"It is Coronation Day, 1937. As the country celebrates, the new monarch must face one of the most difficult challenges he has ever encountered: the dreaded BBC Radio Broadcast to the Nation. Only one man can prepare the terrified king for his ordeal at the microphone Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue. With his unconventional methods such as tongue-twisters, breathing exercises, and Shakespearean quotations, and a variety of teachi ..."
"A Classic Agatha Christie Tommy & Tuppence Mystery, Now Available on CD! Sleuth Tuppence Beresford suspects that something wicked is responsible for the death of one woman and the disappearance of another. When she investigates, clues pile up, from a painting of a house by a canal, to a missing tombstone and black magic, until Tuppence is in danger, too. What is the terrible secret from the past, still murderously alive, that she has u ..."
The American Boy by Andrew Taylor, AlexJennings Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5318-6919-9, ISBN: 1-5318-6919-X
"A Richard and Judy Book Club Selection. England, 1819. Two enigmatic Americans arrive in London and soon after, a bank collapses. A man is found dead on a building site; another goes missing in the teeming stews of Seven Dials. A deathbed vigil ends in an act of theft and a beautiful heiress flirts with her inferiors. A strange destiny links each of these events to the American boy Edgar Allen Poe, brought to England by his foster fathe ..."
"Continuing where "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" left off, Nietzsche's controversial work "Beyond Good and Evil" is one of the most influential philosophical texts of the nineteenth century and one of the most controversial works of ideology ever written. Attacking the notion of morality as nothing more than institutionalised weakness, Nietzsche criticises past philosophers for their unquestioning acceptance of moral precepts. Nietzsche tried ..."
"Anne Bronte s heart-breaking tale of a woman's struggle for independence. Helen "Graham" has returned to Wildfell Hall in flight from a disastrous marriage. Exiled to the desolate moorland mansion, she adopts an assumed name and earns her living as a painter. This novel is part of Brilliance Audio's extensive Classic Collection, bringing you timeless masterpieces that you and your family are sure to love.""
Nicholas Nickleby(Unabridged) (The Classic Collection) by Charles Dickens, AlexJennings Cd, Published 2015 by The Classic Collection Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4915-7325-9, ISBN: 1-4915-7325-2
"Nicholas Nickleby combines comedy and tragedy in a tale of triumph over adversity in a story that mirrors Dickens' own rise from poverty to great success.After his father dies, Nicholas Nickleby if left to take care of his mother and sister. His uncle, Ralph Nickleby, a disobliging businessman, dislikes Nicholas, sending him away to work at a menial job for a wicked conman. Though many trials assail his family and despite the social inj ..."
"In Talking it Over, Julian Barnes, acclaimed author of Flaubert's Parrot and Metroland, turns his attention to a peculiarly English ménage a trois. Stuart and Oliver have been friends since school. Stuart is painfully aware that "We're rather different, Oliver and me, Oliver impresses people", especially women, so when shy, awkward Stuart meets and marries the beautiful Gillian, an uneasy threesome develops between the two old friends a ..."
"Twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Julian Barnes continues to reinvigorate the novel with his pyrotechnic verbal skill and playful manipulation of plot and character. In "Love, etc." he uses all the surprising, sophisticated ingredients of a delightful farce to create a tragicomedy of human frailties and needs. After spending a decade in America as a successful businessman, Stuart returns to London and decides to look up his ex-wif ..."
Charles Dickens(Unabridged) A Life by Claire Tomalin, AlexJennings Cd, Published 2012 by Tantor Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4526-5864-3, ISBN: 1-4526-5864-1
"When Charles Dickens died in 1870, The Times of London successfully campaigned for his burial in Westminster Abbey, the final resting place of England's kings and heroes. Thousands flocked to mourn the best recognized and loved man of nineteenth-century England. His books had made them laugh, shown them the squalor and greed of English life, and also the power of personal virtue and the strength of ordinary people. In his last years Dic ..."