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HMS Surprise - Audio Book

Details: H.M.S. Surprise
follows the variable
fortunes of Captain Jack
Aubreys career in
Nelsons navy as he
attempts to hold his
ground against admirals,
colleagues and the enemy,
accepting a mission to
convey a British
ambassador to the East
Indies. The voyage takes
him and his friend
Stephen Maturin to the
strange sights and smells
of the Indian
sub-continent, and
through the archipelago
of spice islands where
the French have a
near-overwhelming
superiority. Rarely has a
novel managed to convey
more vividly the
fragility of a sailing
ship in a wild sea.
Rarely has a historical
novelist combined action
and lyricism of style in
the way that O? Brian
does. His superb sense of
place, brilliant
characterisation, and a
vigour and joy of writing
lift O?Brian above any
but the most exalted of
comparisons. Read by
Robert Hardy. Ideal for:
Lovers of historical
adventures Running time
approximately: 4.5 hours.
3 CD's abridged.

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The Ultimate Drive Time
Collection - Preschool Songs
And Nursery Rhymes - Audio
Book

Details: A great
collection of preschool
songs and nursery rhymes
including The Wheels on
the Bus, Incy Wincy
Spider and Pat-a-Cake.
The Wheels on the Bus - A
fun collection of 25
all-time favourite
playgroup songs for
everyone to enjoy and
join in with. Incy Wincy
Spider - A selection of
songs, nursery rhymes,
stories, puzzles and
tongue-twisters performed
by Sophie Aldred and
Richard Mitchley.
Pat-a-Cake - Another
selection of songs,
nursery rhymes, stories,
puzzles and
tongue-twisters performed
by Sophie Aldred and
Richard Mitchley. Ideal
for: Playing in the car,
at home or at nursery,
this selection of songs
and nursery rhymes are
sure to keep children
entertained for hours.
Running time
approximately: 2 hours 40
minutes.

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The Last Fighting Tommy (Audio
Book)

When Harry Patch wrote
his memoir in 2007, he
was the last British
soldier alive to have
fought in the trenches of
the First World War. He
was 109 years old and one
of very few people who
could directly recall the
horror of that conflict.
Born in 1898, Harry
spent a rural childhood
in Somerset before
leaving school in 1913 to
become a plumber. Three
years later he was
fighting in the mud and
trenches during the
Battle of Passchendaele.
He saw a great many of
his comrades die, and in
one dreadful moment the
shell that wounded him
killed his three closest
friends. He vividly
describes the terror and
intensity of daily life
in the trenches. The
Second World War saw
Harry in action on the
home front as a
fire-fighter during the
bombing of Bath. Later in
life Harry achieved fame,
meeting the Queen and
taking part in the BBC
documentary THE LAST
TOMMY, finally shaking
hands with a German
veteran of the artillery,
and speaking out frankly
to Prime Minister Tony
Blair about the soldiers
shot for cowardice in the
First World War. Sadly,
Harry passed away in July
2009, aged 111 years
old. His funeral in Wells
cathedral was attended by
over a thousand people,
while many more lined the
streets to pay their last
respects to an ordinary
man who lived an
extraordinary life.

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