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Iphicrates was one of the first truly respect military tacticians in the ancient world. His skillful planning for battle was respected even by enemies, and he is one of the few Greek generals who managed to live a good life. Brought not too high or low by fate or fortune, his life is an interesting dive into how skill and dedication can pay off in any time.

Young, impressionable Aubrey is fascinated by the enigmatic Lord Ruthven, and accompanies him on a tour to Europe. But Aubrey develops a growing distaste for Lord Ruthven’s sinister and grotesque conduct - especially as it concerns human blood. This novella, penned during that tempestuous night in Switzerland amongst such notables as Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and Mary Shelley, served as the great inspiration for Bram Stoker to create Dracula.

Winner of the Writers Guild Award for Best Radio Comedy and the Comedy.co.uk awards for Best Radio Sketch Show! Celia Imrie, Alison Steadman, John Bird and Rebecca Front are among the cast of these BBC Radio 4 comedy dramas from the writer and producers of Cabin Pressure. These six self-contained duologues, each one brimming with humour and charm, come from the pen of John Finnemore, author and star of the award-winning John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme.

The complete fifth series of BBC Radio 4's award-winning sketch show, written by and starring the writer of Cabin Pressure. John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme has won a host of awards, including the 2015 BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Scripted Comedy with Live Audience. Written by and starring John Finnemore, this fifth series of the hit show returns with more witty wordplay and laugh-out-loud sketches.

Based on the epic novel by Nobel Laureate John Steinbeck. Set during the Great Depression, tells the powerful story of the Joad family’s trek from the dust bowl of Oklahoma to the promise of a new life in California. But what they find threatens to rip apart their lives, and sever the ties that bind them together.

**WINNER of the BBC Audio Drama Award 2015 for Best Scripted Comedy (Studio Audience)** John Finnemore, writer and star of Cabin Pressure, returns in four episodes of his own sketches, as heard on BBC Radio. These episodes feature a tiger with a gun, reveal the truth behind the war effort, visit...

Cabin Pressure is set in the wing and a prayer world of a tiny, one-plane charter airline; staffed by two pilots, one on his way down, and one who was never up to start with. Whether hunting for polar bears or a cleverly-hidden lemon, no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult...

George Smiley is one of the most brilliantly realised characters in British fiction. Bespectacled, tubby, eternally middle-aged and deceptively ordinary, he has a mind like a steel trap and is said to possess ