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Here is a new audio edition of the acclaimed BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of Anthony Trollope's gently satirical tales of provincial life, available together in one download. Nearly 20 hours of ironic, witty, and wonderfully written drama is contained in this audiobook. The cast includes Anna Massey, Alex Jennings, David Haig, Rosemary Leach, Kenneth Cranham, Emma Fielding, and Brenda Blethyn.

"Una visita preoccupante" ("Un giallo intimo e leggero di Lacey Doyle 4") è il quarto libro di un'affascinante nuova serie di ‘cozy mystery' firmata Fiona Grace. Lacey Doyle, 39 anni e fresca di divorzio, ha fatto un cambio drastico: ha abbandonato la sua frenetica vita newyorkese e si è stabilita in una pittoresca cittadina inglese sul mare: Wilfordshire. È arrivata l'estate e Lacey è deliziata quando il suo fidanzato cuoco la sorprende offrendole una gita per un week-end lungo, una fuga romantica tra le cittadine di mare circostanti, nella campagna britannica.

Con "Lucrezia Borgia", Maria Bellonci realizza un romanzo, improntato all'insegna dell'accuratezza storica. Lucrezia è figlia del suo tempo e, in special modo, della propria famiglia, i Borgia famiglia che ha segnato a fuoco quell'epoca a cavallo tra la fine del Quattrocento e l'inizio del Cinquecento. Luminosa e nello stesso tempo pervasa di malinconie indecifrabili ma anche di un potente magnetismo vitale Lucrezia ha vissuto tra le più cupe tragedie del suo ambiente.

Sie heißen Paula, Judith, Brida, Malika und Jorinde. Sie kennen sich, weil das Schicksal ihre Lebenslinien überkreuzt. Als Kinder und Jugendliche erlebten sie den Fall der Mauer, und wo vorher Grenzen und Beschränkungen waren, ist nun die Freiheit. Doch Freiheit, müssen sie erkennen, ist nur eine andere Form von Zwang: der Zwang zu wählen. Fünf Frauen, die das Leben aus dem Vollen schöpfen. Fünf Frauen, die das Leben beugt, aber keinesfalls bricht.

With World War II at an end, Charles Hayward is finally free to marry the woman he loves, Sophia Leonides. However, she refuses - the unexplained death of her grandfather, wealthy businessman Aristide Leonides, draws her back to the suffocating environment of her family home. Charles follows, but his arrival coincides with the discovery that Aristide’s death was murder. The ensuing investigation drags Charles into the dark heart of the family, and its deadly secrets and dangers.

Plongez dans Histoires du soir en 5 minutes, un merveilleux recueil de 40 contes spécialement conçus pour les enfants de 3 à 8 ans. Parfait pour instaurer un rituel du coucher doux, complice et apaisant, même quand le temps vous manque.

Read by Anna Popplewell, known for her role in The Chronicles of Narnia. Richard & Judy Book Club Pick Sunday Times Bestseller Set during London's blitz and filled with warmth, wit and heartbreak, Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce is a wartime story about the power of friendship, the kindness of...

A stunning adaptation of a First World War masterpiece showing man's inhumanity to man German playwright Karl Kraus's early twentieth-century satirical play about the First World War was originally 15 hours long, but his classic satire The Last Days of Mankind, has been deftly distilled into a...

Dead things have been found in the fields of Enfaire, a God-fearing town north of Reams. Not just dead things, but twisted forms…unholy shapes. And there are rumors of a blasphemous union and of fell creatures that haunt the night. Yet even as plague and witch pyres blacken the sky, the town remains untouched by the malady that has already claimed thousands and will claim thousands more. It is here, in Enfaire, that an old Franciscan friar and his ward take shelter from a storm. It is here, in a little town on the edge of civilization, that they will have their faith truly tested.

Brought to you by Penguin. FROM THE AUTHOR OF EXPECTATION The Brooke family are gathering in their eighteenth-century ancestral home – twenty bedrooms of carved Sussex sandstone – to bury Philip: husband, father and the blinding sun around which they have all orbited for as long as they can...

Lieu de mythes et de secrets, l’hôtel se dresse au-dessus des marais sombres, dans sa splendeur surannée. Bâti sur une terre maudite, ses fondations portent en elles le souvenir d’une mort violente. Pourtant, il est impossible de résister à son pouvoir d’attraction. En pénétrant dans l’hôtel, chacun réagit à sa façon. Pour certains, c’est un lieu qui respire la familiarité, pour d’autres, l’étrangeté.

Sarah died because of her cat. Not in a blaze of glory. Not saving a busload of children. Just one badly timed trip, one expensive gaming rig, and one furry little sociopath. Then things get worse. Sarah wakes up as a sentient dungeon core. She is a magic crystal buried in a cave, trapped in a world run by a snarky System, buried under soul-crushing debt, and expected to do the one thing she absolutely does not want to do. Become a monster.

'A brave, vulnerable and wise book' GABOR MATÉ 'An undeniable case for relinquishing control for a more fulfilling existence' LORI GOTTLIEB In Radical Surrender, international bestselling author of Dopamine Nation, Dr. Anna Lembke offers readers inspiring stories and transformative tools for...

Ellen Meiksins Wood offers a clear and accessible introduction to the theories and debates concerning the birth of capitalism, imperialism, and the modern nation state. Capitalism is not a natural and inevitable consequence of human nature, nor simply an extension of age-old practices of trade and commerce. Rather, it is a late and localized product of very specific historical conditions, which required great transformations in social relations and in the relationship between humans and nature. 

Romanzo imprescindibile e di una modernità straordinariamente vitale, narra la storia della passione che spinse Anna a rinunciare alla sua famiglia, alla sua posizione sociale, a ogni cosa, per amore di Vrònskij. E davanti ai nostri occhi scorre tutta la Russia dell'epoca, dai salotti dell'alta società alle isolate isbe di campagna, dai gelidi uffici ministeriali alle paludi dove si tira alle beccacce, in un quadro di profonda e spietata bellezza.

From the author of The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives and Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge, a “sensitive and compassionate” (The New York Times Book Review) feminist adventure story and historical mystery set against the backdrop of the dangerous pearl diving industry in 19th-century...

Exploring the dichotomy between one's inner and outer self is central to Behind Her Eyes. When a vulnerable woman is drawn into the lives of an enigmatic couple, she finds it hard to differentiate between reality and what truly lies beneath a seemingly perfect exterior. 

In sports, everybody loves redemption stories, the underdog who no one believes in but through sheer hard work wins it all. But no one tells the stories of the players who work hard and don’t make it. In pro football, 53 guys get on the roster. Ten make it to the practice squad. And then there’s the 64th Man - that’s Billy Logan (Cena), who seems to always be one spot from glory.

Retrouvez dans cette compilation les titres suivants : Sur le dos d'un astéroïde ? Dans la tombe de Toutânkhamon Au coeur d'un volcan À l'intérieur du nez Emporté par le vent Au Crétacé, avec un dinosaure Curio nous embarque dans une folle aventure au coeur des phénomènes scientifiques...

Un chico es encontrado momentos antes de su muerte y acogido por una cariñosa familia. Dulce, precoz y lleno de talento, el niño florece en su nuevo hogar y la familia le muestra una vida que no había creído posible. Perose niega a decir una palabra sobre quién es realmente. Y a medida que crece y se convierte en un hombre, enamorándose y tomando clases en el prestigioso Conservatoire de Paris, casi está cerca de olvidar el terror de su pasado o la promesa que ha jurado mantener. Pero por toda Europa el mal se está despertando y nadie puede sentirse del todo seguro.