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Perth, 1954. Thirteen-year-old Frank, a refugee from wartime Hungary, is learning to walk again after contracting polio. At The Golden Age Children's Convalescent Home, he meets Elsa, and the two patients form a forbidden, passionate bond. The Golden Age becomes the little world that reflects the larger one, where everything occurs: love, desire, music, death and poetry.

Scattered across the world, an elite team of code crackers is working tirelessly to thwart the defining cyber scourge of our time. You’ve probably never heard of them. But if you work for a school, a business, a hospital, or a municipal government, or simply cherish your digital data, you may be painfully familiar with the team’s sworn enemy: ransomware. Again and again, an unlikely band of misfits, mostly self-taught and often struggling to make ends meet, have outwitted the underworld of hackers who lock computer networks and demand huge payments in return for the keys.  

Grounded in extensive research and reporting, Spy Schools reveals how academia has emerged as a frontline in the global spy game. In a knowledge-based economy, universities are repositories of valuable information and research, where brilliant minds of all nationalities mingle freely with few questions asked. Intelligence agencies have always recruited bright undergraduates, but now, in an era when espionage increasingly requires specialized scientific or technological expertise, they're wooing higher-level academics.

Golden Girls Sports is a weekly podcast examining the many sports references and jokes in The Golden Girls, which aired on NBC from 1985-1992 and continues today in syndication. How many sports references are there? From zings about Mike Tyson and Tommy Lasorda, to episodes about coaching kids football teams and gambling addiction, there's enough to fill an entire podcast series. Trust me. Golden Girls Sports is written, produced and narrated by Dan Saraceni. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah and Daniel talk about what its like to write a book, publish on your own, writers block and all the things that come with being a part time writer. They also speak to multiple authors from all walks of life! Join us!

Out of ideas on how to make money? In our tough economy, people need help coming with ideas on things to do to make money. Many people cannot wait long periods of time nor can they afford going back to a traditional school. This book offers a list of 60 different ideas to make money. There is a wide range of ideas so there is something for everyone.

The pathophysiology of COVID-19 garners much attention in health care settings, but the illness is not limited to its biological impact—the pandemic’s effects are a mosaic of social, economic, political, environmental, and evolutionary influences. It led to major global changes that compromised economies, health care systems, and global connectivity. Written by a group of Canadian students, Under the Weather: COVID-19 Biosocial System Dynamics takes an interdisciplinary outlook on the disease and how people have come together in dire times to combat the disease.

Chloe has cerebral palsy and is certain she will lose her adored carer Rose, when Rose falls for an apparently perfect man. First broadcast in BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Drama slot, this Afternoon Play stars Lesley Manville as Rose, Amy Golden as Chloe, Alex Tregear as Chloe's voice, and Jelena Budimir as Alex. It was written by Sarah Daniels and directed by Sally Avens.

Containing over 47 stories and two novels, this book is big baby, bigger and more powerful than a freight train - a bullet couldn't pass through it. Here are the best stories and every major writer who ever appeared in celebrated Pulps like Black Mask, Dime Detective, Detective Fiction Weekly, and more. These are the classic tales that created the genre and gave birth to hard-hitting detectives who smoke criminals like packs of cigarettes.

Curtis appeared in more than 100 movies, dozens of television series, and on countless talk, variety, and game shows, but despite a prolific career spanning six decades in the ficklest business of all, Curtis could never shake the feeling that he was on the outside looking in. He always had a beautiful woman at his side, but he had trouble committing to one. He mingled with the movers and shakers in the realms of entertainment and politics, but when his phone inevitably stopped ringing, he fell hard into drug and alcohol abuse.

Bianca Bernini did not foresee she would inspire her own murder when she boarded the legendary Ghan for the two-day train trip from Sydney to Alice Springs. As the most read, most listened to gossip columnist in Australia, she was revelling in her power to ruin the lives of eight other passengers, eight highly placed, privileged people, who were determined on hiding their secrets at any cost. What would they pay to stop the public revelations she could and would make?

En 1904 tienen lugar en Viena una serie de asesinatos que conmocionan a la inestable sociedad del imperio. Todas las víctimas son modelos de artistas, mujeres jóvenes y hermosas, de dudosa reputación, que pertenecen a La maison des manequins, una organización creada por la amante y musa de uno de los pintores más afamados de la ciudad: la bella y enigmática Inés.

Jesse James left behind secret diaries and coded treasure maps. Working to decrypt these maps, Daniel J. Duke - the great-great-grandson of Jesse James - reveals hidden treasures yet to be recovered as well as connections between the infamous train robber and Freemasonry, the Knights Templar, the Founding Fathers, and Jewish mysticism.

A poetic retelling of the events at Mount Sinai during the biblical Exodus journey of the Israelites. Epic in nature. The first of three books, beginning in the middle of things. The prequel and sequel will follow in that order. 

Somewhat ironically, the one aspect of the Middle Ages that has been romanticized is medieval warfare. What is generally forgotten is that medieval warfare was constantly adapting to the times as leaders adopted new techniques and technology, and common infantry became increasingly important throughout the period. The changes became most evident at the beginning of the 14th century, when the French army fought rebellious forces from Flanders in the Battle of the Golden Spurs on July 11, 1302.