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When Darrell joins Malory Towers, she's thrilled to be at the beautiful boarding school on the Cornish coast. There are new friends to make, lacrosse games to play, midnight feasts to eat and many stories to share. Should Darrell believe lively Alicia's tale of a school ghost? Are there some stories of her own that Darrell would rather keep to herself? As soon as she meets spiky, spoilt new girl Gwendoline, Darrell knows it's going to be a struggle to hide her secret and of her famously hot temper.

These timeless stories are perfect for young fans of mystery, adventure or detective series. A store of stolen silver, a surprising view through a telescope, a shrill scream on a night out, a disappearing cash box, a dangerous accident and a trap for the Secret Seven! Solve the mystery with the Secret Seven in these six classic short stories by Enid Blyton - perfect for bedtime listening! The stories were originally published in books and magazines in the 1940s and 1950s. This audio recording features the classic texts.

Anne Bassett served four of Henry VIII's queens, yet the king himself once pledged to serve her. Had fate not decreed otherwise, she might have been his wife - and queen of England. But now, far from court and heavy with her husband's child, Anne prays in the Hungerford chapel and awaits the ghostly figure she knows will come. This is her story, one that entwines with the fate of another Lady Hungerford from not so many years before.

This hilarious, thought-provoking debut novel is a brilliant examination of art, celebrity, the natural world, and the power of language. It is an unforgettable, unputdownable adventure with a small but global cast of characters shaken by the shocks of love, destruction, and creation in one of Europe's last great wildernesses.

Available for the first time: audio editions of Milly's brilliant short stories 'Here Come the Boys', 'The Wedding Dress', 'Ladies Who Launch' and 'The Barn on Half Moon Hill'. Milly Johnson is the sparkling and irrepressible author of six best-selling novels. She is also a columnist, greetings card copywriter, poet and after-dinner speaker. Her books are about the universal issues of friendship, family, betrayal, babies, rather nice food and a little bit of that magic in life that sometimes visits the unsuspecting.

Qu'est-ce que votre rapport à la nourriture dit de vous ? Que vous ayez des troubles du comportement alimentaire ou tout simplement un rapport conflictuel ou obsessif à votre poids, enchaînant les régimes qui vous entraînent dans la spirale infinie du yo-yo, le lien que vous entretenez avec votre assiette signifie souvent bien plus que vous ne le croyez. Les mécanismes psychologiques à l'oeuvre lorsque nous craquons pour une tablette de chocolat ou que nous envoyons valser notre diète nous enseignent beaucoup sur ce que nous ressentons.

Wo beginnt die Sage - wo endet die Wirklichkeit? Mara ist als eine der letzten Seherinnen dazu auserwählt, das Ende der Welt zu verhindern. Zusammen mit Professor Weissinger versucht Mara, das Geheimnis um die Macht des Feuerbringers zu lüften. Dabei gerät sie in die Fänge der Todesgöttin Hel, die sie nur wieder gehen lässt, wenn Mara einen Auftrag für sie ausführt. Doch dafür muss sich Mara erneut in die Nähe des Halbgottes Loki wagen.

December, 1989, and Ashley Smith - a bright-eyed American studying in London - has unexpectedly been invited by her classmate Emma Chapman to spend Christmas at her family's Cotswolds manor house, Starvewood Hall. The holiday is a true English fantasy: woodland walks, charming pubs and elaborate dinners at the manor, with the added romantic potential of Emma's twin brother, Adam, who feels like Ashley's wildest dreams come true. But is there something strange about the old house, both stately and rundown.

1586: Female espionage agent, Kit Scarlett is stationed at Chartley Castle, where Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, is under house arrest for plotting against the English Queen Elizabeth. Kit helps Sir Francis Walsingham's top code-breaker, Thomas Phelippes, as they intercept Mary Stuart's communications with her conspiring supporters. And when they have the proof that Mary Stuart has sanctioned Queen Elizabeth's assassination, Kit races to deliver the message to Walsingham. But before they can persuade Queen Elizabeth to sign Mary Stuart's death warrant, the Scottish queen escapes.

Con este audiolibro, profundizarás en la autoestima, en cómo identificar a «la niña buena» que a veces te tiene secuestrada, a reconocer personas tóxicas (también llamadas «imbéciles»), cómo crear una relación sana de pareja, a organizar un plan de acción para mejorar el mundo laboral u otros temas de las tres áreas de la vida que más nos afectan: la relación con nosotras mismas, la relación con los demás y la relación con el mundo laboral.

