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The Last Rose of Shanghai
- A Novel
- Written by: Weina Dai Randel
- Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg, Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
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1940. Aiyi Shao is a young heiress and the owner of a formerly popular and glamorous Shanghai nightclub. Ernest Reismann is a penniless Jewish refugee driven out of Germany, an outsider searching for shelter in a city wary of strangers. He loses nearly all hope until he crosses paths with Aiyi. When she hires Ernest to play piano at her club, her defiance of custom causes a sensation. His instant fame makes Aiyi’s club once again the hottest spot in Shanghai. Soon they realize they share more than a passion for jazz - but their differences seem insurmountable....
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Beautiful Story
- By Deepti Chacko Bangera on 05-07-23
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The Last Rose of Shanghai
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg, Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Release Date: 01-12-21
- Language: English
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The Plot Against America
- Written by: Philip Roth
- Narrated by: Ron Silver
- Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
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Brought to you by Penguin. When celebrity aviator, Charles A. Lindbergh, wins the 1940 presidential election on the slogan of 'America First', fear invades every Jewish household. Not only has Lindbergh blamed the Jews for pushing America towards war with Germany, he has negotiated an...
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The Plot Against America
- Narrated by: Ron Silver
- Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
- Release Date: 27-04-23
- Language: English
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Broken Truths
- Written by: Alessandro Robecchi
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
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A mysterious murder in present-day Milan intertwines with a cold case from the 1940s in this thrilling novel about film, freedom, censorship, and the persistent threat of fascism. An acclaimed director, Manlio Parrini, decides to return behind the camera. Having abandoned cinema at the height of...
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Broken Truths
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Release Date: 19-05-26
- Language: English
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The Man Who Lived Underground
- The gripping rediscovered classic and New York Times bestseller
- Written by: Richard Wright
- Narrated by: Ethan Herisse
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
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Brought to you by Penguin. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE UNPUBLISHED MASTERPIECE FROM THE AUTHOR OF NATIVE SON AND BLACK BOY Fred Daniels, a black man, is picked up randomly by the police after a brutal murder in a Chicago neighbourhood and taken to the local precinct where he is tortured...
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The Man Who Lived Underground
- The gripping rediscovered classic and New York Times bestseller
- Narrated by: Ethan Herisse
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Release Date: 08-07-21
- Language: English
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The Brothers of Auschwitz
- Written by: Malka Adler, Noel Canin
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
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Dov and Yitzhak live in a small village in the mountains of Hungary. But one day in 1944, everything changes. The Nazis storm the homes of the Jewish villagers and inform them they have one hour before the train will take them to Auschwitz. Six decades later, from the safety of their living rooms, the brothers finally break their silence to a friend who will never let their stories be forgotten.
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The Brothers of Auschwitz
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
- Release Date: 30-01-20
- Language: English
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The Village Trattoria
- A sweeping World War II saga and prequel to The Moonlit Piazza
- Written by: Annabelle Thorpe
- Narrated by: Sara Alexander
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
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Bloomsbury presents The Village Trattoria by Annabelle Thorpe, read by Sara Alexander. Italy 1943 The village trattoria, Casa Maria, is famed for its food and for Elena, the formidable matriarch who runs it. But now war has come to Umbria. Sophia di Luca cooks brilliantly and expects to take...
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The Village Trattoria
- A sweeping World War II saga and prequel to The Moonlit Piazza
- Narrated by: Sara Alexander
- Series: Casa Maria, Book 1
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Release Date: 20-03-25
- Language: English
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The Kommandant's Girl
- Written by: Pam Jenoff
- Narrated by: Nancy Peterson
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
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In her luminous and groundbreaking debut, New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff shows the unimaginable sacrifices one woman must make in a time of war Nineteen-year-old Emma Bau has been married only three weeks when Nazi tanks thunder into her native Poland. Within days Emma’s husband...
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The Kommandant's Girl
- Narrated by: Nancy Peterson
- Series: The Kommandant's Girl, Book 1
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Release Date: 09-07-19
- Language: English
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The London House
- Written by: Katherine Reay
- Narrated by: Madeleine Maby
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
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Uncovering a dark family secret sends one woman through the history of Britain's World War II spy network and glamorous 1930s Paris to save her family's reputation. Perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Ariel Lawhon. Caroline Payne thinks it's just another day of work until she receives a call from...
