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Did you know that you can discover loads about history just from the loo? Or piles about the past just from a poo? If not, then get ready to discover everything from Henry VIII's dodgy diet and poo-tastic Roman plumbing, to the stinky secrets of Victorian sewers and how life, death and everything in between can hang on the humble number two. From Saxons and Tudors to Ancient Greece, the Indus Valley, Aztecs and beyond, Poo Through the Ages features mighty monarchs, bonkers battles, deadly diseases, fossilised faeces and poo, poo, poo.

The remarkable stories of the world's most famous body parts. All too often, historical figures feel distant and abstract; more myth and legend than real flesh and blood. These stories of bodies and its parts remind us that history's most-loved, and most-hated, were real breathing creatures who inhabited organs and limbs just like us - until they're cut off that is. Medical historian Dr Suzie Edge investigates over 40 cases of how we've used, abused, dug up, displayed, experimented on, and worshipped body parts.

Suzie Fletcher is the warm and friendly face on TV's The Repair Shop that viewers look forward to watching every week as the resident leather expert - a craft she has honed over four decades and was born out of her love of horses. But while she tends to be the one repairing and offering a gentle kindness to others, Suzie has also been in a process of change, reflection, and healing.In her first book Suzie looks back over her life - which moves from England to Colorado and back again - and the places, people and experiences that have shaped the person she is today.

How the monarchs of England and Scotland met their deaths has been a wonderful mixture of violence, infections, overindulgence and occasional regicide. In Mortal Monarchs, medical historian Dr Suzie Edge examines 1,000 years of royal deaths to uncover the plots, accusations, rivalries and ever-present threat of poison that the kings and queens of old faced.

A surprising, fascinating journey through the experiments that not only unlocked the nature of matter and shaped our understanding of the cosmos but also forever changed the way we live within it "A book about the fundamental problems of physics written from a viewpoint I hadn’t come across...

Tessa Ensler loves her job. She’s worked her way up to being a top criminal defense barrister against all the odds, and fights to defend those pleading not guilty. Tessa believes in the law, believes in the system. Her quick-witted cross-examinations and intelligence in the courtroom see her clocking up win after win—including securing freedom for men accused of rape and sexual assault. Innocence until proven guilty is, after all, the bedrock of a civilized society.

Si la duda razonable protege al acusado, ¿cómo se protege a la víctima? Tessa Ensler es una abogada de éxito especializada en la defensa de agresores sexuales. Su tenacidad está al servicio del sistema judicial, en el que cree totalmente: es la existencia de la duda razonable lo que hay que probar, incluso más allá de lo que a primera vista, prima facie, aparece ante un juez. Hasta que a Tessa le sucede lo que a tantas mujeres y se encuentra en el lado opuesto, descubriendo que las reglas que siempre ha defendido no están escritas para ellas.

After a difficult year, Hattie is determined to bring a little festive magic back into her life—and into Settledown’s newly revamped Knitting Nook. But when her crochet club attracts more chatter and wine than crafting, her boyfriend grows distant, and her perfect Christmas plans start to unravel, Hattie wonders if she's been stitching her hopes onto the wrong future.

The General’s dysfunctional home life drove him to apply to the Air Force Academy almost 40 years ago, where he was provided with a new family and sense of worth he had never gotten from his own father. This purpose has driven the General throughout his remarkable career, taking him to Alaska, the Pentagon, and Germany; to Florida during Hurricane Opal, and has also allowed him to work alongside Presidents Bush and Obama and Secretaries of Defense Leon Panetta and Ashton Carter. Journey is a book about leadership. It is packed with the General’s lessons from life in the military.

“The Poor Dead K’Ehleyr Show” is a 35-minute odyssey strewn with backstage stories from my journeys through guest-starring as 4 different alien species -- tales that include people like Gene Roddenberry and Michael Westmore -- and then, most saliently, featuring: The Return of K’Ehleyr!

Jack Welch is the legendary former CEO of General Electric. His many books include the best seller Winning, written with his wife, Suzy. Suzy Welch is the former editor of the Harvard Business Review. She attended Harvard University and Harvard Business School and has written numerous articles about leadership, creativity, change and organizational behavior.

Famous Marilyn Monroe impersonator, Actress and comedian Suzie Kennedy has lived her life impersonating Marilyn all over the world. Appearing in Movies, Tv shows and world media. The most famous lookalike of Marilyn Monroe shares her thoughts on everything Marilyn related in the news with a host of guests including those who have known and lived with the real Marilyn Monroe.

Can the magic of the stars heal a tormented soul? Single father Brodie Dunn aims to find out by putting his heart on the line. Artist Celeste Dawson desperately needs a tranquil place where she can rebuild herself. Two months after her husband's violent death, her career is in jeopardy and she can't engage in the art that was once her escape from the world. She hopes a trip to Northstar will help her find peace. There's no place better for healing, especially after she meets her charming new neighbor, ski hill owner Brodie.

When Lillian, the one and only heir to the throne, is cast out of her kingdom by malevolent forces, she accidentally wanders into the Forest of Forgetfullness, where she is rescued by wolves and raised by an eccentric old wise woman. When she comes of age, she is called by Destiny to return home. The trouble is, when Lillian steps out of the Forest, she has no memory of who she is or from whence she hails. Undaunted, the spirited, self-reliant young woman sets off into the unknown, determined to rediscover her long lost self and to reclaim her stolen birthright.

Aelissm Davis figured she would eventually return home to Northstar, Montana, but not like this - desperate for the tranquility of the secluded valley and plagued by memories of her dead boyfriend and the advances of an obsessive former friend. Just when she begins to relax, a call from her old friend makes it clear he wasn't deterred, and she calls her overprotective uncle for advice. Things become even more tangled when he sends Patrick O'Neil "on vacation" to keep an eye on her.

One Irish woman's stories and reflections on a life of re-connecting with the earth. Hoping there are nuggets of nascent wisdom for others as she steps tentatively into elderhood as a Cailleach. More information on www.cailleach.ie Art work by Votive Illustration Sound editing by Luke Lacey Intro-outro music by Finn Cahn

The grand opening of their fantastic new Bikini Babes’ Carwash is only two weeks away, and Astra is working hard to remodel the damaged bay that will become their luxurious "massage parlor". She doesn’t need sexy Jared Montrose sniffing around, trying to cozy up to her sorority sisters, just so she’ll hire him! Or is a job the only thing he wants? Astra has always assumed he’s gay, but what if she’s been wrong? Just how far can she trust him - with their new business or her vulnerable heart?

She’s adored Mac forever…but he barely even knows she’s alive. That’s what Andi thinks, anyway, until she’s nearly killed in a freak swimming accident, and Mac has to use every bit of unorthodox skill he possesses to keep her alive. Why didn’t he ever give her the slightest hint of his true feelings? And now that she knows…will he be the one to teach her the glorious delights of making love?

A solo getaway to an English country cottage is a pleasant way to spend the holiday—but it takes two to really make things merry . . . Antonia likes a quiet Christmas. She's happy to spend it in her own home, alone, watching holiday movies in her pyjamas. But Antonia's friend Jules, loves a...

Phoebe is confident that her new carwash will be a success. But Riley Thompson is a clever businessman. If the girls can’t afford to lease his prime location, he knows of other ways to make a tidy profit. Besides, he lusts after pretty Phoebe and longs to teach her that an experienced older man can be an even better lover than a lusty football jock.