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Trouble is brewing in the small town of Trafalgar. Constable Smith nearly stumbles over a body, the victim of a murder. The deceased was a highly unpopular newcomer who had big plans for developing a luxury resort outside of town.

Even with peace on the horizon, Met WAAF Jenny Hazleton is as busy as ever. Her keen weather-forecasting allows the pilots to continue their missions, including food drops to starving allies and the repatriation of prisoners of war. Navigating many of these missions is Flying Officer Edwin Holland, whose rejection of her advances at Christmas still stings. Edwin is increasingly haunted by his role in the war, including the bombing of Dresden, and Jenny yearns to comfort him. But when he reveals the shocking reason he turned her down, she must decide if their friendship is well and truly over.

Pearl, Thea and Jenny fling themselves into making Fenthorpe as festive as it can be, hoping they will be able to celebrate the end of C-Charlie’s tour. Disaster strikes when the squadron has to make a forced landing behind enemy lines and all the crewmen are reported missing. Pearl and Thea’s grandmother, Edith, immediately travels to Lincoln to support her granddaughters. But Edith has history at Fenthorpe – can the girls uncover her secrets to help their grandmother find new romance? And can C-Charlie evade capture and survive in enemy-occupied Holland to make it home for Christmas?

At RAF Fenthorpe, instrument repairer Thea is helping her sister, Pearl, plan her wedding alongside fellow WAAF and maid of honour Jenny. A misfit amongst the women on the base, though, Thea is struggling to get others onboard. When Flight Sergeant Fitz makes a point of befriending and standing by her, sparks fly between the two. And when Fitz’s crew member, Jack, faces being stripped of his rank due to cowardice, Thea throws herself into seeking justice and support for him.

Pearl has given up on her dreams of being a journalist after being denied a promotion because of her gender. Joining the WAAF as a radio telephone operator for Bomber Command, Pearl's new job at RAF Fenthorpe serves two purposes – providing an income for her grandmother, and keeping a close eye on her younger sister, Thea, an instrument repairer at another Lincolnshire bomber station.

When Jess bumps into Milan unexpectedly, sparks are reignited, and she wonders if she made a mistake finishing with him in Amberton. But matters are complicated when a film company arrives at Bentley Priory to make a morale-boosting film about the RAF. The lead actor is none other than Leonard Steele, a man from Jess’ past who could ruin everything she has worked so hard to build.

After failing to help evacuee siblings whom she witnesses being separated, May wishes she’d had the confidence to speak up. When Jess suggests a pantomime to boost morale on the station, May is desperate to help - but is held back by her own insecurities. With her low self-esteem also affecting her relationship with Squadron Leader Peter Travis, May is fed up with being her own worst enemy and decides to take charge of her destiny. But the past she ran from, plus a crisis with one of the evacuees, throw May into the midst of a drama that will test all of her newfound confidence.

It is 1939, and working-class Evie Bishop has received a scholarship to study mathematics at Oxford when tragedy turns her life upside down. Evie must seek a new future for herself and, inspired to contribute to the war effort, joins the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force as an Ops Room plotter. Posted to a fighter station on the Sussex Coast, Evie befriends two other WAAFs. But the German bombers seem to know more than they should about the base’s operations, and soon Evie, May and Jess are caught up in a world more dangerous than they ever imagined.

Loyalty is dying. Trust has been extinguished. Too many enemies are waiting at every turn, wanting the blood of The Hounds of Babylon MC and everyone they've ever loved. With nowhere left to run, Drew Tucker finally understands that the only way out of the war is to go through it. Despite wanting to protect Ayda Hanagan with everything he has, Drew also knows that she, of all people, belongs by his side. He needs her with him in the midst of battle, holding on tight, right where he can protect her beautiful heart, her precious body, and their dreams of a peaceful future together.

After her fiancé dies in the sinking of the Royal Oak, Mary finds herself stationed in Orkney, still battling her grief. With Iris and Sally by her side, she is gradually overcoming her loss and is surprised to be helped by the irascible Joe. Joe is a signalman aboard the Kelpie and his cheeky Morse code messages to Mary while she's on shift bring her cheer and exasperation in equal measure. With Christmas round the corner, Mary is opening herself back up to the festive spirit—and to love.

