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Leave your preconceived notions at home as you embark on a mind-bending journey with six of today’s most visionary authors. Brimming with humor and heartache, this collection of short stories maps the roads we took to get here and the paths that lie ahead. The present may be a gift, but the future and the past both come with a price.

Bagpuss, dear Bagpuss, old fat furry cat-puss, wake up, wake up and look at this thing that I bring... Bagpuss, created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin, is no ordinary cat. Every time Emily brings something to Bagpuss, he wakes up and the whole shop bursts into life! Together they uncover the hidden stories behind the objects that Emily finds. Professor Yaffle is always ready with his knowledge, Madeleine sings lovely songs, Gabriel strums his banjo, and the mice add their playful energy.

Gelesen von Grisham-Stimme Charles Brauer. Simon Latch ist ein kleiner Anwalt im ländlichen Virginia. Finanziell kommt er nur mit Müh und Not über die Runden, zudem geht seine Ehe in die Brüche. Dann betritt Eleanor Barnett sein Büro, eine ältere Witwe, die ein neues Testament braucht. Offenbar hat ihr Mann ihr ein gewaltiges Vermögen hinterlassen, von dem niemand etwas weiß. Simon behandelt den Auftrag streng vertraulich, aber die Nachricht von Eleanors Reichtum scheint durchzusickern. Als Eleanor Opfer eines Autounfalls wird, muss Simon erkennen, dass nichts so ist, wie es scheint.

A collection of the year’s best science fiction and fantasy short fiction selected by Olivie Blake, author of the bestselling Atlas Series, and series editor John Joseph Adams. The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction...

A discussion of History and Politics from teachers at Warwick School. We aim to produce a podcast once a fortnight during term time. Topics will tend towards the last 200 years, but we will sometimes go back further into History.

Grab your detective gear and dive into John Oliver Smith's ancestry with his AI-savvy wife, Iran Davar Ardalan. "Long Sought" is a podcast exploring John's German-American heritage, enhanced by CK, an AI co-host adding flavor to the journey. Discover the allure of uncovering hidden roots.

Over eleven years and two separate managerial stints with the Toronto Blue Jays, John Gibbons endeared himself to fans with his folksy manner and his frequent battles with umpires: "Here comes Gibby!" Winning helped too. Under Gibbons's management, the Jays made the American League Championship Series in 2015, ending a twenty-two-year playoff drought; then they did it again in 2016. Along the way the team defied odds, won over a nation, and with one flip of a bat produced one of the most iconic moments in MLB history. 

You're a small business owner who finds marketing a bit bloody annoying. It sucks up time, it costs a fair bit, and is hard to do. (But you definitely feel it when you don't do it.) Enter The Marketing Matinee. Hosted by Michael John Oliver from MJO Creative, The Marketing Matinee is like a Radio 4 show on LinkedIn. It's jam-packed with guests, panels, ideas, and value (plus music and other fun bits). Think of its as a fortnightly power hour to help you recalibrate, refocus, and rejuvenate your marketing efforts.

My podcast covers the current social and political scene, encouraging grass-roots people to organize and educate to improve their communities.

Everyday Emmaus is a podcast dedicated to helping you learn to listen to the works of God's hands. The objects all around us are not silent. All creation testifies to its Creator. As we develop the habit of "faithful observation" we will hear echoes in the world around us of the same testimony we find in the pages of Scripture. Each episode will explore one facet of God's amazing creation, in an attempt to "hear" what it declares.

A cab ride to an infamous cemetery takes a sinister turn when the passengers discover they may be the graveyard’s next residents. Fun and games unleash evil beyond imagination when a young couple rolls the dice of a board game from hell. And a treasure hunt turns deadly when a pair of explorers discover what’s really hiding deep in the woods....

An anthology set in the 80s, featuring "The Treasure Keeper" by James Agee Jr., "Cassidy and Lesley’s Dating Adventure" by Katie Johns, "Carter Kane" by Oliver Roe, and "Unholy Addiction" by Chris Manning.

This epic story draws the listener into the chronicles of love and turmoil of war as recalled by a young Russian naval officer, Roman, and his fiancée, Xenia. They survive years of separation during the Russian Revolution. Escapades include a high seas trauma as they attempt a daring exodus from their homeland with the enemy in pursuit. In this true story, their future demands they rely on perseverance, their wits, and even humor.

Tonight, don't read your child a story. Instead, dim the lights, lie down, and create storytelling magic. Weave a spell that will enchant your child. Tell Me a Story in the Dark provides you with every tool you need to tell great and entertaining stories. In a day when parents want to spend more quality time with their children, this shows you how to prepare and tell a story, communicates the enormous benefits ending the bedtime battle of wills, building vocabulary, making room for effective parenting moments, and more.

A delightful collection of lesser known traditional and modern fairy stories: 1. "The King of the Golden River"; 2. "The Empty Drum"; 3. "The Fire Spirit"; 4. "The Tree of Death"; 5. "The Smuggler’s Daughter"; 6. "A Dream of Wild Bees"; 7. "The Fisherman"; 8. "The Masked Ball"; 9. "The Petrified Man"; 10. "The Were-Wolf"...and many more.

Spannender Thriller mit italienischem Flair - John Grisham: "Die Begnadigung": Kurz vor seiner Pensionierung begnadigt der US-amerikanische Präsident den Wirtschaftskriminellen Joel Backman. Der skrupellose Lobbyist beginnt ein neues Leben in Italien. Doch hinter der Begnadigung durch den Präsidenten steckt die CIA. Denn die benötigt Informationen über ein Satellitensystem und macht Backman zum Lockvogel, um an den russischen Geheimdienst heranzukommen.

While Nantucket has long enjoyed an illustrious position in America's whaling history, Cape Cod's contribution to the industry is relatively unknown, yet it was a Cape Codder who taught the Nantucketers how to hunt whales. In Cape Cod Shore Whaling, authors Duncan Oliver and John Braginton-Smith uncover Cape Cod's integral role in shaping whalefishery, which began along the Cape's sandy shores and evolved into the far-flung whaling expeditions that drove Nantucket's economy into the nineteenth century.

Brought to you by Penguin. There's nothing unusual about the Brockets. Normal, respectable, and proud of it, they turn up their noses at anyone strange or different. But from the moment Barnaby Brocket comes into the world, it's clear he's anything but ordinary. To his parents’ horror, Barnaby...

John Arezzi was a lifelong Mets fan who dreamed of a job in baseball. In 1981, he took a job with the Mets Class A team in North Carolina. But Arezzi had another love: professional wrestling. Mat Memories is Arezzi's chance to hold the mic, and he holds nothing back - he names names and tells the untold behind-the-scenes stories: from the ring, the stage, and the diamond. 

A major literary event—the eagerly anticipated publication of a long-lost novel from legendary writer and three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee John Oliver Killens, hailed as the founding father of the Black Arts Movement and mentor to celebrated writers, including Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni...