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Dan Brown’s Latest Title Announced

April 29, 2009

Dan Brown’s long awaited follow up to The Da Vinci Code has at last been announced. The Lost Symbol is launched on 16th September. Audio Books at Audio Book Bargains has it pre-ordered and should be with you on or around that date.
THE LOST SYMBOL will once again feature Dan Brown’s unforgettable protagonist, Robert Langdon. [...]

Movie tie-in audio book of Coraline

April 18, 2009

To coincide with the newly released film in the UK, the is an unabridged version of Coraline on 3 CDs.

The day after they moved in, Coraline went exploring…. In Coraline’s family’s new flat are twenty-one window and fourteen doors. Thirteen of the doors open and close, The fourteenth is locked, and on the other side [...]

New Release M. R. James The Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James – Volume 1 Audio Book Unabridged CD

March 31, 2009

M. R. James (August 1, 1862 – June 12, 1936) is generally believed to be the first modern ghost story writer. He was a noted mediaeval scholar and provost of King’s College, Cambridge. James did away with the traditional gothic settings and used instead contemporary situations.

The Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James – Volume [...]

Audio Book Bargains open a direct account with Blackstone Audiobooks

March 28, 2009

We’ve recently opened a direct account with Blackstone Audiobooks and can now deliver a much expanded range. One of the exciting new series to us are the Bernard Cornwell audio books. Included are titles such as Sharpe’s Gold, Sharpe’s Sword and Sharpe’s Rifles. There are a total of 14 titles in the Richard Sharpe series [...]

New P. D. James The Private Patient

January 10, 2009

BBC Audiobooks have released P. D. James The Private Patient complete and unabridged audio book at a remarkable price of £15. Read by Michael Jayston, it is the latest in the Adam Dalgliesh series and sees P. D James in top form.
Synopsis:
Cheverell Manor an old house in Dorset is now a private clinic run by [...]

Review – Exit Music by Ian Rankin

January 5, 2009

Exit Music is Ian Rankin’s final Rebus novel, Inspector Rebus is about to retire. As readers will know, these novels were written in real time at the rate of a book a year, taking Rebus from 43 to 60 years of age and thus his compulsory retirement from the Edinburgh police force. In [...]

Children’s audio books for Christmas

December 12, 2008

At Audio Books at Audio Book Bargains we have some fantastic children’s audio books that will keep the very youngest to the oldest quiet through the year.
From Angie Sage we have Magyk for the teenager. For the youngest – and this one is my six year old son’s current favoured bedtime listening we have Araminta [...]

Just in – Stephenie Meyer Twilight Unabridged on CD

December 4, 2008

Certain to be the biggest cinema hit of 2008, Twilight was written by Stephenie Meyer and was a huge publishing success rivalling Harry Potter. Meyer was born in 1973 in the US on Christmas Eve. Twilight is available now on 12 CDs.
About three things I was absolutely positive:
First, Edward was a vampire.
Second, there was a [...]

Review – Man in the Dark by Paul Auster

November 16, 2008

Man in the Dark tells the story of August Brill, a 72 year old retired book critic, recovering from a car accident in his daughter’s house. Brill’s leg was shattered in the accident, his wife has recently died after a long battle with cancer, his daughter is recently divorced and his granddaughter has recently lost [...]

Just in – Blake’s 7

November 11, 2008

We’ve just added a number of Blake’s 7 audio books from Entain8. Included are some fabulous Blake’s 7 audio titles.  Included are Blake’s 7 Rebel, Blake’s 7 Liberator & Blake’s 7 Traitor. The titles feature the actors from the BBC series & have proved very popular. There is also a box set available containing the [...]