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The turbulent historical masterpiece of Norway’s literary master
In her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset tells the life story of one passionate and headstrong woman. Painting a richly detailed backdrop, Undset immerses readers in the day-to-day...
A gripping BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the classic adventure story by Robert Louis Stevenson
It is 1751, and seventeen-year-old David Balfour is all alone in the world. Recently orphaned, he receives a letter instructing him to seek out his sole remaining relative at the House of Shaws. But on meeting his uncle Ebenezer, David soon realises that he is a shifty, miserly man with designs on his inheritance.
After an attempt on
This collection includes 21 picture books with over 550 illustrations.: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, The Tale of Mr. Tod, The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, The Tale of Ginger and Pickles, The Story of Miss Moppet, The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, The Tale of Two Bad Mice, The Tale of Johnny Town Mouse,
...With 14 color illustrations by John R. Neill. According to Wikipedia: "Ruggedo, former Nome King, tries to conquer Oz again with the help of a Munchkin boy, Kiki Aru. Meanwhile, it is also Ozma's birthday, and all of Oz's citizens are searching for the most unusual present for the little princess. This was published a month after Baum's death." The series includes: 1 The Wizard of Oz, 2 The Land of Oz, 3 Ozma of Oz, 4 Dorothy and the Wizard in
...5) Mother Goose
Mother Goose Tales as first collected by Charles Perrault in 1696. According to Wikipedia: "Charles Perrault (12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was a French author who laid foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, and whose best known tales, offered as if they were pre-existing folk tales, include Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), La Belle au bois dormant (Sleeping Beauty), Le Maître chat ou le Chat botté (Puss
...Classic children's picture book, with the original 53 illustrations, some color, some black-and-white. According to Wikipedia: "Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist best known for her imaginative children's books featuring animals such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit which celebrated the British landscape and country life."
Almost Tangible presents an adaptation of Beatrix Potter's classic 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit'.
Despite his mother's warning, little Peter ventures into Mr McGregors garden to eat some lettuce and nearly ends up as rabbit pie...
Read by Colleen Prendergast
With Bertie Cresswell as Peter Rabbit, Penny Scott-Andrews as Mrs Rabbit, Andy Cresswell as Mr McGregor, and Mabel Cresswell as Flopsy.
Director:
...Afterword by T. H. Watkins
Called a “magnificently crafted story . . . brimming with wisdom” by Howard Frank Mosher in The Washington Post Book World, Crossing to Safety has, since its publication in 1987, established itself as one of the greatest and most cherished American novels of the twentieth century. Tracing the lives, loves, and aspirations...
In this BBC full-cast production of Romeo And Juliet, the two star-crossed lovers fight for each other until their dying breath. Can their two feuding families reconcile?
With the intimacy of radio, the full beauty and meaning of some of the most lyrical lines ever written can be truly heard: tenderness and passion, betrayal and bigotry are brilliantly evoked as the tale comes to its tragic conclusion.
Douglas Henshall stars
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