Jeffrey Archer manages to go into great detail about Mallory’s life, being careful not to miss out a single, important moment. He finds a way to mix fact with fiction that works extremely well. Archer covers each part of Mallory’s life including his relationship with his father who always encouraged his love for climbing and adventure and his school years when climbing took a back seat to education until he found friends with and equal amount of enthusiasm for climbing. Although Archer does go into great detail, I also liked how he leaves the reader wanting to find out more about George Mallory and his exciting life, especially his mysterious disappearance.

The audio-book version of Archer’s story works very well. His language is descriptive and interesting and this comes across quite nicely. Roger Allam does a very good job with the narration and keeping the novel alive and exciting, perhaps more so than in its original book form.

Paths of Glory Unabridged is available to Download Now for only £16.99 (€-) from Audible. Click here for more info.

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New Moon tells a story of losing love as Edward tries to protect Bella by leaving the town of Forks after an incident at her birthday party. Bella seeks comfort in a new friendship, but her new companion, Jacob, turns out to have secrets of his own. Listeners might detect echoes of the classic love story Romeo and Juliet in this second book of Meyer’s series, intended to reflect the protagonists’ plight as ’star-crossed lovers’.

This audio adaptation of a best selling book has much to recommend it and the seductive narrative is sure to delight listeners. Faithfully bringing each unique character to life, the engaging storyline is well suited to Kadushin’s voice and for fans of Twilight, New Moon will not disappoint. The plot twists and stunningly original storylines will keep you hooked on this popular series and leave you hungry for the next instalment. The overarching theme of the book, namely love and its ability to overcome obstacles, will appeal to a wide variety of listeners by allowing anyone to relate to characters living what might, on the surface, seem drastically different from our own lives. New Moon builds on the success of Twilight and more than deserves the hype.

New Moon The Twilight Saga Book 2 Unabridged is available to Download Now for only £22.39 (€-) from Audible. Click here for more info.

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I was particularly pleased with the final day, day 10, which talked about both persistence as well as the ability to take ‘no’ for an answer. This is advice that pretty much every deluded individual taking part in a TV Talent Show should take as knowing your limits and knowing when to accept defeat are an important part of business as much as they are of life in general.

On the other hand week 2 presents you with some scenarios which are easier said than done, and no matter how many times some people are encouraged to conquer their fears and banish their restrictive demons it’s just not going to happen. Perhaps this series should feature a suffix that reminds shoppers that willpower and a certain amount of talent are required for real success. However, overall this week has proved to be a strong and useful continuation of what is shaping up to be a significantly interesting series of audio books.

Millionaire MBA Business Mentoring Programme Week 2 is available to Download Now for only £19.95 (€-) from Audible. Click here for more info.

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Duncan Bannatyne tells his story beautifully and articulately and leaves nothing out of his colourful and exciting life, from the business aspects to the more personal parts of his life. Reading this book will not necessarily turn you into a millionaire, but it will certainly give you the determination and drive you need if you wish to change your life. In this book he tells how anyone can get to where he is today which makes the reader feel incredibly motivated.

This book works incredibly well in an audio-book format. You almost feel as though you are listening to your own personal motivational speaker. Duncan Bannatyne does not do the narration himself which is a shame as it is always interesting to hear the author tell their own story, however, David Rintoul does a fantastic job to a point were you almost feel as though you are listening to Duncan Bannatyne himself. I highly recommend this audio-book as a great addition to any collection.

Anyone Can Do It My Story is available to Download Now for only £9.59 (€-) from Audible. Click here for more info.

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This book is a fantastic read and has a wonderful range of different stories such as Oscar Wildes hilarious story ‘The model Millionaire’ about a young man who’s fortune takes a turn for the better, Gerald Griffins terrifying “The Brown Man”, James Joyce’s “Araby”, Oliver Goldsmiths “Adventures of a Strolling Player”, Sheridan Le Fanu’s story about Sir Dominick Sarsfield or the “Faustian” and of course Agnes Castle’s romantic “Rosanna”.

This book works wonderfully in an audio-book format. The imaginative and descriptive language is even better spoken aloud especially with the rich voiced narrator T.P. McKenna who’s expertise and experience with story telling is made clear in this audio-book. His smooth voice really adds some authenticity and a nice edge to each beautifully written short story. Each character is given a different voice to a point where you would swear you were listening to a whole cast and not just T.P. McKenna.

