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An extract of the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Beautiful Chaos, the next instalment in Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl's bestselling Caster Chronicles series, read by Kevin T. Collins.

Is falling in love the beginning . . . Or the end? 

In Ethan Wate's hometown there lies the darkest of secrets.
ETHAN WATE IS IN LOVE WITH A CASTER GIRL.

When he looks at Lena, it's like there's no one else in the world. 

But Ethan is mortal, and on her seventeenth birthday Lena made a choice that changed everything. The girl Ethan loves has broken the world with the supernatural powers she is struggling to control . . .

Now, if they are to fix the chaos Lena has caused, one of them must make a terrible sacrifice. Sometimes there isn't just one answer. Sometimes there's no going back. And this time there won't be a happy ending.

The third instalment of the spellbinding love story that began with Beautiful Creatures

Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl: Beautiful Chaos (Audiobook extract) read by Kevin T. Collins

An extract from Dirty Beasts by Roald Dahl, complete and unabridged and raucously read by Miriam Margolyes, Stephen Mangan, and Tamsin Greig.  The audiobook contains original music.

In Dirty Beasts we meet a ghastly menagerie of wonderfully comic animals that can only have been invented by Roald Dahl. There is the toad that jumps to France - at his own peril; the pig who ponders the meaning of life; the anteater who gets the wrong end of the stick; and many more. Snigger, titter and laugh at their antics in this collection of irreverent and absurdly comic verse!

Roald Dahl: Dirty Beasts (Audiobook extract) Read by Stephen Mangan

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The Empty Stocking by Richard Curtis (Audiobook Extract) read by Dawn French

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Striker by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott, read by Scott Brick.

It is 1902. Isaac Bell is a bright, inexperienced young detective. Hired to hunt for radical unionist saboteurs in the coal mines, he is witness to a terrible accident that makes him suspect that something else is going on - that provocateurs are at work and much bigger stakes are in play.

Given just one week to prove his suspicions to his employer, Bell finds himself pitted against two of the most ruthless opponents he has ever known, men of staggering ambition and cold-bloodedness . . . who are not about to let some wet-behind-the-ears detective stand in their way.


The Striker by Clive Cussler & Justin Scott (Audiobook Extract) read by Scott Brick

Philip Pullman reading "Little Red Riding Hood" from his new book, Grimm Tales.

About the book:
2012 is the 200th anniversary of Grimm's Fairy Tales. In celebration of this anniversary, award-winning author Philip Pullman presents his fifty favourite stories from the Brothers Grimm in a 'clear as water' retelling, making them feel fresh and unfamiliar with his dark, distinctive voice. 



Philip Pullman: Grimm Tales (Author Reading) Little Red Riding Hood

Katherine Angel reads an extract from her book Unmastered: A Book on Desire, Most Difficult to Tell.

About the book:

Unmastered is a new kind of book that allows us to think afresh about desire. Incisive, moving, and lyrical, it opens up a larger space for the exploration of feelings that can be difficult to express. Touching on experiences of desire and pleasure, as well as grief and pain, the book probes the porousness between masculine and feminine, thought and sensation, self and culture, power and pliancy. Katherine Angel reflects on the history of her own feelings, on her encounters and beliefs, and shows how our lives can be shaped by sexuality and feminism; by the words we use, and the stories we tell. The result is a book letting light into places that are often dark and constrained - a searching, erotic work that shifts in meaning and resonance even as it is read. 


Katherine Angel: Unmastered (Author Reading)

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 unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Seven Years to Sin by Sylvia Day, read by the actress Imogen Church.

Seven years ago, on the eve of her wedding, young Lady Jessica Sheffield witnessed a scandalous seduction by the roguish Alistair Caulfield. But after years of serene but unfulfilling marriage, she still cannot free her dreams of this illicit liaison. So when newly widowed Jessica steps aboard Caulfield's ship for a transatlantic passage, years of denied pleasure and passion will be unleashed in the most provocative way . . .

Sylvia Day: 'Seven Years to Sin' (audiobook extract) read by Imogen Church

The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Sylvia Day's The Stranger I married, a tale of ambition, love and lust. Read by the actress Imogen Church.

They are London's most scandalous couple. Isabel, Lady Pelham, and Gerard Faulkner, Marquess of Grayson, are well matched in all things - lusty appetites, constant paramours, provocative reputations, and their absolute refusal to ruin a marriage of convenience by falling in love. It is a most agreeable sham - until a shocking event sends Gerard from her side. When, four years later, Gerard returns, the boyish rogue is now a powerful, irresistible man determined to seduce Isabel. He is not the man she married - but is he the one to finally steal her heart?

The Stranger I Married by Sylvia Day: (Audiobook Extract) read by Imogen Church

“Tell me the story of Everest,” she said, a fervent smile sweeping across her face, creasing the corners of her eyes. “Tell me about this mountain that’s stealing you away from me.”

In 1924 George Mallory departs on his third expedition to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Left behind in Cambridge, George’s young wife, Ruth, along with the rest of a war-ravaged England, anticipates news they hope will reclaim some of the empire’s faded glory. Through alternating narratives, what emerges is a beautifully rendered story of love torn apart by obsession and the need for redemption.

