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Talking Book Reviews

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Titles featured may not be available at every branch. However if you are a member of the library, it is possible to request items from any library in Cumbria by using our online catalogue.

Author:Miranda Hart
Title:Miranda Hart`s Joke Shop
Category:Talking Book

Published:2011

 

For anyone who enjoyed the sitcom Miranda on BBC2 why not borrow the original Radio 4 series.



Author:Lee Child
Title:The Affair
Category:Talking Book

Price:£15.99
ISBN No.:9781846573118
Published:September 2011

 

March 1997. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Carter Crossing, Mississippi. Just down the road is a big army base. Is the murderer a local guy - or is he a soldier? Jack Reacher, still a major in the military police, is sent in undercover.



Author:Buchan, John
Title:The Thirty Nine Steps
Category:Talking Book

 

Robert Powell reads this classic story



Author:Bennett, Alan
Title:The History Boys
Category:Talking Book

 

Alan Bennett's award winning History Boys featuring the National Theatre cast.



Author:Hardy, Thomas
Title:The Return of the Native
Category:Talking Book

 

While authors often read their own works for talking books , quite often an actor reading aloud can also be great to listen to. Here, Alan Rickman reads.



Author:Matt Haig
Title:The Radleys
Category:Talking Book

Price:£47.95
ISBN No.:9781445806884
Published:2011

 

The Radleys are an everyday family who juggle dysfunctional lives. Except, as Peter and Helen Radley know, but their children have yet to find out, the Radleys happen to be a family of abstaining vampires. When one night Clara finds herself driven to commit a bloodthirsty act, her parents decide to explain a few things. 
 

Reviewer: Morag, Whitehaven