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Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

Although Wuthering Heights is now a classic of English literature, contemporaneous reviews were deeply polarised; it was controversial because of its unusually stark depiction of mental and physical cruelty, and it challenged Victorian ideas about religion, morality, class, and woman's place in society.

The Seven Poor Travellers takes place on Christmas Eve in Rochester at the charity hospice founded in 1579 by Richard Watts - an actual hospice that Dickens knew well from his childhood days. According to Watts' will, his hospice was to supply six poor travelers (providing they were not rogues or proctors) with one night's free lodging and entertainment and with fourpence.

A treasured early manuscript version of one of the most enduring children’s stories, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

The Lioness Awakens is an audiobook of short poems with a bite. Lauren Eden crafts provocative poetry about love, sexuality, heartbreak, and feminism, combined in a creative expression of female empowerment and confidence.

Driven, ambitious, and intelligent are three words often used to describe Maritza Amaretto. When she and her sister join Hunter, Phoenix, Genesis, and Prime, Maritza has only one goal, and that’s to advance her already stellar career. An unexpected kiss and request for her services as girlfriend for a day turn into an offer she can’t refuse—a year of her life as Jeremy’s fake wife in exchange for career advancement that both she and her sister deserve.

Kairo Steele built his name in the shadows—feared, respected, and always ten steps ahead. But with power comes enemies, and with love comes risk. Now, the empire he's fought to protect is cracking at the edges… and Savanna Heartz is caught dead center. Savanna thought she could handle life on Kairo's side—the pressure, the secrets, the fire. But some truths hit harder than bullets, and the cost of loyalty is starting to feel too high.

When a young boy discovers a man’s body lying in a doorway, DI Burton and DS Fielding are called to the scene. Believing the man was homeless, the police are shocked to discover the true identity of the victim: a detective constable from London who was working undercover. But when the DNA from the victim is linked to a cold case, Burton and Fielding find themselves looking into another unsolved murder. And as the case unfolds, the detectives are faced with unpicking through a web of lies and deceit. But can they solve the murders before any more blood is spilt?

Juliana Thorne is falling apart beneath her perfect façade. Haunted by a monster from her childhood, the sheltered socialite is slowly losing her mind — while a mysterious stranger seems to lurk around every corner, relishing in her demise. A blind artist with a penchant for portraying darkness, Damien Villa harbors his own sinister intentions toward Juliana, but is he motivated by lust...or a desire for revenge? Either way...this is no fairy tale.

2+ hours of insomnia-inducing scary stories, produced by the terrifying team behind the popular YouTube channel and website Chilling Tales for Dark Nights and the Simply Scary Podcasts Network. The terrifying tales in this spine-tingling collection concern macabre traditions, haunting helpers, unexplained disappearances, alarming artwork, and the frightening price a man is willing to pay for fame. Featuring stories by Niko Kurri, Lauren Munera, Maxwell Malone, William Dalphin, and best-selling horror writer Elias Witherow, this terrifying collection of 5 seriously scary horror stories are bound to give you nightmares, and are perfect to listen to in the dead of night.

Compelling dialogue, rich, gritty prose, and characters you won’t forget — if you loved The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest by Stieg Larsson, or Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger, you’ll love The Serpent’s Bridge. Recovering alcoholic Detective Anaya Nazario remains haunted by her father's murder. Lucas Nazario was the highest-ranking Puerto Rican LAPD detective, and his case has gone unsolved for twenty-four years since his murder. When Mexican immigrants are targeted by a serial killer, Nazario senses a connection and fights to keep the leadless case open.

Savanna Heartz never expected to cross paths with Kairo Steele again—the reckless young producer from Compton who built his empire off beats, bullets, and bad decisions. She never imagined that a simple business deal—a few haircut appointments—would pull her into his world of money, power, and dangerous promises. But when Kairo presents her with a million-dollar contract—not for music, not for business, but for his legacy—Savanna is faced with a decision that could change her life. One million per child. A secluded mansion to carry them in peace. A contract to keep their arrangement airtight.

The contract was supposed to keep things simple. No emotions. No expectations. But nothing about Kairo Steele is ever simple. Savanna Heartz walked into this deal thinking she could keep her heart out of it. She was wrong. The billionaire music mogul is more than just a name on paper—he's chaos wrapped in luxury, temptation disguised as protection. And now? The lines between business and desire are blurred beyond recognition. But the past never stays buried.

Thriving as a Highly Sensitive Person is a compassionate, science-based guide that helps you embrace your sensitivity, understand yourself deeply, and create a life that truly fits who you are. Whether you’re an HSP, love someone who is, or support HSPs in your work, you’ll find practical tools, real stories, and meaningful insight to help you grow with confidence.

Demon summoning; accountants and cross-dressing; a plague; a pernickety frog; flying teens; sewers; dentists; solitude; fire; a corpse; these are all in this collection of short works that you are sure to revisit again and again for tears of laughter and despair.

It is the end of the sixth century AD when the Sasanian ruler King Shahryar discovers his wife’s unfaithfulness and betrayal. Consumed by rage and bitterness, the king has his wife executed, and then exacts bloody vengeance on all the women in his harem. The rampage continues when he takes a new bride each evening, and has her executed the following day so that no one else will have a chance to betray him.

The story of Garabed Kiremidjian whose parents escaped the Armenian Genocide only to be caught up in further conflict in Cyprus. His story is a glimpse into the life of an Armenian family working their way out of the poverty of 1920’s Cyprus, living through the fight for independence from the British and suffering further during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974.

Embrace the transformative journey that awaits within this audiobook, for it holds the key to unlocking your ultimate potential. Through the profound wisdom shared in this book, you will discover the remarkable ability to master your thoughts and shatter the chains of self-doubt. No longer will failure haunt your mind, for you will wield the power to transform those thoughts into resolute statements of success. Even in the face of adversity, you will harness the strength to convert pain into power, propelling you forward with unwavering determination.

Addison Abbot is a dreamer--she dreams of owning her own cake shop, of traveling the world, of finding Prince Charming. But when it comes to actually following any of those dreams, she's a little, well, stuck. So when a devilishly handsome stranger saves her from two robbers with guns and pulls her into the adventure of a lifetime, she's determined to find her fairy tale ending--until she realizes he's the most wanted criminal in America, that is. Thaddeus Ryder was just another run-of-the-mill international art thief until his latest heist went south.

Mind-shift from a negative mindset to a positive mindset, because you said you would and it equals results. "Everyone has a light to shine and you may decide to turn your light on or off."