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At the age of 22, Jennifer Worth left her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in postwar London’s East End slums. The colorful characters she met while delivering babies all over London - from the plucky, warm-hearted nuns with whom she lived to the woman with 24 children who couldn't speak English to the prostitutes and dockers of the city’s seedier side - illuminate a fascinating time in history.

Katherine O’Reilly and Rekkid Cor. Human and Arkari. Archaeologists with a story about an ancient derelict starship that few believe and a captain’s log that tells of an ancient genocidal war that no-one has ever heard of. But if no-one believes their story, then why are the authorities so keen to suppress it? Captain Michelle Chen of the Commonwealth Navy. Brave, cunning, merciless. Dangerous even. However she may be just the person her superiors have been looking for to start a war. Steven Harris. Secret agent with a conscience, who defied orders, ignored the chain of command and let ...

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The Commonwealth’s attempt to negotiate with the K’Soth Empire has failed. Dr Marcus Cuvier is missing, presumed killed by the Emperor’s hand along with most of his delegation, and now the Imperial security forces search for the last few survivors who have now become desperate fugitives amidst the vast, sprawling metropolis of the Imperial capital. Meanwhile, Admiral Rylance marshals her fleet to move against the uprising in the Commonwealth’s border systems and prepares to bring the Navy to bear against the human separatist movement calling itself the Shining Dawn. Whilst in the 61...

It is half a century before the events of The Progenitor Trilogy The newly formed Commonwealth has united the disparate colonies of humanity into one interstellar union. After making first contact with the ancient and sophisticated Arkari, mankind has discovered that the galaxy is teeming with life. A new pioneering age of prosperity, discovery and progress now beckons. Yet already the Commonwealth is imperilled. The rush to the stars has created undreamed of wealth for some, yet there are many less fortunate have been left behind, alienated by the rapid pace of change, exploited or ...

The Shaper War ended a decade ago, but their presence is not entirely gone from the galaxy. Rescued from the wreck of a bounty hunter’s ship, Jack Wyndham finds himself aboard the independent vessel Lucretia with Captain Julius Lacerta and his crew of outcasts and rejects. They are on a mission to find their captain’s one-time partner, Jennifer Ortega, who had uncovered a trail of clues to some unknown treasure of great value before she vanished. However, others are also interested in obtaining the same prize. Shadowy forces begin to pursue the Lucretia’s crew as they follow the trail...

The invasion has begun. K’Soth forces now strike deep within Commonwealth space seizing world after world and killing or enslaving all in their path. Despite their brave attempt to defend New Colorado Station from the K’Soth attack, the Commonwealth Navy has been forced to retreat. As they regroup in the Niflheim system, Admiral Rylance formulates a plan to blunt the Imperial invasion by mounting an audacious defence. But first she must lure the enemy fleet into a trap. Within New Colorado, the population are now forced to live in fear under the Imperial occupation where disobedience is...

The Commonwealth stands on the brink. As war engulfs the worlds of man, the Shapers are poised to strike at the very heart of human civilisation. The men and women of the Commonwealth Navy now find themselves at the forefront of a desperate battle for the very survival of the species against an enemy whose weapons and technology far exceed their own. Whilst the conflict rages, the Arkari plot their revenge. Stunned by the Shapers’ savage assault on their worlds, they lick their wounds and shun the other races, instead focusing solely upon the task of striking back at the hated enemy. ...

It is two years since the events of ‘Exiles, Book One of the Progenitor Trilogy’. Humiliated by defeat, the K’Soth Empire has finally collapsed into civil war amongst the noble houses and now the Commonwealth stands victorious over its old enemy. Vast swathes of territory have been liberated from the alien oppressors and humanity struggles with the post-war burden of restoring order and rebuilding. But another war is being fought in the shadows. Admiral Michelle Chen, heroine of the war against the Empire, has been recruited into Special Operations Command, a black ops outfit ...

A short story from the author of 'The Progenitor Trilogy'. Thousands of light years from home, the survey vessel Hispaniola crashes upon the very world that it was sent to investigate, leaving a handful of survivors. But all is not what it seems. This alien world may not be as dead as the crew of the Hispaniola had been led to believe. Beneath its shifting sands lie dark and long forgotten secrets, and something that they have barely glimpsed is watching them

In 2011 a wave of revolution spread through the Middle East as protesters demanded an end to tyranny, corruption, and economic decay. From Egypt to Yemen, a generation of young Arabs insisted on a new ethos of common citizenship. Five years later their utopian aspirations have taken on a darker cast as old divides reemerge and deepen. In one country after another, brutal terrorists and dictators have risen to the top.

A little boy is missing, and it's up to search-and-rescue K-9 handler Ava Esposito and her dog to find him...before the Red Rose Killer does. FBI Special Agent Oliver Davison is hot on the trail of the escaped convict and joins forces with Ava. But when the killer turns his crosshairs on them, Oliver must protect them all before time runs out.

With veterinarian Sydney Jones being targeted, K-9 Officer Gavin Walker and his furry partner must stand between her and certain death in Lenora Worth’s Hidden Christmas Danger. And the clock is ticking in Silent Night Explosion by Katy Lee—but can Jodie Chen trust the newest K-9 officer, Victor Abrams, and his dog to find a bomb and keep her alive…despite Victor’s shadowed past?

When 22-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the poorest section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and touched many lives, she also became the neighborhood's most vivid chronicler. Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End is the last book in Worth's memoir trilogy, which the Times Literary Supplement described as "powerful stories with sweet charm and controlled outrage" in the face of dire circumstances.

This bundle includes Tracing a Killer, Search and Detect, and Christmas K-9 Guardians.

The Angry Designer is an entertaining No-Bull unapologetic design podcast for Graphic Designers, Freelancers, and In-house Creative Pros ready to take their careers to the next level. Hosted by a Creative Director who built and sold a 7-figure Creative agency, this design podcast breaks down the business of design, branding, freelancing, logos, UX, strategy, AI, and more—without the industry fluff and pointless jargon. The Angry Designer tackles the topics other Graphic Design podcasts avoid: burnout, ageism, toxic clients, pricing, imposter syndrome, with an unapologetic take on what it ...

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Single mother Penny Potter has spent months in hiding to keep her toddler from his father, a rogue FBI agent turned fugitive. But he's determined to flee the country with the child, and she can't dodge him forever. When he corners Penny in the Montana wilderness and gets away with their son, she's forced to trust his brother, handsome FBI K-9 Agent Zeke Morrow. And Zeke must decide where his loyalty lies: with his sibling or the woman he wasn't supposed to fall for. As the bullets fly and family ties are tested, Penny and Zeke will fight to save the boy who brought them together.

When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the direst section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and touched many lives, she also became the neighborhood';s most vivid chronicler. Woven into the ongoing tales of her life in the East End are the true stories of the people Worth met who grew up in the dreaded workhouse, a Dickensian institution that limped on into the middle of the twentieth century.

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