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The London House
- Narrated by: Madeleine Maby
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Release Date: 02-11-21
- Language: English
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When Mountains Move
- Written by: Julie Cantrell
- Narrated by: Amy Rubinate
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
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New York Times bestseller Cantrell’s emotive storytelling shines in this tale of new beginnings, past secrets, and finding a way forward. Millie’s mind is racing and there seems to be no clear line between right and wrong. Either path leads to pain, and she’ll do anything to protect the...
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When Mountains Move
- Narrated by: Amy Rubinate
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Release Date: 06-04-21
- Language: English
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Children of the Stars
- Written by: Mario Escobar
- Narrated by: Zach Hoffman
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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From international bestselling author Mario Escobar comes a story of escape, sacrifice, and hope amid the perils of the Second World War. August 1942. Jacob and Moses Stein, two young Jewish brothers, are staying with their aunt in Paris amid the Nazi occupation. The boys’ parents, well-known...
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Children of the Stars
- Narrated by: Zach Hoffman
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Release Date: 25-02-20
- Language: English
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The Accidentals
- A Novel
- Written by: Minrose Gwin
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
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Following the death of their mother from a botched backwoods abortion, the McAlister daughters have to cope with the ripple effect of this tragedy as they come of age in 1950s Mississippi and then grow up to face their own impossible choices—an unforgettable, beautiful novel that is threaded...
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The Accidentals
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Release Date: 13-08-19
- Language: English
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The Blood of Others
- Written by: Simone de Beauvoir
- Narrated by: Hanako Footman, Rory Alexander, Ali Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
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Brought to you by Penguin. Potent and vividly emotional, Simone de Beauvoir’s captivating novel questions freedom and individual responsibility in the face of brutality ‘These carefree faces, on which we allowed our smiles to spread, were for others the mask of tragedy.’ Jean Blomart...
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The Blood of Others
- Narrated by: Hanako Footman, Rory Alexander, Ali Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Release Date: 21-11-24
- Language: English
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The Riveter
- A Novel
- Written by: Jack Wang
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
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In the vein of All the Light We Cannot See, a cross-cultural love story set against the dramatic backdrop of the Allied invasion of Europe during WWII. Vancouver, 1942. Josiah Chang arrives in the bustling city ready to make a new life for himself. The Second World War is in full swing, and...
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The Riveter
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Release Date: 11-02-25
- Language: English
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When We Had Wings
- Written by: Ariel Lawhon, Kristina McMorris, Susan Meissner
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
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From three bestselling authors comes an interwoven tale about a trio of World War II nurses stationed in the South Pacific who wage their own battle for freedom and survival. The Philippines, 1941. When U.S. Navy nurse Eleanor Lindstrom, U.S. Army nurse Penny Franklin, and Filipina nurse Lita...
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When We Had Wings
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Release Date: 18-10-22
- Language: English
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The Schoolteacher of Saint-Michel
- Heart-wrenching WW2 historical fiction inspired by true acts of courage
- Written by: Sarah Steele
- Narrated by: Natalie Pela
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
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The Schoolteacher of Saint Michel is a heartrending and deeply moving story of love and hope in World War II from the USA Today bestselling author of The Missing Pieces of Nancy Moon. The war taught her to fight. The children taught her to hope... Inspired by real acts of bravery and resistance...
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The Schoolteacher of Saint-Michel
- Heart-wrenching WW2 historical fiction inspired by true acts of courage
- Narrated by: Natalie Pela
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Release Date: 24-06-21
- Language: English
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Antiquities and Other Stories
- Written by: Cynthia Ozick
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
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'A writer innately drawn to paradox, and to the moral questions inherent in the relationships between richness and poverty, mind and body, history and imagination' Ali Smith 'As cunning and rich as anything Ozick's written' Wall Street Journal 'One of our era's central writers. About a man...
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Antiquities and Other Stories
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Release Date: 16-04-21
- Language: English
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A Streetcar Named Desire
- Written by: Tennessee Williams
- Narrated by: Theater Lincoln Center
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
- Abridged
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Caedmon is proud to release this archival full-cast recording of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire on cd for the first time! Blanche DuBois arrives at her sister Stella's New Orleans apartment seeking refuge from a troubled past—but her ethereal spirit irks Stella's husband, the...
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A Streetcar Named Desire
- Narrated by: Theater Lincoln Center
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
- Release Date: 06-01-09
- Language: English
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