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Living in New Zealand, Jack Gee thought he was safe. The isolated country had always provided a sense of security. When a virus begins to spread across the globe, he is on a hiking trip in the mountains, blissfully unaware. A message from his wife Dee alerts him to the viral threat that turns humans into apex predators with one purpose - to kill. The country collapses as Jack races to get home, and when he finally does make it out of the mountains he finds his peaceful life has been shattered. Banding with other survivors, they must quickly learn how to survive in this new world.

Young and idealistic, he is full of enthusiasm when he first arrives in the small mining village of Drineffy, where he is to work as assistant to the elderly Dr Page. But he soon encounters corruption, apathy, and appalling medical practices and becomes determined to storm the citadel of the medical establishment and make a difference.

The complete BBC radio adaptations of Alexander McCall's bestselling series. Inspired by Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City, 44 Scotland Street started life as a serial in The Scotsman. It was a huge hit, and was soon novelised, adapted on stage and dramatised for BBC Radio 4. Collected here are all five radio series, in which we follow the interconnected lives of the residents of adjoining flats in a tenement in Edinburgh's Georgian New Town.

Meet Clare Barker, the social worker who likes nothing more than sorting out other people's problems (while failing to deal with her own). Wracked with guilt over being white, middle-class and heterosexual, she has a dedicated social conscience (unless it's inconvenient for her) and lives to interfere in other people's lives—both on a personal and professional basis. Bearing the brunt of her control freakery and lack of self-awareness are her family, colleagues and long-suffering teacher partner, Brian—all of whom have their own frustrations, disappointments and dramas.

Die ersten fünf Bände der humorvollen Neuharlingersiel-Krimis rund um das Kulttrio: den Dorfpolizisten Rudi, die Lehrerin Rosa und den Postboten Henner. Und dessen große Familie, die so manchen Stein ins Rollen bringt. Dieser Sammelband enthält Band 1-5 der Reihe: 1. Krabbenbrot und Seemannstod 2. Der letzte Heuler 3. Miss Wattenmeer singt nicht mehr 4. Mörderjagd mit Inselblick 5. Muscheln, Mord und Meeresrauschen

In einer finsteren Zukunft sucht ein Cop nach Vergeltung... doch wer ist der wahre Feind? New York, 2058: Hochwasser, Umweltverschmutzung, Überbevölkerung und Kriminalität bedrohen die Metropole. Ein Bürgerkrieg schwelt in den Vereinigten Staaten, und die Politik ist von mächtigen Konzernen korrumpiert. Polizist Mike Quillan macht die Terrororganisation Phoenix Rising für den Tod seiner Verlobten verantwortlich. Doch dann kommt er dem Geheimdienst Black Guard in die Quere - und entdeckt eine Verschwörung, die ihm sämtliche Gewissheiten nimmt.

Die Abenteuer 1 bis 5 aus Desmond G. Sullivans Taelun-Reihe. Mächtig, skrupellos, effizient und unauffällig: Das ist TAELUN, die Target Elimination Union. Ihr Ziel: Massenmörder und Kriegsverbrecher. Die Agenten, die für Taelun tätig sind, arbeiten im Verborgenen. Dasselbe gilt für die wahren Auftraggeber, deren Identität nicht einmal den Agenten bekannt ist. Der ehemalige CIA-Agent Roger Grey wurde ebenfalls für Taelun rekrutiert. Sein erster Auftrag führt ihn nach Ruanda, wo er in einem beispiellosen Fall ermitteln muss.

A 300-year-old mystery, four magical sisters and a cat. The Blackmoore sisters discover their paranormal powers as they find themselves scrambling to find a real killer while they battle a crooked Sheriff, planted evidence, and a long list of suspects that all had a reason to kill. This is a box-set of the first five books in the Blackmoore Sisters Cozy Mystery series.

Based in the little town of Bridgeford, High-Lites salon boasts the most misanthropic hairdresser in Britain: sharp-tongued, mean-minded Bev. With the help of her soft-hearted (though slightly dim) assistant, Shirley, she tends to the tresses of a motley crew of local characters. As she cuts their hair, she finds out everything that's going on in their lives - and wastes no time in spreading some gossip of her own.

Crash Dive: The Complete Series chronicles the adventures of Charlie Harrison as he fights the Imperial Japanese Navy during WW2. Gripping, action-packed, authentic, and filled with larger-than-life men and women of the Greatest Generation, Crash Dive puts you aboard a submarine during the war. You'll stand alongside Charlie as he proves himself time and again by keeping his wits and being decisive in crisis, though each encounter leaves him more heavily scarred for it.

One day changed the world forever. Billions died. A small handful of survivors braved the apocalyptic wasteland to start again. This is their story.

ARMOR: The Complete Series chronicles the journey of a tank crew through the Second World War, from North Africa to Berlin. Action-packed, authentic, and filled with flawed but tough men of the Greatest Generation, ARMOR drops you straight into the horror, brotherhood, and triumph of armored warfare. You'll fight alongside the crew as they go head-to-head with Tigers at Kasserine Pass, race to Palermo in Sicily, land during the horrific first assault wave at Omaha Beach, crash against the Norman hedgerows, and more.

The entire Perseid Collapse series in one box set: post-apocalyptic thriller action and suspense in five books! Contains: The Jakarta Pandemic (Book 1), The Perseid Collapse (Book 2), Event Horizon (Book 3), Point of Crisis (Book 4), and Dispatches (Book 5).

The original abridged recordings of the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga, in one collection! For almost four decades Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City has blazed its own trail through popular culture—from a groundbreaking newspaper...

Poet Ian McMillan is our host in this gleeful game of literary tomfoolery, outrageous parody and biting wit. Joining him for some lighthearted competitive wordplay are a quartet of writers and comedians, all ready and eager to run riot through the halls of great literature.

Little Blighty is an idyllic part of the world, with a church, a market, a small school and a pub, The Cock and Bull. Village life is pretty uneventful, though the humdrum happenings include social turmoil, economic upheaval and vicious political squabbles - all presided over by the redoubtable head of the Parish Council and secretary of the Rotarians, Mrs Roberts.

Isaac Race thought he'd found a new family and home. A new Life. He had, but it's all about to be snatched away. When an ambitious enemy launches a sneak attack on the USA, his peaceful life is shattered and Isaac, by his very nature a loner, must band together with a ragtag group of survivors to make their way to a sanctuary, three states away in the depths of a vicious east coast winter.

After years of looking after her elderly parents, Anna finds herself able, for the first time, to live her own life. She's enjoying simply being herself, with no responsibilities and no obligations. But her two younger sisters, Victoria and Charlotte, are concerned about her. Surely poor, unfulfilled Anna can't be happy without a partner or a family around? Determined to make an effort, they decide to draw her into their lives - and Anna's peaceful, commitment-free lifestyle soon disappears.

The EMP has officially crippled the nation and her infrastructure sits in ruin. Can a burned-out DEA agent, a Guatemalan-born cartel daughter, and an estranged brother find their way back to their families, or will they succumb to the perils of a nation in steep decline? The Complete Age of Embers is a no-holds-barred post-apocalyptic adventure series chronicling a nationwide descent into a powerless world.

This collection brings all five series of this tense, fast-paced drama set in an ambulance control for the first time.