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Brought to you by Penguin. Master storyteller and internationally bestselling author Christopher Paolini returns to the World of Eragon in this stunning epic fantasy set a year after the events of the Inheritance Cycle. The world is no longer safe for the Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Fork, the Witch and the Worm by Christopher Paolini. A wanderer and a cursed child. Spells and magic. And dragons, of course. Welcome back to the world of Alagaësia. It's been a year since Eragon departed Alagaësia in search of the perfect home to...

A viral strain has attacked rice crops in East Asia causing massive famine; soon a mutation appears which infects the staple crops of West Asia and Europe such as wheat and barley, threatening a worldwide famine. Christopher's classic post-apocalyptic novel follows the struggles of architect John Custance and his family as they make their way across an England that is rapidly descending into anarchy.

A History of the Middle Ages is the amazing story of European man in transition. It is a dramatic chronicle of 1,000 years of political, social, and economic transformation beginning with the dissolution of the classical Mediterranean civilization and ending with the first flowering of the Renaissance. It is also the story of two new religions, Christianity and Islam, both of which were destined to dominate the mind of every person in those new civilizations arising in their wake.

Hero and Leander is a Greek myth concerning the tragic story of two lovers. One was a priestess of Aphrodite who lived in a tower in Sestos, and the other a young man from Abydos on the opposite side of the strait. Leander fell in love with Hero and would swim every night across the Hellespont to spend time with her, with Hero's lamp at the top of her tower as his guiding light, and they shared a warm summer of love.

This fine collection of intelligent, unabridged short stories about intriguing, interesting and sometimes inspirational men is an audio treat for young and old, male or female. A carefully compiled anthology featuring timeless tales from classic authors including Charles Dickens, F. Scott...

A path from trauma to transformation that doesn’t rely on willpower, but rather on the daily power of the Holy Spirit—from pastor and leadership coach Christopher Cook “Razor-sharp focus . . . a clear-cut path to find healing.”—New York Times bestselling author and pastor Mark...

In the second book of John Christopher's classic series, Will Parker and his cohorts have spent a year living among the free men in the White Mountains. The Resistance charges them, now wearing realistic yet harmless caps, to infiltrate a Tripod city by competing in a sporting exhibition called "the Games" (very similar in nature to the Summer Olympics), in which the winners of the events are to be offered to the Tripods for service.

In the first book of John Christopher's classic series, it is the year 2100, and the world is controlled by the machines called Tripods. Life goes on largely as it had in the pre-industrial era, as all of humanity is subject to mental controls which prevent anyone from challenging the established order.

The remarkable Sorraia horse – a resilient breed that shaped American history from Spanish conquest to the modern West – now fights for survival in a contentious battle between preservation and progress. In 1519, when indigenous peoples first encountered Hernán Cortés's mounted army, they...

Die Zwillinge Hops und Holly können es kaum erwarten, in die Schule zu gehen! Und zusammen mit ihren Freunden Bommel, Pumpernickel, Murmel und Rosinchen stellen sie immer wieder mal die Schule auf den Kopf. Doch auch Schulleiterin Dr. Kohl-Rabi und Franz Blütenkranz, der beste Klassenlehrer der Welt, sind für Überraschungen gut.

With this latest work of fiction, a collaboration with New York Times writer, John Tierney, Christopher Buckley promises to be every bit as hilarious and witty as in his previous audiobook, Thank You For Smoking. In God Is My Broker, Buckley aims his sharp humor at the self-help gurus; and the...

Four speculative stories of disasters, dystopias and destroyed civilisations John Christopher is probably best known for his seminal science ficion novel The Death of Grass and his ‘Tripods’ trilogy for young adults, which was adapted for BBC TV and became a cult classic. Alongside John...

The long-awaited return of a quintessentially American storyteller "You're as likely to be hit twice by lightning on a Monday as see a wood chipper pull a man into its maw." So begins North of Ordinary, John Rolfe Gardiner's virtuosic story collection of survivors getting by despite the odds in...

Thirty years ago, the world ended. Giant electrovoric ants and pterodons came through a rift in space-time, millions of humans died, and that was that. Thirty years later, humanity has rebuilt … to an extent. Human ingenuity has provided some creative solutions to life without electricity, but most folks survive at the subsistence level, farming to keep themselves and their families fed.

Christopher Jon Bjerknes and Richard Willett combine and compare their research into a Lurianic Kabbalah Cult that appear to control much of the worlds Geo Politics. A Global Cult who's ideology may well sit behind what is commonly known as The New World Order, leading to a Messianic World To Come controlled by Artificial Intelligence. Christopher Jon Bjerknes has dedicated his life to exposing the Kabbalah Cult behind the New World Order and brings his deep knowledge of the Kabbalah codes behind the upper echelons of Global Politics, Big Business, Intelligence and secret societies. You can ...

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In the new season join us in this unique journey, where we dive deep into the pharmaceutical industry, sharing not just stories but also the tools and knowledge that power its progress. "Everybody Hates Pharma" – a podcast that seeks to foster transparency and understanding in the world of pharma.

Les "Contes et légendes inachevés" sont un recueil de récits allant des Jours Anciens de la Terre du Milieu à la fin de la Guerre de l'Anneau. Ces histoires révèlent de nouvelles facettes de "l'univers du Hobbit" et du "Seigneur des Anneaux". Ce recueil de textes apporte un éclairage crucial sur ce monde à travers l'histoire de Celeborn et Galadriel ou l'expédition d'Erebor. On en apprend davantage sur les Istari, le groupe des Mages auquel appartenaient Gandalf et Saruman, et on découvre une description de l'île de Númenor et des Palantíri.

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