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A celebration of the divine Phryne Fisher, this special collectable treat for her fans includes all-new Phryne short stories, plus recipes and other miscellany.The Honourable Phryne Fisher - she of the Lulu bob, green eyes, Cupid's Bow lips and diamante garters - is the 1920's most elegant and irrepressible sleuth. This collection of Phryne short stories and other Phryne miscellany a treat for all Phryne fans.

The divine Phryne Fisher returns to lead another dance of intrigue. Seven Australian soldiers, carousing in Paris in 1918, unknowingly witness a murder and their presence has devastating consequences. Ten years later, two are dead ... under very suspicious circumstances. Phryne's wharfie mates, Bert and Cec, appeal to her for help. They were part of this group of soldiers in 1918 and they fear for their lives and for those of the other three men.

1929: Girls are going missing in Melbourne. Little, pretty golden-haired girls. And not just pretty. Three of them are pregnant, poor girls from the harsh confines of the Magdalene Laundry. People are getting nervous. Polly Kettle, a pushy, self-important Girl Reporter with ambition and no sense of self-preservation, decides to investigate - and promptly goes missing herself. It's time for Phryne and Dot to put a stop to this and find Polly Kettle before something quite irreparable happens to all of them. It's all piracy and dark cellars, convents and plots, murder and mystery...and Phryne finally finds out if it's true that blondes have more fun.

Phryne Fisher is asked to investigate the death of a famous author and illustrator of fairy stories. She takes a job within the women's magazine that employed the victim. While Phryne is learning the ins- and-outs of magazine publishing first hand, her personal life is thrown into chaos. While waiting for her lover Lin Chung's return from a silk-buying expedition to China, she receives an unusual summons from Lin Chung's family followed by a series of mysterious assaults and warnings.

Loulou Landers is about to turn 49 and she's feeling seriously overlooked. She hasn't had a relationship for 20 years, her 21-year-old daughter Theo is giving her the cold shoulder, and is that really a bunion making it so painful to walk, or is Christian Louboutin losing his touch? Theo can't see what her mum is so hung up about. It's only another birthday. And she has more important things to think about - mainly herself. For not only is Loulou permanently single, but so is Theo – despite her legendary good looks. But over the course of a summer, everything changes.

The evil fairy Pernicia has set a curse on Princess Briar-Rose: she is fated to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into an endless, poisoned sleep. Katriona, a young fairy, kidnaps the princess in order to save her; she and her aunt raise the child in their small village, where no one knows her true identity. But Pernicia is looking for her, intent on revenge for a defeat 400 years old...

From the author of the phenomenal and best-selling Tales of the Otori series comes a new stand-alone historical novel set in 19th century Japan. For centuries Japan has been on its own; isolated by choice from the rest of the world. But the Western powers are now at its shores, its government is crumbling and revolution is building. The age of the samurai is ending and in its place a new Japan will be born. Into this turmoil steps a young woman.

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?

"I'll give you all the dirt darling." K.C. Gordon can't wait to find out what her old school friend Angelique means by this cryptic comment. But before they meet, someone cuts short the life of international model Angelique Lanci in a hail of bullets. Loved by few, despised and envied by many, Angelique instigated infidelities, salacious gossip, betrayal, and jealousy. But did she deserve to be gunned down in her own home?

Japan, 1857. For centuries Japan has been on its own; isolated by choice from the rest of the world. But the Western powers are now at its shores demanding to be let in, the government is crumbling and revolution is building. The age of the samurai is ending and in its place a new Japan will be born.A young woman is readying herself for marriage in this, the most tumultuous period of her nation’s history.

Hollywood's hottest property, Camilla Page, has just wrapped up the shoot of her latest movie, and she's chosen an exclusive Barrier Reef island resort as the setting for her surprise wedding to Australian cameraman Jimmy Ryder. K.C. Gordon, successful romance novelist, eagerly accepts the invitation to what promises to be the most lavish of affairs, but K.C. soon realizes the tropical paradise is also home to venomous snakes, some of them human, one of whom will strike to deadly effect.

As Enterprise Editor for The Sunday Times, Rachel Bridge has interviewed hundreds of successful entrepreneurs and in this book she weaves practical advice with real life stories of those who got it right, and those who got it wrong. Interwoven with the practical advice will be the author's personal experiences and thoughts about successful entrepreneurs today, including Simon Cowell and Philip Green.

After her mother's death, Rani Ashiramsi must leave her home in Bombay and join her father in the African village of Saringal. There she loses her heart to sugar cane plantation manager Willem Dewar - but Willem is married and when Rani discovers she is pregnant, she has no option but to make a new life for herself and her child. Graeme Carruthers comes to Rani's rescue, offering a marriage of convenience and a new life in Australia on his family's sugar cane farm. The birth of her son, Davin, helps to heal Rani's broken heart and she hopes to find happiness with Graeme in Queensland's cane valley.

Irgendwo im dunklen Meer der Sterne liegt die Wasserwelt Tethys. Ein Planet, reich an Rohstoffen - und Gefahren. Jamie Bishop ist ein Aquanaut, daran gewöhnt, den Tiefen des Meeres und seiner gefräßigen Fauna zu trotzen. Nachdem er eine Haftstrafe wegen Schmuggelei abgesessen hat, träumt er davon, ein ehrliches Leben zu beginnen. Die Chance dafür kommt in Gestalt eines Jobangebots, das seine Ex Maxine ihm macht. Sie hat ein eigenes Bergungsunternehmen eröffnet, und will Jamie als Techniker an Bord ihres Unterseeboots, der Makara, aneheuern.

Yanis et Véra ont la petite quarantaine et tout pour être heureux. Ils s'aiment comme au premier jour et sont les parents de trois magnifiques enfants. Seulement voilà, Yanis, talentueux autodidacte dans le bâtiment, vit de plus en plus mal sa collaboration avec Luc, le frère architecte de Véra, qui est aussi pragmatique et prudent que lui est créatif et entreprenant. La rupture est consommée lorsque Luc refuse LE chantier que Yanis attendait. Poussé par sa femme et financé par Tristan, un client providentiel qui ne jure que par lui, Yanis se lance à son compte, enfin.

Dieses Hörbuch enthält drei Folgen der SWR2-Reihe "Klappstuhllesungen". Bei den "Klappstuhllesungen" wird an irgendeinem Ort in der Öffentlichkeit, z.B. im Bahnhof, auf einem Marktplatz usw. ein Klappstuhl aufgestellt, auf den sich der Sprecher setzt und vorliest.

In an emotional ecosystem as complex as that of our planet, is life nothing more than survival of the fittest? Michael Hollinger based his probing work on the real-life giant tortoise named 'Lonesome George', and the efforts to preserve his species that threatened the livelihood of the native fishermen on the Galàpagos Islands. This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Do you dream of starting your own business but don't have any money? What if you could set up a venture with nothing but a good idea and the determination to make it work? It's an appealing idea, particularly in the current economic climate where no one has cash to spare and austerity rules the day. In fact, studies show that more people start businesses during recessions than at any other time. The good news is that it can be done, provided you follow a few golden rules. Based on Rachel Bridge's popular workshops, this audiobook will help set you on the way to success.