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Twelve dramatisations of the best love stories ever written, performed by star casts Treat yourself to this stunning collection of classic stories of love, loss, obstacles overcome and desperate attraction. This is a beautiful, moving and at times thrilling listen which takes you on a journey...

Suddenly a Father HE NEEDS A NANNY—STAT! When Millie Spencer first meets Dr. Jake Travers, he's a mess. The handsome single dad desperately needs help with his newfound daughter. Perfect timing: Millie is trying to find her place in the world…and Crimson might be it! An ideal match! Until...

'Major Wilbraham' is the extraordinary tale of a respectable ex-army officer whose mysterious death is shrouded in the greatest mystery of all. What could have led to Major Wilbraham to behave like that? Causing a scene on Piccadilly, staying out all night in Green Park with a street fighter and a prostitute, causing a fight at Covent Garden Market in which he was fatally injured....

A story that blends practical joking with death; the irony of the Devil's Dictionary is a live and well in this story. A jewel.

„Der nackte Major“ ist eine Erzählung von Nikolai Soukup die auf Basis eines Gesprächs mit Elisabeth Trebusch (geboren 1910) beruht. In meinen Augen lag etwas, das Männer verrückt machte. Das wurde mir sogar quasi wissenschaftlich bestätigt: Eine alte Ärztin empfahl mir einmal, Männern lieber nie in die Augen zu blicken. Ich antwortete im Scherz, dass ich ihnen ohnedies lieber auf den Hintern schauen würde. Wir lachten darüber. Ich war immer ein fröhlicher Mensch.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Deception by Roald Dahl, read by Richard Griffiths, Andrew Scott, Derek Jacobi, Mark Heap, Juliet Stevenson and Stephen Mangan. 'The cruelest lies are often told in silence . . .' Why do we lie? Why do we deceive those we love most? What do we fear...