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    The Best of Saki – Volume 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 233min
    The delicious, biting wit of Saki's short stories satirizing Edwardian high society are some of the funniest and most delightful of exquisite literary miniatures. In this third volume, there are 21 glittering examples. Saki was the pen name of Hector Hugh Monro. He was born in Burma in 1870, where his father was a senior official in the Burma Police. From the age of two, he lived with two maiden aunts and his grandmother in Devon, and was educated in Exmouth and at the Bedford Grammar School. Later he travelled in Europe with his father. He joined the Burma police, but resigned after a year because of ill health and returned to England where he began his writing career as a journalist and short story writer for magazines and newspapers. Saki is regarded as a master of the short story. At the start of the First World War he refused a commission, enlisted as a private, and went to France where, in November 1916, he was killed by a shot to the head, his last words being "Put that bloody cigarette out." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Roy Macready. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bigh/000808/bk_bigh_000808_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Chronicles of Clovis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 313min
    The Chronicles of Clovis, which was published in 1911, was the third of Saki's collections of short stories. The character of Clovis Sangrail is, like Saki's earlier hero, Reginald, vain, sarcastic, and self-regarding and another vehicle for Saki's delicious, biting wit satirizing Edwardian high society in some of the funniest exquisite literary miniatures. Saki was the pen name of Hector Hugh Monro. He was born in Burma in 1870, where his father was a senior official in the Burma police. From the age of two, he lived with two maiden aunts and his grandmother in Devon and was educated in Exmouth and at the Bedford Grammar School. Later he travelled in Europe with his father. He joined the Burma police but resigned after a year because of ill health and returned to England, where he began his writing career as a journalist and short story writer for magazines and newspapers. Saki is regarded as a master of the short story. At the start of the First World War, he refused a commission, enlisted as a private, and went to France, where, in November 1916, he was killed by a shot to the head, his last words being, "Put that bloody cigarette out." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Roy Macready. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bigh/000767/bk_bigh_000767_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Magnificent Andrea: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation, Hörbuch, Digital, 44min
    An explosive BBC Radio 4 comedy drama about two morally-polar characters, both in love with the same woman, who has just - tragically - died. Originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 22 March 2011. The Magnificent Andrea is the first original radio play by Nigel Planer ('The Young Ones', 'Hairspray'), in which two wonderful characters, Barry (Roger Allam) and Nigel (Nigel Planer), collide and wrestle over the memory of their shared inspirational warrior woman - and of course, her home. Andrea's former husband, boozy columnist Barry, is at the tail end of a career marked by low achievement in pugnacious, snide journalism. By contrast, Nigel - recent partner until her sudden death - is an alternative but ultra-orthodox, politically-correct naturopath. We join Barry after a typically hearty breakfast on his way from Chelsea to attend the funeral in South London, where he confronts his squeaky-clean nemesis Nigel. The lugubrious Barry is appalled at the ceremony, and it is while milling outside that the basically decent Nigel makes the mistake of inviting Barry back to the house - Barry's house - for the reception. There the fireworks really start… A dark and funny play about mourning, loss and recovery, The Magnificent Andrea also stars Sally Orrock, Brian Bowles, Jane Whittenshaw, Sam Dale, Joanna Monro and Stuart McLoughlin. Language: English. Narrator: Roger Allam, Nigel Planer, full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/bbcw/004944/rt_bbcw_004944_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Year they Invented Sex (BBC Radio 4: Woman's Hour Drama), Hörbuch, Digital, 68min
    A BBC Radio 4 drama focusing on three very different women who find their lives transformed by taking part in the 1960 trials of the contraceptive pill. Originally broadcast as the ‘Woman’s Hour Drama’ from 17 - 21 January 2011. It's 1960 in Birmingham and Lella Florence is looking for women to help with trials of the contraceptive pill. Married women in a certain age and weight bracket are required.Three very different women decide to take part. Ditsy June's fed up with being under the influence of her overbearing in-laws and would rather save up for a new bathroom than for another baby. Glamorous Jeanette wants to avoid another agonising labour and to keep her wealthy husband happy. And Isobel has her own secret reasons for signing up. All three women couldn't guess the ways their lives will be changed by taking part in the trial and meeting each other. Written with sharp observation and a great sense of the period, this warm witty drama by Caroline and David Stafford shines a light on how iconic and life changing an invention the Contraceptive Pill was. Starring Clare Corbett as Jeanette, Naomi Frederick as Isobel, Sarah Smart as June and Joanna Monro as Lella Florence. Also featured amongst the cast are Sean Baker, Lloyd Thomas, Henry Devas and Iain Batchelor. Language: English. Narrator: Clare Corbett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/bbcw/005051/rt_bbcw_005051_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Turf Wars: Complete Series (Radio 4, Comedy), Hörbuch, Digital, 110min
