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All seems tranquil as newly qualified Health Visitor Sarah motors into a small Kentish hilltop village in her new green mini. She’s barely out of the car when she’s called to assist the midwife with a bride who’s gone into labour in the middle of her own wedding reception. And so her...

Husband and wife Niamh and Ruairidh Macfarlane co-own Ranish Tweed: a Hebridean company that weaves its own special variety of Harris cloth, which has become a sought-after brand in the world of high fashion. But when Niamh learns of Ruairidh's affair with Russian designer Irina Vetrov, then witnesses the pair killed by a car bomb in Paris, her life is left in ruins. Along with her husband's remains, she returns home to the Isle of Lewis bereft.

The extraordinary true story of the codebreaking women of World War Two 'Nothing has breathed life into WWII in the same way as this truly engaging portrait of life at Bletchley Park sharing the memories of the women who worked at the code breaking coal face' - READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐...

The first five volumes from the landmark BBC radio series This Sceptred Isle. Christopher Lee's epic history tells the story of Britain from the Romans to the death of Victoria. This collection includes the original first five volumes.

One cold January day the police are called to a sleepy little hamlet in the north of Sweden where they discover a savagely murdered man lying in the snow. As they begin their investigation they notice that the village seems eerily quiet and deserted. Going from house to house, looking for...

Random House Audiobooks present The Audiobook of the Year, written and read by the team behind hit podcast No Such Thing As A Fish: James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski and Dan Schreiber. In a year when much of the news was believable but fake, comes an audiobook packed with...

Five Days in November, 1920: As the body of the Unknown Soldier makes its way home from the fields of Northern France, three women are dealing with loss in their own way: Hettie, who dances for sixpence a waltz at the Hammersmith Palais; Evelyn, who toils at a job in the pensions office, and Ada...

The final five volumes from the landmark BBC radio series This Sceptred Isle. Christopher Lee's epic history tells the story of Britain from the Romans to the death of Victoria. This collection includes the original volumes 6-10. 1702-1760: the First British Empire; the reign of George I; Britain's first Prime Minister, Robert Walpole; and the first rendition of Rule Britannia. 1760-1792: the Age of Revolution; the Industrial Revolution begins....

The Sceptred Isle provided the definitive radio account of the British nation, from 55BC to the end of the 20th century. Now its attention turns towards the incredibly powerful families which have wielded power behind the scenes for the past 1,000 years. The Dynasties relates how the loyalties of this privileged elite, many of whom are older than the monarchy itself, were tested and rewarded; it also uncovers a multitude of murderous plots, bloody battles, adulteries, intrigues and shocking executions.

Snubbed by aristocratic neighbour Lord Frampton at a coming-of-age ball, Donald Oliver dreams of the day he'll have his vengeance. Laura Oliver, beautiful and tempestuous, falls in love with Giovanni, an Italian ex-prisoner-of-war, now a humble cook. Disdaining her father's snobbishness - and his wrath - the couple flee to London. Giovanni and Laura arrive in a city that has not yet reawoken after the traumas of war.

This is the diary of Sarah Shaw for the year of 1971, which she recently uncovered whilst clearing out her loft. Working as a secretary for the BBC at the time, Sarah's diary describes the life of a suburban girl who certainly wasn't 'swinging' but who was, ironically, not only working on a cutting edge BBC survey on sex education but also in the throes of an unlikely affair with middle-aged, working-class, Irish lift attendant, Frank.

UWAŻAJ! TO, CZEGO SOBIE ŻYCZYSZ, MOŻESZ DOSTAĆ... I CO WTEDY? Dwudziestoletnia Kaja marzy o dużej rodzinie i ciepłych relacjach. Zawsze były tylko we dwie: ona i mama, próbująca związać koniec z końcem w Hamburgu. Po śmierci mamy Kaja przyjeżdża do Polski do dziadków, których nigdy nie poznała. Okazuje się jednak, że babcia nie żyje, dziadek Stanisław to zgryźliwy samotnik, a dom jest zapuszczony. Nie tak Kaja wyobrażała sobie spotkanie z rodziną. Mimo wszystko stara się przekonać dziadka do siebie i jednocześnie próbuje się odnaleźć w małym miasteczku.

