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'A really thrilling discovery . . . This is a real extension of our knowledge of women of the period, engagingly told' - Philippa Gregory 'It held me captive from the first page to the last. Utterly breathtaking' - Tracy Borman The youngest of the Maitland siblings, Marie had watched her elder...

In her late 40s, after a noisy upbringing as one of six children and adulthood as a vocal feminist and mother, Sara Maitland found herself living alone in the country and, to her surprise, falling in love with silence. In this fascinating, intelligent, and beautifully written book, Maitland describes how she began to explore this new love, spending periods of silence in the Sinai desert, the Scottish hills, and a remote cottage on the Isle of Skye.

Leslie Maitland is an award-winning former New York Times investigative reporter whose mother and grandparents fled Germany in 1938 for France, where, as Jews, they spent four years as refugees—the last two under risk of Nazi deportation. In 1942 they made it onto the last boat to escape France before the Germans sealed the harbors. Then, barred from entering the United States, they lived in Cuba for almost two years before immigrating to New York.

For nearly two hundred years, the Society has been awarding gold medals to those individuals who have contributed most to our geographical knowledge. Winners of the Founder's and Patron's medals now number around three hundred individuals, and the roll-call of names is a veritable Who's Who of exploration. Telling their stories, of the many and varied ways in which they have helped 'fill in the maps', is nothing less than a history of exploration itself. 

A wonderfully written account of a father's relationship with his troubled son, as told through his funny, tender letters. In 2007 Michael Maitland left home for university, and in the years that followed he developed depression, OCD and, almost fatally, anorexia. It was only when Michael was taken to hospital in 2012, his body shutting down and his organs failing, that the family realised exactly what was happening.

Once upon a time, there lived a happy family called the Maitlands. Until October 2012, when Iain received a message. Michael had been taken to hospital. Years of anxiety, depression and anorexia had taken their toll, and he had pneumonia and a collapsed lung. Told with humour and frankness through Michael's diary entries and Iain's own reflections, Out of the Madhouse charts Michael's journey to recovery.

Karen Maitland joins Elise Italiaander to talk about her latest novel, The Plague Charmer.

This is about real life missing person Brianna Maitland. Brianna went missing from Montgomery, Vermont in America on March 19th, 2004. She has never been seen since. If you have any information please contact the Vermont State Police at 1-844-84-VTIPS (1-844-848-8477) or by email at vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit. Or the private investigators on this show: hopsicker@gmail.com, chiefbarry@gmail.com These episodes were originally published on Missing and Crawlspace. Visit http://crawlspace-media.com/ for more.

Join semi-retired detective Molly Morgenthau Babbitts as she embarks on a thrilling undercover mission as a governess at the grand Janney mansion on Long Island. Initially tasked with solving a robbery, Molly soon finds herself entangled in a web of more shocking crimes and mounting mysteries. Amidst the chaos, the enigmatic private secretary, Esther Maitland, remains a constant. But does she harbor dark secrets of her own? Is she the pillar of trust the Janney family believes her to be? Dive into this riveting saga of intrigue, deceit, and mystery.

What led to the bizarre and macabre death of British spy, Gareth Williams, whose body was found padlocked inside a sports bag in his flat in London. Nobody is charged with his killing and more than a decade on, Gareth’s death remains a mystery.