Best Sellers
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The Book Thief
- By: Markus Zusak
- Narrated by: Dennis Olsen
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 426
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 396
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 398
The award-winning novel that established Markus Zusak as an international brand....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Such a beautiful book
- By Amanda on 08-04-2016
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
- By: Mackenzi Lee
- Narrated by: Christian Coulson
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 200
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 193
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 191
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets the 1700s in this hilarious and swashbuckling standalone teen historical fiction novel....
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5 out of 5 stars
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So bloody brilliant
- By Katie on 24-03-2018
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The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
- By: Mackenzi Lee
- Narrated by: Moira Quirk
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7
In this highly anticipated sequel to The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, Felicity Montague must use all her womanly wits and wiles to achieve her dreams of becoming a doctor - even if she has to scheme her way across Europe to do it....
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The Stranger
- By: Albert Camus
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 3
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Story3 out of 5 stars 3
Albert Camus' The Stranger is one of the most widely read novels in the world, with millions of copies sold....
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The Book Thief
- By: Markus Zusak
- Narrated by: Dennis Olsen
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 426
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 396
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 398
The award-winning novel that established Markus Zusak as an international brand....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Such a beautiful book
- By Amanda on 08-04-2016
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
- By: Mackenzi Lee
- Narrated by: Christian Coulson
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 200
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 193
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 191
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets the 1700s in this hilarious and swashbuckling standalone teen historical fiction novel....
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5 out of 5 stars
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So bloody brilliant
- By Katie on 24-03-2018
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The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
- By: Mackenzi Lee
- Narrated by: Moira Quirk
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7
In this highly anticipated sequel to The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, Felicity Montague must use all her womanly wits and wiles to achieve her dreams of becoming a doctor - even if she has to scheme her way across Europe to do it....
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The Stranger
- By: Albert Camus
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 3
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Story3 out of 5 stars 3
Albert Camus' The Stranger is one of the most widely read novels in the world, with millions of copies sold....
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And I Darken
- By: Kiersten White
- Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 19
No one expects a princess to be brutal. And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her gentle younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Intriguing and vivid
- By Kristin on 01-08-2016
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
- By: John Boyne
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story5 out of 5 stars 31
Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Deeply Moving Fable
- By Chris on 29-10-2017
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Private Peaceful
- By: Michael Morpurgo
- Narrated by: Jamie Glover
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Told in the voice of a young soldier, the story follows 24 hours in his life at the front during World War I, and captures his memories as he looks back over his life....
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Escaping From Houdini
- Stalking Jack the Ripper, Book 3
- By: Kerri Maniscalco
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
The number one New York Times best-selling series that started with Stalking Jack the Ripper and Hunting Prince Dracula continues in this third bloody installment! A luxurious ocean liner becomes a floating prison of madness and horror when passengers are murdered one by one....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best in this series so far!
- By Stephanie on 05-10-2018
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Daughter of the Pirate King
- By: Tricia Levenseller
- Narrated by: Marisa Calin
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21
There will be plenty of time for me to beat him soundly once I've gotten what I came for....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Easy enough to listen to.
- By Ceese on 14-06-2018
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Parvana's Journey
- By: Deborah Ellis
- Narrated by: Meera Simhan
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
The Taliban still control Afghanistan, but Kabul is in ruins. Parvana's father has just died, and her mother, sister, and brother could be anywhere. Parvana knows she must find them....
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Incurable
- The Ellie Chronicles
- By: John Marsden
- Narrated by: Mikaela Martin
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Ellie has struggled to put the war behind her and lead a normal life....
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5 out of 5 stars
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changed narrator
- By Jessie on 11-04-2016
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While I Live
- The Ellie Chronicles
- By: John Marsden
- Narrated by: Suzi Dougherty
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
The town of Wirrawee is emerging from war, slowly, like a flower after a cold snap....
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Journey continues
- By Anonymous User on 15-09-2018
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Stalking Jack the Ripper
- By: Kerri Maniscalco, James Patterson
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4 out of 5 stars 27
Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, but she leads a forbidden secret life....
