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Reservoir 13

by Jon McGregor ...

Narrated by Matt Bates ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Reservoir Series
Unabridged

8 hours 49 min

In midwinter in an English village, a teenage girl has gone missing and everyone is called upon to join the search. The villagers fan out across the moors as the police set up roadblocks, and a crowd of news reporters descends on what is usually a place of peace. Meanwhile, there is work that must still be done: cows milked, fences repaired, stone cut, pints poured, beds made, sermons written, a ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In midwinter in an English village, a teenage girl has gone missing and everyone is called upon to join the search. The villagers fan out across the moors as the police set up roadblocks, and a crowd of news reporters descends on what is usually a place of peace. Meanwhile, there is work that must still be done: cows milked, fences repaired, stone cut, pints poured, beds made, sermons written, a
... Read more
Queer Life, Queer Love

Edited by Golnoosh Nour, Matt Bates ...

The anthology comprises 43 stories, non-fiction pieces, flash fiction and poetry, the winning entries from an international competition to capture the best of Queer writing today. This is writing that explores characters, stories and experiences beyond the mainstream. Celebrating the fascinating, the forbidden, the subversive, and even the mundane, but in essence, the view from outside. The book ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The anthology comprises 43 stories, non-fiction pieces, flash fiction and poetry, the winning entries from an international competition to capture the best of Queer writing today. This is writing that explores characters, stories and experiences beyond the mainstream. Celebrating the fascinating, the forbidden, the subversive, and even the mundane, but in essence, the view from outside. The book
... Read more
Queer Life, Queer Love.

The second anthology

Edited by Mat Bates, Julia Bell ...

Series Book 2 - Queer Life, Queer Love
Following the critically acclaimed Queer Life, Queer Love comes the second anthology, championing new and emerging writers alongside established authors. The anthology features voices across all narrative forms including fiction, poetry, memoir, essay and flash-fiction. The anthology will comprise 30 pieces of writing, the winning entries from an international competition to capture the best of ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Following the critically acclaimed Queer Life, Queer Love comes the second anthology, championing new and emerging writers alongside established authors. The anthology features voices across all narrative forms including fiction, poetry, memoir, essay and flash-fiction. The anthology will comprise 30 pieces of writing, the winning entries from an international competition to capture the best of
... Read more
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Bloody Heroes

BRITISH SPECIAL FORCES UNDER SEIGE IN AFGHANISTAN. THE EXPLOSIVE TRUE STORY.

by Damien Lewis ...

Narrated by Matt Bates ...

Unabridged

13 hours 50 min

The most explosive true war story of the 21st Century.It is the winter of 2001. A terror ship is bound for Britain carrying a horrifying weapon. The British military sends a crack unit of SAS and SBS to assault the vessel before she reaches London.So begins a true story of explosive action as this band of elite warriors pursues the merchants of death from the high seas to the harsh wildlands of ... Read more

$52.99 CAD

The most explosive true war story of the 21st Century.It is the winter of 2001. A terror ship is bound for Britain carrying a horrifying weapon. The British military sends a crack unit of SAS and SBS to assault the vessel before she reaches London.So begins a true story of explosive action as this band of elite warriors pursues the merchants of death from the high seas to the harsh wildlands of
... Read more
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Personality and Power

Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe

by Ian Kershaw ...

Narrated by Matt Bates ...

Unabridged

17 hours 25 min

**One of New York Magazine's Most Anticipated Books of the FallHow far can a single leader alter the course of history?**From one of the leading historians of twentieth-century Europe and the author of the definitive biography of Hitler, Personality and Power is a masterful reckoning with how character conspired with opportunity to create the modern age’s uniquely devastating despots—and how and ... Read more

$36.50 CAD

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**One of New York Magazine's Most Anticipated Books of the FallHow far can a single leader alter the course of history?**From one of the leading historians of twentieth-century Europe and the author of the definitive biography of Hitler, Personality and Power is a masterful reckoning with how character conspired with opportunity to create the modern age’s uniquely devastating despots—and how and
... Read more

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Time Machine & Other Stories, The

by H. G. Wells ...

Narrated by Matt Bates ...

Unabridged

10 hours 8 min

This collection brings together H. G. Wells' first novel with a selection of his most fantastic stories. Including classics such as 'The Country of the Blind' and 'The Door in the Wall', this unmissable assortment of one of Britain's most talented writers is sure to fascinate and entertain. It contains stories ranging from the optimism of magnificent discoveries in 'The Time Machine' to the ... Read more

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This collection brings together H. G. Wells' first novel with a selection of his most fantastic stories. Including classics such as 'The Country of the Blind' and 'The Door in the Wall', this unmissable assortment of one of Britain's most talented writers is sure to fascinate and entertain. It contains stories ranging from the optimism of magnificent discoveries in 'The Time Machine' to the
... Read more

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H. G. Wells Collection, The

by H. G. Wells ...

