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In this brilliant book, Francis Wheen, the author of the most successful biography of Karl Marx, tells the story of Das Kapital and Marx's 20-year struggle to complete his unfinished masterpiece. Born in a two-room flat in London's Soho amid political squabbles and personal tragedy, the first volume of Das Kapital was published in 1867 to muted praise. But after Marx's death, the book went on to influence thinkers, writers, and revolutionaries.

In a dangerous world, everyone needs protection. Hostage is the first installment from the Bodyguard series by Chris Bradford, best-selling author of Young Samurai. Bodyguard is a bulletproof action-adventure series that fans of Cherub and Alex Rider will love. This is Lee Child for younger readers--Jason Bourne for the next generation.

Clive Barker has made his mark on modern fiction by exposing all that is surreal and magical in the ordinary world - and exploring the profound and overwhelming terror that results. With its volatile mix of the fantastical and the contemporary, the everyday and the otherworldly, Weaveworld is an epic work of dark fantasy and horror - a tour de force from one of today's most forceful and imaginative artists.

They're bold, courageous, resolute . . . ex-officers of the Crown united against a deadly traitor known only as the Black Cobra. Shipwrecked, wounded, he risks all to pursue his mission only to discover a partner as daring and brazen as he. Fiery, tempestuous, a queen in her own realm, she rescues a warrior, only to find her heart under siege. Bound by passion, linked by need, together they must brave the enemy's gauntlet to win all their hearts' desire.

This is a collection of the best leadership speeches, gave by the most outstanding leaders of our generation.

New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens has created some of romance's most unforgettable novels. Now she has created her most provocative love story—and amazing hero—to date. This is the book that dares to ask the question: Who is this man's ideal bride? Michael...

Das letzte, was Michelle erwartet, als sie ein Pub in Schottland betritt, ist, dass ein Highlander urplötzlich seinen Kilt hebt. Hat der Kerl einen Vogel? Um diesem wortkargen Wallace, dessen Gründe für diese Aktion sie gar nicht erst wissen will, macht sie fortan einen extragroßen Bogen. Doch in einem kleinen Dorf am Loch Ness kann man sich schlecht aus dem Weg gehen. Und ausgerechnet der verschlossene Wallace bringt ihre Pläne, sich nicht zu verlieben, rasend schnell ins Wanken... so war das alles nie geplant!

Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts ist die Macht der letzten Vampir-Clans in Europa am Schwinden. Um das Überleben ihrer Gattung zu sichern, beschließen die Altehrwürdigen, ihre Nachkommen fortan gemeinsam auszubilden. Beim irischen Clan der Lycana sollen die jungen Vampire die Magie des Gestaltwandelns erlernen. Doch bei ihrer Ankunft an der wilden Küste Irlands geraten die Erben der Nacht in eine jahrhundertealte blutige Fehde – den Krieg zwischen Vampiren und Werwölfen.

In this edition, we hear, translated into modern English, 20-some tales, told in the voices of knight and merchant, wife and miller, squire and nun, and many more. Some are bawdy, some spiritual, some romantic, some mysterious, some chivalrous. Between the stories, the travelers converse, joke, and argue, revealing much about their individual outlooks upon life as well as what life was like in late 14th-century England.

In the electrifying new series The Hive: A Thriller, CIA cyber-ops officer Samantha Sloane stumbles onto a mystery that leads straight into her own forgotten past. Her search for answers draws her into the orbit of Eli Cooper, the elusive CEO of a billion-dollar cybersecurity firm and his group of elite hackers who make up The Hive. But the more Sam learns about Eli and his company, the more she realizes she can't trust anyone around her.

Als Maggy ihre Londoner Karriere gegen einen Neustart in den schottischen Highlands eintauscht, erwartet sie alles - nur nicht einen Job beim charismatischen Spieleentwickler Lewis MacKenzie. Der geniale, aber hoffnungslos unorganisierte Chef eines erfolgreichen Gaming-Imperiums braucht dringend jemanden, der Ordnung in sein Chaos bringt. Was als professionelles Arbeitsverhältnis beginnt, entwickelt sich durch späte Arbeitsnächte und intensive Gespräche zu etwas, das Maggy nicht einzuordnen weiß.

As Autumn deepens into darkness in Lidingö, on the Stockholm archipelago, the island is plunged into chaos: in the space of a week, two teenagers, the son of the island's mayor and that of a powerful businessman, are brutally murdered. Their bodies are left deep in the forest, dressed in white tunics with crowns of candles atop their heads, like offerings to Saint Lucia. Maïa Rehn has fled Paris for Lidingö, where her husband has grown up, trying to come to terms with the death of their only daughter in a car accident...

Bridget Jones' zweites Abenteuer! Unermüdlich kämpft die Heldin des Romans Schokolade zum Frühstück weiter um das große Glück und versucht - bewehrt mit zahllosen Ratgebern wie "Männer sind anders" und "Endlich Wunschgewicht" - ihr Leben zu meistern. Die Chancen steigen, als ihre Mutter endlich einen langen, langen Aufenthalt im Ausland plant.

In 2023 John Finnemore and the Souvenir Programme team returned to Radio 4 with a new format – annual, one-off, 45-minute Specials. Some are in the style of Series 1-8, with sketches, jokes and songs, while others are more discursive and experimental, like Series 9. Collected together here, they all feature his trusty ensemble cast of Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan.

Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and recently replaced by a computer, Olivetti has been forgotten by the Brindles—the family he’s lived with for years. The Brindles are busy humans, apart from twelve-year-old Ernest, who would rather be left alone with his collection of Oxford English Dictionaries. Once a collector of words, now Olivetti only collects dust. He gets a rare glimpse of action from Ernest’s mom, Beatrice—his used-to-be frequent visitor—only for her to drop him off at Heartland Pawn Shop and leave him behind.

A landmark short story collection that put the more character-based New Wave science fiction on the map, Dangerous Visions won several prestigious awards and was nominated for many others. This now-classic anthology includes thirty-three stories by thirty-two award-winning authors, over half of whom have won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards.

There’s nothing too unusual about a father asking his son for a favor—unless, of course, the father in question has been dead for five years. Thomas, a young virtuoso pianist living a quiet, carefully structured life in France, is stunned when his late father, Raymond, suddenly appears in his home. He’s not a ghost in the traditional sense—he’s real enough to ask for help. His request? That Thomas travel with him to San Francisco to find Camille, the long-lost love of his life.

In this major and wholly original contribution to military history, John Keegan reverses the usual convention of writing about war in terms of generals and nations in conflict, which tends to leave the common soldier as cipher. Instead, he focuses on what a set battle is like for the man in the thick of it.

Dragons were dying. All over the world, a curse was taking us out one by one, and nobody knew how to stop it. I watched my mother burn, I watched my little brother fall sick. That's when Robby practically falls into my lap, with his big brown eyes and charming smile and his penchant for being hunted by vampires. After saving him twice from certain death, we soon come to realize that there's a reason he's being hunted. And that reason may be the answer to all our problems, and the start to a whole new set of them.

This is a collection meant to be cherished for a lifetime. Whether encountering these cherished tales for the first or the 50th time, listeners will find enchantment in this collection.