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4 out of 5 stars
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A twisted tale
- By 8mineamy on 17-10-2017
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The Diviners
- By: Libba Bray
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Something dark and evil has awakened....
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5 out of 5 stars
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everything's jake
- By B$ on 19-09-2018
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The Librarian of Auschwitz
- By: Antonio Iturbe, Lilit Thwaites - translator, Dita Kraus - prologue
- Narrated by: Marisa Calin
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
The Librarian of Auschwitz is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust....
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The Rose & the Dagger
- By: Renée Ahdieh
- Narrated by: Ariana Delawari
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad has been torn from the love of her husband, Khalid, the caliph of Khorasan....
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The Great Brain
- By: John D. Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Ten-year-old Tom D. Fitzgerald is known to everyone as The Great Brain. J.D., The Great Brain's sometimes confounded but always-admiring younger brother, tells his story...
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Sterling Point Books
- Admiral Richard Byrd: Alone in the Antarctic
- By: Paul Rink
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
A tale of personal courage and dedication, all set against a backdrop of perhaps the harshest environment on earth....
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The Secret Garden
- By: Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Narrated by: Johanna Ward
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4 out of 5 stars 10
Mary Lennox, an ill-tempered child, comes to live with her uncle in Misselthwaite Manor after the death of her parents. There, she finds the door to a secret garden, neglected for years...
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The Egypt Game
- By: Zilpha Keatley Snyder
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
When Melanie Ross first meets April Hall, she's not sure what to think....
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Antony and Cleopatra
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Anthony Quayle, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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The complete play in five acts....
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Stalking Jack the Ripper
- Booktrack Edition
- By: Kerri Maniscalco, James Patterson foreward
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life....
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Strange Objects
- By: Gary Crew
- Narrated by: Stig Wemyss
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
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Story3 out of 5 stars 5
On 4 June 1629, the Dutch vessel Batavia struck uncharted rocks off the Western Australian coast....
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Sterling Point Books
- Lawrence of Arabia
- By: Alistair Maclean
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Colorful characters, a larger-than-life hero, stirring battles, death-defying desert treks, and an adventure rich in mystery and romance, are all depicted by a great writer....
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Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
- By: Lensey Namioka
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2
China, 1911. Ailin rebels and refuses to allow her family to bind her feet. But as she enters adolescence, Ailin finds that her family is no longer willing to support her....
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The Red Necklace
- The French Revolution, Book 1
- By: Sally Gardner
- Narrated by: Tom Hiddleston
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
France 1789: a time of terror; a charismatic boy, Yann, who must find out who he is....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pure listening pleasure
- By Skye on 18-05-2015
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Then
- Felix and Zelda, Book 2
- By: Morris Gleitzman
- Narrated by: Morris Gleitzman
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16
Here is a sequel to Once, written and narrated by one of Australia's most popular children's authors....
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Cold Mountain
- By: Charles Frazier
- Narrated by: Charles Frazier
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance1 out of 5 stars 1
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Story1 out of 5 stars 1
Sorely wounded and fatally disillusioned in the fighting at Petersburg, Inman, a Confederate soldier, decides to walk back to his home in the Blue Ridge Mountains and to Ada, the woman he loved....
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Bleak House
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 32 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
First published in monthly parts from March 1852 to September 1853, this novel follows the fortunes of three pedestrian characters; Esther Summerson, Ada Clare, and Richard Carstone....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Simon Vance is very good
- By Amazon Customer on 21-08-2016
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Treasure Island
- By: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Narrated by: Alfred Molina
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story5 out of 5 stars 16
Robert Louis Stevenson's cherished, unforgettable adventure magically captures the thrill of a sea voyage and a treasure hunt through the eyes of its teenage protagonist, Jim Hawkins....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great story, dynamic performance
- By David Pellowe on 08-01-2018
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Circle of Flight
- Ellie Chronicles
- By: John Marsden
- Narrated by: Mikaela Martin
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story5 out of 5 stars 32
It is a time of profound change for Ellie Linton. Enemies are everywhere. Some come crawling over the hills others drive in and knock on the front door....
