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Playing to Win

Sports, Video Games, and the Culture of Play

Edited by Robert Alan Brookey, Thomas P. Oates ...

Series series Digital Game Studies
In this era of big media franchises, sports branding has crossed platforms, so that the sport, its television broadcast, and its replication in an electronic game are packaged and promoted as part of the same fan experience. Editors Robert Alan Brookey and Thomas P. Oates trace this development back to the unexpected success of Atari's Pong in the 1970s, which provoked a flood of sport simulation ... Read more

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In this era of big media franchises, sports branding has crossed platforms, so that the sport, its television broadcast, and its replication in an electronic game are packaged and promoted as part of the same fan experience. Editors Robert Alan Brookey and Thomas P. Oates trace this development back to the unexpected success of Atari's Pong in the 1970s, which provoked a flood of sport simulation
... Read more
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Ingenious Mind of Rigby Lacksome, The

A Max Carrados Mystery: Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Simon Callow, Lionel Jeffries, Deidra Morris, Ian Armstrong, Lynsey Baxter, Oona Benson, Robert Oates, Stephen Tompkinson ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Thriller Playhouse
Unabridged

42 min

Set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, where every story promises a 'Thousand Thrills!', with ingenious plots, full of twists and surprises, driven along with exciting action and tongue in cheek humour.Max Carrados, the celebrated blind detective is lured to Stratford upon Avon following an explosion by a band of determined suffragettes. Faced with the ingenious mind of Mr Rigby Lacksome, ... Read more

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Set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, where every story promises a 'Thousand Thrills!', with ingenious plots, full of twists and surprises, driven along with exciting action and tongue in cheek humour.Max Carrados, the celebrated blind detective is lured to Stratford upon Avon following an explosion by a band of determined suffragettes. Faced with the ingenious mind of Mr Rigby Lacksome,
... Read more
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Mysteries of Max Carrados Box Set, The

Three Max Carrados Mysteries: Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Simon Callow, Lionel Jeffries, & full supporting cast, Brett Usher, Brian Orrell, Charles Simpson, David Bannerman, Deidra Morris, Ian Armstrong, Kathryn Pogson, Lynsey Baxter, Marianne Morley, Matthew Marsh, Michael Beint, Oona Benson, Paul Panting, Philip Glenister, Robert Oates, Stephen Tompkinson, Steve Hodson, Teresa Gallagher ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Thriller Playhouse
Unabridged

2 hours 11 min

A collection of three thrilling mysteries, set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, where every story promises a 'Thousand Thrills!', with ingenious plots, full of twists and surprises, driven along with exciting action and tongue in cheek humour.“Murder mysteries always work well as spoken word and Mr Punch’s Thriller Playhouse is particularly good... Atmospheric and Great Fun ” Daily ... Read more

$18.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A collection of three thrilling mysteries, set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, where every story promises a 'Thousand Thrills!', with ingenious plots, full of twists and surprises, driven along with exciting action and tongue in cheek humour.“Murder mysteries always work well as spoken word and Mr Punch’s Thriller Playhouse is particularly good... Atmospheric and Great Fun ” Daily
... Read more
Fertility Preservation in Male Cancer Patients

by Linda D. Applegarth, Robert D. Oates, Peter N. Schlegel ...

Men with cancer rendered infertile by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and hormone therapy that are needed to control or cure their disease are increasingly being offered the chance to preserve their reproductive potential through artificial reproductive technologies. Cryopreservation of sperm and testicular tissue have increasingly helped boys and men preserve their fertility. There is a growing ... Read more

$179.99 CAD

Men with cancer rendered infertile by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and hormone therapy that are needed to control or cure their disease are increasingly being offered the chance to preserve their reproductive potential through artificial reproductive technologies. Cryopreservation of sperm and testicular tissue have increasingly helped boys and men preserve their fertility. There is a growing
... Read more
Financing the New Federalism

Revenue Sharing, Conditional Grants and Taxation

by Robert P. Inman, Martin McGuire, Wallace E. Oates, Jeffrey L. Pressman, Robert D. Reischauer ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
Financing the New Federalism is the fifth in a series on the governance of metropolitan areas which aimed to improve the political organisation of metropolitan regions in America. Originally published in 1975, this particular study focusses on federal revenue sharing exploring its effects and implications with the purpose of providing a breadth of views on the subject for policy-makers. This title ... Read more

$71.44 CAD

Financing the New Federalism is the fifth in a series on the governance of metropolitan areas which aimed to improve the political organisation of metropolitan regions in America. Originally published in 1975, this particular study focusses on federal revenue sharing exploring its effects and implications with the purpose of providing a breadth of views on the subject for policy-makers. This title
... Read more
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The Doll-Master

And Other Tales of Terror

by Joyce Carol Oates ...

Narrated by Kirsten Potter, Robert Fass ...

Unabridged

8 hours 46 min

From one of our most important contemporary writers, The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror is a bold, haunting collection of six stories.In the title story, a young boy becomes obsessed with his cousin's doll after she tragically passes away from leukemia. As he grows older, he begins to collect "found dolls" from the surrounding neighborhoods and stores his treasures in the abandoned carriage ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Also available as: eBook

From one of our most important contemporary writers, The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror is a bold, haunting collection of six stories.In the title story, a young boy becomes obsessed with his cousin's doll after she tragically passes away from leukemia. As he grows older, he begins to collect "found dolls" from the surrounding neighborhoods and stores his treasures in the abandoned carriage
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
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The Museum of Dr. Moses

Tales of Mystery and Suspense

by Joyce Carol Oates ...

Narrated by Laura Hicks, Robert Fass ...

