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Talking BooksLight Reads 5 – These books are a selection of shorter reads and books that do not require as much concentration to follow the story. Including westerns and sport.The titles in this booklist are just a selection of the titles available for loan from the RNIB National Library Talking Book Service.Don’t forget you are allowed to have up to 6 books on loan. When you return a title, you will then receive another one.If you would like to read any of these titles then please contact the Helpline on 0303 123 9999 or email helpline@.uk.You can search our online catalogue and add titles directly to your wish list by visiting . You can log onto your account in the My library section with your customer number and pin number. These can be obtained from Helpline. For any further help in selecting books please contact the Reader Services Team on 01733 37 5333 or email libraryinfo@.uk Adult fictionArcher, Jeffrey. Four warned. 2014. Short stories. TB21603.Four short stories packed full of twists and turns. Jeremy finds out exactly the best way to steal the perfect ring for his fiancee. Albert celebrates his 100th birthday, and is pleased to be sent The Queen's Birthday Telegram. In Russia, businessman Richard plots the ideal way to murder his wife. And as Diana, a busy single mother, drives to have dinner with friends, she realises that a black van is following her.Read by John Banks. 1hour 49 minutes. TB21603.Archer, Jeffrey. A twist in the tale. 1988. Short stories. TB7277.A dozen mysterious adventures ranging from a game of chess with a sexy stranger to a wine expert challenged to a tasting with a bizarre difference. The first story involves a man visiting his mistress; on arrival he sees her in the arms of another man, waits until he has gone and then begins an argument that ends in death. No one has seen him come or go. Has he just committed the perfect murder?Read by Derek Chandler, 9 hours. TB7277.Bernieres, Louis de. Red Dog. 2002. General fiction. TB20087.The narrator of this story travels to a small mining town in Western Australia to host a literary dinner. Whilst there, he comes across a statue to Red Dog. He is intrigued, and resolves to find out as much as he can about this splendid dog. Read by Robert Cox. 2 hours 33 minutes. TB20087.Chandler, Frank. A fistful of dollars. 1980. Western. TB22297.San Miguel was a town with two bosses, and that was one too many. Then the tall stranger rode in and saw in the set up the chance to make himself a fistful of dollars. He set the rival families and their gangs against each other and managed to survive the bloodshed, unscathed, while each side paid his hire. Read by William Roberts. 4 hours 10 minutes. TB22297.Doyle, Arthur Conan. The exploits of Brigadier Gerard. 1896. Adventure. TB 1943. Having killed off Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle began a new series of tales on a very different theme. Brigadier Gerard is an officer in Napoleon's army - recklessly brave, engagingly openhearted, and unshakable in his devotion to the enigmatic Emperor in these wonderful comic adventures. Read by Peter Gray. 8 hours. TB1943.Gordon, Richard. Doctor in the house. 1952. Humorous fiction. TB13331.Doctor series; book 1. An amusing book about a group of medical students whose uproarious behaviour gives cause for alarm to the hospital authorities. Read by Franklin Engelmann. 5 hours 13 minutes. TB13331.Hattersley, Roy. Buster's diaries. 1998. Humorous fiction. TB11757.Buster became famous in 1996 after he defended himself against a goose in St James's Park - a goose which, unfortunately, belonged to the Queen - and has been pursued by the press ever since. This story of triumph over adversity reveals the secrets between dog and the man on the other end of the lead.Read by Robbie MacNab. 3 hours 54 minutes. TB11757.Herriot, James. James Herriot's favourite dog stories. 1995. Animal stories. TB11584.This book contains ten of James Herriot's stories about dogs including the story of Jock who has a battle on his paws to keep his position of top dog, and Brandy who cannot resist inspecting the dustbins. There are tender stories of neglected dogs given new homes and stories about the important part a pet plays in the life of an elderly person. Read by Daniel Philpott. 3 hours 15 minutes. TB11584.Millard, Joe. The good, the bad and the ugly. 1980. Western. TB22399.The Good One - the bounty hunter who rode out after the biggest prize whether it was a man with a price on his head or a fortune with an army on its trail. The Bad One - the hired killer whose name was known and feared from Texas to the Tetons. The Ugly One - the bandit who was disgraced by the small reward offered for his capture. Together the unholy three blazed a crooked trail across the war-torn southwest.Read by William Roberts. 