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5 out of 5 stars
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great read!
- By Shannon on 26-09-2014
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Prisoner B-3087
- By: Alan Gratz
- Narrated by: Steven Kaplan
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3 out of 5 stars 2
Ten concentration camps. Ten different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly. It's something no one could imagine. But it is what Yanek Gruener has to face....
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Navigating Early
- By: Clare Vanderpool
- Narrated by: Robbie Daymond, Mark Bramhall, Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
At the end of World War II, Jack Baker, a landlocked Kansas boy, is suddenly uprooted after his mother's death and placed in a boy's boarding school in Maine....
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5 out of 5 stars
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beautiful story
- By Jess on 03-02-2016
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Our Island Story (Complete)
- By: H. E. Marshall
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott, Anna Bentinck
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
H. E. Marshall’s classic children’s chronicle of Britain Our Island Story includes all the best-loved (and most infamous!) stories from history....
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Refugee
- By: Alan Gratz
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom, Kyla Garcia, Assaf Cohen
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
This timely and powerful novel tells the story of three different children seeking refuge....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great read, even for adults
- By Anonymous User on 24-05-2018
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Treasures of the Snow
- By: Patricia St. John, Mary Mills
- Narrated by: Pamela Garelick
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
When Annette gets Lucien into trouble at school, he decides to get back at her by threatening the most precious thing in the world to her....
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Davenport House 6: House Secrets
- By: Marie Silk
- Narrated by: Allyson Voller
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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It is 1919 when America begins to heal from the Great War and take her first steps into a roaring new era. The residents of Davenport House are changing with the times as new fashions and new laws are introduced. Clara turns a blind eye to her troubles at home and plans a grand masquerade ball for the county. Bridget uncovers a distressing truth and returns to the house to warn the others but soon finds she is no longer welcome there. When a suspicious death occurs on the estate, the abundance of motives and sudden hushed lips cause tensions to rise throughout the house.
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The Girl with Stars in Her Hair
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When her brother is kidnapped, Cassie Goodlight is determined to save him - even if it means learning the magic that nearly destroyed her mother. But how can she beat a shape-shifting sea goblin that taunts her at every turn? Cassie must find a way before a year is up, or her brother will be lost forever. And who, or what, is the handsome stranger who keeps turning up in her life?
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Grenade
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It's 1944 and the world is at war. Hideki lives peacefully with his family on the island of Okinawa, near Japan. Until the day WWII reaches their door. Hideki is drafted into the "Blood and Iron Imperial Corps" to fight for the Japanese army. He is handed two grenades and a set of instructions: go off into the jungle, and don't come back until you've killed an American soldier. Meanwhile, young American soldier Ray Majors has just landed on the beach in Okinawa. He doesn't know what to expect, or if he'll make it out alive, but he knows he must keep moving forward.
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In 1957, when the USSR launched Sputnik I, the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth, America’s rival in the Cold War claimed victory on a new frontier. The Space Race had begun, and the United States was losing. Closer to home, a decade of turbulence would soon have Americans reeling, with the year 1968 alone seeing the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy as well as many violent clashes between police and protesters. Americans desperately needed something good to believe in.
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The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
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A year after a grand tour with her brother, Felicity Montague has returned to England with two goals - avoid the marriage proposal of a lovestruck suitor and enroll in medical school. However, her intellect will never be enough in the eyes of the sexist administrators. But then a window of opportunity opens - a doctor she idolizes is marrying an old friend of hers in Germany. Felicity believes this man can help her, but she has no money of her own to make the trip. Luckily, a mysterious young woman is willing to pay Felicity’s way, so long as she’s allowed to travel with Felicity.