Available for purchase at:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Above-All-Things/dp/B00BERA54O/ref=tmm_aud_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1361991931&sr=1-1">Amazon - Audiobook (downloadable format)</a>
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/above-all-things-unabridged/id597733960?uo=4">iTunes - Audiobook (downloadable format)</a>
<a href="http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B00B5HHTPG&qid=1361992080&sr=1-1">Audible.com - Audiobook (downloadable format)</a>
<a href="http://www.emusic.com/book/tanis-rideout/above-all-things/10130200/"> emusic.com - Audiobook (downloadable format)</a>


Above All Things by Tanis Rideout, read by Emily Gray

Because of Low audiobook excerpt by Abbi Glines, read by Kirby Heyborne and Shayna Thibodeaux

Because of Low Audio Clip by Abbi Glines

Mercy Thompson returns in the seventh novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

Mercy Thompson’s life has undergone a seismic change. Becoming the mate of Adam Hauptman—the charismatic Alpha of the local werewolf pack—has made her a stepmother to his daughter Jesse, a relationship that brings moments of blissful normalcy to Mercy’s life. But on the edges of humanity, what passes for a minor mishap on an ordinary day can turn into so much more…

After an accident in bumper-to-bumper traffic, Mercy and Jesse can’t reach Adam—or anyone else in the pack for that matter. They’ve all been abducted.

Through their mating bond, all Mercy knows is that Adam is angry and in pain. With the werewolves fighting a political battle to gain acceptance from the public, Mercy fears Adam’s disappearance may be related—and that he and the pack are in serious danger. Outclassed and on her own, Mercy may be forced to seek assistance from any ally she can get, no matter how unlikely.

Available for purchase at:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Frost-Burned-Mercy-Thompson-Book/dp/B00BP3FDXA/ref=tmm_aud_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1362591602&sr=1-1">Amazon - Audiobook (downloadable format)</a>
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/frost-burned-mercy-thompson/id613789951?uo=4">iTunes - Audiobook (downloadable format)</a>
<a href="http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_2?asin=B00BL7ZMTK&qid=1362591971&sr=1-2">Audible - Audiobook (downloadable format)</a>
<a href="http://www.emusic.com/book/patricia-briggs/frost-burned/10130491/">emusic.com - Audiobook (downloadable format)</a>


Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs, read by Lorelei King

Futures and Frostings by Tara Sivec on Audible: 
http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B00CZL3SBA&source_code=AUDOR95IPWS042413

Summary:

Carter, Claire and Gavin have formed the perfect little family. Their friends are getting married and everyone is growing up, maturing and ready to face the future. Or are they? From bachelorette party hell, porn addictions, dinner roll baseball and botched wedding proposals to finding out everyone's extended family is chock full of crazy, Carter and Claire begin to question the strength of the ties that bind them. Unfortunately, these ties have nothing to do with fuzzy handcuffs and everything to do with the mounting differences between them. Will their friends make a mess of things with their inappropriate comments and need to know everything, or will they convince the couple that happily-ever-after sometimes really can start with beer pong?

WARNING: CONTAINS SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK N ROLL. Wait, no. Just sex and drugs. And boose and filthy language. Do not read if you have no sense of humor.



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Futures and Frosting by Tara Sivec, Narrated by Romy Nordlinger

Troubles and Treats by Tara Sivec on Audible: 
http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B00CZGW8LG&source_code=AUDOR95IPWS042413

Summary:

Drew and Jenny have spent years being the envy of their friends with their out of control sex lives - well, not really. Mostly it makes their friends want to throw up in their mouths a little.

With two little kids and two busy lives, for the first time, Drew and Jenny aren't on the same page in the bedroom. Drew will stop at nothing to get his previously amorous wife back in the sack, and Jenny will do anything for a full night of sleep.

Carter and Claire, and Jim and Liz are their usual (un)helpful selves and are full of advice for the discontented duo, wanting nothing more than to help restore order to the usually happy couple's lives.

In the third and final installment of the Chocolate Lovers Series, will Drew and Jenny find the spark that's been missing in their marriage, or will the trouble they're having cause a stickier situation than the time Jenny poured honey all over Drew and he fused himself to a tree?


Troubles and Treats by Tara Sivec, Narrated by Romy Nordlinger

Built-In Social by Jeff Korhan on Audible: 
http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B00CXZ2WME&source_code=SCLGB9014WS051713

Summary:

How to redesign your business for social relevance and profitable success. 

Marketing today is driven by the customer. The old mindset was finding customers for your products and services. The new one is collaborating with the customers whose trust you have earned to develop better products and services for them. Businesses that succeed today acknowledge that they are in shared relationships with customers, employees, and other influencers in the community - even competitors. Built-In Social provides a step-by-step approach to building a business channel that aligns your business with its ideal customers and ensures your organization's continued relevance and success. 

Intended for mainstream businesses that want to get results from social-media networking and marketing but have been frustrated by the obstacles - namely, the lack of a basic method or structure (and a practical step-by-step approach) for converting relevant social qualities into profitable outcomes. 

Author Jeff Korhan is a speaker, trainer, and coach helping mainstream small businesses increase their influence, enhance customer relationships, and accelerate growth. Built-In Social will show you how to turn visibility, authenticity, accessibility, community, and relevance into measurable and profitable gains.



Built-In Social by Jeff Korhan, Narrated by Jeff Korhan

Penguin Books publishes blockbusting, prize-winning, celebrated, controversial, heart-warming, thought-provoking and inspiring books by a range of authors from Ali Smith to Zadie Smith, Jeremy Clarkson to Jeremy Paxman and Jamie Oliver to Oliver Goldsmith.

The Stranger I Married by Sylvia Day: (Audiobook Extract) read by Imogen Church

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