Mark Twain's first draft of the tragic novel Pudd'nhead Wilson, this little book is a humorous tale about a pair of Italian conjoined twins/concert pianists and their effect of their arrival on the inhabitants of a small midwestern town.
There is a love affair, a duel, and a climactic courtroom scene, just as in Puddnhead Wilson, but in this book it's all for laughs.
Mark Twain was the first private citizen to have a home telephone, and the first to use the fountain pen and later the typewriter. And when he published "Those Extraordinary Twins" with Puddnhead Wilson, he became the first author to publish his "deleted scenes" -- the bonus tracks, if you will -- along with the finished work.
L M Montgomery
Liza Ross
Publisher : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 2 hours 20 minutes
Categories : Over 10s Under 10s Classics
Price : $11.99
Anne of Avonlea is the second in L.M. Montgomery's series of books about Anne Shirley. More info...
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Jill Tomlinson
Maureen Lipman
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 55 minutes
Categories : Animals Classics
Price : $7.49
Maureen Lipman reads this classic children's story about a little cat who is carried off in a hot air balloon. More info...
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Oscar Wilde
David Ian Davies
Publisher : One Voice Recordings
Runtime : 24 minutes
Categories : Classic Literature Classics Fiction
Price : $11.00
Children's story uses tragedy to underscore the gulf between devotion and selfishness. More info...
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C. S. Lewis
Alex Jennings
Publisher : Harper Collins US
Runtime : 4 hours
Categories : Classics Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Magic
Price : $27.50 $19.95
Two runaways soon find themselves at the center of a terrible battle. It is a battle that will decide their fate and the fate of Narnia itself. More info...
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Various
Sophie Aldred & Richard Mitchley
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 1 hour
Categories : Under 10s Classics Short Stories
Price : $7.49
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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