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Alan Bennett - Untold Stories Part 3: Written On The Body Written By - Alan Bennett Narrated By - Alan Bennett Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd Runtime : 2 hours 30 minutes Categories : Biographical Autobiography Arts & Drama Comedy Price : $18.49 Buy Now... Alan Bennett reads five more extracts from Untold Stories , his major collection of new writings.   Untold Stories . Alan Bennett's first major collection of prose since his bestselling Writing Home , brings together the finest and funniest of his writing over the last ten years. Following on from Untold Stories: Part I: Stories and Part 2: The Diaries ,  Part 3: Written on the Body is both a reflection on Alan Bennett's childhood and schooldays and a meditation on writing. Written on the Body is a sideways look at Bennett's schooldays at Leeds Modern School, and a recollection of the growing pains of puberty. Seeing Stars is a nostalgic view of the movies of the Forties, seen by Bennett and his family in any one of the half a dozen cinemas in their district in Leeds, including the Western, the Clifton, the Picturedrome and the Lyric. Finally, Staring Out of the Window lets us into Bennett's creative process, which apparently consists of a good deal of... well... staring out of the window. Alan Bennett's television series Talking Heads has become a modern-day classic, as have many of his works for the stage, including Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van, The Madness of George III (together with the Oscar-nominated screenplay The Madness of King George ) and an adaptation of The Wind in the Willows . The History Boys won the Evening Standard and Critics' Circle awards for Best Play, the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play, the South Bank Award and six Tony Awards. Other titles you may be interested in García Márquez in 90 Minutes Written By - Paul Strathern Narrated By - Robert Whitfield Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc Runtime : 2 hours Categories : Biographical Arts & Drama Autobiography Historical Knowledge & Learning Price : $19.95 $9.95 In García Márquez in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of García Márquez 's life and ideas, and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand ... More info... Life and Work of Marcel Proust Written By - Neville Jason Narrated By - Neville Jason Published By : Select Music & Distribution Runtime : 4 hours Categories : Arts & Drama Biographical Price : $15.49 This first audio-biography of Marcel Proust tells the story of one of the world's most original and admired literary geniuses. From his youth in the salons of Belle Epoque Paris, we follow his... More info... Arthur Conan Doyle - A Life Written By - Hesketh Pearson Narrated By - Tim Pigott-Smith Published By : Select Music & Distribution Runtime : 2 hours 40 minutes Categories : Arts & Drama Price : $11.99 In his comprehensive biography, Pearson considers how Doyle's life is reflected in his books. More info... Kafka in 90 Minutes Written By - Paul Strathern Narrated By - Robert Whitfield Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc Runtime : 2 hours Categories : Arts & Drama Autobiography Self Help Price : $19.95 $9.95 In Kafka in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Kafka's life and ideas, and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand his place in the wo... More info...