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AA Milne reads from Pooh 1929

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Christopher Hitchens delivers an anthem for free speech

Christopher Hitchens On Free Speech

Swizzle your ears for some of the finest, most fantastic first words every written, spoken and dreamt. Stay tuned for more extracts from Roald Dahl’s best loved children’s stories and if you like what you hear then visit the Apple App. Store to download the Audiobooks App for free!

With fantastic features including free access to the first chapter of every title, in–app purchase to continue the story and the ability to stream the audiobooks, the Roald Dahl audiobooks app is available from the App Store on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore. 

Have a listen to Matilda, read by Kate Winslet, which was recognized by the American Library Association as an Odyssey Honour Book.

Roald Dahl: The Enormous Crocodile read by Stephen Fry

Swizzle your ears for some of the finest, most fantastic first words every written, spoken and dreamt. Stay tuned for more extracts from Roald Dahl’s best loved children’s stories and if you like what you hear then visit the Apple App. Store to download the Audiobooks App for free!

Roald Dahl: The Witches read by Miranda Richardson

A rare 1929 recording by the Dominion Gramophone Company. Background and story here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/02/13/a-a-milne-reads-winie-the-pooh-1929/

A.A. Milne reads from Winnie-the-Pooh, 1929

Background: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/08/08/carl-sagan-message-to-mars/

Carl Sagan's message for Mars

An extract from the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl, including the 5 'missing pages' discovered by the Anne Frank Foundation in 2001. Insightfully read by the actress Helena Bonham Carter. 

The book is now also available digitally, watch the app trailer here: po.st/hTXSEh 

In Amsterdam, in the summer of 1942, the Nazis forced teenager Anne Frank and her family into hiding. For over two years, they, another family and a German dentist lived in a 'secret annexe', fearing discovery. All that time, Anne kept a diary.

An intimate record of tension and struggle, adolescence and confinement, anger and heartbreak, Anne Frank's diary is one of those unique documents, famed throughout the world.It portrays innocence and humanity, suffering and survival in the starkest and most moving terms.

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (Saturday, 20th June 1942) read by Helena Bonham Carter

The Real King's Speech: Empire Broadcast Message by George VI September 3rd 1939.

A.A. Milne reads from Winnie-the-Pooh, 1929

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