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Eamonn Holmes is one of the most popular TV presenters in the UK. For twelve years he was the main anchor at GMTV drawing daily audiences of six million viewers. His humour, easy presenting style, and ability to think on his feet have earned him not only millions of fans but several industry awards. But success has come at a cost.

It feels like the safest place on earth. A family-friendly, floating palace. But, as Anya Crichton soon discovers, cruise ships aren't all that they seem... Statistics tell us that a woman is twice as likely to be sexually assaulted on a cruise ship than on dry land. Customers aren't screened...

Battlefields is what every Richard Holmes fan has been waiting for. Richard Holmes skilfully clarifies the complexities of four major World War 2 military campaigns: El Alamein, Italy, Arnhem and the Battle of Britain (the Main Offensive). In this fascinating and brilliantly articulated study of war, he recreates what it was really like to be in the midst of bloody conflict from letters, diaries and interviews with soldiers awarded campaign medals for their heroism during World War 2.

The page-turning and revelatory true story of America’s disastrous 1835 attack on the Seminoles in pre-statehood Florida, and the two men—a Black American and a renowned Indigenous warrior—who fought back for their homes and freedom, from the author of the “eye-opening marvel of a...

Halloween steht vor der Tür! Passend dazu stellt die Klassenlehrerin den Kindern einen ungewöhnlichen neuen Mitschüler vor: Emil, das Schulskelett. Doch als Emil eines Tages spurlos verschwindet, beschließen die neugierigen Superaugen, diesen unheimlichen Vorfall genauer unter die Lupe zu nehmen. Gibt es eine Verbindung zwischen dem Diebstahl und der bevorstehenden Halloween-Party?

Der junge Ornithologe Lino Troll findet bei einem Forschungsaufenthalt in Philadelphia durch Zufall zwei Kisten mit Tonbandaufnahmen im Keller der Academy of Natural Sciences. Während Troll tagsüber in einem Naturkundemuseum seiner Arbeit als Präparator nachgeht, widmet er sich nachts dem mysteriösen Vogelstimmenarchiv, von dem außer ihm niemand weiß. Eines Tages wird er beauftragt, einen Ziegenmelker, Caprimulgus Europaeus, zu präparieren und sieht darin einen unheilvollen Zusammenhang mit Bonds Vermächtnis.

Sie hören sich in der Nachbarschaft um, ob jemandem etwas Verdächtiges aufgefallen ist, doch außer verreihten Büchern in der Bibliothek hat sich nichts Aufregendes getan … Ein bisschen Abenteuer soll eine Übernachtung in Oma Bertas Schrebergarten bieten, vor allem, wenn man sich dabei Geistergeschichten erzählt. Und tatsächlich: In dem leerstehenden, verfallenen Haus am Ortsende scheint Licht aus einem Fenster! Vielleicht wird die alte Ruine von einem Geist heimgesucht?

In ihrem zweiten Fall haben die Freunde mit dem Theatergeist, der die Theatertexte der Schüler und Schülerinnen stiehlt, Proben der Theatergruppe absagt und die Theaterproben sabotiert, zu tun. Wieder einmal stehen die Zwillinge Ulli und Olli, sowie Djamila, Tim, Minimax und Oma Berta vor einem scheinbar schwierigen Rätsel und die Freunde müssen sich beeilen – denn sonst könnte die Theateraufführung Peter Pan abgesagt werden.

Als Ullis Schuhe plötzlich auch verschwinden, entschließen sich die Zwillinge dazu, zusammen mit ihren neuen Freunden Djamila, Tim, Minimax und Oma Berta als Detektive "Superaugen" diesen Fall zu lösen. Gelingt es den neuen Freunden diesen rätselhaften Fall zu lösen? Und was haben die geheimen Botschaften von dem mysteriösen Mister X mit dem Schuhdieb zu tun?

For celebrated journalist Tracey Lee Holmes, sport has been both a way of life and a lens through which to look at life itself. In this completely candid, wide-ranging and passionate book – part memoir, part manifesto – she shares both her stories and her views on sport’s most dramatic...

Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to be written in approximately 1599. Its full titles are The Chronicle History of Henry the Fifth (in the First Quarto text) and The Life of Henry the Fifth (in the First Folio text). It tells the story of King Henry V of England...

Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award Five Starred Reviews! A New York Public Library Best Book for Kids, 2016 Grown-ups lie. That’s one truth Beans knows for sure. He and his gang know how to spot a whopper a mile away, because they are the savviest bunch of barefoot conchs (that means...

An illuminating look at the surprising upside of ambiguity—and how, properly harnessed, it can inspire learning, creativity, even empathy Life today feels more overwhelming and chaotic than ever. Whether it’s a confounding work problem or a faltering relationship or an unclear medical...

From former MTV VJ Dave Holmes, the hilarious memoir of a perpetual outsider fumbling towards self-acceptance, with the music of the '80s, '90s, and today as his soundtrack Dave Holmes has spent his life on the periphery, nose pressed hopefully against the glass, wanting just one thing: to get...

In this groundbreaking and deeply soulful audiobook, author and spiritual teacher Shavita Kotak reawakens the forgotten truth of menopause as a sacred rite of passage, a time when the body, spirit, and consciousness converge to birth the wise woman within.

The first book in Janet Gover’s Coorah Creek series. Pitch perfect romance for fans of Alissa Callen and Karly Lane. They're saving lives in the outback, can love save them ...? Pilot Jess Pearson is running away from a broken heart and a terrible burden of guilt. A new job flying an air...

An anthology of plays and original radio dramas from the prolific playwright Born and brought up in the East End of London, Bernard Kops came to fame in the late 1950s as part of British drama’s ‘New Wave’. A lyrical chronicler of Jewish family life, he is often compared to Arnold Wesker...

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring Roy Hudd, Sarah-Jane Holm and David Bamber. When Alice sees the White Rabbit run by, it occurs to her that she’s never seen a rabbit with a watch before. Burning with curiosity, she jumps up and follows him into a rabbit-hole. Then she falls...

Military historian Richard Holmes turns his attention to the infamous First World War trench line, the Western Front. Of the nine million British and Dominion soldiers who were killed in action in the Great War, most died here. In this thorough examination of the role the Front played in the war...

We cannot control when hardships in life happen, but we can control how we overcome them. Born in 1935 while the Great Depression was in full swing, Dudley M. Sims had no idea the incredible life full of obstacles as well as blessings he would live. Through a series of stories and completed by his wife, Andrea K. Sims, after his passing, Overcoming the Odds of Life illuminates the strength he had to be an overcomer, the love he and his wife shared that she continues to feel to this day, and the unforgettable legacy he left behind.