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Rorke's Drift By Those Who Were There, Volume 1

Eyewitness British and Zulu Accounts

by Lee Stevenson, Ian Knight, Alan Baynham-Jones ...

"The great host came steadily on, spreading out spreading out - spreading out till they seemed like a giant pair of nut-crackers opening round the little nut of Rorke's Drift." – Surgeon Major James Henry Reynolds V.C., Army Medical Department On 22 January 1879, during the final hour of the Battle of iSandlwana – one of the greatest disasters ever to befall British troops during the Victorian era ... Read more

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"The great host came steadily on, spreading out spreading out - spreading out till they seemed like a giant pair of nut-crackers opening round the little nut of Rorke's Drift." – Surgeon Major James Henry Reynolds V.C., Army Medical Department On 22 January 1879, during the final hour of the Battle of iSandlwana – one of the greatest disasters ever to befall British troops during the Victorian era
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Due Date

by Lee Isserow ...

Narrated by Elaina Stevenson ...

Unabridged

2 hours 14 min

This week is going to turn Nina's life upside-down. Returning home from work, she discovers her door ajar, signs of a struggle, and her pregnant wife, is missing. The kidnappers call. Issue a ransom, and she gives in to their demands, follows their instructions to the letter. But it becomes increasingly clear that this kidnapping isn't about the money, isn't about her or her partner. It's about ... Read more

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This week is going to turn Nina's life upside-down. Returning home from work, she discovers her door ajar, signs of a struggle, and her pregnant wife, is missing. The kidnappers call. Issue a ransom, and she gives in to their demands, follows their instructions to the letter. But it becomes increasingly clear that this kidnapping isn't about the money, isn't about her or her partner. It's about
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Rorke's Drift By Those Who Were There, Volume II

Eyewitness British and Zulu Accounts

by Lee Stevenson, Ian Knight, Alan Baynham-Jones ...

"Yes you have beaten us; you had the best guns, but we have the best men...But we'll fight again in two or three years' time." – Prince Dabulamanzi kaMpande (who led the Zulu at Rorke's Drift) On 22 January 1879, during the final hour of the Battle of Isandlwana – one of the greatest disasters ever to befall British troops during the Victorian era – a very different story was about to unfold a few ... Read more

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"Yes you have beaten us; you had the best guns, but we have the best men...But we'll fight again in two or three years' time." – Prince Dabulamanzi kaMpande (who led the Zulu at Rorke's Drift) On 22 January 1879, during the final hour of the Battle of Isandlwana – one of the greatest disasters ever to befall British troops during the Victorian era – a very different story was about to unfold a few
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Shadow of an Angel

by Lee Stevenson ...

An essential part of life is supposedly the journey of self-discovery. But what if that self is not who you really are? Angel accidentally discovers a very unsettling secret. Thanks to her impetuous nature, which at times she can’t control; a trait she got from her daddy. So now what?She just wanted the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth! Haven’t you ever gone full tilt, full speed ... Read more

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An essential part of life is supposedly the journey of self-discovery. But what if that self is not who you really are? Angel accidentally discovers a very unsettling secret. Thanks to her impetuous nature, which at times she can’t control; a trait she got from her daddy. So now what?She just wanted the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth! Haven’t you ever gone full tilt, full speed
... Read more
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Death Takes Me

A Novel

by Cristina Rivera Garza ...

Narrated by Tony Chiroldes, Lee Osorio, Ines del Castillo, Fabiola Stevenson, Carlotta Brentan, Mark Sanderlin, Victoria Villarreal ...

Unabridged

8 hours 8 min

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Liliana's Invincible Summer, a dreamlike, genre-defying novel about a professor and detective seeking justice in a world suffused with gendered violence.“Deeply rewarding . . . a dreamscape with a powerful undertow . . . [a] harrowing and labyrinthine masterpiece.”—Katie Kitamura, The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York ... Read more

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Liliana's Invincible Summer, a dreamlike, genre-defying novel about a professor and detective seeking justice in a world suffused with gendered violence.“Deeply rewarding . . . a dreamscape with a powerful undertow . . . [a] harrowing and labyrinthine masterpiece.”—Katie Kitamura, The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York
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The Age of Calamities

by Senaa Ahmad ...

Narrated by Tavia Gilbert, January LaVoy, Soneela Nankani, Lameece Issaq, Jean Brassard, Diana Croft, Zura Johnson, Jenn Lee, Finlay Stevenson, various narrators ...

Unabridged

8 hours 14 min

Written by an inimitable new voice, The Age of Calamities is a genre-defying, mind-bending collection of absurdist, funny, and speculative short stories.In this bold debut collection, Senaa Ahmad pushes the boundaries of history and its figures, sending the listener on a thrilling ride. In “Let’s Play Dead,” Henry VIII wants Anne Boleyn gone, but there’s a tiny problem―she keeps coming back to ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

Written by an inimitable new voice, The Age of Calamities is a genre-defying, mind-bending collection of absurdist, funny, and speculative short stories.In this bold debut collection, Senaa Ahmad pushes the boundaries of history and its figures, sending the listener on a thrilling ride. In “Let’s Play Dead,” Henry VIII wants Anne Boleyn gone, but there’s a tiny problem―she keeps coming back to
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This Sceptred Isle: Empire

The Classic BBC Radio History

by Christopher Lee ...

