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Porter, Davina
Overview
| Works: | 242
works in
949
publications in
3
languages and
86,057
library holdings
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| Roles: | Narrator, Performer |
| Classifications: | pr6063.c326,
823.914 |
Most widely held works by
Davina Porter
The Sunday philosophy club by Alexander McCall Smith (
Sound Recording
)
11
editions published
between
2004
and
2011
in
English
and held by
1,588
libraries
worldwide
Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher by training, and an amateur sleuth by choice. When a young man falls from a balcony to his death, Isabel does not believe it was an accident. Plunging deep into the shady business community of Edinburgh, she is determined to root out the truth.
Friends, lovers, chocolate an Isabel Dalhousie mystery by Alexander McCall Smith (
Sound Recording
)
13
editions published
between
2005
and
2011
in
English
and held by
1,518
libraries
worldwide
When her niece Cat travels to a wedding in Italy, Isabel agrees to fill in at Cat's delicatessen. She takes note of a customer named Ian, who is avoiding chocolate--doctors say it's bad for the new heart he recently recieved. Ian is haunted by memories he can't quite place, prompting Isabel to wonder if his new heart may be the cause. Always keenly interested in matters of the heart, Isabel investigates and discovers some rather surprising truths.
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (
Sound Recording
)
22
editions published
between
1989
and
2011
in
English
and held by
1,306
libraries
worldwide
"Beautiful and charming, Anna lives in a splendid world of her own making. She smokes, rides horseback, plays tennis, takes opium, practices birth control, and--although she is already married--falls in love with a handsome army officer. Anna's life is played out against a backdrop of dazzling balls and the vastness of Russia's landscape"--Publisher website (January 2007).
The comforts of a muddy Saturday by Alexander McCall Smith (
Sound Recording
)
5
editions published
between
2008
and
2011
in
English
and held by
1,211
libraries
worldwide
After a patient dies accidentally, an impeccably credentialed doctor is accused of fraudulent involvement with a new drug. Isabel launches an investigation, concerned that a good man's reputation will be ruined. Could the doctor be taking the fall for someone else's mistake? Or did a nefarious pharmaceutical company put its lofty ambitions ahead of safety?
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (
Sound Recording
)
11
editions published
between
1900
and
2011
in
English
and held by
1,206
libraries
worldwide
Emma Bovary, bored by her provincial life, is drawn to a more sophisticated world that will demand a terrible price.
An echo in the bone [a novel by Diana Gabaldon (
Sound Recording
)
9
editions published
between
2009
and
2011
in
English
and held by
1,183
libraries
worldwide
Jamie Fraser knows from his time-traveling wife Claire that, no matter how unlikely it seems, America will win the Revolutionary War. But fighting for the eventual winner is no guarantee of safety. And worse still, the possibility of pointing a weapon at his own son--a young officer in the British army--haunts Jamie's every thought.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (
Sound Recording
)
6
editions published
between
1994
and
2011
in
English
and held by
1,159
libraries
worldwide
Innocent Tess Durbeyfield's maidenhood is stolen by the dishonorable Alex d'Urberville and yet she is able to find true love with Angel Clare; their happiness is later shattered, for when her past is revealed, Clare rejects her love until it is too late ...
The right attitude to rain by Alexander McCall Smith (
Sound Recording
)
9
editions published
between
2006
and
2011
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
1,067
libraries
worldwide
Isabel's life is thrown for a few loops when her cousin Mimi arrives from Dallas with her husband Joe. Through them, Isabel meets Tom Bruce, who is to marry someone Isabel suspects of gold-digging. Further complicating matters, Tom seems to have an unusual level of interest in Isabel. Meanwhile, Isabel has her own feelings to deal with.
Death of a travelling man by M. C Beaton (
Sound Recording
)
10
editions published
between
2005
and
2011
in
English
and held by
1,022
libraries
worldwide
When a suspicious gypsy and his girlfriend park their van in the midst of Lochdub, it's not long before the crime rate begins to soar. Although none of the villagers wants to give him any information, Police Constable Hamish Macbeth must solve a case that is truly bizarre.