Classic Irish Short Stories Unabridged is available to Download Now for only £7.59 (€-) from Audible. Click here for more info.

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This book has been fantastically written and it is clear that Archer himslef has used some of his own first hand experience to describe the prison life. This brings a great amount of realism to the story. You are on the side of Danny all the way through and are constantly waiting to see what happens to him next.

It is mainly due to the excitement and adventure in this book that makes it translate so well to audio book form. Roger Allam, once again, does a fantastic job at narrating, always making sure that each character is enhanced with different vocal patterns and inflections. It is due to this that the story begins sounding like a whole cast of people rather than just one man and Allam definitely does Archer’s book justice. The unabridged version also includes an interview with Jeffrey Archer about A Prisoner of Birth.

A Prisoner of Birth Unabridged is available to Download Now for only £17.24 (€-) from Audible. Click here for more info.

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The 5 sections of this first book are ideal for listening to whilst you’re in the car or on the way to work (I put mine on a MP3 player and listened on the train) and the subtitles of each section are pleasantly cheesy or irritatingly contrite depending on your point of view, and whilst they don’t seem to give much information about each different topic thanks to vague buzz words, the content is generally good and informative.

It’s nice to hear the opinions and glean help from the experience of established, successful entrepreneurs, and there’s even a free workbook provided in a link as an accompaniment to the series. To be honest I haven’t looked at the workbook myself, but it may come in handy in the future.

Millionaire MBA Business Mentoring Programme Week 1 is available to Download Now for only £14.95 (€-) from Audible. Click here for more info.

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Basically this is a book that outlines the personal views on morals and ethics as held by the author, and rather than being a self help book that gives you steps to success in business or life, it aims at providing you with the moral framework that will help you achieve success on your own terms. That this comes from religion may be for some more than others, and that there is nothing really original in the content itself may be another problem, but this is nothing if not an exhaustive look at one person’s life view.

The main criticism leveled at this audio book by myself and others is that Covey himself, the author and narrator, isn’t the most compelling speaker in the world, and this unabridged version of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a bit of a monster listen. There’s over an hour long introduction and for some people the meat of the text is never fully expressed in a succinct fashion, but it has proved to be an inspiration for some.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Unabridged is available to Download Now for only £34.99 (€-) from Audible. Click here for more info.

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This book translates into audio form extremely well. The way Dawn tells her story it is almost as if it was written just to be read aloud. It was because of this that I was disappointed to hear that Liza Tarbuck was narrating it and not Dawn. I felt that it was a shame to miss out on hearing her story told first hand with that great voice and comic timing…however Liza Tarbuck does a fantastic job in bringing her wonderful story to life. I can understand why it may have been difficult for Dawn to do the narrating herself as some parts of it are so deeply sentimental and must have been hard to write about let alone talk about.

I would recommend this audio book to anyone whether they are a big fan of Dawn French or not.

Dear Fatty is available to Download Now for only £11.69 (€-) from Audible. Click here for more info.

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The audio book is beautifully narrated by Kati Nicholl and Kerry Shale, who really succeed in bringing Swarup’s masterpiece to life. The story revolves around the childhood and adolescence of two young brothers from the Mumbai slums, one of whom goes on to become a contestant on a television quiz show. Against the odds, the main character, Jamal, makes it to the final question, worth the almost unimaginable sum of twenty million rupees. Fearing cheating, an interrogation ensues in which details of the boys’ life are revealed in tracing his apparently obscure knowledge back to his youth running around the Mumbai slums and the often terrible things that happened to him along the way. We travel with Jamal as he meets his Bollywood idol, experiences first hand the Hindu-Muslim riots, is forced into street begging by a local gangster and finally finds a job as a ‘chai wallah’ in one of Mumbai’s many international call centres.

The delightful audio ultimately tells a story about love in difficult circumstances but there is not an ounce of cliché in it. One of the most original books to appear on the audio scene in a long time, Slumdog Millionaire will enthrall you from the very beginning and you will struggle to switch it off. The sounds and vitality of urban India are brilliantly captured by the narrative making listeners feel that they are in the heart of the action throughout.

Slumdog Millionaire is available to Download Now for only £11.19 (€-) from Audible. Click here for more info.

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