January
2005
(Please note that the prices shown are recommended
retail prices only)
For a month-by-month guide to titles
published since November 2000, take a look
at our previous releases page
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| Lynne Truss
A
Certain Age
The complete six monologues written by Lynne Truss, author of
the bestselling book, Eats, Shoots & Leaves. The
stories focus on six women, each around 40 years of age, each
defined by a family relationship: a mother, a daughter, a wife,
a sister, the other woman and... a cat lover.
3 CDs, 2hrs 45mins, ISBN 0563 510528 £15.99
3 cassette,
2hrs 45mins, ISBN 0563 510471 £14.99 |
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| Doctor
Who and the Pescatons
Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen star as the fourth Doctor and Sarah
Jane Smith in this newly remastered CD version of an original
45 minute audio drama. Never broadcast on radio, the story has
been unavailable for a number of years, and this is the first
time it has been published by BBC Audio. A special bonus disc
features an exclusive 45 minute interview with Elisabeth Sladen.
Materialising on a lonely stretch of beach one night, the Doctor
and Sarah soon discover that Earth is menaced by a refugee race
of amphibious fish-like aliens – and the Doctor holds the
key to their defeat!
2 CDs, 1hr 30mins, ISBN 0563 527641 £13.99
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| Eyewitness:
The 1950s
In 1951, the Festival of Britain celebrated a more egalitarian
and peaceful society. Nevertheless, young men were still called
on to fight as conflicts erupted in Malaya, Korea, Cyprus and
Suez. Then, as the nuclear threat increased, protestors took to
the streets and CND was born. This was the era of Angry Young
Men, literate rebels against the old order: also of the Teddy
Boy, creator of distinctive fashion, but representing a culture
of violence and discrimination as seen in the Notting Hill race
riots. Rock-and-roll caused riots of a different kind but produced
Britain’s first true pop stars.
Alan Sillitoe, John Osborne, Joan Bakewell, Tommy Steele and
Cliff Richard recall aspects of the decade, as do National Servicemen,
Teddy Boys and the black community of Notting Hill. Thought-provoking
and moving, these are the voices of the past, speaking to the
present.
4 CDs, 4hrs 30mins, ISBN 0563 530952 £17.99
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| Anne Fine
Frozen
Billy
This spooky children's adventure is set in the late-Victorian
world of the music hall. Clarrie and Will live with their Uncle
Len, a brilliant ventriloquist who decides to liven up his double
act with his dummy, Frozen Billy. But to Clarrie's horror, the
grand idea soon begins to turn sour.
3 CDs, 2hrs 40mins, ISBN 1844 405494 £12.99
2 cassette,
2hrs 40mins, ISBN 1844 40109X £8.99
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| New Year, New
You
This series is designed to help you keep all those tough New Year's
resolutions. Glenn Harrold, the bestselling audio self help author,
has combined his skill as a clinical hypnotherapist with his passion
for music and recording to produce a powerful and effective series
of hypnosis CDs that cover a range of subjects. |
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| Glenn
Harrold's Ultimate Guide to
Overcoming Stress
A mind and body relaxation audio that incorporates hypnotherapy
techniques and innovative sound production to help you beat stress.
1 CD, 45mins, ISBN 0563 510285 £10.99
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| Glenn
Harrold's Ultimate Guide to
Relaxing Sleep Every Night
A total mind and body relaxation audio that combines hypnotherapy
techniques with gentle music to guide you into a deep and restful
sleep.
1 CD, 28mins, ISBN 0563 510188 £10.99 |
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| Glenn
Harrold's Ultimate Guide to
Quitting Smoking Forever
Glenn Harrold attempts to attack the craving where it hides -
in the subconscious, using a combination of hypnotherapy techniques
and state-of-the-art sound production.
1 CD, 47mins, ISBN 0563 510234 £10.99 |
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| Glenn
Harrold's Ultimate Guide to
Permanent and Natural Weight Loss
A deeply relaxing aid to weight loss that combines Harrold's hypnotherapy
skills with creative sound effects.
1 CD, 1hr, ISBN 0563 510331 £10.99 |
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| Ian Rankin
Hide
and Seek (MP3-CD)
Ewan Stewart reads the whole of this Inspector Rebus novel written
by award-winning crime writer Ian Rankin. A junkie lies dead in
an Edinburgh squat - spread-eagled on the floor, a five-pointed
star daubed on the wall above. Just another dead addict, until
John Rebus begins to chip away at the indifference, treachery,
deceit and sleaze that lurks behind the façade of the Edinburgh
familiar to the tourists.
