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1924. May Marshall is determined to spend the dog days of summer in self-imposed exile at her father’s farm in Keswick, Virginia. Following a naive dalliance that led to heartbreak and her expulsion from Mary Baldwin College, May returns home with a shameful secret only to find her father’s orchard is now the site of a lucrative moonshining enterprise. Despite warnings from the one man she trusts - her childhood friend Byrd - she joins her father’s illegal business. When authorities close in and her father, Henry, is arrested, May goes on the run.

When Inspector Shanti de Silva moves with his English wife, Jane, to his new post in the sleepy hill town of Nuala, he anticipates a more restful life than police work in the big city entails. However an arrogant plantation owner with a lonely wife, a crusading lawyer, and a death in suspicious circumstances present him with a riddle that he will need all his experience to solve. Set on the exotic island of Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka) in the 1930s, Trouble in Nuala is an entertaining and absorbing mystery spiced with humor and a colorful cast of characters.

Something’s off. You’re not starting from zero; you’ve put in the work, you’ve seen the results before, and then… life happens. The kids get sick, the shift runs late, or your hormones shift, and suddenly that "perfect" plan slips. You’re back at Monday morning, trying to figure out why it didn't stick this time. That’s the part that doesn’t add up. I’m Stacy Fayling, a BSN-prepared nurse and holistic health coach. I’ve spent years navigating the same "all-or-nothing" cycle, and what I’ve realized, in my own clinical practice and my own life, is that it’s never been a ...

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The most famous of all locked-room mysteries - a classic in the crime genre. 'The first deadly walking of the hollow man took place when the side streets of London were quiet with snow and the three coffins of the prophecy were filled at last...' The murderer of Dr Grimauld walked through a...

Engrossing and memorable, The Sins of the Father is the second novel in international bestseller Jeffrey Archer’s celebrated The Clifton Chronicles. It takes us to New York in 1939 where our hero Harry Clifton is in desperate need of help. This audio edition is captivatingly read by Alex...

A mansion, a title, and marriage to a wealthy Lord, Lady Eveline Cartwright has it all. Unfortunately, it's not enough to prevent her from being bludgeoned to death one night in the study of Merisham Lodge, the family's country estate in Derbyshire. Suspicion quickly falls on her ne'er-do-well son, Peter, but not everyone in the household is convinced of his guilt. Head kitchen maid Joan Hart and lady's maid Verity Hunter know that when it comes to a crime, all is not always as it seems.

Lucas and Luna tackle the mid-career crisis that hits hardest between 35 and 50. Each episode starts with a specific data point — a Bureau of Labor Statistics chart on wage stagnation after 40, a Harvard Business Review study on mid-career 'plateauing,' a real LinkedIn profile of someone who pivoted from engineering to product management at 42. Lucas, a former journalist, frames the macro trends: industry-level hiring patterns, the earnings penalty for changing fields after 35, the psychology of 'sunk cost' in a 15-year career. Luna, a sharp interlocutor with a background in organizational ...

Brought to you by Penguin. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR NONFICTION A FOYLES TOP TEN READ FOR FEBRUARY | A 2026 HIGHLIGHT IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES, EVENING STANDARD AND THE BOOKSELLER A meeting place for Europe’s bohemian artists. A headquarters of the Nazi occupation. A shelter for...

Bloomsbury presents Take Six Girls by Laura Thompson, read by Jilly Bond. 'Wonderfully readable... Emphasises their sheer extraordinariness and celebrates them' MAIL ON SUNDAY. The eldest was a razor-sharp novelist of upper-class manners; the second was loved by John Betjeman; the third was a...

A 2026 Audie Awards finalist for Best Mystery! This program is read by actor Bessie Carter, best known for her role as Prudence Featherington on the Netflix series Bridgerton. "Narrator Bessie Carter...captures the personalities of the most famous women novelists of the golden age of detective...

Discover your unique investing style! Now is an exciting time to get started with investments. Stock trading apps, robo-advisors, ETFs, small business ownership—setting your money in motion is a lot more fun than it used to be. And if you make your investing debut in your twenties and thirties...

Two friends in their 30s experimenting with new hobbies, searching for passion, and sharing stories about life along the way. Candid, funny, self-deprecating, and supportive. We hope listening feels like catching up with friends who are figuring it out in real time.

Brought to you by Penguin. Journey to a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps, where two lost souls living in different centuries meet and discover that behind its many doors, they may just find a second chance. ‘Have you travelled a long way?’ she asked carefully. A smile twitched at the corner...

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Im Buch geht es um den Zeitdruck ab 30 und darum, wie wir mit der weniger werdenden Zeit und dem Stress durch immer mehr Verantwortung und Verpflichtungen umgehen. Den Zeit nicht mehr hinterherrennen, sondern den Alltag gelassen bewältigen, dafür gibt die bekannte Stressmanagement-Expertin, Sue Fengler, leicht umsetzbare Tipps und teilt bewährte Stressmanagement-Learnings aus ihrer Praxis.

A Gaming Podcast for Grown-Ups Welcome to Respawn in 30s, the podcast where lifelong gamers in their 30s hit pause on adulting to talk all things gaming past, present, and pixelated.Hosted by a crew of best friends who grew up on cheat codes and couch co-op, we dive into what it means to be a gamer now juggling work, family, and the ever-growing backlog.From retro favorites to the latest releases, we share honest takes, hot nostalgia, hilarious fails, and the real talk of being grown-up gamers in a changing industry.Whether you're a casual player or a hardcore collector, if you remember ...

For fans of Hygge and Lagom comes this inspiring guide that introduces the Japanese wisdom of chowa—the search for balance—to help us find harmony and peace in every area of our lives. The Japanese wisdom of chowa offers a fresh approach to being, showing us how to create space and symmetry...

Agatha Christie was born in 1890 and created the detective Hercule Poirot in her debut novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920). She achieved wide popularity with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) and produced a total of 80 novels and short story collections over six decades.

In Dorothy Whipple's High Wages, a determined young woman makes her way in the world against the looming backdrop of World War I. High Wages is more than a tale of savvy entrepreneurship: Jane’s thoughts, feelings, adventures and disappointments in love and friendship are all laid bare. Jane...