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    The Thirty-Nine Steps , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 210min
    The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) is an adventure novel in the espionage genre by the Scottish author John Buchan. A classic of the genre, it is the first of five novels featuring Richard Hannay, an action hero with a knack for getting himself out of difficult situations. The Thirty-Nine Steps is a prototypical "innocent man on the run" adventure. Hanney lets a neighbor stay with him, who is being followed by an anarchist gang trying to steal British military plans. Then the neighbor is murdered in his apartment.... The novel’s film adaptations include Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 version, a 1978 version, and a 2008 version for British television. In 2003, the book earned a place on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's best-loved novels. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sasha Foxe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/yurt/001429/bk_yurt_001429_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Last Wild , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 454min
    From the winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. A thrilling animal adventure for fans of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and Katherine Rundell.As Seen on BBC's Countryfile. This is a story about a boy named Kester. He is extraordinary, but he doesn't know that yet. All he knows, at this very moment, is this:There is a flock of excited pigeons in his bedroom.They are talking to him.His life will never be quite the same again....Kester lives in a land in quarantine. A deadly virus has killed all the animals except pests and it's expected to be equally dangerous to humans. But when Kester realises he can talk to the pests, he finds they have great hope invested in him.A captivating animal adventure destined to be loved by listeners of all ages. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Oliver J. Hembrough. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/qpuk/000071/bk_qpuk_000071_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Museum of Curiosity: The Complete Gallery 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 168min
    Prepare to have your synapses twisted into a string theorist's nightmare, as Professor Lloyd and his new curator, the startlingly insightful comedian Jon Richardson, hurriedly throw the dust covers off the Museum's clump of empty plinths for a brand new series of the BBC's most improving comedy panel show. This complete third BBC Radio 4 series features Neil Gaiman, Sarah Millican and fantasy novelist Sir Terry Pratchett, who offers us a Secret And Personal Extra Day Of The Week. Shappi Khorsandi somehow finds herself in a position to offer none other than Charlie Chaplin and emergency guest curator Dave Gorman welcomes poet Ruth Padel, Madness frontman Suggs and Bo Selecta comedian Leigh Francis, who offer us the Great Exhibition of 1851, a tiger reserve and some Spider-Mans. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Lloyd, Sean Lock. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/004279/bk_bbcw_004279_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Far from the Madding Crowd, Hörbuch, Digital, 941min
    Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is the first novel set in Hardy's fictional county of Wessex in rural southwest England. It deals with the themes of love, honor and betrayal, against a backdrop of the seemingly idyllic, but often harsh, realities of a farming community in Victorian England. It describes the farmer Bathsheba Everdene, her life and relationships - especially with her lonely neighbor William Boldwood, the faithful shepherd Gabriel Oak, and the thriftless soldier Sergeant Troy. The novel was listed at number 48 on the BBC's survey The Big Read in 2003. The book finished 10th on the Guardian's list of greatest love stories of all time in 2007. It has been dramatized several times, notably in an Oscar-nominated 1967 film directed by John Schlesinger. Language: English. Narrator: Steven Green. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/edel/009885/bk_edel_009885_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Summary & Analysis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 31min
    Please note: This is a summary and analysis and not the original book. Brave New World is a novel written in 1931 by Aldous Huxley, and published in 1932. Set in London in the year AD 2540 (632 AF - "After Ford" - in the book), the novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation, and classical conditioning that are combined to profoundly change society. In 1999, the Modern Library ranked Brave New World fifth on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2003, Robert McCrum writing for The Observer included Brave New World chronologically at number 53 in "the top 100 greatest novels of all time", and the novel was listed at number 87 on the BBC's survey The Big Read. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sam Slydell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/086440/bk_acx0_086440_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
    One of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World' 'Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past' Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia, but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal. George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four is perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century.
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    Pride and Prejudice
    One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships,gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life.
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    The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger - Summary & Analysis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 29min
    The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. A controversial novel originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescents for its themes of teenage angst and alienation. It has been translated into almost all of the world's major languages. Around one million copies are sold each year with total sales of more than 65 million books. The novel's protagonist Holden Caulfield has become an icon for teenage rebellion. The novel also deals with complex issues of innocence, identity, belonging, loss, and connection. The novel was included on Time's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923 and it was named by Modern Library and its audience as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2003, it was listed at number 15 on the BBC's survey The Big Read. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephen Paul Aulridge Jr. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/099252/bk_acx0_099252_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Telegraph: 30 Minutes with Emilia Fox , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 31min
    In the fourth interview in Audible and The Telegraph's '30 Minutes With...' series, Emilia Fox talks to Matthew Stadlen about being part of an acting dynasty, how she started out and how she handles being ever in the media spotlight.In this entrancing interview, Fox reflects on a decade as the star of Silent Witness and what it's like to first experience an real-life autopsy. Emilia Fox is a renowned star of stage and screen and has acted in film, television and theatre. She also stars in one of the lead roles in The Child, an audio drama released by Audible in Summer 2014.Matt Stadlen is an interviewer, broadcaster and writer. He produced and presented the BBC’s 'Five Minutes With...' interview series and the BBC's documentary series On The Road With and writes frequently for The Telegraph. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emilia Fox. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tgrp/000004/bk_tgrp_000004_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Peter Andre: A Rockview Audiobiography, Hörbuch, Digital, 18min
    Peter Andre's Celebrity success was inevitable from the very first time he performed on BBC's Top of the Pops.What Peter did next always succeeded. Peter, originally from England, moved to Australia when he was 10 years old and then relocated to the UK to acquire his celebrity status. His image is vitally important and sometimes more so than the music, however the combination of his pin up physique, celebrity lifestyle, and fusion of pop and R&B has meant that his career has snowballed.This is not a music release by the artist or record company but an exclusive and revealing audiobiog in which Peter tells how he achieved and maintained his success. He discusses his family life and the rigours of work and of course - the girls. Music collectors and fans will enjoy this fascinating audiobiog. Language: English. Narrator: Pete Bruen, Bobby Bobzen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rock/000031/bk_rock_000031_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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