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Nineteen Eighty-Four

• ORIGINAL (1 hr and 54 mins)
• By George Orwell
• Narrated By Tim Pigott-Smith

Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster and the Thought Police uncover each act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police helicopters that hover and circle overhead, Winston and Julia begin to question the Party.

The Jane Austen BBC Radio Drama Collection: Six BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations

• ORIGINAL (14 hrs and 30 mins)
• By Jane Austen
• Narrated By Benedict Cumberbatch, David Tennant, Julie McKenzie

A collection of BBC radio full-cast dramatisations of Jane Austen's six major novels. Jane Austen is one of the finest writers in the English language, and this volume includes all six of her classic novels. Mansfield Park: on a quest to find a position in society, Fanny Price goes to live with her rich aunt and uncle. Northanger Abbey: young, naïve Catherine Morland receives an invitation to stay at the isolated Gothic mansion Northanger Abbey.

Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting

• ABRIDGED (6 hrs and 12 mins)
• By Robert McKee
• Narrated By Robert McKee

Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress, and putting major screenwriting careers back on track. Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Gloria Steinem, Julia Roberts, John Cleese, and David Bowie are just a few of his celebrity alumni. Writers, producers, development executives, and agents all flock to his lecture series, praising it as a mesmerizing and intense learning experience.

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 1 min)
• By Cary Elwes, Joe Layden, Rob Reiner (foreword)
• Narrated By Cary Elwes, Christopher Guest, Carol Kane, and others

From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes a first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Mandy Patinkin, as well as author and screenwriter William Goldman, producer Norman Lear, and director Rob Reiner.

Stardust

• ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 32 mins)
• By Neil Gaiman
• Narrated By Aisling Loftus, Alex Macqueen, Blake Ritson, and others

Challenged to retrieve a fallen star, Tristran Thorn leaves the sleepy English village of Wall and crosses into the land of Faerie and the realm of Stormhold. Locating the star, he discovers it is no meteorite but a young woman, Yvaine. When Yvaine evades him and escapes, Tristran discovers he is not the only one in pursuit of the star: there are dark forces in this magical land, and he must find Yvaine before she falls into their clutches.

The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years: From the Next Generation to J. J. Abrams: The Complete, Uncensored, and Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek

• UNABRIDGED (34 hrs and 35 mins)
• By Edward Gross, Mark A. Altman
• Narrated By Aaron Landon, Alex Hyde-White, David Stifel, and others

The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years: From the Next Generation to J. J. Abrams is an incisive, no-holds-barred oral history telling the story of post-Original Series Star Trek, told exclusively by the people who were there, in their own words - sharing the inside scoops they've never told before, unveiling the oftentimes shocking true story of the history of Star Trek, and chronicling the trials, tribulations, and tribbles that have remained deeply buried secrets until now.

The Secret History of Twin Peaks

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 33 mins)
• By Mark Frost
• Narrated By Mark Frost, Kyle MacLachlan, Len Cariou, and others

The Secret History of Twin Peaks enlarges the world of the original series, placing the unexplained phenomena that unfolded there into a vastly layered, wide-ranging history, beginning with the journals of Lewis and Clark and ending with the shocking events that closed the finale. The perfect way to get in the mood for the upcoming Showtime series.

Peggy and Me

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 58 mins)
• By Miranda Hart
• Narrated By Miranda Hart
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The hilarious and heartwarming account of Miranda and her life changing dog, the inimitable and most lovable Peggy. Hello dear audiobook browser and welcome to Peggy and Me. The story of my life since getting a beautiful Shih-Tzu Bichon Frise cross puppy (I call the breed a Shitty Frise - fun) in the form of Peggy.

Classic BBC Radio Shakespeare: Tragedies: Hamlet; Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet

• ORIGINAL (7 hrs and 23 mins)
• By William Shakespeare
• Narrated By full cast, Ian McKellen, Paul Scofield, and others

Three powerful radio productions from the BBC archives starring Ian McKellen, Ronald Pickup and Paul Scofield and a host of celebrated acting talent. These three legendary plays, performed by some of the best-known theatrical actors of the 20th century, are the perfect way to commemorate England's greatest dramatist.

