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Court Gentry is the last surviving member of his family. His brother, Chance, was a police officer who lost his life years ago in a line of duty shooting. So how is it possible that Court catches a glimpse of his brother at their father’s funeral? It’s this shocking development that sends Court on a quest for the truth and a search for his missing sibling. But the dark state will do anything to keep its secrets.

No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio, or light bulb. Just a wooden cabin, on a smallholding, by the edge of a stand of spruce. The Way Home is a modern-day Walden - an honest and lyrical account of a remarkable life lived in nature without modern technology. Mark Boyle, author of The Moneyless Man, explores the hard-won joys of building a home with his bare hands, learning to make fire, collecting water from the stream, foraging, and fishing.

Stephen Fry and John Bird star in all four series of the BBC Radio 4 satirical comedy, plus the 2006 special episode. Set in the Machiavellian world of modern PR, Absolute Power introduces us to London-based 'government-media relations consultancy' Prentiss McCabe, whose partners Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe are frequently embroiled in the machinations of the British political system.

TRUE CRIME DOSSIERS – Wahre Kriminalfälle. Recherchiert anhand der Akten. Was geschah wirklich? Welche Beweise führten zu einer Verurteilung? Und welche Fragen blieben unbeantwortet? TRUE CRIME DOSSIERS untersucht reale Kriminalfälle anhand von Gerichtsentscheidungen, verfügbaren Ermittlungsunterlagen und sorgfältig geprüften journalistischen Quellen. Jeder Fall wird als mehrteilige Dokumentation erzählt – von den Menschen hinter dem Verbrechen über die Ermittlungen bis zu den Urteilen und ihren Folgen.

When you've seen one end of the world, you've seen the lot. Meet Stone Eye. Veteran of three apocalypses, wielder of a magical spade, and a man with one ambition: to be left alone with a decent pint. When a prophecy refuses to respect his retirement, Stone Eye flees to The First and Last inn — the kind of place even destiny has trouble finding. It finds him anyway. And waiting there is an old friend - Hypolaika the holy thief -who has forgotten who she is. Something that matters more than either of them knows. Because the world is forgetting itself too. Things are losing their purpose.

The Beatles have been at the top for fifty years, their music remains exciting, their influence is still huge, their acclaim and achievements cannot be surpassed. But who really were the Beatles, and how did they and everything else in the 1960s fuse so explosively? Mark Lewisohn's three-part...

Mark Ellen and David Hepworth have been talking about and writing about music together and individually for a collective eighty years in magazines like Smash Hits, Mojo and The Word and on radio and TV programmes like "Rock On", "Whistle Test" and VH-1.Over thirteen years ago, when working on the late magazine The Word, they began producing podcasts. Some listeners have been kind enough to say these have been very special to them. When the magazine folded in 2012 they kept the spirit of those podcasts alive in regular Word In Your Ear evenings in which they spoke to musicians and authors in ...

#1 New York Times Bestseller More than 10 million Copies Sold In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be ""positive"" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people. For decades, we’ve been...

A seriously entertaining collection of feelgood stories guaranteed to put the smile back on your face written especially by 10 best-selling novelists. From a hilarious race against time to a moment of unexpected eavesdropping, from righting wrongs in rural India to finding joy in unlikely places, these stories are all rich in wit and humour, guaranteed to lift your spirits and warm your heart.

Set in the obsessive world of UK carp fishing, Return of The Syndicate Part III is a darkly humorous story about the anglers, waters and strange culture that surrounds the pursuit of giant carp. Return of The Syndicate, Part III, the third book of the nine carp fishing novels comprising The...

Do you like your horror serious, slow-burning and deeply unsettling? Then you might want to look somewhere else! Do you like your horror completely ridiculous, brutally funny and just a little bit unhinged? Welcome to Raven's Pass! Samuel is a fake doctor. He's not particularly qualified, he definitely shouldn't be diagnosing anyone, and he's got a few other secrets that would probably make his patients rather nervous. Unfortunately, Raven's Pass is having a very bad Halloween. A mysterious infection is spreading through the village. People are behaving strangely.

In a dystopian city, an ageing courier is forced to go into business with an underworld ganglord in order to pay for the treatment that keeps him alive.

MINDFULNESS reveals a set of simple yet powerful practices that can be incorporated into daily life to help break the cycle of unhappiness, stress, anxiety and mental exhaustion and promote genuine joie de vivre. It's the kind of happiness that gets into your bones. It seeps into everything you...

Using his legendary ability to get to the root of human potential, Napoleon Hill digs deep to reveal how fear, procrastination, anger, and jealousy prevent us from realizing our personal goals. This long-suppressed parable, once considered too controversial to publish, was written by Hill in 1938 following the publication of his classic bestseller, Think and Grow Rich. Annotated and edited for a contemporary audience by Rich Dad, Poor Dad and Three Feet from Gold coauthor Sharon Lechter, this book is profound, powerful, resonant, and rich with insight. 

Brought to you by Penguin The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller The Instand #1 Audible Bestseller NARRATED BY WILL SMITH. One of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and...

Are you worried that subtle manipulation is shaping your decisions, your relationships, and even your sense of self without you realizing it? The Psychology of Dark Manipulation: Recognizing Control Tactics and Taking Back Your Power gives you a clear, practical roadmap for identifying how manipulators think, the tactics they use, and the warning signs you need to watch for in everyday life.

In the rain-soaked Pacific Northwest, John Milton is drawn into a desperate fight against a pharmaceutical giant when a painkiller addiction drives an ordinary man to rob banks—and exposes a company willing to destroy lives for profit...

The electrifying beginning of the bestselling Amber Farrell Paranormal P.I. urban fantasy thriller series. (NEW VERSION 2026 NARRATED BY EMILY RANKIN) Bitten by a vampire and haunted by its seductive whispers in her veins, Amber Farrell finds herself cast out of the military Special Forces and desperate to forge a new path in the gritty underbelly of Denver as a tenacious private investigator. When a wealthy and infamous local businesswoman offers her a high-stakes job, Amber's already tenuous existence takes a perilous turn.

What Seems to Be the Problem with Adam Kay and Mark Watson reveals the intriguing and hilarious ways the body can go wrong - and the amazing stories that unfold when the medical world tries to help.... In conversation with his (very health-anxious) friend, the comedian Mark Watson, best-selling doctor-turned-writer Adam Kay takes a scalpel to the bizarre past, often-surprising present and fantastical future of medicine.

Sony Award-winning satirist and stand-up comedian Mark Steel takes us through the life stories of some of his favourite historical characters in this acclaimed radio series, which ran for three series on BBC Radio 4 before transferring to TV in 2003. From Oliver Cromwell to Ludvig van Beethoven, Mark’s chosen personalities are all passionate, driven – and more than a little eccentric.