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Zoe Nolan disappeared from Manchester University in 2011. Her story was sad, certainly, but hardly sensational, Joseph Knox thought. As a crime writer, he felt that dead girls were everywhere, and the missing ones just didn't cut it. He wouldn't have given her any more thought were it not for Evelyn Mitchell. Another writer struggling to come up with a new idea, Evelyn attended one of Joseph's publicity events, and she was wondering just what happened to all the girls who go missing.

Famous musician William Hamilton, vanished from the Maleny Hinterlands in 1994 under puzzling circumstances — no one has seen or heard from him since. When two podcasters, Adam and Simon, decide to solve the 25-year-old mystery, they travel with Lilly, William’s youngest daughter, to the secluded Hamilton estate for a long weekend. Lilly has granted the pair unprecedented access to the reclusive Gloria, William’s wife, who hasn’t given an interview since he disappeared.

The BBC TV soundtrack of the acclaimed Jackanory multi-voice reading of The Hobbit. Broadcast to mark the 3000th programme of the much-loved children's series Jackanory, The Hobbit was transmitted over two weeks and 10 episodes in 1979. It told the gripping story of Bilbo Baggins and his band of dwarves, who are on a quest for the treasure guarded by the fearsome dragon Smaug. As he leaves his cosy hobbit-hole and travels into the wild, Bilbo's adventures begin.

If you want to learn how to beat the market, you have to learn how the market works. Never forget it: Trend is your friend! Would you like to know the world of swing trading but don't know where to start? That's why you have to buy this audiobook: This book contains all the information you need to help you approach the world of trading in the best way. Thanks to the contents of this manual, you will learn to predict market trends and generate profits thanks to proven and successful swing trading strategies.

It was in the nature of Belgium’s withdrawal from Africa that power was essentially handed over to the first in line to receive it. Very little of the careful preparation that characterized the British withdrawal from Africa was evident in Congo. As it turned out, the first in line to take power was a tall, stern-featured ideologue by the name of Patrice Lumumba. This audiobook looks at one of the most important African leaders of the 20th century.

This summary guide is proudly brought to you by Mercy Brain. It contains a comprehensive, well detailed summary and key takeaways of the original book by Dean Ornish MD and Anne Ornish. It summarizes the book in detail, to help people effectively understand, articulate and imbibe the original work.

Stock Market Investing for Beginners is a complete guide for every person who wants to achieve ultimate financial freedom while investing and trading. Forex trading, swing trading, options trading, stock market investing - you probably already heard about all these money-making options and wondered which one to choose and what is the best way to start. Both of these most important questions will be answered in this audiobook.

The Mamluks of Egypt, a group of warriors, slaves, and kings. Hailing from the Eurasian steppes, the Mamluks were not Arab, but ethnically Turkish, enslaved at a young age, and sold into military service in Egypt, where they underwent intense military training in Cairo.The Mamluks held a tight grip on political and military power, and this system of recruitment from abroad and social isolation created an elite army loyal to the state and succeeded in barring the ruled people, even the sons of the Mamluks, from entering the ruling classes.

Plenty of unusual characters came to the colonies to participate in the war, with many sporting dubious titles such as the Baron de Kalb, but perhaps none arrived in a more unique way than John Paul Jones...and his aggression became the stuff of legend. While the British accused him of being a pirate, he was feted by the Americans and French during the war before joining the Russian navy after the war.

This book combines the two options and forex markets, allowing the listener to take useful information on both and then choose where to focus their energies. Thanks to this manual, you will soon learn to understand the dynamics that govern the market, and you will be able to choose which side to stay on, thanks to the in-depth study and application of the principles and strategies that you will find in the manual.

Today the Space Race is widely viewed poignantly and fondly as a race to the Moon that culminated with Apollo 11 “winning” the Race for the United States. In fact, it encompassed a much broader range of competition between the Soviet Union and the United States...On February 20, 1962, John Glenn orbited the Earth, nearly a year after Gagarin’s orbit, and he remains best known for that historic feat...this audiobook profiles his life, chronicles his historic space mission, and details all the highlights before and after it.

Few people need to be reminded in the 21st century of the cost of European imperialism and colonization on indigenous and native cultures around the world. The increasingly controversial view of Columbus Day, still represented on the United States commemorative calendar, attests quite clearly to an ambiguous modern view of early European encounters with Native Americans. Slavery, disease, land and resource appropriation, and the rapid disintegration of indigenous societies are all characteristics of European global expansion.

As 1975 dawned, the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) prepared for a final series of campaigns to conquer the territory of South Vietnam, leading to a chain of events that culminated with the fall of Saigon and some of the most infamous footage in 20th century America’s history. The Fall of Saigon: The History of the Battle for South Vietnam’s Capital and the End of the Vietnam War examines how the war ended.

Do you want to know more about anxiety that the internet cannot answer you? Do you have so many questions inside your head about it? Then, Anxiety Workbook: Take Control Over Your Brain is the right book for you! The author has carefully picked the topic without meaning to offend anyone. Every word in this audiobook has been designed to ensure that you will understand what anxiety is and how it affects you or the people around you.

John Blacksad, fameux détective privé, doit enquêter sur le meurtre de son ancien amour, une star de cinéma... Plongée immersive au coeur d'un pur roman noir, avec cette adaptation audio de la bande dessinée chef-d'œuvre de Juanjo Guarnido et Juan Días Canales.

On savait que le cerveau était l'entité la plus complexe de l'univers connu. Mais les nouvelles découvertes démontrent que ses possibilités sont bien plus étonnantes qu'on ne le croyait. Non seulement il est totalement élastique - même âgé, handicapé, voire amputé, il peut se reconstruire, apprendre, inventer -, mais aussi totalement social - un cerveau n'existe qu'en résonance avec d'autres : nous sommes neuronalement constitués pour entrer en empathie.

The magnificent monolith the locals call “Uluru”, situated in the heart of Australia, hovers over a patchy bed of desert poplars and spinifex grasslands. The pleasant, but otherwise unexceptional, surroundings of the spellbinding sandstone landform only further accentuates its majesty - one that can be appreciated from a variety of angles.

Gaspard n'est pas content du tout. Être à la fois le petit frère de Simon et le grand frère de Suzanne, c'est vraiment pas facile. Trop petit pour aider papa à bricoler... trop grand pour attendrir maman et se faire admirer... Dégoûté, il se venge en faisant plein de bêtises. Et il en rajoute en accusant bébé chat. Pourtant, Gaspard a des idées et de la bonne volonté. Il suffit que le vent se lève et fasse voler les feuilles sur la clôture repeinte de frais pour qu'il ait l'occasion de le prouver.

Simon a trouvé un nouveau jeu très marrant. Il dit quelque chose d'épatant, comme par exemple " J'ai fait gagner mon équipe au foot en marquant 10 buts à moi tout seul ", alors tout le monde répond " Oh ! Bravo ! Super ! ", mais lui, aussitôt, rectifie : " c'est même pas vrai ! " Son petit frère Gaspard ne perd pas une miette de sa tactique autorigolante et, bientôt, il décide que c'est son tour de jouer.

En allant manger des crêpes chez Ferdinand, Simon se rend compte qu'il a mal, très très mal, à une dent. C'est une très grosse carie dans la molaire gauche. Il faut faire quelque chose ! Aller chez le dentiste ? Pas question ! Faire une piqûre ? Jamais de la vie ! Mais parfois, les mamans de Superlapins ont le dernier mot. En voiture, Simon, et direction le cabinet dentaire ! Installé de force dans un fauteuil de torture vert, la bouche tartinée de pâte à la fraise, Superlapin n'écoute que son courage.