Recognized as Charles dickens' finest novel, Great Expectations, is told by Pip, an orphan who lives with his sister & her husb&, the village blacksmith. As Pip seeks to improve his station in life, he encounters Dickens' most magnificent cast of characters, including Miss Havisham, Estella, & the convict Magwitch. This audiobook contains 15 CDs & has a run time of 1050 minutes ...

James May's BIG IDEAS Featuring mind-boggling ideas that could shape our future, join Top Gear's James May on a hugely fascinating & action-packed journey as he attempts to turn some of the worlds most extraordinary ideas into reality- well, sort of! Episode 1: Come Fly with Me Upon realisation that we are all still reliant on ideas developed in the 19th & early 20th century, James in on a mission to find a better, bolder way of getting from A to B. Along the way he travels to Russia, to take the controls of a once top secret mode of transport. He heads to the US, where he gets to fly an original & last surviving flying car, & ponders the air traffic nightmare that would ensue if they ï ½took offï ½. Episode 2: Man vs Machine James confronts the impending convergence between man & machine, & explores the world of cyborgs, robots & artificial intelligence. In Japan James meets a man who has made an android double of himself. He gets to play baseball with a robot & attempts to move using only the power of his mind. Episode 3: Power to the People Wondering why, in the shiny bright 21st century, virtually everything is powered by burning dead plants & animals, James looking for brighter, more powerful & technologically forward-thinking sources of energy. He travels to New Mexico to see how he might run his car on thin air, & on to The Netherlands where scientists are looking to harness a Japanese discovery 20km above the earth! ...

This CD box set contains the highly-acclaimed BBC Radio dramatisations of ' The Lord of the Rings' & its fantastic prelude ' The Hobbit', along with two CDs of thrilling music. These magical adaptations became instant classics when they were first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, & continue to delight today. Tolkien's epic tale of Middle-earth has all the classic ingredients of fantasy & adventure: dwarves, elves, goblins & trolls, a terrifying dragon, a great wizard, a fearsome evil, a perilous quest & a dramatic climax. With an all-star cast including Ian Holm, Michael Hordern, Robert Stephens, John le Mesurier & Bill Nighy, these enchanting dramatisations are a must for all Tolkien fans. ...

Sir Thomas & Lady Bertram, their 2 sons & 2 daughters, are the fortunate residents of Mansfield Park, they bring the timid & delicate Fanny Price, niece of Lady Bertram to share in their good fortune as a member of their family. Brought up away from her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny soon becomes an indispensable part of the household. This audiobook has 12 CDs & has a runtime of 890 minutes ...

From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist & detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails & fast cars, where the women were chic & the men wore cravats
- a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case. The murder of well-known American Myron Harwood, found dead in a small country lane, heralds the start of a series of celebrity murders. Each time, the body is found with a small, square piece of white cardboard bearing the description ' The Marquis'. When the eighth victim, a girl, is picked out of the river with the same card attached to her dress, a note from Paul Temple is delivered to Sir graham Forbes. The message reads: 'is it true what they say about Rita?' Rita Cartwright was a private detective investigating the Marquis murders
- & now she too has ended up dead. With the police baffled & the Home Secretary specially requesting his involvement, Paul Temple has no choice but to intervene...

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Dorothy L. Sayers' first Lord Peter Wimsey tale introduces many of the author's best-known characters. Wimsey's mother, the Dowager Duchess of Denver, rings her son with news of 'such a quaint thing'. She has heard through a friend that Mr Thipps, a respectable Battersea architect, found a dead man in his bath
- wearing nothing but a gold pince-nez. Lord Wimsey makes his way straight over Mr Thipps, & a good look at the body raises a number of interesting questions. Why would such an apparently well-groomed man have filthy black toenails, flea bites & the scent of carbolic soap lingering on his corpse? Then comes the disappearance of oil millionaire Sir Reuben Levy, last seen on the Battersea Park Road. With his beard shaved he would look very similar to the man found in the bath
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Published in 1945, Sparkling Cyanide is all about remembrance. It begins with six characters recalling the horrific death of Rosemary Barton, a beautiful but shallow young heiress poisoned by a cyanide-spiked glass of champagne whilst celebrating her birthday at a smart London restaurant. Rosemary haunts all six characters, each of them a suspect, throughout the story
- & it's not until her killer is found & her ghost laid to rest that the group laid rest that the group can move on, though they will never forget.
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This CD features favourite stories, songs & rhymes to join in & have fun with! It is a fantastic selection of songs, stories & nursery rhymes from the BBC radio series, Listen & Play! Join in with actions, words & games. The stories featured in this work include: On the Farm; The Animal Fair; Beside the Seaside; Down at the Station; &, The Wheels on the Bus. Theres over an hour of listening for everyone to enjoy
- ideal for playtime, bedtime or in the car!
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1990, late Spring & a love affair is flourishing between Ivor Tesham, an ardent womanizer & rising star of Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government, Hebe Furnal, a stunning North London housewife stuck in a dull marriage. On the eve of her birthday, Tesham gives Hebe a present to remember. A man arranges for his unsuspecting but otherwise willing, girlfriend to be snatched from the street, bound & gagged, & then delivered to him... This audiobook has 10 CDs & a runtime of 640 mins ...

The Hairy Bikers, Si King & Dave Myers, just can't get enough of Britain's mums & their delicious cooking. So they've toured the country again to discover brand new recipes & create their own fresh takes on cooking classics. These delicious recipes are for everyday, for high days & holidays, for lazy weekends, for posh nosh occasions & those times when you're feeling a bit peckish. It's another cracking collection from the country's favourite cooks. ...