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Paul Temple And The Margo Mystery by Francis Durbridge

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/41428 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/41428] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paul Temple And The Margo Mystery Series: #12 of Paul Temple Author: Francis Durbridge Narrator: Marjorie Westbury, Peter Coke, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: For thirty years the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC Radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case. Flying home from a lecture tour of America, Paul Temple encounters Mike Langdon who is seeking to persuade his employer's spoilt daughter Julie to give up her boyfriend, pop-singer Tony Wyman. Meeting Paul at the airport, Steve is drugged and kidnapped. She is released without harm - but mysteriously in possession of a coat, bearing the label 'Margo'. As Mike seeks Paul's help, the Temples enter into a dangerous web of lies and murder.

Behind the Lines: Powerful and Revealing American and Foreign War Letters and One Man's Search to Find Them by Andrew Carroll

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/33242 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/33242] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Behind the Lines: Powerful and Revealing American and Foreign War Letters and One Man's Search to Find Them Author: Andrew Carroll Narrator: BD Wong, Hank Williams, Jr., Darryl Worley, Brian F. O'Bryne, Keith Nobbs, Adam West, Mandy Siegfried, Dion Graham, Frederick Weller, Richard Thomas, Jeremy Sisto, Kate Nelligan, Kurt Vonnegut, Oliver Platt, Martha Plimpton, Stanley Tucci, George Grizzard, Campbell Scott Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 10, 2005 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Andrew Carroll spent three years traveling throughout the United States and around the world to seek out the most powerful and unforgettable letters ever written during American wars. Behind the Lines is the result of that extraordinary trip and represents the first book of its kind: a dramatic, intimate, and revealing look at warfare as seen through the personal correspondence of US and foreign troops and civilians who have experienced major conflicts firsthand. From handwritten missives penned during the American Revolution to e-mails from Afghanistan and Iraq, Behind the Lines captures the full spectrum of emotions -- exhilaration, fear, devotion, despair, courage, heartache, patriotism, rage, and even humor -- expressed in times of war.

Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules by Amy Hempel, Tobias Wolff, Akhil Sharma, Charles Baxter, Patricia Highsmith

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/33262 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/33262] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules Author: Amy Hempel, Tobias Wolff, Akhil Sharma, Charles Baxter, Patricia Highsmith Narrator: Mary -Louise Parker, Toby Wherry, Akhil Sharma, David Sedaris, Cherry Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 56 minutes Release date: April 4, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.41 of Total 32 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: A must-have for the fans of the #1 bestselling author of Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris, a collection of his favorite short fiction from Flannery O'Connor to Tobias Wolff. David Sedaris is an exceptional reader. Alone in his apartment, he reads stories aloud to the point he has them memorized. Sometimes he fantasizes that he wrote them. Sometimes, when they’re his very favorite stories, he’ll fantasize about reading them in front of an audience and taking credit for them. The audience in these fantasies always loves him and gives him the respect he deserves. David Sedaris didn’t write the stories in Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules . But he did read them. And he liked them enough to hand pick them for this collection of short fiction. Featuring such notable writers as Lorrie Moore, Alice Munro, Joyce Carol Oates, Jean Thompson, and Tobias Wolff, Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules includes some of the most influential and talented short story writers, contemporary and classic. Perfect for fans who suffer from Sedaris fever, Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules will tide them over and provide relief.

Alan Bennett: At The BBC by Alan Bennett

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/41144 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/41144] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alan Bennett: At The BBC Author: Alan Bennett Narrator: Alan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 35 minutes Release date: December 1, 2004 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: 'I tend to think of myself as a man of few words, but looking at this collection it seems to have been gab gab gab for the last thirty years'. Admittedly not all the words are his own - but even the work of other writers can be transformed by Alan Bennett. This unique anthology of Bennett's BBC radio and television work features extracts from his diaries and readings, as well as tributes to friends Russell Harty and Peter Cook. He recollects his early memories of Leeds, reads his favourite children's stories (most of which he only discovered as an adult) and reveals his first and only true comedy performance. He talks about the business of being a writer and muses on language, television, the theatre and his abiding interest in art and architecture. With an introduction and specially recorded links by Alan Bennett, this collection is essential listening for fans of one of Britain's best-loved authors and storytellers.

Paul Temple And The Vandyke Affair by Francis Durbridge

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/41430 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/41430] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paul Temple And The Vandyke Affair Author: Francis Durbridge Narrator: Marjorie Westbury, Peter Coke, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 4 minutes Release date: December 1, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case. In this adventure, Paul Temple is called in to investigate the disappearance of the Desmond baby, and the 'Sitter-In' Miss Millicent. When they visit Mary Desmond she is, understandably, very upset - it's already been a week since her eighteenth-month-old daughter vanished. The only clue is a telephone message left in Miss Millicent's handwriting: 'A Mr Vandyke telephoned, he left no message'. However, no-one knows who this mysterious Mr Vandyke is... This audio edition also includes the BBC Radio 4 programme The Radio Detectives: 'Send for Paul Temple', an affectionate look at the indomitable husband and wife team, Paul and Steve Temple. It features an exclusive interview with the definitive Paul Temple, Peter Coke, and rediscovered vintage recordings.