Item category 2: Audiobook

A new investigation from Dr Mark Aldridge, exploring a lifetime of Agatha Christie's Miss Jane Marple.

Agatha Raisin becomes embroiled in a turmoil of jealousy and lies when the tranquility of her local bowls club explodes into a storm of accusation and intrigue - and murder. Her private life is no less turbulent when a past suitor reappears just as her ex-husband seems intent on rekindling their ...

'Aida' is generally considered one of the most spectacular of Verdi's operas. But Thomson Smillie says it is, more accurately 'a chamber opera with a grand march through the middle of it'. The historic background - how and why it came to be composed - is clearly explained.

Four traditional tales with music and sound effects. Also includes ]Puss in Boots, Cinderella[ and ]Dick Whittington[. Single CD, running time: 65mins. Age range: 4-6 yrs.

This is a biography of Cambridge mathematician, mastermind code-breaker and inventor of the super-computer, Alan Turing.

Prague, 1588. The Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, wants to expand the boundaries of human knowledge, and his court is a haven for scientists, astrologers and alchemists. His abiding passion is the feverish search for the philosopher's stone and thus immortality. The Catholic Church fears he has pu...

When an American Airlines plane explodes in the sky, detectives Alex Cross and John Sampson are first on the scene. They don't hear the gunfire. At first. It soon becomes clear that the plane was taken down by a rare, stolen machine gun. The list of people who could operate the weapon is short. A...

Using voices to take the parts of The White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts and the Cheshire Cat, and Alice, this unabridged recording presents "Alice in Wonderland".