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  Second Variety

  Philip K. Dick

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  In Second Variety, UN forces have retreated to a moon base in the aftermath of early Soviet victories in a nuclear conflict. In response, the UN forces developed special robots, called Claws, which feature spinning blades and rudimentary artificial intelligence. Six years later, the Soviet leadership asks for negotiations to end the war. A UN officer travels back to earth to discover that not only have the Claws learned to replicate themselves, they have also created a much deadlier cyborg that threatens humanity itself. The inspiration for the movie Screamers.

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  A Christmas Carol

  Charles Dickens

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  Hearth & Home Audio are proud to present this new abridged audiobook of Charles Dickens' classic 'A Christmas Carol' 
  Performed by Callum Hale with Music by Dylan Allcock. 
  Ebenezer Scrooge is infamous throughout London as a cruel miser, but one Christmas evening; he is visited by the spectre of an old acquaintance, an acquaintance who urges Scrooge to repent his penny pinching ways, and seek redemption. 
  Experience this classic, uplifting fable anew with this fresh production by Hearth & Home Audio.

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  The Angel at the Grave

  Edith Wharton

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  Pauline Anson has dedicated her whole life to promoting the works of her venerated grandfather, the great Orestes Anson, only to meet with bitter disappointment when public interest in him wains. Until a young stranger appears on her doorstep offering hope and a new start.

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  Anton Chekhov's Short Stories

  Anton Chekhov

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  Immerse yourself in a world where the wonderful Stephen Fry reads some of the more memorable short stories of our time. A brilliant combination of reader and writer come together in these seven short stories available on digital download only. 
  Immerse yourself in a world where the wonderful Stephen Fry reads some of the more memorable short stories of our time. Stephen's voice takes you into a different kind of listening experience, enabling you to imagine narrative, settings, places and people with vivid colour and meaning. Enjoy the work of one of the most celebrated writers in world literature – Russian playwright and short story writer Anton Chekov. A brilliant combination of reader and writer come together in these seven short stories available on digital download only. Includes An Avenger, A Blunder, Boys, The Huntsman, The Lady with the Dog, Misery and Oysters. 
  This collection of Anton Chekhov's classics, narrated by the incomparable Stephen Fry, represents the best of fiction. Each story is a top-tier example of Chekhov's storytelling prowess, making this collection an essential addition to any literature lover's library. 
  For fans of George Saunders (Civilwarland In Bad Decline), Leo Tolstoy (The Kreutzer Sonata, and Other Stories 1889 annotated), Henry James (The Turn of the Screw), and Joseph Conrad (Heart Of Darkness).

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  Poems

  Robert Browning

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  Robert Browning (1812-1889) playright and poet is known and admired for his dramatic monologues in blank verse of which he is a recognized master. He was not always popular in his own time but is now considered one of the foremost poets of Victorian England.This volume contains some of the best of the monologues including “Porphyria's Lover”, “How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix”,”The Bishop orders his Tomb at Saint Praxed's Church”, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came” and“My Last Duchess”, as well as “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” and shorter descriptive lyrical poems.Public Domain (P)2016 Spiders' House Audio/Roy Macready

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  Sense and Sensibility (Argo...

  Jane Austen

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  William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. 
  The three Dashwood sisters move to a cottage in Devon with their widowed mother. There, they experience love, romance and heartbreak. The older sister, Elinor, is more sensible, steadfast and wary; the middle sister, Marianne, is more impulsive and idealistic. Each will find love: but the routes that take them there will be very different. 
  This beloved classic, famously adapted for film by Ang Lee and Emma Thompson, has all its wit and nuance brought to sparkling life by Prunella Scales. 
  For fans of Diane Long Hoeveler (Wuthering Heights), Rachel Firth (Physics for Beginners), Gill Hornby (Godmersham Park), Ken Follett (The Armour of Light), and Majestic Classics (Dracula Illustrated).

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