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Doctor Thorne

Author : Anthony Trollope

Performed By : Simon Vance

Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc

Runtime : 20 hours 30 minutes

Categories : Classic Literature

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Anthony Trollope once said, "A novel should give a picture of common life enlivened by humour and sweetened by pathos." Trollope admirably fulfills his own criteria in this charming third novel in the Chronicles of Barsetshire.

Doctor Thorne adopts his niece Mary, keeping secret her illegitimate birth as he introduces her to the best local social circles. There she meets and falls in love with Frank Gresham, heir to a vastly mortgaged estate; yet Frank is obliged to find a wealthy wife. Only Doctor Thorne knows that Mary is to inherit a large legacy that will make her acceptable to the otherwise disapproving middle-class society to which Frank belongs. Where fiery passion fails, understated English virtues of patience, persistence, and good humor prevail in this most appealing of Trollope's comedies.

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Blockade Runners, The

Author : Jules Verne

Performed By : Colonial Radio Theatre

Publisher : Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air

Runtime : 1 hour 10 minutes

Categories : American
Audio Theater
Drama
American
Dramatizations

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From Jules Verne comes this radio production about an English Blockade Runner in the American Civil War, and its attempt to free a prisoner held by the Confederates.

A sea story by a great author comes to life

Bob from Colorado - 19 Jun 2004

Jules Verne wrote some incredible stories in his day many of which have been made into successful movies. It only seems right that the Colonial Radio should present one of his little known Civil War short stories to the listening public. while it may not be one of his most fanciful tales, it is packed with action and suspence, and remains quite true to its time.
I think you will find this program to be an enjoyable hour spent, and then you will begin to wonder about what else Jules wrote that needs to be performed by these guys.

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Dozen Red Roses, A: 12 Valentines Poems

Author : Various

Performed By : Various

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 22 minutes

Categories : Poetry

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Twelve specially selected favourite love poems, read by acclaimed actors Bill Wallis and Jenny Agutter.

This literary bouquet of blooms includes Andrew Marvell’s classic To His Coy Mistress, a beautiful extract from The Song of Solomon, Christina Rossetti’s joyful A Birthday, and Christopher Marlowe’s The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.

As well, there are Edward Fitzgerald’s meditations from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Edward Lear’s comic verse The Owl and The Pussycat, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s If Thou Must Love Me, John Donne’s The Sunne Rising and lines from John Milton’s Paradise Lost.

Completing the dozen are Robert Burns’ My Love is Like A Red, Red Rose, Robert Herrick’s Delight in Disorder and Shakespeare’s Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day.

The poems are also available as individual downloads under the "Dozen Red Roses, A" series.

 

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Bernice

Author : Edgar Allen Poe

Performed By : Full Cast Production

Publisher : Wollcott & Sheridan Aural Performance Library

Runtime : 36 minutes

Categories : Dramatizations

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A man's fascination with his wife's teeth ends with tragic consequences.

Performer:
K. Anderson Yancy

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As You Like It

Author : William Shakespeare

Performed By : Full Cast Performance

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 2 hours

Categories : Dramatizations
Classic Literature
Shakespeare

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Helena Bonham Carter stars as Rosalind with David Morrissey as Orlando and Natasha Little as Celia in Shakespeare's festive comedy.



BBC radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923. when the newly formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed and perfected the craft of making Shakespeare to be heard.



The trees and shrubs resonate with declarations of love and confessions of assumed identity in this exciting new production, where the intimacy of radio brilliantly recreates the closed-off, magical world of the Forest of Arden.



The play is introduced by Richard Eyre.



Revitalised, original and comprehensive, this is Shakespeare for the new millennium.

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Believe Me

Author : John R. Alden

Performed By : Christopher Hurt

Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc

Runtime : 7 hours

Categories : Poetry

Our Price : $32.95 $16.95

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It's not often that an acclaimed historian is revealed to be the author of light
verse, but John R. Alden here presents us with 1,707 couplets, quatrains, and other terse
verse in the tradition of Ogden Nash. His subject matter ranges from dinosaurs to computers,
from Confucius to Darwin, from Jonah to George Bush. His wit, wisdom, and powers of
observation are sure to amuse and delight. A sample: "How did Arkman Noah/Provide for
protozoa?"