Narrated by Christopher Naylor, Ian Dunnett Jr, Matt Bates, Mike Grady, Roger May, Tom Babbage ...

Unabridged

45 hours 16 min

This collection brings together the most celebrated works of H.G. Wells.H.G. Wells was a pioneer of the science fiction genre and a man of boundless imagination. Whether describing marvellous new technologies, the vagaries of space flight or the risks of scientific development, his writings have continually captivated readers across the globe.Contains:•The First Men in the Moon•The War of the ... Read more

$34.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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This collection brings together the most celebrated works of H.G. Wells.H.G. Wells was a pioneer of the science fiction genre and a man of boundless imagination. Whether describing marvellous new technologies, the vagaries of space flight or the risks of scientific development, his writings have continually captivated readers across the globe.Contains:•The First Men in the Moon•The War of the
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Colonialism

A Moral Reckoning

by Nigel Biggar ...

Narrated by Matt Bates ...

Unabridged

12 hours 37 min

The Sunday Times BestsellerA new assessment of the West’s colonial recordIn the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the ‘End of History’ – that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever.Now however, with Russia rattling its sabre on the borders of Europe and China rising to challenge the post-1945 world order, the ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

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The Sunday Times BestsellerA new assessment of the West’s colonial recordIn the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the ‘End of History’ – that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever.Now however, with Russia rattling its sabre on the borders of Europe and China rising to challenge the post-1945 world order, the
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
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Reparations

Slavery and the Tyranny of Imaginary Guilt

by Nigel Biggar ...

Narrated by Matt Bates ...

Unabridged

4 hours 6 min

Many people and countries now claim that the West should pay reparations to its former colonies for the economic damages they say they caused. To what extent is the argument about damage correct in the first place? And, if it is correct, what should we now do about it?Reparations is the sequel to Nigel Biggar's bestselling and widely acclaimed Colonialism. It is as a book of significant importance ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

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Many people and countries now claim that the West should pay reparations to its former colonies for the economic damages they say they caused. To what extent is the argument about damage correct in the first place? And, if it is correct, what should we now do about it?Reparations is the sequel to Nigel Biggar's bestselling and widely acclaimed Colonialism. It is as a book of significant importance
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
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Inside the Last Kingdom

Three new Uhtred stories

by Bernard Cornwell ...

Narrated by Matt Bates ...

Unabridged

4 hours 11 min

The three Uhtred stories featured in this audio edition are also included in UHTRED’S FEAST, available to buy in hardback.Bernard Cornwell brings us three new stories of the iconic hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, showing us the man behind the shield – as a young boy, as Alfred's advisor, and as prince . It is a brand new chapter in the epic story of the Last Kingdom . . . ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

The three Uhtred stories featured in this audio edition are also included in UHTRED’S FEAST, available to buy in hardback.Bernard Cornwell brings us three new stories of the iconic hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, showing us the man behind the shield – as a young boy, as Alfred's advisor, and as prince . It is a brand new chapter in the epic story of the Last Kingdom . . .
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Jimmy and the Crawler

by Raymond E. Feist ...

Narrated by Matt Bates ...

Unabridged

3 hours 43 min

In this fantastic tale, legendary author Raymond E. Feist returns to the city of Krondor and one of his most loved characters from the Riftwar Cycle, Jimmy the Hand.The Crawler: a name whispered in fear. . .In the crime-ridden back alleys of Krondor a rival gang has sprung up to threaten the Upright Man’s Mockers. Does the Crawler control the rival gang? Where does his power come from? And does it ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

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In this fantastic tale, legendary author Raymond E. Feist returns to the city of Krondor and one of his most loved characters from the Riftwar Cycle, Jimmy the Hand.The Crawler: a name whispered in fear. . .In the crime-ridden back alleys of Krondor a rival gang has sprung up to threaten the Upright Man’s Mockers. Does the Crawler control the rival gang? Where does his power come from? And does it
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
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Tank Men

The Human Story of Tanks at War

by Robert Kershaw ...

Narrated by Matt Bates ...

Unabridged

17 hours 56 min

"I thought Tank Men was a triumph . . . it is a really fine piece of work." —Richard Holmes"Some of the eyewitness accounts Kershaw has collected for this comprehensive review of tank warfare have the power to chill the reader to the bone. This is warfare at the sharp end." —Nottingham Evening PostThe First World War saw the birth of an extraordinary fighting machine that has fascinated three ... Read more

$42.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"I thought Tank Men was a triumph . . . it is a really fine piece of work." —Richard Holmes"Some of the eyewitness accounts Kershaw has collected for this comprehensive review of tank warfare have the power to chill the reader to the bone. This is warfare at the sharp end." —Nottingham Evening PostThe First World War saw the birth of an extraordinary fighting machine that has fascinated three
... Read more