Eleven BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas telling the stories of Mary Queen of Scots and the Stuart royalsUnder the Stuarts, Britain entered the modern world. But with great change came turmoil, and for 111 years, the Stuart monarchs faced dynastic struggles, religious conflict, the rise of parliamentary democracy – and civil war. These dramas chart that turbulent epoch through its royal family, from Mary, Queen of Scots to the ‘last Stuart’, Bonnie Prince Charlie’s daug...

Mike Walker’s gripping BBC Radio drama about money, art, religion, politics and powerFlorence, 1415. Banker Cosimo Medici is looked down upon as a jumped up money-changer. Then he marries the noble Contessina de Bardi and becomes the richest man in Europe. But his wealth and power threaten the Florentine elite, who are determined to bring him down...However, the House of Medici cannot be crushed that easily. Sixty years and many violent deaths later, the fa...

The Bristol Omnibus Company can trace its origins to 1875, when Sir George White formed the Bristol Tramways Company. The company operated its first city bus service, a horse-bus to Clifton, in 1887 and first introduced motor buses in 1906. Not satisfied with the vehicles that it had bought, in 1908 the company began to manufacture its own buses and soon began to sell them to other operators as well, Bristol buses being built for use both in Britain and abroad for 75 years. Bristol buses c...

The question is not, “Do you have the Right Stuff?” You do. What you want the answer to is, “What is the Right Stuff and how do I use it?” The book, told in short stories and without jargon, shows you how to control your mind and body to survive disasters: shots fired at the mall, an explosion at a restaurant, terrorist bombing at a sporting event or your church. You learn how to switch your mind and body from the primitive reaction of Fight, Flight, Freeze to reasoned decision making. No ...

Far above dominion and every name that is named, not only in this world but also in the world which is to come. It places us far above sin, far above sickness, far above addictions, far above fears, far above poverty, far above loneliness, and far above the powers of the devil. Not only is Jesus risen from the dead, but He has now ascended, and Christ Jesus is Revealed! You will be amazed at the impact of knowing the titles and names given to Jesus and the unique role those names serve in ...

In 2006 after pastoring for just over 20 years my relationship with God took on a radical change. In January our grandson Andre' passed away suddenly and everything in my life began to spiral. How could this happen to my grandson, after all there was power and passion in "my" preaching, there was faith in "my" prayers, and there were systems and protocols established in "my" church. How could this happen? Did God cause this devastating event in our family, because perhaps I was falling sho...

Reality TV has never been juicier! Gossip columnist, Howard Stern radio show personality, and National Enquirer reporter Mike Walker dishes all the gossip on TV land's reality shows and stars in this exposé . Riveting and explosive, the "Guru of Gossip" shares the behind-the-scenes drama of television's most popular shows of the 21st century such as American Idol, The Apprentice, and Survivor. Here is the real, inside scoop on all the "heroes" and "villa...

The Bristol Tramways Company started operating buses in 1906 to feed traffic into their tram services from beyond Bristol’s city boundaries. In 1910, a branch of the company was opened in Weston-super-Mare, and the company would go on to open its first bus station on the seafront there in the 1930s. Following the Second World War, other bus stations would be built at Wells and Bath. Following the war, the Bristol Omnibus Company, as it was re-named, was under state control and it became pa...

Like everyone around the globe, the Dewey family was impacted by Covid in many ways. While the pandemic era altered theirlandscapes, they pushed through and found strength and love to help overcome illness andtragedy. Inspired by real-lifecircumstances, these are thestories of triumph for a family on the coast that will make you laugh and cry, and will lift your spirit and renew your confidence in the human condition.

This introductory textbook introduces the basics of dating, the range of techniques available and the strengths and limitations of each of the principal methods.Coverage includes:the concept of time in Quaternary Science and related fieldsthe history of dating from lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphythe development and application of radiometric methodsdifferent methods in dating: radiometric dating, incremental dating, relative dating ...

A collection of dramas set in South and Central America by acclaimed dramatist Mike WalkerAn award-winning dramatist, author and feature writer, Mike Walker has written numerous original dramas for BBC Radio 4, including his epic chronicles Tsar, Caesar!, The Stuarts and Castle of the Hawk. Collected here are five of his gripping dramas from the 1980s and '90s, set around the Amazon rainforest and Nicaragua.Broken Wings and Bri...

A light-hearted comedy drama about a mother, daughter and grandmother living together under one roof – based on the stories by Guardian columnist Michele HansonWhat does it feel like to be middle-aged? For Gillian it feels like being twenty-seven in your own head, sixty-five in the mirror, ninety to your children and your mother still thinking you're twelve…Gillian lives with her 19-year-old daughter and 89-year-old mother, and life is a constant b...