Audiobooks narrated by David Timson

"The Uncommercial Traveller is the persona of Dickens for this collection of semi-autobiographical sketches. A kind of Victorian blogger, he is funny and affecting by turns as he recounts what he sees and wonders at its meaning. Whether laying bare ‘a wilderness of dirt, rags, and hunger’ or musing on the ‘moodiness’ of tom-cats; recounting Mr Indignation Cocker’s sherry bill or simply taking us by the hand as he goes about his ‘no-business’ in London and further afield, he brings the warmth, compassion and fleet-footed wit that infuse his novels. Railways, theatres, chambers, pubs, hospitals, dockyards, the police, mortality, modernisation, memories… fact and fiction blend, and imagination serves to illustrate truths. In the hands of David Timson, consistently lauded for the ‘true artistry’ (Publishers Weekly) of his narration of Dickens, this is an irresistible curiosity shop all of its own."

Charles Dickens (Author), David Timson (Narrator)

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[Italian] - Istruzione Domiciliare

"L’istruzione domiciliare è un’alternativa sempre più diffusa all’istruzione scolastica tradizionale, in quanto offre un approccio flessibile e personalizzabile all’apprendimento, che adattabile alle esigenze e capacità uniche di ciascun bambino. Tuttavia, nonostante i numerosi vantaggi, l’istruzione domiciliare può anche presentare una serie di sfide, dall’orientarsi nel programma di studio e pianificazione delle lezioni all’incentivare i legami sociali, per finire con il rispondere alle esigenze di essere insegnanti e genitori allo stesso tempo. Questo libro è una guida all’istruzione domestica per principianti, che fornisce una panoramica dei vari approcci, strategie e risorse disponibili per le famiglie che scelgono di istruire i propri figli a casa. L’autore tratta argomenti importanti come la pianificazione dei programmi, i metodi di insegnamento, la valutazione e la socializzazione, con particolare attenzione a consigli pratici e buone prassi.L’istruzione domiciliare è un’alternativa sempre più diffusa all’istruzione scolastica tradizionale, in quanto offre un approccio flessibile e personalizzabile all’apprendimento, che adattabile alle esigenze e capacità uniche di ciascun bambino. Tuttavia, nonostante i numerosi vantaggi, l’istruzione domiciliare può anche presentare una serie di sfide, dall’orientarsi nel programma di studio e pianificazione delle lezioni all’incentivare i legami sociali, per finire con il rispondere alle esigenze di essere insegnanti e genitori allo stesso tempo. Questo libro è una guida all’istruzione domestica per principianti, che fornisce una panoramica dei vari approcci, strategie e risorse disponibili per le famiglie che scelgono di istruire i propri figli a casa. L’autore tratta argomenti importanti come la pianificazione dei programmi, i metodi di insegnamento, la valutazione e la socializzazione, con particolare attenzione a consigli pratici e buone prassi. Questo libro è stato scritto per famiglie che si avvicinano per la prima volta all’istruzione domiciliare, come anche per chi la considera un’opzione valida e vuole sapere di più su questa forma d’istruzione. Si rivolge anche alle famiglie che attualmente stanno istruendo i figli a casa e stanno cercando consiglio e supporto. Il libro è stato concepito come un’introduzione utile e di facile lettura al mondo dell’istruzione domiciliare, fornendo le informazioni e l’ispirazione necessarie per prendere decisioni consapevoli sull’istruzione di vostro figlio. Il libro ricopre una vasta gamma di argomenti, dalle basi dell'istruzione domiciliare a strategie e risorse più avanzate. L'autore vi guiderà nel processo di creazione di un programma di studi personalizzato, adatto alle esigenze e alle capacità uniche di vostro figlio, fornendo anche consigli e strategie per bilanciare struttura e flessibilità, promuovere la creatività e l'indipendenza e affrontare le sfide dell'istruzione a casa. Che siate genitori alle prime armi o educatori esperti in cerca di nuove idee e ispirazione, questo libro è una risorsa utile per chiunque sia interessato all'istruzione domiciliare. Spero che troverete le informazioni utili e proficue. Le informazioni contenute in questo ebook su vari aspetti dell'istruzione domiciliare e su argomenti correlati sono organizzate in 17 capitoli di circa 500-600 parole ciascuno. Spero che questo libro possa interessare coloro che vogliono istruire autonomamente i propri figli. Come bonus aggiuntivo, vi concedo il permesso di utilizzare i contenuti sul vostro sito web o nei vostri blog e newsletter, previa una vostra rielaborazione. Potete anche dividere il libro e rivendere gli articoli. Infatti, l'unico diritto che non avete è quello di rivendere o regalare il libro così come vi è stato consegnato. PUBLISHER: TEKTIME"