4 hours 23 minutes. TB22399.Millard, Joe. For a few dollars more. 1980. Western. TB22398.There were two of them. The tall stranger they called the Man With No Name, and the grey-haired colonel with the fancy guns. Each moving across the violent West, killing outlaws for a price. Each unaware of the other. Until El Indio. The Mexican bandit, worth $10,000 dead or alive. Then the two hunters stalked the same prey...Read by William Roberts. 4 hours 18 minutes. TB22398Phillips, Marie. The table of less valued knights. 2014. Humorous fiction. TB21924.Sir Humphrey du Val of the Table of Less Valued Knights, Camelot's least prestigious table, has been banned by King Arthur from going on quests, and hasn't left the castle in 15 years. He's tempted out of his imposed retirement by Elaine, who is looking for her kidnapped fiancé. She appears to be the classic Damsel in Distress, but turns out to have a big secret to hide.Read by Beth Chalmers. 8 hours 50 minutes. TB21924.Roberts, Gareth R. Whatever happened to Billy Parks? 2014. General fiction. TB21356.October 17th 1973: all England had to do was beat Poland to qualify for the World Cup. They didn't. Left on the bench that night was West Ham's Billy Parks: beautiful, gifted and totally flawed. Fast -forward forty years, Billy's life is a testament to wasted talent, his liver failing. What if he could be given a second chance? What if he could go back in time and win the game for England? Contains strong language. Read by Daniel York. 7 hours 15 minutes. TB21356.Rudd, Matt. William Walker's first year of marriage. 2011. Humorous fiction. TB20195.William Walker has just married Isabel, the girl of his dreams. So far so good. But happy endings are just the beginning as ex-girlfriends, old flames and work conspire to mess things up and threaten to send William back to a state of sad bachelordom. Read by Simon Shepherd. 7 hours 47 minutes. TB20195.Schaefer, Jack. Shane. 1983. Western. TB21833.A 15 -year-old boy tells the story of the mysterious, foreboding stranger who rides into the Starretts' Wyoming ranch in the summer of 1889. Read by James Sobol Kelly. 4 hours 50 minutes. TB21833.Sheffield, Jack. Village teacher. 2011. Country life fiction. TB21576.Jack Sheffield; book 4. It's 1980: recession and unemployment have hit Britain, a royal wedding is on the way, and the whole country is wondering Who Shot JR? As Jack returns for his fourth year at Ragley-on-the Forest School, there's a definite chill in the air. Village schools are being closed down all over the place - will his be one of them?Read by Michael Tudor Barnes. 9 hours 59 minutes. TB21576.Thomas, Donald. The secret cases of Sherlock Holmes. 1997. Short stories. TB18412. This collection brings Baker Street's celebrated resident, and his cohort Dr Watson, out of retirement to investigate seven of the most notorious mysteries in the annals of true crime: Read by John Telfer, 10 hours 7 minutes. TB18412.Wilde, Oscar. The Canterville ghost. 1887. Classic fiction. TB21811.Mr Hiram B Otis buys a house that the previous owner warns him is haunted. Sir Simon de Canterville murdered his wife around three hundred years ago, and since his death, his ghost has haunted the house. But Mr Otis doesn’t heed the warning, and his twin boys take delight in frightening Sir Simon! Read by Steve Hodson. 1 hour 26 minutes. TB21811.Wodehouse, P.G. Jeeves takes charge: and other stories. 1990. Humorous fiction. TB8226.A collection of 13 short stories which have Wooster entangled in some jolly awkward situations: almost being forced to tie the knot, dog-sitting for Aunt Agatha's disappearing hound, and almost surrendering his shirt on the Egg and Spoon at Twing village races. And in all of them it is Jeeves who contrives to put the finishing touches to the schemes that test the Wooster soul.Read by Alistair Maydon. 6 hours 14 minutes. TB8226.Adult Non-fictionAnimalsBowen, James. A street cat named Bob. 2012. TB19905.The moving, uplifting true story of an unlikely friendship between a man on the streets and the ginger cat who adopts him and helps him heal his life.Read by Nick Gylaw. 6 hours. TB19905.Clunes, Martin. A dog's life. 2008. TB16641.Martin embarked on a worldwide quest to look into the history of dogs, and link the pampered pets of today with their wild ancestors painted dogs in Tanzania, dingoes in Australia and wolves in Yellowstone National Park, USA. He also explores how humans have shaped the dog breeds of today, visiting the Beverly Hills Mutt Club and meeting working dogs in several countries police dogs, hunting hounds and sled dogs. Contains strong language. Read by Adam Booth. 