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Publisher
Media Bay
Language
English
Description
The war of the worlds: Radio programs are interrupted by reports of a Martian invasion of New Jersey. Alien war machines quickly conquer the Earth, but one survivor retains hope for the future of mankind.
Orson Welles meets H.G. Wells: During their first and only meeting, H.G. Wells and Orson Welles discuss the "War of the worlds" broadcast and Orson's new film, Citizen Kane.
Man of mystery: Claiming amnesia, one of the world's richest men hires...
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Language
English
Description
A satiric masterpiece about the allure and peril of money, Our Mutual Friend revolves around the inheritance of a dust-heap where the rich throw their trash. When the body of John Harmon, the dust-heaps expected heir, is found in the Thames, fortunes change hands surprisingly, raising to new heights "Noddy" Boffin, a low-born but kindly clerk who becomes "the Golden Dustman." Charles Dickenss last complete novel, Our Mutual Friend...
25) R.U.R
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Series
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks America
Pub. Date
p2008.
Language
English
Description
The BBC Radio drama production of Karel Capek's play, set in a furure when all the work in our society is carried out by robots manufactured by Rossum's Universal Robots. Feeling sorry for the emotionless robots, the headstrong Helena persuaes the company to factor emotion into them. The robots' new-found consciousness leads them to revolt against their masters, and the resulting catastrophe makes for a highly suspenseful and thought-provoking drama....
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English
Description
Tells of Lata's and her mother's attempts to find a suitable boy through love or through exacting maternal appraisal. Set in post-Independence India and involving the lives of four large families, the book is also a panoramic exploration of the Indian continent.
29) Fired
Author
Series
Publisher
L.A. Theatre Works
Pub. Date
p2005.
Language
English
Description
After her role in a Woody Allen play was "rethought," Gurwitch was devastated. Then she got funny. She and fellow show-biz veterans share stories in a series of monologues full of hilarious mistakes and misadventures.
30) The history boys
Author
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks America
Pub. Date
p2006.
Language
English
Description
At a boys' grammar school in Sheffield, eight boys are being coached for the Oxbridge entrance exams. It is the mid-eighties, and the main concern of the unruly bunch of bright sixth-formers is getting out, starting university - and starting life. At the heart of The History Boys are four characters, each with contrasting outlooks on teaching and school: Hector, an eccentric English teacher with no interest in exams; Irwin, a young supply teacher...
Author
Series
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks America
Pub. Date
p1999.
Language
English
Description
The funniest moments from his BBC career are compiled in this audio release and are linked and introduced by John Cleese himself. Highlights from his ground breaking comedy career include extracts from The Frost report, At last: the 1948 show, Fawlty Towers, Families and how to survive them, I'm sorry I'll read that again, and Monty Python, plus a special appearance from Wing-Commander Muriel Volestrangler, FRHS and Bar.
32) The jungle book
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English
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The Jungle Book key characters are Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves and Sher Khan, biggest tiger in India. As Baloo the sleepy brown bear, Bagheera the cunning black panther, Kaa the python, and his other animal friends teach their beloved "man-cub" the ways of the jungle, Mowgli gains the strength and wisdom he needs for his frightful fight with Shere Khan, the tiger who robbed him of his human family. But there are also the tales of Rikki-tikki-tavi...
34) Ghosts
Series
Henrik Ibsen collection volume Disc 2
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Captain Alving was a respected man in his community, and on the tenth anniversary of his death, Mrs. Alving is preparing for the opening of an orphange in his honor. This effort, however, is really an attempt by Mrs. Alving to mask her hidden disgust with Captain Alving who in reality was a cheating, immoral philanderer who bequeathed a deadly legacy to his son Oswald.
Series
Henrik Ibsen collection volume Disc 3
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
An enemy of the people (originally aired on BBC, 2 February 1980): Dr. Stockmann, whose single voice of reason is drowned out by those with paranoid and ulterior interests.
The wild duck (originally aired on BBC, 21 March 1971): A family with a proximity to each other belies the decay of their relationships. When Gregors Werle comes to stay with the Ekdals, his idealist nature refuses to tolerate the dreamworld of lies the family is living. However,...
36) Little Eyolf
Series
Henrik Ibsen collection volume Disc 6
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Alfred Allmers has spent his whole life writing a book on 'responsibility, ' a luxury he can afford as a result of his marriage to the wealthy and beautiful Rita. However, much to Rita's annoyance, his attention isn't always undivided toward her, as Alfred shifts his focus between his book, their son Eyolf, and his half-sister Asta. As Allmers slowly feels trapped in an unfulfilling marriage, emotions and a painful past threaten to boil over into...
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Publisher
L.A. Theatre Works
Language
English
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Based on his novel of the same name, this acclaimed WWII psychological courtroom drama was the sensation of the 1954 Broadway season. The play portrays a mutiny of naval officers aboard the U.S.S. Caine, whose suspicions concerning the sanity of the captain lead to their rebellion and subsequent court-martial.
Publisher
Blackstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Steeple Bumphleigh is a very picturesque place. But for Bertie Wooster, it is a place to be avoided, containing not only the appalling Aunt Agatha but also her husband, the terrifying Lord Worplesdon. So when a certain amount of familial arm-twisting is applied, Bertie heads for the sticks in fear and trepidation despite the support of the irreplaceable Jeeves.
Series
Criterion collection volume 806
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A traveling entertainer gets more than she bargained for during a stopover in a South American port town. There she meets a handsome yet aloof daredevil pilot, who runs an airmail company, staring down death while servicing towns in treacherous mountain terrain. Both attracted to and repelled by his romantic sense of danger, she decides to stay on, despite his protestations.
Author
Publisher
Focus on the Family
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Dickens tells Oliver's story of being born in a workhouse and raised on a child farm until he is given work as a coffin maker's apprentice. Oliver is mistreated by the coffin maker's wife, and he escapes to London where he meets the Artful Dodger and Fagin, who are pickpockets.
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