. One of the stonemasons is found viciously murdered, the dead man’s face disfigured by a shocking wound. When the king’s clerk Aelred Barling and his assistant Hugo Stanton arrive on pilgrimage to the tomb, the prior orders them to investigate the unholy crime.
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Series gets better
- By The Curator on 16-01-21
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The Canterbury Murders
- A Stanton and Barling Mystery, Book 3
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Series: A Stanton and Barling Mystery, Book 3
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 11-01-21
- Language: English
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Fifteen Wild Decembers
- By: Karen Powell
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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Isolated from society, Emily Brontë along with her brother and four sisters spend their days inventing elaborate fictional realms or roaming the wild moors above their family home in Yorkshire. When the time comes for them to venture out into the world to earn a living, each of them struggles to adapt, but for Emily the change is catastrophic. Torn from the landscape to which she has become so passionately bound, she is simply unable to function.
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a brilliant listeen
- By Anonymous User on 15-05-24
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Fifteen Wild Decembers
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 21-09-23
- Language: English
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A Gallery of Rogues
- The Swifts, Book 2
- By: Beth Lincoln, Claire Powell - illustrator
- Narrated by: Ayesha Antoine
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
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Having solved the mystery of Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude's non-murder and uncovered the location of Grand Uncle Vile's long-lost treasure, Shenanigan Swift might just be in the running for junior detective of the year. But when robbers target Swift House, her sleuthing skills are tested like never before. The trail leads Shenanigan and her sisters to Paris and the Hotel Martinet, home of the estranged French branch of the Swift family. From there, the girls must track down Ouvolpo, a gang of daring thieves who design each of their crimes as audacious pieces of art.
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A Gallery of Rogues
- The Swifts, Book 2
- Narrated by: Ayesha Antoine
- Series: The Swifts, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 22-08-24
- Language: English
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The Warrior in My Wardrobe
- The Misadventures of Merdyn the Wild, Book 2
- By: Simon Farnaby, Claire Powell - illustrator
- Narrated by: Simon Farnaby
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
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Merdyn is the greatest wizard of the Dark Ages. Obviously. Rose is his 21st-century descendent. Lucky her. And Vanheldon the vandal warrior is FURIOUS! After all, last time they met, Merdyn turned his army to stone. Seeking revenge, Vanheldon comes up with a way to kidnap Rose and transport her back to Dark Ages Transylvania, set on luring Merdyn into a terrible trap. Except - whoops! - his magical minion kidnaps Rose's teenage brother, Kris, instead.
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The Warrior In My Wardrobe Review
- By Tominator on 24-04-23
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The Warrior in My Wardrobe
- The Misadventures of Merdyn the Wild, Book 2
- Narrated by: Simon Farnaby
- Series: The Misadventures of Merdyn the Wild, Book 2
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 14-10-21
- Language: English
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How to Fund the Life You Want
- What Everyone Needs to Know About Savings, Pensions and Investments
- By: Robin Powell, Jonathan Hollow
- Narrated by: Jonathan Hollow, Robin Powell, Zara Ramm
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
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More and more people are reassessing their lives as a result of the pandemic. Many have left their jobs or reduced their hours. Others have resolved to work only as long as they must, retiring early to focus on families and friends, hobbies or travel. Meanwhile, employers all over the world are experimenting with a four-day week. Making the most of these choices requires having and growing enough money to enjoy your future life, without needing to worry about it running out. But when it comes to investing in a pension, there is a dizzying number of complex options available.
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A must read
- By Adrian Sadler on 31-08-24
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How to Fund the Life You Want
- What Everyone Needs to Know About Savings, Pensions and Investments
- Narrated by: Jonathan Hollow, Robin Powell, Zara Ramm
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 13-10-22
- Language: English
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At the Table
- By: Claire Powell
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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To Nicole and Jamie Maguire, their parents seem the ideal couple—a suburban double act, happily married for more than 30 years. So when Linda and Gerry announce that they've decided to separate, the news sends shockwaves through the siblings' lives, forcing them to confront their own expectations and desires.
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A Year in the Life of a Family
- By C. P. McGregor on 12-04-22
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At the Table
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 31-03-22
- Language: English
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Talking to Terrorists
- By: Jonathan Powell
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce Lockhart
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
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Across the world governments proclaim they will never "negotiate with evil". And yet they always have done and always will. Why then do we ignore the lessons of this history of clandestine communication, often with devastating consequences? Jonathan Powell has spent nearly two decades mediating between governments and terrorist organisations. Here he argues that with attention to the lessons of the past, patience, and above all political leadership, these conflicts can be solved.
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great
- By Alex Raskovic on 29-03-22
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Talking to Terrorists
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce Lockhart
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 05-03-15
- Language: English
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Meltdown
- By: David Sirota, Dan O’Donnell, Shoshi Shmuluvitz, and others
- Narrated by: David Sirota
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Listen to the trailer now and the full podcast on 10/28.
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world beware
- By CJ Derry on 31-10-21
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The CEO Next Door
- By: Elena Botelho, Kim Powell, Tahl Raz
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of The CEO Next Door by Elena Botelho and Kim Powell with Tahl Raz, read by Bernadette Dunne. Everything you thought you knew about becoming a CEO is wrong. You must graduate from an elite college or business school. In fact, only 7 percent of the CEOs of today's companies went to top schools - and 8 percent didn't graduate from college at all. Never put a foot wrong. In fact, people who have become CEOs have on average had five to seven career setbacks on their way to the top.
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3 stars due to the delivery of the stories
- By Anonymous User on 28-06-18
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The CEO Next Door
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 08-03-18
- Language: English
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Wings over Summer
- By: Ron Powell
- Narrated by: Hannibal Hills
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
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Over 14 days at the heart of the Battle of Britain, Spitfire pilots Jack and Alex struggle to survive the savage battles raging in the air over Southern England. Several times a day, they fly against overwhelming odds, witnessing the death and disfigurement of friends and enemies, and wrestling with the knowledge that the same could happen to them at any moment. Brief periods on the ground offer little respite, with Biggin Hill subjected to frequent air raids, during which many more friends are killed. Both Jack and Alex find love, but the battle takes its toll.
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Enjoyed. Don't be put off by the start narration.
- By Andy on 18-07-23
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Wings over Summer
- Narrated by: Hannibal Hills
- Series: Wings, Book 1
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 22-02-22
- Language: English
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