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Two very different cultures collide in this hilarious book about a young sports fanatic named Benny who is forced to leave his home in Ireland and move with his family to Tunisia. He wonders how he will survive in such an unfamiliar place. Then he teams up with wild and resourceful Omar, and a madcap friendship between the two boys leads to trouble, escapades, a unique way of communication, and ultimately, a heartbreaking challenge.
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Benny... Series
Thirteen Hours
By: Deon Meyer
Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
Length: 13 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
They killed her best friend. Now they are chasing Rachel Anderson through the streets of Cape Town. The young tourist doesn’t trust anyone – except her father, back in America. When he puts pressure on the politicians, they know that they must find Rachel before the killers do. So Benny Griessel – detective, maverick and father – has just 13... Read more »
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Old Time Radio's Greatest Stars: Jack Benny Collection 1
By: Black Eye Entertainment
Narrated by: Full Cast
Length: 5 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
Versatile actor/comedian Jack Benny had a long career (1911-1974) and was truly a star of stage, screen and radio. Recognized as a leading 20th-century American entertainer, Benny often portrayed his character as a miser, playing violin poorly, and claiming to be no older than 39, regardless of his actual age. Known for his comic timing, Benny...
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The Jack Benny Program, Collection 1
By: Black Eye Entertainment
Narrated by: Full Cast
Length: 5 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Born in Chicago, February 14, 1894, Benjamin Kubelsky would later become known as Jack Benny. As a boy, he was encouraged by his Jewish immigrant parents from Poland to become a concert violinist. He learned to play quite well and hit the vaudeville stage, where he played popular songs and honed a suave-but-fragile personality, telling...
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Devil's Peak
By: Deon Meyer
Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
Length: 14 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Bennie Griessel may be losing his battle with alcohol but he still knows enough to head up the police team tracking 'Artemis', a vigilante killer who targets child murderers. The killer is in fact Thobela Mpayipheli, a former freedom fighter robbed of everything by the murder of his son. And when Griessel's daughter is kidnapped, his world and... Read more »
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The Jack Benny Program, Collection 2
By: Black Eye Entertainment
Narrated by: Full Cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Jack Benny liked to portray himself as a skinflint but his generosity as a comic allowed other characters to get their fair share of laughs … usually at his expense. Benny got more laughs playing the straight man and didn’t care if he was the butt of the jokes. With his brilliant timing, smooth delivery, and trademark mannerisms, Benny was a...
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The Woman in the Blue Cloak
By: Deon Meyer
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 3 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
The Woman in the Blue Cloak is a brilliant novella which will thrill and entertain fans of Deon Meyer's much-loved detective Benny Griessel.
Benny Griessel is a cop on a mission: he plans to ask Alexa Bernard to marry him. That means he needs to buy an engagement ring—and that means he needs a loan.
So Benny has a lot on his mind when he is... Read more »
The Last Hunt
By: Deon Meyer
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 11 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
When a cold case dossier lands on Captain Benny Griessel's desk, he and his partner Vaughn Cupido, fellow member of the Hawks elite police unit in South Africa, reluctantly set to work reviewing the evidence of the disappearance—and possible murder—of ex-cop Johnson Johnson on the world's most luxurious train line. Two fellow travelers might... Read more »
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Benny and Omar
By: Eoin Colfer
Narrated by: Euan Morton
Length: 6 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Two very different cultures collide in this hilarious book about a young sports fanatic named Benny who is forced to leave his home in Ireland and move with his family to Tunisia. He wonders how he will survive in such an unfamiliar place. Then he teams up with wild and resourceful Omar, and a madcap friendship between the two boys leads to... Read more »
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Benny and Babe
By: Eoin Colfer
Narrated by: Euan Morton
Length: 7 hours 1 minutes
Abridged: No
Benny Shaw, a sports-obsessed, carefree kid is convinced that he can take on the world until he spends the summer living with his grandfather and meets resident tomboy and all-around tough-girl Babe Meara. Benny many be a wise guy, but Babe is at least three steps ahead of him, especially on her territory. When a money-making business venture... Read more »
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