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Espresso Tales
- 44 Scotland Street Volume 2
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Abridged
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Overall42
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Performance26
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Story26
Alexander McCall Smith returns once again to his favourite fictitious house, set in a real street in Edinburgh. First published in 110 episodes in The Scotsman newspaper, this is vintage McCall Smith, tackling issues of trust and honesty, snobbery and hypocrisy, love and loss, but all with great lightness of touch.
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Fabulous !
- By mairi maciver on 05-07-20
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Espresso Tales
- 44 Scotland Street Volume 2
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 2
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 05-02-07
- Language: English
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The Colours of all the Cattle
- No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 19
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall206
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Performance187
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Story187
When Mma Potokwane suggests to Mma Ramotswe that she run for a seat on the City Council, Mma Ramotswe is at first unsure. But when she learns about the proposed construction of the flashy Big Fun Hotel next to a graveyard, she allows herself to be persuaded. Her opponent is none other than Violet Sephotho, who is in the pocket of the hotel developers.
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Another delightfully gentle read
- By Smallbo on 17-10-18
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The Colours of all the Cattle
- No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 19
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Series: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 19
- Length: 8 hrs
- Release date: 15-10-18
- Language: English
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The Perfect Passion Company
- The Perfect Passion Company, Book 1
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Amy Alexander
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall29
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Performance24
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Story24
The Perfect Passion Dating Company at No. 24 Mouse Lane in Edinburgh's New Town is run by Katie Donald who has an innate instinct for bringing people together. She has developed a skill for finding out what it is that people really want. Along the way, Katie learns profound lessons about her own desires as she works at better understanding others. Although Katie has little in the way of direct experience, with the help of her amiable and handsome office neighbour William Kidd, she soon finds herself making matches for the lonely hearts tired of meeting online.
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Narration defeated me
- By F B on 22-08-25
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The Perfect Passion Company
- The Perfect Passion Company, Book 1
- Narrated by: Amy Alexander
- Series: Perfect Passion Company, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 23-02-24
- Language: English
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The Careful Use of Compliments
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall62
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Performance56
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Story56
For philosophically-minded Isabel Dalhousie, editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, getting through life with a clear conscience requires careful thought. And whilst juggling the arrival of baby Charlie, a passionate relationship with his father Jamie, a truce with her furious niece Cat, and struggles for authority over her son with her formidable housekeeper Grace, Isabel finds herself drawn into the story of a painter's mysterious death off the island of Jura.
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Beautifully read tedious story
- By mandy simpson-horn on 01-04-22
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The Careful Use of Compliments
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Series: Isabel Dalhousie Series, Book 4
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 01-08-13
- Language: English
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The Importance of Being Seven
- 44 Scotland Street Series, Volume 6
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Abridged
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Overall101
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Performance80
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Story80
Despite inhabiting a great city renowned for its impeccable restraint, the extended family of 44 Scotland Street is trembling on the brink of reckless self-indulgence. Matthew and Elspeth receive startling – and expensive – news on a visit to the Infirmary, Angus and Domenica are contemplating an Italian ménage a trois, and even Big Lou is overheard discussing cosmetic surgery.
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abridged unfortunately
- By Eamonn on 19-08-24
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The Importance of Being Seven
- 44 Scotland Street Series, Volume 6
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 6
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 06-08-10
- Language: English
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The World According to Bertie
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Abridged
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Overall106
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Performance82
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Story79
Long-suffering child genius Bertie Pollock has much to contend with in the latest instalment of life at 44 Scotland Street, not least the birth of his brother Ulysses. Bertie had hoped that caring for a new baby would command all of his mother's attention, but he quickly sees that his dream of being left to his own devices is not destined to come true.
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Unabridged version, please.
- By Mary Carnegie on 20-08-14
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The World According to Bertie
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 05-06-08
- Language: English
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The Unbearable Lightness of Scones
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
- Abridged
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Overall101
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Performance82
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Story83
To the casual observer, the great enlightened city of Edinburgh, home of no-nonsense sermons and cream teas, might appear immune to the rollercoaster of strong emotions. But at 44 Scotland Street, as Matthew and Elspeth embark on the risky enterprise of married love, the raffish portrait painter Angus Lordie has a premonition of disaster. Soon enough Irene Pollock is shocked to learn that her small son Bertie harbours a highly unsuitable ambition; and Angus finds himself facing a large Glaswegian gangster.
