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In this last book in the trilogy about Gabrielle Allan, the listener finds Gay and her great-aunt, Belle, about to start a new life in a setting far different from their much-loved Drovers Road. The sheep station of Cape Lost is now Gay’s responsibility, and regardless of her three years’ study at the Massey Agricultural College, both the isolation and tasks ahead seem alarming. Despite its remote and nearly inaccessible location, a surprising cast of new and old characters converge on the station’s windswept, sea-edged expanse.

As the story of Cape Lost opens, an important new thread is about to be woven into the life of teenage Gabrielle Allan. Home from boarding school for the summer holidays, she and Merry are once more happily on horseback in the New Zealand hills. They are helping their Uncle Dunsany bring a herd of sheep to Cape Lost, the station owned by their great-uncle Garnet. Considered eccentric, Garnet Allan has lived all alone on the remote station bordering the sea ever since the mysterious disappearance of his young and beautiful wife many years before.

In December of 1936, King Edward VIII of Great Britain shocked the world by giving up his kingdom in order to marry a twice-divorced American commoner named Wallis Simpson. The King and Mrs. Simpson recounts in a novella-sized work the extraordinary love story between the popular king and the enigmatic woman that began at a party in England and culminated with the downfall of his reign nearly six years later.

You’ve heard of Zeus, Poseidon, Aphrodite, etc. But what do you know about the Greek underworld, minor gods, and mythical beasts? Do you know how these stories were passed on from generation to generation or what significance they held for the people who believed in them? This fascinating audiobook introduces readers to the canon of Greek mythology and its influence on the world today in language, storytelling, and even science. 

The enigmatic family saga the Tryptych I continues as Elsa discovers new secrets in the family’s past with a lot of hope for the future. Special emphasis on children with Williams Syndrome. Please donate generously to their cause: williams-syndrome.org. 

This is a wonderful, simple audiobook about Popsicles and the recipes for making simple and easy-to-make icy treats. It has been written by eight-year-old Nodi Khan; this is her first ever published work. The audiobook is great for kids of all ages during summer, or any season, really. It is full of funny writing by a very young, lovely, and upcoming writer.

Cv/VAR 50 publishes an interview with the artist Helen Chadwick (1953-96), recorded at her Beck Road studio in 1989. It explores the body-action-photographic works distilled in installations such as Ego Geometria Sum and Of Mutability, and the cromalin prints of 1989: Viral Landscapes, prepared for exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art Oxford in 1990.

Young Martin is your average nine-year-old boy, just one who happens to frequent graveyards, and reads books about spells and monsters. He happens upon one such spell book and finds a spell that allows him to bring back the dead, and the one he brings back is one Young Miss Victoria Blackwell. Miss Blackwell had no real friends to speak of when she was alive, so she had to make ones out of her own imagination. The problem was no one else could see them. With Martin's Book of the Occult though, that was a problem of the past.

This book gives you a fascinating insight into the psychology of creativity, and how you can use it on your journey to becoming an author. Writing a book is a complex process including several different states of mind. After many years of trying to find new ways to write, edit and publish my own work, I stumbled on a foolproof method for overcoming writer's block at every stage of the process. You can do this too, by following the practical solutions presented here.

Listen to a story about a baby sea turtle named Daughtry who, instead of following the moon to the sea, visits it. With the help of a few crafty sand owls, not only does the turtle clean up the beach, it learns and unlocks the secrets of the wild stars, and beyond. 

Lost in the other entrance, Davy discovers himself in different forms. Every-one and every-thing are just waves being surfed. Look out for the set and hang ten! If not, just duck-dive, bra.

Story about an uninspired T-Rex dinosaur named Gormore who is trying to find its life’s purpose. With a little encouragement and a new racetrack stadium built in the neighborhood, Gormore will soon be speeding through its wildest dreams faster than it can blink!

Gentle mental reminders of what to be.

A story about a quirky deer and his high-sprung garden snake who attempt to rescue all their friends, who are trapped dairy cows.

Woodrow and the Ants is a story about an overly gracious bear with impaired hearing who, after taking on the responsibility to shield a selected group of bees, offers to help a colony of ants whom, in return, reward him for his efforts with a special key. A key to what? Connect with Big Row today on this new mystery throughout the wilderness.

King Platty of Cypress has recognized the Archer Otters’ accomplishments and has deemed them eligible for knighthood.

Story about a spider named Hickery who crawled into an electric socket and became an oversized marshmallow. Now ten times his original size, there are not many professions he’s fit for. Hickery is forced into the underground sumo wrestling world of the kitchen cabinets, until he meets someone who inspires him to appreciate the ups and downs of life.

Spell enrolls at the Whisper Shook University to tighten her magic. While at school, she falls in love, and also in trouble. With the help of her new friends, there is no mystery or monster this clan cannot handle.

All of Splitz the Tuffa’s hard work is finally paying off! Splitz has been gaining a lot of attention and momentum throughout the music scene in the woods. It is time to get a record deal! Is Splitz ready? Is the world ready for the toughest skunk in the animal kingdom?! Bah-bam! You better be, because he is, and he just got signed!

There was a time when author Ash Adams didn’t know God. It was a long time, more than half of her life. In Lambent Light, she shares her story, showing how blind she was to God. She was indifferent to his existence.