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BENEDICT FLYNN
A Life Of Dante (Unabridged) John Shrapnel [ Naxos Audiobooks / CD - released 2/Jul/2001 ] Dante's vision The Divine Comedy has profoundly affected every generation since it first appeared in the early fourteenth century. Here is a brief account of his life, compiled from various sources (including his first biographer, Boccaccio) by... |
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Paton
A Lover's Gift From Her To Him [ Naxos Audiobooks / CD - released 30/Oct/2006 ] |
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Sheen
A Lover's Gift From Him To Her [ Naxos Audiobooks / CD - released 30/Oct/2006 ] |
Voices Of Black America
[ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] This unique collection, compiled especially for Naxos AudioBooks, features original recordings from 1908-1946 of Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Exposition Address, the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Langston Hughes, the rarely heard humour of... |
DARREN HENLEY
Famous Composers Aled Jones (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 3/Oct/2005 ] Following on the success of The Story of Classical Music, Darren Henley and Aled Jones combine forces again to tell, in more detail, the lives of six key composers Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvořák and Shostakovich. Their colourful lives and... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Julius Caesar (unabridged) Andrew Buchan, Sean Barrett, Andrew Buchan, Pip Carter, etc [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 26/Mar/2012 ] 'How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted over In states unborn and accents yet unknown!' (Act III sc.i) Julius Caesar is Shakespeare's most political play. He examines whether political assassination can ever be justified, and... |
EDITH NESBIT
The Story Of The Amulet (abridged) Anna Bentinck (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 27/Aug/2007 ] The trilogy of Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Story of the Amulet, all involve the same family and their encounters with the magical being The Psammead. The adventures of the five children proved one of the most popular of... |
EDITH NESBIT
The Phoenix And The Carpet (Abridged) Anna Bentinck (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 2/May/2005 ] This sequel to Five Children and It sees the four children finding a carpet-and then being told by a phoenix that it is a magic carpet. It means a series of adventures. Anna Bentinck reads the tale with great charm. With delightful music of the period |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
The Merchant Of Venice (Unabridged) Anthony Sher [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, agrees to lend Antonio, a Venetian merchant, three thousand ducats so that his friend Bassanio can afford to court his love, Portia. However, Shylock has one condition: should the loan go unpaid, he will be entitled... |
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes Vol. 2 (Unabridged) David Timson (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 3 CD Box Set - released 27/Jun/2005 ] In this collection are four of the finest cases of Mr Sherlock Holmes, narrated by his faithful friend and admirer Dr Watson. What was the mystery of the engineer's thumb? What was behind the disappearance of the race horse? Why did masked royalty... |
SAMUEL BECKETT
Waiting For Godot (unabridged) Nigel Anthony, Sean Barrett, David Burke, Zachary Fox [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 27/Feb/2006 ] Samuel Beckett, one of the great avant-garde Irish dramatists and writers of the second half of the twentieth century, was born on 13 April 1906. He died in 1989. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. His centenary will be celebrated... |
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
The Great Poets: Percy Bysshe Shelley Bertie Carvel (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / CD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] Idealist, atheist, outcast, political radical and, of course, poet-Percy Bysshe Shelley was, in many ways, the epitome of the Romantic artist. His poetry was an outlet for his passionately-held and highly unpopular beliefs; beliefs which resulted... |
THOMAS HARDY
Winter Words Bruce Alexander & Janet Maw [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2001 ] |
MARK TWAIN
The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer (Abridged) Read by Garrick Hagon [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2004 ] The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the story of a boy's adventures growing up in a small town on the banks of the Mississippi river over a hundred years ago. The cheerful, adventurous hero plays truant to form a pirate band and, together with his best... |
WILLIAM BLAKE
Great Poets - William Blake Robert Glenister / Michael Maloney / Stephen Critchlow. [ Naxos Audiobooks / CD - released 2/Jul/2007 ] Naxos AudioBooks begins its new series of Great Poets-represented by their most popular poems on one CD-with William Blake, whose 250th anniversary of birth falls this year. This CD contains all of his most popular works-Tyger, the Auguries of ... |
HEATHCOTE WILLIAMS
Sacred Elephant (Unabridged) Heathcote Williams [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 29/Jan/2007 ] Sacred Elephant is a moving portrayal of the world's largest land-living mammal. The poem explores the life of elephants in their natural habitat and in captivity, and details their relentless destruction at the hands of man. Evocatively read by... |
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
The Count Of Monte Cristo Read by Bill Homewood [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 23/Jul/2004 ] The Count of Monte Cristo is a tale of revenge and retribution. Edmond Dantès, a young, energetic sailor, is falsely accused of treason on his wedding day and incarcerated in the forbidding Château d'If. His escape and ultimate revenge on those who... |
GERALD MANLEY HOPKINS
The Great Poets - Gerard Manley Hopkins Read by Jeremy Northam [ Naxos Audiobooks / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] A collection of the best-known poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889). One of the Victorian era's greatest writers, Hopkins' reputation has continued to grow since his death. Our Great Poets series, launched in 2007, has proven very popular... |
KATHERINE MANSFIELD
Bliss And Other Stories Juliet Stevenson (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] One of Katherine Mansfield's finest short stories, Bliss, introduces us to Bertha, who experiences a sense of rapture as she reflects on her life. On her walk home one day, she is overwhelmed by a sense of bliss and contentment. However, her joy... |
THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Grimms' Fairy Tales Read by Laura Paton [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 29/Nov/2004 ] Here are some of the most enchanting fairy stories of all time. The brothers Grimm conjure up a world of fantasy, hope and good fortune where the princess meets and marries the right prince (even if he was once a frog), and where the cruel witch, the... |
