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A Passage to India

by E. M. Forster ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Unabridged

11 hours 2 min

When Adela and her elderly companion, Mrs. Moore, arrive in the town of Chandrapore, India, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced British community.Determined to explore the “real India,” they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr. Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz, and the well ... Read more

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When Adela and her elderly companion, Mrs. Moore, arrive in the town of Chandrapore, India, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced British community.Determined to explore the “real India,” they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr. Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz, and the well
... Read more

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The Satanic Verses

by Salman Rushdie ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Unabridged

21 hours 36 min

Inextricably linked with the fatwa called against its author in the wake of the novel's publication, The Satanic Verses is, beyond that, a rich showcase for Salman Rushdie's comic sensibilities, cultural observations, and unparalleled mastery of language. The tale of an Indian film star and a Bombay expatriate, Rushdie's masterpiece was deservedly honored with the Whitbread Prize. "Swift's ... Read more

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Inextricably linked with the fatwa called against its author in the wake of the novel's publication, The Satanic Verses is, beyond that, a rich showcase for Salman Rushdie's comic sensibilities, cultural observations, and unparalleled mastery of language. The tale of an Indian film star and a Bombay expatriate, Rushdie's masterpiece was deservedly honored with the Whitbread Prize. "Swift's
... Read more
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Murder in Transit

by Edward Marston ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Series Audiobook 22 - Inspector Robert Colbeck
Unabridged

9 hours 17 min

On a dark, brooding summer's evening, Agnes Lenham seats herself in an empty first-class compartment on the train to Portsmouth. She is joined by a naval officer and a middle-aged man, in high spirits after dining at his club, travelling to his home on the Isle of Wight. His name is Giles Blanchard - and within moments of the train leaving the station, the sailor strangles him . . . At Scotland ... Read more

$53.25 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

On a dark, brooding summer's evening, Agnes Lenham seats herself in an empty first-class compartment on the train to Portsmouth. She is joined by a naval officer and a middle-aged man, in high spirits after dining at his club, travelling to his home on the Isle of Wight. His name is Giles Blanchard - and within moments of the train leaving the station, the sailor strangles him . . . At Scotland
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The Case of the Reincarnated Client

From the Files of Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Investigator

by Tarquin Hall ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Series Audiobook 5 - The Vish Puri Mysteries
Unabridged

8 hours 50 min

A client claiming she was murdered in a past life is a novel dilemma even for Vish Puri, India’s most private investigator.When a young woman comes forward saying she’s the reincarnation of Riya Kaur, a wife and mother who vanished during the bloody 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Puri is dismissive. He’s busy enough dealing with an irate matrimonial client whose daughter is complaining about her groom’s ... Read more

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A client claiming she was murdered in a past life is a novel dilemma even for Vish Puri, India’s most private investigator.When a young woman comes forward saying she’s the reincarnation of Riya Kaur, a wife and mother who vanished during the bloody 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Puri is dismissive. He’s busy enough dealing with an irate matrimonial client whose daughter is complaining about her groom’s
... Read more
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Death at the Terminus

by Edward Marston ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Series Audiobook 21 - Inspector Robert Colbeck
Unabridged

9 hours 7 min

A passenger train stands in York station. Jack Follis, the guard, patrols the platform to make sure that everyone is safely aboard. Returning to the brake van to load a box into it, he is alarmed by a smell of burning. Before he can find the cause, there is an explosion and the van is engulfed in flames. Responding to summons from the North-Eastern Railway, Robert Colbeck and Victor Leeming are ... Read more

$53.25 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A passenger train stands in York station. Jack Follis, the guard, patrols the platform to make sure that everyone is safely aboard. Returning to the brake van to load a box into it, he is alarmed by a smell of burning. Before he can find the cause, there is an explosion and the van is engulfed in flames. Responding to summons from the North-Eastern Railway, Robert Colbeck and Victor Leeming are
... Read more
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The Murder of the Maharajah & The Governess

Two Full-Cast BBC Radio Crime Dramatisations

by H. R. F. Keating ...

Narrated by Susan Hill, James Bolam, Zia Mohyeddin, Angela Pleasence, Sam Dastor, Stephen Tompkinson, Stephen Thorne, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

3 hours 3 min

BBC Radio adaptations of two historical crime novels by H. R. F. Keating, plus bonus extract from BookshelfBritish detective writer H. R. F. Keating was best known as the creator of Inspector Ghote of the Mumbai CID. He won two Crime Writers’ Association Gold Daggers, and in 1996 was awarded the Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement. Included here are dramatisations of two of his most popular ... Read more

$25.83 CAD

BBC Radio adaptations of two historical crime novels by H. R. F. Keating, plus bonus extract from BookshelfBritish detective writer H. R. F. Keating was best known as the creator of Inspector Ghote of the Mumbai CID. He won two Crime Writers’ Association Gold Daggers, and in 1996 was awarded the Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement. Included here are dramatisations of two of his most popular
... Read more
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The Railway Detective's Christmas Case

by Edward Marston ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Series Audiobook 20 - Inspector Colbeck
Unabridged

