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An audio extract from the audiobook edition of The Diary of a Killer Cat, Anne Fine's classic story about Tuffy the murderous cat. Fabulously narrated by iconic comedian Jack Dee.

Poor Ellie is horrified when Tuffy drags a dead bird into the house. Then a mouse. But Tuffy can't understand what all the fuss is about.

Who on earth will be the next victim to arrive through the cat-flap? Can soft-hearted Ellie manage to get her beloved pet to change his wild, wild ways before he ends up in even deeper trouble?

The hilarious antics of Tuffy and his family are told by the killer cat himself.

Anne Fine: Diary of a Killer Cat (Audio book Extract) read by Jack Dee

An extract from the downloadable audiobook edition of Charles Dickens' comic classic, Nicholas Nickleby. Read by Michael Siberry.

Around the central story of Nicholas Nickleby and the misfortunes of his family, Dickens created some of his most wonderful characters: the muddle-headed Mrs Nickleby, the gloriously theatrical Crummles, their protege Miss Petowker, the pretentious Mantalinis and the mindlessly cruel Squeers and his wife. Nicholas Nichleby's loose, haphazard progress harks back to the picaresque novels of the 18th century - particularly those of Smollett and Fielding. Yet the novel's exuberant atmosphere of romance, adventure and freedom is overshadowed by Dickens' awareness of social ills and financial and class insecurity.

Charles Dickens: Nicholas Nickleby (Audiobook Extract) read by Michael Siberry

An audio extract from the downloadable audiobook edition of Paul Hoffman's, The Left Hand of God.

The Left Hand of God is a stunning first instalment in a remarkable epic trilogy, available to download unabridged on audio. Read by the actor Sean Barrett.

"Listen. The Sanctuary of the Redeemers on Shotover Scarp is named after a damned lie for there is no redemption that goes on there and less sanctuary."

The Sanctuary of the Redeemers is a vast and desolate place - a place without joy or hope. Most of its occupants were taken there as boys and for years have endured the brutal regime of the Lord Redeemers whose cruelty and violence have one singular purpose - to serve in the name of the One True Faith.

In one of the Sanctuary's vast and twisting maze of corridors stands a boy. He is perhaps fourteen or fifteen years old - he is not sure and neither is anyone else. He has long-forgotten his real name, but now they call him Thomas Cale. He is strange and secretive, witty and charming, violent and profoundly bloody-minded. He is so used to the cruelty that he seems immune, but soon he will open the wrong door at the wrong time and witness an act so terrible that he will have to leave this place, or die.

His only hope of survival is to escape across the arid Scablands to Memphis, a city the opposite of the Sanctuary in every way: breathtakingly beautiful, infinitely Godless, and deeply corrupt. 

But the Redeemers want Cale back at any price... not because of the secret he now knows but because of a much more terrifying secret he does not.

Paul Hoffman: Left Hand of God (Audio Book Extract) read by Sean Barrett

An audio extract from Tales from Shakespeare.

Discover Shakespeare's best-loved plays

A perfect introduction for all ages to the breadth and beauty of Shakespeare's work. TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE has become a classic work in its own right. The tales bring vividly alive the power of HAMLET and MACBETH, the fun of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and the drama of THE TEMPEST. Blending detailed narrative with original dialogue and poetic language, they fully convey the wit, wisdom and imagination of Shakespeare's magnificent plays.

Includes King Lear, the Tempest, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Measure for Measure

Read by Alan Cumming, Juliet Stevenson, Nigel Davenport, and Andrew Sachs.All stories are Unabridged.

William Shakespeare: Tales from Shakespeare (Audio Book Extract)

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Charles Dickens: Nicholas Nickleby (Audiobook Extract) read by Michael Siberry

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