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The Birthday Boys

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A haunting and incisive group portrait of the crewmembers aboard Captain Scott's doomed Antarctic expedition.They set off from Cardiff in 1910, racing to plant the first flag in the South Pole: the burly Petty Officer Taff Evans; the introspective scientist Edward Wilson; the sanguine Lieutenant Birdie Bowers; the brooding Captain Lawrence Oates; and their tragic, conflicted leader, Captain Scott. ... Read more

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A haunting and incisive group portrait of the crewmembers aboard Captain Scott's doomed Antarctic expedition.They set off from Cardiff in 1910, racing to plant the first flag in the South Pole: the burly Petty Officer Taff Evans; the introspective scientist Edward Wilson; the sanguine Lieutenant Birdie Bowers; the brooding Captain Lawrence Oates; and their tragic, conflicted leader, Captain Scott.
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A Quiet Life

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'One of the funniest books I have ever read.' Hilary MantelSeventeen-year-old Alan can't stand rows. And although the Second World War has ended, peace only hangs by a thread at home: his troublesome sister Madge creeps off for night-time liaisons with a German POW, and while their ineffectual father – broken by the hardships of war and an unhappy marriage – can't put food on the table, their ... Read more

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'One of the funniest books I have ever read.' Hilary MantelSeventeen-year-old Alan can't stand rows. And although the Second World War has ended, peace only hangs by a thread at home: his troublesome sister Madge creeps off for night-time liaisons with a German POW, and while their ineffectual father – broken by the hardships of war and an unhappy marriage – can't put food on the table, their
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The Dressmaker

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'The book I wish I'd written . . . Witty, chilling, every word in place.' Hilary MantelWartime Liverpool is a place of ration books and munitions factories. Seventeen-year-old Rita, living with her two aunts Nellie and Margo, is emotionally naïve and withdrawn. When she meets Ira, an American soldier, at a neighbour's party, she falls in love almost as much with the idea of life as a GI bride as ... Read more

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'The book I wish I'd written . . . Witty, chilling, every word in place.' Hilary MantelWartime Liverpool is a place of ration books and munitions factories. Seventeen-year-old Rita, living with her two aunts Nellie and Margo, is emotionally naïve and withdrawn. When she meets Ira, an American soldier, at a neighbour's party, she falls in love almost as much with the idea of life as a GI bride as
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An Awfully Big Adventure

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A “dark and brilliant” story of the secrets, sex, and violence playing out behind the scenes of a repertory theater troupe in postwar Liverpool: “Never before has showbusiness been revealed as less romantic.” (Patrick Skene Catling, The Sunday Telegraph)Liverpool, 1950. Against the grimy backdrop of the gray postwar city, a shabby, scandal-steeped repertory theater company rehearses for their ... Read more

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A “dark and brilliant” story of the secrets, sex, and violence playing out behind the scenes of a repertory theater troupe in postwar Liverpool: “Never before has showbusiness been revealed as less romantic.” (Patrick Skene Catling, The Sunday Telegraph)Liverpool, 1950. Against the grimy backdrop of the gray postwar city, a shabby, scandal-steeped repertory theater company rehearses for their
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The Bottle Factory Outing

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Shortlisted for the 1974 Booker Prize, and with a new introduction by A. K. Blakemore, a razor-sharp and mercilessly funny novel of friendship, class and desire.Freda and Brenda divide the bed they share with a barricade of books, then spend their days working side by side in an Italian-run wine-bottling factory. A picnic out at Windsor Park for the two women and their colleagues offers promise ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the 1974 Booker Prize, and with a new introduction by A. K. Blakemore, a razor-sharp and mercilessly funny novel of friendship, class and desire.Freda and Brenda divide the bed they share with a barricade of books, then spend their days working side by side in an Italian-run wine-bottling factory. A picnic out at Windsor Park for the two women and their colleagues offers promise
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Watson's Apology

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Based on the true story of a Victorian schoolmaster who bludgeoned his wife to death on a Sunday afternoon.Reverend John Selby Watson is a respectable schoolmaster. His offer of marriage to Anne Armstrong is, for her, a route out of poverty: she seizes it. But learned, bookish Watson has little to offer his passionate, tempestuous wife in the way of affection, and the marriage soon curdles and ... Read more

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Based on the true story of a Victorian schoolmaster who bludgeoned his wife to death on a Sunday afternoon.Reverend John Selby Watson is a respectable schoolmaster. His offer of marriage to Anne Armstrong is, for her, a route out of poverty: she seizes it. But learned, bookish Watson has little to offer his passionate, tempestuous wife in the way of affection, and the marriage soon curdles and
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The Bottle Factory Outing