Owen Jones (Author), David Timson (Narrator)

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The Satires

"The Roman poet Juvenal was the greatest satirist of Imperial Rome. His 16 satires encompass attacks on the immorality, abuses and hypocrisy of the Romans of his day. The last of the great Roman poets, he wrote between CE 110 and 130, his approach to satire coming close to modern expectations of the genre. Today, Juvenal is best known for the Latin quotations panem et circenses (‘bread and races’ – he stated that this was all the Roman populace desired) and mens sana in corpore sano (‘a healthy mind in a healthy body’). This audiobook, deftly delivered by David Timson, uses Niall Rudd’s translation, which preserves the style and metrical effect of Juvenal’s hexameters."

Juvenal (Author), David Timson (Narrator)

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Trial and Error

"In a creative twist, a fatally ill man’s great humanitarian act is to seek out and kill someone deserving of death; but the horror of an innocent man being accused of the murder was not an outcome Mr Todhunter, or the friends who advised him, considered. His job is then to prove his own guilt. Dedicated to P.G. Wodehouse, the story is suspenseful, inventive and humorous, with a riveting attention to detail and a profound suggestion of the absurdity of trying to influence destiny. Its sparkle is captured here by the award-winning narrator David Timson. A journalist as well as a novelist, Anthony Berkeley was a founding member of the Detection Club and one of crime fiction’s greatest innovators. He was one of the first to predict the development of the ‘psychological’ crime novel."

Anthony Berkeley (Author), David Timson (Narrator)

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Edgar Wallace: A Classic BBC Radio Crime Collection: Four Full-cast Dramatisations

"A collection of the surviving radio crime dramas from ‘The King of Thrillers’ Edgar Wallace was a bestselling author, journalist, playwright and film director, and the creator of King Kong. A prolific writer and celebrity superstar, he was thought to be responsible for a quarter of all new books read in Britain by the late 1920s. Presented here are full-cast adaptations of four of his classic crime novels, readings of four short detective stories, and a vintage recording of Wallace reading one of his own stories. Tying them all together is linking commentary from Edgar Wallace: The Man Who Wrote Too Much?, a documentary celebration of his life and work presented by crime writer Mark Billingham. The Ringer – Seeking revenge for his sister’s death, vigilante and master of disguise ‘The Ringer’ returns from the dead to target shady lawyer Herbert Meister. Can Scotland Yard catch the legendary assassin before he exacts his vengeance? David Davis and Alexander John star in this tense thriller. The Mind of Mr JG Reeder – Unassuming civil servant Mr JG Reeder has the mind of a criminal, which he uses to solve four baffling mysteries in 1920s London. ‘The Poetical Policeman’ sees him tackling a bank robbery and a nightwatchman's death; ‘The Troupe’ finds him probing a jewellery fraud with a theatrical link; in ‘The Green Mamba’ he thwarts a notorious villain, and in ‘The Strange Case’, he sets out to uncover the truth behind the death of a government minister. Read by David Horovitch. On the Spot – Set in 1920s Chicago during Prohibition, Edgar Wallace’s most famous play centres around Tony Perelli, a gangland boss who loads ‘his women with jewels and the coffins of his enemies with orchids’. But Chief of Police John Kelly is after him, determined to see him hang for murder… Starring Peter Woodthorpe as Perelli and Trevor Martin as Kelly. The Man in the Ditch – A vintage recording from 1928 of Edgar Wallace reading his own short story of murder, intrigue and gangland vengeance. The Case of the Frightened Lady – The ancestral home of Lord Lebanon, Mark’s Priory, is the scene of two murders. Inspector Tanner goes down to investigate and is confronted by a terrified young woman… Starring Simon Lack, Lewis Stringer, William Eedle and Valerie White. The Green Pack – West Africa, 1931. When wealthy investor Louis Creet cheats three young explorers out of their rightful share in the goldmine they discovered, they make a deadly pact. Soon after, he is found shot – but did one of them really murder him? David Timson, Paul Gaymon, Peter Egan and Francis de Wolff star. NB: These stories are set in the 1920s and 1930s, and contain some discriminatory language and attitudes that were perhaps typical of the time. Due to the age and off-air nature of the recordings, the sound quality may vary. Copyright © Edgar Wallace 1925 (The Mind of Mr JG Reeder), 1929 (The Ringer), 1930 (On the Spot), 1931 (The Case of the Frightened Lady), 1933 (The Green Pack) © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Edgar Wallace (Author), Alexander John, David Davis, David Horovitch, David Timson, Francis de Wolff, Full Cast, Mark Billingham, Peter Egan, Peter Woodthorpe, Simon Lack, Trevor Martin, William Eedle (Narrator)

