Audiobooks - skipping end of track

I've recently downloaded some audiobooks from AudioBooksforFree.com as mp3. Length 15 - 35 minutes per file. They play OK on iTunes but on the iPod they skip the last ten seconds. That means ten seconds before the end of the track it jumps to the start of the next track.
Older mp3 files I've had on for a while don't do this.
At the same time as this I've upgraded to the latest iTunes (7.1.1.5).
I've made sure that Crossfade Playback is turned off. And I have the problem whether or not I have the tracks specified as "skip when shuffling" and/or "part of a gapless album".
I've done a reset on the iPod (which didn't help) but don't dare do a full restore in case the problem effects all tracks when reloaded!
My iPod is a 2 year old 4th Generation 60GB Photo. Software version 1.2.1.
Any ideas?
Dell Dimension 8250 Windows XP

Dave:
I think Stories will do the job. You can check this Stories Tutorial (from www.kenstone.net).
But if you want to be 100% sure, the re-encoding is obviously the complete solution ! (... but I'm sure you knew that) ;D
Hope it helps !
Alberto

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