Roy McMillan
21) The Black Gang
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Although the First World War is over, it seems that the hostilities are not, and when Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond discovers that a stint of bribery and blackmail is undermining England's democratic tradition, he forms the Black Gang, bent on tracking down the perpetrators of such plots. They set a trap to lure the criminal mastermind behind these subversive attacks to England, and all is going to plan until Bulldog Drummond accepts an invitation...
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Get swept away to the enchanting South of France with this "exquisite and shimmering" (Lisa Jewell, New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone) suspenseful historical novel, where perilous secrets lurk under the glitz and glam of seaside wealth.
She didn't have an enemy in the world...until she inherited a fortune.
London 1948: Eve Forrester is stuck in a loveless marriage, isolated in her...
She didn't have an enemy in the world...until she inherited a fortune.
London 1948: Eve Forrester is stuck in a loveless marriage, isolated in her...
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Referenced by Winston Churchill as one of...the greatest books ever written in the English language..., “Seven Pillars of Wisdom” follows British Army Colonel T. E. Lawrence through his time during the First World War. Completed in 1922, the book was not published until 1926. An autobiographical account told in fantastical prose, this telling of historical events shows the Arab Revolt through Lawrence's eyes in vivid detail.
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Packaged in handsome, affordable trade editions, Clydesdale Classics is a new series of essential works. From the musings of intellectuals such as Thomas Paine in Common Sense to the striking personal narrative of Harriet Jacobs in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, this new series is a comprehensive collection of our intellectual history through the words of the exceptional few.
Originally published as a political pamphlet in 1848, amidst the...
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Naxos Audio presents a collection of popular stories by famed Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, including The Body Snatcher, The Bottle Imp, The Poor Thing. In each story, Stevenson tests the facets of morality and guilt and their relationship with the human condition.
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George travels to the future in the epic conclusion of the George's Secret Key series from Lucy Hawking.
When George finds a way to escape the spacecraft Artemis, where he has been trapped, he is overjoyed. Surely now he can return to Earth.
But when George touches down, he knows immediately that something is wrong. There's a barren wasteland where his home town used to be, intelligent robots roam the streets, and no one will talk to George about...
29) The Third Round
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Hugh Drummond has lost none of his trademark wit, charm, and confidence. In investigating the mysterious death of Professor Goodman, who holds the key to a formula for creating diamonds, he uncovers a menacing plot involving the Metropolitan Diamond Syndicate and, inevitably, his seemingly indestructible enemy, the sinister Carl Peterson. Unexpected twists and turns are rife, and the climax sees a thrilling boat chase that makes for fantastic listening....
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Lemuel Gulliver sets out on a series of travels, but each time he finds himself shipwrecked in new and unfamiliar lands. And how unfamiliar … In Lilliput, everyone is tiny, and it takes thousands of them to capture him; in Brodingnag, they're huge and treat him as a sort of living toy; in Laputa, they live on a floating island inventing impossibly mad projects; and the Houyhnhnms are horses! But through all his adventures, Gulliver learns to see...
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In search of adventure, Robinson Crusoe, son of a middle-class Englishman, sets out on the high seas only to become stranded on a deserted South American island. Alone on the island for 24 years, Crusoe finally gets some company when he saves a native whom cannibals brought to the island. A thrilling adventure for younger listeners, made thoroughly accessible through Roy McMillan's retelling of Daniel Defoe's text, simplifying and clarifying them...
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Rene Descartes is one of the formative figures in Western philosophy, logic and mathematics. His famous statement, 'I think, therefore I am,' has become perhaps the most famous phrase in all of philosophy. Descartes' ground-breaking writings attempted to establish unshakeable foundations of knowledge, and set a trend for subsequent Western philosophy, which has endlessly critiqued and expanded upon his ideas.
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The subject of countless adaptations, Oliver Twist is an essential read, and this version is both exciting and accessible for children ages eight to thirteen years old. Roy McMillan uses Dickens' original words in the main text, simplifying and clarifying them at certain points. Oliver's journey to London is narrated with ceaseless energy by Jonathan Keeble; his reading is infused with a delicious knack for storytelling.
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The mesmerizing story of Lady Penelope Devereux-the daring young beauty in the Tudor court, who inspired Sir Philip Sidney's famous sonnets even while she plotted against Queen Elizabeth. Penelope Devereux arrives at Queen Elizabeth's court where she and her brother, the Earl of Essex, are drawn into the aging Queen's favor. Young and naïve, Penelope, though promised elsewhere, falls in love with Philip Sidney who pours his heartbreak into the now...
35) The Final Count
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Hugh Drummond returns in this fourth volume of the Bulldog Drummond series. Drummond must attempt to prove the innocence of an inventor of chemical warfare whose weapon mysteriously goes missing. Drummond is utterly resolute; only one man can be capable of such a sinister plot.
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George and Annie are off on another cosmic adventure inspired by the Mars Expedition in the fifth book of the George's Secret Key series from Stephen and Lucy Hawking.
George and his best friend, Annie, have been selected as junior astronauts for a program that trains young people for a future trip to Mars. This is everything they've ever wanted-and now they get to be a part of up-to-the minute space discoveries and meet a bunch of new friends who...
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George and Annie are off on another cosmic adventure to figure out why strange things are happening on Earth in the fourth book of the George's Secret Key series from Stephen and Lucy Hawking. George and his best friend Annie haven't had any space adventures for a while and they're missing the excitement. But not for long, because seriously strange things have started happening. Banks are handing out free money, supermarkets aren't able to charge...
38) Don Quixote
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Don Quixote is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. In the story, a gentleman named Mr. Alonso Quixano reads too many chivalric romances and consequently loses his sanity. Deciding to revive chivalry, undo wrongs, and bring justice to the world, he recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, who often employs...
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The debut short-story collection from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man, hailed as “Britain’s female Stephen King” (Daily Mail), featuring eleven bone-chilling and mind-bending tales
“All hail the queen of scream. A Sliver of Darkness is C. J. Tudor at her spine-tingling, nightmare-inducing best. Read it if you dare.”—Chris Whitaker, New...
“All hail the queen of scream. A Sliver of Darkness is C. J. Tudor at her spine-tingling, nightmare-inducing best. Read it if you dare.”—Chris Whitaker, New...