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Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter what he does or the decisions he makes, when death comes, Harry always returns to where he began, a child with all the knowledge of a life he has already lived a dozen times before. Nothing ever changes. Until now. As Harry nears the end of his 11th life, a little girl appears at his bedside. "I nearly missed you, Doctor August", she says. "I need to send a message". This is the story of what Harry does next, and what he did before, and how he tries to save a past he cannot change and a future he cannot allow.

A cat ... a ping-pong ball ... a drunken gardener ... With these slight clues to go on Detective-Inspector Bonaparte investigates the mysterious death of famous author, Mervyn Blake, who dies an agonizing death late one night in his writing room. But how did he die? No one knows. No one that is until Bony's acute observation of human nature uncovers the murderer - and the method used to kill Blake.

After walking through the portal in the Tower of Swallows and narrowly escaping death, Ciri finds herself in a completely different world. . . an Elven world. Time does not seem to exist and there are no obvious borders or portals to cross back into her home world. She is trapped. But this is the child of prophecy, and she will not be defeated. She knows she must escape to finally rejoin the Witcher and his companions—and also to conquer her worst nightmare. Leo Bonhart, the man who chased, wounded, and tortured Ciri, is still on her trail. And the world is still at war.

Trapped in a world where wizards rule, the Blackwood brothers from New Orleans have become entangled in events that threaten to upend the Realm. Oldest brother Val, sentenced to die in wizard prison, is forced to undertake a quest for the Congregation to try to win his freedom, but it might cost him his soul. Reunited with an old companion, Caleb must overcome his personal demons as he braves the dangers of the Barrier Coast to warn his ancestors of the coming invasion.

It is 4034 AD. Humanity has made it to the stars. Fassin Taak, a Slow Seer at the Court of the Nasqueron Dwellers, will be fortunate if he makes it to the end of the year.

A terrifying vision of scientific progress without moral limits, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein leads the listener on an unsettling journey from the sublime beauty of the Swiss alps to the desolate waste of the arctic circle. Obsessed with the idea of creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material with which to fashion a new being, shocking his creation to life with electricity. But this botched creature, rejected by its creator and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy Frankenstein and all that he holds dear.

Damien left Mountain Hall victorious, eager to reunite with Sylph and spend some much-earned time relaxing. The Corruption has other ideas. Plans set into motion eons ago are finally clicking into place. The greatest threat this Cycle has seen mounts on the horizon, but the nobles can’t even settle their petty disputes, much less present a united front against the end of the world.

The Nelsons have grown tired of waiting for danger to come to them. Now they are going to take the fight to their enemy. Whether that be hit and run attacks against a much larger goblin army by Emily, a raid into the sewers under the capital by Jackson, or the final confrontation with Duke Holstein, they are taking their destiny into their own hands.

The Nile, like all of Egypt, is both timeless and ever-changing. In this audio, renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes us on a journey downriver that is both history and travelogue. We begin at the First Nile Cataract, close to the modern city of Aswan. From there, Wilkinson guides us through the illustrious nation birthed by this great river.

An Inspector Bonaparte Mystery. The Answerth family's mansion seems to deserve its nickname of "Venom House". Perhaps that's because of its forbidding setting, an island in the centre of a man-made lake, its treacherous waters studded by the skeletons of long-dead trees. Perhaps it's because of the unquiet ghosts of the Aborigines slaughtered by Answerth ancestors. Or perhaps it's just because the Answerth household is such a strange one.

Our most respected scientific literature is bursting with evidence that elevated uric acid levels lie at the root of many pervasive health conditions, but mainstream medicine for the most part remains unaware of this connection. Offering an engaging blend of science and practical advice, Drop Acid exposes the deadly truth about uric acid and teaches invaluable strategies to manage its levels.

Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paper to write the definitive murder story of his career. He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder. But as he delves into the story, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus. The kid might actually be innocent.

