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Set during World War Two, Hut 33 follows the adventures of a team of codebreakers at Bletchley Park as they work tirelessly to break German codes, matching wits with the fabled Enigma Machine. Unfortunately, they hate each other. Archie is a stroppy Geordie socialist revolutionary while Professor Charles Gardner is a toffee-nosed snob. In theory, the immensely stupid 3rd Lt. Joshua Featherstonhaugh-Marshall is in charge of the hut, but he is still struggling with even the most basic concepts....

Bug has hit her 30s with a bump. An almost wedding, an almost ex-husband, and a bookshop that’s almost turning a profit. With the help of her best friend – free spirit, activist and all-round legend Winnie, she’s going to make it all come good. Probably. Definitely. Maybe. At least she’s got her friends around her.

Revisit the world of Beatrix Potter in this timeless new audiobook edition. Featuring all 23 of the classic tales, this new collection features a range of award-winning and contemporary voices, including Olivia Colman, Tom Hardy, Lily James, James Acaster, David Harewood and Joanna Lumley. Whether you're looking to relive those treasured moments of your childhood or hoping to share some of your old favourites with your own little ones, there's no storybook world more pleasant than that of Beatrix Potter.

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.

Keggie Carew grew up in the gravitational field of an unorthodox father who lived on his wits and dazzling charm. As his memory begins to fail, she embarks on a quest to unravel his story and soon finds herself in a far more consuming place than she had bargained for. Tom Carew was a maverick, a left-handed stutterer, a law unto himself. As a member of an elite SOE unit, he was parachuted behind enemy lines to raise guerrilla resistance in France, then Burma, in the Second World War.

The collected BBC radio adaptations of George Eliot’s pioneering Victorian novels, known for their realism and psychological insight. Includes Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda.

Thornton Wilder is one of America's most important literary figures. He won the Pulitzer Prize three times - for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth - and is the only person to be awarded the Pulitzer for both fiction and drama. Included here are four of his key works, set in different times and places, but sharing the same fundamental motifs - the universality of human experience and our search for life's meaning.

Novelist, poet and critic Kingsley Amis was one of Britain’s greatest postwar writers. A master of comic fiction, he came to fame in 1954, and won the 1986 Booker Prize for The Old Devils. Included in this collection are dramatisations of seven of his short stories and two novels, all imbued with his characteristic wit and social satire. These are complemented by readings of selected correspondence and an interview with Amis himself.

Do you know that you can program your brain and mind for greater success? The answer is alpha brainwave level. Telepathic powers exist in all of us, they are part of the natural way we communicate with each other. Our brain beats at 14 cycles per second; the beta frequency. Very occasionally it beats between 7 and 14 cycles per second. This frequency is known as alpha frequency. Alpha is the key to becoming telepathic.

It's a curious homecoming for Vince, the son nobody seems to remember. Violence is never far from the surface as his unexpected return uncovers a deep, dark secret that triggers catastrophe in Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-winning Buried Child. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Hale Appleman as Vince; Tom Bower as Dodge; John Getz as Father Dewis; Amy Madigan as Halie; Robert Parsons as Tilden; Jeff Perry as Bradley; and Madeline Zima as Shelly. Directed by Peter Levin.

Rewire your brain and master your emotions with this helpful bundle! You'll learn why you overthink, procrastinate, and have anxiety, and most importantly, how to fix it.

Spending time in nature is good for both our bodies and minds - but with our hectic lives (not to mention the unreliable British weather), it can be hard to get outside as much as we'd like. But fear not: we've selected some of BBC Radio 4's best nature documentaries to transport you to the great outdoors - and encourage you to take your own trip into the wild.

Part four of a multi-part documentary series with distinguished actors, directors, writers, composers, and special effects mavens examining the history of the horror, fantasy, and science fiction films, from the groundbreaking silent 1920s through the Golden Age of Universal, the Silver Age of Hammer, and up through the 1980s and beyond. Enjoy never-before-seen interviews and fun-filled facts about the stars, the producers, and the movies that made America want to go to the theater!

Wayne McLair spielt seinen letzten Trumpf aus und stellt sich seinen Widersachern in einem epischen Finale! Quinns Rache steht auf Messers Schneide, als er sich mit einem Assassinen gegen den Mörder seiner Mutter zusammentut. Die Konfrontation im Rubin Snake Theatre ist jedoch nicht die letzte: Auf dem Weg zur Bank of Ireland muss sich Wayne McLair noch einmal seinem großen Rivalen stellen ... Wird er den Sieg davontragen?

Brown fat is not widely known for weight loss because scientists are just discovering that adults actually have it in their systems. It was thought that only babies have brown fat and eventually lose it. After several studies, researchers have discovered the real truth. If you want to get healthier in all areas of life, then this book is perfect for you! The giant dieting corporations do not want you to know about this well-kept secret because they want to keep selling you their diet products that don’t work. Learn how to increase brown fat that will last and be healthier as well.

Der Tag des Finales naht! Wayne McLair, noch immer verletzt und geschwächt, rüstet sich für seinen bisher größten Coup. Wie auch sein Team, das in ganz Dublin verstreut ist. Eine dramatische Wendung gefährdet jedoch den großen Plan und die Bühne wird für den Dieb zur Richterbank! McLair und auch Quinn sehen sich Mächten gegenüber, gegen die sie nichts auszurichten vermögen. Ist dies das Ende von Team McLair? Ist dies des Meisters größte Schmach?

Um an das Gold der Roten Schlange in der Bank of Ireland zu gelangen, benötigt das Team McLair den zweiten Schlüssel, der in den Händen der Fälscherin Tessa Prendergast liegt. Cody Roche und Wayne McLair dringen gemeinsam in das Prendergast-Anwesen ein, doch landet Wayne schnell in einem Käfig. Dem Tod ins Auge blickend bleibt ihm keine andere Wahl, als sein Leben den Schatten anzuvertrauen ...

Das Herzstück einer Mädchenschule ist abgebrannt: die Bibliothek! Einflussreiche Herren sehen hier ihre Chance, die Schule gleich ganz zu schließen. Eliza und Millie wollen dies natürlich verhindern! Getarnt mischen sie sich in den High-School-Alltag und verteidigen gleich eine gemobbte Schülerin. Doch zwischen Cricket, Unterricht und Teepausen finden Millie und Eliza finstere Geheimnisse: Erpressung, falsche Identitäten und ein fast perfektes Verbrechen.

Alarm am Covent Garden Market: Ein Dieb raubt Händlern die Einnahmen. Mr. Biggs bittet Millie und Eliza, für seine ebenfalls bestohlene Bekannte zu ermitteln. Inspector Littlechild hat die Penny Puffins im Visier. Auch die fluchende Korbträgerin Hannah Flannagan ist verdächtig. Millie und Eliza kommen jedoch einem viel größeren Skandal auf die Spur.

Ein globaler Internetcrash stürzt die Welt ins Chaos, Tsunami-Wellen zerstören ganze Küsten, und die Super-Mächte der Welt beschuldigen sich gegenseitig. Anna Gudwin ist sich sicher, dass Stephen Thaus hinter all dem steckt. Sie und ihr Team kämpfen gegen die Zeit, um seine neue Weltordnung in letzter Sekunde zu verhindern.