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Stevens, to her credit, manages to keep her story taut and suspenseful, at the same time that she injects pleasing snippets of humor here and there, mainly thanks to the character of Arnold Bertram, a portly thief who had tried to rifle Trenmore’s safe back home and had also been thrown into the year 2118 as a result. 

An action packed adventure across Arabia in search of a new hashish. A grave peril has reached London. Air Commodore Raymond of Scotland Yard has discovered a new drug, one being used for robberies and more. Gurra is a risk to civilization itself, and only one man can be entrusted to save it. Can Biggles find the source before this new drug scourges civilisation? Join the newly-promoted Detective Air-Inspector Bigglesworth as he is sent on a mission by Scotland Yard in the Arabia’s infamous Rub Al Khali, the Empty Quarter.

In a career that spanned a mere three years, Gertrude Barrows Bennett (writing as Francis Stevens) published half a dozen books that came to define the genres that followed on. She is most popularly known as the woman who invented dark fantasy, but on the way she also invented a new, creepier kind of dystopian sci-fi. Today, you would call this a tale of trauma-onset schizophrenia, or perhaps a terrible descent into Dissociative Identity Disorder, foretold by genetics. In 1920, the best way to make sense of it was demonic possession. 

A fun adventure in a Spain that never was, in the vein of Dumas and Stevenson, with more than a taste of Cervantes. Don Rodriguez is a young nobleman who is banished from the family castle and must set out with his rapier and mandolin to win his own estate and perhaps even a bride.  

In the early settler days, the British did more than go to war. Many found the local folklore and beliefs fascinating and collected them together. This is one of the first explorations of South African folk tales. Come now for stories of the naughty Jackal as he tricks Lion and Leopard, or how Tortoise shows his great cunning. Hear of Hare and Heron and Wildebeest and all the other majestic creatures that roam the Savannah and jungles.

In this guide, the steps to building the seventh sense are presented in detail. Topics such as ESP, prophecy, healing, and many others are discussed. All have access to these abilities, knowingly or unknowingly. The world around us is nothing as we consider it to be. This guide is designed to open the eyes of the individual to this fact while at the same time building the seventh sense. 

A classic guide to tricks and tactics for winning arguments, with commentary on the use of and defense against each tactic. The best summary of this audiobook is "being right doesn’t mean you’re gonna win, and this is why". It’s the ultimate guide to spotting the many different kinds of bull people pull in order to win over the crowd, rather than argue the point at hand. There’s very few of them that don’t immediately bring examples to mind, and having it laid out clearly like this is the perfect armour to stop people derailing you. 

Nowadays, planes are safe and stable machines. Come now to join a young Bigglesworth's earliest adventures as he joins the fighting on the front lines in France during the First World War. The Flying Corps has just been formed, and the planes are deathtraps, invented barely days before. Listen on to find the original story of one of Britain's greatest and most loved heroes.

Join the intrepid Captain Biggles, hero of the Royal Flying Corps, as he fights on the front line of World War I. The stories in this volume covers ambushes, disaster, mysteries and more than a few ridiculous stunts, all based on real-life events in the life of WE Johns. Fun for adventurers of all ages. 

This is the story of a history and tradition as long and complex as any major religion and far older than most. Humanism has traced a conceptual path around Eurasia, holding onto remnants of each place. Today, part of humanism is the spiritual path trod in India, the ethics born in Confucianist China, and the legal system that came forth in medieval Islam. Secular humanism has hidden much of this history from us. This audiobook aims to redress the balance by exploring humanism's path from China, through India, the Middle East, Northern Africa, and finally, Europe.

Nine stories of Biggles’ adventures with the Air Police. Join Biggles, Algy, Ginger, and the gang as Raymond sends them searching for Uranium thieves in the Cairngorms, arms dealers in Malaysia, diamond smugglers in Africa, nefarious murderers, and the cause of strange aircraft crashes.

For a few years, I ran a student support service at a university. Over that time, I discovered that most students were tripping up for easily avoidable reasons, and came in with the same problems each time.

If you're after a totally pragmatic analysis of leadership, stripped of moralising and focused on what works and how to deal with real-world issues, this is the audiobook for you. 

A selection of the very best of Chinese poetry over the course of a thousand years, from 100 years before Christ was born up to the middle ages. Arthur Waley's translations of Chinese poetry are still the benchmark by which such translations are held, nearly 200 years after he introduced the west to the wonder of classical Chinese poetry. 

A prose translation of the Tao that focuses on bringing out the subtlety and depth of the classic way. Most translations of the famous Way and Virtue (Dao De Jing/Tao Te Ching) focus on the poetics and depth of the original. In contrast, Giles’ translation focuses on telling stories with the text, drawing out the nuances in a way that is more familiar to Western audiences from philosophical and religious texts.

The Nightmare was the first in a type of fiction that became known as dark fantasy, and remains a high water mark in the genre. First published in 1916, this debut novel began the three-year career in which Francis Stevens became the person that launched entire genres of modern fictions. With her vast imagination and flair for the unusual and exciting, Gertrude Barrows Bennett created a seed that has grown into thousands of great works.

James Legge was one of the first great popularizers of Eastern ideas and religion in the West. In this foundational work, he provides a translation of the Dao De Jing/ Tao Te Ching that stands up well today, over a 100 years later.

Time and the Gods is the first collection by Lord Dunsany, and in many ways, it is the first book of modern fantasy short stories. Lord Dunsany was the most influential writer in the genre that came to be known as fantasy, of which his stories set trends that continue to this day. He was an influence on Tolkien, Lovecraft, Gaiman, Borges, Clarke, Moorcock, Yeats, Le Guin, and many more besides. Worlds of monsters and magic, strange names, and stranger tales were all born in Dunsany’s work.

While it is normal for people to feel blue once in a while, feeling sad for a long time, even without good reason, can be a problem. It can be detrimental and can prevent you from living a normal and healthy life. With this powerful guide, you will learn to recognize your depression and discover steps you can take to manage it, so you can let go of your past and embrace your life now.

In the dark days that followed the first world war, it seemed to many that all dreams had died, that wonder and fantasy could not survive in a world that knew trenches and poppies blooming where the blood fell. Come now as we travel through strange adventures and wonderful magics. Learn of the whimsies of gods, and the terrible fates that await those that cross them. See how the office of postman fell vacant in Otford-under-the-wold, and how a sack of emeralds brought only disaster to it's holder.