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Buster moved in with Roy Hattersley, former deputy leader of Britain's Labour Party, in December, 1995. Now "the most famous dog in Britain," he began to dictate these diaries soon after his arrival from the Animal Rescue. His principal interests are sniffing, putting his head in holes, and attempting to dominate his human companion from whom he is inseparable. He divides his time between London, Derbyshire, and any hotel that will have him.

As a lifelong eater, Blount always got along easily with food - he didn't have to think, he just ate. But food doesn't exist in a vacuum; there's the global climate and the global economy to consider, not to mention Blount's chronic sinusitis, which constricts his sense of smell and, consequently, his taste buds. So while he's always frowned on eating with an ulterior motive, times have changed. Save Room for Pie grapples with these and other food-related questions in Blount's signature style.

Three young men caught up in the Civil War leave home and family to fight for what they believe is right, only to discover war is not what they envisioned. Each made a promise; two were broken, one should’ve been. Trapped in a dimension between life and death, their souls are destined to never rest in peace, doomed to wander for eternity until, 150 years later, they find the fourth promise which can set them free.

A week before Christmas, John and Laura Ray storm into Myron's office, desperate to find their missing daughter. Money? They don't have any. Clues? They have few. Plagued by mounting bills and a skull-crushing migraine, Portland's only ghost detective wants nothing more than to show them the door. But defying his conscience always proves tougher to Myron Vale than saying no, and he soon finds himself embroiled in one of the strangest cases of his career.

Another collection of 16 classic tales of the macabre and supernatural by some of the best-known writers in these genres.

Aristotle was the third key figure among the philosophers of Ancient Greece, after Socrates and Plato. Here, extensive sections of the main works for which he is still respected are given, following accessible introductions setting the scene.

E. Nesbit is rightly best known for her children's books, but she also wrote works for adults, including short stories in the genres of the uncanny, macabre, and supernatural. There are five of these in this collection.

George and Weedon Grossmith were born in London into a theatrical family, and it was natural that they should both take up careers on the stage. Weedon initially studied art but later joined his brother, George, in the theatre.

Do you feel like work is constantly piling up on you? Do you work at a breakneck pace all day, only to find that you haven't accomplished the most important things on your agenda when you leave the office? Are you sick of procrastinating, losing focus, poor memory, and leaving projects unfinished? Do you get distracted easily? Are you overwhelmed by an ever-growing to-do list? Do you want to save hours a day and do more in less time? If you answered yes to any of those questions then you need to listen to this book.

Calming, thought-provoking, poetic and honest, Notes from Walnut Tree Farm is a collection of writing and musing by documentary-maker, environmentalist and author of Waterlog Roger Deakin. For the last six years of his life, Roger Deakin kept notebooks. In them, he wrote his daily thoughts, feelings and observations about and around his Suffolk home, Walnut Tree Farm. Collected here are the very best of these writings, capturing his extraordinary, restless curiosity about nature as well as his impressions of our changing world.

“The Gateway of the Monster” is a story featuring Thomas Carnacki, a detective who investigates cases of an occult or supernatural nature. It is one of five tales of Carnacki's ghost-hunting exploits that first appeared serially in The Idler magazine in 1910 and were published together with one more as the collection Carnacki the Ghost-Finder in 1913. After a good dinner, Mr. Carnacki relates his experiences of ghost finding to his limited circle of four friends whom he has summoned to his home in Chelsea.

Breaking into the House and F--king the Virgin Babysitters, tells the story of a sexy 18-year-old virgin babysitter, and her 20-year-old virgin sister, who meet two strange men that ignite their sexual curiosity. While the initial encounter with the men is uneventful, the men return to the house unexpectedly and proceed to have rough sex with these girls they do not know well - yet. Both women relish the opportunity to lose their virginity and are given babies to love and care for!

The Body Snatchers is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's most chilling tales. After many years, a chance encounter between two former medical students forces them to recall their sinister past and foul play that was better left buried. Perfect for long winter nights, these stories have been specially selected to create an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty. Read by Roy McMillan, with Naxos AudioBooks's trademark of carefully chosen music.

Arthur Machen (1863-1947) was a Welsh author known for his works of horror and the fantastic. He is acknowledged as an influence on modern writers of supernatural fiction. His story "The Red Hand" (1895) tells of a grisly murder committed with the most unusual of weapons, an ancient stone axe.

Civilization collapses: temperatures rise, viruses destroy medical capacities, ravaging weather systems leave fields barren, and the grid system fails. Human society shrinks until only refugee camps remain. But from this precipice The Centers arise. Telepathic, organic, harmonious biospheres of perfect natural balance. Consciousness is shared, body parts recycled, group mind intuition organizes society; it is a world in which the wrongs of human history have been righted. The Centers save humanity. But 25 years after their creation, a new disease threatens their existence.

The city of Wichita, Kansas, is wracked with panic over the abduction of toddler pageant princess Lindy Bobo. However, the dealers at The Heart of America Antique Mall are too preoccupied by their own neurotic compulsions to take much notice. Postcards, perfume bottles, Barbies, vinyl records, kitschy neon beer signs - they collect and sell it all.

George is finally getting ready to discuss adoption with his husband. Leon, unfortunately, can take a lot of time to warm up to an idea. Meanwhile, George has been having disturbing dreams of medical procedures on an alien spaceship, and soon after that he starts experiencing strange symptoms. It isn't long before his baffled doctor gives him a diagnosis - George is pregnant! With the pregnancy comes a whole host of new issues. He's determined to make things work for his growing family, though.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) is noted mainly for his novels Treasure Island, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Kidnapped, and for his verse, including A Child's Garden of Verses. He also wrote many short stories, of which "The Body-Snatcher" is one of his best known. Two others, "Markheim" and "A Lodging for the Night", are also included in this recording.

Includes the entire, unabridged audio narration of Wuthering Heights, as well as in-depth analysis on the text, covering the key areas of: Characters, Themes, Structure and Form, Historical Context and Popular Criticism - as well as detailed chapter summaries and key quotations for your exam. This audio study guide covers the core assessment objectives of the A-Level syllabus. This will give students studying these texts a strong foundation from which they can build their understanding, engage with other critical commentary and draw connections to other literary texts.

If David Sedaris, Chelsea Handler, Larry David, and Caitlin Moran had the unlikeliest orgy in history, the resulting love child might one day write a book like this rollicking collection of true tales from Roy Sekoff, the founding editor of The Huffington Post. Whether he's describing a teenage pilgrimage to a Times Square porn superstore, life-changing experiences with high colonics and psychic readings, or that time Chevy Chase grabbed his balls at a funeral, Sekoff is a lively raconteur whose sharp observations wring laughs out of a ludicrous-yet-relatable life.