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He sought to flee his tragic past, but when Thomas Usher hears a clockwork voice on the phone, and sees ever-more disturbing visions in a derelict warehouse, Usher realises that he has to return home - for the sake of his own sanity. Meanwhile, a deadly figure from Usher's past threatens to undermine the very fabric of reality. Gary McMahon’s short fiction has appeared in numerous acclaimed magazines and anthologies in the UK and US and has been reprinted in yearly “Best of” collections.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story, great reader
- De Anonymous User en 12-09-20
De: Gary McMahon
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The Puzzle Women
- De: Anna Ellory
- Narrado por: Kristin Atherton
- Duración: 12 h y 5 m
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Berlin, 1989. Siblings Rune and Lotte are shaken awake by Mama and told to follow her quietly into the night. Last time they snuck away from Papa, with Mama bruised and broken, they were back within a week. But this time they are starting a new life, Mama says - where nobody can ever hurt them again. Ten years later, the memories of their escape are blurry; Mama is long gone, and the siblings are back at Papa’s house.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heartbreak to Joy
- De Jo Ann Roussey en 01-17-21
De: Anna Ellory
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The Bermondsey Bookshop
- De: Mary Gibson
- Narrado por: Anne Dover
- Duración: 13 h y 48 m
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Set in 1920s London, this is the inspiring story of Kate Goss' struggle against poverty, hunger and cruel family secrets. Her mother died in a fall, her father has vanished without trace, and now her aunt and cousins treat her viciously. In a freezing, vermin-infested garret, factory girl Kate has only her own brave spirit and dreams of finding her father to keep her going. She has barely enough money to feed herself, or to pay the rent. The factory where she works begins to lay off people and it isn't long before she has fallen into the hands of the violent local money-lender.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A glimpse into the past
- De Luci-Lu en 10-27-21
De: Mary Gibson
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The Shadow Lines
- De: Amitav Ghosh
- Narrado por: Raj Varma
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
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Opening in Calcutta in the 1960s, Ghosh’s radiant second novel follows two families - one English, one Bengali - as their lives intertwine in tragic and comic ways. The narrator, Indian-born and English educated, traces events back and forth in time, through years of Bengali partition and violence, observing the ways in which political events invade private lives.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narrator Doesn't Know How to Pronounce
- De Amazon Customer en 08-27-11
De: Amitav Ghosh
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Will Wilder: The Relic of Perilous Falls
- De: Raymond Arroyo
- Narrado por: Raymond Arroyo
- Duración: 7 h y 54 m
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Will Wilder is a mischievous, headstrong 12-year-old with an otherworldly gift - he alone can see the nefarious creatures encroaching on Perilous Falls. For nearly a century, a sacred relic has protected his hometown from the raging waters surrounding it. But when Will "borrows" the relic for his own purposes, he accidentally unleashes an ancient evil. As boats sink and hideous creatures crawl from the rising waters, Will must set things right before it is too late.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Jude loves this book.
- De Deano Smalley en 09-11-17
De: Raymond Arroyo
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Fire and Hemlock
- De: Diana Wynne Jones
- Narrado por: Gemma Dawson
- Duración: 11 h y 12 m
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Polly has two sets of memories.... One is normal: school, home, friends. The other, stranger memories begin nine years ago, when she was 10 and gate-crashed an odd funeral in the mansion near her grandmother's house. Polly's just beginning to recall the sometimes marvelous, sometimes frightening adventures she embarked on with Tom Lynn after that. And then she did something terrible, and everything changed. But what did she do? Why can't she remember? Polly must uncover the secret, or her true love - and perhaps Polly herself - will be lost.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Engrossing
- De Gypsi en 02-10-22
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The Playground
- A Novel
- De: Jane Shemilt
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Duración: 9 h y 39 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 146
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Over the course of a long, hot summer in London, the lives of three very different married couples collide when their children join the same tutoring circle, resulting in illicit relationships, shocking violence, and unimaginable fallout. There’s Eve, a bougie earth mother with a well-stocked trust fund; she has three little ones, a blue-collar husband, and is obsessed with her Instagrammable recipes and lifestyle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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remarkable
- De lisa en 01-10-20
De: Jane Shemilt
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The Secret Garden
- De: Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Narrado por: Carrie Hope Fletcher
- Duración: 7 h y 38 m
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Mary Lennox starts her life as an unhappy victim of circumstance. After the loss of her parents, she moves to rural Yorkshire to live with a distant uncle where she resents the wildness of the countryside. At first, she struggles to find a place in this new existence. Although unsure about her surroundings and its occupants, through the gentle guidance of the maid she gradually becomes interested in the story of Mrs Craven, who apparently used to spend her time in a garden at the house, the key to which has vanished.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous
- De Lady Lightning en 05-19-20
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Jack And The Beanstalk & Other Stories
- De: BBC Audiobooks
- Narrado por: Lenny Henry, Sheridan Smith
- Duración: 1 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 437
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"Jack and the Beanstalk", read by Lenny Henry
"Goldilocks and the Three Bears", read by Sheridan Smith
"Puss in Boots", read by Lenny Henry
"Snow White", read by Sheridan Smith. Here are four fantastic stories, full of magic and fun, that young children are sure to love!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Jack and the beanstalk
- De Amazon Customer en 03-02-21
De: BBC Audiobooks
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The Ickabog
- De: J.K. Rowling
- Narrado por: Stephen Fry
- Duración: 7 h y 52 m
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4,605
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,594
The kingdom of Cornucopia was once the happiest in the world. It had plenty of gold, a king with the finest moustache you could possibly imagine, and butchers, bakers, and cheesemongers whose exquisite foods made a person dance with delight when they ate them. Everything was perfect - except for the misty Marshlands to the north, which, according to legend, were home to the monstrous Ickabog. Anyone sensible knew that the Ickabog was just a myth to scare children into behaving. But the funny thing about myths is that sometimes they take on a life of their own.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Oh, dear...
- De ili pika en 11-11-20
De: J.K. Rowling
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Interview with the Robot
- De: Lee Bacon
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins, Ellen Archer, Josh Hurley, y otros
- Duración: 3 h y 42 m
- Grabación Original
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 17,910
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Eve looks like an ordinary 12-year-old girl, but there’s nothing ordinary about her. She has no last name. No parents or guardian. She’s on the run from a dangerous and secretive organization that will stop at nothing to track her down. And most astonishing of all: she’s a robot, a product of Eden Laboratories. When Eve discovers the truth, she realizes everything she thought she knew about herself is a lie. Eve manages to escape, fleeing the lab, the only home she’s ever known.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Short Listen
- De Ronnie en 01-07-20
De: Lee Bacon