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Audio Arcadia's Short Stories - Volume Two , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 48min
Meat Eaters by Richard Dunford This is a short story about a vegan terrorist who takes their passion for animal rights a step too far and as a result changes the world forever.Collateral Damage by Richard GoscickiThe author is a long-time admirer of the great English genius and war-hero, Allan Turing. “Chaos theory, that’s why,” he says. “The masters of war, as Bob Dylan calls them, have no idea what the far-off ripples in the pond will look like after the tranquillity’s been shattered. The horrors of Viet Nam can even impact on a lonely old rabbi in downtown Brooklyn, thousands of miles away. Removed by David Mathews Who is the mysterious 'RW' sending tetchy emails to Eleanor at the Small Monuments Commission about stones that have gone missing from ruined castles and monasteries? Eleanor, amused, finds a way to respond to the complaints, and begins to play detective.The Choice by Clive Myring An atmospheric short story written in poetic prose which attempts to describe man's eternal dilemma of being through a post-apocalyptic choice set against his natural world.A Sow’s Ear by George Tysley Miss Tomlinson, a retired teacher, is visited by Ian, a former pupil who owes her a great debt for inspiring his educational progress. At first all is honey sweetness between them and they contemplate a nice tea. As their exchanges progress, a note of increasing bitterness from Ian creeps in. The atmosphere is charged with menace and fear. The listener begins to wonder if Ian has come to murder Miss Tomlinson. The twist ending leaves her triumphant. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Orvis, Jade Rose. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rksw/000045/bk_rksw_000045_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Tales of the Future: Judgement Day and Other Short Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 55min
Francis Beckett, an author, journalist, and playwright, edits Third Age Matters, the UK national magazine published by the University of the Third Age. His latest book is What Did the Baby Boomers Ever Do For Us ("Grey-haired hippies will read this book and shudder; the rest of us, though, will read it for the splendid stories and shafts of insight" - Dominic Sandbrook, BBC History) and his latest play is The London Spring ("The virtue of Beckett's nightmare vision lies in its Orwellian detail" - Michael Billington, The Guardian). For the first time ever, you can now download Francis’ four science fiction short stories - "Judgement Day", "The Leadership Gene", "Seafood", and "Swiftbuck’s Christmas". "Judgement Day": "M’rek had had to decide whether humans were going to reach Emotional Level 3.… He was to decide whether the planet lived or died.… He reported back that this race would soon be safe. But had he been wrong?" "The Leadership Gene": "Great things were expected of Julia, she was headed for the top, perhaps a future Global President, controlling the lives and destinies of hundreds of millions of people…" "Seafood": "Arkee’s mother was wise. She waited until she was sure he had come to himself, then said in a quiet, clear voice: ‘It was just a dream. Do you want to tell me about it?’… He just said: ‘Is it true that humans used to rule the Earth?’" "Swiftbuck’s Christmas": "The Ghost of Christmas Present had appeared to Rosie as a woman called Crumbly - which, as it happens, was the name her fellow ghosts used for her. She befriended Rosie in the supermarket and accepted her invitation to come home for a cup of tea." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Robins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rksw/000032/bk_rksw_000032_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Witness for the Defence, Hörbuch, Digital, 18min
The dramatised narrative Witness for the Defence relates an account of the unacceptable, but still prevalent, degradation of domestic violence. It remains an appalling fact that in the 21st century there are women all over the world who are being violated, both mentally and physically, by their abusive male partners - women who are reduced to a state of submissive, humiliating, subservience and despair, brain-washed, beaten ,and coerced into total submission. Too often they are alienated from their closest family. They are deprived of their property and kept under permanent surveillance. Such tragic women are subjugated and dispossessed of every natural human dignity and freedom, until they have nothing left in life to live for. This abusive behaviour is always perpetrated behind closed doors by men whom the rest of society may see as good natured and friendly. These men are control freaks, cunning psychopaths, who prey on vulnerable women, driven on by the cruelty and sense of power they derive from their achievements and behaviour. Many move from one woman to another in their misogynistic progress through life, leaving behind a trail of ruined lives. Sadly, all too often innocent children grow up in these abusive dysfunctional circumstances, with undesirable males as their role models, and, as adults, believe women must be submissive. Domestic violence is