A sharply observed, big-hearted novel about love, money, miscommunication, and the courage to want less when you're being offered more.They say money changes everything. But what if you were already happy before it arrived?Alice Cash always considered herself lucky. A kind husband. Two lovely children. A cosy house. A three-star Spanish holiday every year. What more could anyone want?Then her husband Freddie wins £2.3 million—and everything begins t...

Mick wants to know when he’s going to die. Luckily—or unluckily—there’s an app for that…Dr. Mick Strong has bought himself something unusual for his seventy-fifth birthday: a LifeTime projection. This new tech crunches data including your medical history, diet, and lifestyle to predict how much—or little—time you’ve got left.That’s all well and good, but he’s also bought them for his daughter, his grandchildren, and even his eleven-year-old great-grandson. ...

His wife is leaving him. He's just won the lottery. Does she really need to know? A hilarious debut novel of love, luck, and hard-to-keep secrets . . .This audiobook is narrated using advanced digital voice technology for clear, natural-sounding storytelling.A thirty-something English teacher and amateur linguist, Jack just about makes ends meet—as does his Aussie fitness-instructor, soon-to-be ex-wife. She's finally run out of patience with Jack. W...

A group of young campers sat around in a large tent. "We have a lot of questions," they said, "and many of them are about sex and marriage; not everyone is prepared to talk about these subjects; will you help us?" Their camp leader was young enough to remember his own teenage years and he wasn't afraid to face the issues. "Sure I will," he said, "provided you're willing to accept the answers the Bible gives." So they got started. Questions flowed thick and fast. "How can you be sure of God...

Alan Toms was a missionary who devoted many years of his life to missionary work in Burma (now Myanmar) and who was also known for his devotional writing, much of which centred around the person of the Lord Jesus Christ and the encouragement of his disciples.Volume 1 contains a brief background to his life and work and 65 of his short devotional thoughts. Volume 2 contains a further 73 thoughts. Rather like "Chicken Soup For The Soul", each volume is ideal to be read in one sitting...

This book from Bible teacher Alan Toms contains 3 separate books. The first is 'Gems From Jeremiah' - the book of the Old Testament Prophet Jeremiah is perhaps one of the least read Bible books. This short book provides a first point of entry to the book by looking at some of the key content and drawing out practical encouragement and teaching for Christians today. The second is 'Pictures of Christ in Genesis' - 12 short meditations on how we can see the Lord Jesus Christ in the stories an...

Sydney actor, Aileen Huynh presents five new short Australian stories written by authors under 30 and narrated by professional actors. Each story has been selected by editors at the Australian short story publishing house, Spineless Wonders. You’ll hear about a levitating housemate, a zombie in the make-up department, a haunted tree and a deadly workplace. Narrators include Eleni Schumacher, Briallen Clarke, Tom Burt and Daniel Fischer. We hope you enjoy Slinkies audio.

With over 200 individual fact citations into over 100 different sources, Kings of Tort has been impeccably researched. It used primary sources like the highly acclaimed book by Michael Orey entitled Assuming the Risk and Dan Zegart's book Civil Warriors. The book has also sourced information via articles from publications and media outlets such as the Clarion Ledger, the Sun Herald, the Northeast MS Daily Journal, WLBT, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Washi...

Welcome to the topsy-turvy world of the anxious traveller, where panic strikes in the most serene situations, where each time you're convinced that the symptoms are in fact physical and your lungs or heart will stop working, and the only relief is a paramedic telling you that you won't die despite being stuck with them in an ambulance in a smoky Global Southern gridlock.Over the last twenty years, writer and academic Tom Sykes has been lucky enough to travel all over the world. But...

The Big 50: Detroit Tigers: The Men and Moments that Made the Detroit Tigers is an amazing, full-color look at the 50 men and moments that made the Tigers the Tigers. Award-winning beat writer Tom Gage recounts the living history of the Tigers, counting down from No. 50 to No. 1. Big 50: Tigers brilliantly brings to life the Tigers' remarkable story, from Ty Cobb and Kirk Gibson to the rollercoaster that was the "Bless You Boys" era to Justin Verlander's no-hitters and up...

Broad in scope and with global appeal The Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry, second edition is the definitive resource on old age psychiatry. It comprehensively provides the latest knowledge on the science and practice of treating later life mental disorders, focusing on the health and social issues that arise around ageing, dementia, co-morbidity, dependency, and the end of life in progressively ageing societies across the world. Published in previous incarnations as the much...

Executives from The Second City—the world’s premier comedy theater and school of improvisation—reveal improvisational techniques that can help any organization develop innovators, encourage adaptable leaders, and build transformational businesses.For more than fifty years, The Second City comedy theater in Chicago has been a training ground for some of the best comic minds in the industry—including John Belushi, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Mike Myers, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, ...