This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.There are places in the world, hidden in plain sight, where the ordinary gives way to the extraordinary. It might be a dusty old library, a shimmering pond at twilight, or a creaky attic filled with forgotten treasures. These are the places where magic resides, waiting for the right heart to discover it. Rosie, a young girl with an insatiable curiosity, stumbles upon one such place: a library in the charming town of Willow Creek. This i...

Pierre-François Percy was Surgeon-in-Chief of Napoleon's Grande Armée. This is the first English translation of Baron Percy's notebooks, containing his interesting, revealing, and informative testimony of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic campaigns in which he played an active role, as the most senior surgeon in the French Army, from 1799-1807. In his journal, Percy writes intimately about his life on campaign. He recounts his experiences across Europe, particularly in Switzerland (Helvetia...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In the heart of the magical realm of Windmere, where the air shimmers with enchanted whispers and dragons paint the sky with fiery hues, a thrilling event awaits: the Dragon Games. Every year, children from across the kingdom dream of being chosen to participate in this exhilarating tournament, where they are paired with a dragon to face a series of challenging trials.Lila, a ten-year-old girl, longs to be a part of the Dragon G...

Chris Winters never thought he'd encounter a centuries-old vampire. But after a chance meeting with a vampire named Mikael, he's thrown into a world of darkness while facing off against Drago, the oldest vampire recently reawakened.As Chris delves deeper he uncovers an awful secret, including the terrible truth about his own deceased parents.‘Blood Legacy’ takes the reader on a heart-pounding, blood-curdling journey!

Brought to you by Penguin.A New Formation is an exploration of the unique role that Black British footballers have played in shaping the beautiful game both on and off the pitch, an inventive and highly original analysis of the intersections between football and wider Black British culture.A New Formation is not a book about football and racism. Jacobs and his co-contributors - including authors Musa Okwonga and Aniefiok E...

'The Pie King is back with another beauty of a book' Jamie Oliver'What Calum doesn't know about pies is not worth knowing' Angela HartnettFrom the iconic Pork Pie to the little-known Buckinghamshire Bacon Badger, in this delicious new book, Calum Franklin, best-selling author of The Pie Room, gives British pies the appreciation they deserve.One of the oldest forms of British cooking, every ...

This is a contemporary novel about West Coast, USA. It explores the often confused images of a whole generation. Jack is a metaphor for the often rootless face of a nation that is troubled by its soul. The novel should be read as a humorous tale of the often tangled web we weave for ourselves. Throughout the story, there is the motif of hope and excitement, for the USA is truly a cosmopolitan country that expands on many cultures and beliefs. Jack Nicholson encompasses these cultures and i...

This unique reflection on the world of Robert Burns places a range of photographic artworks by celebrated Scottish artist Calum Colvin alongside poems written in response to each work by 'weel-kent' Scots poet Rab Wilson. Colvin's multi-referential artworks are concerned with the very process of looking, perceiving and interpreting. The potential meaning of any individual piece is intrinsically linked to the viewer's personal deconstruction of the image. Utilising the unique fixed-point pe...

This book will help us to know how to be a professional tennis player. With just the simple guide.

Around half the scientists researching artificial intelligence (AI) think that a conscious AI at or beyond human level will be created by 2050. If they are right, the consequence could be an intelligence explosion, in which the AI rapidly and enormously exceeds human cognitive ability. Pandora's Brain is a science thriller by best-selling author Calum Chace. It uses the issues raised by the coming machine intelligence explosion as a platform for a fast-paced and thought-provoking adventure...

A guide for Canadians on how to use real estate as an investment and retirement solution.Leveraging equity in a principal residence and using it wisely to purchase rental property is the solution to a safe, secure retirement for millions of Canadians.Many Canadians who own their home have never considered buying a second property. And nearly one-third of retirees are worried about running out of money. The Real Estate Retirement Plan shows how homeowners can use the tools already available...

An ambitious look at rhetoric and psychosis that explores how communities form when society collapsesAmerican society seems to have fractured. Common touchpoints of authority have receded in recent decades and beliefs that were once taboo are now openly shared, from neo-Nazism to occultism to conspiracy thinking. In this book, Calum Lister Matheson goes beyond the fraying of contemporary American culture to ask how splinter communities form in our current media env...