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A provocative new novel from bestselling author T.C. Boyle exploring the first scientific and recreational forays into LSD and its mind-altering possibilities. In this stirring and insightful novel, T.C. Boyle takes us back to the 1960s and to the early days of a drug whose effects have...

The fantasy worlds of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass come to life in these audio theatre presentations with music and sound effects.

When elderly George Rainsford goes to investigate a suspicious noise one night, the last thing he expects to find is a bloodbath. A man has been killed and a woman brutally beaten, left for dead. The victims are Lois Craven and Kevin Hardaker - both married, but not to each other. Their spouses swear they knew nothing of the affair, and, besides, they both have alibis for the attack. With nothing else to link the victims, the investigation hits a dead end.

There isn't much blossom about at this time of the year, but the ferns are flourishing everywhere, even on the trunks of the oaks and deodars. In the winter and early summer, one has to go down to streams or shady places to see the ferns. In August, they come to see us. Ruskin Bond is most at...

A captivating memoir from the incomparable Garry Wills, "one of the country's most distinguished intellectuals" (The New York Times Book Review). Illuminating and provocative, Outside Looking In is a compelling chronicle of an original thinker at work in remarkable times. With his dazzling...

Charles Lutwidge Dodson, a professor of mathematics at Magdalen (Maudlin) College, Oxford, originally wrote these charming children's stories for young Alice, the daughter of his friend, Henry George Liddell, the dean of Christ Church. After publication, these children's books rapidly became popular with adults because of the extraordinary mixture of rationalism and fantasy, irony, and absurdity viewed through the looking glass of a child's dreams.

All the delightful and bizarre inhabitants of Wonderland are here: the White Rabbit and the Cheshire Cat, the hooka-smoking Caterpillar and the Mad Hatter, the March Hare and the Ugly Duchess... and, of course, Alice herself - growing alternately taller and smaller, attending demented tea parties and eccentric croquet games, and observing everything with clarity and rational amazement.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, brought to life by award-winning actress Sheridan Smith. Featuring magical sound effects and specially composed music, this promises to delight and enamour children and adults...

Lewis Carroll was a minister in the Church of England and a Professor of Mathematics at Christ Church College. In his diary he described "An expedition up the river to Godstowe with the three Liddells", daughters of the college Dean, "on which occasion I told them the fairy tale of 'Alice's Adventures Underground', which I undertook to write out for Alice".

Isabella is a happy, middle aged woman ​who has many friends. However as the story progresses ​we realise what seems to be the case, might not be the truth.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Katie Leung, star of the Harry Potter films. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Hugh Haughton. Conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain Alice Liddell, the daughter of the dean of Carroll's college...

Tumble down a rabbit hole into the extraordinary world of Lewis Carroll’s childhood classics with these delightful BBC Radio readings. This classic collection includes two of Alice’s exciting adventures, brought to life by the incomparable Alan Bennett. Alice in Wonderland Young Alice leads...

The poems of Alice’s world come alive as song in this musical interpretation of Carroll’s iconic verses. Enchanting and imaginative, these lyrical renditions delight all ages.

Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets is a weekly romance novel podcast reviewing some of the best (and worst) romance stories out there. Hosted by Erin, Dani, and Liz - 3 college friends and ex-theatre kids that think filters are a waste of time and will let you know the good, bad, and otherwise.

When plans are upended, who can turn them the right way up? A heartwarming, wise and tender novel about life's twists and turns and figuring out what really matters, from Australian bestselling author Fiona McCallum. Kind-hearted and practical psychologist Colin Palmer has spent decades helping...

Baba is a semi-literate man living a simple life centred on the local auto repair shop in Palemo, how he will find his next meal and an obsession with his disinterested, Nollywood star-wannabe wife, Munira, and her voluptuous body. Baba is acutely aware of the water corruption. One day on the news, a story about international humanitarian Bono flashes onscreen. Bono is in Africa to do good, and like a thunderbolt, Baba decides that Bono is the answer to all of his problems.

From Andrew Caldecott, the bestselling author of ROTHERWEIRD, comes the jaw-dropping conclusion of the MOMENTICON duology - an epic adventure like no other! 'Remember Simul' - the last words of a dying man, and the key to mankind's survival. Words which take Morag, Fogg and their friends on a...

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, más conocido por su seudónimo Lewis Carroll, fue un diácono anglicano, lógico, matemático, fotógrafo y escritor británico. Sus obras más conocidas son Alicia en el país de las maravillas y su continuación, A través del espejo y lo que Alicia encontró allí.

Two classic stories of finding love where you least expect it! MARRIAGE WANTED As far as Nash Davenport’s concerned, marriage isn’t shelter from the storm—it is the storm. He’s a divorce attorney, himself divorced, who believes no married couple can live up to their wedding vows...

Abbott is putting on a new play called They Just Got Wind of Costello in Alaska or Smellbound. Who's going to be the leading lady?