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Henry Bins is only awake one hour a day. Can you imagine only being awake for one hour each day? Can you imagine having to cram your entire existence into sixty measly minutes? Two minutes to shower. Three minutes to eat. Five minutes to watch TV. And in that 3600 seconds you have awake, imagine that you have to figure out...Who murdered the woman across the street?

The complete collection of acclaimed BBC Radio dramas based on John le Carré's best-selling novels, starring Simon Russell Beale as George Smiley. With a star cast including Kenneth Cranham, Eleanor Bron, Brian Cox, Ian MacDiarmid, Anna Chancellor, Hugh Bonneville and Lindsay Duncan, these enthralling dramatisations perfectly capture the atmosphere of le Carré's taut, thrilling spy novels.

Have you ever fallen victim to the system? Felt humiliated and helpless? Have you fought back? Meet four such patriots: Varun, an NRI software engineer; Salman, CEO of Coffee Moments; Raghav, a virtuous politician; and Aditya, an altruistic businessman. Fate brings these four lives together at a crossroads, pushing these unlikely heroes out of their comfort zones to fight a seemingly unstoppable evil force which wants to hold our country captive.

In 2025, a simmering conflict in the South China Sea erupts into total war between the People’s Republic of China and the United States… World War III raged not only on land, at sea and in the air, but also in space and cyberspace. A war that narrowly avoided oblivion. It's been twenty years after the war which took the planet to the brink of annihilation, the map of the world has been redrawn. China has emerged as the dominant economic power, exerting its influence on every continent.

This is an omnibus edition that contains books four to six of the Corps Justice Series: Presidential Shift, National Burden, and Lethal Misconduct. These are three action thriller books that are sure to keep you listening on.

A migrant boat battles through the rough Mediterranean. Its passengers are desperate, starving and scared. They are also being ruthlessly targeted by the SAS. Islamic State militants are smuggling themselves into Europe using these boats. Only by locating such men before they make it into the UK can the Regiment stop them committing their acts of terror on British soil.

Schreie zerreißen die nächtliche Stille einer Parkanlage. In letzter Sekunde kann der mörderische Anschlag auf eine Frau vereitelt werden. Sie kommt mit dem Leben davon, doch durch das traumatische Ereignis verliert sie ihr Gedächtnis. Kriminalkommissarin Karin Wolf, die zum Schutz dieser Frau eingeteilt wurde, versucht Stück für Stück die Vergangenheit der Frau zu rekonstruieren, um den Täter aufzuspüren. Schon bald muss Karin feststellen, dass ihr Schützling immer noch in Lebensgefahr schwebt. Der Verfolger hat seine Jagd noch lange nicht beendet.

Three thrilling full-cast dramas starring Julian Rhind-Tutt as the irrepressible Horace Rumpole. For 15 years, Rumpole has fought, won and occasionally lost myriad cases - and fallen in and out of love with both wife Hilda and ‘the Portia of our Chambers’, Phillida Erskine-Brown. These three episodes leave us guessing until the very end - will Rumpole finally leave ‘She Who Must be Obeyed’ for Phillida?

Former British Secret Service operative John Beckett thought he’d left the world of espionage behind, living a quiet life in Costa Rica. But when a mysterious woman seeks his help, Beckett is ambushed, blackmailed, and thrust back into a dangerous game with a ruthless CIA adversary. His mission: eliminate Saul Turner, a rogue agent thought to be selling secrets to the enemy.

“Undeniably riveting.” —Booklist The terrible Emerald Queen is vanquished…but the war in Midkemia is not yet won, as the remarkable Raymond E. Feist concludes his magnificent Serpentwar Saga with Shards of a Broken Crown—a spellbinding tale of magic, conflict, and treachery that sees...

If you love corruption, conspiracy, mystery, and a whole hell of a lot of action, then Lacklan Walker and the OMEGA series is for you!

