A Spot of Bother
George Hall doesn't understand the modern obsession with talking about everything. 'The secret of contentment, George felt, lay in ignoring many things completely.' Some things in life, however, cannot be ignored. At fifty seven, George is settling down to a comfortable retirement, building a shed in his garden, reading historical novels, listening to a bit of light jazz. Then Katie, his tempestuous daughter, announces that she is getting remarried, to Ray. Her family is not pleased...
Författare: Mark Haddon
Uppläsare: Alex Jennings Förlag: Random House
Narnia 3 - The Horse and his Boy
Desperate to escape a harsh and narrow regime, two runaways unwittingly flee headlong into the centre of a terrible battle. This first sequel to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe includes all the hallmarks of its famous predecessor, though this time the fate of Narnia is wound up in the lives of its own children – and a talking horse! On 9 December 2005, Andrew (Shrek) Adamson's live action film adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe will be released by Disney, and it is already being hailed as the biggest film franchise of all time, guaranteed to appeal to adults and children across the globe. The second film is already in development.
Författare: C.S. Lewis
Uppläsare: Alex Jennings Förlag: Harper Collins
Recoil
Recuperating in Switzerland after a job that cost the life of one of his closest friends, ex deniable operator Nick Stone is looking for a quiet life. But when his private life starts to disintegrate, Nick is reluctantly forced back into action. The trail leads him to Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it isn't long before his dark past comes knocking on his door. . .
Författare: Andy McNab
Uppläsare: Alex Jennings Förlag: Random House
The American Boy
England 1819: Thomas Shield, a new master at a school just outside London, is tutor to a young American boy and the boy's sensitive best friend, Charles Frant. Drawn to Frant's beautiful, unhappy mother, Thomas becomes caught up in her family's twisted intrigues. Then a brutal crime is committed, with consequences that threaten to destroy Thomas and all that he has come to hold dear. Despite his efforts, Shield is caught up in a deadly tangle of sex, money, murder and lies a tangle that grips him tighter even as he tries to escape from it. And what of the strange American child, at the heart of these macabre events, yet mysterious what is the secret of the boy named Edgar Allen Poe?
Författare: Andrew Taylor
Uppläsare: Alex Jennings Förlag: Harper Collins
The Edge - Midnight over Sanctaphrax
Far out in open sky, a ferocious storm is brewing. In its path is Sanctaphrax a magnificent city built on a floating rock and tethered to the land by a massive chain. Only Twig – a young sky pirate captain who has dared to sail over the Edge – has learned of the approaching danger. But his perilous voyage destroys his sky ship, hurling his crew into and beyond the Deepwoods, and robbing Twig of all memory…
Författare: Chris Riddell,Paul Stewart
Uppläsare: Alex Jennings Förlag: Random House
The Edge - Stormchaser
Since his childhood in the Deepwoods, young Twig has always longed to soar above the forest canopy and explore the sky. Now a lowly crew member on his father's sky pirate ship, the Stormchaser, his dream seems fulfilled. But a much higher destiny awaits Twig as plots and treacheries from many years ago bring the lofty city of Sanctaphrax home of the Edgeworld's most learned academics to the point of disaster.
Författare: Paul Stewart,Chriss Riddell
Uppläsare: Alex Jennings Förlag: Random House
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