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Beyond The Black Stump written by Nevil Shute performed by Robin Bailey on Cassette (Unabridged)£34.99

If somewhere is said to be 'beyond the black stump', it is in the deepest darkest wilds of the Australian outback. This is the sun-baked setting for Nevil Shute's novel of a romance that is tested by the differences between two young people's home lives. Stanton Laird is sent from his small town in America...

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In The Wet written by Nevil Shute performed by Stephen Thorne on Cassette (Unabridged)£39.99

It is the rainy season; a drunk and delirious old man lies dying in the Queensland bush. In his opium-hazed last hours, a priest finds his deserted shack and listens to his last words. Half-awake and half-dreaming the old man tells the story of an adventure set decades in the future, in a very different world....

London The Biography - The Collected Edition written by Peter Ackroyd performed by Simon Callow on Cassette (Abridged)£19.99

A Genius Performance by Simon Callow! Much of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life and past of London but here, as a culmination, is his definitive account of the city. For him it is an organism with its own laws of growth and change, so he regards this as a "biography" rather than a history.

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Marazan written by Nevil Shute performed by David Collins on Cassette (Unabridged)£29.99

After Philip Stenning is involved in a near-fatal plane crash, he feels he owes a debt of gratitude to the man who rescued him. However, his mysterious saviour is an escaped convict, and Stenning's determination to help leads him into a tense and dramatic adventure of intrigue, drug-running and murder.

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On The Beach written by Nevil Shute performed by James Smillie on Cassette (Unabridged)£29.99

Australia is one of the last places where life still exists after nuclear war starts in the Northern Hemisphere. A year on, an invisible cloak of radiation has spread almost completely around the world. Darwin is a ghost town, and radiation levels at Ayres Rock are increasing. An American nuclear....

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Pastoral written by Nevil Shute performed by Nicholas Farrell on Cassette (Unabridged)£49.99

During the Second World War, Peter Marshall's crew is one of the most successful bombing teams at their Oxfordshire airbase. However, when Peter falls in love with a young WAAF officer, his concentration begins to suffer and it looks as though his perfect run of missions - and his life - may be threatened.

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Round the Bend written by Nevil Shute performed by John Telfer on Cassette (Unabridged)£29.99

When Tom Cutter hires Constantine Shaklin as an engineer in his air-freight business, he little realises the extraordinary gifts of his new recruit. Shaklin possesses a religious power which inspires everyone he meets to a new faith and hope for humanity. As Cutter's business grows across Asia, so...

"They Take Our Jobs!" and 20 Other Myths About Immigration - Expanded Edition written by Aviva Chomsky performed by Frankie Corzo on CD (Unabridged)£19.99

In They Take Our Jobs! Aviva Chomsky challenges the underlying assumptions that fuel misinformed claims about immigrants, radically altering our notions of citizenship, discrimination, and U.S. history. Since it was first published, many of the same myths about immigration such as immigrants take...

A Perfect Universe - Ten Stories written by Scott O'Connor performed by Bronson Pinchot and Therese Plummer on CD (Unabridged)£19.99

Scott O'Connor's novels have been hailed as "astonishing" (Library Journal), and "so insistently stirring, you want to lean in close to catch every word" (The New York Times Book Review). Now, from the author of Untouchable and Half World comes A Perfect Universe, a piercingly emotional cycle...

Don't Worry, It Gets Worse written by Alida Nugent performed by Alida Nugent on CD (Unabridged)£19.99

Alida Nugent graduated college with a degree in one hand and a drink in the other, eager to trade in parties and all-nighters for "the real world". But post-grad wasn't the glam life she imagined. Soon buried under a pile of bills, laundry, and three-dollar bottles of wine, it quickly became clear that she...