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In this newest suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub, three friends’ lives terrifyingly unravel when they win a billion-dollar lottery jackpot—and one goes missing. Perfect for fans of novels like Taylor Adams’ No Exit and The Club by Ellery Lloyd. It was...

Ever since the castle first appeared in the sky above the city of Windfall, its residents have been building upward. Now the city consists of towers where the wealthiest residents live at the top while the poor eke out a living on the ground. Our podcast follows Cas, Shaima, and Argus, three brothers who live with their Uncle Vern after being orphaned during the grounder rebellion twenty years earlier. They find themselves drifting apart as Argus, the youngest, falls hopelessly in love with the much-older Helina, a foreign merchant haunted by her past; Cas, the middle brother, works in secret ...

Action thriller by the classic adventure writer about security consultant, Max Stafford, set in Kenya. When a legacy of £40 million is left to a small college in Kenya, investigations begin about the true identities of the heirs – the South African, Dirk Hendriks, and his namesake, Henry...

Viola MacMillan had it all: success, money, and respect. Influence, even. But in 1964, after three decades in the mining industry, one of the most fascinating women in Canadian business history was the central character in one of the country's most famous stock scandals. MacMillan, who started out as a prospector in the '30s, had developed lucrative mines and put together big deals. But she still wanted "a major discovery." Early in July 1964, shares in Windfall Oil and Mines, a company she and her husband controlled, traded for around 56 cents. Then one day, the stock took off.

At first, Erika Bolstad knew only one thing about her great-grandmother, Anna: she was a homesteader on the North Dakota prairies in the early 1900s before her husband committed her to an asylum under mysterious circumstances. As Erika's mother was dying, she revealed more: their family still owned the mineral rights to Anna's land—and oil companies were interested in the black gold beneath the prairies. Their family, Erika learned, could get rich thanks to the legacy of a woman nearly lost to history.

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez was born in Valencia, Spain on 29th January 1867. At university, he studied law and graduated in 1888 but never felt the urgency to practice - he was more interested in politics, journalism, literature and women. Ironically his fame in the English-speaking world has come not as a novelist but as the stories behind some of Hollywood’s greatest silent movies.

Uncover the secrets buried beneath history’s most astonishing monuments in Naked History – Unearthed. This electrifying podcast series delves into the mysteries behind legendary megastructures, from the hidden chambers of the Pyramids to the eerie mass graves sealed within Mexico’s ancient pyramids. Scientists, archaeologists, and historians reveal groundbreaking discoveries – how sticky rice reinforced the Great Wall of China, why Tutankhamun’s tomb defied tradition, and how a vast moat keeps Angkor Wat standing strong. With cutting-edge research and gripping storytelling, each ...

"Windfall-Profit bietet nicht unvorhergesehenen Mehrwert, sondern absolut planbaren! Hier setzen sich Deine beiden Hosts Julian & Jannik mit Themen wie Erfolg, Persönlichkeit und allem, was sonst noch so zum Unternehmertum dazugehört, auseinander. Du findest in diesem Podcast spannende Interviews mit Experten sowie revolutionäre Geschäftsmodelle, aufschlussreiche Buchbesprechungen und vielversprechende Start-Up-Ideen. Egal ob du schon Entrepreneur bist oder noch in den Startlöchern stehst: Dieser Podcast ist ein absolutes Muss für jeden, der auch nur mit dem Gedanken spielt!

The end of sanctions and the Iranian economy.

Cuando un campesino recibe como herencia un solo gato, se pregunta cómo podrá ganarse la vida con un solo gato. Pero este gato no es un gato cualquiera.

Una princesa cae en un profundo sueño durante cien años tras ser maldecida por un hada malvada. Pero cuando un apuesto príncipe la descubre dormida, jura encontrar la manera de salvarla.

Ariel es una joven sirena curiosa. Le gusta explorar pecios, nadar hasta la superficie y aprender todo lo que pueda sobre el mundo que hay sobre el mar.

Nacido diferente, el patito feo es ridiculizado por sus hermanos y rechazado por los demás patos. El patito triste huye de casa, iniciando un viaje en el que lucha por sobrevivir por sí mismo, sólo para descubrir que la identidad que anhelaba estaba dentro de él todo el tiempo.

En este clásico de Hans Christian Andersen, el príncipe busca una princesa de verdad para que sea su esposa. Una noche de tormenta, una joven llama a la puerta del palacio afirmando ser una princesa, por lo que la reina decide ponerla a prueba. ¿Sentirá el guisante bajo la enorme pila de colchones? Sólo una verdadera princesa.