1 MP3-CD, 7hrs 45mins, ISBN 0754 076229 £19.99
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| Journey
into Space: The Red Planet
This de luxe box set contains all 20 episodes of the classic BBC
radio science fiction series from the 1950s on CD for the first
time, remastered and restored to its most complete version. It
also features a bonus 10-minute Round Midnight interview
with Charles Chilton and a 16-page booklet documenting the history
of the programme's development, an episode guide and Radio
Times clippings. The 10-CD set is the second series of Captain
Jet Morgan's adventures with his crew Doc Matthews, engineer Mitch
Mitchell and radio operator Lemmy Barnet on board the flagship
Discovery.
10 CDs, 10hrs 10mins, ISBN 0563 524944 £80.00 |
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| Joyce
Grenfell: My Kind of Magic
This compilation of Joyce Grenfell's poetry and writings was gathered
together by her friend and biographer Janie Hampton. It's a sparkling
collection of writings of every kind, from treasured recipes to
tales of the places where Joyce was happiest - dusk in an East
Anglian cornfield, or watching blackbirds in January.
2 CDs, 1hr 30mins, ISBN 0563 527749 £12.99
2 cassettes,
1hr 45mins, ISBN 0563 527692 £10.99 |
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| Liz Jensen
The
Ninth Life of Louis Drax
A psychological thriller read by Andrew Sachs (Manuel in Fawlty
Towers) and Ben Tibber. Nine-year-old Louis Drax is a problem
child: bright, precocious, deceitful, and disturbingly accident
prone. When, on his ninth birthday, he falls off a cliff into
a ravine, the accident seems almost predestined. The boy miraculously
survives - but the family has been shattered. Louis' father has
vanished, his mother is paralysed by shock, and Louis lies in
a deep coma from which he may never emerge.
In a clinic in Provence, Dr Pascal Dannachet tries to coax Louis
back to consciousness. But the case defies medical logic, startling
Dannachet and drawing him reluctantly into the dark heart of Louis'
buried world. Only Louis holds the key to the mystery surrounding
his fall - and he can't communicate. Or can he?
2 CDs, 2hrs 30mins, ISBN 0563 526378 £12.99
2 cassettes,
2hrs 30mins, ISBN 0563 526327 £10.99 |
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Dorothy L. Sayers
Busman's
Honeymoon
Now on CD, Ian Carmichael stars as the
charming investigator with Sarah Badel as Harriet Vane in this
BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Society’s eligible
women are in mourning - Lord Peter Wimsey has married at last.
Having finally succeeded in his ardent pursuit of the lovely Harriet
Vane they depart for a tranquil honeymoon in a country farmhouse.
But the couple’s newly wedded peace is shattered when the
dead body of the previous owner is found in the cellar. Why would
anyone have wanted to kill old Mr Noakes? What dark secrets was
he hiding?
2 CDs, 2hrs 25mins, ISBN 0563 525479 £12.99
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| Richmal Crompton
Just
William 6
Described by the Daily Telegraph as ‘the wizard
of the talking book’, Martin Jarvis has made the voices
of William and his gang of outlaws his own in these marvellous
readings. Roar with laughter as the lovable rogue, hampered by
the loathsome Violet Elizabeth, wreaks havoc in this ever-popular
series of stories.
That Boy, The Bishop’s Handkerchief, William and Uncle
George, The Haunted House, William and St Valentine, April Fool’s
Day, Not Much, The Cure, William’s Wonderful Plan, The Outlaws
and the Penknife, William the Reformer, William’s New Year’s
Day.
2 CDs, 2hrs, ISBN 0563 525428 £15.99 |
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| Mary
Poppins
Sophie Thompson reads P.L. Travers' much-loved children's novel
that inspired the Walt Disney film and the new London musical.
When Mary Poppins takes charge of the Banks children, she changes
their lives forever. Unlike other nannies, she makes ordinary
events extraordinary. Who else could slide up banisters,
pull wonders out of an empty carpetbag, lead the children on magical
adventures - and still tuck them in at the end of the day? None
other than their beloved Mary Poppins. This edition includes 'Tea
With Mary Poppins', an exclusive insight into the author and her
creation, written and read by Brian Sibley.
4 CDs, 4hrs, ISBN 0563 52734X £15.99 |
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