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How much bamboo can a giant panda eat? Do aliens exist? What we would do if we didn't have a prime minister? Why do hammerhead sharks have such strange-shaped heads? Find out the answers to these curious questions and much, much more! Find out why you taste things differently when you have a cold with Michelin star chef Heston Blumenthal. Learn about everything from how astronauts see in the dark to what the biggest dinosaur was with experts from the Natural History Museum.

In the Shadow of the Towers compiles nearly 20 works of speculative fiction responding to and inspired by the events of 9/11, from writers seeking to confront, rebuild, and carry on, even in the face of overwhelming emotion.

Lawyers Connor and Victoria Blake had a high-powered marriage to match their meteoric careers - until a secret from Victoria's past came back to haunt her. A year after it all fell apart, Victoria is ready for a new job, a new town. Instead of signing the divorce papers, though, her husband has a tempting proposal - one week of no holds barred before moving on with their lives. She's never stopped wanting him, but he's always kept the deepest part of himself locked away.

The streets of Miami-Dade changed forever when the likes of the military disciplined female soldier Katrina Dyme’s path crossed with the already feared and respected Miami diva, Kristy D. Steels.

In this traditional Afghan folk tale, all the animals wait in line to buy delicious honey from the bees. Everything is harmonious until a bullying bear begins to cut in line and take honey without paying.

Gwen Hensley, elemental witch, is ripped from the fairytale of small town life and her undead, wolf familiar, Sebastian. She is called to work undercover for a ruling fate, Greta, to locate another missing elder amid the chaos and politics at witch’s council. The guise of ambassador for the undead seemed a natural cover, but puts her in a precarious position when her peace and power captivate the realm master, Dmitry. The danger posed by Nikolay, a vampire uneasy with his master bringing a witch into the inner circle, forces her to draw on powers that make her even more prized and dangerous to their kind.

Sable Mancini runs the family restaurant and is perfectly happy in her simple life in Buffalo. Although Mancini's Pizza and Pasta is losing business to the new chain across the street, it doesn't compare to the mess that Sable's best friend Ann Marie is having with her online dating! It seems no matter who Ann Marie meets online, they end up being someone or something else.

The crime of human trafficking is horrific and covert, so it is difficult to understand its impact, given that there are no true data to pinpoint sources or give the exact numbers. Yet, with this crime being the largest form of income worldwide, it doesn't get the attention of everyone until it happens to someone you know or love! And it is mistakenly believed that it happens in distant countries and rundown population.

It has always been said that three strands are strong and hard to be broken. But what if a fourth strand is added? Will it mess up the flow of the norm that already works? The female trio is all from different backgrounds. However, they have much in common, like sports bikes, fast cars, and crime-busting, while getting their diva side on. Ebony, brown-sugar female Kristi D. Steels, a noted ace detective, turns heads everywhere she goes. Katrina Dymes, a hot ass, blondie ex-military MPI investigator, she and her battle-blades are a force to be reckoned with in the streets.

Angus MacBain is unaware that his ancestral roots hail from an ancient sect of Scottish kings. When his dying grandfather gives him a dragon pendant, thirteen-year-old Angus learns of a legacy that will take him across an ocean to the island of Iona and thrust him into a heritage he did not know he had. He soon discovers that his mother, whom he had believed dead, is really a seal fairy, in hiding from a dangerous enemy.

When she inherits her father's sprawling Texas ranch, the Reina, Lacey Garrett is determined to run it on her own. With a long line of men waiting to wrestle control of the land away from the willful young woman, many with dreams of winning her hand as well, Lacey has her work cut out for her. But of all the difficulties Lacey foresaw, never could she imagine a last minute change in her father's will that leaves part of the Reina to another heir.

Sean Stevens is sick and tired of second place and feeling like he’s second best. This year will be different, and he’ll finally beat Franklin Stein in the Science Fair. Sean won’t let anything stand in his way, even when his top-secret science experiment goes wrong… dead wrong! What’s a scientist to do when his twin sister’s bunny takes a turn for the worst and falls beneath a bizarre zombie curse? Create pandemonium, of course.

Never a Cloud charts the course of three women, Violet, Ava, and Margot, who find their way into a new understanding of home and family at Otyrburn, an estate in rural Scotland. Violet Grey, a child of the 60s, writes from an island in Maine as the novel travels between Scotland, New York City, and Venice, Italy.

The Understudy is the story of Nina Landau, an actress living in New York City in the early ’70s and trying hard to make it on Broadway. We follow her from her Broadway audition nerves to her eventual success on stage. Along the way we discover what goes on backstage during a Broadway show, how actors deal with the mistakes that occasionally occur, and how exciting it is to be at an opening night party at Sardi’s! Nina experiences thrilling triumphs as well as crushing setbacks and has a passionate love affair with her leading man.

Jack West had a good day. On a lark, he purchased a lottery ticket. Little did he know that within 24 hours he would go from being a regular guy to a millionaire. He quickly discovered that money can’t buy happiness, but a chance discovery changed all that. He couldn’t have predicted that a lowly cleaning lady would become the most important woman in his life. It was clear that being rich was nice, but finding a perfect submissive mate was better. Sometimes it’s nice to win on multiple fronts.

Margo's Auntie May is nominated for a prestigious award at the Mysteries USA Convention at the Hartford Hilton, so she reluctantly attends the opening night reception with Margo and Kate. By the next day, the sudden death of a publishing colleague has overshadowed the proceedings. The mystery deepens when May receives a letter from the victim, leaving her the rights to an unpublished manuscript from a best-selling author, now deceased, and giving her coded clues about where to find it.

No. 6 in The Kate Lawrence Mysteries. It's almost New Year's Eve, and Kate finds herself at her 35th high school reunion, where she is confronted by The Mean Girls, circa 1978. Worse yet, she's put on a little weight, and her high school steady is expected to show. Strutter's teenage son faces a personal dilemma, and one of Margo's clients is in big trouble. Should auld acquaintance be forgot? If only that were possible.

To test one's spirit, a soul must live through the unthinkable, survive the unbearable, and reach for the impossible. Being a legend is not something Skye ever wanted. The fact remains, however, and she must live up to the part; even when it means allowing the human in her to die. Skye does this and more, but not without the help of her mate, Khalen.

This radio dramatization of the classic movie, featuring the original stars, aired on February 10, 1947.

Three years ago, Marla Killan was brutally attacked and left for dead. Her attackers were never apprehended. Now her sister has been murdered, and a note left for Marla on the body. Are the same men responsible for her sister's death, or is there another killer loose in her home town? Accompanied by a young man who's irresistibly drawn to her, Marla goes home to find the truth about her sister's death while navigating the horrors in her own past.