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Brought to you by Penguin. *SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026* In her letters to family and friends we come to know the life of Sybil Van Antwerp: stubborn, cantankerous, opinionated, always steadfast in her belief in the power of the written word. But as the clock begins to...

In 2003, the first ever late-night talk show hosted by a 10-year-old boy premiered live for six minutes, before it was violently pulled from the air and abruptly canceled. Its host, Donnie Dixon, hasn’t been heard from since.

For anyone who has ever wanted to take an acting class, "this is the best book on acting written in the last twenty years" (David Mamet, from the Introduction). This book describes a technique developed and refined by the authors, all of them young actors, in their work with Pulitzer...

"...rich with period detail and clever invention!" -- Wall Street Journal This program is read by Downton Abbey actor David Robb, and includes a bonus conversation with the author. With the international bestseller The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Nicholas Meyer brought to light a previously...

Clara und Sophie machen sich auf den Weg zum „Adventure Club of Europe", um in dessen geheimer Bibliothek Nachforschungen über Herrmann anzustellen. Leo und Sophie wollen endlich herausfinden, woher die Postkarte stammt, die sie zu den Dinoeiern führte. Monty wird der neue Präsident des „Adventure Club of Europe", aber die neue Verantwortung bereitet ihm Schwierigkeiten. Mit Dino Socke im Gepäck macht sich Familie Freudenreich in einem Zeppelin auf den Weg.

Postbote Jo, der überall Verschwörungen und Alien-Invasionen vermutet, veranlasst Nachforschungen im Schloss durch die Polizei. Um mehr über Herrmanns Verschwinden zu erfahren, machen sich Clara und Sophie auf die Suche nach seinem Tagebuch. In der Zwischenzeit will Leo sich unter Beweis stellen und erforscht die Dinosaurier genauer. Monty besticht die Kinder des Bürgermeisters, Roki und Tendo, sich mit Familie Freudenreich anzufreunden.

Der Fund im Drachenschlund Sophie und ihr Bruder Leo verbringen den Sommer bei ihrer Oma Clara – einer neugierigen Entdeckerin, die überall kleine Abenteuer wittert. Während Leo skeptisch reagiert, ist Sophie sofort Feuer und Flamme. Auf ihrer ersten gemeinsamen Erkundungstour bebt plötzlich die Erde – genau dort, wo sich die geheimnisvolle Höhle „Drachenschlund" befindet. Inmitten des Staubs und Gerölls machen die drei eine unglaubliche Entdeckung….

Stephen P H Butler Leacock FRSC was born on 30th December 1869 in Swanmore, near Southampton, England, the third of eleven children. The family emigrated to Canada in 1876, settling on a 100-acre farm in Sutton, Ontario. Although he had already published several humorous pieces it was only in 1910 that these works were collected and published and turned him into a commercially successful writer. Volume after volume now appeared almost annually and it was often said that more people had heard of him than of Canada. Stephen Leacock died on 28th March 1944 of throat cancer in Toronto, Canada.

Loss in any form seems to burden us with more weight than anything that can possibly be gained or learnt from. The loss of a person, a loved one, is often overwhelming. Lives so interwoven that the severing or loss of one life leaves the other weakened, unable to function for some time. Recovery comes in a myriad of forms but is usually debilitating, slow and, in the end, we are not as whole as we once were.It is a subject that authors return to again and again.

This program is read by Downton Abbey actor David Robb, and includes footnotes read by the author. In Nicholas Meyer's The Return of the Pharaoh, Sherlock Holmes returns in an adventure that takes him to Egypt in search of a missing nobleman, a previously undiscovered pharaoh's tomb, and a...

Top Dog Radio speaks with Nina Zagat, who in 1982 co-founded Zagat Restaurant Surveys, which today has become the world’s premier restaurant guide, featuring 250,000 reports from 70 cities around the globe. Also taking part is Sirio Maccioni, Italian restaurateur and author, and New York restaurant owners David Bouley and Danny Meyer. Collectively, the four hold an enormous amount of expertise in the restaurant business, and bring forth each of their unique experiences from diverse beginnings and points of view.

In this volume whatever the odds stacked against our characters one thing is certain; they will prevail, and life will be good. But the journey is filled with complications and trials that only an author would dare put into words.

Baby Box' bastel-tastisches Abenteuer Gabby erhält mit Ihrer Puppenhauslieferung eine bastel-tastische Abenteuer-Ausrüstung, die sich als nützlich erweist, wenn Ratkatz den ganzen Tag lang lustige Schurken bastelt. Kasperkätzchenwürfel Gabby bringt ihre Kasper-Katzenwürfel mit ins Puppenhaus, wo alle Gabby-Katzen mitspielen und sich lustige Geschichten ausdenken, je nachdem, was sie gewürfelt haben.