When H. G. Wells first published The War of The Worlds in 1898, the novel quickly became a sci-fi classic. The story of extraterrestrials from Mars invading Earth captured the public’s imagination, inspiring a famed 1938 radio broadcast with Orson We...

Jeff Wayne's The War of The Worlds: The Musical Drama

Joining us in the Audible Studios to talk about his children’s books Junkyard Jack and the Horse That Talked and Tilly and the Time Machine is British comedian, actor and writer Adrian Edmondson.  Best known for his comedic roles in television series...

Adrian Edmondson

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Tilly and the Time Machine written and read by Adrian Edmondson.  Tilly is seven and a half - and about to make history. When Tilly's dad builds a time machine in the shed there's only one place she really wa...

Tilly and the Time Machine

An irresistible new volume of affectionate missives about our feline companions from Charles Dickens, Anne Frank, Raymond Chandler, Elizabeth Taylor, and more, from the author of the best-selling Letters of Note collections. Florence Nightingale send...

Letters of Note: Cats

In Letters of Note: War, Shaun Usher brings together some of the most remarkable letters that encapsulate the human experience of war, from unimaginable feats of courage and compassion, to unthinkable episodes of violence and horror.  A star-studded ...

Letters of Note: War

From Beethoven and Tchaikovsky to John Lennon, Prince, and Kim Gordon, tune in to the evocative expressions of treasured composers, musicians, singers, and songwriters in this enchanting volume from the compiler of the best-selling Letters of Note co...

Letters of Note: Music

A powerful new volume of missives about combat by Alexander Hamilton, General Sherman, Evelyn Waugh, Kurt Vonnegut, and more, from the author of the best-selling Letters of Note collections. Defeated Cossacks taunt the pompous sultan of the Ottoman E...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Junkyard Jack and the Horse That Talked, written and read by Adrian Edmondson.  'Can all animals talk?' Jack asked. 'Well, of course they can,' said Boadicea the Shetland Pony. 'We're not idiots, you know.'  ...

Junkyard Jack and the Horse That Talked

From Napoléon Bonaparte and Frida Kahlo to Nelson Mandela and Ayn Rand, glimpse the ardors of artists, painters, writers, and more in this touching volume of beautiful missives, from the author of the best-selling Letters of Note collections.  Beetho...

Letters of Note: Love

The world's very worst Vikings are back to dash our hopes and fail our expectations, in this second instalment in the Two Terrible Vikings series from international best-selling author Francesca Simon. It's not easy being the WORST at everything! Hac...

Two Terrible Vikings and Grunt the Berserker

In Letters of Note: Music, Shaun Usher brings together a riveting collection of letters by and about some of the musicians and music that enrich our lives. Wonderfully wide-ranging and illuminating, it will delight music lovers of all stripes.  A sta...

This viking duo will give Horrid Henry a run for his money, from international best-selling author Francesca Simon. What if your parents wanted you to behave badly? Set in the snowy fjords of a Viking kingdom, the terrible twins, Hack and Whack, are ...

Two Terrible Vikings

In Letters of Note: Fathers, Shaun Usher collects letters celebrating weird and wonderful dads.... Ten percent of the proceeds* received from this audiobook will be made available by the publisher, Canongate Books, to The National Literacy Trust for ...

Letters of Note: Fathers

A powerful collection of letters on the theme of war, curated by the founder of the globally popular Letters of Note website.  The first volume in the best-selling Letters of Note series was a collection of hundreds of the world's most entertaining, ...

A delightful collection of letters about fathers and fatherhood, curated by the founder of the globally popular Letters of Note website. The first volume in the best-selling Letters of Note series was a collection of hundreds of the world's most ente...

A fascinating new volume of messages about motherhood, from the author of the best-selling Letters of Note collections. In Letters of Note: Mothers, Shaun Usher gathers together exceptional missives by and about mothers, celebrating the joy and grief...

Letters of Note: Mothers

In Letters of Note: Mothers, Shaun Usher gathers together exceptional missives by and to mothers, celebrating the joy and grief, humour and frustration, wisdom and sacrifice the role brings to both parent and child.  A star-studded cast of readers br...

A fascinating new volume of messages about fatherhood, from the author of the best-selling Letters of Note collections. In Letters of Note: Fathers, Shaun Usher collects together remarkable correspondence by and about fathers, including proud parenta...

A gorgeous collection of letters about mothers and motherhood, curated by the founder of the globally popular Letters of Note website. The first volume in the best-selling Letters of Note series was a collection of hundreds of the world's most entert...

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Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson is an English comedian, writer, director, actor, and musician. He is probably best known for his comedic roles in the television series The Young Ones (1982–1984) and Bottom (1991–2003), which he also wrote together with his long-time comedy partner Rik Mayall. Edmondson attended Pocklington School in Yorkshire from 1968 to 1975 and later went to the University of Manchester to study drama, receiving a 2:1 degree, where he met his future comedy partner Rik Mayall. Edmondson and Mayall soon became best friends and before long found work on the burgeoning alternative comedy scene. Under the name 20th Century Coyote, Edmondson and Mayall became one of the star attractions at The Comedy Store

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