Tonight, Osmond Box, the reclusive yet wildly successful writer/director known for his completely surprising Broadway plays, is debuting his seventh and most highly anticipated production of his career: The Guilty. Nothing is known about the story, the setting, the premise, or even the actors involved. The first people to discover the truth will be the lucky ones sitting in those seats opening night.

Come with us to an Enchanted Place, a forest where Winnie-the-Pooh lived with Piglet, Rabbit, Owl, Eeyore, Kanga, and Little Roo. The stories are about Christopher Robin and these good companions having wonderful times getting in and out of trouble. It is all very exciting and, really, quite thrilling no matter how young or old you may be. It is painful to try and imagine what the world would be like without them.

Walter, Ashley, and Karen ride the dragon Thigocia in search of her son, Gabriel. When they find an army of giants hibernating in the depths of the earth, they meet a mysterious girl named Sapphira Adi who claims to be thousands of years old. Sapphira reveals a sinister plot. The giants will soon awaken and rise to conquer and destroy, and only dragons can defeat them.

Anglo-Irish author Oliver Goldsmith was one of the most accomplished writers of the 18th century. A novelist, playwright, poet and essayist, he came to fame with his novel The Vicar of Wakefield and comic play She Stoops to Conquer. Both those classics are included here, with star casts including Julia McKenzie, Amanda Root, Peter Jeffrey and Sunny Ormonde.

Superstar Maria Gibson wird beschuldigt, ihren Ex-Mann, den erfolgreichen Musikproduzenten Neil Gibson, ermordet zu haben. Doch die Sängerin beteuert ihre Unschuld und wendet sich hilfesuchend an Sherlock & Watson. Die tauchen ein in das lukrative Geschäft der Musikindustrie, in der viele bereit sind, für Ruhm und Reichtum ihre Prinzipien über Bord zu werfen. Hat Maria ihren ehemaligen Manager und Ehemann wirklich aus Habgier umgebracht? Oder führen die wahren Gründe tiefer in die Vergangenheit? Als eine weitere Leiche auftaucht, ist klar: Sherlocks & Watson stehen vor einer großen Herausforderung.

Diesmal ermittelt Sherlock in seinem bisher persönlichsten Fall: Sein Bruder Mycroft wird beschuldigt, Rita Burnet, ein stadtbekanntes Callgirl, mit einem Messer umgebracht zu haben. Die Indizien belasten ihn und die Polizei ist von seiner Schuld überzeugt. Doch was ist in jener dunklen Gasse wirklich passiert? War es eine missglückte Mission des Geheimdienstes oder hatte noch jemand ganz anderes seine Finger im Spiel? Die Uhr tickt, denn zu allem Überfluss schwebt Mycroft seit dem Vorfall in Lebensgefahr.

Unter spektakulären Umständen wird das Bild "We are all Napoleon" des berühmten Street-Art-Künstlers Moneyman aus einem Privatmuseum geraubt. Die Polizei tappt im Dunkeln und Inspektor Lestrade lässt sich nur widerwillig von Sherlock & Watson bei der Suche nach den Tätern unterstützen. Warum hatten die es nur auf das eine Kunstwerk abgesehen? Hat es etwas damit zu tun, dass niemand die wahre Identität von Moneyman kennt? Sherlock & Watsons Wege führen in die moderne Kunstwelt, in der die Gier nach Profit längst die Macht übernommen hat. Als das Bild plötzlich wieder auftaucht, ist das Rätsel damit jedoch noch lange nicht gelöst.

Die Enthüllungsjournalistin Violet Hunter wurde entführt − und bis jetzt fehlt jedes Lebenszeichen von ihr. Zuletzt arbeitete sie an einer Story über moderne Sklaverei und hatte sich dafür inkognito als Angestellte in eine Reinigungsfirma eingeschlichen. Sherlock & Watson nehmen die Ermittlungen auf und entdecken ein menschenverachtendes System von Ausbeutung und Abhängigkeiten. Doch als dann mehrere Frauenleichen, allesamt asiatischstämmig, gefunden werden, nimmt der Fall noch viel größere Dimensionen an und reicht bis an die höchsten Regierungskreise.