found at all levels of society and is prevalent in ethnic groups worldwide, especially amongst women for whom the education system has failed. Witness for the Defence seeks to shine a light into this 'crime without a public face'. The author, Margaret Harland-Suddes, is from central Northumbria in England. She was born and educated in the beautiful Cathedral City of Durham, where she attended both school and university. Margaret's entire adult life has been spent in education, where she has been particularly, but not exclusively, involved in English, art, and dr Language: English. Narrator: Margaret Harland-Suddes, Elizabeth Ryder, Elizabeth Lindsay, David Robins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rksw/000044/bk_rksw_000044_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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An Actor's Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 67min
Famed and acclaimed for his starring role as Admiral Firmus Piett in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Ken Colley, who was born in Manchester, England, in 1937, knew from a very early age that he was already an actor. It was not until he had completed his mandatory two years with the National Service in the UK, when he was based in Cyprus during the Suez Crisis, that Ken, in his mid-20s, became an Assistant Stage Manager with a weekly repertory company in Bromley, Kent, England. He stayed with them for three months after which he secured his first role in a television series called Ghost Squad. He then went on to join a group of players called "The Living Theatre Company" where he stayed for the next 18 months. Ken’s breakthrough into cinema came via Michael Crawford who, having witnessed his professional expertise as an actor, recommended that he play the featuring role of a chauffeur in Michael Winner’s film The Jokers. In The Dance of the Seven Veils, the film director, Ken Russell, had asked Ken to play the role of Hitler, but in a Chaplinesque fashion. The film was being made for television and, when completed, was only aired once because of its outrageous content. During his long acting career, which spans five decades, Ken has worked with many famous actors including Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud; he was also involved with Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre company at the Old Vic in London and the Monty Python team. Ken has appeared in countless television productions, plays, and films such as The Music Lovers, The Devils, Mahler, Lisztomania, Les Miserables, Measure for Measure, Pennies from Heaven, The Life of Brian, Firefox, Mussolini: The Untold Story, The Whistleblower, Casanova, The Rainbow, Inspector Morse, and Midsomer Murders, to name but a few. The two ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ken Colley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rksw/000034/bk_rksw_000034_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Visitor, Tobacco and Electronic Warfare , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 45min
These three fictional stories, with their wry sense of humour and, at times, chilling aspects, will leave the listener waiting for more stories to emanate from the pen of Alexander Tulloch.The Visitor: Death knocks at the door. He has come to take John away. But John is not ready to accompany him. “I’m too young and there’s nothing wrong with me. I’m perfectly healthy; very fit, even,” he explains. Death is not to be persuaded as he needs John’s footballing skills for the Inter-Stellar Cup eliminator rounds which start next week. However, there is a catch. Does this change Death’s plans?Tobacco: In the year 2039 it is a capital offence to smoke. Peter has been found guilty of committing such a crime. His closest friend, Michael Bond, a co-smoker, has also been found guilty by the “Ciggies” (members of the Tobacco Detection Unit) and, as a result, his life was terminated. His parents’ discovery that their one and only son was secretly addicted to tobacco was more than they could take. Finding himself in prison and under heavy interrogation, Peter bravely faces the consequences.Electronic Warfare: Major Archibald Hicks (Rtd) is a man with his feet firmly on the ground… the idea of constructing a radio which could broadcast silence and suppress all sounds in the immediate vicinity had been lurking in the darker recesses of his imagination since his time with the army in the Falklands. With his redesigned ghettoblaster… the television, the washing machine, lawnmower, next door’s motorbike and his son’s stereo will no longer be capable of awakening suicidal tendencies in him. He is determined to wage a private war against loud noise and those who produce it.Biography. Alexander Tulloch was born in Liverpool, England, towards the tail-end of World War Two, and grew up in time to experience the explosion of creative talent that made the city the centre of the universe in the 1960s. He went on to Manchester University to study modern languages ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Bertram. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rksw/000037/bk_rksw_000037_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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