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Iris Caldwell and Nell Ryland were never meant to be friends. From two very different backgrounds, one the heir to the Caldwell estate, the other a humble vicar's daughter. Both have their secrets, both have their pasts, but they each find solace with one another and soon their futures become irrevocably intertwined. Until May Day 1912, a day that haunts Missensham. The day two girls disappeared. The day the girls were murdered. Now, many years later, old footage has emerged which shows that Iris Caldwell may not have died on that spring morning.

You see the world for what it is, and you know we are in trouble. Ills beyond the reach of bankers and cops, soldiers and presidents, and even kings threaten the fabric of our lives. What we need is a hero. Alex Cides straps on his tool belt one morning, only to find his wife is gone, his daughters fear him, he's lost his job, and a mysterious curse has thrown him out of balance with the universe. Ten impossible tasks in LA's mythical underbelly stand between setting things right or losing everything. Literally.

Do you know how much BTS contribute to the South Korean economy each year? What Spotify record does the band hold? What video game has Jin played since he was five years old? And which alternative stage names did Jungkook consider before settling on the one we all know and love? In this fantastic audiobook, Lizzie Abbott talks us through more than hundred facts about BTS, the band that has conquered the world.

It used to be the most WONDERFUL time of the year, but for years Christmas has been taken over by Winterzone. All the things that made Christmas special are gone. Instead, Christmas is run by robots, while 3D holograms of Santa Claus called Santavatars check if you’ve been naughty or nice—and on Christmas Eve, all of the presents are delivered by ZoneDrones instead of Santa’s reindeer! But when they stumble on a curious clue, eleven-year-old Etta and her friend Monty find themselves thrown into a fight to bring back Christmas.

Eddie and best friend Flo are spending the Easter holidays on the Romney Marshes with Aunt Budge and all his animals—Butch the dog, Bunty the hamster and pirate goldfish Dan and Jake. When the terrible Rancid Twins arrive in town, set on uncovering the secret mystery of the smugglers’ treasure, Eddie and Flo are drawn into a thrilling new adventure. Eddie must use his ability to speak to animals to enlist the help of two elegant alpaca, a friendly sheep called Doris and a famous film-star rabbit to save the day and reveal a treasure of epic proportions.

Southern Australia, 1983. While Middle-aged stalwart Miriam rolls into town in her broken down car, Frankie—a deer hunter—is up in the forested hinterland with her gun.

Liverpool 1931. In a Liverpool torn by the Depression, Daisy Gallagher grows to womanhood the hard way. She is the mainstay of her poverty-stricken family and the devoted friend of Nellie O’Brian, who is dying for lack of medical attention. Daisy’s desperation for money leads her into the darkened streets and into the arms of drunken sailors willing to pay for their relief. Through her own strength and suffering, Daisy earns enough to pay for her friend’s much needed medical attention.

Liverpool, May 1941. An extraordinary story of three brave women, each trying in her own way to deal with the brutal tide of destruction brought on by the air raids of the Second World War. There is Ellen—whose home is destroyed by bombs; Gwen, whose family absorbs all her time and energy and Emmie, whose only fears are for the safety of her merchant seaman fiancé, far away in the South Atlantic. None of them were prepared for what would follow, when the air raid siren sounded for the first time on 1 May, 1941.

Having a chronic illness can make being employed tricky. Commutes to and from work can be stressful and exhausting. Time off sick or to attend medical appointments can sometimes be difficult for employers to understand. Employers’ and colleagues’ lack of understanding can make day-to-day working difficult. There is another way: You build a business that works for you and enables you to live a happier life. The Chronic Entrepreneur will show you how running and setting up your own business is possible, even with a chronic condition.

Have you listened to You Can Be a Witch! Lesson One? Has it sparked your excitement in the concept of witchcraft and now you are eager to learn more? Perhaps you already knew you wanted to learn more about witchcraft, but now you know exactly which aspect you want to learn more about. Or maybe, you are still unsure on whether the study of witchcraft is for you and so, you are keen to learn a little bit more and decide either way.

Are you curious about the natural way of treating diseases and maintaining sound health? If you are someone who is skeptical about the continued use of synthetic drugs and its possible side effects and want to explore natural herbs for treating diseases, then this is the audiobook for you! Different arguments exist for and against herbs, but the fact is that they work. Prutha Desai was born and raised in Mumbai, India, but now lives in New York. Desai has a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy and a master of science degree from Northeastern University.

You Can Be a Witch! is the perfect introduction into the wonderful and fascinating world of witchcraft! This is the ideal series of books for anyone who is seeking out further information on the fundamentals that make up witchcraft. The aim is for you to finish lesson one starting to understand what it is to be a witch and how to get started on the journey. After listening to this lesson, you will have a much better understanding of what you want to get out of witchcraft, and the following volumes of this series will help you get there.

Harriet and Mark have it all: successful careers, a lovely house in a leafy London suburb, twin boys on the cusp of leaving home. Yvette and Gary share a smaller place with their two daughters in a shabbier part of the same borough. But when the stars align for a collective move north, it means a fresh start for them all. For Mark, it’s a chance to escape the rat race; for Harriet, a distraction from her unfulfilled dream of a late third child. Gary has decided to reboot the Madchester band that made him famous, while Yvette hopes it will give her daughters what she never had.

This book is a tribute to all the strong women in my life. I wanted to also make the rest of the world aware of this mouth-watering cuisine that hails from the land of Piacenza in Northern Italy. This lineage of inspiration began with my great-grandmother, Maria. Her unending determination despite great odds enabled her to open a restaurant. The recipes that were born through that establishment were enhanced through the generations that followed, and continue to satisfy the many palates of various family members and friends.

We all come to a point in life where we would like to make a change in our lives and be just better. Maybe for you that's about shedding extra fat. Maybe it's about becoming healthier. Or, possibly, it's about lessening your impact on the environment. Come with me on this journey and I will show you what I've learned to enable you to do all these things, without the need to count calories or restrict your foods according to some complicated list of rules.

In this tale a queen wishes her naughty daughter would just turn into a raven and fly away. But as we all know, in fairy-tale land you should always be careful what you wish for....

Finding happiness one stitch at a time... When Dee Blackthornsbrother, JP, breaks both wrists not only is he in need of a helping hand or two but the knitting shop he owns cant function. Sisterly duties take Dee away from her demanding job and she is unceremoniously fired amidst scandalous office rumours. Dee is certain that her hot-shot nemesis, Ben, is behind it all. Back in the village ofFenwildin JP's shop, Dee bumps intoBecky, an old friend who is a new mum to a premature baby.

In this particular story, a traveller in Sweden stumbles upon the history of a mysterious and ominous figure, Count Magnus. Apparently the count went on a ‘black pilgrimage’, the details of which are discovered by the traveller in an alchemical textbook. However, it might not be the best of ideas to go poking around in the history of such a mysterious man....

In this particular story we meet Stephen Elliott, a young orphan boy who is sent to stay with his much older cousin, Mr Abney, at a remote country mansion. His cousin is a reclusive alchemist, obsessed with making himself immortal. Stephen is repeatedly troubled by visions of a young gypsy girl and a travelling Italian boy, but what could they be trying to tell him?