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The three Uhtred stories featured in this audio edition are also included in UHTRED’S FEAST, available to buy in hardback. Bernard Cornwell brings us three new stories of the iconic hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, showing us the man behind the shield – as a young boy, as Alfred's advisor, and as...

She didn't know what she stood to lose - until hope was all she had left. Kristen was living the dream - a loving husband, adorable children, a successful career. Why hadn't it been enough? She's had a lot of time to ponder the answer - behind bars. It was a little fudging of the numbers, just once to cover some unpaid bills. Somehow, she wound up a convicted white-collar criminal, sentenced to a women's prison full of drug dealers and murderers, enduring days of mind-numbing tedium punctuated by moments of harrowing violence. A place where respect is earned with one's fists.

From New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist Lisa Genova comes a “heartbreaking…very human novel” (Matthew Thomas, author of We Are Not Ourselves) that does for Huntington’s disease what her debut novel Still Alice did for Alzheimer’s. Joe O’Brien is a...

Ever been tempted to pretend you were someone exotic, someone adventurous, someone different? Set in Ireland, England and Australia, this is the funny and heart-warming story of two people whose lives are about to turn upside down and inside out. Eva is off to Australia on a break from her job in a Dublin delicatessen, hoping to forget a fizzled romance and find inspiration for a new career. Joseph is taking a holiday from his stressful London job. Each is on a search for some answers about life.

"This plot isn't just twisted—it's down-right gnarled." —People Magazine It takes a special family to turn a home into a nightmare. Since her husband’s unsolved murder three years ago, Iris Blodgett’s life has unraveled. Awash in grief and buried in debt, she can’t pay her...

Hope Carpenter received that advice from her mother decades ago. Now, with their four children grown, Hope and her husband, Rick, are suddenly facing an uncertain future after a forced retirement strains both their savings and their marriage. Seeking inspiration and a financial boost, Hope gets a job teaching crafts to inmates at a local women's prison.   

‘A touch of Jekyll and Hyde in this story of murder, vengeance and bonds of friendship. Fine stuff’ Ian Rankin ‘BRILLIANT!!’ Suzy K Quinn ‘Thrilling’ Riley Sager ‘A smart, taut thriller’ Chris Bohjalian Praise for Lisa Unger: ‘The best nail-biter I have read for ages’ Lee...

Stephanie Sandford, recently widowed, must tell her family the truth. But the past is indistinct and it’s complicated. First, there was her mum, who developed an anxious streak after marrying the wrong Reg. And then there was the young man from the dairy who gave Stevie swimming lessons before he broke her heart. War came, and four years chopping root vegetables in the canteen of the Sun Pat peanut factory on the Old Kent Road.

Connie Baltimore has her life planned. Earn perfect grades. Go to college and graduate school. Start a research career. Everything changes when her older sister moves back home with their outspoken grandmother and overworked parents. Add a handsome family friend to the mix, and Connie’s carefully ordered world collapses. When the road turns to forbidden romance, Connie faces a choice that will change her life forever. Will she stay on the safest path? Or risk it all for the unknown?

While taking a beautiful drive through the mountains, Kate encounters a driving snowstorm. Suddenly, she realizes that the storm has gotten so bad that she must find cover. As she makes to way down the mountain, she comes upon a school bus that's been pulled to the side of the road. When she checks on the bus, she discovers several children awaiting the return of their bus driver, who has gone to find help. She decides that she must try to take the children to safety.

Estamos nas cabeças de três personagens. São três filhos, mas são menos filhos que irmãos e são menos irmãos que pessoas, e são um completo abandono, mas ainda não sabem. Na aridez de fato e naquela identitária, ouvimos o que nos contam Mosquito, Rita e Mirna. Em comum, a mesma mãe bêbada, castigada e louca, que tem como descanso o amor do pai dos seus filhos que lhe ampara com o perdão eterno diante dos vexames ou dos escapismos como reação à brutalidade do nada que é a vida naquela esquina apagada do mundo.