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Sir Robin Knox-Johnston CBE RD was the first person to sail non-stop single-handed around the world and continues to inspire sailors young and old.Shelley Jory-Leigh is one of the fastest women on water, holding many powerboating titles and is a champion for women in her sport.Their passion for maritime activities, leisure and sport is unrivalled. Together with producer Neil Sackley, they use this podcast to talk to those who love life on the water. From sailing to powerboating, cruise ships, canoeing, windsurfing and more, this podcast has something for you.

Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Many think the first truly smart robots will be brain emulations, or ems. Scan a human brain, then run a model with the same connections on a fast computer, and you have a robot brain, but recognizably human. Train an em to do some job and copy it a million times; an army of workers is at your disposal. When they can be made cheaply, within perhaps a century, ems will displace humans in most jobs.

Greater Than a Tourist - Seville Andalusia Spain by Robin Custers offers the inside scoop on Seville. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. From this audiobook, you will discover advice that will help you throughout your stay.

Evolution is one of the most important processes in life. It not only explains the detailed history of life on earth, but its scope also extends into many aspects of our own contemporary behavior - who we are and how we got to be here, our psychology, our cultures - and greatly impacts modern advancements in medicine and conservation biology. Perhaps its most important claim for science is its ability to provide an overarching framework that integrates the many life sciences into a single unified whole. Yet, evolution has been, and continues to be, regarded with suspicion by many.

Legendary British actor Brian Blessed joins Audible Studios to talk about the release of his new audiobook, The Panther in My Kitchen. In this witty and heartwarming tale of his many encounters with animals, listeners can expect to be whisked away by one of the greatest voices of our time. Following the success of his best-selling autobiography, Absolute Pandemonium: My Louder than Life Story, Brian Blessed introduces his new work and talks life, pets, animal rights and future endeavours.

Robin McKinley returns to the mythical setting of The Hero and the Crown and The Blue Sword in this “thrilling, satisfying, and thought-provoking collection” featuring two stories set in the world of Damar, plus three other fantasy tales featuring adventurous, pragmatic, and heroic young women (Publishers Weekly). 

Kairo Steele built his name in the shadows—feared, respected, and always ten steps ahead. But with power comes enemies, and with love comes risk. Now, the empire he's fought to protect is cracking at the edges… and Savanna Heartz is caught dead center. Savanna thought she could handle life on Kairo's side—the pressure, the secrets, the fire. But some truths hit harder than bullets, and the cost of loyalty is starting to feel too high.

Unheard Mind, a podcast about mental health and neurodiversity. Having been diagnosed in my early thirties with ADHD, OCD and autism I am coming to grips with all things mental health, whilst working to make improvements in my life and make progress towards better mental health. I share my stories of growing up with undiagnosed ADHD, OCD and autism, the emotional traumas, family conflicts and the subsequent struggles throughout adulthood. I sometimes use my own poetry to help tell these stories. As I look forwards optimistically, I hope that sharing my experiences can give extra hope to those ...

"It is the heart of this place, and it is dying," says the Beast. And it is true; the center of the Beast's palace, the glittering glasshouse that brings Beauty both comfort and delight in her strange new environment, is filled with leafless brown rosebushes. But deep within this enchanted world, new life, at once subtle and strong, is about to awaken. Twenty years ago Robin McKinley enthralled listeners with the power of Beauty. Now this extraordinarily gifted novelist retells the story of Beauty and the Beast again - but in a totally new way, with fresh perspective, ingenuity, and mature insight.

Robin de Crespigny's The People Smuggler is the gripping, inspiring story of one man's escape from Saddam's Iraq to become 'the Oskar Schindler of Asia' - with an updated introduction. With enormous power and insight, The People Smuggler tells a story of daily heroism, bringing to life the forces that drive so many people to put their lives in unscrupulous hands. At once a nonfiction thriller and a moral maze, this is one man's epic story of trying to find a safe place in the world.

Après plusieurs semaines de navigation, le prince Devoir et les siens posent enfin le pied sur l'île d'Aslevjal. C'est au cœur de cet enfer de glace et de neige que le prince doit honorer sa promesse: ramener la tête du dragon Glasfeu. Mais entre les conditions climatiques hostiles, l'animosité d'une partie des Outrîliens qui les accompagnent, ou encore la mauvaise humeur de Lourd dont les attaques d'art incontrôlées gagnent sans cesse en puissance, l'expédition peine à atteindre son but.

Aesop's fables are among the most familiar and best-loved stories in the world. Tales like "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Dog in the Manger," and "Sour Grapes" have captivated us for generations. The fables delight us and teach timeless truths. Aesop's tales offer us a world fundamentally simpler to ours—one with clear good and plain evil—but nonetheless one that is marked by political nuance and literary complexity. Newly translated and annotated by renowned scholar Robin Waterfield, this definitive translation shines a new light on four hundred of Aesop's most enduring fables.

Alors que les navires emportent au loin le prince Devoir et la Narcheska Elliania, désormais libres de se marier, un homme seul se dresse sur les rivages de l'île d'Aslevjal. Fitz Chevalerie, s'il a fini par se résoudre à la mort du fou, ne peut supporter de laisser la dépouille de son ami ensevelie sous les décombres du château de glace. Il se lance alors dans l'exploration désespérée des ruines souillées à tout jamais par les maléfices de la Femme Pâle.

Are you in control of your most precious asset¿time? Or are you putting out fires all day long? Does each of your days lead you to your best life? Or is your time wasted on the unimportant? If you want to see extraordinary results in your career and your personal life, then you need to take charge of your schedule. Discover how the best of the best manage their time.

I believe we were put on this earth to enjoy lives of joy and abundance, and that is what I want for you and for me. It's not my intention to give people advice on how to solve their problems (I leave that to my husband). But I've had my share of struggles over the years, and I know a thing or...

A collection of true short stories based on the years that I have worked on the doors in the UK and abroad. This book is a real insight into the funny, tragic, and completely bizarre people and experiences encountered by a doorman.

It's Derby day at Epsom Downs, and Lord Charles Sheridan is on hand to photograph the race with his new camera—while his wife, Kate, watches from the stands. It's a thrilling day for both Sheridans—until the race ends with a jockey's death. With her husband busy investigating, Kate retreats to the countryside to interview world-renowned actress Lillie Langtry for a magazine article. Plunging into her subject's less-than-illustrious past, Kate puzzles over the long-ago theft of the actress's jewels—and is not surprised when Charles's investigation heads in Langtry's direction.

From the comfortable distance of seven decades, it is quite easy to view the victory of the Allies over Hitler's Germany as inevitable. But in 1940 Great Britain's defeat loomed perilously close, and no other nation stepped up to confront the Nazi threat. In this cogently argued book, Robin Prior delves into the documents of the time - war diaries, combat reports, Home Security's daily files, and much more - to uncover how Britain endured a year of menacing crises.

Are you a coach or therapist with a basic knowledge of the Centers in Human Design but are ready to learn more? The Centers provide a clear and immediate map of where we have natural access to ourselves as well as where we are vulnerable to being influenced by others.

Quirk had one job to do, deliver papers to a Milan mafia boss, before leaving Earth for his home in the asteroids. But that was before being tailed, poisoned—oh, yes—and hijacked into raising foulmouthed fourteen-year-old convent girl Angelika Moratti, aka Moth, who'd rather see him asphyxiate in space.