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The Wonders of Beekeeping: National Trust Beekeeping, Hörbuch, Digital, 82min
In this wonderful audiobook narrated by Alex Norton comes inspiration and practical advice for would-be smallholders. Full of curiosities and sensible advice to get you started. The joy of keeping bees is that they never fail to surprise you. Language: English. Narrator: Alex Norton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/spki/000007/bk_spki_000007_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Spoken Ink Poetry: Róisín Tierney Selected Poems , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 59min
Róisín Tierney has been widely published in magazines, pamphlets, and group anthologies, and has won many prizes. These poems come from different sources, including her poems from the pamphlets: Gobby Deegan's Riposte (Donut Press, 2004), Ask for it by Name (Unfold Press, 2008), The Art of Wiring (Ondt & Gracehoper, 2011), and Dream Endings (Rack Press, 2011). ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Róisín Tierney. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/spki/000016/bk_spki_000016_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Spoken Ink Poetry: Of Mutability , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 49min
In 2010, Jo Shapcott published "Of Mutability", her first collection for 12 years. The 45 poems explore the nature of change, in the body, within the natural world and inside relationships. "Of Mutability" was awarded the Costa Book of the Year for 2010, beating contenders in Fiction, Non-Fiction and other categories. The print edition of "Of Mutability" is published by Faber & Faber. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jo Shapcott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/spki/000015/bk_spki_000015_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Spoken Ink Poetry: The Songs and Poems of Robert Burns , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 50min
A collection of some of Burns' most famous and treasured poems, brilliantly read by Scotland’s Alex Norton, famous for his role as Taggart. For all those who’ve ever had trouble reading the great poet on the page, for those who love Scotland and for all the rest who like whisky, raise a mouthful of haggis to the Rabbie Burns. Featuring ‘Adress to a Haggis’, 'Tam o'Shanter', 'My Love Is Like a Red, Red, Rose', 'Holy Willie's Prayer', and 'To a Mouse'. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alex Norton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/spki/000008/bk_spki_000008_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Spoken Ink Poetry: Rough Music , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 40min
Rough Music is the old English name for a custom of public scapegoating. This is a collection full of disturbing musical echoes, in which brilliant renewals of carol, charm, folksong, and ballad explore themes of violence, loss, and belonging. Fiona Sampson's characteristic lyric intensity deftly fuses metaphysics and politics with the vernacular of daily life. Fiona Sampson has published 15 books, including works of poetry, volumes on the philosophy of language and on the writing process. Her poetry has been published and broadcast in more than 30 languages. Rough Music was shortlisted for both the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Prize 2010 for best collection. The print edition of Rough Music is published by Carcanet Press ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Fiona Sampson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/spki/000019/bk_spki_000019_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Destructors and Other Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 413min
From a childish fear of the dark in "The End of the Party" to the chilling conclusion of the "Destructors" and the all-consuming selfishness of "May We Borrow Your Husband", this collection opens with three of Greene's most disturbing stories. Things take a surreal turn in "Under the Garden" before finally blossoming for a moment in "Two Gentle People", then there's a detective story and a brush with Greene's sardonic wit to finish. Extremely enjoyable and easy to dip in and out of... "The Destructors" "The End of the Party" "Under the Garden" "A Discovery in the Woods" "May We Borrow Your Husband" "Mortmain" "The Invisible Japanese Gentleman" "Two Gentle People" "Murder for the Wrong Reason" "The Man Who Stole the Eiffel Tower" ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephen Thorne. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/spki/000020/bk_spki_000020_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Spoken Ink Poetry: Acapulco , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 58min
Acapulco contains nearly 30 new poems as well as work drawn from the earlier collections Plausible Fictions and The Narrators. Murray's wonderful reading covers a broad field including wry observations of his native Liverpool and profoundly moving love poems and concludes with the full text of "Get Real!", a powerful traditionally-constructed satirical "broadside" on the coalition Government, which was performed by the Iris Theatre Company at St Paul's Covent Garden in 2011. Nicholas Murray was born in Liverpool and now lives in Wales and London. He has written critically acclaimed biographies of Bruce Chatwin, Matthew Arnold, Andrew Marvell, Aldous Huxley, and Franz Kafka. He has also published two novels, A Short Book about Love, and Remembering Carmen, and books on Victorian travellers, Liverpool, and Bloomsbury. He runs the poetry imprint Rack Press and is a Fellow of the Welsh Academy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nicholas Murray. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/spki/000017/bk_spki_000017_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Rain and Other Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 466min
W. Somerset Maugham is one of the best-loved short story writers of the last 100 years. In this collection of his finest short work Maugham takes the listener to the sun-drenched Pacific islands where the Governor mercilessly abuses the inhabitants; to the story "Rain", in which the Reverend and the prostitute play out one of the most famous finales ever written; to the studies of chauvinistic Colonels, and snide conversations in Edwardian drawing rooms, as well as at the gates of heaven. As an introduction to one of the greatest writers in the English language Stephen Crossley's reading is the perfect place to start. 1.Intro 2. "The Pacific" 3. "Mackintosh" 4. "Rain" 5. "Envoi" 6."The Casuarina Tree" 7. "The Letter" 8."Sanatorium" 9. "Jane" 10. "The Judgement Seat" 11. "The Colonel’s Lady" 12. "The Verger" ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steven Crossley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/spki/000018/bk_spki_000018_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 290min
The first Spoken Ink collection of 15 superb short stories by H. G. Wells, who was a master of the form. Humour and wit abound in his writing, as does sharp social observation. A scientist shows an unusually interested stranger a deadly cholera bacillus he is developing in The Stolen Bacillus, The owner of five ostriches being transported on a ship to Europe (one of which has swallowed a valuable diamond) holds an auction of four of them in A Deal in Ostriches. A scarred sailor tells his story of being cast away on a desert island with a miraculously preserved egg of the extinct giant Aepyornis bird, in Aepyornis Island. Then the egg hatches… A hilarious story of a terrible and bitter feud between scientists in The Moth. These and many more brilliantly entertaining stories in this collection. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Wade. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/spki/000012/bk_spki_000012_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Plattner Story and Others , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 553min
The second Spoken Ink collection of superb short stories by H. G. Wells, who was a master of the form. Humour and wit abound in his writing, as does sharp social observation. Among the 17 stories in this collection, The Plattner Story tells of a chemistry teacher who analyses a most unusual powder one of the boys brings to class, in The Cone a woman married to a bullying industrialist is having an affair with his young friend.Her jealous husband gives the lover a tour of the steel furnaces he is so proud of. The Sad Story of the Dramatic Critic is in fact fall-off-your chair hilarious, especially as read by Mike Grady, as well-known and cherished as Thora Hird's son-in-law Barry Wilkinson in Last of the Summer Wine. Truly poignant stories of love are The Jilting of Jane and A Slip under the Microscope. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Grady. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/spki/000011/bk_spki_000011_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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