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The complete canon of the Brontë sisters' classic novels, with a bonus documentary featuring Rachel Joyce in conversation with producer Tracey Neale Retaining all the force and intensity of the Brontës’ masterpieces, this complete collection tells of love, lust, hatred, vengeance, friendship...

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.

One of the greatest English authors of the 19th Century, George Eliot is renowned for her realistic storytelling and insight into the human psyche. This BBC Radio collection presents dramatisations of her five most famous novels, as well as an exploration of her life through her fictional...

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.

First published between 1870 and 1893, Émile Zola’s 20-book cycle chronicling four generations of the Rougon-Macquarts was a shocking exposé of the decadence, degradation and moral decay of 19th-century France. It included some of his greatest novels, among them his masterpiece, Germinal. These innovative, ambitious dramas, first broadcast on Radio 4 over 24 hours in 2015-16, are a radical reimagining of Zola’s classic series, introducing us to 104-year-old matriarch, Dide, imprisoned in an asylum in southern France. 

Mayo de 1980. La ciudad de Gwangju se moviliza contra la dictadura militar de Chun Doo-hwan, que hace unos meses tomó el poder en Corea del Sur. La oposición civil, liderada por los estudiantes universitarios, se subleva a favor de la democracia, pero el ejército reprime cruelmente las protestas disparando indiscriminadamente a la multitud, sin hacer distinciones entre estudiantes y civiles. Tras la sanguinaria matanza, un joven busca el cadáver de un amigo, un alma intenta aferrarse a su cuerpo abandonado y a sus recuerdos, y un país brutalizado busca su voz.

As The Jewel in the Crown opens, World War II is at its height, and Gandhi is calling for the British to leave. When Daphne Manners arrives in Mayapore, she meets two men who will change her life: Hari Kumar and Ronald Merrick. She begins to fall for Hari, but Ronald Merrick - the local police superintendent - becomes infatuated with her and seethes with hatred for Hari. The Day of the Scorpion finds Merrick worming his way into the Layton family, and his treatment of Hari Kumar is revealed.

Sono passati sette anni da quando una cometa ha colpito la Terra, oscurando il sole e trasformando il mondo in un paesaggio ghiacciato e desolato popolato da creature spaventose. Esseri famelici, che sembrano emersi dalle pieghe stesse della notte. Vampiri? O qualcosa di ancora più antico e terrificante? Nella campagna britannica, un manipolo di superstiti forma una resistenza nel rifugio antiradiazioni di un castello medievale.

Christopher Lee's highly-acclaimed and award-winning BBC Radio 4 history of the British Empire. Britain had the biggest empire the world has ever known. At one time a quarter of the global land mass was British. Over a third of the world was insured at Lloyds. At his coronation, more than 400...

Imogen Duffy is an up-and-coming Irish jump jockey making her mark in steeplechase racing. But not all is well in Imogen's life. Jealous of her success, Imogen's controlling boyfriend Liam is stalking her, and when she tries to break it off with him, he turns violent. Fleeing to England, Imogen hopes to leave Liam behind. But Liam vehemently refuses to let her go – until he's found dead, stabbed with a knife bearing Imogen's fingerprints. Imogen's father, convinced of her innocence, seeks out Sid Halley to ask for his help uncovering the truth, and Sid reluctantly agrees to investigate.

Tras sobrevivir al despiadado ataque a Belle Morte, que mató tanto a vampiros como a donantes, la vida de Renie Mayfield ha cambiadopara siempre. Ahora que es vampira, la angustiosa transformación de su cuerpo y de su mente solo puede compararse con el descubrimiento de la espeluznante verdad sobre su hermana, June, que ha escapado de la mansión convertida en rabiosa, lo que añade aún más caos a la realidad de Renie.

Han pasado cinco años desde que la existencia de los vampiros se hiciese pública, convirtiéndolos en auténticas celebridades. Entre los humanos cada vez es más común querer convertirse en donantes de sangre de estas criaturas. Muchos lo hacen para sentir de cerca el glamour de la fama, pero para Renie Mayfield convertirse en una elegida es cuestión de vida o muerte.

A collection of four ghostly tales inspired by M. R. James: Casting the Runes, Lost Hearts, The Treasure of Abbott-Thomas and A View from the Hill.

Jill Murphy's bestselling classic Peace at Last has delighted young children for almost forty years, and is equally beloved by tired parents who are all too familiar with the plight of poor Mr Bear. With a snoring Mrs Bear, an excitable Baby Bear and a house full of tapping and dripping and...

Join Baby Bear as he makes friends with an owl and has a picnic on the moon in this board book edition of Whatever Next!, a beautiful story of innocence and imagination, full of the characteristic warmth and humour of Jill Murphy, author of Peace at Last and The Worst Witch. The moon and back...

From Jill Murphy, creator of the classic Peace at Last, comes the long-awaited third story about the lovable Bear family comes a Top 10 bestselling picture book. It had been a long night . . . so Mr and Mrs Bear woke up late. When Mr and Mrs Bear wake up late, it's raining outside – and Baby...

Turbines Wendelhalsring. Wieder einmal hat sich Quadratus etwas für seinen geliebten General Labienus ausgedacht: Ein neues Romanisierungsgesetz, mit dem alles Gallische aus Lutetia verbannt werden soll. Gallische Namen, die gallischen Schnurrbärte und Helme, tja sogar Turbines Wendelring, den sie immer um den Hals trägt. Alles wird von den Legionären eingesammelt und im Wald vergraben, doch dabei graben Terminus und Technicus Löcher im Boden auf, aus denen übler Gestank strömt. Labienus sieht das als schlechtes Omen und gibt den Galliern alles wieder zurück.

Fall in love with The Pewsitters, a group of ordinary Christians serving an extraordinary God. Author Katherine Hussmann Klemp offers a glimpse into God's hand at work in the lives of everyday Christians through these thirty-six user-friendly scripts and devotions.

Da seit längerer Zeit die Wolkenfestung eines bösartigen Riesen den Himmel verdunkelt, zwingt die Armut Jacks Mutter dazu, ihre einzige Kuh zu verkaufen – und als wäre das noch nicht genug Unglück, lässt sich Jack statt baren Geldes ein paar Bohnen für das treue Tier andrehen. Als daraus aber eine riesige Ranke bis hoch in das Reich des Riesen hervorwächst, erkennt der abenteuerlustige Jungen eine Chance, die Sache doch noch zum Guten zu wenden … wenn er dabei nicht zum Frühstück gefressen wird, heißt das.

Perfect for Janeites everywhere, this enticing collection brings together for the first time six special recordings that offer a glimpse behind the scenes at the life of the celebrated author. Taking us on a journey from her earliest teenage writings, to her love affair aged 20, to the scandalous arrest of her aunt which shook her family, these fascinating programmes offer a closer look at Jane Austen and those around her, as seen through her letters, writings and final home.