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Elven warrior Warren Dietrich has served his homeland well. For centuries, his family line has safeguarded the continent from every sort of threat, from bloodthirsty monsters to would-be conquerors. In this newfound era of peace, the warrior just might be able to settle into the quiet life on the coast he’s always wanted. This all changes, however, when an old friend comes calling. The Guild of Sciences has a mysterious proposal to offer: Warren is to lead an expedition into the uncharted territories of their world. Priceless discoveries await, but they’ll come at a price.

Bloomsbury presents The Leveret by Anna Goldreich, read by Florence Howard and Charlotte Worthing. From “a once in a generation talent” (Lucy Rose), a haunting hymn to queer love, this bruisingly tender debut is a testament to our ability to rebuild from the wreckage. Moving to the...

From the Booker Prize–longlisted author of speculative dreamscapes The Water Cure and Blue Ticket comes the story of an impassioned affair and the city designed to foster it—perfect for fans of I Who Have Never Known Men. Clara and Francis are in love, but nobody knows it. For months they...

An archive of letters written by the late John le Carré, giving readers access to the intimate thoughts of one of the greatest writers of our time The never-before-seen correspondance of John le Carré, one of the most important novelists of our generation, are collected in this beautiful...

Re-visit the Tales of Ardor with this must-have second edition of Strung Up By Her Web! Beneath the ruined world of kings and empires lies a cavern realm where monsters remember every betrayal. For seven hundred years, Sylvia—the last arachne—has hidden herself in the endless dark below Loúuldi. Feared as a creature of nightmare and burdened by a past soaked in blood, she survives in exile, haunted by the shadow of the woman she once served: the immortal Matron of Shadows, Madam Nightingale. Then a band of wandering adventurers stumbles into her domain.

When the Veil between life and death is torn, will the truth remain buried? When a fragment of the legendary Veil of Mourning is stolen, sisters Dr. Eliza Wren — a brilliant scientist and reluctant guardian of cursed relics — and Esme Wren — a fiercely gifted psychic with a past shrouded in visions — are thrust into a deadly game against the Covenant, a secret society bent on bending death to their will. But the Veil doesn't just bind the living and the dead — it whispers. It remembers. And it calls to those who once wore it in grief and vengeance.

Bloomsbury presents The Girls Who Dared to Love by Diney Costeloe, read by Florence Howard. Three girls seem to have the world at their feet in the summer of 1914. But World War 1 is coming and things will change forever - especially for women. Lucinda McFarlane is engaged to be married to...

Anton Tchekhov est un écrivain russe né à Taganrog en 1860. Novelliste et dramaturge, il publie d’abord ses textes dans des journaux sous divers pseudonymes pour augmenter ses revenus. Le succès s'avère être au rendez-vous et on le considère très vite comme un nouveau Tolstoï ou un...

Anton Tchekhov est un écrivain russe né à Taganrog en 1860. Novelliste et dramaturge, il publie d’abord ses textes dans des journaux sous divers pseudonymes pour augmenter ses revenus. Le succès s'avère être au rendez-vous et on le considère très vite comme un nouveau Tolstoï ou un...

For most folks, a trip to the circus is a pretty harmless thing to do – so long as you remain in your seats to enjoy the show. But it wouldn’t be a good idea if you were to get involved with the acts and, for example, tried to help a monkey escape or you got involved with an escaped lion that hates monkeys……And then one of your pals wanted to leave home and join the circus.

Nylah Diamond gets her first case—William Blake. She's obsessed with learning everything, it intrigues her—why won't Billy speak, and what happened to him and his brother Bobby? She needs to study every detail and statement, all the evidence and everyone involved. Something does not make sense. Someone else prefers it left in the past. She's determined to help Dr. Hans Simpson and Professor Mary Flannigan piece together everything buried for so long—facts meant to stay obscured. Some events from childhood? They stick with you forever.

When Delia Balmer entered into a relationship with the attentive John Sweeney, she had no idea he was a serial killer. At first he was caring but over the course of their relationship he became violent and controlling. On more than one occasion he held Delia hostage and tortured her. Chillingly, he also confessed to the murder of his previous girlfriend. This is her compelling memoir.

These audio recordings include a 1977 interview with 108 year old Florence Pannel, born in 1868, discussing living and working in Paris and Victorian England; a 1970 interview with Frances 'Effy' Jones recalling being one of the first women trained to use a typewriter, and life as a young woman in 1890s London; Berta Ruck, a romantic novelist, remembering her formative years at art school, and the culture shock she experienced after moving from her home in Wales to the hustle and bustle in the heart of Victorian London; and a 1972 interview with 83 year old Violet Turner.

Brought to you by Penguin. When Funke’s mother dies in a tragic accident in Lagos, she’s sent to live with her maternal family in England. Traumatised by grief and against a backdrop of condescension and mild neglect, conformist Funke strives to fit in, determined to become one of them...

Constipation literally divides a life into two parts: when you have it and when you don't. The book presents facts, not myths, about a disease that everyone seems to have but no one seems to know how to cure. It speaks frankly and honestly about the causes of constipation, its symptoms and its cure. It provides lessons learned from over 30 years in the human health field that dispel the mystery and doubt that surrounds the subject.

Shortlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ""A vibrant coming-of-age story."" — Charmaine Wilkerson ""I was completely immersed.” — Nita Prose From the acclaimed author of Wahala, a stunning reimagining...

Brought to you by Penguin. Exquisitely written, sublimely fraught and erotically charged, How to Be Somebody Else is an uncoming of age in New York City Spring 2015, New York. On the surface Dylan has achieved the impossible - a life in New York, eight years of making this stick. And yet it is...

"Was soll ich auf See?" würde sich wohl jeder an Land geborene Hund fragen, wenn er seinem geliebten Herrchen folgt, der auf einem Piratenschiff anheuert. Aber das bleibt nicht die einzige Frage, die sich die Hundedame "Fibie" stellt, als sie mit Fell und Schnauze in diese fremde Welt eintaucht. Viel Neues lernt sie kennen, muss oft über ihren Schatten springen, gewinnt Freunde, Selbstvertrauen und Mut. Eine spannende Geschichte über Freundschaft, Mut, Grenzen und Konventionen. Komm an Bord und erlebe spannende und lustige Abenteuer mit den "Piraten-Hunden".

Brought to you by Penguin. 'We're not famous anymore. We're notorious.' For over a decade, the Lancasters were celebrity royalty, with millions tuning in every week to watch their reality show, Living with the Lancasters. But then an old video emerges of one of their legendary parties. Suddenly...

The church of God, which includes all the denominations and persuasions of the faith, is in a crisis that appears to have no ready solution. The church's response to the crisis has for the most part been a general resignation and acceptance of the way things are, with course changes aimed at coping with rather than contesting the social, cultural and political changes that have occurred in the world. But it has not worked, and it will not work, for it is not what God in His Word says to do. We have become ineffective laborers in His vineyard....