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Audiobooks Narrated by Sally Cook
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"Haberdashery looks at elements of the Rag Trade from Medieval times with the earliest haberdashers of the 1300s to tailoring in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries along with secret pattern making, famous drapers such as famous writer H.G. Wells and the earliest tailoring guidebook of the 1530s, It also looks at early pattern making for home seamstresses from the 1860s, the history of the safety pin and aspects of the contemporary fashion industry."
"Sandman tells the story of the origin of the Sandman, cultural sleeping habits around the world, sleeping in the Middle Ages, sleep remedies and potions, how humans fall asleep and where. and cultural customs and views regarding sleep as well as the plethora of things which keep us awake."
"Just Do It implies high action, taking a leap, defying the odds, making a go of things. But there is the nagging daily obligation of Just Doing everyday chores. What are these and what were they for the average person in the Middle Ages in Europe. And what nay Just Doing It mean in the next 24 years, in the next 100 years and even in the next 200 years. This audio story with effective sound effects takes the listener into the distant past, the modern present and in an imagined future with the comparison based around the theme of what Just Doing It can mean."
"Remote looks at the extensive use of the word and in particuar the invention and increasing use of remote controls from flushing toilets and closing garage doors to drone warfare to plantary exploration. The story lools at future uses of remote controls, their contribution to an enormous amount of ewaste and what happens to remotes when they die. It also explores unusual incidents involving remotes and what sort of animals have been known to destroy them. The story is enhanced with dynamic and varied sound effects."
"Queuing is about the history of queuing, strange things that have happened in queues, the longest queues ever, when did humans form the first queues, which animals queue and why. What have been the most unusual queues and where, The future with virtual queuing,"
"Luis Armstrong's trumpet is buried undeground, so is a blackened fingernail from a Hiroshima survivor. And who would think that one of Cher's dresses would be buried as well as a script for Gone With The Wind. And then there are the items deliberately sent into space as well as accidental burials and sunken ships. All these and more are described in this Time Capsule journey, aided by atmospheric music and sound effects."
"The power and ancient symbology of the raven carries this story through its historic presence for centuries at the Tower of London to current landscapes including the sandstone monolith of Mount Arapiles in Western Victoria. The ravens seemingly gloating presence adds to the atmosphere at this ancient Aboriginal rock site where many have taken up the climbing challenge and some have fallen. The story moves from this climbing area to one at Hanging Rock - principal scene of the famous novel Picnic at Hanging Rock and the hugely successful movie 'Picnic At Hanging Rock' made 50 years ago. An Unkindness of Ravens also looks at the thousands of years of Aboriginal heritage at this former volcanic site and the overall ancient atmospherr of both sites,"
"Ivy tells the story of a brave young woman who was awarded a special war commendation in signals during World War II in the Women's Arny Corp. She disarmed a German officer pointing a pistol in her face, survived strafing by a German bomber as she walked along a farm path as a Land Girl and lived in a garage with a dirt floor and cold water tap after migrating to Australia, She raised three young children after her husband dropped dead aged 39. Ivy read adult books at 3 years old and spoke fluent French at 7, She was engaged to one of the Great Escapers who was murdered in the snow near Stalag Luft 3. She made Australia her home and despite many setbacks, came to love the country dearly."
"The author is in court with a murderer, she is invited to drink tea from a urine filled pot, she covers theatre and cinema reviews as a London reporter, she works amid opulent carpets and heavy old typewriters with former criminals below in the printing works. She rides a Honda 90 motor bike across the Engiish fens on her way to cover stories in March, birthplace of the fabled March hare, She writes stories about a drunken turnip planter, a man named Jack Spratt, another man who didn't travel as far as his own bees. She writes about being bitten by a totters horse and of a local crazy woman who used to shout up at the newspapers weed ridden gutters. She lived in a house of many young women in Chalk Farm London and as a young wife on a Royal Airforce base in Cambridgeshire. Story telling runs deep within in her and as a young Australian in England she certainly got that opportunity."
"It's Not Your Fault delves into what can only be described as communication nightmares as a patient of the medical system. This true accounts show how fragile the trust between medical practitioner and patient can be and how it can be psychologically compromised bringing about negative effects. For example the author was already half way through her first pregnancy when a well known and respected obstetrician/gynaecologist began treating her for infertility and the possibility of a dangerously big tumour, That large lump turned out to be a baby,"
"Ask The Agent is an amusing look at some aspects of selling a house including when the wrong house is put up for sale,, when the back of a bus is one way to see a dream home, when a kitchen leaks badly before an Open For Inspection and when a young couple render their house with mud, poo and glue."
"Mirrors is a look at the panopoly of mirrors we confront in our modern daily life - for better or worse. Ongoing self reflections are unavoidable and come in all forms from the expected to the unexpected. They catch us unawares, they catch us self-reflecting and they catch us trying to cover up our faces with makeup and sometimes trying to disguise our mood, As far back as the fifth century BC Greeks were looking in hand mirrors as portrayed on ancient pots. This story uncovers some of our journeys with mirrors."
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