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It was a simple job, they said: just collect a package in Vienna. But when Bill Kemp’s contact washes up dead on the frozen banks of the Danube, where the Iron Curtain falls across the map of Europe, he’s thrown into the heart of a dangerous conspiracy that threatens to destabilise the continent. As winter closes in and Kemp faces a treacherous expedition across the Alps to Switzerland, his introduction to the dark world of espionage proves as deadly as the bleak, beautiful mountains.

It was Benjamin Postlethwaite's job all his long life to make sure the light shone brightly high up in the lighthouse on Puffin Island. Not once, in all his years as the lighthouse keeper, had he ever let his light go out. But sometimes even the brightest light on a lighthouse cannot save a ship. This is a story of a life-changing friendship, a lost puffin and a lonely artist. It's the story of an entire lifetime and how one event can change a life forever.

Affairs and assassinations. Conflict and chaos. Power and plots. The tumultuous Tudor period is one of the most iconic and fascinating chapters in British history. In these ten atmospheric dramas, we get a glimpse into the inner workings of Tudor England – and rediscover the key characters we have grown to love and hate. Featuring world-renowned actors, these gripping, historically accurate tales are packed with excitement.

Winning stories from The Bazaar of Bad Dreams Hodder- Guardian competition. The number one best-selling writer Stephen King presents six gripping and chilling stories in this captivating anthology: 'Wild Swimming' by Elodie Harper. 'Eau-de-Eric' by Manuela Saragosa. 'The Spots' by Paul Bassett Davies. 'The Unpicking' by Michael Button. 'La Mort de L'amant' by Stuart Johnstone. 'The Bear Trap' by Neil Hudson.

Bill Kemp, an ex-serviceman working in London as an insurance investigator, is sent to the Caribbean to determine the legitimacy of an expensive life insurance claim following the inexplicable death of businessman David Salton. His rapidly inflated premiums immediately before his death stand to make his young widow a very rich lady! Once there, Kemp discovers that Salton’s political ambitions had made him a lot of enemies, and local tensions around a forthcoming election are already spilling over into protest and violence on the streets.

Insurance investigator Bill Kemp had never wanted to trek deep into Australia’s remote interior. But when his clients Sophie and Adam Church inherit an abandoned opal mine, triggering some explosive long-lost secrets, they – and Kemp – find themselves facing an unknown enemy even more deadly than the vast, forbidding wilderness of the Outback…

Poetry has over the centuries grouped poets or poems into many different themes and movements. Amongst its most unusual movements are the English wordsmiths, The Silver Poets. This select band lived during the sixteenth century reign of Queen Elizabeth 1st. Amongst their storied ranks were Sir Thomas Wyatt, Sir Philip Sidney, Henry Howard, the Earl of Surrey, Sir Walter Raleigh, John Davies, Michael Drayton and Mary Sidney (Herbert), the Countess of Pembroke.

Niedliche kleine Häuschen, wilde Wiesen und überall der süße Duft von Blumen in voller Blüte. Es ist Sommer im kleinen Cottage auf dem Hügel, und der erste Gast zieht ein. Isobel ist auf der Suche nach einem Zufluchtsort, aber ihre Vergangenheit scheint sie einzuholen ... Als Tom auf den Dächern der Cottages arbeitet und den traurigen Klang von Isobels Geige im Wind hört, ist er tief berührt. Wer ist diese mysteriöse neue Untermieterin, und warum kommt sie ihm so bekannt vor? Isobel scheint etwas zu bedrücken, und Tom möchte ihr helfen.

Weite Wiesen, kleine Häuschen und blühende Bäume, so weit das Auge reicht. Maddie freut sich über einen Neustart auf dem Land. Gäbe es da nicht ein kleines Problem... Nach einem Skandal verliert Maddie Porter ihren Job in einer PR-Agentur. Da kommt ihr das Angebot gerade recht, ein luxuriöses Anwesen auf dem Land als exklusiven Urlaubsort zu vermarkten. Und sie verlässt London, um ein neues Leben zu beginnen. Doch als Maddie vor Ort eintrifft, ist sie entsetzt: Das sogenannte Anwesen ist eine Ansammlung alter Cottages, die stark renovierungsbedürftig sind.

What if surging gun violence, racial tension and distrust of law enforcement was by design? What if the rage and disenchantment of working class Americans was stoked by politicians? What if neighbors were urged to despise neighbors because of their differences? When a national house divided is scripted and staged, the looming future begins to look like an unspeakable past.

Today, God continues to be a God of miracles and works his wonders in the lives of ordinary people. In this collection, you will hear the stories of people from a variety of backgrounds who have experienced miraculous events in their lives. Feel inspired as you listen to the modern-day wonders that God is working all around us.

Die Kunstschmiedin Megan kehrt in ihr Heimatdorf zurück, um an einem Handwerkswettbewerb teilzunehmen. Als Gewinn winkt ein Job, der ihre Zukunft im Dorf für immer sichern könnte. Und ihre Beziehung zu Liam, die aufgrund der Distanz zuletzt sehr gelitten hat. Doch dann taucht ein konkurrierender Entwurf auf, der mit Megans Zeichnungen fast identisch ist. Megan ist am Boden zerstört. Jemand muss ihre Entwürfe gestohlen und weitergegeben haben.