Cabin Pressure: The Complete Series 4

• ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 48 mins)
• By John Finnemore
• Narrated By AudioGO Ltd

Stephanie Cole, Benedict Cumberbatch & Roger Allam star in the fourth series of the hit sitcom about the tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult. By John Finnemore (The News Quiz, Mitchell & Webb).

Making Poldark

• UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 45 mins)
• By Robin Ellis
• Narrated By Robin Ellis
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This is the 2015 edition of the memoir of BBC/Masterpiece Theatre actor Robin Ellis, the original Captain Ross Poldark in the BBC classic television series. This expanded edition includes an all new chapter documenting Robin's return to television as part of the new series produced by Mammoth Screen, on behalf of the BBC and Masterpiece/PBS, with Aidan Turner as the new Poldark.

Game of Thrones: 3 Book Series

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 16 mins)
• By History of Thrones
• Narrated By Phillip J. Mather

These books aim to thoroughly detail the early history of the houses Targaryen, Stark, Lannister and many more. You can explore how they first rose to power, and what happened in the years leading up to the beginning of the Game of Thrones story.

All Together Dead: Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery #7

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 48 mins)
• By Charlaine Harris
• Narrated By Johanna Parker
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Sookie's beginning to get used to being surrounded by all varieties of supernatural beings - but even she has her limits. She'd really like to take a while to get over being betrayed by Bill, her long-time vampire lover, and get used to her new relationship with the sexy shapeshifter Quinn - but instead, she finds herself attending the long-planned vampire summit, the destination of choice for every undead power player around, as a sort-of human 'Geiger counter' for Sophie-Anne Leclerq, vampire queen of Louisiana.

Alan Bennett: Plays: BBC Radio dramatisations

• ORIGINAL (12 hrs and 43 mins)
• By Alan Bennett
• Narrated By John Gielgud, Maggie Smith, Patricia Routledge

A unique collection of 12 full-cast BBC Radio productions of plays by Alan Bennett. The titles are: 40 Years On, A Visit from Miss Prothero, Say Something Happened, Kafka's Dick, Two in Torquay, The Madness of George III, The History Boys, An Englishman Abroad, A Question of Attribution, The Lady in the Van, Cocktail Sticks and The Last of the Sun.

You Look Like That Girl: A Child Actor Stops Pretending and Finally Grows Up

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 24 mins)
• By Lisa Jakub
• Narrated By Lisa Jakub
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Lisa Jakub had what she was supposed to want: She was a working actor in Los Angeles. She had more than 40 movies and TV shows to her name. She had been in blockbusters like Mrs. Doubtfire and Independence Day. She walked the red carpet and lived in the house she had bought when she was 15. But something was missing. Passion. Purpose. Happiness. In this funny and insightful book, Lisa chronicles the adventures of growing up in the film industry and her difficult decision to leave behind the only life she had ever known.

Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency

• UNABRIDGED (25 hrs and 1 min)
• By James Andrew Miller
• Narrated By James Andrew Miller, Kirby Heyborne, Ann Richardson

In 1975, five young employees of a sclerotic William Morris agency left to start their own strikingly innovative talent agency. In the years to come, Creative Artists Agency would vault from its origins in a tiny office on the last block of Beverly Hills to become the largest and most imperial, groundbreaking, and star-studded agency Hollywood has ever seen - a company whose tentacles now spread throughout the world of movies, music, television, technology, advertising, sports, and investment banking far more than previously imagined.

Murder Must Advertise (Dramatized)

• ABRIDGED (2 hrs and 19 mins)
• By Dorothy L. Sayers
• Narrated By Ian Carmichael, Full Cast

When copywriter Victor Dean falls to his death on the stairs of Pym's Advertising Agency, everyone assumes it was an unfortunate accident. His replacement doesn't think so and begins asking a lot of questions. The new man is something of a mystery to his colleagues, and he certainly dresses well considering his meagre writer's salary.

