BBC Audiobooks America.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010], p2008
Language
English
Description
This 90-part narrative history is divided into three series of 30 programs. It tells the story through the voices of those who were there--presidents and farmers, mothers and children, slaves and Indians. It celebrates the American achievement--settling a harsh continent, breaking free of British rule, becoming the global powerhouse of goods and popular culture.
Author
Pub. Date
[2009], p2001, 2008
Language
English
Description
Specially recorded for audio, this third volume from Attenborough's chronicles of his early expeditions finds him meeting Aborigines, going walkabout in the bush, learning the secret craft of the artists of Arnhem Land, and seeking out a trio of canny no-hopers of debatable origin. In unique Attenborough style, Quest Under Capricorn paints a compelling and fascinating picture of life Down Under.
23) Towards zero
Author
Pub. Date
[2010], p2010
Language
English
Description
Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard struggles to find the person who penned the details of a vicious murder.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010], p2009
Language
English
Description
Volume Two traces America's story from the Civil War to World War Two. In Power & Progress, the second series of thirty episodes, Reynolds depicts the tragedy and heroism of the Civil War (1861-65), which finally ended slavery, though not racial discrimination, and the dynamism of the reunited nation as it grew into an industrial giant.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010], p2009
Language
English
Description
When 24-year-old Steven Ballard is found dead, the police quickly realize that this is no ordinary case--for his body is that of a man in his seventies. They call in Torchwood to investigate, and after another corpse is found, it becomes clear that something terrible is happening. Someone is sending victims to a dark dimension, to be punished by the thing they fear most. Who is the shadowy taxi driver preying on his passengers? What significance do...
Author
Pub. Date
[2009], p2007
Language
English
Description
Returning from an author tour of America, Paul is met at the dockside by his publisher Scott Reed, who wants him to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Alfred Kelby. Reed had entrusted Kelby with a sensational diary written by Margaret Spender, the mistress of Lord Delamore, containing several clues pointing to the murderer of Delamore. When Kelby is strangled, and the diary stolen, it seems that the two events are connected. But could there...
Author
Pub. Date
[2009], p2009
Language
English
Description
When PC Andy Davidson arrests a young girl for shoplifting, he thinks it's going to be a routine case. That is, until he sees that she is carrying a gun. The girl is soaking wet, covered in mud, and the weapon is like nothing he's ever seen before. He knows that this is a case for Torchwood. The team discovers that the girl is called Freda, but can find out nothing else. Yet when she speaks, it's a strange mix of English and Icelandic, but with a...