Ever since it was first drilled more than 150 years ago, oil has been both a blessing and a curse. It has enabled economic growth, provided an efficient energy source, fuelled our entire infrastructure - and caused wars, pollution and global warming. These seven dramas, set between 1951 and 2045, and taking us from postwar Iran to futuristic Lancashire, examine the role oil has played in shaping our world: recounting incredible stories of wealth, power, politics and corruption.

A shocking attack in Ankara leaves the US Ambassador to Turkey dead and his chief of staff, Amanda Allen, in the hands of brutal terrorists. But Allen is no ordinary diplomat. She’s undercover CIA. The DNI and the President turn to Ember, America’s premier black-ops task force, and its deadliest weapon, former Tier One Navy SEAL John Dempsey, for help. To find Allen, Ember gets embedded in the most dangerous battlefield on Earth: Syria. But when all communications are disabled by an attack in Turkey, Dempsey finds himself with no backup.

After Hamas’s brutal massacre against Israel in October 2023, the Mossad goes after the terrorist group’s leaders wherever they are. When one of Israel’s targeted killings occurs on Turkey’s soil, that country’s president promises severe retaliation. Now, Nir Tavor’s team is in a race against time, alliances, and deadly threats to stop this attack from the skies that could annihilate Israel’s gas fields and destroy their economy.

Michael Berrington is a bachelor leading a quiet life in London. Overhearing a conversation at his club one day, he becomes interested in a discussion regarding a man named Gastrell. Gastrell is somewhat of a mystery to the club members in spite of his renting a house from one of them. Berrington’s interest in Gastrell intensifies as his fiancé, Dulcie Challoner, befriends a wealthy widow, Mrs. Connie Stapleton who evidently has some type of relationship with Gastrell.

America is under attack. Saboteurs infiltrate the country to wreak havoc on unexpected - and undefended - targets. And danger strikes close to home, forcing former SEAL “Axe,” brilliant young intelligence analyst Haley, and retired Admiral Nalen to fight for their lives. Mere days after their latest efforts to prevent World War III, the team is thrown back into the fire against mysterious new enemies. The team is in the dark, struggling to identify their adversaries and uncover the plot against the country.

ليزبث سالاندر، المتمردة والثائرة، ضئيلة الحجم لكن قوية الشخصية وذات جرأة لا توصف، ذات التاريخ الحافل والأعداء الشديدي الخطورة، بطلة الثلاثية الشهيرة باسم...

ODIN is an organization which is above top secret. It coordinates intelligence from the so-called Five Eyes The United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand – and it acts on that intelligence. For that reason it’s level of security is the highest on the planet. Or so they thought, until top ODIN agent Mira Finn was murdered in Paris, her tortured body dragged from the Seine. A handful of people knew she was in France, fewer than that knew what her mission was.

Giulia studia medicina a Cuba ed è completamente all’oscuro dello tsunami piombato sulla sua famiglia. A Torino, infatti, Anna e Gianni, genitori di Giulia, vengono coinvolti in un evento che sconvolgerà le loro esistenze fino a cambiare identità. Giulia si mette sulle tracce dei genitori, attraversando tre continenti, aiutata dal fidanzato, dal suo professore e da quelle precognizioni che le hanno sempre reso la vita difficile ma anche emozionante. Il colpo di scena finale costringerà anche il lettore a rivedere molte delle credenze sul concetto di realtà e libero arbitrio.

Die von MaHe gelenkte und beschützte Menschheit steht am Abgrund ihrer Existenz. Von Alma, der Erde in einem Paralleluniversum, ergießt sich ein endloser Strom kleinster Energieteilchen auf den Planeten. Sie durchbrechen die Membran zwischen den beiden Paralleluniversen und materialisieren sich in menschlichen Zellen. Dadurch verwandeln sich die Menschen zunehmend in Hüllen der Alphabeten, den Bewohnern von Alma. Eine in der Urzeit von außerirdischen Titanen auf Alma zum Leben erweckte künstliche Intelligenz hat nur ein Ziel – die Ausrottung allen menschlichen Lebens.