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Michael Frayn: A BBC Radio Drama Collection

Nine Full-Cast Productions including Copenhagen

by Michael Frayn ...

Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, Greta Scacchi, Simon Russell Beale, Dawn French, Samuel West, Dinsdale Landen, Penelope Wilton, Martin Jarvis, Harriet Walters, Deborah Findley ...

Unabridged

12 hours 24 min

Original plays and dramatisations from the award-winning novelist and playwright, plus bonus documentary Viewing the Century: Michael FraynA renowned playwright, novelist, journalist, memoirist and translator, Michael Frayn has had a varied and prolific literary career spannning over seven decades. His play Noises Off was one of the 20th century’s most beloved and successful plays, and he has been ... Read more

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Original plays and dramatisations from the award-winning novelist and playwright, plus bonus documentary Viewing the Century: Michael FraynA renowned playwright, novelist, journalist, memoirist and translator, Michael Frayn has had a varied and prolific literary career spannning over seven decades. His play Noises Off was one of the 20th century’s most beloved and successful plays, and he has been
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Agrippa

by Robert Harris ...

Narrated by Robert Harris, Simon Russell Beale ...

Unabridged

9 hours 55 min

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the internationally bestselling author of Conclave, Precipice and the acclaimed Cicero trilogy comes a sweeping new political thriller about the general who built an empire—and paid the ultimate price. Agrippa is Robert Harris’s monumental return to the world of ancient Rome on the edge of dictatorship, a novel for our times.**In the turbulent aftermath of Julius Caesar’s ... Read more

$29.00 CAD

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the internationally bestselling author of Conclave, Precipice and the acclaimed Cicero trilogy comes a sweeping new political thriller about the general who built an empire—and paid the ultimate price. Agrippa is Robert Harris’s monumental return to the world of ancient Rome on the edge of dictatorship, a novel for our times.**In the turbulent aftermath of Julius Caesar’s
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The Charioteer

A Virago Modern Classic

by Mary Renault ...

Narrated by Joe Jameson ...

Series Audiobook 323 - Virago Modern Classics
Unabridged

14 hours 47 min

'The Charioteer remains compelling both as a snapshot of a particular - and particularly fascinating - cultural moment, and as a deeply romantic story of love fulfilled against the odds. It has all those qualities that make Mary Renault so memorable as a novelist: craft, subtlety, intelligence, and a terrific natural sympathy with the intricacies of honour and desire' SARAH WATERS'An explosive and ... Read more

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'The Charioteer remains compelling both as a snapshot of a particular - and particularly fascinating - cultural moment, and as a deeply romantic story of love fulfilled against the odds. It has all those qualities that make Mary Renault so memorable as a novelist: craft, subtlety, intelligence, and a terrific natural sympathy with the intricacies of honour and desire' SARAH WATERS'An explosive and
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The Charioteer

A Virago Modern Classic

by Mary Renault ...

Series Book 323 - Virago Modern Classics
'The Charioteer remains compelling both as a snapshot of a particular - and particularly fascinating - cultural moment, and as a deeply romantic story of love fulfilled against the odds. It has all those qualities that make Mary Renault so memorable as a novelist: craft, subtlety, intelligence, and a terrific natural sympathy with the intricacies of honour and desire' SARAH WATERS'An explosive and ... Read more

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'The Charioteer remains compelling both as a snapshot of a particular - and particularly fascinating - cultural moment, and as a deeply romantic story of love fulfilled against the odds. It has all those qualities that make Mary Renault so memorable as a novelist: craft, subtlety, intelligence, and a terrific natural sympathy with the intricacies of honour and desire' SARAH WATERS'An explosive and
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On America's Prison Industrial Complex

by Russell Simons ...

Narrated by Dylan Ratigan ...

Unabridged

1 hour 23 min

Music mogul Russell Simmons talks with MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan about the prison industrial complex turning America’s prisons into a for profit industry. Simmons cites the legal bribery, where lobbyists pay politicians to keep non-violent criminals locked up, as just one example the harmful effect money has on politics. ... Read more

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Music mogul Russell Simmons talks with MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan about the prison industrial complex turning America’s prisons into a for profit industry. Simmons cites the legal bribery, where lobbyists pay politicians to keep non-violent criminals locked up, as just one example the harmful effect money has on politics.
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Simon Russell Beale on Cassius

Performing Shakespeare

by Simon Russell Beale, Julian Curry ...

Series Book 0 - Shakespeare On Stage
Simon Russell Beale discusses playing Cassius in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in this ebook taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2 - Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles.In each volume of the Shakespeare On Stage series, a leading actor takes us behind the scenes of a landmark Shakespearean production, recreating in detail their memorable performance in a major role. They lead us through ... Read more

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Simon Russell Beale discusses playing Cassius in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in this ebook taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2 - Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles.In each volume of the Shakespeare On Stage series, a leading actor takes us behind the scenes of a landmark Shakespearean production, recreating in detail their memorable performance in a major role. They lead us through
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Hamlet

by William Shakespeare, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright ...

Narrated by Simon Russell Beale, Imogen Stubbs, a full cast, Bob Peck, Jane Lapotaire, Norman Rodway ...

