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The true strength of the Emperor's largest military force lies not in their artillery, trenches, and tanks, but in the courage of the ordinary men and women of the Astra Militarum. Against the countless foes of the Imperium, Guardsmen stand together. They fight to live and die not only for the glory of the God-Emperor, but for their fellow soldier.

Dolmetscher Bruno Salvador wird vom Britischen Geheimdienst für eine inoffizielle Konferenz zum Thema Kongo engagiert. Die krisengeschüttelte und an Rohstoffen reiche Region ist Brunos Heimat. Bahnt sich in dem fernen Land eine Katastrophe an? Bruno sucht Verbündete, die mit ihm für eine demokratische Zukunft des Kongo streiten. Doch plötzlich wird er zum Gejagten, denn in seinem Besitz befinden sich wertvolle Dokumente.

In der britischen Kolonie Gibraltar findet eine streng geheime Anti-Terror-Operation statt: Ein islamistischer Waffenkäufer soll entführt werden. Die Drahtzieher: Fergus Quinn, ein hochrangiges Regierungsmitglied, und Jay Crispin, Chef einer internationalen Sicherheitsfirma. Toby Bell, ein Mitarbeiter Quinns, stolpert über die geheime Aktion. Irgendetwas ist an der Sache faul und soll vertuscht werden. Seine Nachforschungen bringen ihn in eine gefährliche Lage.

Einer der fünf Top-Leute des britschen Geheimdienstes muss ein Maulwurf sein, ein Top-Agent des KGB....

In the smoke-wreathed gloom of a Parisian salon, Detective Bencolin has summoned his allies to discuss a peculiar case. A would-be murderer, imprisoned for his attempt to kill his wife, has escaped and is known to have visited a plastic surgeon. His whereabouts remain a mystery, though with his former wife poised to marry another, Bencolin predicts his return. Sure enough, the detective's worst suspicions are realised when the beheaded body of the new suitor is discovered in a locked room of the salon, with no apparent exit.

When word reaches 'The Department' - an ailing section of British intelligence - that Soviet missiles are being installed close to the West German border, it seems the perfect opportunity to show Control and Smiley, their rivals over at the Circus, that The Department still has value. Former spy Fred Leiser is lured back from retirement to investigate, and manages to cross the border into East Germany in a dangerous night-time operation.

When a Russian émigré is found murdered on Hampstead Heath, Smiley is called out of retirement to exorcise some Cold War ghosts from his clandestine past. What follows is Smiley the human being at his most vulnerable and Smiley the case officer at his most brilliant; and it takes to a thrilling conclusion his career-long, serpentine battle with the enigmatic and ruthless Russian spymaster Karla.

Crime author Dick Markham is in love again; his fiancée, Lesley Grant, the mysterious newcomer to the village. When Grant accidentally shoots a fortune teller through the side of his tent at the local fair - following a very strange reaction to his predictions - Markham is reluctantly brought into a scheme to expose his betrothed as a suspected serial husband-poisoner. That night the enigmatic fortune teller - and chief accuser - is found dead in an impossible locked-room setup, casting suspicion onto Grant and striking doubt into the heart of her lover.

Justin Quayle, Diplomat im britischen Hochkommissariat in Nairobi und begeisterter Hobbygärtner, führt ein beschauliches Leben – bis zu dem Tag, an dem seine junge Frau Tessa ermordet aufgefunden wird. Justin macht sich auf die Suche nach dem Mörder und entdeckt, dass die rebellische Tessa einem Komplott auf der Spur war, in das nicht nur die mächtige Pharmaindustrie, sondern auch britische Regierungskreise verwickelt zu sein scheinen.

Allen Carrs Easyway ist ein globales Phänomen – eine klinisch erprobte, 100% medikamentenfreie Methode, die bereits Millionen Menschen geholfen hat, mit dem Rauchen aufzuhören. Jetzt widmet sich Allen Carr's EasyWay Institut dem Vaping, der am schnellsten wachsenden Art, Nikotin zu konsumieren. Statt mit Angst oder Verboten zu arbeiten, entlarvt die Methode die geistige Konditionierung hinter der Sucht und beseitigt das Verlangen ohne Willenskraft oder Entzug. Wer das Buch vollständig liest und die Anweisungen befolgt, kann sich von der Nikotinsucht befreien.

