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- Narrated by
- Catherine Milte
Unabridged
12 hours 24 min
2012
EN
Sometimes the hardest lessons to learn are those that matter most. Following a tragic accident, Ella O'Hanlon flees to the other side of the world in an attempt to escape her grief, leaving behind the two people she blames for her loss: Aidan, the love of her life, and Jess, her spoilt half-sister. In London, Ella is taken in by her beloved uncle Lucas, whose extraordinary house holds many wonderful memories for her. Along with other members of the very colourful Fox family, Lucas helps El...
- Narrated by
- Catherine Milte
Unabridged
4 hours 23 min
2004
EN
Antonio S is a boy who knows all sorts of things. Scarrabo the Magnificent is a magician. Professor Kettering is a doctor. They live together at the top of a grand old house built long ago for a duke. But who is Theodore Guzman, the secretive old man who lives downstairs? What mysterious things does he know? It takes someone like Antonio S to find out. Odo Hirsch has written a wonderfully warm and eccentric story about a boy who explores a secret passage that leads to the very heart of the...
- Narrated by
- Catherine Milte
Unabridged
8 hours 45 min
2008
EN
Maree was left with three small daughters when her husband and son were killed in a light plane smash. Cheryl lives in such a remote area, she had to winch herself and her three children across the Murray River to get the eldest to school. Alice admits she couldn't even tell a cow from a bull when she first went to live in the outback. These women are only some of the twelve extraordinary women who have overcome incredible hardships to survive and thrive in some of the most extremely remot...
- Narrated by
- Catherine Milte
Unabridged
10 hours 9 min
2012
EN
At the Valley View Motel in South Australia's picturesque Clare Valley, eighty-four-year-old Lola Quinlan is up to her usual mischief. She's sent her family away for Christmas and invited a number of mystery guests to come and stay. But who are all these people, and why aren't they spending the festive season with their own loved ones? As the big day draws closer and Lola's personal family dramas threaten to unravel her plans, she discovers that at a special time of year, magic can happen ...
- Narrated by
- Catherine Milte
Unabridged
6 hours 10 min
2021
EN
How does it feel when your partner dies? How do you keep going, even when it all seems pointless? How can you cope with the emptiness that is still there even years afterwards? Ten women talk about their experiences of losing their husbands, how they coped with grief, and how they have rebuilt their lives. One woman was left to run a farm with very little experience; another lost her husband when she was 30 and had young children to care for; another was widowed after years of coping with ...
Outback Spirit
Inspiring True Stories of Australia's Unsung Heroes
- Narrated by
- Catherine Milte
Unabridged
9 hours 13 min
2011
EN
In the great Outback traditions of mateship, resilience and generosity comes these stories of ordinary people who, against seemingly insurmountable odds, help out those who inhabit Australia’s vast untamed frontiers. No task is too great and no sacrifice too much for these everyday heroes. Cheryl flies sick patients from rural areas to emergency medical treatment in cities; Sue is often the only one between life and death for her patients in the Kimberley; Ricky trades city comforts to con...
- Narrated by
- Catherine Milte
Unabridged
6 hours 20 min
2009
EN
From the internationally bestselling author of Those Faraday Girls comes All Together Now, a collection of Monica McInerney's short fiction gathered for the first time. Including several of her earliest magazine short stories, contributions to recent anthologies, her warm and witty novella Odd One Out, and two new stories, this is a book to inspire and delight fans of all ages.
- Narrated by
- Catherine Milte
Unabridged
12 hours 23 min
2009
EN
Amelia Bradlow seems to have everything she needs to be happy - a handsome husband, a beautiful home, money, good looks and a glamourous job. Everything, that is, except the thing she wants most - a baby. Ed, her husband, is funny, affectionate and sophisticated but simply not interested in parenthood. He likes his life neat and tidy. And he likes having a wife who attends solely to his needs. As she approaches 37, Amelia is faced with a life-changing decision. Should she stay in her nearl...
- Narrated by
- Catherine Milte
Unabridged
4 hours 46 min
2009
EN
The Idea Genearator Ideas are the lifeblood of any business. But have you ever been stuck for one? If you have, then The Idea Generator is for you. It outlines sixty effective and practical tools to help you find inspiration and create big, new concepts. Each tool is simple to use and includes hints on how and when to use it for best results. They show you how to: Create new growth opportunities Solve problems in a more powerful way Enhance your team's performance The Idea Generator is a p...
- Narrated by
- Catherine Milte
Unabridged
15 hours 20 min
2015
EN
Tour guide Harriet Turner knows all about journeys. She's arranged hundreds of them for the travel agency her family runs. But when her work colleague and foster sister Lara disappears on the eve of a big overseas trip, Harriet finds herself in uncharted territory. Left in charge of a coachload of eccentric tourists on a themed tour based on the English TV detective series Willoughby, Harriet soon has her hands full. But as the bus wends its way through the picturesque countryside of Devon...
Not Your Average Nurse
From 1970s London to Outback Australia, the True Story of an Unlikely Girl and an Extraordinary Career
- Narrated by
- Catherine Milte
Unabridged
11 hours 21 min
2017
EN
'Over time, I nursed victims of war, the posh, the poor, the famous and the infamous ... Oh, the stories I can tell!' To a young girl the life of a student nurse sounds exciting, but with long hours and short shrift it's never easy. So when Maggie Groff embarks as a student nurse at London's King's College Hospital she must quickly get to grips with the demands of her chosen career. It's sink or swim. In a delightful romp through time, played out against the march of feminism and the fashi...
- Narrated by
- Catherine Milte
Unabridged
13 hours 26 min
2008
EN
Anna, Bett and Carrie Quinlan were childhood singing stars, The Alphabet Sisters. As adults they haven't spoken for years, ever since Bett's fiancé left her for another sister. Now Lola, their larger-than-life grandmother, summons them home for her 80th birthday extravaganza and a surprise announcement - she wants them to revive their singing careers and stage a musical she has written. Rehearsals get underway, and family secrets begin to be shared and revealed. But just as the rifts begin...











