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In honour of H.R.F Keating's 80th Birthday, his fellow Detection Club Members and the leading lights in crime fiction serve up a new selection of tantalising conundrums. Edited by Peter Lovesey. Foreword by Dick Francis. Stories include: Lionel Davidson's Tuesday's Child; Len Deighton's Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Swindle; Reginal Hill's Uncle Harry; P.D. James' Hearing Ghote; H.R.F Keating's Arkady Nikolaivich and many others.

Nel 1625 il giovane guascone d'Artagnan si reca da Monsignor De Treville a Parigi con in tasca una lettera di di raccomandazione del padre, con la speranza di entrare nei Moschettieri del Re Luigi XIII. Ma durante il viaggio gli viene rubata la lettera ed inavvertitamente provoca i tre migliori moschettieri del re e si trova così sfidato a duello nel medesimo luogo da tutti e tre, l'uno all'insaputa dell'altro. Cominciano così le avventure del giovane, impetuoso ed orgoglioso d'Artagnan!

Captured, abducted and married into Boko Haram, the narrator of this story witnesses and suffers the horrors of a community of men governed by a brutal code of violence. Barely more than a girl herself, she must soon learn how to survive as a woman with a child of her own. Just as the world around her seems entirely consumed by madness, bound for hell, she is offered an escape of sorts - but only into another landscape of trials and terrors amidst the unforgiving wilds of northeastern Nigeria.

First Nations Comedy Experience is the first ever Native American and World Indigenous stand-up comedy series. Each volume gives a voice to top Native Standups from across the country, up-and-coming Native Standups breaking new ground, and features some of the biggest names in stand-up comedy outside of the Native world, like Nikki Glaser, Craig Shoemaker, Chris Fairbanks, Jimmy Dore, and more. This show aims to shine a light on Native comedy, bringing these amazing comics into the mainstream!

Brendan Kensleigh is introduced to Celeste Clarins. An orphan of the revolution in France, she has resided with the Kensleighs as a companion for Brendan’s sister. Brendan is immediately drawn to Celeste and sets out to learn more about her. Discovering her speaking privately to his sister’s fiancé, Delbert Hartford, Brendan immediately grows suspicious. Believing they are indulging in an affair; he follows Celeste to the abandoned carriage house prepared to confront the lovers. Instead, he finds Delbert laying on the floor with a gash on his forehead and Celeste clutching a brick in her hand.

Ochoie's magical, highly original The Night's Fable takes listeners from the underbelly of New York to the Mystic Realm, populated by celestial deities, winds and whispers, luminaries and lechers. When Night falls mysteriously ill, his devious brother assumes his duties and sets in motion an intricate series of events involving balls, romances, double-crosses, secret missions, and even a forbidden prophecy. The only way to restore natural order is for the Night to find his Chosen One, a creature who turns out to be the most unexpected hero of all.

The Jewels of Warwick are two very different sisters: Topaz and Amethyst Plantagenet. They are grand-nieces of Richard III, who lost his life and kingdom to Henry Tudor, future father of Henry VIII. Amethyst is the love of Henry VIII’s life, but each time he proposes marriage, something - or someone - gets in the way. Meanwhile, Topaz wants what’s rightfully hers: the throne of England. And hers it would have been, had her father been crowned Richard III’s heir. But life holds many strange twists of fate.

Relax and listen to this wonderful story about Carol, a waitress at the U-Drop Inn in the historic town of Shamrock Texas on Route 66. All Carol wants is to get out of this town and away from the crazy yearly St. Patrick's Day celebrations. But when good-looking city boy Pete comes to town, yearning to experience a true small-town festival, Carol is only too happy to partner up with him. But as she sees her hometown again, through Pete's gorgeous blue eyes, she realizes that God has placed her in a very special place.

There are people in your life right now camouflaged around you who have no consciences. They are undercover sociopaths who rarely do anything illegal but who take great secret pleasure in hurting or inconveniencing you.

