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Banned in Russia, Tolstoy's The Kingdom of God Is Within You was deemed a threat to church and state. The culmination of a lifetime's thought, it espouses a commitment to Jesus's message of turning the other cheek. In a bold and original treatise, Tolstoy shows his readers clearly why they must reject violence of any sort—even that sanctioned by the state or the church—and urges them to look within themselves to find the answers to questions of morality.

John Milton tuait autrefois pour le compte du gouvernement britannique. Il essaie désormais de se racheter, une mission après l’autre. Hanté par son passé, Milton vit incognito à Londres, offrant son aide à ceux qui n’ont personne vers qui se tourner. Quand il fait la rencontre d’Eddie Fabian, un homme suicidaire, brisé par les abus vécus dans son enfance, il décide de s’impliquer. Mais avant qu’il ait le temps d’agir, Eddie est retrouvé mort. Et quelque chose ne colle pas.

John Milton pensait en avoir fini avec Avi Bachman. L’homme le plus dangereux qu’il ait jamais connu s’est retrouvé incarcéré à Angola, la prison impitoyable de Louisiane. Une fois enfermé là-bas, on ne ressort que dans une boîte en bois. Mais Bachman n’est pas un prisonnier ordinaire. En tant qu’ancien assassin au service du Mossad, il a des relations.

John Milton s’efforce de se racheter après sa carrière de tueur à gages pour les Services secrets britanniques. Il cherche désespérément à réparer ses erreurs et à réécrire son passé sanglant. Il se retrouve en Louisiane – au cœur du bayou et parmi les ravages de Katrina – avec une dette à payer. Isadora Bartholomew, qui a sauvé la vie de son partenaire, a besoin d’aide. Joel Babineaux, un magnat de l’immobilier, a décidé de saboter l’association qu’elle a fondée pour reconstruire le quartier du Lower Ninth.

This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of Leo Tolstoy's 4 greatest works of non-fiction in one audiobook. The essays included here are: What is Art?, The Inevitable Revolution, The Kingdom of God Is Within You, A Confession.

An irresistible French sensation - Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore meets Amélie. The Reader on the 6.27 explores the power of books through the lives of the people they save. It is sure to capture the hearts of book lovers everywhere. Guylain Vignolles leads a dull and solitary life. He hates his job and his only company at home is a goldfish. Every morning he takes the 6.27 to his tedious job at a book pulping factory.

Collected Essays contains nearly 80 essays, reviews and occasional pieces composed between novels, plays and travel books over four prolific decades. From Henry James and Somerset Maugham to Ho Chi Minh and Kim Philby, the range of subjects is eclectic and stimulating, his subjects brought vividly to life. The resulting collection is as revealing as autobiography and characteristically rich in humour, insight and doubt.

Napoleon Bonaparte's ascent to power was meteoric. Ever the outsider and regarded by many as an upstart, his extraordinary determination, courage, and tactical skill saw him rise from ordinary beginnings to become the greatest military commander of his age. A brigadier general by the age of 24, crowned Emperor of France by age 35, he had conquered most of the countries of Europe by the time he was 45.

Leo Tolstoy & Charles Dickens: The Ultimate Collection brings together four major works of fiction from two of the greatest writers of the 1800s, as well as a one piece of their most renowned non-fiction. In this collection you'll hear Jonathan Keeble expertly narrating the grand epics of Anna Karenina and War & Peace, Stephen Fry narrating Great Expectations, Scrooge's ghostly journey narrated by Jason Isaacs, and other award-winning narrators bringing Tolstoy and Dickens' most beloved stories to life.