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Further travails of Bertie
- By Jill Besterman on 26-05-09
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The Unbearable Lightness of Scones
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 07-05-09
- Language: English
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A BBC Christmas Collection
- 30 Festive Dramas and Stories
- By: Alexander McCall Smith, Rachel Joyce, Charles Dickens, and others
- Narrated by: Niamh Cusack, Robert Lindsay, James Fleet, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance16
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Story16
A sparkling seasonal anthology of BBC dramas and readings Christmas is the perfect time to curl up with a good story, and this cracking collection brings you 30 wonderfully diverse tales inspired by this most special of seasons. From Santa Claus, gift-giving and family gatherings, to an...
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Aunty Beeb strikes again
- By Mark Rowley on 08-12-22
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A BBC Christmas Collection
- 30 Festive Dramas and Stories
- Narrated by: Niamh Cusack, Robert Lindsay, James Fleet, Nina Sosanya, Nikesh Patel, Meera Syal, Stephen Fry, Rebecca Front, Stephanie Cole, Tamsin Grieg, Michelle Fairley, Full Cast
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 01-12-22
- Language: English
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To the Land of Long Lost Friends
- No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 20
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall158
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Performance149
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Story149
In the latest book in the widely beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Precious Ramotswe takes on a case for a childhood acquaintance, but her inquiries will require an even more delicate touch than usual. Mma Ramotswe reconnects with an old friend who has been having problems with her daughter. Though Precious feels compelled to lend a hand, she discovers that getting involved in family affairs is always a delicate proposition.
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A good book let down by the narration
- By Book Worm on 12-04-20
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To the Land of Long Lost Friends
- No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 20
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Series: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 20
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 01-11-19
- Language: English
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At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Hugh Laurie
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall43
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Performance33
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Story32
The third novel in the Portuguese Irregular Verbs trilogy sees von Igelfeld suffering the slings of academic intrigue as a visiting fellow at Cambridge, and the arrows of outrageous fortune in an eventful Columbian adventure. Between trips, von Igelfeld returns to his beloved Regensburg only that to discover while he has been away his murine colleagues have been at play.
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the best of the three
- By C. Veiel on 18-11-13
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At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances
- Narrated by: Hugh Laurie
- Series: Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, Book 3
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 05-02-07
- Language: English
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The Novel Habits of Happiness: Isabel Dalhousie, Book 10
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Karlyn Stephen
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall138
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Performance128
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Story128
From a small town outside Edinburgh comes the news that a young boy has been recounting vivid recollections of a past life: a perfect description of an island off the coast of Scotland which he couldn't possibly know and a house there where he claims to have spent his former life. When the boy's mother asks Isabel to investigate his claims, she feels she must - of course! - help them learn the truth, and she and her husband, Jamie, set off for the island.
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Poor quaility recording!
- By Julie White on 02-06-15
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The Novel Habits of Happiness: Isabel Dalhousie, Book 10
- Narrated by: Karlyn Stephen
- Series: Isabel Dalhousie Series, Book 10
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 18-05-15
- Language: English
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The Private Life of Spies
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance25
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Story25
Conradin Muller was an unusual spy. He was recruited in Hamburg in June 1943, much against his will, and sent on his first, and only, mission in late September that year. He failed to send a single report back to Germany, and when the War came to an end in May 1945, he fell to his knees and wept with relief.
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A Couple of good stories.
- By David on 20-05-24
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The Private Life of Spies
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 09-02-23
- Language: English
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The Bubblegum Tree
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
The gum that comes from the wonderful bubblegum trees that grow in the Indian jungle has not been delivered for two months. Without this secret ingredient, there'll be no more Gopal's Best Pink Bubblegum, and even more importantly, no more Bubblegummies - the people who live in the trees and harvest the gum. It's not an easy mystery to solve - and soon the friends are involved in a bungee-jumping, tiger-trouncing, woodcutter-walloping, bubblegum-blowing adventure!
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The Bubblegum Tree
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Release date: 06-08-15
- Language: English
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Emma
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Georgina Terry
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall70
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Performance63
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Story62
Beloved and bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith lends his delightful touch to EMMA, the next book in The Austen Project.Prepare to meet a young woman who thinks she knows everything.Fresh from university, Emma Woodhouse triumphantly arrives home in Norfolk ready to embark on adult life with a splash.
