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The End of Loneliness
The Dazzling International Bestseller
- Narrated by
- Luke Thompson
- Translated by
- Charlotte Collins
Unabridged
8 hours 11 min
2018
EN
The international bestseller, translated by the award-winning translator of The Tobacconist, Charlotte CollinsWinner of the European Union Prize for Literature'Original and captivating . . . its quiet charm in straightforward prose belies its sharp insight into the human condition' Stylist'It is impossible to look away from it' Guardian'Dazzling' John Irvin...
- Translated by
- Charlotte Collins
2018
EN
'An exquisitely wrought and utterly absorbing meditation upon life, loss and love' Ian McEwanWinner of the European Union Prize for Literature'Original and captivating . . . its quiet charm in straightforward prose belies its sharp insight into the human condition' Stylist***************I've known Death a long time but now Death knows me.When their idyllic childhood is shatt...
Explorer
The Quest for Adventure and the Great Unknown
- Narrated by
- Orlando Wells
Unabridged
9 hours 25 min
2022
EN
What does it mean to be an explorer in the twenty-first century?Explorer is the story of what first led Benedict Allen to head for the farthest reaches of our planet – at a time when there were still valleys and ranges known only to the remote communities who inhabited them. It is also the story of why, thirty years later, he is still exploring. It’s the story of a journey back to a clouded mountain in New Guinea to find a man called Korsai who had once been a friend, and ...
Best of "The Strand Magazine"
25 Years of Twists, Turns, and Tales from the Modern Masters of Mystery and Fiction
- by
- Andrew F. GulliLamia J. GulliAlexander McCall SmithMichael ConnellyJeffery DeaverJames Lee BurkeJohn M. FloydJoyce Carol OatesJonathan RabbAndrew CrowleyMichael BondJo NesbøH. G. WellsLaura BenedictShirley JacksonMark MowerLorenzo CarcaterraRay BradburyP. G. WodehouseRuth WareKira PeikoffZoë SharpCatherine AirdR. L. StineWalter MosleySamantha LokaiCharles ToddTennessee WilliamsJames S. DorrJohn MortimerMichael Mallory
2025
EN
Best of “The Strand Magazine”: 25 Years of Twists, Turns, and Tales from the Modern Masters of Mystery and Fiction“The Strand Magazine was always a giant voice in our corner of the literary world—and it still is today. This collection proves why—these unearthed gems and exciting new pieces shouldn’t be missed.” —Lee Child, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher seriesThis star-studded anniversary collection features over t...
2021
EN
Hear My Voice: Stories of Coming Out. An anthology of 'coming out' stories.
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Last Friends
From the Orange Prize shortlisted author
- Narrated by
- Bill Wallis
Unabridged
6 hours 43 min
2015
EN
'It's a cliche to compare novelists to Jane Austen, but in the case of Jane Gardam it happens to be true. Her diamond-like prose, her understanding of the human heart, her formal inventiveness and her sense of what it is to be alive - young, old, lonely, in love - never fades' Amanda Craig'Her work, like Sylvia Townsend Warner's, has that appealing combination of elegance, erudition and flinty wit' Patrick Gale'Sharp, humane, genero...
- Narrated by
- Avita JayDavid Sibley
Unabridged
17 hours 27 min
2015
EN
In the brief golden years of King Edward VII’s reign, Rosie McCosh and her three very different sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent, with their neighbours the Pitt boys on one side and the Pendennis boys on the other. But their days of childhood adventure are shadowed by the approach of war that will engulf them on the cusp of adulthood.When the boys end up scattered along the Western Front, Rosie faces the challenges of life for those left behind. Confused by ...
Killing Commendatore
A novel
- Narrated by
- Kirby Heyborne
Unabridged
28 hours 27 min
2018
EN
The epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of 1Q84In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a previously unseen painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell,...
Old Filth
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction
- Narrated by
- Bill Wallis
Unabridged
9 hours 25 min
2015
EN
'It's a cliche to compare novelists to Jane Austen, but in the case of Jane Gardam it happens to be true. Her diamond-like prose, her understanding of the human heart, her formal inventiveness and her sense of what it is to be alive - young, old, lonely, in love - never fades' Amanda Craig'I love Jane Gardam, especially Old Filth' Nina Stibbe'Her work, like Sylvia Townsend Warner's, has that appealing combination of eleganc...
Anything Is Possible
A Novel
- Narrated by
- Kimberly Farr
Unabridged
8 hours 29 min
2017
EN
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this “compulsively readable” (San Francisco Chronicle) novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton“This book, this writer, are magnificent.”—Ann Patchett**WINNER OF THE STORY PRIZE • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times...
The Man In The Wooden Hat
From the Orange Prize shortlisted author
- Narrated by
- Bill Wallis
Unabridged
6 hours 50 min
2015
EN
'It's a cliche to compare novelists to Jane Austen, but in the case of Jane Gardam it happens to be true. Her diamond-like prose, her understanding of the human heart, her formal inventiveness and her sense of what it is to be alive - young, old, lonely, in love - never fades' Amanda Craig'Her work, like Sylvia Townsend Warner's, has that appealing combination of elegance, erudition and flinty wit' Patrick Gale...
Lucky Us
A Novel
- Narrated by
- Alicyn Packard
Unabridged
7 hours 18 min
2014
EN
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND O: THE OPRAH MAGAZINE“My father’s wife died. My mother said we should drive down to his place and see what might be in it for us.”So begins this remarkable novel by Amy Bloom, whose critically acclaimed Away was called “a literary triumph” (The New York Times). Lucky Us is a brilliantly written, deeply...











