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First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1950, Life with the Lyons was the first UK 'situation comedy'. More than 11 million listeners tuned in to the hilarious fictional misadventures of real-life Hollywood stars Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyons and their two children, Barbara and Richard, as well as Scottish housekeeper Aggie and next-door neighbours Florrie and Mr Wimple. Such was its popularity that the series ran for 11 years, spawning a TV spin-off, a West End play and two feature films.

Bakery owner Alexis Remington has had a crush on Owen Hadley since before he was a world-famous actor. When she finds out he’s going to be the best man in the wedding where she’s the maid of honor, she feels incredibly nervous. But her anxiety quickly turns to anger when she realizes her old crush is cutting into her bakery’s much-needed revenue with the competition he’s created by opening a restaurant with a pastry chef.

Ray’s Rants back to the 1960s 1970s 1950s in the UK Great Britain. Entertaining and fun. British music scene, Jimi Hendrix The Rolling Stones. The English pubs and clubs, Watney’s Red Barrel beer, Babycham, Cherry B the night life. The cars, the workplace, television and pirate radio. England. Schools back in the early days. 60s fashion and clothes, flairs and miniskirts. London, Caroline, Luxembourg. Mini cars skirts. Holiday in caravan, Butlin’s

Grace's life is perfectly fine, thank you very much. A widow of seventy-two, she lives quietly, and although hearing a little more from her daughter and granddaughter would be nice, she has her health, her friends, her octogenarian yoga (however reluctantly attended) and most of all her weekly club where she creates exquisite miniature train sets. However, when her estranged daughter rings her in shock, about to lose her home, Grace invites Amelia and her daughter Charlotte to live with her.

By turns funny, moving, romantic and surreal, and filled with unexpected twists and turns, each of the tales on this lineup has a magical element.

What if you could drive customers to your website, almost at will, without spending a dime? What if you could create powerful advertising campaigns, that would have people spending money on your product or service in a matter of hours? Although it sounds like a fantasy, it turns out this kind of marketing power is accessible to anyone who is willing to put the work in, including you. We’re here to tell you the exact steps you need to take in order to start making regular money online using social media networks and influencer marketing to drive traffic to your offers.

Ciara Quinn wants to have it all and is beginning to believe that it’s possible when her fated mate Preston proposes. But as soon as his family sees the ring, they start pressuring Ciara to consider a merger between their two companies.

In the late summer of 1942, more than 10,000 members of the First Marine Division held a tenuous toehold on the Pacific island of Guadalcanal. As American marines battled Japanese forces for control of the island, they were joined by war correspondent Richard Tregaskis. Only one of two civilian reporters to land and stay with the marines, Tregaskis’ notebook captured the daily and nightly terrors faced by American forces in one of World War II’s most legendary battles - and it served as the premise for his best-selling book Guadalcanal Diary.

Carly is everything a Valkredian leader needs: stubborn, outspoken, and her body is temptation incarnate. She’s meant to be sold off at auction, but I’ll allow no one else to touch her. Her scent tells me she’s my mate, and her blood calls to me. But a Valkredian prince must always be in control, and giving into her pulsing veins will cost more than my sanity.

The Playground was part of the first hardcover edition of Ray Bradbury's legendary work Fahrenheit 451, published in 1953. In the story, Charles Underhill is a widower who will do anything to protect his young son Jim from the horrors of the playground - a playground which he and the boy pass by daily and the tumult of which, the activity, brings back to Charles the anguish of his own childhood.

On a Friday afternoon before Labor Day, Americans are getting ready for the holiday weekend, completely unaware of a long-planned terrorist plot about to be launched against the country. Kyle Tait is settling in for his flight home to Montana when a single nuclear bomb is detonated 300 miles above the heart of America.

It’s time for me to become Queen of the Pack. As a hybrid, I’m also destined to be the Faerie Queen, so I must unite the wolves and the fae, who have long been enemies. If I fail, the fae are doomed. When the Alphas from the other packs come to support me, there is only one Alpha missing - my brother. He's teamed up with my old pack and the fae royalty who say they won’t give up their power to a hybrid, and they’re ready to attack. But first, for me to believe in myself as the true Alpha, my mate Cal will need to submit to me.

Love ruins everything. I saw it with my parents. I swore it would never happen to me. But Gallix makes me feel things I never imagined. He awakens desires I didn’t know were possible. I want him from the first moment I see him. The bad boy warrior is all wrong for me, but my heart knows he’s my mate. How am I going to resist that? They want a perfect, untouched human. I can’t stop myself from wanting Eve. I want to take her. Keep her. Make her mine. But it’s wrong. She’s meant for someone back on Lunaria. She isn’t meant for me. But that’s not the biggest problem.

This value-dense guidebook features actionable principles extracted from over 40 renowned servant leadership experts and practitioners, including prominent business executives, bestselling authors, and respected spiritual leaders. These and the proven easy-to-follow techniques and exercises are the reason why more and more people who peruse this book are becoming the charismatic and thoughtful leaders that lead the charge in their organization. Will you be one of them?

In 2021, Charlie Bird was diagnosed with motor neurone disease—a man whose voice was so synonymous with his career faced losing it completely. Yet knowing he had just a short time left with family and friends, what emerged was a great sense of resilience and motivation to take advantage of every moment. Here, Charlie reflects on his life and phenomenal broadcast career through the lens of his diagnosis, as he ponders the big questions and takes stock of the small moments that we so often overlook.

Jack Hammond has become the Director, now responsible for the same government black site that imprisoned him. But now she is free as well. With a target on his back by forces above and beyond understanding, Jack must juggle the dangers of his new position along with the ladies he let loose. It's not just beautiful humans he has to worry about, but a female entity he can only describe as other. Even if it means allying with his worst enemy.

For Josh, falling in love does not fit in with his rock and roll lifestyle. And falling for someone who believes in mermaids? Who wants to be one? Well, he wasn't expecting that, either. But the sea is deep with mysteries. Sometimes they wash ashore, whispered in the hush of a quiet tide, and all you have to do is listen. Other times you have to explore the dark beneath the surface yourself, unsure of what you might find....

Fascinating and highly listenable, Digital Resilience opens with the infamous 2013 Target attack, which compromised the credit card information of 40 million customers. In hindsight, the hack (like most today) was preventable. Data theft. Downed servers. Malware. Even human error can trigger cyber events anytime from anywhere around the globe. This powerful guide provides the resilience-building strategies you need to prevail - no matter what strikes.

On a Halloween night, eight boys are led on an incredible journey into the past by the mysterious "spirit" Moundshroud. Riding a dark autumn wind from ancient Egypt to the land of the Celtic druids, from Mexico to a cathedral in Paris, they will witness the haunting beginnings of the holiday called Halloween.

Featuring a foreword by Dr. Deniz Ahmadinia, Psy.D.—licensed clinical psychologist and trauma recovery specialist—this isn’t just a book about heartbreak. It’s about waking up to the slow erosion of your confidence—realizing you were (or still are) in a relationship that’s quietly breaking you down. Covert Damage is for men trying to make sense of emotional and psychological abuse—the kind that doesn’t leave bruises but makes you doubt your memory, your worth, and your sanity.