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The second instalment of Tolkien's epic tale, adapted from the original BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Having fled the Shire in their escape from Sauron's Dark Riders, Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring have journeyed to Rivendell and beyond. Their mission is to reach the Mountain of...

With its first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on March 8, 1981, this dramatised tale of Middle Earth became an instant global classic. It boasts a truly outstanding cast including Ian Holm (as Frodo), Michael Hordern (as Gandalf), Robert Stephens (as Aragorn), Bill Nighy (as Sam Gamgee) and John Le...

A onetime Crusader turned Benedictine monk, Brother Cadfael is a most unusual detective. Living a quiet life as a monastery herbalist, he spends his days ministering to his brothers using the medical skills he acquired in the Holy Lands—but his worldly knowledge and wide experience of human nature are frequently called upon when there is a murder to solve....

The evil Saruman has been defeated by Gandalf, but in Mordor the battle for the Ruling Ring continues. Wounded by the giant spider, Shelob, Frodo has been captured by the dreaded orcs. Sam, alone and in possession of the Ring, must rescue his master if their mission - to find the Cracks of Doom...

FINDING OUR WORDS: Words That Made America is a collection of some of the most inspiring words spoken by American leaders since our founding. Every speech is launched with a prefacing essay by Tracy Lee Simmons, acclaimed journalist who has written widely for The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Review, and is the author of Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin. In the essays, Simmons shows how each speech fits into the broad mosaic of the American story.

A collection of vintage thrillers from popular crime writer RD Wingfield Well known as the creator of Inspector Jack Frost, RD Wingfield scripted numerous twisty, suspenseful dramas for BBC Radio between 1968 and 1995. Many of the thirteen tales in this collection were originally thought to be...

Crowned ‘the greatest imaginative novelist of our generation’ by EM Forster, DH Lawrence has an undisputed place in England's canon of great authors. In this wide-ranging collection, dramatisations and readings of some of his major works are brought together, exploring themes such as romantic love and sexual desire, individual freedom, class division, war, the beauty of nature and the ugliness of industrialisation.

The first new work of fiction since 2013 from one of Canada's most successful, idiosyncratic and world-defining writers, Douglas Coupland. He's called it Binge because it's impossible to read just one. Imagine feeling 100% alive every moment of every minute of the day! Maybe that's how animals...

Ryan is struggling to get over the break up from his long-term girlfriend. When he finally decides a fling might be exactly what he needs to move on, he expects to find it in a woman. But when he meets Drea's hot cousin, he feels an attraction that he's never felt before. But Drea's cousin is a guy...and Ryan isn't gay.

In the New Republic, every woman must marry five men. It’s the law. Welcome to the apocalypse. Includes Theirs to Protect, Theirs to Pleasure, and Theirs to Wed.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the New York Times bestselling author of The American Story and How to Lead and host of PBS’s History with David Rubenstein—David Rubenstein interviews living American presidents and top historians and journalists who reflect on the US presidency, including...

The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Four Views on the Apostle Paul: Audio Lectures include high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the...

Als Anna, Caro, Finn und Jonas sich im Unterricht mit einem Sachtext über stillgelegte Bahnstrecken befassen, stoßen sie auf einen rätselhaften Zeitungsartikel: Ein Mann behauptet, nachts einen Geisterzug beobachtet zu haben, der mit hohem Tempo über eine stillgelegte Strecke rast. Sofort sind die Freunde neugierig und beginnen, tiefer nachzuforschen. Dabei machen sie eine unglaubliche Entdeckung: Dieser „Geisterzug" – mit leuchtend roten Augen und enormer Geschwindigkeit – saust tatsächlich nachts über die verlassenen Gleise!

In the six decades since he took to the stage and screen, Kirk Douglas has starred in eighty-three films, nine plays, written seven books, and made a remarkable commitment to humanitarian causes world-wide. Now in My Stroke of Luck, his vivid and very personal reflection upon his extraordinary...

A moving, inspiring and thought-provoking collection of 50 coming-out stories from around the world. From the good, the sad, the surprising and the funny, no two stories are the same, yet all are by people who share the courage to be vulnerable, take huge risks to find love and acceptance and are brave enough to be their authentic selves. Whether you have any experience of coming out or not, these stories are incredibly powerful and moving.

Im kleinsten Kreise zeigt ein Kunstsammler seine neueste Erwerbung, ein seltenes Ölgemälde. Während der Präsentation werden alle Gäste mit Gas betäubt... und das Bild gestohlen. Ein Erpresser droht damit, das Kunstwerk zu zerstören. C. Auguste Dupin wird als Überbringer des Lösegelds gewählt, doch die Übergabe wird durch einen tödlichen Zwischenfall vereitelt und das Diebesgut verschwindet erneut. Verschiedene Personen sind am Verbleib und Erwerb des Bildes interessiert. Welches Geheimnis birgt es? Eine heiße Spur führt Dupin und Poe direkt nach Schottland.

Im Jahre 1865 bereiten fünf mutige Nordstaatler ihre Flucht aus Richmond vor. Es gelingt ihnen zwar, sich eines Ballons zu bemächtigen; nach einem Unwetter allerdings finden sich vier von ihnen auf einer kleinen Insel im Pazifik wieder. Werden sie ihren vermissten Kameraden finden? Wird es Rettung für sie geben? Wer ist ihr geheimnisvoller Helfer? All das erfahren wir in dem spannenden Hörspiel nach dem berühmten Roman von Jules Verne.

Dupins Intimfeind Gaston Morel hat eine tödliche Auseinandersetzung mit dem "Zirkel der Sieben". Sein Ableben reißt eine Lücke, die Dracula mit einem geeigneten neuen Anwärter zu füllen gedenkt. Die Kandidaten, die er im Visier hat, bringen allesamt besondere Talente mit, die sie unter Beweis stellen müssen, um den freien Posten im Zirkel zu erlangen. Der Gentleman-Dieb Arsène Lupin, die exotische Femme Fatale Mata Hari oder der Entfesselungskünstler Harry Houdini.

Classic Tales Of Horror offers up fifteen slices of powerful story-telling from the world's great mystery & classic horror authors. From Henry James and Ambrose Bierce to Bram Stoker and Charles Dickens. Read by John Waite (BBC Radio 4), Sarah Douglas (Superman I & II), Michael Fenton-Stevens (Spitting Image, KYTV, Hitch-Hiker's Guide) and Ben Onwukwe (London's Burning, Othello).

One of the world's most iconic movie stars, Kirk Douglas has distinguished himself as a producer, philanthropist, and author of ten works of fiction and memoir. Now, more than fifty years after the release of his enduring epic Spartacus, Douglas reveals the riveting drama behind the making of the legendary gladiator film. Douglas began producing the movie in the midst of the politically charged era when Hollywood’s moguls refused to hire anyone accused of Communist sympathies.