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Vingt et un jours dans la jungle pour une émission télévisée ? Rose peut le faire. Herpétologiste en devenir, Rose préfère la compagnie des amphibiens à celle des humains. Dans le cadre d'un reportage scientifique, elle accepte de cohabiter avec neuf autres étudiants dans un camp en pleine jungle, où ils ne pourront compter que sur eux-mêmes. Lorsqu'elle rencontre Taran, le sportif vedette du campus et tête d'affiche de l'émission, la tension est immédiate. Ils se détestent.

In 1358, over a century after its foundation in Cambridge, the college of Michael House is facing a serious shortfall of funds and competition from upstarts rivals such as Zachary Hostel. Their problems are made no easier by the hostility of the town's inhabitants, who favour the university moving away to the Fens. This simmering tension threatens to break into violence when a well-known tradesman is found dead in one of the colleges.

In 1922, Major Herbert Armstrong, a Hay-on-Wye solicitor, was found guilty of, and executed for, poisoning his wife, Katharine, with arsenic. Armstrong's case has all the ingredients of a classic murder mystery, from a plot by Agatha Christie or Dorothy Sayers (indeed some aspects of his story appear in Sayers' Unnatural Death). It is a near-perfect whodunnit.

Explore humanity's fascination with death through sixty poisonous plants and how they have affected history, magic, warfare, art, and more. Dispatching people with poisonous plants isn't just an Agatha Christie plot—it began thousands of years ago and continues to this day. Deadly Fascination presents sixty profiles divided into five themes, from classic killers to frightful fungi.

When a customer of William Doughty's Bayswater chemist shop dies of strychnine poisoning after drinking medicine he dispensed, William is blamed, and the family faces ruin. William's daughter, Frances, determines to redeem her ailing father's reputation and save the business. She soon becomes convinced that the death was murder, and, unable to persuade the police, she turns detective. Armed with only her wits, courage and determination, Frances uncovers a startling deception and solves a 10-year-old murder.

It’s summer festival time in Confection, Oregon, and that means a barrage of tourists are making cash registers ring at Sweet Fiction Bookshop. But what should be bookseller Lexi’s most lucrative time of year turns disturbing when a member of the chamber of commerce suddenly dies of a heart attack. It’s not entirely unexpected—considering her family history—but it’s a different story when another chamber member dies just one week later…also, presumably, of natural causes.

When Gail Zigman, town selectwoman and Joe Gunther's companion of many years, is raped, Gunther finds himself caught between the media, local politicians, and a network of well-meaning victims' rights advocates as he tries to put his own feelings aside and follow a trail of evidence. Every lead points to a single obvious suspect, but is the evidence too perfect?

Season 1 episode 2 coming April 9th

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Explore the strange and remarkable stories of poisonous and even deadly plants. Science, history, and true crime converge in an informative and exciting look at Mother Nature's ghoulish garden. From a hallucinogenic fungus linked to the Salem Witch Trials to the weed that killed Abraham Lincoln's mother, learn how certain plants evolved toxicity to avoid being consumed by predators and became the predator on their own.

This series offers both Muslim and Non-Muslim listeners a clear understanding of how the divinely-inspired words and actions of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) apply to our contemporary societies. Such social ills as lying, greed, corruption, smoking, gambling, and others have been discussed along with their implications. The overall aim of this series is to remind myself and all others to try our best to restrain our desires and keep ourselves away from these destructive poisonous habits that may end up destroying our families and us and consequently get us thrown into the hellfire.

In the caliphs palace, the vizier is making crooked plans. The caliphs life is in danger. The three girls try to stay out of it. But can they manage that? The Enchanted Castle is a series about three girls, who find an enchanted castle, where the most incredible things can happen. Every time the girls Stick, Pop and Mane visit it, they end up in a new exciting world. Peter Gotthardt was born in Denmark close to Copenhagen in 1946.

Arty, 11 ans, est convaincu que sa maison a essayé de l'étrangler. Il ne prend pas cette menace à la légère : sa famille est peut-être elle aussi en danger. C'est Paul, le père d'Arthur, qui a tracé les plans de cette bâtisse, la première du lotissement. Et si ça avait bouleversé l'ordre naturel ? Sa mère, Catherine, est antiquaire, experte dans le nettoyage des objets anciens : se doute-t-elle de quelque chose ? Avec l'aide de son VTT, de ses copains, de ses cassettes vidéo et de la magnétique Anna, Arty va chercher des réponses à ses questions et vivre l'aventure de sa vie.

Each day, headlines warn that baby bottles are leaching dangerous chemicals, nonstick pans are causing infertility, and plastic containers are making us fat. What if green chemistry could change all that? What if rather than toxics, our economy ran on harmless, environmentally-friendly materials? Elizabeth Grossman, an acclaimed journalist who brought national attention to the contaminants hidden in computers and other high tech electronics, now tackles the hazards of ordinary consumer products.

In Monarchs and Milkweed, Anurag Agrawal presents a vivid investigation into how the monarch butterfly has evolved closely alongside the milkweed - a toxic plant named for the sticky white substance emitted when its leaves are damaged - and how this inextricable and intimate relationship has been like an arms race over the millennia, a battle of exploitation and defense between two fascinating species.

A family gathering, but not everyone who sits down to dinner will survive it. Poisonous lies, family secrets, addiction and revenge - always a dish best served cold - are all on the menu. For readers of Sally Hepworth, Jo Dixon and Ali Lowe, this twisty domestic suspense holds you captive from...

This fun, engrossing book takes a look at the surprising influence that gardens and gardening have had on mystery novels and their authors. With their deadly plants, razor-sharp shears, shady corners, and ready-made burial sites, gardens make an ideal scene for the perfect murder. But the...

Сайерона выпускается из школы укрощения и ждет новой, достойной жизни. Однако судьба решает иначе – девушку жалит мантикора, что означает медленную и мучительную смерть. Теперь ее жизнь в руках загадочного благодетеля, чьи мотивы неясны, а цена за помощь становится все выше.