Cooper, Susan Greenwitch. 1984. Read by Brian Perkins, 4 hours 28 minutes. TB 6090.
The dark is rising series; book 3. Hazel for the framework, rowan for the head, a body of hawthorn boughs and blossom... Jane was the only member of the family allowed to watch the making of the Greenwitch but she had not thought to link that strange ceremony with the quest to retrieve the priceless grail, stolen by the forces of evil: the dark.
Cooper, Susan The grey king. 1977. Read by Ray Jones, 6 hours 11 minutes. TB 6403.
The dark is rising series; book 4. Grey clouds are lowering round the Welsh hilltops as Will Stanton embarks on his dangerous mission to find the golden harp which will wake the six sleepers "by the pleasant lake" and send them out to take part in the great final battle of light against dark.
Cooper, Susan Silver on the tree. 1979. Read by Ray Jones, 10 hours 30 minutes. TB 6951.
The dark is rising series; book 5. It is a hot, lazy summer's day. Will Stanton is fishing with two of his elder brothers and everything seems normal until he finds himself amidst a scene of panic-stricken flight, taking place hundreds of years earlier ... the last part of his task is about to begin in the battle of the light against the dark. "When the Dark is rising, six shall turn it back" - so ran the old prophetic rhyme and he is the last born of the Old Ones ...
Cooper, Susan Dawn of fear. 1974. Read by Gene Foad, 4 hours 2 minutes. TB 8211.
As the Second World War rages round them, Derek and his friends have to adapt to a life which is interrupted by air raids and an environment defaced by bombs. For them the war is just a grown-up version of one of their feuds, but then tragedy strikes and war doesn't seem like a game any more.
Cotton, Donald Doctor Who, the myth makers. 2008. Read by Stephen Thorne, 4 hours 3 minutes. TB 17517.
Long, long ago on the great plains of Asia Minor, two mighty armies faced each other in mortal combat. The armies were the Greeks and the Trojans, and the prize they were fighting for was Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world. To the Greeks, it seemed that the city of Troy was impregnable and only a miracle could bring them success. And then help comes to them in a most mysterious way, as a strange blue box materialises
close to their camp, bringing with it the Doctor, Steven and Vicki, who soon find themselves caught up in the irreversible tide of history and legend
Cowley, Joy The silent one. 1982. Read by George Hagan, 3 hours 32 minutes. TB 4729.
Jonasi, a 12-year-old Polynesian boy is deaf and dumb - and lonely. Then he finds the white turtle, a creature which is also set apart from its fellows and a bond forms between them - a story from the South Seas which became a legend.
Craven, Margaret I heard the owl call my name. 1974. Read by Alvar Lidell, 4 hours 28 minutes. TB 2550.
A young clergyman has been sent to live with and learn from a tribe of Indians on the wild coast of British Columbia. He absorbs their myths and legends, and gradually becomes one of them.
Dahl, Roald The wonderful story of Henry Sugar and six more. 1977. Read by Andrew Timothy, 7 hours. TB 3273.
These stories tell of people with peculiar and unlikely powers. In the title story a rich and idle man learns to see without his eyes. It costs him gruelling feats of concentration and years of careful practice, but once mastered the temptations and excitements of the roulette table are, for Henry Sugar, transformed for ever.
Danziger, Paula Remember me to Harold Square. 1988. Read by Franceen Brodkin, 3 hours 45 minutes. TB 8394.
Kendra Kaye has mixed feelings about having a guy she's never met staying with her family over the summer. What if they don't hit it off? What if they do?
Danziger, Paula This place has no atmosphere. 1989. Read by Franceen Brodkin, 4 hours. TB 8362.
Aurora Williams lives in the 21st century. Robots rule the schools, everyone has a TV watch, and computers don't just think for themselves, they've learned to make other computers as well. But Aurora's parents are still living in the Dark Ages. They still want to run her life. And even more astrally awful, they want to move the family to that lifeless place called the Moon.
Danziger, Paula The divorce express. 1986. Read by Laura Brook, 3 hours 10 minutes. TB 8338.
You'd have thought after the divorce that Phoebe's father would have been more understanding about Rocky. Away from her mother, best friend and boyfriend, Rocky the racoon seemed to be the only friend Phoebe had. And so what if he kept knocking over the garbage?
Danziger, Paula It's an aardvark-eat-turtle world. 1987. Read by Franceen Brodkin, 2 hours 45 minutes. TB 8412.
Sequel to: Divorce express. Rosie's parents divorced shortly after she was born. It was something she tried not to take personally. Now her mother and best friend's father have fallen in love and are going to live together. For Rosie, it looks like a perfect arrangement for the happy-ever-after family, but it's not so easy sharing a home.
Davidson, Lionel Under Plum Lake. 1980. Read by Richard Earthy, 4 hours 9 minutes. TB 3867.
Barry is very nearly drowned, and finds himself led gently and mysteriously, by a strange boy called Dido, to Egon, a dazzling dream of pleasure, where all is happiness which he can never quite recapture or forget.
Day Lewis, C The Otterbury incident. 1948. Read by Peter Barker, 4 hours 22 minutes. TB 2533.
When Nick kicks the ball through the school window, the gang sets out to raise the money for having it mended - and runs into all sorts of trouble on the way.
Dickens, Monica The messenger. 1985. Read by Gene Foad, 4 hours 45 minutes. TB 6533.
When Rose is 13 she is chosen to be a messenger of the Great Grey Horse. This brave and beautiful creature was, long ago the favourite charger of the vile Lord of the Moor and the animal's heroism in the face of treachery saved a whole village. Now he lives on with a mission to protect innocent people from evil, misery and violence. Rose is galloped back through time into the heart of the mystery. Can she find a way to break the spell of the tragedy? She must not fail him!
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