6 hours 57 minutes. TB16641.Lewis, Martyn. Cats in the news. 1991. TB9088.Most of the stories in this collection have featured in the newspapers rather than on television. Nevertheless, Martyn has collected some incredible tales of fantastic escapes, fantastic journeys, peculiar talents, enormous size and outrageous behaviour.Read by Martyn Lewis, 4 hours. TB9088.Autobiography and biographyAhlberg, Allan. The bucket: memories of an inattentive childhood. 2013. TB 21322. Allan Ahlberg was adopted as a baby. In 1938 he was picked up in London by his new mother and taken back to Oldbury in the Black Country. He describes an oddly enchanted childhood lived out in an industrial town during the 1940s, in conditions which today we might describe as 'deprived'. Read by Richard Derrington. 2 hours 28 minutes. TB21322.Bishop, John. How did all this happen?: my story. 2013. TB21408.How John went from a good job in sales and marketing and a nice house, to a midlife crisis and becoming one of Britain's top TV funnymen.Read by John Bishop. 9 hours 24 minutes. TB21408.Henson, Adam. Adam's farm. 2012. TB19816.In 2001, Adam Henson was chosen from 3500 applicants to become a presenter on 'Countryfile'. This is Adam's first book and it provides a first- person account of the drama, emotion and sheer hard work that is life on Adam's farm. Read by Nicky Henson. 7 hours 15 minutes. TB19816.Johnson, Martyn. What's tha up to? Memories of a Yorkshire bobby. 2012. TB21626.No two days were ever the same for bobby on the beat PC Johnson. Whether he was chasing unlikely coal thieves, tracking down peacocks gone AWOL or investigating mysterious flying saucers over Sheffield, he faced every new challenge with a smile and a healthy dose of his copper's common sense. Read by Martyn Johnson. 6 hours 51 minutes. TB21626.Pannett, Mike. "Now then lad": tales of a country bobby. 2009. TB19651.Mike Pannett has just taken up a new posting in rural North Yorkshire. It's quite a change from the Met, where he dealt with riots on the streets, drug gangs in Battersea and gun crime in Croydon. His first year is described here and as well as a memoir the book is a celebration of North Yorkshire - its landscape and character. Read by Jonathan Keeble. 7 hours 3 minutes. TB19651.Phinn, Gervase. Out of the woods but not over the hill. 2011. TB19339.Looking back over more than sixty years of family life, teaching, inspecting schools, writing and public speaking, Gervase never fails to unearth humour, character, warmth and wisdom from the most diverse of experiences. Brimming with nostalgia, gently mocking life's absurdities, never shy of an opinion, this is Gervase Phinn at his wittiest, twinkly-eyed best. Read by Gervase Phinn. 8 hours 55 minutes. TB19339.Secombe, Fred. How green was my curate. 1989. Read by Gareth Armstrong, 5 hours 51 minutes. TB7922. Autobiography; book 1. Written with warmth and humour, these fictionalised memoirs of a young curate tell of his experiences when sent to a parish in the Welsh Valleys at the end of the Second World War. Peopled with delightful and amusing characters, this book offers a charming picture of rural life. TB7922. Health and FitnessClifford, R. Not there doctor. 1980. TB11660.This is the hilarious and heart-warming story of a young doctor in the West Country. In the period leading up to Dr Clifford's wedding day, the trials and tribulations of his procession of patients are a source of constant entertainment. There's the angler whose salmon lure ends up embedded in the seat of his trousers, the bridegroom with a tattoo he's desperate to remove before he marries and the pregnant woman whose x-rays reveal a truly amazing phenomenon. Read by Richard Mitchely. 5 hours 7 minutes. TB11660.Gordon, Richard. Great medical disasters. 1983. TB 4963.The author believes that doctors have made more lethal mistakes than generals. This is an outrageous, funny and sometimes shocking catalogue of fifty of them.Read by David Rider. 4 hours 52 minutes. TB 4963.Gray, J A Muir. Sod seventy! The guide to living well. 2015. TB22058.Many of us approach our 70s with an unhelpful stereotype lodged in our brains. The stooped figures on the road sign imply that ageing inevitably causes problems but many of these can be postponed or prevented because they are caused not by ageing, but by loss of fitness, preventable disease and the wrong attitude. Shake off the stereotypes and empower yourself. Embrace 70, and make the most of it by following the simple resolutions created for you in this book, packed with ideas to help you get fit and healthy, in body and mind. This book tells you how to Sod Seventy! – and live life to the full! Read by Tom Carter. 