Fresh from a posting in Tokyo, young British First Secretary Peter Darwin decides to holiday in England before taking up his next assignment for the Foreign Office. During a brief stopover in Miami, Peter is accidentally caught in a scuffle that leaves two acquaintances beaten and robbed. Peter stands by his new friends until they are safely delivered to their next destination:
John Mountjoy, an escaped murderer, takes a hostage and demands an audience with Peter Diamond, the policeman who had arrested him. Diamond discovers Mountjoy is innocent. But who was the real killer, and can Diamond solve the mystery before the hostage is harmed?
In a dazzling act of ventriloquism, Peter Carey gives Ned Kelly a voice so wild, passionate and original that it is impossible not to believe that the famous bushranger himself is speaking from beyond the grave. True History of the Kelly Gang is the song of Australia, and it sings its protest in a voice at once crude and delicate, menacing and heart-wrenching. Carey gives us Ned Kelly as orphan, as Oedipus, as horse thief, farmer, bushranger, reformer, bank-robber, police-killer and, finally, as his country's beloved Robin Hood.
Peter thinks he has the world's biggest problem - his little brother Fudge. Fudge causes trouble wherever he goes and it's usually up to Peter to sort out the mess. When Peter wins a tiny green turtle called Dribble he's determined to keep it away from his brother. But when Fudge does get his hands on Dribble - disaster strikes! FOR KIDS, AGE 9-12
The Children's Classics Collection [audiobook EN] [mp3@~135
These six full–cast audio dramas bring some of the best children's literature joyfully to life. Includes Heidi (2 CDs), The Jungle Book (2 CDs), Peter Pan (2 CDs), Pollyanna (2 CDs), Robinson Crusoe (2 CDs), and The Wizard of Oz (2 CDs).