Sister Bernard has lived in a convent in rural France for more than 70 years. In that time, a once youthful and lively cloister has gradually emptied, until only Bernard and two other nuns remain. Now, the halls will fall silent as the three women pack away their few possessions into wooden boxes and prepare to leave the building that has been their home for decades. For the nuns, the closing of the convent means more than losing a home.

Harriet Martens, named ‘The Hard Detective’ by the media because of her unrelenting opposition to every sort of evil-doing, has been secretly summoned to London to investigate corruption in the country’s most prestigious crime-fighting team, the elite Maximum Crimes Squad. And she suddenly finds herself under fire. Not only is she opposed at every turn by the head of the Squad, but she is menaced by other, more mysterious, figures.

It was six-thirty in the morning when Detective Superintendent Harriet Martens took the call that informed her that Britain’s number one tennis star and media darling, the wonderfully pretty Bubbles Xingara, has been murdered in the grounds of her big country house. Harriet is now in charge of a case that will have the world’s media – already massing for the start of Wimbledon out in force.

This audiobook collection includes everyday favorites from celebrated children’s author Rhonda Gowler Greene: Jonah and the Great Big Fish Jonah’s disobedience landed him inside a big fish! And there he had time to think and pray. Children will feel the waves and hear the splash as Jonah...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'To tell the story of a country or a continent is surely a great and complex undertaking; but the story of a quiet, unnoticed place where there are few people, fewer memories and almost no reliable records - a place such as Glen Conach - may actually be harder to piece...

Doce pasos para manifestar la vida que soñás es una invitación a ir muy profundo en las bases de la manifestación. Este libro, que también es un diario, te dará todas las técnicas y recursos que necesitás para alcanzar la vida que siempre soñaste. Y, si no tenés presente la imagen de esa vida, te ayudará a encontrar la claridad mental para poder observarte. En la primera parte del libro, vas a encontrarte con la experiencia personal de la autora, a conocer su realidad y el camino que recorrió para encontrar su propósito de vida, tan inspirador para miles de mujeres de todo el mundo.

BibleBreak is a collection of Bible stories summarized for people of all ages. There are 11 stories from the Old and New Testament along with a timeline of main events - all condensed into short and easy to understand stories. The book also cites the Bible verses to find the exact context for further reading/listening and study!

Theirs was an unlikely life together. Sheila gave birth to Josephine on 11th May 1993 and for twenty-three years they co-existed in a loving mother-daughter relationship, but one with a difference. Josephine suffered catastrophic brain injury at birth, never spoke to Sheila, rarely smiled and was barely able to see the faces of the people who loved her.

Il romanzo ricomincia vent'anni dopo gli avvenimenti narrati ne I tre moschettieri. Il cardinale Richelieu è morto nel 1642 ed è stato sostituito dal cardinale italiano Giulio Mazzarino, “odiato” da gran parte del popolo e che ha sposato in segreto Anna d'Austria, in morganatico. Anche il re Luigi XIII è morto, lasciando Luigi XIV, il Re Sole, ancora bambino, sotto la reggenza della madre Anna d'Austria. A Parigi, inoltre, dopo l'ennesimo aumento delle tasse da parte di Mazzarin scoppia la Fronda, che porta scompiglio nella città e preoccupa il cardinale.

Diets rely on 'willpower' to try to forcefully control your body and eating habits. With this revolutionary guide is different! The concept of mindful eating is increasingly becoming popular in the modern-day world, perhaps, because of the downsides that have been observed with the opposite of mindful eating, that is mindless eating. With this guide, you will be able to build a brand new relationship with food and learn how to promote health and wellness.

Everyone knows the story of Cinderella. In fact, many of us know a few different versions. But there are thousands of folk tales and hidden gems from every corner of the world that are timeless classics in their local communities that don’t have the same reach. Until now. This beautiful treasury has stories to make you laugh, gasp, join in with and learn from. Each tale is written by an expert storyteller from around the world.