9 hours 14 min

December 1864. As a cold winter wind scours the Worcestershire countryside, an excursion train comes through a tunnel in the Malvern Hills, only to be confronted by a blockage on the line ahead. The driver manages to slow the train down so that the impact is minimised, but the passengers are alarmed. The first person to alight is Cyril Hubbleday, the man in charge of the excursion. He walks to the ... Read more

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December 1864. As a cold winter wind scours the Worcestershire countryside, an excursion train comes through a tunnel in the Malvern Hills, only to be confronted by a blockage on the line ahead. The driver manages to slow the train down so that the impact is minimised, but the passengers are alarmed. The first person to alight is Cyril Hubbleday, the man in charge of the excursion. He walks to the
... Read more
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India: A Million Mutinies Now

by V. S. Naipaul ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Unabridged

24 hours 46 min

Arising out of Naipaul’s lifelong obsession and passion for a country that is at once his and totally alien, India: A Million Mutinies Now relates the stories of many of the people he met traveling there more than fifty years ago. He explores how they have been steered by the innumerable frictions present in Indian society—the contradictions and compromises of religious faith, the whim and chaos ... Read more

$41.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Arising out of Naipaul’s lifelong obsession and passion for a country that is at once his and totally alien, India: A Million Mutinies Now relates the stories of many of the people he met traveling there more than fifty years ago. He explores how they have been steered by the innumerable frictions present in Indian society—the contradictions and compromises of religious faith, the whim and chaos
... Read more
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The Nutmeg's Curse

Parables for a Planet in Crisis

by Amitav Ghosh ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Unabridged

10 hours 13 min

In this ambitious successor to The Great Derangement, acclaimed writer Amitav Ghosh finds the origins of our contemporary climate crisis in Western colonialism’s violent exploitation of human life and the natural environment.A powerful work of history, essay, testimony, and polemic, Amitav Ghosh’s new book traces our contemporary planetary crisis back to the discovery of the New World and the sea ... Read more

$27.95 CAD

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In this ambitious successor to The Great Derangement, acclaimed writer Amitav Ghosh finds the origins of our contemporary climate crisis in Western colonialism’s violent exploitation of human life and the natural environment.A powerful work of history, essay, testimony, and polemic, Amitav Ghosh’s new book traces our contemporary planetary crisis back to the discovery of the New World and the sea
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A House for Mr Biswas

by V.S. Naipaul, Sam Dastor ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Unabridged

21 hours 29 min

A House for Mr Biswas, by Nobel and Booker Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul, is a powerful novel about one man’s struggle for identity and belonging. Born into poverty, then trapped in the shackles of charity and gratitude, Mr Biswas longs for a house he can call his own. He loathes his wife and her wealthy family, upon whom he is dependent. Finding himself a mere accessory on their estate, his ... Read more

$39.85 CAD

A House for Mr Biswas, by Nobel and Booker Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul, is a powerful novel about one man’s struggle for identity and belonging. Born into poverty, then trapped in the shackles of charity and gratitude, Mr Biswas longs for a house he can call his own. He loathes his wife and her wealthy family, upon whom he is dependent. Finding himself a mere accessory on their estate, his
... Read more
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Rabindranath Tagore: A BBC Radio Collection

Including The Home and the World & The Red Oleander

by Rabindranath Tagore ...

Narrated by Sacha Dhawan, Indira Varma, Sam Dastor, Renu Setna, Ronny Jhutti, Saeed Jaffrey, Aileen Gonsalves, Shireen Shah, Full Cast, Zia Mohyeddin, Peter Barker ...

Unabridged

7 hours 32 min

A comprehensive anthology of dramatisations and readings of Tagore's finest works, plus bonus documentariesBengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. A novelist, poet, playwright, composer, artist and philosopher, he wrote both the Indian and Bangladeshi national anthems; exchanged ideas with Yeats, Einstein and Gandhi, and was hugely ... Read more

$25.83 CAD

A comprehensive anthology of dramatisations and readings of Tagore's finest works, plus bonus documentariesBengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. A novelist, poet, playwright, composer, artist and philosopher, he wrote both the Indian and Bangladeshi national anthems; exchanged ideas with Yeats, Einstein and Gandhi, and was hugely
... Read more
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North of Dawn

A Novel

by Nuruddin Farah ...

Narrated by Sam Dastor ...

Unabridged

10 hours 23 min

A couple's tranquil life abroad is irrevocably transformed by the arrival of their son's widow and children, in the latest from Somalia's most celebrated novelist.For decades, Gacalo and Mugdi have lived in Oslo, where they've led a peaceful, largely assimilated life and raised two children. Their beloved son, Dhaqaneh, however, is driven by feelings of alienation to jihadism in Somalia, where he ... Read more

$27.00 CAD

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A couple's tranquil life abroad is irrevocably transformed by the arrival of their son's widow and children, in the latest from Somalia's most celebrated novelist.For decades, Gacalo and Mugdi have lived in Oslo, where they've led a peaceful, largely assimilated life and raised two children. Their beloved son, Dhaqaneh, however, is driven by feelings of alienation to jihadism in Somalia, where he
... Read more

Also available as: eBook