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Dashing detective Lord Peter Wimsey is caught up in the murder trial of mystery writer Harriet Vane. Her fianc├ has died of poisoning exactly as described in one of Harriet's novels—so naturally she is the prime suspect. As Peter looks on, he not only falls in love with the accused but...

Jeeves is on holiday in Herne Bay, and while he's away, the world caves in on Bertie Wooster. For a start, Bertie's astonished to read in the Times of his own engagement to the mercurial Bobbie Wickham. Then, at Brinkley Court, his Aunt Dahlia's establishment, he finds his awful former...

This plain-English version of King Lear clocks in at just under 20 minutes, ensuring the subject matter is appropriate for a younger audience. King Lear is one of Shakespeare's best-known tragedies from the 1600s and tells the story of a king's relationships with his three daughters. It is widely regarded as one of Shakespeare's most accomplished plays.

The Chronicles of Clovis, published in 1911, was the third in Saki (H. H. Munro)'s series of very funny and very vicious stories. As an insider, Saki was ideally poised to eviscerate the Edwardian middle class way of life, and his pitiless and magnetic sense of humour - teamed with an ability to wield that sharpest of writer's tools, the (very) short story - makes these some of the funniest and most quotable of tales. All of the running themes in Saki's work are here.

Troy is besieged by the invading Greeks, but the young Trojan prince Troilus can think only of his love for Cressida. Her uncle Pandarus brings the two together, but after only one night news comes that Cressida must be sent to the enemy camp. There, as Troilus looks on, she yields to the wooing of the Greek Diomedes. The tragic story is undercut by the commentary of Thersites, who provides a cynical chorus.

Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais are the creators of some of British television's most beloved comedies. Essex-born Clement teamed up with Geordie insurance salesman La Frenais in the early 1960s and scripted a series about two young pals from Newcastle, The Likely Lads, which became one of BBC...

A delightful and humorous adventure of a man's youngest son, despised by his brothers for his simple mind, whose kindness to a stranger is grandly rewarded. Sure to put a smile upon the listener's face.

In Terence Rattigan’s classic drama, an aging schoolmaster at an English secondary school faces the harsh judgments of his students, his fellow teachers, and his vicious and spiteful wife. But can a lone act of kindness from a sympathetic student change his heart? This recording also includes an interview with Michael Darlow, the author of Terence Rattigan: The Man and His Work.

Starting with the landings on D-Day, Victory in Europe traces the Allied struggle to create a foothold in "Fortress Europe". Overcoming initial setbacks, the final crossing of the Rhine and the advance into Germany changed the course of European history forever. This gripping story is told from the perspective of the service men at the centre of the operation, and how their bravery and doggedness made the defeat of Hitler's hordes possible.

Impatient butcher Richard Turpin wants his share of the emerging wealth of the new United Kingdom. After poaching for easy profits, he finds himself on the run and falls in with the vicious Gregory Gang. As his comrades are sent to the gallows, Turpin evades the hangman and becomes the country's most wanted man.

Ian Gillan of Deep Purple looks back on the band's extraordinary career, from the creation of classics like "Smoke on the Water" and "Highway Star" to their return with Perfect Strangers. He discusses Deep Purple's musical influences, working with orchestras, the chemistry behind their greatest songs, his distinctive vocal style and an unforgettable jam with George Harrison.

We are living amid a mental health epidemic. Clinical depression has devastated the lives of countless people. It's a disorder that doesn't discriminate. Within its labyrinth, the corridors and dead ends are many - unabating hopelessness, withdrawal from loved ones, fatigue of body and mind...

An eye-opening and essential tour of the vanishing world in the age of climate change and rising tides. What if Atlantis wasn't a myth, but an early precursor to a new age of great flooding? Across the globe, scientists and civilians alike are noticing rapidly rising sea levels, and higher and...

Is Multitasking Killing Your Creativity and Focus? is a no-nonsense, clarity-sparking short listen that challenges the myth of productivity through multitasking. If you're constantly “doing everything” yet still feel unfocused, scattered, or creatively blocked—this book is your wake-up...

Dora Minor, a quirky and fiercely courageous girl, grows up in a remote Virginia mountain community in a family of outliers, thanks to their Quaker beliefs that all people are born equal. After her mother’s death, her indomitable, pipe-smoking grandmother Alma—a revolutionary in her own right—becomes her primary caregiver and protector. With a fierce moral compass, Alma helps shape Dora’s worldview and guides her to question the status quo.

When their auld mate Cruicky dies, 'The Auld Team' from Granton in Edinburgh reunite - sparking memories of school, fitba and the buzz of 1960s and 70s life in North Edinburgh. Hardened by the social and economic fallout that hit working-class Scotland through the 1980s and 90s, they hold tight to loyalty, graft and their own code of honour...and decide it's time to take justice into their own hands

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2026 WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE A curator is absorbed in the medieval world of a reluctant monarch in this searing debut about what becomes lost over time and what devotion can reanimate. A curator spends her days reconstructing the...

Stop playing chess one move at a time. Chess Grandmaster Blueprint: 5 Books in 1 is a clear, practical guide for players who want to stop guessing, start seeing the board, and build the skills needed to beat stronger opponents. Inside, you’ll learn how to handle openings with confidence, spot tactical opportunities, understand positional advantages, calculate better moves, and finish games with cleaner endgame technique.

Weird things dwell in the hidden corners of Britain: haunted dolls, cunning shapeshifters, monstrous owls, and mad magicians. And there are weird places, too. Beyond the veil of the waking world, lie realms of secrets, domains of madness. So continues the saga, of Peter Van Melsen... The tall, gaunt and mysterious Van Melsen was born out of Ian’s love of occult detective fiction—Algernon Blackwood’s John Silence and William Hope Hodgson’s Thomas Carnacki being among his favourite paranormal investigators. The second volume of stories chronicles the ongoing exploits of the peculiar P. I.

"The Ghoul and the Corpse" is a short story by the one-time Weird Tales author G. A. Wells, published in the very first issue of the magazine—March 1923. "Entombed for uncounted ages in the blue heart of an Arctic glacier, the knife-clutching corpse of a prehistoric man awakens by firelight."