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439 Burke Road Glen Iris VIC 3146 Soundbooks Ph: (03) 9824 7711 Fax: (03) 9824 7855 The Audio Experts – Australia and International A.B.N. 14 004 492 013 www.soundbooks.com.au [email protected] Email: Issue 9223 – Summer 2009-2010 New Releases Junior & Young Adult Audiobooks Please note: all prices include G.S.T. UA = “complete and unabridged, word for word” Pre-school : Under 5s (p.10) Readalongs : Ages 5-8 (p.13) C h i l d r e n ’ s : Ages 5-8 (p.4) Junior : 8-15 (p.1) Young Adult : over 15 (p.8) But… the best children’s audiobooks will be enjoyed by virtually any age group! Don’t cry “crocodile tears” that the latest in the Alex Rider series won’t be released in time for Christmas… We will have this much-anticipated Anthony Horowitz title “Crocodile Tears” in stock in January! Owen, James A . The Shadow Dragons Junior Audiobooks Book 4, Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica Garner, Alan . Elidor World War II has been ‘Towers – like raging for three years, flame. A candle but a more terrible evil in darkness. A is just over the black wind.’ horizon. The last Roland Watson stones are falling from wasn’t expecting the Keep of Time, and to see things like the Imperial that when he Cartological Society, kicked a football led by Richard Burton, into a has collected doors condemned and is building a new church. But once tower at the request of inside, he is an old enemy: the transported from Winter King’s shadow. the slums of He has a terrible Manchester to weapon – the Spear of the ruins of a Destiny – that can be magical used to command the kingdom – the shadows of anyone it touches. twilight world of Elidor. And only he can restore the light to The Shadow King uses the Spear of Destiny to enlist an Elidor and guard its treasures while a way is sought to save the unstoppable army of Dragon shadows. And after the dying land. Archipelago falls, the Shadow King intends to use th e turmoil of He is helped by his brothers, Nicholas and David, and sister, World War II to take over both worlds. Helen, as they travel between the devastated city where they All the legendary Caretakers, past and present, come together live with their parents and the shattered otherworld. They face to save two worlds, and their only hope lies with a small group trials of strength and ingenuity, threatened by forces of of companions who are on the quest for the broken sword darkness and fear – quite apart from the anger of the Caliburn: the Grail Child, Rose Dyson; her clockwork demolition company trying to pull down the church where the companion, the owl Archie; a dead professor of ancient secret entrance is. What’s more, although they pass between literature; and the mythical knight Don Quixote. Elidor and Manchester, the dangers and mysteries travel with them. Static electricity is threatening their own neighbourhood 9CD UA $69.95 Narrated by James Langton almost as much as the song of Findhorn – it’s not just Elidor Also available in the same series: they have to try to save, it’s their own world too. Book 1, Here, there be Dragons 7CDs UA $49.95 Part folklore, part adventure and part fantasy, Alan Garner’s Elidor is a modern children’s classic. Book 2, Search for the Red Dragon 8CDs UA $69.95 3CD UA $39.95 Narrated by Jonathan Keeble Book 3, The Indigo King 8CDs UA $69.95 Page 1 of 18. All prices are in Australian dollars and include G.S.T. Owen, James A. The Indigo King Buckley -Archer, Linda . The Time Q uake Book 3, Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica Book 3, The Gideon Trilogy “Answer the questions Time itself is splintering. unanswered for more than two Abducted to 1763, Peter millennia, and perhaps you Schock and Kate Dyer might still restore the world.” begin to understand that On a September evening in history has reached a 1931, John and Jack, two of tipping point. The the Caretakers of the antigravity machine is in Imaginarium Geographica , the hands of the cruel and discover a plea for help on a ambitious Lord Luxon – medieval manuscript - which who has set his sights on seems to have been written by the most valuable prize of their friend, Hugo Dyson! all: America. He is When they rush to warn him, determined to manipulate Hugo walks through a door in time to his advantage, no time - and vanishes into the matter what the cost. past. And in that moment, the And the cost is great world begins to “change”. indeed. As Lord Luxon The Frontier, which separates our world from the Archipelago of