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Sunday, 7 July 2013

Equations of Life – Simon Morden

A thrilling story set in the future from one of the hottest writers of science fiction in the UK. Samuil Petrovitch is a survivor. He survived the nuclear fallout in St. Petersburg and hid in the London Metrozone – the last city in England. But when he stumbles into a kidnapping in progress, he acts without even thinking. Before he can stop himself, he’s saved the daughter of the most dangerous man in London. But Petrovitch has a plan, he’s just not sure it’s a good one…
Read by by Toby Leonard Moore.

Sunday, 14 April 2013

Fidel Castro: My Life – Fidel Castro & Ignacio Ramonet

This “spoken autobiography,” a series of questions and answers between French/Spanish journalist Ramonet (Patrick Lawlor) and Castro (Todd McLaren), covers the Commandante’s life and thinking, though haphazardly. Lawlor’s questions are unidiomatic-sounding and awkwardly precise. There’s no sense of two people interacting; the two may well have been recorded separately. Lawlor’s likable voice is far outclassed by the strength and clarity of McLaren’s; the contrast sometimes jars. McLaren pronounces Spanish words well, but his use of pronunciations such as “Kooban” (Cuban), “Mehican” (Mexican), etc., in the midst of flawless English seems affected and distracts. Still, the presentation is more than adequate. But the content–the preening dictator, the fawning interviewer, the overwhelming level of detail–will put off anyone without a deep interest in Castro.
Unabridged.
Read by Todd McLaren, Patrick Lawlor.

Thursday, 31 January 2013

Life of Pi – Yann Martel

Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist, Piscine Molitor “Pi” Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a boat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Unabridged. Read by Jeff Woodman & Alexander Marshall.

Monday, 6 August 2012

Seven Dirty Words: The Life and Crimes of George Carlin – James Sullivan

In Seven Dirty Words, journalist and cultural critic James Sullivan tells the story of Alternative America from the 1950s to the present, from the singular vantage point of George Carlin, the Catholic boy for whom nothing was sacred. A critical biography, Seven Dirty Words is an insightful (and, of course, hilarious) examination of Carlin’s body of work as it pertained to its cultural times and the man who created it, from his early days as a more-or-less conventional comedian to his stunning transformation into the subversive comedic voice of the emerging counterculture. Sullivan also chronicles Carlin’s struggles with censorship and drugs, as well as the full-blown renaissance he experienced in the 1990s, both personally and professionally, when he became an elder statesman to a younger generation of comics who revered him. Seven Dirty Words is nothing less than the definitive biography of an American master who changed the world and also a work of cultural commentary that frames George Carlin’s extraordinary legacy.
Unabridged.
Read by Alan Sklar.