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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....

In this brilliant narrative, Fleischman re-creates the first great battle of the Civil War from the points of view of sixteen different participants. Through an unflinching narrative of the battle of Bull Run, human faces begin to emerge from the faded pages of history. Read by a varied cast of narrators, the characters on both sides spring to vivid life as they share their feelings as the battle of Bull Run rages around them.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 get to know who her father really was.

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.

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.

Als man beim BND herausfindet, dass die SVIA Milliarden Dollar mit dem Verkauf von Verjüngungsmitteln verdient, schickt Heinrich Gehlen Anna Gudwin und Tom Hellbrandt in die Welt der Reichen, Schönen und der großen Politik. Sie finden heraus, dass es Stephen Thaus nur zweitrangig ums Geld geht. Denn die Menschen aus der High Society werden durch die Einnahmen der Präparate zwar jünger, gleichzeitig aber zu seinen willfährigen Werkzeugen.

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.

Sometimes cozy and familiar as Grandma's homemade scarf, sometimes cold as a frozen forest after a snowstorm, this collection of classic winter tales and poems is as varied as the season it celebrates. Featuring the masterful storytelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Dickens and a host of others, this audiobook will keep the listener enthralled deep into the long winter night.

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.

Stephen Thaus, das teuflische Gehirn der SVIA, verfolgt Anna Gudwin bis in ihre Träume. Zu Recht, denn seine Silicon Valley Intelligence Agency bedroht die Welt mit einem Virenkrieg. Mit Hilfe von Tom Hellebrandt gelingt es Anna, in der chinesischen Stadt Wuhan in das streng bewachte Labor einzudringen, wo an diesem Virus geforscht wird. Um Thaus zur Strecke zu bringen, beschließt Anna, die wichtigsten Mitglieder der SVIA auszuschalten. Über das Spielerparadies Macau führt sie der Job nach New York.

Während in Deutschland der Konflikt zwischen BND und Verfassungsschutz eskaliert, deckt Anna Gudwin die Strategie von Stephen Thaus im Kampf um die Weltherrschaft auf: Er überzieht die Erde mit einem Guerillakrieg, dem die Nationen machtlos gegenüber stehen. Als Anna vom Verfassungsschutz kaltgestellt wird, zieht sie auf eigene Faust los, um den skrupellosen Anführer der SVIA zu stellen. Dieser lockt sie in eine Falle in der chilenischen Atacama-Wüste - während er mit einem finalen Anschlag die gesamte Führungsriege der Welt auslöschen will.

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.

A story of a man's reflections as he looks back about upon a life he had as a successful rock musician, and the lessons learned from those adventures. If you were ever in a band or loved someone who was, I think you will enjoy the community and shared experience.