4 hours 3 minutes. TB22058.HistoryFeeney, Paul. A 1960s childhood: from Thunderbirds to Beatlemania. 2010. TB21453.Do you remember Beatlemania? Radio Caroline? Mods and Rockers? The very first miniskirts? Life in the 1960s was a boom period, a time of changed attitudes and improved lifestyles. The changing times after the tough and frugal years of the fifties are depicted here from home and school life, games and hobbies to music and fashion. Read by Bob Rollett. 6 hours 33 minutes.HumourCoogan, Steve. I, Partridge: we need to talk about Alan. 2011. TB22231.Alan Gordon Partridge is the best, and best-loved, radio presenter in the region. Born into a changing world of rationing, Teddy Boys, apes in space and the launch of ITV, Alan’s broadcasting career began as chief DJ of Radio Smile at St. Luke’s Hospital in Norwich. Gregarious and popular, Alan's never happier than when relaxing in his own five-bedroom, south-built house with three acres of land. But who is this mysterious enigma? Read by Alan Partridge. 6 hours 59 minutes. TB22231.Green, Michael. Book of coarse sport. 1965. TB44.The text takes a humorous look at sport and how it is played. Read by Garard Green, 3 hours. TB44.Maths and scienceBuchan, Jamie. As easy as Pi: stuff about numbers that isn't (just) maths. 2009. TB17207.An entertaining and accessible guide, for those who love numbers - and those who don't! It uncovers a great deal of lore and intriguing information, including: snippets of fascinating numerical facts; myths and mysticism in the world of numbers; numbers in language and used as slang; pop-culture trivia; and useful mathematical rules to remember (and some it would be easier to forget). Read by Tom Lawrence. 3 hours 33 minutes. TB17207.Cairns, Warwick. About the size of it. 2008. TB16752.Why does the size of a space shuttle's fuel tanks have more to do with a horse's rump than rocket science? Is there a correlation between the humble pint and the capacity of the human bladder? And why is an old Wellington boot as important an instrument of spatial awareness as was ever invented? This book is a history of traditional weights and measures that will make you look at your everyday world in a completely different way. Read by Christian Rodska. 2 hours 56 minutes. TB16752.SportThe sporting gazette: sport. TB12059. From sword fights to boxing and from medieval jousts to modern motor racing, we join such diverse characters as A A Milne, Dick Francis, Queen Victoria, Kenneth Wolstenhome, Tony Jacklin and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as they share their experiences of England winning the 1966 world cup; Roger Bannister breaking the four minute mile; the very first game of rugby football; a game of cricket on horseback and the death of England's finest cricketer, W G Grace. Read by various narrators. 2 hours 11 minutes. TB12059.The sporting gazette: sporting pastimes. TB12067.We eavesdrop on some of the most fascinating events in the colourful history of the British at play; from Pitt the younger playing a game of marbles to Sir Donald Campbell's fatal attempt at the waterspeed record; Sir Francis Chichester's single handed voyage around the world and Lord Louis Mountbatten's experiences of a cock fight in India; from hunting with King James I to swimming the Channel with Captain Webb. Read by various narrators. 1 hour 58 minutes. TB12067.Garfield, Simon. The wrestling. 2007. TB18654.The classic account of the men and women who used to fight each other for pride and money. When British wrestling was dropped from the ITV schedules in the mid-1980s it left the giants of the ring - Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks, Kendo Nagasaki - bereft. This is the true story of the circuit, the big names and their rivalries. Contains strong language.Read by Alex Lowe. 6 hours 52 minutes. TB18654.Roberts, Monty. Shy Boy: the horse that came in from the wild. 1999. TB12187.The text follows horse whisper Monty Roberts and his beloved horse Shy Boy. It follows their relationship, starting when Shy Boy was a wild mustang, through a three day journey across 100 miles of Nevada desert, and finally Shy Boy's return to the wild.Read by Jeff Harding. 3 hours 33 minutes. TB12187.Wainwright, A. Memoirs of a fellwanderer. 1993. TB9877.A delightful and revealing memoir of the man who uniquely mapped the Lake District. It was his love for the fells, his desire to escape from the office and his fascination with maps which led to his creating a distinctive series of walking guides, and the Lake District becoming a Mecca for thousands of walkers every year.Read by Ronald Markham. 3 hours 43 minutes. TB9877.Watson, David. Of fish and men: tales of a Scottish fisher. 