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A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘For all those who believe in the politics of principle and hope this a wonderful reminder that they do not always lose. For all those who despair that politics can ever be inspiring again this is a must-read to shake you out of your misery’ Paddy Ashdown ‘There is...

Julius Hutch has planned to spend his retirement years 'pottering' and worrying about his bills, but wakes one morning to discover a foreign merchant bank has put four million pounds into his account—and won't take it back. So Julius, a humble man, sets out to spend the money helping other people, and wooing Pauline, the local bank teller. Up against an enormous banking corporation and an unsavoury property developer, Julius soon discovers that rather than being crushed by these financial giants as he would have been in the past, he is rendered rather more delightfully impervious.

Just days after the wedding of Valeria Brinton and Eustace Woodville, a series of strange incidents causes Valeria to believe her husband is hiding a dark secret. She discovers he has been living under a false name, and when questioned, Eustace refuses to discuss it. Upon further digging, Valeria finds Eustace had been on trial three years ago for the murder of his wife. However, the verdict had come down as the scotch verdict of not proven. This implied his guilt, but there was not enough evidence for a conviction nor did it exonerate him.

Soley a tout ce dont elle a toujours rêvé : amour, succès et argent. Après avoir découvert dans la presse que son petit ami la trompait, Soley décide de rentrer chez elle, en Cornouailles, à Blooming Hall, le manoir de ses grands-parents. À peine arrivée, elle apprend que ses cousines Dalia et Tumboa ont trouvé un tableau dans la réserve, un portrait à l'huile d'une femme lui ressemblant étrangement. Pourquoi leur grand-mère avait-elle caché cette peinture ?

The concluding Hammer novel begins with a 21st-century funeral before flashing back to summer, 1973. Nine years after the events of Dig Two Graves, Hammer takes another unlikely vacation—this time on Long Island to help look after his partner Velda Sterling’s seventeen-year-old sibling, Mikki. When Mikki gets hooked on heroin, Hammer—filled with contempt for dope dealers—goes on a rampage. He will find those behind the drug racket and teach them what shooting up is all about.

Lila always dreamed of being more. When she joins the cutting-edge Echomere Labs, her boyfriend Evan thinks her new confidence is just the excitement of a better job—until he notices her shoes getting bigger, her clothes growing tighter, and the quiet height marks she’s been tracking behind their closet door. What starts as subtle changes quickly accelerates. Lila is getting taller, stronger, curvier… and her personality is shifting in ways Evan can’t ignore. Her desire intensifies, her temper sharpens, and her attitude toward men—everyone except Evan—grows increasingly cold.

One of the world’s leading theologians and biblical scholars introduces the prayer that Jesus gave us. ‘Our Father, who art in heaven …’ When he saw Jesus praying, one of his followers asked him to teach them how to pray. Jesus instructed them in the right words to use. When we say the words of the ‘Our Father’ we pray not only as Jesus taught us but also (in part) we pray in the same way Jesus himself prayed. We are bonded to him in prayer.

Are you a teenager looking to boost your self-esteem? Are you struggling to cope with peer pressure? Is life overwhelming you with problem after problem? Are you sick and tired of teenage angst? Trying to deal with everything alone can be a nightmare! Being a teenager has never been more challenging, which is why this book has been written. In it, you will find all the help and advice you need to build up your self-esteem and start liking yourself more. If you feel like you aren’t good enough, smart enough, capable enough, this audiobook will change all of that.

Athena Spencer's entire family has been put to work when a big fat Greek wedding rehearsal is booked at the Parthenon. All hands are needed for rolling grape leaves, layering moussaka, and keeping the bride calm. But then the groom goes MIA and there's far more to worry about then just whether Yiayia's lemon rice soup has gone cold. No matter how tangy the tzatziki, everyone's appetite is ruined when the groom is found dead, a pair of scissors planted in his back. Then the bride accuses Athena's sister Selene, a hairstylist, of seducing and stabbing her fiance.

After witnessing Astaroth being imprisoned by Kafziel, his daughter Elysia and son Byleth set off to finding the key to set him free. Under the request of stopping this by Kafziel, Kenan undergoes a week of training to become a time mage. With the aid of Kafziel's limousine driver Gordon Stone and his demon girlfriend Asmodeus, they set off to Heaven to warn the angels of an incoming assault led by Elysia and Byleth.

This ambitious and fascinating history considers why, in the space of sixty years between 1850 and 1910, football grew from a marginal and unorganised activity to become the dominant winter entertainment for millions of people around the world. The book explores how the world’s football codes...

Are you a woman looking for self-love? Do you want to be more confident and raise your self-esteem? Do you wish you had more friends? Are you finding it difficult to meet new people? Tired of feeling lonely? Rebecca Collins has put both her books Love Yourself Deeply and How To Make Friends Easily together in this very special two-in-one audiobook package.

‘Funny but serious, accessible but rich in meaning, consistently surprising – the world looks slightly different after reading a Billy Collins poem. He’s a one-off, an American treasure’ Nick Laird These are poems of whimsy and imaginative acrobatics, but they are grounded in the...

The Pragmatist’s Guide to Sexuality takes a deep dive into research surrounding human sexuality, while also presenting one of the most comprehensive studies into what arouses people, using this data to explore everything, from the social structures of early hominids to the future of dating.

Thirteen bibliomysteries by best-selling and award-winning authors are contained in this first of volume of a must-listen collection. 

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘Talking to you in English’, he said, ‘is like touching you with gloves.’ A language barrier is no match for love. New Yorker journalist Lauren Collins discovers this first-hand when, in her early thirties, she moves to London and falls for Olivier, a...

Collins makes language learning fun, fast and flexible. Pick up the essentials of the Thai language with this easy-to-use audio introduction. Covering everything from finding your way to talking about yourself, Collins 40-minute audio can help you learn short and simple phrases quickly by just...

US Special Operations Command trains and equips units to undertake select military activities, frequently high-risk missions, often for the purposes of counterterrorism and counterinsurgency. Since 9/11, impelled by an attack on US soil, these forces have been a central instrument of America's military campaign - operating in about 100 countries on any given day. This fight - neither hot war nor cold peace - was launched and executed as a new type of global war in 2001 and has since splintered into a spectrum of regional conflicts. 

On the 40th anniversary of Neil Postman's prophetic book Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985), Scrolling Ourselves to Death gathers today's most incisive writers to think critically about the shaping power of contemporary technology. This book explores Postman's insights, connects them to the challenges facing Christians today, and turns difficult challenges into life-giving opportunities for the church. Stepping back from their screens, listeners will be equipped to live faithfully, and grow spiritually, in a "scrolling ourselves to death" world.

The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel. It is generally considered to be the first detective novel, and it established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel. The story was originally serialised in Charles Dickens' magazine All the Year Round. The Moonstone and The Woman in White are widely considered to be Collins' best novels, and Collins adapted The Moonstone for the stage in 1877, although the production was performed for only two months.