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The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
Available on: Audio Download ($18.38) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette
Chaucer's greatest work, written towards the end of the fourteenth century, paints a brilliant picture of medieval life, society and values. The stories range from the romantic...
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The General Prologue & the Physician's Tale
by Geoffrey Chaucer
Available on: Audio Download ($14.38) | Audio CD
In an authoritative performance by actor Richard Bebb, two sections from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales are presented in Old English, under the advisement of the leading living scholar on Chaucerian pronunciation, Professor Derek Brewer.
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The Arabian Nights
by Sir Richard Burton
Available on: Audio Download ($18.38) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette
Though The Arabian Nights are generally known as stories for children, they were originally tales for adults full of adventure, sexuality, violence, and the supernatural...
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume 1
by Edward Gibbon
Available on: Audio Download ($33.58) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette
Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is one of the greatest texts in the English language. In magisterial prose, Gibbon charts...
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume 2
by Edward Gibbon
Available on: Audio Download ($33.58) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette
Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire occupies an immortal place in the pantheon of historical masterpieces...
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The Death of Arthur
by Sir Thomas Malory
Available on: Audio Download ($18.38) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette
The glorious but tragic story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is one of the great legends of Western civilization. Storytellers and poets down the centuries have returned repeatedly...
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The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
Available on: Audio Download ($13.75) | Audio CD
BBC Radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare....
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The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
by Alan Garner
Available on: Audio Download ($27.98) | Audio CD
First published in 1960, four decades before Harry Potter, Alan Garner’s novel of magic and wizards has endured and become a modern classic of children’s literature.
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The Moon of Gomrath
by Alan Garner
Available on: Audio Download ($23.18) | Audio CD
Alan Garner's exciting and atmospheric tale of magic and evil, which began with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, continues with The Moon of Gomrath.
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A Family Christmas
Available on: Audio Download ($14.38) | Audio CD
This is the CD to play at home over Christmas or during the car journey to see relatives.
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