Series series The Arkangel Shakespeare Collection
Unabridged

3 hours 25 min

Shakespeare’s most famous play is one of the greatest stories in the literature of the world.Distressed by his father’s death and his mother’s over-hasty remarriage, Hamlet, prince of Denmark is faced by a specter from beyond the grave bearing a grim message of murder and revenge. The young prince is driven to the edge of madness by his struggle to understand the situation he finds himself in and ... Read more

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Shakespeare’s most famous play is one of the greatest stories in the literature of the world.Distressed by his father’s death and his mother’s over-hasty remarriage, Hamlet, prince of Denmark is faced by a specter from beyond the grave bearing a grim message of murder and revenge. The young prince is driven to the edge of madness by his struggle to understand the situation he finds himself in and
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The Tempest

by William Shakespeare, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright ...

Narrated by Jennifer Ehle, Adrian Lester, a full cast, Bob Peck, Simon Russell Beale, Jamie Glover ...

Series series The Arkangel Shakespeare Collection
Unabridged

2 hours 11 min

This haunting drama of vengeance and forgiveness crowns the group of tragicomic romances that Shakespeare composed at the end of his career. Sometimes read as his farewell to the stage, the play contains some of Shakespeare's most lyrical verse.Prospero, wise Duke of Milan, has been deposed by Antonio, his wicked brother, and exiled with his daughter Miranda to a mysterious island. But Prospero ... Read more

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This haunting drama of vengeance and forgiveness crowns the group of tragicomic romances that Shakespeare composed at the end of his career. Sometimes read as his farewell to the stage, the play contains some of Shakespeare's most lyrical verse.Prospero, wise Duke of Milan, has been deposed by Antonio, his wicked brother, and exiled with his daughter Miranda to a mysterious island. But Prospero
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Regeneration

The first novel in the Booker Prize-winning World War One trilogy

by Pat Barker ...

Narrated by Simon Russell Beale ...

Series series Regeneration
Unabridged

8 hours 52 min

Brought to you by Penguin.The modern classic of contemporary war fiction from Women's Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the GirlsRecommended by Richard OsmanRegeneration is the first novel in Pat Barker's Booker Prize-winning Regeneration trilogy - a powerfully moving portrait of the deep legacy of human trauma in the First World WarCraiglockhart War Hospital, Scot... ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

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Brought to you by Penguin.The modern classic of contemporary war fiction from Women's Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the GirlsRecommended by Richard OsmanRegeneration is the first novel in Pat Barker's Booker Prize-winning Regeneration trilogy - a powerfully moving portrait of the deep legacy of human trauma in the First World WarCraiglockhart War Hospital, Scot...
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Richard III: Arden Performance Edition

by William Shakespeare, Simon Russell Beale, Dr Abigail Rokison-Woodall ...

Series series Arden Performance Editions
Richard III is one of Shakespeare's enduring villains as the troubled and troubling figure at the heart of this popular succession drama. Traversing the familiar terrain of scheming plots, proposals, betrayals and kingly power, this edition is presented in an easy to read format with notes for performance and rehearsal by directors and actors. It is edited by academic and director, Abigail Rokison ... Read more

$15.79 CAD

Richard III is one of Shakespeare's enduring villains as the troubled and troubling figure at the heart of this popular succession drama. Traversing the familiar terrain of scheming plots, proposals, betrayals and kingly power, this edition is presented in an easy to read format with notes for performance and rehearsal by directors and actors. It is edited by academic and director, Abigail Rokison
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Escape From the Ghetto

The Breathtaking Story of the Jewish Boy Who Ran Away from the Nazis

by John Carr ...

Narrated by Simon Russell Beale ...

Unabridged

8 hours 41 min

A Jewish boy kills a Nazi by the Polish ghetto. He must escape the Third Reich, at all costs.'Trust me, this is a great true story' - Ken Follett'This is an unbelievable story that is all completely true. The life described is astonishing. John Carr has done an extraordinary and riveting job uncovering the real father behind the dad he thought he knew.' - Lord Tony Hall'Utterly Compelling. It is ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

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A Jewish boy kills a Nazi by the Polish ghetto. He must escape the Third Reich, at all costs.'Trust me, this is a great true story' - Ken Follett'This is an unbelievable story that is all completely true. The life described is astonishing. John Carr has done an extraordinary and riveting job uncovering the real father behind the dad he thought he knew.' - Lord Tony Hall'Utterly Compelling. It is
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Karla's Choice

A John le Carré Novel

by Nick Harkaway ...

Narrated by Simon Russell Beale ...

Unabridged

10 hours 42 min

**Instant national bestsellerAn extraordinary new novel set in the world of John le Carré's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by the acclaimed novelist Nick Harkaway**It is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West’s spy war with the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only for a more peaceful life. And indeed, with his marriage more secure ... Read more

$36.00 CAD

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**Instant national bestsellerAn extraordinary new novel set in the world of John le Carré's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by the acclaimed novelist Nick Harkaway**It is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West’s spy war with the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only for a more peaceful life. And indeed, with his marriage more secure
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