Alice's adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (
Sound Recording
)
5
editions published
between
2003
and
2005
in
English
and held by
999
libraries
worldwide
A story about young Alice, who follows a white rabbit down a rabbit hole.
Death of a snob by M. C Beaton (
Sound Recording
)
5
editions published
between
2002
and
2011
in
English
and held by
930
libraries
worldwide
While recovering from the flu at a health farm on the Scottish isle of Eileencraig, Police Constable Hamish Macbeth gets involved in solving a murder.
The charming quirks of others by Alexander McCall Smith (
Sound Recording
)
8
editions published
between
2010
and
2011
in
English
and held by
910
libraries
worldwide
This Isabel Dalhousie tale finds the ethical philosopher doing background checks on several candidates for the same job. In the process, Isabel learns quite a bit about herself, as well.
Villette by Charlotte Brontë (
Sound Recording
)
6
editions published
between
2006
and
2011
in
English
and held by
906
libraries
worldwide
"Villette is the semi-autobiographical tale of Lucy Snowe. Left with no family and no money, Lucy goes against her own timid nature and travels to the small city of Villette, France, where she becomes a school teacher in Madame Beck's school for girls."--Container.
Death of a cad by M. C Beaton (
Sound Recording
)
7
editions published
between
1999
and
2011
in
English
and held by
873
libraries
worldwide
"When beautiful Priscilla Halburton-Smythe brings home her fiance, a famous playwright, all of Lochdubh clamors to meet the London celebrity except for her long-time friend Hamish. But the fiancee is pushed aside when one of the guests, a widely-hated hunter, is found shot to death. Everyone is quick to point out it could only be a tragic accident, but Hamish suspects otherwise." -- Container.
Mr. Revere and I by Robert Lawson (
Sound Recording
)
13
editions published
between
1953
and
2008
in
English
and held by
869
libraries
worldwide
An account of the life of the Revere family and the activities of the Sons of Liberty as told from the point of view of Paul Revere's horse.
Aiding and abetting by Muriel Spark (
Sound Recording
)
6
editions published
between
2001
and
2011
in
English
and held by
867
libraries
worldwide
"A dissolute member of the British aristocracy, 'Lucky' Lucan has been missing since he accidentally murdered his children's nanny in an abortive attempt on his wife's life. His puzzling disappearance in the mid-seventies created a sensation in Britain and a tantalizing mystery as yet unsolved. In Muriel Spark's daring and sophisticated fictional version of Lucan's flight, his adversary is Beate Pappenheim, a fake Bavarian stigmatic who embezzled millions from devout followers before assuming a new identity as a celebrated psychiatrist." -- Jacket.
The rescuers by Margery Sharp (
Sound Recording
)
5
editions published
between
1994
and
2008
in
English
and held by
838
libraries
worldwide
Two enterprising mice rescue a Norweigian poet from the dungeon of the Black Castle.
The careful use of compliments an Isabel Dalhousie novel by Alexander McCall Smith (
Sound Recording
)
10
editions published
between
2006
and
2011
in
English
and held by
815
libraries
worldwide
Ousted as editor of the "Review of Applied Ethics", Isabel thankfully has ner newborn son to keep her occupied. What's more, Charlie's adoring father Jamie has offered the most intriguing proposal of all--marriage. But before she can settle into a quiet, domestic existence, Isabel becomes entangled in an art world mystery. At an auction, two paintings attributed to a deceased artist hit the market at the same time, and both paintings have unusual elements--such as the appearance of a person the painter could only have known after his supposed date of death. Could the works be forgeries? Or for that matter, might the artist still be alive?
Other people's children by Joanna Trollope (
Sound Recording
)
9
editions published
between
1999
and
2006
in
English
and held by
799
libraries
worldwide
Explores the hard-won truths and often harder-to-overcome difficulties of coping with the members of stepfamilies--with present and former husbands and wives, and above all, with other people's children.
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (
Sound Recording
)
17
editions published
between
1991
and
2008
in
English and No Linguistic Content
and held by
791
libraries
worldwide
In 1945, a former combat nurse, back from the war and on her honeymoon, touches a boulder in an ancient Scottish ruin and is instantly transported to a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in 1743.
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