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L Ron Habbard's saga of the year 3000 (made into a notorious film starring John Travolta), read here by Roddy McDowall.
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Ross MacDonald's Sleeping Beauty KCRW presentation
I have placed this post in this group because Anson Roberts put the companion production The Zebra Striped Hearse in this group. Both are far closer to full cast productions (and BBC would be well served if it adopted the technique used far more oft
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http://www.mediafire.com/?ilysaiydxosnk
The author, Frank Herbert, was a USN officer and I suppose he got sick of seeing water e
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When a 15-year-old girl shows up to plead with Elvis to find her errant father, his first impulse is to hand the case over to Social Services. But he sees how hard the kid is working to keep her two siblings together and afloat. The father sounds li
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Thanks to Jake for reminding me about this excellent readin
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The Listerdale Mystery and Other Stories by Christie, Agatha
Christie, Agatha - The Listerdale Mystery and Other Stories (Unabridged)
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Five stories by the acclaimed Indian writer.
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Rebroadcast 12 to 16 March 2012 on Radio 4 Extra
160/44; 80 MB total; sound quality excellent
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Tom Winter thought the secluded cottage in the Pacific Northwest would be the perfect refuge—a place to nurse the wounds of lost love and happiness. But Tom soon discovers that his safe haven is the portal of a tunnel through time. At one end is t
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