In Parliament Ltd, investigative journalist Martin Williams reveals the true extent of greed and corruption in Westminster. Containing explosive new revelations about the activities of those at the top, this is a shocking untold tale that goes to the rotten heart of British politics.

In the aftermath of an asteroid impact, Earth’s power grid is damaged nearly beyond recovery. The survival of our world may well depend on energy sources collected from an abandoned undersea settlement beneath the icy surface of Enceladus. Earth-raised Colonel Carter Rhodes, in charge of Earth’s recovery efforts, calls upon Gwen Baré, a Venusian engineer, to regain control of the deserted moon outpost and collect fuel for Earth’s collapsing power grids.

From sex-crazed fiends to cold-eyed professional assassins, only those convicted of the most terrible murders are told they will die behind bars. This audiobook tells the stories of those most depraved killers whose crimes outraged society and demanded the harshest penalty available to a British court.

Ein geheimnisvoller Brief, ein verfallenes Schloss, eine unerfüllte Liebe. Es beginnt mit einem verloren geglaubten Brief. Ein halbes Jahrhundert hat er darauf gewartet, gelesen zu werden. Die Suche nach dem Absender führt die junge Edie nach Millderhurst Castle, wo seit Jahrzehnten die exzentrischen Blythe-Schwestern leben. Als Edie das verfallene Schloss betritt, beginnt sie zu ahnen, dass hinter den alten Mauern der Schlüssel zur rätselhaften Vergangenheit ihrer Mutter liegt.

“I Chose Love” takes you on the courageous and insightful journey of New England artist Sandi Gold, from the time she was diagnosed with a brain tumor and given less than a year to live, to her miraculous recovery, followed by a thirty-year roller-coaster ride of physical and emotional challenges. Faced with recurring symptoms of radiation damage (including cancer) from her treatment, betrayal by a dysfunctional family, and myopic advice from the medical establishment, she taught herself to open her heart and trust her own body’s voice.

1586, London: Covert espionage agent Kit Scarlett is once again tasked with defending Queen Elizabeth against an assassination attempt. With the attacks on the queen's life mounting, Kit and spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham know they need to find a firm link between these deadly plots and Mary Queen of Scots. But Kit is also keen to investigate a more personal matter. Her espionage partner, Iohmar Blackwood, did not return from his last mission set by Walsingham and has not been seen for a year.

Maras Welt ist in großer Gefahr. Es ist nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis der Feuerbringer alles um sie herum auslöschen wird. Mara muss unbedingt herausfinden, wer ihr geheimnisvoller Auftraggeber ist! Ihr bleibt nicht mehr viel Zeit. Und plötzlich überstürzen sich die Ereignisse: Eine spannende Verfolgungsjagd durch die Götterwelt beginnt. Kann Mara das große Unheil aufhalten und ihre Welt retten?

After Ludwig van Beethoven’s death, a love letter in his writing was discovered, addressed only to his ‘Immortal Beloved’. Decades later, Countess Therese Brunsvik claims to have been the composer’s lost love. Yet is she concealing a tragic secret? Who is the one person who deserves to know the truth? Becoming Beethoven’s pupils in 1799, Therese and her sister, Josephine, followed his struggles against the onset of deafness, Viennese society’s flamboyance, privilege and hypocrisy and the upheavals of the Napoleonic wars.

Shrek is back: Gelangweilt von seinem geruhsamen Leben als Familienvater, sehnt Shrek sich nach den abenteuerlichen Zeiten von früher. Das hinterlistige Rumpelstilzchen erfährt davon und bietet Shrek einen teuflischen Deal an. Als Shrek sich darauf einlässt, ahnt er nichts von dem Fluch, der ihn in eine Welt versetzt, in der ihn weder seine Freunde, der Esel und der Gestiefelte Kater, noch seine Frau Fiona kennen. Einmal mehr liegt es an Shrek, die Dinge wieder in Ordnung zu bringen.

From an irresponsible baron whose body is discovered beneath a silver birch tree, to a classic detective duo solving a historic case as the lights go out across Europe, and an exclusive Tony Hill and Carol Jordan story, the characters McDermid conjures are enigmatic and dangerous. These evocative, atmospheric tales will shock and delight.