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Step into a world where logic loosens its grip and language begins to shimmer with delightful uncertainty. In this audio version of Lewis Carroll's classic nonsense tale, listeners are invited aboard an impossible voyage in search of a creature that may—or may not—exist. Led by a Bellman and accompanied by a most peculiar crew, the expedition unfolds through playful verse, absurd encounters, and a growing sense of unease. What seems to begin as nonsense gradually deepens into something stranger: a meditation on meaning, pursuit, and the fragile line between certainty and disappearance.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if the most dangerous words in a kingdom are spoken not by rebels, but by a conscience that refuses to bend? *Sir Thomas More* is one of the most fascinating and politically charged works connected to William Shakespeare: a dramatic portrait of law...

Brenda Blethyn, Lesley Manville and Phil Davis star in this special Mike Leigh collection, featuring the iconic hit Abigail’s Party and a banned play from the BBC archives One of Britain's most prolific and influential writers, Mike Leigh has directed some of the best British films of the last...

Bloomsbury presents Future Indefinite, with the unfinished Past Conditional, by Noël Coward, read by Arty Froushan. The definitive account, in his own words, of one of the most popular figures in British theatre. The second and concluding volume of Noël Coward's legendary autobiography...

Hochspannung für Fans von Freida McFadden und Claire Douglas »Die Adresse ist 14 Tudor Grove – sollte ich noch nicht zu Hause sein, wenn du Milo abholst, passt unsere Nanny auf ihn und Jacob auf.« Doch als Marissa Irvine zur vereinbarten Adresse kommt, wo ihr kleiner Sohn zum Playdate...

Hochspannung für Fans von Freida McFadden und Claire Douglas »Die Adresse ist 14 Tudor Grove – sollte ich noch nicht zu Hause sein, wenn du Milo abholst, passt unsere Nanny auf ihn und Jacob auf.« Doch als Marissa Irvine zur vereinbarten Adresse kommt, wo ihr kleiner Sohn zum Playdate...

Read by Eimear McBride, an electrifying analysis of one giant of twentieth-century literature by another: Beckett on Proust. The whole of Proust's world comes out of a teacup . . . When he was only 25, Samuel Beckett published his first ever book: an electrifying dissection of Marcel Proust's...

Yorkshire, England / County Clare, Ireland, 1918 Billy DeVere has spent his boyhood in the shadow of expectation — the heir his aristocratic father needs him to be. Then the Great War claims his father and both his brothers, and the life mapped out for him simply vanishes. In its place comes...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if the world’s most famous love story was never only about love, but about the fatal speed of hatred? In *Romeo and Juliet*, William Shakespeare creates a tragedy of youth, passion, family violence, and destiny in a Verona divided by ancient feud...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The Bogs of Tipperary A short story from a winter on the Loony Line, Ireland, 1990 — buses, caravans, bender tents, and horses holding their ground against the rain, the mud, and the cold. The Bogs of Tipperary follows a community of Travellers and...

Welcome to Cafés! Somewhere to eat and forget about work, where we can meet friends and not think about love, where we can meet lovers and be too nervous to eat. In Holly Pester's unique lyric, the café becomes a structure of fantasy and language exploring life at the pressurised edges. It becomes a form – a canto or a verse – unearthing what this space promises us in terms of freedom and thought, and what it holds back.

Notable for its profound empathy, philosophical insight and visceral descriptions, this stunning collection of poetry cements Isaac Rosenberg as one of the most distinctive voices amongst the World War I poets. From haunting meditations on war with 'Break of Day in the Trenches' and 'Dead Man's Dump', to the fleeting moments of hope during battle in 'Returning, We Hear the Larks', this series of deeply affecting poems unveil in unflinching detail the devastating consequences of war. This audiobook edition is beautifully narrated by Ben Allen.

Jolie et rayonnante, cuisinière émérite, Dona Flor est très aimée. On la plaint aussi parce qu'elle a épousé Vadinho, vaurien, joueur et coureur. Mais le roman s'ouvre au moment du carnaval et sur la mort inattendue de Vadinho, après sept ans de mariage. Dona Flor se consolera assez vite en épousant le docteur Teodoro, bien qu'il ne soit pas doué d'un tempérament de feu. Vient le jour où Dona Flor trouve Vadinho étendu nu sur le lit. Invisible à tous, Vadinho est complètement réincarné pour la seule Dona Flor et entend bien jouir de ses droits de mari.

Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam return as the loving, long-married couple, in the seventh series of Jan Etherington’s award-winning comedy ‘Beautifully written’ Observer Joanna and Roger have weathered a few storms in their 40-year marriage, but their passion for each other hasn’t dimmed...

Bloomsbury presents Haunting the Black Air, written and read by Anthony Joseph. 'A polyphonic exploration of memory, diaspora and sound' ROMALYN ANTE 'A kaleidoscope of image and word-power . . . A vital addition to the canon' MAGGIE HARRIS 'A work of rare formal daring and spiritual depth'...

A lively and insightful biographical celebration of the imaginative genius of Charles Dickens, published in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of his death. Charles Dickens was a superb public performer, a great orator and one of the most famous of the Eminent Victorians. Slight of build...

When tragedy leaves Fitzwilliam Darcy clinging to life, Elizabeth Bennet sacrifices her dreams to repay the debt owed to her family's damaged savior. But can her compassion penetrate his bitter heart and spark hope again?

Read by the author, Harry Josephine Giles. Them! by Harry Josephine Giles is a challenging and subversive collection of poems about trans life as it is lived today, through the lenses of work, technology and ecology. Witty, candid, furious, and always compelling, Them! negotiates the fraught and...

Darlington is a small Northern town where everyone knows everyone. And Detectives Tanzy and Byrd know there’s a twisted serial killer in their midst... They find Julia Porter’s body tied to a chair in her quiet family home in the outskirts of Darlington. She’s covered in blood, and someone has cut out her eyes. Next to her is a message written in red crayon: She didn’t see it coming. Detectives Tanzy and Byrd have never seen the like of this in their town before. Then a few days later a woman is handed a package on the high street. It contains Julia Porter’s eyes ... It’s a warning.

Pursuit of knowledge, beauty, and human perception through harmonious balance between intellectual development (light) and moral refinement (sweetness)