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Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In the vast Empire of the Russians literature was a way to exchange ideas, values and cultures. Yet each author, each story, each character is an individual example of a journey that, story by story, has transformed the glimmering arc of its literature.

Life Blood, written by a renowned leukaemia physician, tells unforgettable stories of his leukaemia patients’ battles to be cured but also uniquely describes the stresses that doctors face when looking after extremely ill young people during an extraordinary time in their lives. In reflecting on his long and illustrious career, Professor Marks’ memoir offers frank descriptions of his own medical family, some personal experiences of ill-health and his relationships with colleagues and patients in the NHS. Partly written during the Covid pandemic and as he approached retirement, Life Blood offers highly informed and compassionate views on modern medicine, from a pivotal point in both the author’s own professional life and the history of healthcare.

In a land where fear rules and storytelling spells death, can one bard's imagination end the tyranny? Turning his back on king and family and with stories as his only guide, a reluctant Toshar is thrust onto a perilous, uncharted journey to restore hope to a savaged land and light to its darkened moon.

The Russian novel has a reputation that is immense, both in narrative and in length. Unquestionably though the ideas, themes and characters make many novels rightly revered as world class, as icons of literature. The Russian short story is, in many respects, in a genre of its own. It is at its captivating best whether it’s an exploration of real-life experiences, through fantasy and fables and on to total absurdity.

The Russian novel has a reputation that is immense, both in narrative and in length. Unquestionably though the ideas, themes and characters make many novels rightly revered as world class, as icons of literature. Whilst Tolstoy, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Pushkin and Chekhov are a given in any Russian collection we also explore and include Andreyev, Korolenko, Turgenev, Blavatsky and many others to create a world rich and dense across a sprawling landscape of diverse people, riddled with the class and unfairness in perhaps some of the most turbulent times that Russia has ever experienced.

In discussing home-centered worship, this volume explores both individual and family worship and draws on reports from a diverse sample of more than 500 Latter-day Saints who share the challenges and barriers they have faced—and successes they have experienced. Individuals and families establish and maintain a home-centered religious life and strengthen their conversion to the gospel by using these real-life experiences, quotes, and key findings.

We are about to enter a new age of creativity that will require a new set of superheroes to help the world thrive. This audiobook will make you one of those creative superheroes by unleashing new creative superpowers to help you solve your biggest business problems. This is the modern skillset for creative problem solving.

Discover the surprising literary and poetic history of the RMS Titanic! Imagine getting the inside, behind the scenes story of the Titanic tragedy written by those who did not survive - but whose poetry and short accounts of the moments leading up to the Titanic sinking did. The World Codex Planet Poetry publication encapsulates a snapshot of the era shortly after the turn of the 20th century and is a gem of historical maritime poetry.

William Shakespeare, long hailed as history's greatest dramatic writer, has been lauded for his mastery of poetic expression, his insight into the human condition, and his deep exploration into the psyche and motivations of his characters.

David Mark - or in this case DM Mark - joins us in the Audible Studios to chat about his latest release, The Zealot's Bones. David tells us what it's like to move from contemporary to historical crime fiction and introduces us to his new characters.

David Mark joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios to discuss the latest book in his DS McAvoy crime series, Cruel Mercy.

Richard Thomas Gallienne was born in Liverpool on 20th January, 1866. His first job was in an accountant's office, but this was quickly abandoned to pursue his first love as a professional writer. His first work, My Ladies’ Sonnets, was published in 1887. In 1889 he became, for a brief time, literary secretary to Wilson Barrett the manager, actor, and playwright. Barrett enjoyed immense success with the staging of melodramas, which would later reach a peak with the historical tragedy The Sign of the Cross (1895).

Bei Restaurationsarbeiten in einem Kloster kommt es zu einer Gasexplosion. Die Kunst- und Kirchenexpertin Charlotte Jansen und der Handwerker Martin Weiland werden verschüttet und suchen verzweifelt nach einem Ausgang. Dabei stoßen sie auf unterirdische Gänge und Symbole des legendären Templerordens. Als versteckte Fallen zuschnappen, beginnt tief unter dem Kloster der Kampf ums Überleben...

Montague Rhodes James is cited as perhaps the greatest English writer of ghost stories, an opinion few would disagree with. Many of his elegant yet terrifying tales were created by discarding the prevailing gothic clichés and placing his characters and narrative in a realistic setting. Thereby the stories gained atmosphere and menace on a grand scale and he was famed as the originator of the antiquarian ghost story. Although story-telling and writing these 30 or so tales was a hobby, when published their effect transformed the genre and still chill the bones in our more modern times.

Amid perpetual upheavals and accelerating world changes, we transition from the Experience Economy, where buyers choose memorable outcomes, to the Transformational Economy, where buyers choose meaningful, authentic, and socially responsible outcomes. This book’s premise: the future belongs to the nimble, those able to resiliently innovate to deliver meaningful goods and services that customers seek. Being nimble makes demands on your company that go beyond traditional business strategies, tactics, and company culture.

The Way is a refreshing, rhyming new version of an ancient Chinese guide to leading a harmonious life. The author has immersed himself in a lifetime of philosophical studies and a career producing historical documentary films for the BBC and PBS. His broad experience has been applied to developing this English language adaptation of The Way; distilling the meaning and essence of the original.

Union Signal Radio Theatre presents another full-cast audio exploration of life on earth. Retribution springs from the marshes in another thrilling adventure in the annals of Clovis DeWitt, aka the Toad.

Hector Hugh Munro, more familiarly known by his pen-name ‘Saki’, was born in what was then Akyab in British Burma on 18th December 1870. His father was an Inspector General for the Indian Imperial Police, and his mother the daughter of a Rear Admiral. After a stint working in Burma with the Indian Imperial Police, Saki decided to move to London to make a living as a writer. Initially he wrote as a journalist for a number of newspapers and magazines before attempting an historical study, ‘The Rise of the Russian Empire’, whose real value lay in directing him to writing short stories instead.

Auf seiner Jagd nach Emmanuel Besongua bemerkt Daniel zu spät, dass der Rebellenführer den Spieß längst umgedreht hat. Als Gefangener des Tyrannen blickt er schließlich dem Tod ins Auge - bis eine unbekannte Macht die Geschehnisse im Kongo komplett auf den Kopf stellt... In Boston erschüttert ein weiterer Mord die Stadt. Auf der Suche nach den Drahtziehern setzt sich für Miles und Sam allmählich ein Bild zusammen, dessen Tragweite bis in den Kongo aber auch in Miles Vergangenheit zurückreicht.