    Four comic dramas about boundaries that are both territorial and personal, as heard on BBC Radio 4Territory is the theme that unites these four humorous plays – whether that means fighting over an allotment plot, dealing with the sudden partition of a country, guarding the privacy of a garden or battling with the council over school catchment areas. In Losing the Plot, shy Edward decides to apply for an allotment plot after an encounter with attractive allotment-holder Amanda. But doing so involves an interview with ferocious site-manager Bernie who runs the allotments with military rigour…. Starring James Fleet as Edward, Joanna Monroe as Amanda and Jonathan Coy as Bernie. Written by Nick Warburton and directed by Peter Kavanagh. In An Incident at the Border, Arthur and Olivia are enjoying the sun in their local park on a beautiful summer's day. Olivia is reading a newspaper article on their country's new-found independence. Arthur, who is apolitical, is just enjoying watching the ducks. Suddenly a soldier arrives, dragging a tape across the ground, marking out the new border. He barges between the two young people. Now one is on one side of the border, and one on the other! How can the lovers be reunited? Starring Joseph Kloska as Arthur, Leah Brotherhead as Olivia and Nigel Planer as Reiver. Written by Kieran Lynn and directed by Peter Kavanagh. Language: English. Narrator: James Fleet, Joanna Monro, Jonathan Coy, Nigel Planer, Leah Brotherhead, Joseph Kloska, Michael Maloney, Adeel Akhtar, Sam Dale, Sally Orrock. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/bbcw/005160/rt_bbcw_005160_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    New Dawn Underground: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 525min
    She wants revenge. He wants revolution. Together, they will alter the course of a nation.CIA analyst Elora Monro is devastated. Her Delta Force fiancé was just killed during a failed raid on a New Dawn Underground terrorist compound in northern Iraq. Now, Elora is hellbent on tracking down the mastermind behind the Islamic militant group responsible for her fiancé's death.Posing as a Washington Post correspondent, Elora travels to the Middle East and embeds with the New Dawn Underground militants under the guise of helping the group tell their side of the story to Western media. Driven by vengeance, Elora strives to gain enough intel while on the inside to destroy New Dawn from the inside out. Prepared to sacrifice her life to accomplish her mission, Elora is wholly unprepared for the enigmatic Zaidan Al-Sadiq, right-hand man to the militant group's newly appointed leader.Elora quickly realizes Zaidan is far from a Jihadi extremist. Highly intelligent and intensely brooding, Zaidan helps open Elora's eyes to the complexity of what's going on beneath the surface of Iraq's multi-dimensional political landscape, where things are rarely what they appear.Elora soon realizes nothing in Iraq is ever black or white and finds herself ensnared in a twisted net of passion, violence, and political fallout. She thinks she's got it all figured out, when her world is once again flipped upside down.Will she listen to what may be the voice of reason in her head, or will she risk everything to follow her heart? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amanda Matti. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/220448/bk_acx0_220448_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    British Eurovision Song Contest entrants
    British Eurovision Song Contest entrants ab 25.49 € als Taschenbuch: Olivia Newton-John Cliff Richard Lulu The Shadows Brotherhood of Man Bucks Fizz Sandie Shaw James Fox Scooch Michael Ball Lynsey de Paul Mary Hopkin The New Seekers Black Lace Clodagh Rodgers Samantha Womack Matt Monro. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Ratgeber,
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    The Book of Modern British Verse , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 316min
    The Book of Modern British Verse, edited by William Stanley Braithwaite (1878-1962). This anthology, first published in 1919, is very much a record of its time. Many of the poems deal with the cataclysmic trauma of World War One and the emergence of a new world order after the fading of the Edwardian era. Among the authors of the 151 poems can be found the names of Rupert Brooke and Ivor Gurney, best known as war poets. As well as poets like Edward Thomas, whose stars have somewhat faded, there are also contributors who are still celebrated today, but largely for literary pursuits other than poetry, ranging from James Joyce to the mystic philosopher Evelyn Underhill. In the words of the anthologist: "This little collection is intended to present to American readers the character of contemporary British verse. The period has now definitely assumed the name of 'Georgian'. It began with John