John R. Alden died in 1991. Blackstone Audiobooks has also recorded his George Washington: A Biography and Rise of the American Republic.

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Catracked

Author : John Carter

Performed By : Full Cast Production

Publisher : Hosiprog

Runtime : 28 minutes

Categories : Humor
Comedy
Dramatizations

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This was going to be a bad hair day for Julie. The only thing that can bring her comfort and get her through the day is her CAT. Problem is the beast had friends down the road who feed him. Result a stuck cat in the cat flap. What follows next develops into utter farce.

Cast List:

Julie Neave... Frona Mannion

Ben Neave... John Glasscock

Kate Neave... Angela Neville

Barty Moxon... John Lawrence

Stan Peterson... Peter Seaman

Furballs... Marian Neville

Produced & Directed by John Glasscock & Rita Mayn

Sound Effects by Tony Lavender & John Carter

Written by John Carter. Adapted by John Glasscock

Audio Realisation by Dennis Rookard

No animals were mistreated during the recording of this production
- Only humans.

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Barron's EZ-101 Study Keys: American Literature

Author : Francis E. Skipp, Ph.D.

Performed By : Stuart Langton

Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc

Runtime : 4 hours 30 minutes

Categories : Knowledge & Learning
Classic Literature
Classics

Our Price : $25.95 $14.95

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An excellent introduction for students at the high-school or college levels.
Midwest Book Review

Designed to be compatible with virtually every standard textbook in their subject field,
Barrons EZ-101 Study Keys gives you a valuable overview of your college-level course.
Classroom-style notes emphasize important facts, remind you what you need to remember for
term papers and exams, and help guide you through the complexities of lectures and textbooks.

In American Literature, all main periods are covered, from the colonial period to the
present movement toward cultural diversity. Also covered are key themes and personalities,
with emphasis on major figures, including Ben Franklin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman,
Emily Dickinson, Henry James, Edith Wharton, William Faulkner, Langston Hughes,
Tennessee Williams, Alice Walker, and many more.

Stuart Langton is an award-winning actor based in New York City. He works in theater, film, and TV and has narrated audiobooks for more than ten years.

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CAPTAIN BLOOD - Sneak Preview

Author : Rafael Sabatini

Performed By : Colonial Radio Theatre

Publisher : Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air

Runtime : 4 minutes

Categories : Audio Theater
Drama
Dramatizations
Action & Adventure
Historical

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The Award Winning Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air presents Rafael Sabatini's adventure classic, "Captain Blood". Presented in 17 episodes, this is the first time the novel has been fully dramatized in audio drama. NOW AVAILABLE

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Barchester Towers

Author : Anthony Trollope

Performed By : Simon Vance

Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc

Runtime : 19 hours

Categories : Classic Literature

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"In the writing of Barchester Towers I took great delight. The Bishop and Miss Proudie were very real to me, as were also the troubles of the archdeacon and the loves of Mr. Slope."--Anthony Trollope

This magnificent novel, sequel to The Warden and second in the Chronicles of Barsetshire, satirizes the struggle for ascendancy among the clergy of a cathedral city. The contest is between the outgoing church authorities led by Archdeacon Grantly and the newcomers led by Mrs. Proudie and her protg, the ambitious Mr. Obadiah Slope. Each wishes to become the dominant voice in the quiet diocese of Barchester, and they contend for the newly vacant post of warden of Hiram's Hospital.

The truth is that Barchester's leadership is really concerned with social rather than spiritual or moral issues. These intrigues, entwined through the lives of many memorable characters, provide a humorous backdrop for exploring the clash between the old and new ways in Victorian England.

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Chronicles - Volume One

Author : Bob Dylan

Performed By : Sean Penn

Publisher : Simon & Schuster

Runtime : 6 hours

Categories : Autobiography
Arts & Drama
Music Related
Music Related

Our Price : $29.95 $15.95

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"I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else."