HER ENEMY WILL STOP AT NOTHING FOR CONTROL… SHE WILL RISK EVERYTHING FOR FREEDOM. A horrific crime shatters Lisa Harper’s idyllic childhood. Her father is dead and her desperate mother, Annie, quickly marries Dutch Hauk, an abusive monster who soon reveals his hatred for Lisa. To...

Small town scandal. International terrorist attack. Who among them is the traitor? Sara and Beth have built a multi-million dollar business together, but their once solid friendship is now strained. Beth is leery of Sara’s husband, and when he is kidnapped, authorities consider Beth their...

Sally Hartley is a hopeless romantic. Her father died when she was a baby, but she has lived on stories from her mother of what a wonderful man he was. Now, all she wants is a love like theirs. And she thinks she’s found it in Adam, the brother of a friend from home. When Adam is posted to Orkney, it’s like Sally’s dreams have all come true. After Italy changes sides in the war, the Italian POWs are granted more freedom on the islands, meaning Sally can spend more time with her friend, Aldo, and the two grow ever closer.

En este audiolibro se intenta dar noticia de la última jornada del tenor Hannes Rassiem, que, a los treinta y cinco años, era el mejor "Tristán" de Europa y de América, que perdió la voz a los cuarenta y cinco años, y que desapareció a los cincuenta.

Set in the Cornish cultural mecca of St Ives, Artists centres around a close-knit community of artists whose talent is matched only by their dysfunctionality. When they're not b---hing about each other's work, they're bickering with one another—but as genius goes hand-in-hand with an artistic temperament, they never take their squabbles too seriously.

Lieutenant Edmund Harris spent three long years getting over Poppy Honeysett’s rejection, using the sea to set him free. But when an old injury flares up and he is required to convalesce in Cornwall once again, he must prove to all of St. Just that he no longer has feelings for the woman. Of course, these things are always easier said than done—especially when Poppy blares back into his life like a blinding ray of sunshine.

Come liberarsi dalla tentazione della passività interiore? Che senso dare alla parola felicità, come trovare in sé la forza di rischiare, di liberarsi dalle trappole della depressione, del disincanto, delle scelte superficiali in un mondo che tende a essere dominato dal cinismo e dal materialismo? Sono i temi di questa corrispondenza immaginaria, che si snoda lungo l'arco di un anno, tra Susanna Tamaro e una ragazza poco più che ventenne, in crisi con le scelte della propria vita, alla disperata ricerca di un senso più alto dell'esistere.

Cosa faresti se la tua bambina avesse paura di andare a scuola? Cosa le diresti per convincerla a farsi coraggio? Per la sua nipotina Ada, Teresa inventa un gioco: ogni volta che una cosa bella sembra finire, bisogna aguzzare le orecchie e prestare attenzione ai rumori. Solo così si possono riconoscere quelli delle cose che iniziano. Alcuni sono semplici e hanno dentro una magia speciale: un'orchestra che accorda gli strumenti, il vento in primavera, il tintinnio delle tazze riempite di caffè...

Un romanzo di formazione che segue la crescita interiore del giovane Walter, un ragazzo che attraversa fuoco, terra e vento per conoscere sé stesso. Fuoco è la voce di Andrea, che per lui è ben più di un amico, è la sua voce interiore, la sua finestra sul mondo. Proprio questa amicizia dà a Walter il coraggio necessario per lasciare la piccola città dov'è nato, approdare a Roma e reinventarsi una vita. Terra è il suolo poco docile, quello della capitale, città caotica e complessa, angolo di un paradiso apparente, preludio di un vuoto dei corpi e dell'anima.

Cosa ne è stato della nipote di Olga, protagonista di Va' dove ti porta il cuore? È tornata dall'America in tempo per incontrare la nonna, o ha trovato solo la lunga lettera a lei indirizzata? E se il destino le avesse riservato invece una terza ipotesi che esclude le precedenti? Una storia intensa e coinvolgente che non ha paura di affrontare temi eterni: l'esigenza di riconoscerci in un passato in cui affondare le nostre radici, la necessità vitale di coltivare con pazienza un senso del futuro.