When a steamy excerpt from her latest erotic novel accidentally ends up in her daughter's teacher's inbox, Lena Morrow is mortified. It was a mistake, one she wants to forget. But Nolan Hendrix doesn't let it slide. He's calm. Composed. Way too attractive to be real. And instead of walking away, he leans in, unshaken, unbothered, and intent on exploring every line she wrote. What begins as a scandalous mishap turns into something far more dangerous. The tension is magnetic. The desire is undeniable. But Lena is a single mom, with a child to protect and a past that still burns.

Ghost lived like his name…unseen, unheard, and deadly. A contract killer with no attachments, no weakness, and no second chances. You only saw him once…and that was seconds before your last breath. But even ghosts can bleed. When a routine hit goes sideways, Ghost is left wounded and alone, set up and ambushed by someone who knew his every move. Desperate and dying, he breaks into the first unlocked door he finds: a quiet little book café that smells like cinnamon, old novels. He thinks he's hallucinating when he sees her.

Als Valerie und Jerry sich in einem Nachtclub begegnen, knistert es gewaltig. Es folgen unvergesslich schöne Tage zu zweit. Doch beide haben bei ihrer ersten Begegnung eiskalt gelogen: Jerry hat Valerie nur angesprochen, um mit ihr eine Wette zu gewinnen. Und Valerie hat behauptet, noch Jungfrau zu sein, um sich für den Millionär interessanter zu machen. Da ist es nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis es zwischen ihnen mächtig knallt. Die Frage ist nur noch, ob es zuerst im Bett passiert – oder auf ganz andere Art. Abgeschlossener Liebesroman mit überraschender Wendung und Happy End.

På ytan lever Eva Falk det perfekta livet–en vacker villa i Sigtuna, ett framgångsrikt jobb och ett välordnat yttre. Men bakom fasaden finns ensamheten. Efter skilsmässan och dotterns flytt till San Francisco har huset blivit tomt, sällskapet på kvällarna blir allt oftare ett glas vin. Eller tre. Under en konferenskväll på en hotellbar tar Eva ett ödesdigert beslut. Ett som leder till en hemsk olycka–och förändrar Evas liv för alltid.

Islandia, rok 1904. Sigrid, córka hodowcy owiec z Brattholt, sprzeciwia się woli ojca, który zamierza sprzedać wodospad Gullfoss leżący na jego ziemi, a pieniądze rozdzielić między dzieci. W burzliwych wodach Gullfoss zginęła matka Sigrid, polska imigrantka Laura. Samobójstwo czy tragiczny wypadek? Jej śmierć pozostaje zagadką dla jej bliskich i całej wioski… Autorka do Islandii prowadzi nas z popowstaniowej Warszawy roku 1864 przez Kraków i Kopenhagę.

Dzień, w którym Lena odbiera dyplom opiekuna medycznego, ma być początkiem lepszego życia. W pracy Lena się spełnia, ma cel: dotrzeć do jednej z podopiecznych, pani Zofii, która uparcie milczy i nie wypuszcza z rąk tajemniczego zawiniątka. Wszystko powoli się układa. W jednym momencie ta układanka się rozsypuje, a wybory, przed którymi stanie Lena, nie będą należeć do łatwych. Niewidzialna nić porozumienia, która połączy kobiety, przeistoczy się w coś trwałego.

This book wants you to know that it is not a sleepy book. The only problem is... it feels veeerrry tired. Can it stay awake long enough to show you that it is not a sleepy book?...

Transform the way you have sex, the way you connect with yourself, and the way you show up in the world. Anna Hushlak and Billie Quinlan have changed the lives of over half a million women around the world with their approach to pleasure and sex through their popular app, Ferly. In Turn Yourself...