Narrated by Juliet Stevenson, Anna Massey, Rob Brydon, Martin Freeman, Mark Heap, Robert Powell, Christopher Eccleston, Denis Lawson ...

Unabridged

22 hours 13 min

Christopher Lee's highly-acclaimed and award-winning BBC Radio 4 history of the British Empire.Britain had the biggest empire the world has ever known. At one time a quarter of the global land mass was British. Over a third of the world was insured at Lloyds. At his coronation, more than 400 million people saluted George V. Truly, the sun never set on this historical phenomenon. Whatever the day, ... Read more

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Christopher Lee's highly-acclaimed and award-winning BBC Radio 4 history of the British Empire.Britain had the biggest empire the world has ever known. At one time a quarter of the global land mass was British. Over a third of the world was insured at Lloyds. At his coronation, more than 400 million people saluted George V. Truly, the sun never set on this historical phenomenon. Whatever the day,
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Dr. Jeckyll & Mr Hyde {Christopher Lee)

by Robert Louis Stevenson ...

Narrated by Christopher Lee ...

Abridged

2 hours 53 min

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is an unusually complex novel. The reader is left guessing as to the true nature of the evil Mr Hyde, and what his hold over the benevolent Dr Jekyll may be, until almost the end. Then the truth is revealed in retrospect, by letter, and a number of baffling events are finally explained. Acting as a backcloth to the character’s confusion and despair are the foggy, sinister ... Read more

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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is an unusually complex novel. The reader is left guessing as to the true nature of the evil Mr Hyde, and what his hold over the benevolent Dr Jekyll may be, until almost the end. Then the truth is revealed in retrospect, by letter, and a number of baffling events are finally explained. Acting as a backcloth to the character’s confusion and despair are the foggy, sinister
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The Road to the Salt Sea

A Novel

by Samuel Kolawole ...

Narrated by Atta Otigba ...

Unabridged

9 hours

WINNER OF THE 2025 WHITING AWARD FOR FICTIONPEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FINALIST • ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE LONGLISTAs wrenching and luminous as Omar El Akkad’s What Strange Paradise and Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West, a searing exploration of the global migration crisis that moves from Nigeria to Libya to Italy, from an exciting new literary voice.Able God works for low pay at a four-star hotel where he must ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

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WINNER OF THE 2025 WHITING AWARD FOR FICTIONPEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FINALIST • ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE LONGLISTAs wrenching and luminous as Omar El Akkad’s What Strange Paradise and Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West, a searing exploration of the global migration crisis that moves from Nigeria to Libya to Italy, from an exciting new literary voice.Able God works for low pay at a four-star hotel where he must
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No Place to Bury the Dead

A Novel

by Karina Sainz Borgo ...

Narrated by Maria McCann ...

Unabridged

7 hours 27 min

“[A] rich and lyrical tale of desperation and redemption . . . Throughout, Sainz Borgo applies stark poetry to the terrifying setting, where 'moans and cries attributed to ghosts sometimes masked executions and beatings.' It’s a stunner.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)“[A] deeply felt meditation on migration, mourning and the simultaneous entanglement and estrangement of the living and the ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

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“[A] rich and lyrical tale of desperation and redemption . . . Throughout, Sainz Borgo applies stark poetry to the terrifying setting, where 'moans and cries attributed to ghosts sometimes masked executions and beatings.' It’s a stunner.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)“[A] deeply felt meditation on migration, mourning and the simultaneous entanglement and estrangement of the living and the
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Counterattacks at Thirty

A Novel

by Won-pyung Sohn ...

Narrated by Jo Yuan ...

Unabridged

6 hours 55 min

From the bestselling author of Almond, The Devil Wears Prada meets The Office in this witty, humane, and ultimately transformative story of a group of young workers who rebel against the status quo.Jihye is an ordinary woman who has never been extraordinary. In her administrative job at the Academy, she silently tolerates office politics and the absurdities of Korean bureaucracy. Forever only one ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of Almond, The Devil Wears Prada meets The Office in this witty, humane, and ultimately transformative story of a group of young workers who rebel against the status quo.Jihye is an ordinary woman who has never been extraordinary. In her administrative job at the Academy, she silently tolerates office politics and the absurdities of Korean bureaucracy. Forever only one
... Read more

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The Talk of the Party

by Foluso Agbaje ...

Narrated by Rachel Adedeji, Okezie Morro ...

Unabridged

10 hours 26 min

'So good. I read it in two days… I could not stop… So many twists and turns…This is one to read for sure!!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐In a family built on lies, what happens when the truth comes out?Bukola Obanile’s 60th birthday party is the hottest ticket in town. But champagne isn’t all that is being served…The Obaniles' picture-perfect life is the envy of all Lagos society, and everyone wants a piece. So, when ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

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'So good. I read it in two days… I could not stop… So many twists and turns…This is one to read for sure!!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐In a family built on lies, what happens when the truth comes out?Bukola Obanile’s 60th birthday party is the hottest ticket in town. But champagne isn’t all that is being served…The Obaniles' picture-perfect life is the envy of all Lagos society, and everyone wants a piece. So, when
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Rorke's Drift By Those Who Were There, Volume 1

Due Date

Rorke's Drift By Those Who Were There, Volume II

Shadow of an Angel

Death Takes Me

The Age of Calamities

This Sceptred Isle: Empire

Dr. Jeckyll & Mr Hyde {Christopher Lee)

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