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Freda and Brenda spend their days working in an Italian-run wine-bottling factory. A work outing offers promise for Freda and terror from Brenda; passions run high on that chilly day of freedom, and life after the outing never returns to normal. Inspired by author Beryl Bainbridge's own experiences working at a London wine-factory in the 1970s, The Bottle Factory Outing examines issues of ... Read more

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Freda and Brenda spend their days working in an Italian-run wine-bottling factory. A work outing offers promise for Freda and terror from Brenda; passions run high on that chilly day of freedom, and life after the outing never returns to normal. Inspired by author Beryl Bainbridge's own experiences working at a London wine-factory in the 1970s, The Bottle Factory Outing examines issues of
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Sweet William

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'Cunningly clever, wry, dry, sharply pointed.' Evening StandardAnn is fulfilling her snobbish mother's ambitions: she's a BBC secretary, recently engaged to a successful academic. Outside her Hampstead flat, the Swinging Sixties are happening elsewhere, to other people. That is, until she meets the generous and cunning playwright William. Ann is first seduced, then transfixed. As William's ... Read more

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'Cunningly clever, wry, dry, sharply pointed.' Evening StandardAnn is fulfilling her snobbish mother's ambitions: she's a BBC secretary, recently engaged to a successful academic. Outside her Hampstead flat, the Swinging Sixties are happening elsewhere, to other people. That is, until she meets the generous and cunning playwright William. Ann is first seduced, then transfixed. As William's
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Winter Garden

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When quiet, reliable lawyer Douglas Ashburner begins an extra-marital affair with Nina, a bossy, temperamental artist with a penchant for risky sex, he finds it all a terrible strain.Needing a break, he does not head off on the fishing holiday he tells his wife is the plan. Instead, he flies to Moscow with Nina, as a guest of the Soviet Artists Union. It's not long before Ashburner regrets his ... Read more

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When quiet, reliable lawyer Douglas Ashburner begins an extra-marital affair with Nina, a bossy, temperamental artist with a penchant for risky sex, he finds it all a terrible strain.Needing a break, he does not head off on the fishing holiday he tells his wife is the plan. Instead, he flies to Moscow with Nina, as a guest of the Soviet Artists Union. It's not long before Ashburner regrets his
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Injury Time

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'I found myself laughing till the tears ran down my cheeks.' Auberon WaughBinny is throwing a dinner party for Edward, her lover. Aware that as his mistress, she has long been denied the small intimacies that his wife takes for granted – choosing a birthday present for his sister, for example, or sorting his socks – Edward wants to give her a chance to feel more involved in his life.Between a late ... Read more

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'I found myself laughing till the tears ran down my cheeks.' Auberon WaughBinny is throwing a dinner party for Edward, her lover. Aware that as his mistress, she has long been denied the small intimacies that his wife takes for granted – choosing a birthday present for his sister, for example, or sorting his socks – Edward wants to give her a chance to feel more involved in his life.Between a late
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Harriet Said . . .

by Beryl Bainbridge ...

A gripping portrayal of female transgression and the intoxicating spell that adolescent friendship can cast.A young girl returns from boarding school to her sleepy Merseyside hometown and waits to be reunited with her childhood friend, Harriet, the chief architect of all their past mischief. Listlessly roaming the shoreline each evening, she repeatedly encounters 'the Tsar', Peter Biggs. Middle ... Read more

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A gripping portrayal of female transgression and the intoxicating spell that adolescent friendship can cast.A young girl returns from boarding school to her sleepy Merseyside hometown and waits to be reunited with her childhood friend, Harriet, the chief architect of all their past mischief. Listlessly roaming the shoreline each evening, she repeatedly encounters 'the Tsar', Peter Biggs. Middle
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The Dressmaker

by Beryl Bainbridge ...

Narrated by Julie Maisey ...

Unabridged

4 hours 53 min

Wartime Liverpool is a place of ration books and jobs in munitions factories. Rita, living with her two aunts Nellie and Margo, is emotionally naïve and withdrawn. When she meets Ira, a GI, at a neighbour's party, she falls in love as much with the idea of life as a GI bride as with the man himself. But Nellie and Margo are not so blind… ... Read more

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Wartime Liverpool is a place of ration books and jobs in munitions factories. Rita, living with her two aunts Nellie and Margo, is emotionally naïve and withdrawn. When she meets Ira, a GI, at a neighbour's party, she falls in love as much with the idea of life as a GI bride as with the man himself. But Nellie and Margo are not so blind…
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