Orange Is the New Black: My Time in a Women's Prison

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 10 mins)
• By Piper Kerman
• Narrated By Cassandra Campbell
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With her career, live-in boyfriend and loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the rebellious young woman who got mixed up with drug runners and delivered a suitcase of drug money to Europe over a decade ago. But when she least expects it, her reckless past catches up with her; convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at an infamous women's prison in Connecticut, Piper becomes inmate #11187-424.

Classic BBC Radio Shakespeare: Romances: The Winter's Tale, Pericles, The Tempest

• ORIGINAL (7 hrs and 31 mins)
• By William Shakespeare
• Narrated By Hannah Gordon, Paul Scofield, Tim Pigott-Smith

These three legendary plays, performed by some of the best-known theatrical actors of the 20th century, are the perfect way to commemorate England's greatest dramatist. The Winter's Tale: one man's consuming jealousy threatens to destroy both himself and those around him, but his actions arouse a passionate sense of honour, love, justice and self-sacrifice in members of his Court and family. First broadcast in 1982, starring Ronald Pickup as Leontes, with Hannah Gordon as Hermione and John Gielgud as Time.

Dead to the World: Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery #4

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 59 mins)
• By Charlaine Harris
• Narrated By Johanna Parker
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Sookie comes to the rescue of a naked, amnesiac vampire - and ends up in the middle of a war between witches, werewolves and vampires!Sookie Stackhouse is a small-town cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. She's pretty. She does her job well. She keeps to herself - she has only a few close friends, because not everyone appreciates Sookie's gift: she can read minds.

The Best of Car Talk (USA), October 14, 2017

• ORIGINAL (53 mins)
• By Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi
• Narrated By Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi

Car Talk is a radio talk show broadcast weekly throughout the United States and elsewhere. Its subjects are automobiles and repair, and it often takes humorous turns. The hosts of Car Talk are brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi.

CatoAudio, October 2017

• ORIGINAL (1 hr and 2 mins)
• By Caleb Brown
• Narrated By Caleb Brown

Introduction. Alex Nowrasteh and David Bier on the economics of immigration. Doug Bandow offers a rare peek inside North Korea. Daniel Ikenson on what we should want from trade agreements. Jeffrey Miron describes the distortionary effects of government interventions. Ambassador Wendy Sherman and Laura Rozen discuss the Iran nuclear deal.

The Best of Car Talk (USA), The Most Complex Relationship, October 7, 2017

• ORIGINAL (53 mins)
• By Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi
• Narrated By Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi

This week on The Best of Car Talk , Tom and Ray ponder the idiosyncrasies of the mother-daughter relationship. Since they fit into neither category, fortunately their Mom, Elizabeth, and sister, Lucille, are by their phones, to share the tale of how Lucille's clothes wound up on the front lawn. Elsewhere, Herbert loves his VW van, except for its tendency to catch on fire; Ronnie Sue fixed a leaky hose with her underwear and is ready for her next auto repair challenge; and Michael wants to know if you can push start an automatic transmission with something smaller than a two-ton truck.

The Forsytes Concludes: BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation

• ORIGINAL (4 hrs and 27 mins)
• By John Galsworthy
• Narrated By full cast, Jessica Raine

Eight episodes based on the last volume of John Galsworthy's saga, including the novels Maid in Waiting, Flowering Wilderness and One More River. The saga moves to Oxfordshire, where the Cherrell family is introduced and Dinny Cherrell, cousin to Fleur and Michael, is full of excitement at the life ahead of her. As the years unfold, however, she is struck by love, then tragedy, and shock as figures from the past return unexpectedly.

Tracy

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 10 mins)
• By Michael B. Druxman
• Narrated By Chris Hendrie

He's been called "the best film actor Hollywood has ever known". His marvelous performances in classic movies like Captains Courageous, Adam's Rib, Bad Day at Black Rock, and Inherit the Wind endowed him with a tough, solid humorous image - one that was totally at odds with his own personality. The play opens in 1967 when Tracy was in poor health and struggling to complete what would be his final film, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

The Boys from the Bridge: The Story of Attenborough's Private Army

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 34 mins)
• By Sebastian Abineri
• Narrated By Sebastian Abineri

In 1976, twenty-one-year-old Sebastian Abineri was cast in Richard Attenborough's epic war film, A Bridge Too Far. He joined "Attenborough's Private Army" (APA), a group of fifty young British actors, who were brought together to train under the eagle eye of a former director of The SAS to represent the heroic band of Paratroopers who held Arnhem Bridge against insurmountable odds in 1944.