2000. TB13415.This work is a collection of perceptive and humorous anecdotes from nearly forty years of fishing, linked by a commentary on the author's life and times. The book is about much more than fishing; it is about characters and countryside, and about the struggle to forge a life and career in Scotland during the depression of the 1970s and 1980s. Read by David Watson. 3 hours 4 minutes. TB13415.TransportGreen, Michael. The art of coarse sailing. 1962. TB13161.A coarse sailor is defined by the author as "one who in a crisis forgets nautical language and shouts 'For God's sake turn left.'" Read by Garard Green. 4 hours. TB13161.Porter, Richard. Top Gear epic failures: 50 great motoring cock-ups. 2014. TB21477.The automotive industry is responsible for some of the most beautiful designs ever to grace the face of the planet. But it's had its fair share of bad days at the office too, such as Mitsubishi unveiling their new 'Starion' after mishearing calls from head office in Japan to call it the 'Stallion'. The time has come to name and shame.Read by Alan Thorpe. 2 hours 5 minutes. TB21477.Quinn, Tom. Tales of the old railwaymen. 2004. TB21866. Take a step back into the old world of steam railways, and discover the reality of life and work on Britain's railway system before the Beeching cuts and the introduction of diesel changed it forever. Read by David Learner. 6 hours 22 minutes. TB21866.Mr Punch Radio Dramatisations – a selectionThese well-known films were specially adapted for the radio and performed in front of a live studio audience by many of the original film stars.Casablanca. 1999. 26 minutes. TB12016. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Peter Lorre. Casablanca, perhaps the most watched film of all Hollywood movies tells the story of Rick Blaine and his former lover Ilse Lund and features the classic song "As time goes by". TB12016.She wore a yellow ribbon. 2002. 52 minutes. TB12670.Starring John Wayne. General Custer is dead and the Indians are rising all over the west. Captain Nathan Brittles is sent out on a last patrol to halt an impending Indian attack on the eve of his retirement. TB12670.The Maltese falcon. 1999. 30 minutes. TB12027. A Hollywood Playhouse recording. The Maltese Falcon stars Humphrey Bogart as the private detective Sam Spade who is entrusted with the safe-keeping of the much-coveted black falcon statuette, in this classic tale of greed and illusion. TB12027.The third man. 2002. 51 minutes. TB12678.Starring Joseph Cotten. Holly Martins arrives in post war Vienna to discover that his old friend Harry Lime has just died in a car accident. On hearing from Major Calloway of Lime's criminal activities and racketeering, Martins vows to clear his friends reputation and uncover the truth and discover what really happened to Harry Lime. TB12678.To have and have not. 2002. 50 minutes. TB12663.Starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Set in the Second World War, on the island of Martinique, Harry Morgan runs a charter boat available for hire - but business is bad and he gets involved with the Nazis and reluctantly agrees to help the French Resistance whilst wooing the beautiful singer 'Slim'. TB12663.The treasure of the Sierra Madre. 50 minutes. TB11923. A Hollywood Playhouse recording. Starring Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston. The story of three ill-matched gold diggers, who become more corrupt and greedy as they search for treasure in the mountains of Mexico, eventually falling foul of each other as they sell their souls for "The treasure of the Sierra Madre", in this exciting adventure story. TB11923.Other radio dramatisations First men in the moon. 1 hour 51 minutes. TB12078.A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of one of science fiction's classic tales. Join Donald Sinden and James Bolan as they journey through space to man's first incredible voyage to the moon, also starring Gary Olsen and Tom Georgeson. TB12078.The Groucho Marx variety show. 1 hour 4 minutes. TB12356.Join the genial, jovial, laughable, affable Groucho Marx in this quick fire collection of wisecracks, laughter and comedy, as he stars opposite the likes of Lucille Ball, Ginger Rogers, Jack Benny, Al Jolson and Bing Crosby, in this special two episode radio compilation. TB12356.Stevenson, Robert Louis. Mutiny on the Bounty. 1996. 2 hours 44 minutes. TB 12411.Starring Oliver Reed, Linus Roache, Roger Daltrey and Lionel Jeffries. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, this epic classic serial tells the tale of Fletcher Christian's dramatic mutiny against the tyrannical Captain Bligh. TB12411. ................
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