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In their remarkable debut political thriller, Tom Watson, former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, and Imogen Robertson open the doors to The House, a place of ambition, hope, friendship...and betrayal. Once allies, Labour MP Owen McKenna and Conservative Minister Philip Bickford now face each other across the House of Commons as bitter enemies. Then the reappearance of a figure from their past forces them to confront the choices that led to the tragic downfall of their former housemate, Jay.

The true strength of the Emperor's largest military force lies not in their artillery, trenches, and tanks, but in the courage of the ordinary men and women of the Astra Militarum. Against the countless foes of the Imperium, Guardsmen stand together. They fight to live and die not only for the glory of the God-Emperor, but for their fellow soldier.

It is the beginning of 1918, the last year of the greatest war in human history, to date. All the belligerents stagger on their feet. Starvation is an ever present reality, while disease waits in the wings. In Russia, no longer a belligerent but, instead, rapidly descending into civil war and chaos, a lone family—Father, Mother, four beautiful young girls, and a brave but sickly boy—await their own fate, shivering and hungry in the dark, hoping and praying for salvation. Their relatives in England have turned their backs. The guards set over them do little but torment them.

Novelist, poet and critic Kingsley Amis was one of Britain’s greatest postwar writers. A master of comic fiction, he came to fame in 1954, and won the 1986 Booker Prize for The Old Devils. Included in this collection are dramatisations of seven of his short stories and two novels, all imbued with his characteristic wit and social satire. These are complemented by readings of selected correspondence and an interview with Amis himself.

Contained herein are tales of the history of mankind's future first colony, from the first failed attempt at colonization, to the rise in crime, to the rise in terrorism, to its descent into widespread civil war and rebellion...and ultimately, liberation. As with most of human history, this history is messy, with good men and women turning bad, bad men and women inadvertently doing good, and blood flowing in the streets.

Emily Watson, star of the BBC adaptation, reads this classic story of Tom and Maggie Tulliver: brother and sister torn apart by the ignorance of one and the spirit of the other.

Werwölfe - nein, die gibt es nicht. Schon vormals bekamen es Holmes und Watson scheinbar mit dieser Spezies zu tun. Doch immer entpuppten sich die vermeintlichen Bestien als normale Menschen. In diesem Fall aber scheint alles anders zu sein. Auf Blackwood Castle stehen sie plötzlich einem leibhaftigen Monster gegenüber.

Als Sherlock Holmes Dr. Watson tot in der gemeinsamen Wohnung findet, wird er von der Londoner Polizei festgenommen. Man verdächtigt ihn, den Mord an seinem besten Freund begangen zu haben. Alle Indizien sprechen dafür und sogar Mrs. Hudson ist von der Schuld des Meisterdetektivs überzeugt. Gemeinsam mit seinem Bruder stellt sich Sherlock Holmes seinem übermächtig erscheinenden Gegner und widmet sich seinem "schrecklichsten Fall": dem Mordfall an John H. Watson.

Der ehrbare Diamantenhändler Richardson ist ruiniert. Sein Beauftragter Burns wird in Frankreich verhaftet, weil er versucht haben soll, echte Diamanten - die für die bevorstehende Hochzeit der Prinzessin Glingworth mit einem indischen Edelmann gedacht waren - durch billige Imitationen zu ersetzen. Doch Burns beteuert seine Unschuld. Was aber ist wirklich passiert? Und noch viel wichtiger: Wo sind die echten Edelsteine jetzt?