Guts: The Anatomy of The Walking Dead

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 49 mins)
• By Paul Vigna
• Narrated By Graham Halstead
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Vigna digs into the show's guts, exploring its roots, storyline, relevance for fans and the wider popular culture, and more. He explores how the changing nature of television and media have contributed to the show's success and goes deep into the zombie genre, delineating why it's different from vampires, werewolves, and other monsters. He considers why people have found in zombies a mirror for their own fears and explains how this connection is important to the show's popularity.

How to Write a Script in 30 Days

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 32 mins)
• By Ken Davenport
• Narrated By Ken Davenport

All of the greatest creators, from Beethoven to Edison, had something in common. They didn't just create stuff. They created a ton of stuff. That's why I'm a big believer that producers should produce more, directors should direct more, and, of course, writers should write more. The funny thing is, too many writers I know just can't finish a script. Maybe they have ideas, and maybe they write a few scenes, but they don't get to the end. Or maybe they've never written anything and are too afraid to start! That's why I wrote this book.

The Best of Car Talk (USA), 30 Years of Wasting Perfectly Good Hours, September 30, 2017

• ORIGINAL (54 mins)
• By Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi
• Narrated By Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi

This week on The Best of Car Talk, we wrap up our 30th Anniversary celebration/apology, with our all-time favorite laughs. We've got the infamous electric brakes call and the philosophical breakthrough it inspired. Also, Tom's misadventures in the US Army; the ultimate Puzzler faux pas; an appearance by Tom and Ray's dear mother, Elizabeth; a tale that epitomizes Magliozzi brotherly devotion; and the saga of Richard, his goats, and Doris. All of this, plus some entries from the listener noises Hall of Fame, and more, this week on The Best of Car Talk.

The Best of Car Talk (USA), 30 Years of Listener Retaliation, September 23, 2017

• ORIGINAL (52 mins)
• By Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi
• Narrated By Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi

This week, Car Talk's month long 30th Anniversary Celebration/Apology continues, with an all-listener request show. We've got the Bosnian Vowel Drop, Arup Gupta, the original Melissa Peterson letter, Death Valley Dinesh, and the circumferentially challenged Daniel Pinkwater reading highlights from the BMW owner's manual. Also, Dana needs help removing a chunk of the Berlin Wall from a friend's trunk, and Christy decides it's time to 'fess up to her Dad about destroying his car 15 years ago. All this and more, on The Best of Car Talk.

Victoria and Albert - a Royal Love Affair: Official companion to the ITV series

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 37 mins)
• By Daisy Goodwin, Sara Sheridan
• Narrated By Jessica Ball, Dugald Bruce Lockhart

What happened after the Queen married her handsome prince? Did they live happily ever after, or did their marriage, like so many royal marriages past and present, fizzle into a loveless bond of duty? Victoria and Albert were the royal couple that broke the mould - it may have been an arranged match, yet their union was a passionate, tempestuous relationship between two extremely strong-willed individuals.

The Best of Car Talk (USA), 30 Years of the North American Wacko, September 16, 2017

• ORIGINAL (53 mins)
• By Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi
• Narrated By Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi

This week, we continue celebrating (and apologizing for) Car Talk's 30th Anniversary on NPR, with some of our all-time favorite "out there" calls. Our roster includes space shuttle astronaut John, whose government vehicle had a slight hesitation problem at 17,000 miles per hour; Gail, the Most Wanted Tollbooth fugitive at the Betsy Ross Bridge; Dave from Bemidji, MN, whose road trip from Alaska included using a campfire grill to fix his catalytic converter; Will, whose old dog Moses "blew beets"; and the saga of one of our heroes, lawn chair pilot Larry Walters.

