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To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens, a select group of his family and most ardent admirers from the worlds of literature and entertainment, including Joanna Lumley and Simon Callow, gathered in Highgate Cemetery, burial place of many of the Dickens family, to hear readings from his work introduced by his great-great-grandson Mark Dickens and to discuss his life.

Przeszłość może o sobie przypomnieć i nieźle namieszać w życiu w najbardziej niespodziewanym momencie. Przekonuje się o tym Alicja, odnosząca sukcesy prawniczka, która przed laty straciła miłość swojego życia i została sama z córeczką. Teraz, gdy wreszcie w malowniczej Malinówce znajduje swoje miejsce, a także nowego mężczyznę, nagle jej świat zostaje wywrócony do góry nogami. Czy Alicja zdecyduje się wrócić do tego, co dawno minęło? Czy na nowo pozna smak szczęścia i miłości?

Lady Abigail is a spoilt and selfish noblewoman who thinks everyone should bow to her every whim and desire! In trouble and friendless, an unexpected meeting with shadows from her past shines a light on her selfishness. Will the lady turn or continue in her selfish trajectory?

Córki botanika. Bliźniaczki to dwutomowa powieść romantyczno-przygodowa rozgrywająca się nad polską Biebrzą i w dalekiej Kornwalii na początku XIX wieku. Jej bohaterkami są dwie ekscentryczne siostry, Hortensja i Hiacynta, które nie godzą się na role przypisane kobietom i nieustannie wpadają w tarapaty. Hiacynta Wigura, udając bliźniaczą siostrę Hortensję, przybywa z tajną misją do dworu hrabiostwa Modlińskich. Nieoczekiwanie w majątku pojawia się Connor MacKenzie, podający się za jej szwagra, hrabiego Harcourta. Okazuje się, że przystojny szelma również szuka druidzkiego artefaktu.

Flirtatious American blonde Miss Hailey Duke should never have accepted a summer weekend invitation to Fontaburn Hall. But when the Honourable Archibald Cooke Wellingham’s house party are woken, in the early hours of Sunday morning, it’s too late: Miss Duke’s blood is on their hands. With the aid of Detective Chief Inspector Reynolds, Sergeant Ayari and loyal friend Dr Toby Cropper, Susie Mahl, on a timely commission drawing six racehorses nearby, seizes the opportunity to play detective for a second time.

While you dream, you are at your most vulnerable. What would happen if you slept in haunted locations and allowed the resident spirits to watch you sleep? Join Erin Taylor, paranormal researcher, as she documents 20 nights sleeping in haunted locations in multiple states.

Topsy-Turvy Boat Ride is another of Kitty and Tom’s adventures. Boat rides are serious, so with safety in mind, Betty and Al plan carefully for their curious pets’ first ride. Prone to seasickness, Betty does not go, but helps with the planning. Al is prepared and very patient. However, Kitty and Tom are curious cats that cannot sit still on the boat. Kitty and Tom learn from this adventure, even though things can get a little rocky.

For fans of Toy Story and Charlie Changes into a Chicken, this is the third hilarious, warm-hearted story about a small robot on a big adventure. With illustrations by Ben Mantle bringing Boot's world to life, this is a thrill-ride of an adventure story, stuffed with fun, friendship, and a large...

Each thought serves a different purpose to elevate each individual into his or her own unique direction.

There are eight billion people on this planet and the idea, or box of "NORMAL" that we try to live in is as varied as there are people. Who has the authority to tell us how to behave? It's not natural, it's not right, and it causes stress and illness for far too many humans. This book is a guide to finding freedom and understanding how to understand ourselves. It's a guide to becoming human being and enjoying life.

Apolonia, wdowa i matka czwórki dzieci, mimo że wyszła po raz drugi za mąż, nie do końca czuje się szczęśliwa. Martwi się o swoje pociechy. Najstarsza i najzdolniejsza z nich, Gabrynia, odkrywa budzący się w niej erotyzm, przeżywa pierwszą miłość i pierwsze rozczarowania. Kończy szkołę i rozpoczyna pracę. Odnosi zawodowe sukcesy i poznaje mężczyznę swego życia. Gabrynia jest szczęśliwa i z ufnością patrzy w przyszłość, tym bardziej że marzenia się spełniają jedno po drugim.

