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UNABRIDGED
by Annie Aldington
Narrated by Annie Aldington
LENGTH
5 hrs
PRICE
£6.99
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Publisher's Summary
STANLEY BUTTERS is 10 years old. He has a hero - his Great Granddad, Sidney, a comedian who played the Palladium in the 50s and 60s (even if it was at the bottom of the bill). He has a passion - to be just like his Great Granddad and fulfil his dream of performing at the Royal Variety Performance - in front of the Queen.
Armed with Sidney's wisdom and training and his secret box of destiny, Stanley is working towards his dream.
One day on a school trip to the Drury Lane Theatre, Stanley gets his chance. He performs his routine on stage although there's no one to see him do it. No one that is, except for one very special person who sees his act, just before Stanley mysteriously disappears......now the hunt is on for the missing boy.
This wonderful, warm hearted story, read by Annie Aldington, an actress with hundreds of audio books to her credit, will appeal to listeners of all ages.
You won't be able to resist Stanley Butters - He'll melt your heart.
©2011 Annie Aldington (P)2011 Books Are Loud
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UNABRIDGED
by Julia Franklin
Narrated by Julia Franklin
LENGTH
10 hrs and 3 mins
PRICE
£7.99
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Publisher's Summary
This is a debut novel from actress and audiobook reader Julia Franklin. 'I've read somewhere between 300 and 400 novels as audiobooks over the last 25 years,' she says, 'so I thought it was time to have a go at a novel of my own.' The result is Turn Up for the Book, a romantic comedy that begins with the breakup, one Christmas, of a marriage.
Poor Viv has begun to look like the sofa she sits on most of the time. No wonder her unfaithful husband, Clive, is leaving her for a glamorous supermodel. But over the next 12 months, she will find that books and friendship will move her to a different kind of sofa altogether. Set against a background of publishing, food, and drink, oh yes, and maybe murder, Turn Up for the Book is a lovely lighthearted companion to warm you on dark winter evenings.
©2011 Julia Franklin (P)2011 Books Are Loud |
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UNABRIDGED
by Helen Sea
Narrated by Julia Franklin
LENGTH
53 mins
PRICE
£4.99
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Publisher's Summary
This is a beautiful and subtly written story told in the best traditions of an Old Norse tale. It is poetic and delicate and at the same time suspenseful and dramatic. There are dangers and discoveries, adventure and sadness as Tar follows her quest. Will the forces of good keep her safe from her enemies as she follows her destiny? Helen Sea has written the original music that flavours her sensuous storytelling in this wonderful and engaging story that will appeal to a teenage audience and listeners of all ages.
©2011 Helen Sea (P)2011 Books Are Loud |
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by Diana Bradley
Narrated by Julia Franklin
LENGTH
9 hrs and 5 mins
PRICE
£7.99
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Publisher's Summary
Steaming and frothy......the perfect novel to listen to while you stretch out on a squashy sofa in a corner of your favourite coffee shop nursing a long coffee and maybe something chocolate and indulgent. Cappuccinos weaves together the stories of 6 people whose lives are all touched by an upmarket bistro called Cappuccinos.
It's at the heart of a property empire run by attractive, ruthless Vincent. So far he hasn't put a foot wrong in business or in love, but is that all about to change? Has he met his match in resourceful, sexy Georgina? Diana Bradley combines raunchy romance with a tender love story and a tale of hope in this well crafted novel that's guaranteed to keep you listening for hours.
©2011 Diana Bradley (P)2011 Books Are Loud |
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UNABRIDGED
by Alison Leonard
Narrated by Julia Franklin
LENGTH
11 hrs and 8 mins
PRICE
£8.99
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Publisher's Summary
This is Alison's first audio title and will no doubt add greatly to her already formidable reputation as both children's author and as a playwright for Radio 4. Its publication coincides with the new exhibition now showing at the Royal Academy in London - Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement. The young dancers made immortal by the great artist were often just a step away from prostitution - a central feature of this strongly written, powerful, literary novel.
At the beginning of a long journey in time and fortune we meet Juliette who as a young woman was a beautiful and wayward prostitute. She became an artist's model for Edgar Degas and became his famous Femme Assise, a much admired sculpture that was later cast in bronze by master bronze caster, Didier. Now she is an old, raddled and homeless woman. She can't believe her eyes when she comes face to face with her young and beautiful self - bronze, shining and standing in the front window of Didier's house. Her life and the lives of everyone in Didier's household are about to change as she finds new life and a new meaning to her existence as her friendship with a little deaf boy grows, transforming and transcending all that has gone before.
©2011 Alison Leonard (P)2011 Books Are Loud |
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UNABRIDGED
by Robert Graham
Narrated by Robert Graham, Julia Franklin
LENGTH
3 hrs and 28 mins
PRICE
£5.99
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Publisher's Summary
This wonderful short story collection was first released in print in 2009 by Salt publishing. Robert's stories are a close, intimate look at friendship, marriage, relationships and the problems and joys that come with the territory. They look at men and women in and out of love and the way we yearn for what was and can never be.
Thoughtful, provocative, funny and always entertaining, Robert Graham's beautifully written prose is a joy to read and to hear. His first novel, Holy Joe was published by Troubador in 2006. The novel he describes as his 'chapbook' - A Man Walks into a Kitchen was published by Salt in 2011.
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