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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Peppa Pig: Bedtime Stories by Ladybird, read by John Sparkes.

A collection of ten newly recorded audio stories based on Peppa Pig, the hit TV show!

Includes dialogue, songs and sound effects from the show!

Stories include: Bedtime Story, Night Animals, The Wishing Well, Teddy's Playgroup, Pet Competition, Mrs Rabbit's Bump, Naughty Tortoise, The Rainy Day Game, Madam Gazelle's Leaving Party, and Freddy Fox.


Read more at https://www.penguin.co.uk/ladybird/books/304646/peppa-pig-bedtime-stories/#bf5SIXTUMlDhTExE.99

Peppa Pig: Bedtime Stories (audiobook extract) read by John Sparkes

#1 New York Times Bestseller | Named one of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times • The Washington Post • The Boston Globe • The Seattle Times • Esquire • Time
 
Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Nonfiction | Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Nonfiction | Winner of a Books for a Better Life Award | Finalist for the Los Angeles Book Prize | Finalist for the Kirkus Reviews Prize | An American Library Association Notable Book

A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time
 
Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn’t commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship—and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.
 
Just Mercy is at once an unforgettable account of an idealistic, gifted young lawyer’s coming of age, a moving window into the lives of those he has defended, and an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of true justice.

JUST MERCY by Bryan Stevenson, narrated by the author

Penguin presents the downloadable audiobook edition of Old MacDonald Had a Farm and Other Classics Nursery Rhymes.

This entertaining downloadable audiobook collection from Ladybird contains twenty-nine of the best-loved nursery rhymes and songs that children know and love from home, nursery and school. With jaunty music and characterful singers, it's perfect sing-a-long fun for adults and children alike.

Content includes:
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
The House That Jack Built
The Wheels on the Bus
London Bridge is Falling Down
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Ten inthe Bed
If You're Happy and You Know It
Wind the Bobbin Up
Five Little Speckled Frogs
One Man Went to Mow
This Old Man
Five Little Monkeys
Incy Wincy Spider
Down in the Jungle
Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer
Ten Fat Sausages
Jelly on a Plate
Sleeping Bunnies
The Farmer's in his Den
One Finger, One Thumb
Five Little Ducks
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
The Ants Go Marching
The Grand Old Duke of York
Humpty Dumpty
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star


Read more at https://www.penguin.co.uk/ladybird/books/291316/old-macdonald-had-a-farm-and-other-classic-nursery-rhymes/#IzoWYsA8tEEPuUOX.99

Old MacDonald Had a Farm and other nursery rhymes (Audiobook Extract)

Listen to an excerpt of André Aciman's CALL ME BY YOUR NAME audiobook, read by Armie Hammer. 

Now a major motion picture from director Luca Guadagnino, starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet, and produced by the Academy Award winning producer of A Room with a View 

Celebrate the ten-year anniversary of André Aciman's tempestuous novel with a dynamic new audiobook, read by Armie Hammer

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year

A Washington Post Best Fiction Book of the Year

A New York Magazine "Future Canon" Selection

A Chicago Tribune Favorite Book of the Year

One of The Seattle Times' Michael Upchurch's Favorite Books of the Year

Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. During the restless summer weeks, unrelenting but buried currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion as they test the charged ground between them and verge toward the one thing both already fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy. André Aciman's critically acclaimed debut novel is a frank, unsentimental, heartrending elegy to human passion.

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Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman, read by Armie Hammer

Listen to an excerpt from FIVE FEET APART by Rachael Lippincott and read by Joy Osmanski and Corey Brill

FIVE FEET APART Audiobook Excerpt

At night, this mischievous bunch peeks out from under your bed. When you hear that creak . . . creak . . . THE CREAKERS are there! Discover a hilarious and eerie middle-grade story by a UK star. What would you do if you woke up to a world with no grown-ups? When all the parents in the world disappear, most kids think this is amazing! They can finally run wild and eat candy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. But Lucy Dungston wants to get her mom back, especially because her dad disappeared not long ago. Lucy wants the truth, and she's convinced that the creaking sounds that come from under her bed can lead her to it. Creak . . . creak . . . That's when Lucy meets the Creakers, a bunch of sticky, smelly creatures who live under children's beds. This troublesome bunch has taken all the grown-ups to an upside-down world called the Woleb. Lucy must act fast if she wants to rescue the grown-ups, because adults who stay in the Woleb too long start becoming Creakers!

The Creakers by Tom Fletcher, read by Samantha Bond, Tom Fletcher

A download of guided meditations aimed to complement the learnings found in Prof Mark William's and Dr Danny Penman's guide to freeing yourself from the stresses of everyday life. Containing all the meditations that are mentioned in the book this is an invaluable resource to cement their teachings on how to find Mindfulness, and how to keep it.

Mindfulness - Finding Peace In A Frantic World - Guided Meditations

Mindfulness: Meditation 1 - Mindfulness Of Body And Breath

“Want a happier, more contented life? I highly recommend the down-to-earth methods you’ll find in Mindfulness. Professor Mark Williams and Dr Danny Penman have teamed up to give us scientifically grounded techniques we can apply in the midst of our everyday challenges and catastrophes.” Daniel Goleman, bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence

Life can be relentless, frantic and exhausting - but it doesn’t have to be this way.

This is an introduction to Mindfulness, which reveals a set of simple yet powerful practices that you can incorporate into daily life to help break the cycle of anxiety, stress, unhappiness and exhaustion. Mindfulness is based on mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), which is recommended by the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and is as effective as drugs for preventing depression. But, more importantly, it also works for the rest of us who aren’t depressed but are struggling to keep up with the constant demands of the modern world.

By investing just a few minutes each day, you can learn the simple mindfulness meditations at the heart of MBCT. This audio edition is an introduction to the technique which will give you the tools to put you back in control and able to enjoy life again.

