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Four complete stories enhanced by Miranda Richardson's award-winning reading and really horrid music and effects: Horrid Henry encounters the babysitter from hell, traumatizes his parents on a car journey, goes trick or treating at Hallowe'en, and sabotages his school project. Four stories, as...

Having returned from World War II, Eugene Jerome and his brother Stanley pair up to break into the world of professional comedy writing. Inspiration strikes when they aim their sights on their dysfunctional family - and the network broadcasts it nationwide!

This is an audiobook about the big questions in life: knowledge, consciousness, fate, God, truth, goodness, justice. It is for anyone who believes there are big questions out there, but does not know how to approach them. Think sets out to explain what they are and why they are important. Simon Blackburn begins by putting forward a convincing case for the study of philosophy and goes on to give the listener a sense of how the great historical figures such as Descartes, Hume, Kant, and Wittgenstein have approached its central themes.

This audiobook introduces Italian through short stories rooted in the culture, landscapes, and everyday life of Italy and other European cultural themes. Rather than drilling tourist phrases or grammar rules, you encounter the language the way it actually lives—woven into conversations, relationships, and moments that feel distinctly Italian.

You've always meant to learn Spanish — and now there's a better way to do it. This collection of 21 short bilingual stories immerses you directly in the Spanish language through compelling, accessible travel narratives. Each story follows a character on the move — in an unfamiliar city, a lively market, a charming small hotel — navigating everyday situations, unexpected encounters, and small mysteries along the way. Natural dialogue, an authentically Hispanic atmosphere, and a pace perfectly calibrated for learners at every stage.

Reaching higher than the Tower of Babel, shining brighter than the Golden Calf, such is the idol of the future man will raise to worship. A rocketship of immense size and power, the culmination of the best efforts earth has to offer. By compulsion or chicanery, all have been forced to build it. And all will be changed by the Apocalypse its fiery crash from orbit ushers in... In the Wasteland, where ignorant armies continue to fight, a small community is spared, eking out a meagre existence amidst the peril and threat.

'Brought to you by Penguin. A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. Find Your Passion. Love Your Work. Build a Richer Life. What's your dream? It's a simple question, but one which very few of us ever really think about. From early on, we are taught that there's only one path to getting ahead: do well at...

A #1 New York Times Bestseller! Based on the major motion picture—an intoxicating mix of magic and music, mayhem and emotion, all told with fabulous heart and humor—Wonka introduces readers to a young Willy Wonka, chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at...

'One of our finest crime writers' ― Peter James 'Fabulous' ― The Sun 'Creepy and complex' ― The Times Buried in the shadows and roots of the forest is a deadly secret that was never meant to come out . . . Driving through the mountains in a fierce winter storm, David Hunter is forced to...

A Short History of England sheds light on all the key individuals and events, bringing them together in an enlightening and engaging account of the country's birth, rise to global prominence and then partial eclipse. There have been long synoptic histories of England, but until now there has been no standard short work covering all significant events, themes and individuals.

The story of Britain from the earliest settlements in 3000BC to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603. To look back at the past is to understand the present. In this vivid account of over 4,000 years of British history, Simon Schama takes us on an epic journey which encompasses the very beginnings of the nation's identity, when the first settlers landed on Orkney. From the successes and failures of the monarchy to the daily life of a Roman soldier stationed on Hadrian's Wall, Schama gives a vivid, fascinating account of the many different stories and struggles that lie behind the growth of our island nation.

Lerne alles über Haie und erfahre, wie sie bereits seit 400 Millionen Jahren überleben können. Erforsche das Leben von Quallen und lerne, was sie auch ohne Gehirn Erstaunliches leisten können. Entdecke sagenumwobene Reichtümer und finde heraus, wo auf der Welt versunkene Schätze zu finden sind. Das witzige Trio Theo, Tess und Quentin erforscht das Leben der Quallen. Die faszinierenden Tiere leben ohne Blut, Hirn und Herz.

This collection of mystery stories supports learning French. Stories are told first in French, then in English and then the story is heard in French for a second time. In this way, you can learn French naturally and in context while listening to entertaining mystery stories. The stories are designed to be entertaining rather than scary and told using more basic French vocabulary and grammar making the content accessible to beginner to intermediate French learners.

Paré-Poupart’s story is atypical: he started working as a garbageman to pay for school, and after earning graduate degrees and working in more “respectable” fields, he is still on a truck—out of love for the physical rush, for his rough-and-tumble colleagues, and for an honesty and freedom that no other job has yet given him.

Two New York Times-bestselling psychologists explain the science of cons—and how we can avoid them From phishing scams to Ponzi schemes, fraudulent science to fake art, chess cheaters to crypto hucksters, and marketers to magicians, our world brims with deception. In Nobody’s Fool...

A new twist to a decades old mystery. 1990. A young woman goes missing while backpacking in Thailand. She is never seen again. 2016. Her bones are discovered 6000 miles away in an English field and, within hours, the boyfriend who reported her disappearance all those years ago is dead. So begins a hunt to solve her murder that will take DI Ray Mason and PI Tina Boyd into a dark and terrifying world of corruption and deadly secrets, where murder is commonplace, and nothing and nobody is safe....

Seit Äonen trachten dunkle Mächte nach der Eroberung der Welt. Vor einhundert Jahren starben die letzten beiden Protagonisten dieser unheilvollen Entwicklung. Doch nun kehren sie zurück und setzen ihr zerstörerisches Werk fort: mitten in London. Sie kämpfen nicht nur gegen die Menschheit, sondern auch gegeneinander in: Dracula versus Frankenstein. Duell der Giganten. Missy und ihr neuestes Date Dave besuchen eine Ausstellung über die Folterpraktiken der Maya. Dave verschwindet spurlos und wird kurz darauf in einem bestialischen Ritual geopfert.

In Deutschland gibt es eine Menge zu entdecken! Das lustige Trio Theo, Tess und Quentin geht gemeinsam mit den Hörerinnen und Hörern auf Entdeckungsreise. Sie finden viele wilde Tiere und auch die Landschaften sind hier vielfältig – genauso wie die Städte und Dörfer, in denen die Menschen leben. Kein Wunder: Denn die Bundesrepublik Deutschland ist zwar noch keine 100 Jahre alt. Aber ihre Geschichte reicht über 1500 Jahre zurück. Die Spuren der Vergangenheit finden Theo, Tess und Quentin an vielen Orten.

Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Winchester returns with a thought-provoking history of the wind, written in his edifying and entertaining style. What is going on with our atmosphere? The headlines are filled with news of devastating hurricanes, murderous tornadoes, and cataclysmic fires...

Saint-Simon fut souvent considéré comme l'un des plus grands écrivains de la langue française. Il fut contemporain de Louis XIV et ses Mémoires, écrites en vingt volumes, constituent un témoignage essentiel de ce que fut cette époque et nous offrent une plongée fascinante dans l'univers du Roi Soleil, le plus célèbre de tous les rois. Les pages qui suivent sont issues d'une sélection effectuée au cœur de ces mémoires dont la teneur résume, sans avoir besoin de lire l'ensemble de l'œuvre, l'atmosphère qui régnait à la Cour du Roi.