Masefield and has grown into the newer blossoming of Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, and Robert Nichols." The poets whose work is represented in this anthology are, in order of appearance: Ralph Hodgson, Willoughby Weaving, John Freeman, Osbert Sitwell, Seosamh MacCathmhaoil (Joseph Campbell), John Drinkwater, TW Earp, William H. Davies, Fredegond Shove, Harold Monro, Ford Madox Hueffer, Richard Middleton, Thomas MacDonagh, William H. Davies, Lucy Lyttelton, Gordon Bottomley, Francis Ledwidge, Hester Sainsbury, Elizabeth Rendall, Gerald Gould, Hilaire Belloc, George Rostrevor, J.Turner, Edward Thomas, Rupert Brooke, Aldous Huxley, James Joyce, Richard Aldington, May Doney, James C. Welsh, John Masefield, Bernard Gilbert, Padraic Colum, Iris Tree, Lascelles Abercrombie, Anna Wickham, James Elroy Flecker, Walter de la Mare, Viola Taylor, Robert Graves, Sherard Vines, Sacheverell Sitwell, James Stephens, Edith Sitwell, Cicely Fox Smith, Eva Gore-Booth, Evelyn Underhill, Winifred M. Letts, Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, Ivor Gurney, FS Flint, Herbert ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Denis Daly. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/001751/bk_mike_001751_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Miss Mackenzie, Neglected Classic (BBC Radio 4: Classic Serial), Hörbuch, Digital, 113min
    Both episodes of the BBC Radio 4 two-part dramatisation of Anthony Trollope's classic 'Miss Mackenzie', a tale of a woman, past the bloom of youth, who inherits a fortune and is then beset by suitors from which to choose. Originally broadcast on 9 and 16 January 2011 in the 'Classic Serial' slot. Miss Mackenzie by Trollope was the runner-up in Radio 4's 'Neglected Classics' vote. Margaret Mackenzie is a single woman in her mid-thirties who receives a large inheritance when her brother dies. She must then deal with what comes with the fortune, including several suitors, who may, or, may not, simply be after her money. She decides to rent a small house in Littlebath and takes her surviving brother Tom's daughter with her as her ward. Tom and his wife, Sarah, are horrified that they have been left no money, especially as they find themselves in financial difficulties. Margaret's suitors include her brother's junior partner, Mr Rubb, a handsome young man but 'in trade'; and her cousin, John Ball, a widowed father of seven. John is a gentle soul who lives with his ailing father and his supercilious mother, Lady Ball, and the oleaginous Mr. Maguire, a curate in Littlebath. Unfortunately Mr. Maguire has a rather terrifying squint. Miss Mackenzie has to pick her way through this romantic minefield, not knowing who is the best suitor or whether each man wants to marry her for her fortune rather than love. Dramatised by Martyn Wade, 'Miss Mackenzie' stars David Troughton as Anthony Trollope, Hattie Morahan as Miss Mackenzie and Philip Franks as John Ball. Also featured amongst the cast are Margaret Tyzack, Stephen Critchlow, Lloyd Thomas, Sam Dale, Joanna Monro, Leah Brotherhead, Sean Baker, Claire Harry, Christine Kavanagh and Henry Devas. Directed by Tracey Neale. Language: English. Narrator: David Troughton, Hattie Morahan, Philip Franks. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/bbcw/004868/rt_bbcw_004868_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Jago & Litefoot Series 3, Hörbuch, Digital, 279min
    The continuing adventure of Henry Gordon Jago and George Litefoot - characters first introduced on television in Doctor Who: 'The Talons of Weng-Chiang' (1977) who have become Infernal Investigators, solving mysteries involving paranormal or alien phenomena in 1880s London. This release features four full-cast audio dramas plus a behind-the-scenes documentary: 'Dead Men's Tales'. Written by Justin Richards and directed by Lisa Bowerman. Featuring Warren Brown. A friend from the past returns to warn Jago and Litefoot of a threat to the future. Time breaks are appearing in Victorian London, but first Leela must help solve the mystery of the Wet Men - terrifying creatures that are rising from the River Thames.... 'The Man at the End of the Garden'. Written by Matthew Sweet and directed by Lisa Bowerman. Featuring Joanna Bacon, Joanna Monro and Eden Monteath. Strange things are happening in the Naismith household. Eleanor Naismith has vanished, and her daughter, Clara, is found in odd circumstances.... What is the link to Eleanor's book, The Man at the End of the Garden? 'Swan Song'. Written by John Dorney and directed by Lisa Bowerman. Featuring Abigail Hollick, Hywel Morgan and Andrew Westfield. The New Regency Theatre is haunted, and Jago, Litefoot and Leela witness the spirit of someone in a silver wheelchair floating over the stalls. This is the story of Alice - a young woman who had Swan Lake so cruelly taken from her.... 'Chronoclasm'. Written by Andy Lane and directed by Lisa Bowerman. Featuring Philip Bretherton, Duncan Wisbey and Wendy Padbury. When Litefoot's home is invaded by giant metal spheres, it seems that the end of the world is nigh. The enemy has revealed itself, and the endgame is afoot. Can two Henry Gordon Jagos save the day? Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter, Conrad Asquith, Lisa Bowerman, Louise Jameson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bgfn/000145/bk_bgfn_000145_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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