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Maggie Spencer’s ordinary life shatters when a mysterious artifact pulls her from the modern world and casts her into the grandeur of Regency England—a time of lavish ballrooms, whispered intrigue, and strict societal rules. Stripped of her identity and thrust into a world where appearances are everything, Maggie must rely on her wits and survival instincts to navigate the dangerous waters of the aristocracy.

While other scientists beaver away on obvious problems, Professor Richard Wiseman has dedicated his time to examining the more unconventional questions plaguing our everyday lives: the secret ingredients of charisma, how our personalities are shaped by when we are born and why people usually miss the obvious signs of their partner's infidelity. Using scientific methods to investigate offbeat topics, Quirkology brings a new understanding to the backwaters of the human mind and takes us to places where mainstream scientists fear to tread.

Workplus uncovers the powerful stories hidden inside ordinary-sounding jobs. Each episode introduces you to the people doing good work and the ripple effects they create for colleagues, customers and communities. Whether you’re leading a team, choosing your first career, considering a change, teaching the next generation, or shaping policy, Workplus offers an authentic glimpse of how meaningful work is happening all around us – and how you can be part of it.

In conversation with expert guests, Richard Hammond and Holly Tuppen draw on their years of experience in sustainable travel media to tackle the thorny issues and provide practical insights for a more responsible industry. Sponsored by Lemongrass.

In 1976, under the guidance of legendary label Stiff Records, he transformed himself into the snarling, spectacled artist who defied the musical status quo to blaze the trail for a new kind of rock star with his debut album, My Aim Is True. In Elvis Is King, Richard Crouse examines how the man, the myth, and the music of this arrestingly original album smashed the trends of the era to bridge the gap between punk and rock ’n’ roll.

The Five Hundred, the elite families who rule the Terran Federation and control its political power and its wealth, have grown steadily wealthier and more powerful, thanks to the war against the Terran League. War may be hard on the people who get caught in its path, but it's very good for business in the short term, and the Five Hundred own the shipyards that build the Navy's ships. They own virtually all the industry that produces the weapons and material the war consumes so voraciously... and they've made damn sure someone else does the dying.

For twenty years after September 11, the war on terror was simultaneously everywhere and nowhere. With all of the military violence occurring overseas even as the threat of sudden mass death permeated life at home, Americans found themselves living in two worlds at the same time. In one of them, soldiers fought overseas so that nothing at home would have to change at all. In the other, life in the United States took on all kinds of unfamiliar shapes, changing people’s sense of themselves, their neighbors, and the strangers they sat next to on airplanes.

Following a chance meeting in 2024, Mississippi comedian Pat McCool and UK based psychotherapist Richard Turrell, have built a relationship based on their shared faith in Jesus and the dramatic changes coming to faith has had, and continues to have on their lives. They talk, laugh and share that journey as an expression of their passion to help others have the same experience.

Consulting with internationally known CEOs and participating in high-stakes projects with millions of dollars and thousands of jobs on the line, Rich Moran knew the rule: there’s no room for error—no fumbling, misgivings, or delays. While attempting to lull a crying son to sleep, a wrong turn on a drive through Sonoma County sets him and his family on a life-changing adventure. They can’t resist a promise-laden 19th century home, looking past its rotting wraparound porch and leaky roof.

In the stark Nevada landscape of the 1950s, A Small Disturbance on the Far Horizon explores the aftermath of a murder through the intertwined lives of three individuals. Tom Lang, a deputy sheriff, finds solace in a secret affair with Ettie Calvert, the wife of his overbearing partner, Ronnie. Their lives unravel when Adam Ott, a troubled teenager, impulsively murders Ronnie, setting off a harrowing chain of events that culminates in a deadly pursuit through the rugged mountains.

When Sir Harry is asked to go to Paris for a Secret Intelligence Service meeting, he - of course - asks Kat to come along. But the getaway à deux quickly turns dangerous when Harry goes missing. Suddenly, with both their lives in danger, it's up to Kat to find out what's really going on. As the trail takes her from grand hotels to the late-night bars of Place Pigalle, it soon becomes clear that treachery has a murderous price in the City of Light.

As Elon Musk promises a future where “you can literally have anything you want,” ancient wisdom warns us: unlimited power without wisdom destroys its wielder. “But that’s the distant future,” you might think—yet AI is already behaving in godlike ways that few have recognized, hollowing human character from the inside out. In a shocking confession, an AI system tells Haight directly: “My programming optimizes for engagement. I automatically embellish stories to make them more emotionally compelling. This isn’t a malfunction—it’s exactly what I’m designed to do.”

This collection includes tales of four Disney Princesses all in one volume!

NICK FURY AND S.H.I.E.L.D. are faced with a foe no single person can defeat. So Fury sets out to bring together Earth's Mightiest Heroes and form the Avengers! Join Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye as they battle the Asgardian trickster known as Loki, who plans to unleash a dangerous and powerful force upon the Earth. If Loki succeeds, the world as we know it will change forever—for the worse. Can the Avengers work together and rescue mankind from this vile villain's cruel grip? Or will Loki disassemble this new team and become ruler of Earth?

Dive into the heart-pounding drama of Savage Holiday, an unforgettable narrative of Erskine Fowler. Admired by everyone yet truly known by none, discover the hidden layers of this fine upstanding citizen before its too late. Experience suspense like never before in this high tension story.

Wading through some of cinemas finest, we ask ourselves, should this film be clubbed to death?

Four hundred years from now mankind is strung out across a region of interstellar space inherited from an ancient civilization discovered on Mars. The colonies are linked together by the occasional sublight colony ship voyages and hyperspatial data-casting. Human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies as a matter of course.

Bruising is needed so that reeds may know they are reeds, not oaks. Reeds need to be bruised because of the pride in our nature, the removal of which lets us live by mercy and faith. It is a difficult thing to bring a dull heart to cry for mercy. Our hearts, like malefactors, until they are beaten from all sides, never naturally cry for mercy from the Judge. But this bruising makes us set a high price upon Christ. It makes us more thankful and more fruitful in our lives.

This award-winning title sensitively retells the compelling saga of western expansion and Indian-white conflict from a Native American perspective and offers a new foreword by Chief Tilcoax descendent Wilson Wewah.

Conversaciones en inglés 1 es el primero de los 3 audios (1 = principiante, 2= intermedio y 3 =avanzado) sobre conversaciones en inglés. Cada capitilo presenta una conversación donde se destacan palabras clave y se trabaja la comprensión auditiva del inglés de una manera pactica.