'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.'
Of all Jane Austin's books Pride and Prejudice has earned a special place in the hearts of the reading public as her best-loved and most intimately known novel. From its famous opening sentence the story of Elizabeth and Darcy delights its most familiar readers as thoroughly as it does those who encounter it for the first time.
Juliet Stevensons's award-winning theatre work includes the lead roles in Hedda Gabbler, Burn This and Death and the Maiden. Her films include the acclaimed Truly, Madly, Deeply and Emma.
Author : Barbara Ehrenreich
Narrator : Pam Ward
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 9 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Social & Economic
Price : $19.95
Best-selling social commentator and cultural historian Barbara Ehrenreich presents a fascinating exploration of one of humanity’s oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy, historically expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing. View... |
Author : James Tobin
Narrator : Boyd Gaines
Published By : Simon & Schuster
Length : 6 hours
Categories : 20th Century
Social & Economic
Biographical
Historical
Sports
Price : $30.00 $15.95
To Conquer the Air is a hero's tale of overcoming obstacles within and without. It is the story of mankind's most wondrous technological achievement; and it is an account of the mystery of creativity. View... |
Author : Joanna Bourke
Narrator : Various
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 4 hours 45 minutes
Categories : 20th Century
Social & Economic
British
Non Fiction
Price : $22.25
The unique history of the Twentieth Century - 1990 to 1999. View... |
Author : Liza Picard
Narrator : Liza Picard
Published By : Orion Publishing Group
Length : 6 hours
Categories : British
Pre 1900
Biographical
Social & Economic
Knowledge & Learning
Price : $15.99
Like its popular and acclaimed predecessors, Restoration London and Dr Johnson's London, this fascinating evocation of Elizabethan... View...
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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