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Maurice has just killed a dragon with a breadknife. And had his destiny foretold...and had his true love spirited away. That's precisely the sort of stuff that'd bring out the latent heroism in anyone. Unfortunately, Maurice is pretty sure he hasn't got any latent heroism. Meanwhile, a man wakes up in a jar in a different kind of pickle (figuratively speaking).

Mel Taylor was thirteen years old when she found her Mr Right. Twenty years on they remain blissfully in love. She has the man she adores, a gorgeous daughter, a great job and a dream home. But Mel's seemingly perfect life is spoilt by a dark secret and a niggling fear that her good fortune can't last for ever. Despite her husband Adam telling her to live for the present and stop worrying about the future, Mel can't shake the feeling that someone is about to call time on their happiness. And then it happens.

It is 1979, and a man is recalling the events of his 12th summer, when he bought bullets for his gun instead of a hamburger. Through the eyes, ears, and voice of Brautigan's youthful protagonist, the listener is gently led into a small-town tale where the narrator accidentally shoots and kills his best friend. The novel deals with the repercussions of this tragedy and its recurring theme of "what if", which fuels anguish, regret, and self-blame, as well as some darkly comic passages of bittersweet romance and despair.

In 1916 Ambrose March, a young cameraman, was wounded on the Western Front. Nearly a century later his astonishing film remains testament to his talent. Now a Hollywood movie company is aiming to recreate his final days. On set, Rory Defoe is giving the performance of his life. Off set, he’s proving the typical Hollywood bad boy. In utter despair, the director knows there’s only one person to turn to. Ella Buchan is tired of stars like Rory.

In this breathtakingly imaginative book - now appearing in audio for the first time - we enter the mind of an unnamed artist of prodigious talent and intelligence who is determined to correct the world's wrongs via a direct confrontation with the Almighty, no matter what the consequences. A spellbinding tale told by a memorably unreliable narrator, It Happened in Boston? places you inside a vivid world that brilliantly and surprisingly interweaves art, genius, love, madness, betrayal, God... and murder.

Christmas is coming, and life is busy for vet Maz Harwood. She has a beautiful baby boy, George, and she will soon be marrying fellow vet Alex Fox-Gifford. But between arranging the wedding, performing life-saving animal surgery, and taking care of George, Maz doesn’t have much time left for Alex, and even if she did, he’s working even harder than her. And as Alex won’t do anything to make life easier, Maz has decided that she will have to take matters into her own hands.

Does love really have to hurt to be good? Can true love still be found after three failed attempts at romance? Terri "Hi-Def " Essence, who is a beautiful ebony mixed woman, had started to come to the conclusion that it was not meant for her. But that was until she met a good-looking hot and steamy chocolate kickboxing warrior name Bashaun Young, who was now in a position to fulfill a long awaited dream of his.

Zwei gebrochene Herzen – zwei furchtbare Geheimnisse: Kann wahre Liebe alles verzeihen? Lass dich von Anna und Gabe verzaubern, zu Tränen rühren und zum Lachen bringen: It all comes back to you ist ein herzergreifender, wunderschöner Liebesroman über 15 Jahre und zwei Menschen, die du sofort ins Herz schließen wirst. Anna hat nichts außer ihrer Klugheit und dem Willen, die Vergangenheit hinter sich zu lassen. Gabe hingegen hat alles: Er ist Klassenbester, in einer schicken Studentenverbindung – vor allem aber hat er eine große, warmherzige Familie.

1957: within a year of arriving at an American airbase in Suffolk, the loving, law-abiding Delaney family is destroyed. Did they know something they weren't allowed to know? Did they find something they weren't supposed to find? Hedy is the only one left standing, a rebellious girl cast adrift in a world of postwar anxiety - a girl who has the courage to question what really went on behind military closed doors.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas is a story audiobook for the whole family, with a collection of original stories and poems by Chris all set around the festive period.

Biscuit is a dog with a difference. She relates her own story to us of life in a normal family. From a bewildering start of hearing things she does not understand, she moves to an increased comprehension of new words and events. Sometimes we wonder what limits there are to her perception.

Once, Emperor Akbar's master "Peer-Sahab" came all the way from Mecca to Delhi.

This story is so short, to tell anything about it would be to give away the ending....