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Hugely disappointing
- By Jane L on 01-12-14
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Emma
- Narrated by: Georgina Terry
- Series: The Austen Project
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 06-11-14
- Language: English
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The Comfort of Saturdays
- Sunday Philosophy Club, Book 5
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Hilary Neville
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Abridged
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Overall40
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Performance29
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Story30
Isabel Dalhousie is a new mother and a connoisseur of philosophy; she'd rather not be a sleuth. But when a chance conversation at a dinner party draws Isabel into the case of a doctor whose career has been ruined, she cannot ignore what may be a miscarriage of justice. Because for Isabel ethics are not theoretical at all, but an everyday matter of life and death.
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Wonderful
- By Nicola on 01-04-22
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The Comfort of Saturdays
- Sunday Philosophy Club, Book 5
- Narrated by: Hilary Neville
- Series: Sunday Philosophy Club (abridged), Book 5
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 03-11-08
- Language: English
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Freddie Mole, Lion Tamer
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Dan Bottomley
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance1
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Story1
This is a story of incredible acrobatics and death-defying stunts! Join Freddie Mole as he tumbles through the air, flies around the big tent and tames four growling lions! Freddie is an ordinary boy who joins the circus one day. He can't believe his luck as he is asked to understudy some of the acts. But is he brave enough to go into the lions' cage?
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Very happy story
- By rani bibi on 26-01-20
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Freddie Mole, Lion Tamer
- Narrated by: Dan Bottomley
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
- Release date: 03-08-17
- Language: English
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The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
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Overall35
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Performance27
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Story27
Detective Ulf Varg from the Department of Sensitive Crimes is often called upon to investigate unusual matters. But rarely is he asked to conduct an inquiry on behalf of his own family. Is such a thing ethical? Adding to Ulf's moral discomfort is the fact that he does not exactly see eye to eye with his younger brother Bjorn - a leading player in one of Sweden's right-wing parties, the Moderate Extremists. Still, family is family, so Ulf finds himself working to uncover the mole leaking secrets to a rival party, the Extreme Moderates.
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Gentle humour
- By Joanne F. on 30-12-19
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The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Series: Detective Varg, Book 0.75
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 01-04-19
- Language: English
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Dream Angus
- The Celtic God of Dreams
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance10
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Story10
If he's in the right mood, divine Angus might grant you sight of your true love in a dream. You might even fall in love with him, but he'll never love you back. He's too busy making mischief, stealing the palace of the gods from his father, turning his enemies into pigs, and so forth - until he is trapped by his own romantic games, falls for an unattainable woman and is doomed to seek her forever. In 20th-century Scotland, Angus's troubled alter ego searches for his true family and identity.
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Disappointing
- By Wowbagger_The_Third on 15-04-21
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Dream Angus
- The Celtic God of Dreams
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Series: Canons
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 08-06-12
- Language: English
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44 Scotland Street
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Blythe Duff
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
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Overall32
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Performance12
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Story13
One of McCall Smith's particular talents is his ability to portray archetypes without resorting to stereotype or cliche. We immediately recognise the Edinburgh chartered surveyor, stalwart of the Conservative Association, who dreams of membership of Scotland's most exclusive golf club. We have the pushy Stockbridge mother, and her prodigiously talented 5-year-old son, who is making good progress with the saxophone and with his Italian.
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Beautiful narration
- By Dee Murray on 16-06-17
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44 Scotland Street
- Narrated by: Blythe Duff
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 05-02-07
- Language: English
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The Good Pilot, Peter Woodhouse
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall92
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Performance89
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Story88
An endearing stand-alone story from best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith. Val was working as a land girl when the Americans arrived at the nearby airfield in 1944. Mike, a young American airman, came into her life soon after, and so, too, did Peter Woodhouse, a dog badly treated on a neighbouring farm and taken in by her aunt. Little persuasion was needed for Mike to take Peter Woodhouse to the airbase, and over time he became the mascot of the American squad.
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Rupert Degas Gives A Top Quality Performance.
- By Pamela on 09-12-23
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The Good Pilot, Peter Woodhouse
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 17-11-17
- Language: English
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