Dot Watson has lost her way. Twelve years ago, her life veered off course and the guilt over what happened still haunts her. Before then she was living in Paris, forging an exciting career, now her time is spent visiting her mother's care home, fielding interfering calls from her sister and working at the London Transport Lost Property office, diligently cataloguing items as misplaced as herself. But when elderly Mr Appleby arrives in search of his late wife's purse, his grief stirs something in Dot. Determined to help, she sets off on a mission.

The conflict between the tziganes and the alchemists has turned into war. Led by Damara, the alchemists are intent on destroying the enclave once and for all…and they’ll summon hell itself in order to commit genocide. But what’s unleashed isn’t tamable, nor is it able to be stopped. To save the people she loves, Mirella must team up the enemies she despises the most—and bind her soul to the man willing to do anything to protect her. Time’s up for Mirella. It’s either survival or extinction.

A prisoner seeking his freedom. A woman chosen by the gods. To break himself of his centuries-long bondage, he must capture her. Shin gave everything up for love. Uncaring whether he lives or dies, when he catches a spy in his master’s land, he lets her escape. What he hadn’t been counting on was just how cruel his master can be. Now he must catch the spy or be locked away for eternity in darkness. Pretending to be a woman, he infiltrates a woman’s only temple. Akane the spy is headstrong and determined to not trust him.

Northanger Abbey, a satire of Gothic melodrama, is one of Jane Austen's most popular works. When Catherine Morland is launched into the politics and pitfalls of the Bath social season, she behaves with the cheerful open-mindedness of one of Jane Austen's most eligible classic heroines.

Brought to you by Penguin. Narrated by BAFTA winning actress Joanna Scanlan. From the prize-winning author of Reasons to be Cheerful comes a story about the ebb and flow of female friendship over half a lifetime Susan and Norma have been best friends for years, at first thrust together by force...

A hacker war—17 years in the making—erupts after GlobeCom takes over the world through human chip implants. As dozens of hacker strike teams around the world attempt to relieve GlobeCom of its iron grip on humanity through a coordinated attack on its data centers, Cy is gravely injured, and her husband is killed in the attack. At his funeral, Cy learns the hacker clans are now going after her secret spouse, a chief security officer from GlobeCom’s China hub who has been anonymously feeding the clans insider information to aid their cause.

Laboring in emergency rooms all around the country is a group of dedicated doctors and nurses who just want to make a difference. Some swear, some drink, and some laugh in order to manage their emotions while providing high-quality care in the most unimaginable, shocking, and difficult cases. Among this group of highly skilled medical professionals is Goldie Fisher, a nurse who is completing her first week of orientation at a level one trauma center.

Schwarzwald, 1966: Georg Vogel genießt sein ruhiges Leben am idyllischen Liliensee, wo er nicht nur einen Campingplatz betreibt, sondern auch Erlebnisausflüge für Touristen anbietet. Als bei einem dieser Ausflüge die selbstbewusste Marlies mit von der Partie ist und sich leichtfertig in Gefahr begibt, geraten sie und Georg gehörig aneinander. Doch es kommt, wie es kommen muss. Ein weiterer vermeintlich entspannter Ausflug entwickelt sich schon bald zu einem echten Abenteuer, das die beiden in vielerlei Hinsicht an ihre Grenzen bringt.

At the heart of Oxford University life, the Bodleian Library is one of the oldest working libraries in Europe with some of its reading rooms - the medieval Duke Humfrey’s Library and the circular Radcliffe Camera - immortalised in films, including The Golden Compass the Harry Potter franchise. With access to priceless archives including Jane Austen’s unfinished novel The Watsons, this documentary reveals how the Elizabethan diplomat Sir Thomas Bodley created this extraordinary library and how it flourishes as a modern institution.