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The Susan Hill BBC Radio Drama Collection: 14 Full-Cast Dramas

"An extensive collection of full-cast dramatisations and long-lost original radio plays by Dame Susan Hill Award-winning author Dame Susan Hill is best known for her hit ghost story The Woman in Black and her popular ‘Simon Serailler’ detective series, but she has also written extensively for radio. This audio anthology includes full-cast adaptations of two of her early novels, plus an additional 12 BBC Radio plays, many of them available for the very first time since their original broadcasts. Gentlemen and Ladies tells of the friendship and loneliness of a family living in a small Midland village, while Strange Meeting explores the relationship between two young subalterns in the First World War. These moving dramatisations star Patricia Hayes, Stephanie Cole, Martin Jarvis and David Timson. Themes of interdependence and isolation run through all Hill’s radio plays, which she describes as dealing with ‘human beings in confrontation’. In Taking Leave, a nephew visits the family he barely knows; in Lizard in the Grass, an orphan living in a clifftop convent is persecuted by one of the nuns, in The Cold Country, tempers fray when four explorers become snowbound in Antarctica and in Consider the Lilies, an ageing bachelor who sees angels finds himself drawn to a dying girl. Richard Hurndall, Helen Worth, Terry Scully, John Rollason and Tony Britton are among the star casts. A Window on the World focuses on students Nell (Patricia Gallimore) and Jess (Julie Hallam), who are mere observers of life – until one of them acts to alter the situation. Strip Jack Naked finds sick recluse James (Ian Richardson) shaken out of his austere existence by a visit from his estranged wife, but in The Sound that Time Makes, wife and mother Fay (Patricia Gallimore) is obsessively haunted by her schooldays. And with her wedding approaching, Helena (Carole Hayman) struggles to let go of her childhood in Here Comes the Bride. Chances features two interlinked monologues, read by Dames Judi Dench and Peggy Ashcroft, in which an Irish maid at a seaside hotel ponders her life, and a guest remembers better days and higher standards. A dying Frenchwoman summons her estranged daughter in Out in the Cold, starring Pauline Letts and Fiona Walker. Finally, Winter and Autumn focus on two couples, one elderly and resident in an old folks’ home, the other middle-aged and attempting to escape the past by moving house. Doreen Mantle, Cyril Luckham, June Brown and Bernard Hepton star as the spouses searching for meaning and connection. Copyright © Susan Hill 1968 (Gentlemen and Ladies), 1971 (Strange Meeting, Taking Leave, Lizard in the Grass), 1972 (The Cold Country), 1973 (Consider the Lilies), 1975 (A Window on the World, Strip Jack Naked), 1980 (The Sound that Time Makes, Here Comes the Bride), 1981 (Chances), 1982 (Out in the Cold), 1985 (Winter), 1986 (Autumn) Contents: Gentlemen and Ladies Strange Meeting Taking Leave Lizard in the Grass The Cold Country Consider the Lilies A Window on the World Strip Jack Naked The Sound that Time Makes Here Comes the Bride Chances Out in the Cold Winter Autumn Copyright © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Susan Hill (Author), David Timson, Full Cast, Ian Richardson, Judi Dench, June Brown, Martin Jarvis, Patricia Gallimore, Patricia Hayes, Peggy Ashcroft, Sian Philips, Stephanie Cole (Narrator)

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The Crystal Stopper

"When Arsène Lupin and two of his criminal associates try to rob the villa of Deputy Daubrecq, things do not go according to plan and Lupin’s two partners are arrested and sentenced to death, leaving him to try and save them from the guillotine. To achieve this, Lupin must not only evade Daubrecq but also outwit a ruthless blackmailer who holds incriminating evidence in a crystal stopper. Accustomed to being one step ahead of the law, has the notorious outlaw and master of disguise Lupin finally met his match? The Crystal Stopper sees him struggling with his personal morals while striving to rescue those who are closest to him. Reading with his customary panache, the acclaimed David Timson continues his survey of Lupin stories."

