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The samurai are dead. That’s not a morbid or melancholic statement - just a fact. Every samurai who ever lived has long since passed, and only the memory of their way of life remains. By the mid 1800s, the old ways were fading. For centuries, Japanese society had followed a Confucian hierarchy that placed the samurai at the top.

Henry VIII is one of the most famous monarchs to have ruled England. Yet, what was life like for those that he ruled? How were they impacted by the wars with France, his marital disasters and the religious Reformation that his chief ministers implemented? The Age of Plunder does not dwell upon the lives of political and religious leaders such as Wolsey, Cromwell and Cranmer, but instead provides a vivid depiction of Tudor England from the perspective of those who tended the crops, sat at the looms and worked in the mines.

Written by Pauline Spy, a UK paramedic and clinical instructor with 25+ years’ experience, this audiobook delivers essential knowledge for those entering or progressing in emergency care. Pauline has trained hundreds—from paramedics and rescue teams to close protection and offshore workers—and knows what you need to excel.

When Jim and Millie return to the Faerie realm, they discover that an ancient evil —the Hornets of the Cosmos —threatens to devour the entire Milky Way. The gate between worlds demands they stand one final time against apocalyptic darkness. To survive, Jim must unite a fractured coalition: the Guardians, the Cyan, Pixies, Dwarves, Orcs, and Fae of a hundred kingdoms. Some are natural allies. Others are bitter enemies. All must overcome centuries of prejudice, pride, and sacred tradition to fight together.

In a world where writing disappears when the author dies, 22-year-old Cael Oberlan watches the last gasping breaths of his best friend. He pulls a scrap of paper out of his pocket as his friend’s signature fades. Cael only wants vengeance for his friend and to create a reality where he no longer has to bow before any man. However, the nagging suspicion that his father, who started this war, hasn't given him the whole story about his role in this conflict threatens to unravel everything he ever thought he knew about himself and the people he is fighting to free.

The country has never been less united. Segment living has been the way of life for longer than anyone can remember. Zya is ready for her Exit Exam, knowing that she will, most likely, end up being sent to Further Training due to her disabilities. She doesn’t know what that entails, but she’ll do her best to make sure it never happens. Jonah is more concerned with focusing on his future and what he wants to do after the Exit Exam. Having grown up completely abled, he has no fears of Further Training. Two different people, two different segments.

From the author of the gripping Now What? series comes a chilling collection of fifteen stories that explore the darkest corners of the human mind and beyond. That’s Bloody Disgusting is D.E. Jones’s first short story anthology, combining psychological tension, supernatural dread, and flashes of unsettling science fiction. Most of the stories are set in the UK, moving through different time periods and places, from quiet suburbs to shadowed city streets. Each one examines obsession, loss, and the fragile line between imagination and reality.

Alasdair Stewart built Cambria Financial's New York branch into a global success story. Profitable, independent, and admired, he seemed destined for the group's top job. But his rise made him dangerous, not to rivals across Wall Street, but to his own boss in Swansea.

It was meant to be a night off duty for Jen Garner and Hannah Littlefair, spent celebrating the achievement of a dear old friend in a luxury hotel penthouse suite. But crime doesn’t take a night off, as they’re soon to find out…

The human brain is remarkably pliable, capable of reshaping itself while still producing firm, enduring thoughts. Across the stages of life, our neuroplasticity gradually declines, yet the mind continues to adapt, compensate, and evolve. Technology, however, does not age as we do. It accelerates relentlessly—its pace now far exceeding the slow cadence of human biological evolution, which has largely plateaued some 100,000 years ago. This widening gap raises an essential question: what happens when our tools evolve faster than the minds that wield them?

Gareth Bull has a problem. His brain, despite its good intentions, refuses to cooperate with the simplest goals: get up early, eat less junk, avoid pointless arguments, stop obsessively checking emails at midnight. Trapped in a tug-of-war between prehistoric instincts and modern expectations, Gareth finds himself endlessly sabotaged by the same irrational thoughts, awkward impulses and late-night snack decisions. As he lurches through a world of social dread, petty competitiveness and grand plans destined to fail, he begins to wonder if his mind is working against him entirely.

"The Light Between The Shadows" is ultimately a novel about hope—not the cheap, easy hope of happy endings, but the hard-won, daily-renewed hope of choosing to keep living when everything in you wants to give up. It's about finding light not by denying the shadows but by learning to carry both. Jim's journey from suicidal isolation to purposeful Guardian is neither simple nor complete. By the novel's end, he's still struggling, still uncertain, still carrying wounds that may never fully heal. But he's also connected, purposeful, and alive.

What does it mean to build a life — when life first breaks you? A Man Under Construction is a powerful literary memoir about survival, responsibility, migration, leadership and inner growth. Born from a near-fatal accident in infancy, Fernando J. M. Lopes grows up between fragility and resilience, navigating childhood instability, early fatherhood, turbulent relationships, and the demanding reality of rebuilding himself in London’s construction industry. Through honest reflection and poetic clarity, this book traces the evolution of a man who refuses to remain defined by circumstance.

The Observing Universe is not a book of answers. It is a book of questions — approached with attention, silence, and wonder. Drawing from cosmology, science, philosophy, and human experience, this contemplative essay invites the listener to reflect on the movement of the universe, the nature of life, consciousness, and the place of the human being within the whole. Throughout this book, the universe is not presented as a distant object to be explained, but as a living process in which we participate.

Dive into the depths of human consciousness and cosmic mystery with “Threshold Protocol,” a gripping science fiction novel that blends psychological intensity, high-stakes suspense, and profound philosophical questions.

The Psychology of Construction explores the human reality behind building sites — the minds, emotions, motivations and invisible wounds of those who build. Through real stories, philosophical reflection and practical insight, Fernando Jorge Marques Lopes reveals how dignity, trust, language, scarcity, leadership and purpose shape not only projects, but lives. Drawing from decades of experience on construction sites and informed by psychology, sociology and philosophy, this book shows that productivity and humanity are not opposites — they are deeply connected.

Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Unrestricted View Horror Film Festival anthology, a captivating collection that emerges from the shadows of our most primal fears. Within these pages, you will find an array of four chilling short stories crafted by talented writers whose works were selected from the festival’s 2024 submissions. As you delve into this collection, you’ll encounter tales that evoke the eerie strangeness of reality, the supernatural, and the psychological tension inherent in our existence.

This series contains mature themes and strong language, and listener discretion is advised.

Peggy Lighterman vows she will never be like her father. His was a life blighted by alcohol addiction and an untimely demise. Hers is one of placid fulfillment in the urban sprawl of Bermondsey. But Peggy’s life is turned upside down by a series of tragic events. A drink to fill the empty void soon escalates into a downward spiral until she meets Dr. Theo Hither, a psychiatrist who has witnessed first-hand the trauma of mental illness in his brother and is fiercely protective of those marginalized by society.

Bruce Campbell is a heart surgeon. His only son, Tim, was born with a degenerative heart condition. They knew that one day he would need a new heart, what they didn’t know, was when. Bruce’s world is about to come crashing down on him; despite being one of the leading cardiologists in the country, will Bruce be able to save his son? And to what lengths will he go to do it? Whilst Bruce is battling to save his son, a psychopathic killer is on the loose, hell-bent on gaining revenge on those that hurt and tortured him as a child, casting him into a life of darkness.