Bob Dylan's Chronicle: Volume One explores the critical junctions in his life and career. Through Dylan's eyes and open mind, we see Greenwich Village, circa 1961, when he first arrives in Manhattan. Dylan's New York is a magical city of possibilities -- smoky, nightlong parties; literary awakenings; transient loves and unbreakable friendships. Elegiac observations are punctuated by jabs of memories, penetrating and tough. With side trips to New Orleans, Woodstock, Minnesota and points west, Chronicles: Volume One is an intimate and intensely personal recollection of extraordinary times.



Revealing, poetical, passionate and witty, Chronicles: Volume One is a mesmerizing window on Bob Dylan's thoughts and influences. Dylan's voice is distinctively American: generous of spirit, engaged, fanciful and rhythmic. Utilizing his unparalleled gifts of storytelling and the exquisite expressiveness that are the hallmarks of his music, Bob Dylan turns Chronicles: Volume One into a poignant reflection on life, and the people and places that helped shape the man and the art.

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Ballet Stories

Author : David Angus

Performed By : Jenny Agutter

Publisher : Select Music & Distribution

Runtime : 1 hour 50 minutes

Categories : Short Stories
Music Related

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The magic of ballet is evoked in these enchanting stories presented with many musical excerpts from the works themselves. The stories of two French ballets - Giselle and Coppelia - and the three great ballets by Tchaikovsky are presented in engaging style by Jenny Agutter, who was herself a dancer before turning to acting.

These are tales of princes and princesses, of good fairies and bad witches, and, in Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, the brave soldier and Clara - but does it happen, or is it a dream?

And there is the music - the lovely melody from Swan Lake, the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the waltzes and the richly atmospheric passages painting, in sound, castles, forests, mists and lakes.

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Barron's EZ-101 Study Keys: American Literature

Author : Francis E. Skipp, Ph.D.

Performed By : Stuart Langton

Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc

Runtime : 4 hours 30 minutes

Categories : Knowledge & Learning
Classic Literature
Classics

Our Price : $25.95 $14.95

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An excellent introduction for students at the high-school or college levels.

Midwest Book Review



Designed to be compatible with virtually every standard textbook in their subject field,

Barrons EZ-101 Study Keys gives you a valuable overview of your college-level course.

Classroom-style notes emphasize important facts, remind you what you need to remember for

term papers and exams, and help guide you through the complexities of lectures and textbooks.



In American Literature, all main periods are covered, from the colonial period to the

present movement toward cultural diversity. Also covered are key themes and personalities,

with emphasis on major figures, including Ben Franklin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman,

Emily Dickinson, Henry James, Edith Wharton, William Faulkner, Langston Hughes,

Tennessee Williams, Alice Walker, and many more.



Stuart Langton is an award-winning actor based in New York City. He works in theater, film, and TV and has narrated audiobooks for more than ten years.

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Ballet Shoes

Author : Noel Streatfeild

Performed By : Various

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 2 hours 20 minutes

Categories : Classics
Over 10s
Classic Literature
British

Our Price : $18.49

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Rosemary Leach stars in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Noel Streatfeild's children's classic.

 

These audio editions, especially dramatised for BBC Radio, are of timeless stories that have enchanted generations of readers both young and old. The wonder and excitement of these much-loved tales live on in these acclaimed full-cast dramatisations, complete with evocative music and sound effects.

When Sylvia and her old nurse Nana agree to keep house for Great-Uncle Matthew (or Gum, as Sylvia calls him), they know they will be looking after his fossil collection while he's away on his travels. But imagine their surprise when one day Gum brings them something completely different to look after ~ a baby! And then another.

And another

The three live happily with Sylvia and Nana until one day Sylvia realises that the money Gum left to take care of them has all gone. What are they to live on? Taking in boarders is the first step, but how can she afford to send the children to school? And that's when lodger Theo comes up with her great idea - Pauline, Petrova and Posy are to become pupils at the Children's Academy of Dancing and Stage Training, Now the adventures really begin!

Ballet Shoes is a classic of 20th-century children's literature. The lively humour and sense of fun that have made the novel such a perennial favourite are brought vividly to life in this enchanting BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation.