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With her death foretold, Althea Zoltaire only has three years to become what she’s always dreamed of being: a warrior legend. Women are forbidden to wield blades, so she has trained in secret her entire life. Now racing against the clock, she fights to secure her place in the elite guild charged with the protection of the five kingdoms. The sparring and hazing of the new trainees border on deadly, but even more dangerous is her growing attraction to Wilder Hawthorne, her unwilling warrior chaperone. All around them, schemes are afoot and darkness looms.

This collection of three of Henrik Ibsen's most well-known and important plays is voiced by a sparkling cast and features music, SFX and a full soundscape. Born in 1828, Norwegian playwright, theatre director and poet Ibsen, wrote in Danish yet lived for many years in Italy and Germany. Heralded as one the most distinguished dramatists after Shakespeare, by the early 20th century A Doll's House became the world's most performed play.

The collected BBC dramatisations of the fiction of Virginia Woolf, with star casts including Kristin Scott-Thomas, Vanessa Redgrave, Juliet Stevenson, Laura Fraser, Robert Glenister and Fenella Woolgar.... 

Una strega e un cacciatore di streghe legati nel sacro vincolo del matrimonio. Quella storia poteva andare a finire in un unico modo: un palo e un fiammifero. Due anni fa, Louise Le Blanc è fuggita dalla sua congrega e si è rifugiata a Cesarine, rinunciando a ogni forma di magia e vivendo di furti ed espedienti. Perché in quella tetra città le streghe come lei fanno paura. Vengono braccate. E mandate al rogo. Reid Diggory è un cacciatore, ha giurato fedeltà alla Chiesa e da sempre vive secondo un unico, ferreo principio: uccidere le streghe.

Flo Richards is done with Cornwall and in particular, with her home town, Helston. Now she's built a successful life in LA, and her return to Helston is for one purpose only: to sell the grand house she inherited from her godfather and cut her last tie to the past. But her plan is derailed when she's forced to lead the town's traditional Flora Day dance with Ke Dale - her first love. As the festival pulls them back into their old rhythm, a letter from Flora's late mother unearths a life-altering secret about her own identity.

So here goes Frame, again, on his own. Walking down the only road he’s ever known. Not for the first time. Not for the first time there was a fork in the road. I’d promised my girl I’d kill them. Kill them all. Every last one of them. I took a really good stab at it. I did things that...

In einer Frühlingsnacht wird eine junge Mutter erschossen in ihrer Luxusvilla im Stockholmer Vorort Djursholm aufgefunden. Kriminalinspektorin Sakka Pienni von der Polizei Stockholm, die mit dem Fall betraut wird, sieht sich einem dichten Geflecht aus Geheimnissen und Lügen gegenüber. Und je weiter die Ermittlungen sie einnehmen, desto mehr kehren auch Sakkas eigene Kindheitserinnerungen zurück. Erinnerungen an den dunklen Norden Schwedens. Während sie alles dafür tut, den Mord in Djursholm aufzuklären, desto größer wird ihre Angst, sich selbst zu verlieren.

A charming, life-changing fable that will help you rethink your whole approach to time, priorities, and possibilities. Riley Jenkins is in trouble. An ambitious, hardworking consultant in her late twenties, she's used to a lifetime of nearly perfect evaluations - until she gets a terrible...

Blair might be a little type-A, but she never thought of herself as completely overbearing … that is, until her two best friends drop her from their housing arrangement a week before her pre-college summer coding program is about to start. Blair knows if she switches to an on-campus dorm, her parents will make her give up her expensive sculpture class with her dream mentor in order to pay for it. Desperate, she agrees to be the fifth roommate to four off-campus sophomores who are also in a last-minute bind.

Brought to you by Penguin. The #1 New York Times Bestseller What if the greatest writer of all time isn’t who we think he is? What if he isn’t even a he? Step back four hundred years and discover the female author who hid behind the mask of the man we know as William Shakespeare . . . In...

Marianne is eight years old when her mother goes missing. Left behind with her baby brother and grieving father in a ramshackle house on the edge of a small village, she clings to the fragmented memories of her mother’s love; the smell of fresh herbs, the games they played, and the songs and stories of her childhood. As time passes, Marianne struggles to adjust, fixated on her mother’s disappearance and the secrets she’s sure her father is keeping from her.

Experience the blistering chemistry of the DC Stars with the velvety baritone of Adam Gold (The Dragon's Gift Trilogy) and the immersive sensuality of Laura Horowitz (Flames and Thorns, Wicked Games) in this spicy dual-narrative audiobook. The viral hockey romance sensation from international...

I've been hiding from the grumpy mafia heir for six years to protect our son. When my father discovered my pregnancy, I was sent away to Italy. I didn't mind it, I wanted a chance to raise our baby away from the violent world. But now I've been called back to Chicago to marry him and unite our feuding families. He's my brother's best friend, and he's way too old for me.

In As You Like It, a wicked Duke expels his virtuous brother, the lawful ruler, from his domains. The banished Duke takes refuge with his followers in the Forest of Arden, where they live as free a life as did Robin Hood and his merry men.

Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Into the Water by Paula Hawkins, read by Imogen Church, Sophie Aldred, Daniel Weyman, Rachel Bavidge and Laura Aikman. The addictive new psychological thriller from the author of The Girl on the Train, the runaway Sunday Times Number One best seller and global phenomenon. In the last days before her death, Nel called her sister. Jules didn't pick up the phone, ignoring her plea for help.

John Donne, Andrew Marvell, George Herbert, Thomas Carew, and Henry Vaughan: these were some of the 17th-century writers who devised a new form of poetry full of wit, intellect and grace, which we now call Metaphysical poetry. They wrote about their deepest religious feelings and their carnal pleasures in a way that was radically new and challenging to their readers. Their work was largely misunderstood or ignored for two centuries, until 20th-century critics rediscovered it, finding in it a deep originality and a willingness to experiment.

Listen to the hilarious coming-of-age classic! Now a major film starring Rachel McAdams (Mean Girls, The Notebook) and Abby Ryder Fortson (Ant-Man). Meet Margaret. She's going through all the same things most teenage girls have to face; fitting in, friendship and first bras. Life isn't easy for...

Imagine a world where you effortlessly glide through your to-do list, where your mind is a sanctuary of calm amidst the chaos, and where your productivity soars to new heights. This isn't a fantasy; it's the power of mastering focus and concentration. This book serves as your comprehensive guide to achieving precisely that—a state of focused attention that propels you towards success and well-being.

It's the wedding of the century and the story you've waited a lifetime for! Archie finally marries Betty...and Veronica? Almost 80 years in the making!   

Jesus Calling is your yearlong guide to living a more peaceful, faith-filled life. For over 20 years, Jesus Calling has impacted more than 46 million lives. This deluxe commemorative edition celebrates decades of lives impacted by Jesus Calling with 12 bonus devotions and 12 new letters to...