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It's 1817. The happy chaos of the Yuletide season has descended upon the country estate of Shackleford Park in full force, but lady's maid Kate Darby barely has the time to notice. Matt Harlow is also rather busy. Falling in love would be a disaster for either of them. But staving off their feelings for each other becomes the least of their problems when a devious counterfeiting scheme reaches the gates of Shackleford Park, and Kate and Matt are unwittingly swept up in the intrigue.
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It's 1944 and the world is at war. Hideki lives peacefully with his family on the island of Okinawa, near Japan. Until the day WWII reaches their door. Hideki is drafted into the "Blood and Iron Imperial Corps" to fight for the Japanese army. He is handed two grenades and a set of instructions: go off into the jungle, and don't come back until you've killed an American soldier. Meanwhile, young American soldier Ray Majors has just landed on the beach in Okinawa. He doesn't know what to expect, or if he'll make it out alive, but he knows he must keep moving forward.
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In 1957, when the USSR launched Sputnik I, the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth, America’s rival in the Cold War claimed victory on a new frontier. The Space Race had begun, and the United States was losing. Closer to home, a decade of turbulence would soon have Americans reeling, with the year 1968 alone seeing the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy as well as many violent clashes between police and protesters. Americans desperately needed something good to believe in.
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The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
- By: Mackenzi Lee
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7
A year after a grand tour with her brother, Felicity Montague has returned to England with two goals - avoid the marriage proposal of a lovestruck suitor and enroll in medical school. However, her intellect will never be enough in the eyes of the sexist administrators. But then a window of opportunity opens - a doctor she idolizes is marrying an old friend of hers in Germany. Felicity believes this man can help her, but she has no money of her own to make the trip. Luckily, a mysterious young woman is willing to pay Felicity’s way, so long as she’s allowed to travel with Felicity.
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Carols and Chaos
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It’s 1871, and Emmeline Carter is poised to take Chicago’s high society by storm. Between her father’s sudden rise to wealth and her recent engagement to Chicago’s most eligible bachelor, Emmeline has it all. But she can’t stop thinking about the life she left behind, including her childhood sweetheart, Anders Magnuson. Fiona Byrne, Emmeline’s childhood best friend, is delighted by her friend’s sudden rise to prominence, especially since it means Fiona is free to pursue Anders herself. But when Emmeline risks everything for one final fling with Anders, Fiona feels completely betrayed.
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All Out
- The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages
- By: Saundra Mitchell
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Allison Hiroto, Christian Barillas, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Seventeen young adult authors across the queer spectrum have come together to create a collection of beautifully written diverse historical fiction for teens. From a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood set in war-torn 1870s Mexico featuring a transgender soldier, to two girls falling in love while mourning the death of Kurt Cobain, forbidden love in a 16th-century Spanish convent, or an asexual girl discovering her identity amid the 1970s roller-disco scene, All Out tells a diverse range of stories across cultures, time periods and identities, shedding light on an area of history often ignored or forgotten.
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Escaping From Houdini
- Stalking Jack the Ripper, Book 3
- By: Kerri Maniscalco
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her partner-in-crime-investigation, Thomas Cresswell, are en route to New York to help solve another blood-soaked mystery. Embarking on a week-long voyage across the Atlantic on the opulent RMS Etruria, they're delighted to discover a traveling troupe of circus performers, fortune tellers, and a certain charismatic young escape artist entertaining the first-class passengers nightly. But then, privileged young women begin to go missing without explanation, and a series of brutal slayings shocks the entire ship.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best in this series so far!
- By Stephanie on 05-10-2018
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My Real Name Is Hanna
- By: Tara Lynn Masih
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Hanna Slivka is on the cusp of 14 when Hitler's army crosses the border into Soviet-occupied Ukraine. Soon, the Gestapo closes in, determined to make the shtetele she lives in "free of Jews". Until the German occupation, Hanna spent her time exploring Kwasova with her younger siblings, admiring the drawings of the handsome Leon Stadnick, and helping her neighbor dye decorative eggs. But now she, Leon, and their families are forced to flee and hide in the forest outside their shtetele - and then in the dark caves beneath the rolling meadows, rumored to harbor evil spirits.
