Audiobooks

A Selection from the Dragon Book of Verse (2017)

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A Selection from the Dragon Book of Verse is a unique philanthropic project which saw the gathering of 22 well known past pupils of the Dragon School from the fields of arts, media and sport to each contribute a poetry reading from the much loved school textbook The Dragon Book of Verse, to create an audiobook especially for the Dragon Sale.  It includes luminaries such as Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, Tom Hollander, Hugh Dancy, Antonia Fraser, Peter Jay, Emma Hiddleston, William Fiennes and Rageh Omaar to name a few. 

All proceeds go to children's charities nominated by the children of the Dragon School in Oxford.  (DragonVerse)

High Rise (2015)

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March 26, 2015

British actor Tom Hiddleston, well-known for portraying the supervillain Loki (The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World) and the writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (Midnight in Paris), brings his acting versatility and smooth voice to this visionary tale by acclaimed author J.G. Ballard (Empire of the Sun). When a class war erupts inside a luxurious apartment block, modern elevators become violent battlegrounds, and cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on "enemy" floors. Human society slips into violent reverse as once-peaceful residents, driven by primal urges, re-create a world ruled by the laws of the jungle (Amazon).

Octopussy and the Living Daylights & Other Stories (2014)

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September 2014

The last book written by Ian Fleming, but by no means the least. In "Octopussy," a talented but wayward British major pays a high price when his wartime past catches up with him, while in "The Property of a Lady," a Faberge egg leads Bond to a KGB spy. In "The Living Daylights," Bond has a perilous rendezvous in sniper's alley between East and West Berlin, and "007 in New York" (read by Lucy Fleming) sees him sent to America to warn an ex-MI6 operative about a dangerous liaison. All part of the job for 007.This audiobook includes an exclusive bonus interview with Tom Hiddleston.

(Amazon)

The Love Book (2013)

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“The greatest love poems of all time are now handsomely collected in this digital app—the bonus being that you can have them read to you by celebrated actors such as Emma Watson, Damian Lewis, Helena Bonham Carter, and more. Its playful design allows you to search by categories—from “In Love” to “Thwarted”—and from full prose (Maya Angelou! Bob Dylan! Shakespeare!) to poems. Who needs Tinder when you have love’s rich literature at a swipe?” American Vogue

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iF Poems (2011)

iF Poems is an educational app aimed at children, young and old.

It brings together more than 250 classic poems, sorted into age groups and categories such as “Growing up” and “Lessons for life”, and includes audio readings by British actors Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Hiddleston, Harry Enfield, and Bill Nighy.

The Red Necklace: The French Revolution, Book 1 (2007)

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A mysterious gypsy boy, Yann Margoza, and his guardian, a dwarf, work for the magician Topolain in 1789. On the night of Topolain's death, Yann's life truly begins. That's when he meets Sido, an heiress with a horrible father. An attachment is born that will determine both their paths. Revolution is afoot in France, and Sido is being used as a pawn. Only Yann will dare to rescue her from a fearful villain named Count Kalliovski. It will take all of Yann's newly discovered talent to unravel the mysteries of Sido's past and his own and to fight the devilish count.

(Amazon)

Dracula (2006)

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Liz Lochhead's BBC radio adaptation of the classic novel by Bram Stoker.

When solicitor Jonathan Harker sets off for Transylvania to sell the mysterious Count Dracula a Gothic mansion, his bride-to-be, Mina, begs him to stay - to no avail. But on arrival at Dracula's castle, deep in a black forest surrounded by wolves, Harker wishes he had listened to his fiancée.

Back in Whitby, Mina has heard nothing from Jonathan, and her sister, Lucy is becoming pale and thin. A madman named Renfield babbles about his master coming, and a black ship heads towards the English coast....

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