Unabridged

7 hours 44 min

Joyce Carol Oates explores with bloodcurdling insight the ties that bind—or worse.In “The Man Who Fought Roland LaStarza” a woman’s world is upended when she learns the brutal truth about a family friend’s death—and what her father is capable of. Meanwhile, a businessman desperate to find his missing two-year-old grandson in “Suicide Watch” must determine whether the horrifying tale his junkie son ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Joyce Carol Oates explores with bloodcurdling insight the ties that bind—or worse.In “The Man Who Fought Roland LaStarza” a woman’s world is upended when she learns the brutal truth about a family friend’s death—and what her father is capable of. Meanwhile, a businessman desperate to find his missing two-year-old grandson in “Suicide Watch” must determine whether the horrifying tale his junkie son
... Read more
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African Queen, The

Adapted from the screenplay & performed for radio by the original film stars

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Humphrey Bogart, Greer Garson ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Hollywood Playhouse
Unabridged

49 min

Mr Punch Presents: THE AFRICAN QUEEN. Set in 1915 on the treacherous rivers of war-torn Africa. Humphrey Bogart plays the gin sodden river trader, Charlie Allnut, who reluctantly agrees to help the prim missionary Rose Sayer, played in this radio version by Greer Garson, to travel down river on a hazardous journey and destroy a German gun boat. Humphrey Bogart won the 1951 Oscar for Best Actor, ... Read more

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Mr Punch Presents: THE AFRICAN QUEEN. Set in 1915 on the treacherous rivers of war-torn Africa. Humphrey Bogart plays the gin sodden river trader, Charlie Allnut, who reluctantly agrees to help the prim missionary Rose Sayer, played in this radio version by Greer Garson, to travel down river on a hazardous journey and destroy a German gun boat. Humphrey Bogart won the 1951 Oscar for Best Actor,
... Read more
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Travellers Gazette Collection

A journey alongside the British Traveller at Home & Abroad. A full-cast audio

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Eileen Atkins, Cheryl Campbell, Alex Jennings, Geoffrey Palmer, Hugh Laurie, John Wood, Michael Maloney, Michael Pennington, Nigel Davenport, Prunella Scales, Richard Johnson, Samuel West ...

Series Audiobook 9 - The Gazette
Unabridged

4 hours 31 min

We follow in the footsteps of the intrepid British traveller and explore the world both At Home and Abroad, told entirely in the words of those who were there.The TRAVELLER at HOME GazetteA fascinating ramble through the towns and villages of the British Isles during the last 400 years in the company of Jane Austen, William Cobbett, Daniel Defoe, James Lees Milne, Sir Walter Scott, Virginia Woolf ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

We follow in the footsteps of the intrepid British traveller and explore the world both At Home and Abroad, told entirely in the words of those who were there.The TRAVELLER at HOME GazetteA fascinating ramble through the towns and villages of the British Isles during the last 400 years in the company of Jane Austen, William Cobbett, Daniel Defoe, James Lees Milne, Sir Walter Scott, Virginia Woolf
... Read more
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It’s a Wonderful Life

Adapted from the screenplay & performed for radio by the original film stars

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by James Stewart, Donna Reed, Victor Moore ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Hollywood Playhouse
Unabridged

51 min

Mr Punch Presents: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, the irresistibly heart-warming story of George Bailey, who is prevented from committing suicide by the elderly angel Clarence, who takes him on a journey back through his life to show him how the town of Bedford Falls would have been had he never lived. Directed by the celebrated Frank Capra, it is performed here for radio with James Stewart and Donna Reed ... Read more

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Mr Punch Presents: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, the irresistibly heart-warming story of George Bailey, who is prevented from committing suicide by the elderly angel Clarence, who takes him on a journey back through his life to show him how the town of Bedford Falls would have been had he never lived. Directed by the celebrated Frank Capra, it is performed here for radio with James Stewart and Donna Reed
... Read more
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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, The

Performed by JENNY AGUTTER OBE in a dramatised setting

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Jenny Agutter, Robin Welch ...

Series Audiobook 7 - Classic Letters & Journals
Unabridged

2 hours 21 min

Experience the enchantment of 18th-century English countryside through the mesmerizing voice of Jenny Agutter in "The Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth." Jenny Agutter skilfully breathes life into Dorothy's words and will transport you to a bygone era“The English countryside at the end of the 18th century is brought almost photographically before us and Jenny Agutter brings her splendidly to life.” ... Read more

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Experience the enchantment of 18th-century English countryside through the mesmerizing voice of Jenny Agutter in "The Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth." Jenny Agutter skilfully breathes life into Dorothy's words and will transport you to a bygone era“The English countryside at the end of the 18th century is brought almost photographically before us and Jenny Agutter brings her splendidly to life.”
... Read more
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First Men in the Moon

A four-part dramatisation of H.G.Wells’ classic tale. A Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Sir Donald Sinden, James Bolam, Ali Hames, Anthony Jackson, Chris Pavlos, Gary Olson, Jilly Bond, Kerry Shale, Nick Mercer, Robert Whelan, Tom Georgeson ...

Unabridged

1 hour 45 min

In this exciting adaptation of the novel by H.G.Wells set in 1900 we join the eccentric professor Cavor (Sir Donald Sinden) and the rakish free loading Charles Bedford (James Bolam) on their extraordinary journey to the moon in a huge metal sphere resplendent with drape curtains, gentleman’s arm chairs and brass fittings.Once upon the moon’s surface they discover more than they bargained for - ... Read more

$18.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In this exciting adaptation of the novel by H.G.Wells set in 1900 we join the eccentric professor Cavor (Sir Donald Sinden) and the rakish free loading Charles Bedford (James Bolam) on their extraordinary journey to the moon in a huge metal sphere resplendent with drape curtains, gentleman’s arm chairs and brass fittings.Once upon the moon’s surface they discover more than they bargained for -
... Read more