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At rare intervals, great floods fill the desert basin of Lake Eyre in Central Australia, and for a while, wildlife teems along the shore. But the miracle is short-lived. In the fierce summer heat, the lake shrinks, the water turns to brine and the fish die. Birds such as pelicans then face a vast flight across the desert to the southern coast, and many die along the way.

Described by H P Lovecraft as 'the one absolute and unquestioned master of weird atmosphere', Algernon Blackwood (CBE) was the acclaimed and prolific author of numerous ghost stories and horror tales. Throughout his lifetime, he wrote 14 novels, several children's books, a number of plays, and over 200 short stories. This anthology opens with a selection of stories featuring his most influential character, occult detective Dr John Silence.

Passion, power, sex and suspicious deaths – the Tudor story is one of drama and dysfunction, and it has kept us enthralled for over 400 years. In these six dramatised documentaries, we take a behind-the-scenes look at Tudor England and get to know the key characters we have grown to love and hate, such as Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. Compiled from contemporary sources by Alison Plowman and featuring first-hand accounts and letters, these thrilling, historically accurate retellings bring this tumultuous era to vivid life.

Artificial intelligence is driving workforce disruption on a scale not seen since the Industrial Revolution. In schools and universities, AI technology has forced a re-evaluation of the way students are taught and assessed. Meanwhile ChatGPT has become a cultural phenomenon, reaching 100 million users and attracting a $10 billion dollar investment in its parent company OpenAI. The race to dominate the generative AI market is accelerating at breakneck speed, inspiring breathless headlines and immense public interest.

Una novela que trata el suicidio juvenil con delicadeza y un toque de humor. Naim se ha pasado los últimos dieciséis años observando a Claudia. Al principio era parte de su misión como fantasma, como ayudante de Ros, el ángel caído que velaba por él y por el resto de suicidados (o "recos", como se llaman a sí mismos). Pero ahora no puede resistirse a visitarla. Se niega a sí mismo que está enamorado, pues ¿acaso puede amar alguien muerto?

Many years ago, Jimmy's father was imprisoned for murdering his mother on Halloween night. This is the story of how Jimmy is still haunted by his teen years.

Shining a light on the remarkable, untold stories of reconciliation in Rwanda since the genocide in 1994, Kill the Devil is a love story between a survivor and a perpetrator of genocide in a lesson for our times and for all time.

Illegitimate. Ruined. Two harsh words that leave two lost souls in search of belonging... Christian Milnes can think of nothing besides meeting the four Graham siblings who share his blood. Ever since he learned of their existence, he cannot pass a stranger without wondering if they could be his family. Meliora Williams is unwed with a baby on the way and no one to turn to except the dishonorable man who broke her heart. Determined to find her own way in the world, she boards a train headed west to Montana.

Chase has lost his fortune. Chase and Wen have lost each other. The world may have just lost its last chance. What's left to lose? Everything! To find the way out, you must first get lost...

Theo had been forced into a world gone mad. To the inhabitants of Regil, it was no surprise that the downfall of man came at the hand of men. A curse so foul that one shuddered to imagine the blackened heart that stood at its inception, a sinner who made the innocent pay in blood and flesh for his greed. Many have forgotten, but those old and wise enough to remember know that the curse will one day return with a vengeance.

Una història de salut mental en primera persona «El meu diagnòstic és que tinc fòbia social crònica, o sigui por de relacionar-me amb la gent. Jo, que fa vint anys que em dedico a l'entreteniment; jo, que fa vint anys que em poso sobre un "escenari" cada dos per tres, a la tele, a la...

Do you love cars? Do you love interesting stories about start-ups? Do you love crazy stories about founders and their ups and downs?

From an oppressive life with constant pressure from his family to fit into a mold that offered no relief, Slade is driven to venture out into an unknown world, where the rules and language are incomprehensible... yet draw him irresistibly closer. Cutting all ties with everyone from his past, he moves seamlessly into the brutal subculture of gambling and hustling.

CASE FILE #18–June 2008. Katherine Alford was found dead in her car at a local beauty spot. The devoted mother had received an urgent phone call late in the evening, and asked a neighbor to babysit for ten minutes. She never returned. Gus Freeman and his team uncover failings in the initial police investigation, but every eyewitness they re-interview can’t offer fresh clues, they only add to the mystery. Who did Katherine dash out of the house to meet?

Calder was in command of the new stealth ship The Kharon, specifically made for the mission. Christened after the mythical ferry boat of the underworld, she was to pursue, raid, and pillage enemy merchant ships along the trade route south of Bantam and leave no survivors! However, the unpredictable cloak-and-dagger mission itself could not have foreseen the captain and crew being entangled in mass murder, hoards of treasure, discovery of new lands, and revenge that would span the best part of 20 years.

Adéntrate en la fascinante época de los césares y los gladiadores, uno de los tiempos más apasionantes de la historia. Pero ¡cuidado! Los peligros acechan en la Antigua Roma. Guerreros sanguinarios, traiciones políticas, volcanes en erupción... El viaje no va a ser un relajante paseo por las termas. Pero no temas, El Fisgón Histórico viene a rescatarte. ¿Cómo? Con este magnífico libro, donde aprenderás todo lo que necesitas saber para sobrevivir a la Antigua Roma y volver a casa. Colección de libros de divulgación histórica para los más peques.

Russia, 1946, the Nazis recently defeated. Stalin gathers half a dozen of the top Soviet science fiction authors in a dacha in the countryside somewhere. Convinced that the defeat of America is only a few years away, and equally convinced that the Soviet Union needs a massive external threat to...

Only three short years after the end of the Japanese occupation, war came again to Malaya. The Chinese-backed guerrillas called it the War of the Running Dogs - their contemptuous term for those in Malaya who remained loyal to the British. The British Government referred to this bloody and costly struggle as the 'Malayan Emergency'. Yet it was a war that lasted twelve years and cost thousands of lives. By the time it was over Malaya had obtained its independence - but on British, not on Chinese or Communist terms.

Two-Spirit Indigiqueer psychotherapist and cultural theorist Dr. Roger Kuhn illuminates the ways our bodies offer portals to our own liberation. Experience somacultural liberation: A revolutionary ideology to explore how our bodies offer portals to personal and collective freedom. What role does...

Roger Scruton looks at the central ideas of conservatism over the centuries. He examines conservative thinking on civil society, the rule of law and the role of the state on the one hand; and freedom (including freedom of expression and association), morality, equality, property and rights on the other. He traces the origins and development of the conservative ideology in the philosophies and thoughts of, among others, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, David Hume, Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, John Ruskin, Michael Oakeshott, Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman and Robert Nozick.