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Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground
- By: T. R. Simon
- Narrated by: Channie Waites
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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When Zora Neale Hurston and her best friend, Carrie Brown, discover that the town mute can speak after all, they think they’ve uncovered a big secret. But Mr. Polk’s silence is just one piece of a larger puzzle that stretches back half a century to the tragic story of an enslaved girl named Lucia. As Zora’s curiosity leads a reluctant Carrie deeper into the mystery, the story unfolds through alternating narratives. Lucia’s struggle for freedom resonates through the years, threatening the future of America’s first incorporated black township.
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Imagine...The Fall of Jericho
- By: Matt Koceich
- Narrated by: Tim Gregory
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The last thing fourth-grader Jake Henry remembers (before the world as he knew it disappeared) is napping at summer camp. What happens next can't be explained as Jake finds himself surrounded by massive stone walls that rise up all around him - in ancient Jericho.
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Dream Country
- By: Shannon Gibney
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The heartbreaking story of five generations of young people from a single African-and-American family pursuing an elusive dream of freedom. Dream Country begins in suburban Minneapolis at the moment when 17-year-old Kollie Flomo begins to crack under the strain of his life as a Liberian refugee. Then listeners travel back to Liberia and back in time, to the early 20th century and the point of view of Togar Somah, an 18-year-old indigenous Liberian on the run from government militias, and to America in 1827....
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Open Sea
- By: María Gudín, Cynthia Steele - translator
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies, Heather Wilds
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Spain, 1639. When Len de Montemayor’s family is killed, she thinks her life is over until an aristocratic family rescues her. Len finds a soul mate in their son, Piers, and as they grow up together, their friendship becomes a love so intense that it comes with a promise: it will last forever. But with the outbreak of civil war, a dutiful Piers knows his fate is with the Royal Navy, leaving Len waving from the shore as he sails toward an uncertain future.
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The Wind
- Tales from a Revolution: West-Florida
- By: Lars D. H. Hedbor
- Narrated by: Shamaan Casey
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Gabriel is a simple sailor, doing the bidding of his Captain and King, when he is swept up in a storm that changes his life in ways that he could never have anticipated. Carlotta yearns for her lost home, and is searching for her lost husband, but both remain elusive in a world that has been turned upside-down by forces far outside of her control. When the storm that is Governor Bernardo de Gálvez breaks over them both, neither will ever be the same - and nor will their world.
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Resistance
- By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
- Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Chaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland. Simply being Jewish places her in danger of being killed or sent to the camps. After her little sister is taken away, her younger brother disappears, and her parents all but give up hope, Chaya is determined to make a difference. Using forged papers and her fair features, Chaya becomes a courier and travels between the Jewish ghettos of Poland, smuggling food, papers, and even people. Soon Chaya joins a resistance cell that runs raids on the Nazis' supplies. But after a mission goes terribly wrong, Chaya's network shatters.
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The Story Collector
- A New York Public Library Book
- By: Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Eleven-year-old Viviani Fedeler has spent her whole life in the New York Public Library. She knows every room by heart, except the ones her father keeps locked. When Viviani becomes convinced that the library is haunted, new girl Merit Mubarak makes fun of her. So Viviani decides to play a harmless little prank, roping her older brothers and best friend Eva to help out. But what begins as a joke quickly gets out of hand, and soon Viviani and her friends have to solve two big mysteries.
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In Another Time
- By: Caroline Leech
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s 1942, and Maisie McCall is in the Scottish Highlands doing her bit for the war effort in the Women’s Timber Corps. As Maisie works felling trees alongside the enigmatic John Lindsay, Maisie can’t help but feel like their friendship has the spark of something more to it. And yet every time she gets close to him, John pulls away. It’s not until Maisie rescues John from a terrible logging accident that he begins to open up to her about the truth of his past, and the pain he’s been hiding.