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When the Doctor and Donna visit London's Technology Museum for a glimpse into the future, things don't go to plan. The most brilliant IT brain in the country can't use her computer. More worrying, the exhibits are attacking the visitors, while outside, people seem to be losing control of the technology that runs their lives. Is it all down to simple human stupidity, or is something more sinister going on?

Nina Redmond is a librarian with a gift for finding the perfect book for her readers. But can she write her own happy-ever-after? In this valentine to readers, librarians, and book-lovers the world over, the New York Times-bestselling author of Little Beach Street Bakery returns with a funny...

After Mirren Sutherland finds a priceless antique book in her great aunt's attic, she is contacted by Jamie McPherson, who is hopeful she might be able to find another one - a book lost in his own house. He doesn't even know the name of it, only that it is so valuable it could potentially save...

This summer, escape to the Seaside Cottages in the Scottish isles with this delightful mother-daughter story about second chances in love, life, and home renovations, by New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan. EVERYONE IS SEARCHING FOR THEIR PERFECT HOUSE. BUT HOME IS REALLY WHERE THE...

Exclusive interview. Best-selling author Jenny Colgan joins Maddie Hickish in the Audible Studios to talk about her work.

À Mount Polbearne, où tout le monde se connaît, Polly Waterford tient sa boulangerie d'une main de maître. Penchée sur ses fourneaux, elle ne voit pas les jours passer, au grand dam d'Huckle, son compagnon, qui rêve d'une grasse matinée à deux et d'un Noël en amoureux, bien au chaud...

New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan returns to the setting of her beloved Little Beach Street Bakery series for a timely and heartfelt novel set in a Cornish seaside village. Marisa Rosso can’t understand why everyone else is getting on with their lives as she still struggles to get...

Camille Coduri reads this brand new novelisation of the Tenth Doctor’s first adventure. Earth is under attack by power-hungry aliens. This is no time for the Doctor to be out of action. When a British space probe is intercepted by a sinister alien vessel on the eve of Christmas, it marks the...

It's the most wonderful time of the year… and the perfect moment to escape to a charming English village! From the beloved author whose novels are ""sheer indulgence from start to finish"" (SOPHIE KINSELLA) comes a delightful holiday story — funny, heartfelt, romantic and packed with recipes...

*previously published as THE LITTLE SHOP OF HAPPY EVER AFTER* Nobody does cosy, get-away-from-it-all romance like Jenny Colgan' Sunday Express In the Scottish Highlands, a little bus packed with books brings joy to the road . . . 'A total joy' Sophie Kinsella 'An evocative, sweet treat' Jojo...

Everyone knows her life story. But who will win her heart? Gertie has always had her head in the clouds, wondering what her life might be like if she could only pluck up the courage to leave the remote Scottish island where she was born. It's the only place she knows, but you can't do anything...

Sophie is a girl about town - living the party lifestyle with Daddy footing the bill. But when she gets embroiled in a scandalous affair, she is thrown out of home and left to fend for herself on the mean streets of London. Scraping a living as a cleaner in a photographic studio, living in a bedsit on the Old Kent Road, eating baked beans from the can - this is one spectacular fall from grace. On top of that, she is papped by photographers every time she leaves the flat, with her so-called friends laughing at her downfall.

Carmen has always worked in her local department store. So, when the gorgeous old building closes its doors for good, she is more than a little lost. When her sister, Sofia, mentions an opportunity in Edinburgh - a cute little bookshop, the spare room in her house - Carmen is reluctant, she was never very good at accepting help. But, short on options, she soon finds herself pulling into the snowy city just a month before Christmas.

"Sheer indulgence from start to finish."—Sophie Kinsella, #1 New York Times bestselling author A delicious rom-com about finding yourself and breaking out of routines, The Sweetshop of Dreams is full of tempting desserts, family secrets, and second chances. Rosie Hopkins has gotten used to...

"…a book which should be devoured in one sitting, along with a box of chocolates"—Sophie Kinsella, #1 New York Times bestselling author Award-winning author Jenny Colgan takes her charming romances to Paris in this heartwarming, bittersweet story of life, love and chocolate. Anna Trent may...

A new holiday story set in the Scottish Highlands to warm booklovers’ hearts by Jenny Colgan, New York Times bestselling author of Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop. Mirren Sutherland stumbled into a career as an antiquarian book hunter after finding a priceless antique book in her great...

Nina Redmondová je devětadvacetiletá knihomolka s hustými dlouhými hnědými vlasy, bledou pihatou pletí a neustálým plachým ruměncem ve tváři a právě dostala padáka! Jako introvertka to má v současném hlučném světě těžké a nikdo nechápe, že má ráda něco tak zbytečného, jako jsou knihy a že sní o tom, že si otevře knihkupectví. Knihám totiž rozumí a je v nich vážně dobrá. Proto její přátele překvapí, že se doopravdy rozhodne jít za svým snem koupit si dodávku a přeměnit ji na pojízdné knihkupectví. Jenže ona žije v Birminghamu a dodávka, která vyhovuje jejím nárokům je ve Skotsku.

Four classic TV novelisations in which the Doctor and friends are witnesses to alien invasion. In Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet, by Gerry Davis, the First Doctor, Ben and Polly help the crew of an Antarctic tracking station as they resist invasion by the Cybermen, intent on enslaving humanity...

Carmen aner ikke sine levende råd. Hendes skønne boghandel er lånt ud som location til en corny julefilm, hun er blevet smidt ud af sin søsters hus, og hendes livs kærlighed er fløjet tusinder af kilometer væk. Det bliver næppe en særlig glædelig jul i år... Men da boghandlens tidligere ejer fortæller Carmen om et hjerteskærende juleønske, beslutter hun sig for at ryste sit dårlige humør af sig og gøre alt, hvad hun kan for at opfylde det. Tiden er ved at rinde ud, men heldigvis får Carmen hjælp fra både naboer, familiemedlemmer og en meget distraherende mandlig barnepige.

Da Morag får besked om, at hendes elskede bedstefar er blevet syg, forlader hun sit fortravlede liv i London og vender hjem til det rolige skotske højland. Bedstefaren er ude af stand til at passe sit arbejde som pilot, så Morag, som også har flycertifikat, tager over og begynder at flyve post, varer og lokale ud til de smukke øer i det nærliggende øhav. På en hjemtur rammes Morag af et pludseligt uvejr, og hun tvinges til at nødlande på en afsidesliggende ø. Hun er dog ikke alene særlig længe, før hun møder Gregor, en introvert ornitolog, der holder opsyn med øen.