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After trying on a long, bright, and colorful dress, Petra finds herself in Jordan where she meets Fatima. Together they explore the ancient city of Petra.

Petra is a curious 7-year-old girl who goes on exciting adventures to fascinating places around the world. In this adventure, Petra travels to Sri Lanka, through the magical costume warehouse at the theatre where her mother works. There she encounters a young novice monk and encounters a baby elephant!

Petra is a curious 7-year-old girl who goes on exciting adventures in fascinating places around the world. Through the magical costume warehouse at her mother's workplace Petra travels to Senegal where she meets a girl named Awa Diouf and her family. On her adventure she meets interesting people, as well as their cultures and ways of life.

Petra, a young adventurer, finds herself in the Northern Fells of Sami Land, an unknown land to her. She soon makes a new friend named Niklas. Petra and Niklas find themselves exploring the Sami Land together in search of Niklas' lost sister, Maaret. Along the way, Petra learns about the magic of the Northern Lights and how they came to be.

Abandoned by her mother at an early age, 10-year-old Spin has been adopted by Sir Fistache mal Arthreign. The knight's habit of collecting waifs and strays has thrown together a family of rowdy headbangers. Expelled from countless towns and villages, they hope to make a fresh start in the Songwynd slums - but the decision to bring along their pet wishhobbler wrecks any chance of this.

Emily Post has gone to pot. As we enter the dawn of a new "post-prohibition" era, the stigma surrounding cannabis use is fading, and the conversation about what it means to get high is changing. When it comes to being a respectful, thoughtful, and responsible consumer of pot, there is a lot you...

In this tale, two young children find an edible cottage in the woods. But is the homeowner the sweet old lady she initially appears to be?

First published in 1911, A School Story is a classic paranormal tale written by M. R. James, an author considered to be the originator of the modern-age ghost story. In this particularly story, a Latin teacher is troubled by unusual phrases from the dead language that start to show up among the work he sets his students; something about the phrases remind him of a dark secret from his past.

Mini Rabbit is back in another adventure from leading new talent John Bond! Mini Rabbit has a very important letter to post. Mini Rabbit is being very helpful. Mini Rabbit will not lose the letter, will be very careful and definitely will not be late.... Another hilarious adventure featuring the irrepressibly enthusiastic Mini Rabbit. 

Listen to three hilarious stories featuring the irrepressibly enthusiastic Mini Rabbit! Whether he is searching for cherries for Mother Rabbit’s cake, helping post a letter or setting up camp in the garden, Mini Rabbit always manages to turn a simple task into an exciting adventure!

A deliciously funny debut from a major new talent! MiniRabbit is making a cake. Cake, cake, cake! But he’s run out of berries. No berries, no cake. No cake? No way! So off he goes to look for some.... He’s not cold, not too small. And, no, no, definitely NOT LOST.... Or is he?

Mini Rabbit is making a camp in the garden. He can’t wait. It’s going to be the best day ever! But there are still a few last things he needs to get, and it looks like it might rain. Will Mini Rabbit ever manage to get everything home in time? Another hilarious adventure featuring the irrepressibly enthusiastic Mini Rabbit.

This is more than one story, more than one now. But I’ll tell it as best I can. Me? I’m Jude – like the Patron Saint of lost causes. Him? He’s Novo. Like nothing on earth. Literally. In the beginning, before Novo showed up, my mum and me moved to the seaside. Then the first of July, 11.34am. Novo arrived. I was like an atom in his orbit. Alone with him, feeling the pull. Suddenly in the moment, in the now.

Ana has perfected the art of the Irish goodbye—especially when it comes to holiday office parties that send her anxiety spiraling. When she escapes the company festivities and takes refuge in her favorite bookstore, she expects to find her usual hidden reading nook empty and waiting. Instead, she discovers Kael—the store's new owner with silver-streaked hair, warm golden eyes, and a pair of very real reindeer antlers that catch the light when she smiles.

The brand new destination romance that will sweep you off your feet! They say never mix business with pleasure… Zara Woodman prides herself on her professionalism. But when she’s sent on a last-minute business trip to Morocco with her boss – billionaire surfwear mogul Myles Brandon – her...

For millennia, Death watched over the fleeting lives of mortals, claiming their souls as is her duty. Each year, the story was the same. Humans wasted the gifts they were given, allowing the precious sands of time to slip through their grasp. But, who did they blame? Not themselves, of course, but the horseman who came to collect her due. Such an existence grew tiresome for the creature. Bored of humanity’s antics, the reaper opened a quiet apothecary and began peddling her curious wares. Her little shop became an escape from their ire, a distraction to pass the decades.

Can she defy the odds to follow her heart? London, 1939. With war imminent in Poland, nineteen-year-old Tamar and her father flee to the heart of the East End. Tamar becomes close friends with nurse Florence and local shopkeeper Elma, but their joy quickly falls apart as bombings land and they...

In this captivating memoir, journalist Karen A. Frenkel unravels her parents’ and sole surviving grandparent’s secret, riveting stories of survival during World War II. How do you shatter the silence that muffles family stories when those who knew what happened are gone? In Family Treasures Lost and Found, journalist and daughter of Holocaust survivors, Karen A. Frenkel, investigates her parents’ unspoken WWII stories. Listeners accompany Frenkel on her quest and discovery of how her resourceful parents survived on the run from the Nazis.

A literary romance like no other–Kimberly Campanello’s debut novel unfurls over a long hot Breton summer as American student K embarks on a love affair with a young local man. Barred from using English by their French Honors programme, the Americans’ identities flicker and fade. Yet for K, this dissolution opens space for profound transformation.

ADVENTURE LIES BEYOND THE CAT FLAP! Your favourite duo are back… MURRAY AND BUN! Murray is a cat. Murray loves snoozing, fluffy blankets, and peace and quiet. Bun is a bun. Bun loves… EVERYTHING! And together they are unstoppable! SOMETIMES Murray’s enchanted cat flap leads to the...