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Idina Moorfield and Hellion Squadron are going on their first mission. Months and months of training is finally paying off. No amount of training could have prepared them for this. A monster unlike anything they have seen before. Idina and her team are going to have to come up with new tactics to capture or kill this monster... if they can. The world is changing. Magic is changing. Can Idina, Richard and Hellion Squadron adapt to the changes and stay on top of the monster threat they're facing?

In the sequel to the "The Jesus-Video", the video has caused for some changes and it is a blessing and a curse for Stephen Foxx and Judith Menez. Meanwhile, a man named Samuel Barron is trying something else entirely. He wants to recreate the time travel and sends back his son and three companions. They are to bring back Jesus Christ to the present time. If they can bring back the Son of God, will that fulfil the prophesized return of Jesus and more importantly, will it cause the Apocalypse?

Clara receives a nutcracker from her godfather Drosselmeyer on Christmas Eve. That night she dreams the nutcracker is fighting with toy soldiers against the army of the Mouse King. Clara helps the nutcracker and it transforms into a prince. Together they travel to the land of sweets and celebrate a wonderful sweet festival with the Sugar Plum Fairy. It was all just an amazing dream - or was it...?

Political historian and commentator David Rothkopf shows how Trump will be judged by history (Spoiler alert: not well) in Traitor. Donald Trump is unfit in almost every respect for the high office he holds. But what distinguishes him from every other bad leader the U.S. has had is that he has...

This collection of nine performance pieces by naturalists is inspired by the words of Margaret Mead, who said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful individuals can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Together, these individuals provide a diverse story that memorializes the diversity, beauty, and fragility of our planet.

>From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in Black Mask.

The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture. Modern computer games, films, and television are rooted in the fiction popularized by “the seminal and venerated mystery pulp magazine” (Booklist).

From the author of Copenhagen and Noises Off. A comedy-drama about a door manufacturing company and a fateful convention in Frankfurt. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Rosalind Ayres, Allan Corduner, David Ellenstein, Julian Holloway, Peter A. Jacobs, Martin Jarvis, Robin Goodrin Nordli, James Warwick and Michael York.

Written in the dark days immediately following the author's deployment to Iraq, Death Letter is part memoir, part comic lament on his relationship with the three great subjects of our mythic imagination.

The mysterious barons — either hybrids of another race or genetic evolution gone mad — are dying. Kane, once a keeper of law and order in the new America, is part of the driving machine to return power to the true inheritors of the Earth. California is the opening salvo in one baron's savage quest for immortality—and a fateful act of defiance against earth's dangerous oppressors. Yet their sanctity is grimly uncertain as an unseen force arrives for a final confrontation with those who seek to rule, or reclaim, planet Earth.

Swan Lake - a full cast audio play featuring famous melodies and beautiful music. Swan Lake tells the love story of Prince Siegfried and Odette, who has been magically transformed into the queen of swans. Prince Siegfried comes of age and celebrates his 21st birthday in the palace gardens. The next day he is supposed to choose his future bride at the court ball. Near the castle, on the shores of Swan Lake, the beautiful swan girl Odette emerges from the water in the moonlight. She is actually a princess transformed by the magician Rothbart. Siegfried is overwhelmed by her beauty and immediately swears his love and loyalty.

When Vale Moonwing returns to Darkwood Forest, he discovers that her old friend, the wizard Yaztromo, has vanished...himself?

Myles Carver is dead. But his estate, Watermere, lives on, waiting for a new Carver to move in. Myles’s wife, Annabel, is dead too, but she is also waiting, lying in her grave in the woods. For nearly half a century she was responsible for a nightmarish reign of terror, and she’s not prepared to stop now. She is hungry to live again...and her unsuspecting nephew, Paul, will be the key. Julia Merrow has a secret almost as dark as Watermere’s. But when she and Paul fall in love they think their problems might be over.

Eight thrilling tales from the writer of Brothers in Law, featuring courtroom cases, legal wranglings, conspiracy and blackmail. Barrister and county court judge, Henry Cecil took inspiration from his own life to write numerous comic stories set in the legal world, most famously Brothers in Law , which was adapted for radio, TV and the silver screen. Collected here are eight vintage dramas based on his works.

Jack Higgins (the pen name of Henry Patterson) was the internationally bestselling author of 85 novels. He shot to fame with The Eagle Has Landed, which sold 50 million copies worldwide and became a hit film. Adapted for radio, it is included here, together with its gripping sequel The Eagle Has Flown and the sensational Falklands War thriller Exocet.

It’s 2125 when a long-separated grandson suddenly arrives on his doorstep looking for answers. Max MacGyver retells their family story and secrets, revealing a century of challenges that they’ve faced. Journey to 2125 is one family’s touching story, across generations, of adventure, rivalry, loss, survival, and resilience.

Der österreichische Adlige Baron Gruner wird verdächtigt, aus Geldgier seine Frau getötet zu haben. Kurz nach ihrem Tod verlobt er sich in England mit der jungen, ebenfalls sehr reichen Lady Violet de Merville. Ein Klient, der unter allen Umständen geheim bleiben möchte, beauftragt Sherlock Holmes durch einen Mittelsmann, diese Hochzeit zu verhindern. Holmes übernimmt den Fall und bezahlt diese Entscheidung fast mit seinem Leben.

Nach monatelanger Arbeitslosigkeit erhält Hall Pycroft gleich zwei Jobangebote an einem Tag - eines verlockender als das andere. Als ihm klar wird, dass es dabei nicht mit rechten Dingen zugegangen ist, ist er bereits Teil einer großangelegten Betrugsaktion, aus der er sich nur durch die tatkräftige Hilfe von Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson befreien kann.

Am Ende ihrer Kräfte wendet sich Helen Stoner an Sherlock Holmes. Die Stieftochter des Menschenfeindes Dr. Grimesby Roylott fürchtet, vor Angst den Verstand zu verlieren. Nicht nur, dass auf dem ruinenhaften Landsitz bereits ihre Zwillingsschwester starb und sie seitdem allein mit dem Despoten Roylott dort lebt - jetzt deuten die gleichen Vorzeichen darauf hin, dass nun ihr Leben in Gefahr ist.

Die Ehefrau des pensionierten Farbenhändlers Josiah Amberley brennt mit ihrem Liebhaber durch. Das allein wäre nicht so schlimm - wenn sie nur nicht sämtliche Ersparnisse von Mr. Amberley hätte mitgehen lassen. Amberley sieht sich daher genötigt, Sherlock Holmes mit der Wiederbeschaffung des Geldes zu beauftragen, um sein Leben nicht im Armenhaus fristen zu müssen. Sherlock Holmes übernimmt den Fall. Und er bringt dabei Dinge ans Tageslicht, mit denen niemand gerechnet hätte.

Henry Trevor bittet den jungen Meisterdetektiv aus Spaß um eine Kostprobe seines Könnens. Holmes gibt sie ihm und enthüllt einige Geheimnisse aus dem Leben Trevors, die dieser lieber weiterhin verborgen hätte. Kurze Zeit später ist Trevor tot. Was ist geschehen?