Maurice Leblanc (Author), David Timson (Narrator)

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The Piccadilly Murder

"Ambrose Chitterwick is in the lounge of the Piccadilly Palace Hotel, away from his overbearing aunt, to enjoy some afternoon refreshments when he witnesses a murder. It looks like suicide but he saw something being put into the lady’s coffee cup. He is Scotland Yard’s chief witness but he also conducts an investigation of his own. Despite his diffidence and self-deprecation, his sleuthing is not to be sniffed at. There are plenty of twists and turns in this journey to enjoy, especially with master narrator David Timson in the driving seat. A journalist as well as a novelist, Anthony Berkeley was a founding member of the Detection Club and one of crime fiction’s greatest innovators. He was one of the first to predict the development of the ‘psychological’ crime novel."

Anthony Berkeley (Author), David Timson (Narrator)

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Not to Be Taken

"In the comfortable English Dorsetshire village of Anneypenny in the 1930s, fruit farmer Douglas Sewell – narrator of the story – sees his friend John die in agony. The death certificate states gastric ulcers but the post mortem’s revealing of poison punctures Anneypenny’s idyllic backdrop. Soon every friend and neighbour seems to harbour something suspicious. Douglas challenges his readers, or listeners, to answer the key questions before throwing out several scenarios and turning them upside-down in a tantalising path to the truth. A journalist as well as a novelist, Anthony Berkeley was a founding member of the Detection Club and one of crime fiction’s greatest innovators. He was one of the first to predict the development of the ‘psychological’ crime novel."

Anthony Berkeley (Author), David Timson, Jonathan Keeble (Narrator)

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The Black Robe

"Lewis Romayne returns to the family home, Vange Abbey, after a fatal duel in France – the memory of which still haunts him. In an attempt to put the experience behind him, he visits London where he meets Stella Eynecourt, who will become his wife. However, Romayne also comes across the cunning Father Benwell, who is determined to convert him to Catholicism and to regain Vange Abbey for the Church. Father Benwell stops at nothing to achieve his end, including the revelation of a dark secret from the past. His scheming and malevolence recalls the better-known villain Count Fosco, from Collins’s The Woman in White. Published in 1881, The Black Robe is one of Collins’s later novels and is here presented in a multi-voice production featuring a host of popular audiobook actors."

Wilkie Collins (Author), David Rintoul, David Timson, Gunnar Cauthery, John Foley, Lucy Scott, Nicholas Boulton, Penelope Rawlins (Narrator)

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Malice Aforethought

"In the little hamlet of Wyvern’s Cross, where good manners, tennis and tea are pivotal to the functioning of society, little Dr Bickleigh has a rather large problem: he needs to erase his insufferable wife. His meetings with Ivy are becoming tiresome, and although his burning passion for Gwynyfryd Rattery does not play out as imagined in the toolshed, there is now the infinitely superior Madeleine Cranmere to be worshipped… Resourceful but impulsive, Dr Bickleigh is consumed with the image of his goal. Wickedly funny and playfully frank, this is the best-known novel of Anthony Berkeley (aka Francis Iles), one of crime fiction’s greatest innovators. With David Timson doing the telling, it has never been better."

Francis Iles (Author), David Timson (Narrator)

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The Love Poems

"The Roman poet Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) is best known for his epic poem Metamorphoses, a collection of myths and legends from Ancient Greece and Rome. His works continue to be widely read and admired, and he is regarded as one of the most significant poets of ancient Rome. Ovid’s love poems are both brilliant and evocative. In Amores (‘Loves’), the romantic mysteriousness of elegiac love-poetry is exploded by his witty and ironic treatment of the form. Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love) and Remedia Amoris (The Cures for Love) both lay down the rules for the game of love, which both sexes can play. A.D. Melville’s translations, which also include the lesser-known Cosmetics for Ladies, have been specially licensed for this recording. It is delivered with customary panache by David Timson."

Ovid (Author), David Timson (Narrator)

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