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Charlie's career as a filmmaker is on standby, she hasn't had a girlfriend in forever, her best friend is sickeningly successful (and being awkward since that night) and her dad is dying of cancer. So the invitation from Cork Film Festival comes like a sign - a chance to explore the Irish homeland she's never seen. But this isn't just any search for long-lost ancestry: Charlie's father is the sole survivor of a tragic accident that killed every other child on the small island where he grew up, and Charlie's one achievement is the film she made that tells his story.

Medusa's Ankles celebrates the very best of A. S. Byatt's short fiction, carefully selected from a lifetime of writing. Peopled by artists, poets, and fabulous creatures, the stories blaze with creativity and color. From ancient myth to a British candy factory, from a Chinese restaurant to a Mediterranean swimming pool, from a Turkish bazaar to a fairy-tale palace, Byatt transports her listeners beyond the veneer of the ordinary - even beyond the gloss of the fantastical - to places rich and strange and wholly unforgettable.

Nora and her husband, Simon, have run the beautiful oak-beamed book shop in their small British village for 30 years. But times are tough, and the shop is under threat of closure - this Christmas season will really decide their fate. When an elderly man visits the store and buys the one book they've never been able to sell, saying it's the perfect gift for his sick grandson, it gives Nora an idea. She and Simon will send out books to those feeling down this Christmas.

When Orly’s boyfriend and business partner dumps her for a celebrity fling, she finds solace in tacos, tequila and tears. One terrible hangover later, she’s packed her bags and swapped her London apartment for the overgrown grounds of Honeysuckle Hall. After years spent catering to others’ whims, Orly is going after what she wants: a simpler life, surrounded by nature. Her plan to set up countryside retreats for burned-out city-dwellers means she soon has the social life she’s been dreaming of—and gorgeous carpenter Leo is always around when she needs something fixed.

Can you believe standing on a stage in front of hundreds of people has become my comfort zone? It could be yours! Your heart pounds. Sweaty palms. Quivering voice. You’re not alone. You suffer from “Glossophobia” - the fear of public speaking. And it is crippling your career. Don’t worry. Once upon a time, Esther Stanhope was just like you. Whether you’re in the corporate, public, or creative side of the world, this audiobook helps you smash any presentation and feel confident.

Since 2013, She Grrrowls has been bringing live shows of talented women in comedy, music, poetry (and everything in between) to stages across London. In this anthology, Carmina Masoliver - founder, poet and feminist - has selected and commissioned new work from ten poets who have featured at the event over the years.

In the Bestiary, the rats have started a circus, Bertie the crow gives lectures on living with humans, and Blue the macaw, who understands English, has just been elected speaker for the Parliament of Fowls. All the animals in the Bestiary have a talent. All the animals, that is, except for Six.

Una historia de intriga, mentiras, amor, celos y tragedia donde nada es lo que parece. Un monumental thriller, trepidante, inesperado y singular, donde el fuego no es lo único que arde. Inés y Oliver son los protagonistas. En un incendio mueren algunos de los compañeros de Oliver, que es bombero y eso parece haberlo hundido. Inés empieza a recibir mails sospechosos de mail que le empujan a investigar sobre lo que realmente pasó en el incendio.

Auf der Suche nach Abenteuern kommen Constanze, Daniel und Mark zur Kartbahn. Hier setzen sie alles dran, ihren Traum zu verwirklichen: irgendwann einmal Formel-1-Piloten zu werden. Aber das ist nicht so einfach.

Adventures of P.O.E.T. tells of one hero that uses the righteousness of God to fight wickedness. Robert Terry transforms into Righteous Fellow and uses the aid of the Holy Spirit to fight the spiritual wickedness in high places. Robert Terry realizes it is neither by his power nor his might; it is by the power of God. Adventures of P.O.E.T. is one uniquely, thrilling, action-packed story that taps into religious subject matter as well as the supernatural. There is never a dull moment.

At the end of The King’s Witch, the first book in Tracy Borman’s Stuart-era trilogy, Frances Gorges was pregnant with the child of her dead lover, Thomas Wintour, executed for his role as a conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Now, in The Devil’s Slave, Frances is compelled to return to the dissolute and dangerous court where she has been suspected of witchcraft.

Raised in the small town of Wushan, Linley is a scion of the Baruch clan, the clan of the once-legendary Dragonblood Warriors. Their fame once shook the world, but the clan is now so decrepit that even the heirlooms of the clan have been sold off. Their prospects seem dire...and yet, perhaps some power still remains within the veins of the clan. Dragons do not easily die, and neither do the dragonblooded.

The queen has been assassinated. The Enchantments are under attack. The plot is unfolding. And our lovers, Silence and Mars, Cassius and Elena, True and Farah, and Aramus and Ha-Lah, are forced to separate as treachery and civil war sweep Triton. Not to mention, the Beast is still a threat to every breathing being on the continent, and it is the destined warriors and witches who must stop him.

Once upon a time, in a parallel universe, there existed the continent of Triton.... The land was filled with beauty, but it was also splintered by war. Out of the chaos grew a conspiracy to reawaken the Beast, a fearsome creature who wrought only tragedy and devastation. The only way to stop him was to fulfill an ancient prophecy: Triton’s four strongest warriors must wed its four most powerful witches, binding all nations together and finally bringing peace to the land.

Airen is at war. The queen is dead. The coven is incomplete. And things are uncertain under the sea. Now, the unicorns and mermaids and witches and warriors and the strangers from other lands all must band together to face the Beast and save Triton. The unions have been realized. Silence and Mars, True and Farah, Cassius and Elena, and Aramus and Ha-Lah are at their fullest powers. But the gods require sacrifice. The sacrifice of pure love. If it isn’t given, the Beast will prevail, and Triton will fall.

Once upon a time, in a parallel universe, there existed the continent of Triton.... Our four warriors and four witches, destined mates, have begun their adventure, knowing the fate of their world is at stake, but not having any idea there are other factions plotting against them. Now they face political intrigues, religious zealotry, father against son, wife against husband, a mother’s plotting, a sister’s envy, grief, betrayal, and despair as the prophesied journey across the sands of Firenze into the lush green of Wodell.

This audiobook identifies the current aberration in the voting regulations of most states while addressing and revealing why they should not exist and proffering solutions to how the laws can be amended. The laws can be modified to favor anyone who pays their tax to the US and state governments or have, one way or another, obtained their citizenship with the country.

Shrek is back: Gelangweilt von seinem geruhsamen Leben als Familienvater, sehnt Shrek sich nach den abenteuerlichen Zeiten von früher. Das hinterlistige Rumpelstilzchen erfährt davon und bietet Shrek einen teuflischen Deal an. Als Shrek sich darauf einlässt, ahnt er nichts von dem Fluch, der ihn in eine Welt versetzt, in der ihn weder seine Freunde, der Esel und der Gestiefelte Kater, noch seine Frau Fiona kennen. Einmal mehr liegt es an Shrek, die Dinge wieder in Ordnung zu bringen.

What better way to introduce your little one to the wonderful world of delicious vegan food, than with the "The Little Vegan Books" series. In Book one, The Vegan Alphabet book, join Tofu and Tempeh, and many other vegan characters as we learn the alphabet…vegan style!

All of the soldiers a little boy got for Christmas were the same - except one Tin soldier who was missing a leg. This different soldier saw a paper ballerina, who also appeared to have one leg and fell in love. Will these two toys end up together at last?