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This is the very first Poirot/Hastings story. Set in 1916, we meet Captain Hastings as he is invalided out of the Great War and goes to convalesce at Styles Court, the family home of his great friend, John Cavendish. By an extraordinary coincidence, billeted in the village is a brilliant little retired detective with an egg-shaped head, who made a considerable impression on the Captain when he was in Belgium. Styles is not a happy household and in the blistering summer heat, tensions mount.

Italian billionaire Lorenzo Santangeli is expecting his money’s worth from his innocent wife on their wedding night. But Marisa flees; how can she share the marital bed with the man who married her solely to produce an heir? Lorenzo vows to fetch his virgin bride home - you do not say no to a Santangeli! Once she’s back she’ll be his completely - and he is determined to enjoy every minute of it...

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.

To get the hordes of predatory women off his back, billionaire Salvatore Cardini asked his petite office cleaner to be his convenient mistress. Jessica reluctantly agreed, but he was on the international rich list, with a glamorous lifestyle to match, while she was working two jobs just to survive. And Jessica hadn’t realised her role wasn’t just being on his arm in public - but his mistress in private, too.

"Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar" - so lautet der legendäre und allgemein bekannte erste Artikel des deutschen Grundgesetzes. Doch wie geht es eigentlich weiter? Was steckt noch in diesem Werk, das unsere deutsche Verfassung bildet und somit unser tägliches Leben bestimmt? Eine Frage, die sicher nicht viele Bürger einfach so beantworten können, schließlich zählt das Grundgesetz nicht zur allgemeinen GuteNacht-Lektüre.

Die Wahrheit über Deutschland pt. 13 ist die neueste Auskopplung der erfolgreichen Compilationreihe, die seit 1997 immer wieder aufs Neue die besten Ausschnitte aus aktuellen Comedy-und Kabarettsoloprogrammen in sich vereint. 22 Jahre, 13 famose Sampler und 2 gigantischen Boxen später steht auch die neueste Wahrheit mit einem fassettenreichen Querschnitt in den Startlöchern.

Mit den Waffen der Sprache, punktgenau und mit jeder Menge Humor, seziert Philip Simon ausgewählte Artikel des Grundgesetzes und zeigt uns, dass in eben diesem mehr Zündstoff steckt, als Progression in bundesdeutschen Köpfen. Philosophisch werden Kant, Nietzsche und Bruce Lee zitiert und gemeinsam mit ihnen ruft er zum bürgerlichen Widerstand gegen die Meisen in der eigenen Voliere auf, denn im "Meisenhorst", dem kollektiven Oberstübchen der Nation, muss ein Perspektivenwechsel her. Rechtzeitig zum 70.

70 Jahre Grundgesetz - was für ein Jubiläum. Am 23. Mai 1949 erlassen, sollte es lediglich bis zur Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands gelten. Doch ist aus dem Provisorium längst der unverrückbare Grundstein der Bundesrepublik Deutschland geworden. Neben der Gliederung in Judikative, Exekutive und Legislative Staatsorgane legt das Grundgesetz auch die Grundrechte jedes Menschen in der Bundesrepublik fest. Doch gerade in Zeiten des politischen Aufruhrs stellt sich die Frage, wie es um die Einhaltung dieser Gesetze bestellt ist.

As the world entered the long night of 2020, Philip Yancey turned to John Donne's Devotions, a nearly 400-year-old manuscript, for guidance. In it, he found a trustworthy companion for living through a global pandemic—or any other crisis. As Yancey says, "Nothing had prepared me for Donne's raw account of confrontations with God." By faithfully and poetically rendering Donne's 17th century prose into 21st century vernacular, Yancey opens up this classic work to a new generation.

A superb collection of dramas guaranteed to thrill and entertain from best-selling author Peter Ackroyd. Set in the heart of London, these star-studded adaptations feature parallel investigations into killings across two centuries, black magic, haunted houses, holy ghosts and a stunning performance by Simon Callow as the magnificent Charles Dickens. Novelist, biographer and critic Peter Ackroyd has cemented his place at the heart of the culture and history of London. This fantastic collection is full of vitality from a world-class author and stellar cast.

We live in a world with a relentless march of technology that shapes our very existence, where powerful Elites have manipulated our desires and perceptions. The rise of virtual existence is creating a generation disconnected from reality, from nature, and ultimately, from ourselves.

We are living in the age of super artificial intelligence which will help us or hinder us. Around the world, scientists, engineers, and software creators are bringing to life the fantasy world of a cybergenic future where biologically created humanoids implanted with artificial intelligence will be connected to each other across the globe.