changes more and more of the past for his own gain, terrible Dreams, has fallen. Dark and terrible beasts roam throughout time quakes begin to sweep through all of history. Kate Dyer, England. No one can be summoned from the Archipelago. All adrift in time and suffering from an overexposure to time the world lies under the reign of a cruel and terrible king. travel, knows that if Lord Luxon is not stopped… the time The only hope to restore the proper order of things lies on a quakes will tear the universe apart. forgotten island, where a time travel device left by Jules Verne 10CD UA $59.95 Narrated by Gerard Doyle must be used to race through history itself - from the Bronze Age, to ancient Alexandria and the founding of the Silver Farmer, Nanc y. The Islands of the Blessed Throne - in one night. Book Three, Sea of Trolls Trilogy 8CD UA $69.95 Narrated by James Langton “Foolish boy,” whispers the Arena, Felice & Lyon, Garry . Specky Magee and cobwebby voice of the hogboon. “You force me to the Battle of the Young Guns slay you.” As the Victorian team battle But Jack and Thorgil it out against the other states between them possess the for a chance to play on the rune of protection, and hallowed MCG turf, Specky they overpower the has a fight on his hands just soulless spirit who is so to be allowed to play with his intent on murder and beloved Booyong Lions. And marriage, respectively. when his long-lost grandpa They’ve survived worse. comes to visit, it’s all-out war The crowning volume of thi at home as well. trilogy begins with a Will he have to choose tornado (Odin on a Wild between representing his Hunt, as the young state, and coming through berserker Thorgil sees it). for his mates? Can he find out what’s going on between his dad The fields of Jack’s village have been devastated, the winter and his grandpa before it’s too late? And who is the mysterious ahead looks bleak, and a monster – a draugr – invades the man who has been keeping an eye on Specky’s game? forest outside of town. What’s a hogboon in comparison? Specky’s loyalty to his friends, his team and to AFL will be 12CD UA $59.95 Narrated by Gerard Doyle tested like never before... 4CD UA $29.95 Narrated by Stig Wemyss Westerfield, Scott . Leviathan It is the cusp of World Paver, Michelle. Ghost Hunter War I, and all the European powers are Book 6, Chronicles of Ancient Darkness arming up. The Austro- The final book in the Hungarians and Germans Chronicles of Ancient have steam-driven iron Darkness . machines loaded with As winter approaches guns and ammunition. and Souls’ Night draws The British Darwinists near, the Eagle Owl employ fabricated Mage holds the clans in animals as their the grip of terror. Torak weaponry. The must seek his lair in the “Leviathan” is a living Mountain of Ghosts. He airship, the most must defy demons and formidable airbeast in the tokoroths, and find his skies of Europe. way through the Gorge Aleksandar Ferdinand, of the Hidden People. prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is on the run. His own Wolf must overcome people have turned on him. All he has is a battle-torn terrible grief. Renn must Stormwalker and a loyal crew of men. make an agonising decision. And in the final battle against the Deryn Sharp is a commoner, a girl disguised as a boy in the Soul-Eater, Torak must face the most heart-rending choice British Air Service. She’s a brilliant airman. But her secret is in imaginable. constant danger of being discovered... 5CD UA $34.99 Narrated by Ian McKellen 7CD UA $49.95 Narrated by Alan Cumming Page 2 of 18. All prices are in Australian dollars and include G.S.T. Scott, Michael . The Magician Stroud, Jonathan. The Golem ’s Eye Book 2, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Book 2, The Bartimaeus Trilogy After fleeing Ojai, Two years have passed Nicholas, Sophie, Josh, since young apprentice and Scatty emerge in magician Nathaniel became Paris, the City of Lights. famous by foiling the Home for Nicholas Flamel. ruthless Simon Lovelace. Only this homecoming is Now fourteen, Nathaniel is anything but sweet. ambitiously climbing the Perenell is still locked up ranks of the magicians’ back in Alcatraz and Paris government. The Prime is teeming with enemies. Minister himself has placed Nicollo Machiavelli, Nathaniel in charge of immortal author and capturing the Resistance, a celebrated art collector, is group of unruly working for Dee. He’s commoners working to after them, and time is undermine the magicians’ running out for Nicholas empire.