Cold Feet: The Lost Years

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 38 mins)
• By Carmel Harrington
• Narrated By Thomas Judd
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

An original Cold Feet novel written in collaboration with the award-winning Cold Feet team. Anyone who was watching TV in the 1990s will remember the hugely popular Cold Feet drama. We loved it for being both funny and heartbreaking. For presenting warm, honest, flawed-but-real people who felt more like our mates than characters on a screen. The show returned to our TVs last year, and after 13 years away, we walked straight back into their lives.

Die Hard with a Vengeance

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 59 mins)
• By Deborah Chiel
• Narrated By David Ackroyd

A mad bomber is terrorizing the city. But New York has a weapon of its own - Detective John McClane. Originally published as tie-in novelization to the 1995 major motion picture.

The Science of Orphan Black: The Official Companion

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 34 mins)
• By Casey Griffin, Nina Nesseth
• Narrated By Lauren Jackson

Delve deeper into the scientific terms and theories at the core of the Peabody-winning, cult favorite show. With exclusive insights from the show's cocreator, Graeme Manson, and science consultant Cosima Herter, The Science of Orphan Black takes you behind the closed doors of the Dyad Institute and inside Neolution.

CatoAudio, September 2017

• ORIGINAL (1 hr and 12 mins)
• By Caleb Brown
• Narrated By Caleb Brown

Introduction. Walter Olson and Trevor Burrus on the Supreme Court's 2016-2017 term. Lynne Kiesling on environmental economics, Patrick Eddington interviews Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on surveillance reform. Ilan Wurman on his book A Debt Against the Living: An Introduction to Originalism. Brian Knight on the future of financial technology. Max Eden on why school choice is good for democracy.

The Best of Car Talk (USA), 30 Years of Lousy Marital Advice, September 9, 2017

• ORIGINAL (54 mins)
• By Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi
• Narrated By Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi

Believe it or not, Car Talk is celebrating its 30th Anniversary on NPR. We know we should mark the occasion with a sincere apology for wasting all those hours, but instead, we're celebrating with a series of special shows featuring some of our all-time favorite calls. This week's theme: Relationships! Can lonely guy Chris use his car to meet a woman? Did Ellen really wreck her husband's Explorer by accidentally filling it with diesel? Should Doug buy a manual shift car so his messy wife can't drive it? Did Kim or her husband make the more foolish car purchase?

Streampunks: Inside YouTube and the New Rebels Remaking Media

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 8 mins)
• By Robert Kyncl, Maany Peyvan
• Narrated By Stephen Graybill
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

The rules of entertainment have changed. Last year the vlogger PewDiePie made more money from his YouTube videos than high-profile movie stars such as Meryl Streep, Cameron Diaz and Anne Hathaway. And no one knows more about how it works than Robert Kyncl, chief business officer at YouTube. YouTube is the first truly global media platform, reaching 87 percent of all online adults in the UK.

The Best of Car Talk (USA), Brotherly Love, September 2, 2017

• ORIGINAL (53 mins)
• By Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi
• Narrated By Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi

Who better than Tom and Ray to solve a dispute between two brothers over a vintage Camaro? Well, lots of people, actually. But Cynthia wasn't able to reach any of them, so this week on The Best of Car Talk, she'll hope our heroes can bring peace to Thanksgiving this year. Elsewhere, Virginia's Honda keeps getting stolen and returned. She's resorted to drastic measures to protect it, but would she be better off just leaving the car unlocked and engine running?

150 Timeless Movies

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 51 mins)
• By Susan Granger
• Narrated By David Gilmore

This is a choice collection of 150 movie reviews of classic and contemporary timeless movies by international syndicated film critic Susan Granger. It includes films from the earliest days to today, from the Russian film Battleship Potemkin (1925) and Gone With the Wind (1939) to Bridge of Spies (2015) and Zootopia (2016). 150 Timeless Movies includes reviews reprinted from Granger's popular website, www.susangranger.com, as well as more than two dozen new reviews of English and foreign film classics.