Mindfulness: Meditation 2 - The Body Scan

https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/108341/a-storm-of-swords/

Written by George R. R. Martin, narrated by Roy Dotrice

A STORM OF SWORDS: A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: BOOK THREE

Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin’s stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.

Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King’s Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world. . . .

But as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of civilization. In their vanguard is a horde of mythical Others—a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords. . . .

Audiobook Excerpt: The Inn at the Crossroads from A Storm of Swords

Former&#160;congressman and prosecutor Trey Gowdy teaches you how to effectively communicate and persuade on the issues that matter most to you,&#160;drawing on his experience in the courtroom and the halls of Congress. &ldquo;A must-read for people who want&#160;to&#160;learn how best&#160;to succeed.&rdquo;&mdash;Dana Perino, Fox News host and bestselling author of&#160;And the Good News Is . . . You do not need to be in a courtroom to advocate for others. You do not need to be in Congress to champion a cause. From the boardroom to the kitchen table, opportunities to make your case abound, and Doesn&rsquo;t Hurt to Ask shows you how to seize them. By blending gripping case studies from nearly two decades in a courtroom and four terms in national politics with personal stories and practical advice, Trey Gowdy walks you through the tools and the mindset needed to effectively communicate your message. Along the way, Gowdy reflects on the moments in his life when he learned the most about how to argue and convince. He recounts his missteps during his first murder trial, the conversation that changed his view on criminal justice reform, and what he learned while questioning James Comey and Secretary Hillary Clinton. Sharing the techniques he perfected advocating in law and politics, Gowdy helps you identify your objective, understand your personal jury, and engage in the art of questioning so you can be heard, be understood, and, ultimately, move others. Whether it&rsquo;s getting a boss to take a chance on your idea, convincing someone to support your cause, or urging a child to invest more effort in an important task, movement requires persuasion. Doesn&rsquo;t Hurt to Ask shows you how to persuade, no matter the jury and no matter the cause.

Doesn't Hurt to Ask by Trey Gowdy, read by Trey Gowdy

[Audible Exclusive] Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, performed by Maggie Gyllenhaal

Illustrator and author Jackie Morris, who has collaborated with the likes of Ted Hughes and written over 40 books, talks to Nihal about how she gets creative and the objects that inspire her such as a gold hare with a fascinating backstory. They also chat about her award-winning book 'The Lost Words' (written by Robert Macfarlane), which won The Most Beautiful Book award and in audiobook form has been narrated by Benjamin Zephaniah, Guy Garvey, Cerys Matthews and Edith Bowman with nature sounds by Chris Watson (who has worked with David Attenborough). 'The Lost Words' audiobook is available to download here: https://apple.co/3gFbnt3 #PenguinPodcast

The Penguin Podcast: Jackie Morris with Nihal Arthanayake

At sixty-four, Jenni Murray's weight had become a disability. She avoided the scales, she wore a uniform of baggy black clothes, refused to make connections between her weight and health issues and told herself that she was fat and happy. She was certainly fat. But the happy part was an Oscar-winning performance. In private she lived with a growing sense of fear and misery that it would probably kill her before she made it to seventy.

Interwoven with the science, social history and psychology of weight management Fat Cow, Fat Chance is a refreshingly honest account of what it’s like to be fat when society dictates that skinny is the norm. It asks why we overeat and why, when the weight is finally lost through dieting, do we simply pile the pounds back on again? How do we help young people become comfortable with the way they look? What are the consequences of the obesity epidemic for an already overstretched NHS? And, whilst fat shaming is so often called out, why is it that shouting ‘fat cow’ at a woman in the street hasn’t been included in the list of hate crimes?

Fusing politics, science and personal pain, this is a powerful exploration of our battle with obesity.

Fat Cow, Fat Chance

Listen to an excerpt of J. D. Robb's SHADOWS IN DEATH audiobook, read by Susan Ericksen.

In the new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series, Lt. Eve Dallas is about to walk into the shadows of her husband’s dangerous past…

While Eve examines a fresh body in Washington Square Park, her husband, Roarke, spots a man among the onlookers he’s known since his younger days on the streets of Dublin. A man who claims to be his half brother. A man who kills for a living—and who burns with hatred for him.

Eve is quick to suspect that the victim’s spouse—resentful over his wife’s affair and poised to inherit her fortune—would have happily paid an assassin to do his dirty work. Roarke is just as quick to warn her that if Lorcan Cobbe is the hitman, she needs to be careful. Law enforcement agencies worldwide have pursued this cold-hearted killer for years, to no avail. And his lazy smirk when he looked Roarke’s way indicates that he will target anyone who matters to Roarke…and is confident he’ll get away with it.

Eve is desperate to protect Roarke. Roarke is desperate to protect Eve. And together, they’re determined to find Cobbe before he finds them—even if it takes them across the Atlantic, far outside Eve’s usual jurisdiction…

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

Shadows In Death by J. D. Robb, audiobook excerpt

An extract from the audiobook CD Storytime with Peppa. A collection of thirteen fantastic stories based on Peppa Pig, the hit TV show, featuring newly recorded narration, original TV dialogue, music, and special effects from the Milkshake and Nick Jnr. series.

The stories included are: Peppa Meets the Queen, Peppa Goes Swimming, Sports Day, Dentist Trip, Nature Trail, Tiny Creatures, Daddy Pig's Old Chair, Peppa Plays Football, Fun at the Fair, Recycling Fun, School Bus Trip, Peppa Goes Camping, Peppa's First Sleepover.

Peppa Pig: Peppa Goes Camping (Audiobook Extract) read by John Sparks and various

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Doesn't Hurt to Ask by Trey Gowdy, read by Trey Gowdy

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