Mountains of the Pharaohs (MP3)(English) Mountains of the Pharaohs
The Untold Story of the Civilization and the Powerful Royal Dynasty That Built the Pyramids of Egypt
By Zahi Hawass
Narrated by Simon Vance
An unprecedented account of one of civilization's greate ...
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2007
Never Hit a Jellyfish with a Spade (MP3)(English) How to Survive Life's Smaller Challenges
By Guy Browning
Narrated by Simon Vance
The big things in life look after themselves. Birth, love, death - they're all terrifically exciting but they happen whether we like it or not ...
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2006
Post Captain (MP3)(English) Unabridged
Post Captain is the second novel in Patrick O'Brian's beloved adventure series. In 1803 Napoleon smashes the Peace of Amiens, and Captain Jack Aubrey, Royal Navy, taking refuge in France from his creditors, is inter ...
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2005
Rise and Fall of Alexandria, The (MP3)(English) The Rise and Fall of Alexandria
Birthplace of the Modern Mind
By Justin Pollard, Howard Reid
Narrated by Simon Vance
Founded by Alexander the Great and built by self-styled Greek pharaohs, the city of Alexandria at its h ...
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2007
Status Anxiety (MP3)(English) Status Anxiety
by Alain De Botton
read by Simon Vance
Unabridged
Audio Sample
“Every adult life could be said to be defined by two great love stories. The first—the story of our quest for sexual love—is well known and ...
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2006
The Dragon's Doom (MP3)(English) Hawkril the mighty warrior, Embra the beautiful sorceress, and Craer the crafty thief mourn their lost companion but now must forge new alliances in their roles as overdukes of Aglirta, a land that has been torn asunder by double- ...
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2004
The Silent House - 1 of 2 (MP3)(English) The Silvertree Stronghold is more than just the family estate of the feared and awed Silvertree dynasty whose wizardly powers and political cunning has survived through many generations. But with their power comes a curse, a curse ...
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2004
The Silent House - 2 of 2 (MP3)(English) The Silvertree Stronghold is more than just the family estate of the feared and awed Silvertree dynasty whose wizardly powers and political cunning has survived through many generations. But with their power comes a curse, a curse ...
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2004
Thirteen Disc1 of 2 (MP3)(English) Richard K. Morgan's Thirteen is near-future science fiction, very much in the vein of Bladerunner. A failed government program to produce a more violent, aggressive form of military fighter has resulted in the U.S. rounding up mos ...
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2007
Thirteen Disc 2 of 2 (MP3)(English) Richard K. Morgan's Thirteen is near-future science fiction, very much in the vein of Bladerunner. A failed government program to produce a more violent, aggressive form of military fighter has resulted in the U.S. rounding up mos ...
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2007
Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues (MP3)(English) "I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way."-Frodo Baggins, at the Council of Elrond
"The mere recollection of [this phrase] can move me to tears. I have been reading this tale since I was eleven years old, taking it fr ...
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2005
V for Vendetta (MP3)(English) V for Vendetta
by Steve Moore
read by Simon Vance
Unabridged
Novelization by Steve Moore, based on the graphic novel illustrated by David Lloyd and published by Vertigo/DC Comics. Based on the screenplay written by The W ...
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2006
Wonga Coup, The (MP3)(English) The Wonga Coup
A Tale of Guns, Germs and the Steely Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of Africa
By Adam Roberts
Narrated by Simon Vance
Equatorial Guinea is a tiny country roughly the size of the state o ...