Four full-cast stories of suspense from the creator of Dr Gideon Fell The master of the ‘impossible crime’ novel, American author John Dickson Carr was renowned for his Golden Age detective stories featuring the eccentric genius Dr Gideon Fell. This collection brings together four of his...

When Miles Hammond is invited to a meeting of the Murder Club in London, he is met instead with just two other guests and is treated to a strange tale of an impossible crime in France years before; the murder of a man on a tower with only one staircase, under watch at the time at which the murder took place. With theories of levitating vampires abounding, the story comes home to Miles when he realises that the librarian he has just hired for his home is none other than Fay Seton, a woman at the heart of this bizarre and unsolved past murder.

A sinister case of deadly poisoned chocolates from Sodbury Cross's high street shop haunts the group of friends and relatives assembled at Bellegarde, among the orchards of 'peach-fancier' Marcus Chesney. To prove a point about how the sweets could have been poisoned under the nose of the shopkeeper, Chesney stages an elaborate memory game to test whether any of his guests can see beyond their 'black spectacles'; that is, to see the truth without assumptions as witnesses.

Robert Messer, a sinner who had been left behind, and a former news anchor makes these rogue broadcasts to report the truth of the Tribulation Period. The new world government will stop at nothing to prevent the truth from being heard by the public. How many will this broadcast help? Will the government find Messer and stump his operation once and for all? Good luck and may God have mercy on our souls...

When the police arrive at the holiday bungalow of the haughty Justice Ireton to find a man killed by gunshot and the high court judge brandishing a pistol, the case seems as straightforward as it is scandalous. Yet, with the incongruous assemblage of physical evidence, the judge's denial of any participation in the crime and the recent events of his daughter's love life combined, the deceptively simple case is soon steeped in complexity. At a loss in the bizarre circumstances, the local force calls in the larger-than-life sleuth Dr Gideon Fell.

As the thick, autumnal fog chokes the capital, within the fire-lit lounge of London's notorious Brimstone Club a bizarre tale is being spun for Inspector Bencolin and his friend Jeff Marle. A member of the club has been sent a model of a tiny gallows, and the word is that the folkloric hangman Jack Ketch has been stalking the streets for victims by night. The threat of this supposed bogeyman becomes thrillingly real when that same night Bencolin and Marle are almost run down by a limousine with a corpse behind the wheel.

Last night, Mademoiselle Duchêne was seen heading into the Gallery of Horrors at the Musée Augustin waxworks, alive. Today she was found in the Seine, murdered. The museum's proprietor, long perturbed by the unnatural vitality of his figures, claims that he saw one of them following the victim into the dark; a lead that Henri Bencolin, head of the Paris police and expert of impossible crimes, cannot resist.

John le Carré was a bestselling author whose books include The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. On this recording we hear - in his own words - about being brought up by his grandparents and feeling deserted by his mother and father. He talks about being creative...

Die Easyway-Methode gegen Frustessen! Eine große Tafel Schokolade ist schnell verputzt, wenn beruflicher und privater Stress an den Nerven zehren. Und während sich abends auf der Couch Einsamkeit breit macht, wird aus der wohlverdienten Handvoll Chips nebenbei eine ganze Tüte. Emotionales Essen nennt man das Phänomen, wenn wir ohne echten Hunger über die Stränge schlagen, um negative Gefühle wie Stress, Langeweile oder Trauer abzudämpfen. Nach derlei Essanfällen empfinden wir Reue, denn Frustessen ist ungesund und führt zu Gewichtsproblemen.

Julian Lawndsley har opgivet sit prestigefyldte job i London og har slået sig ned som boghandler i en lille engelsk kystby. Men en aften, kun et par måneder efter karriereskiftet, får Julian besøg. Edward, en polsk emigrant, der bor i Sølvblik, det store hus i udkanten af ??byen, ved en hel del om Julians familie og er ualmindeligt interesseret i hans lille boghandel. En spionchef i London modtager et brev, der advarer om en faretruende lækage, og hans efterforskning fører ham til den stille kystby.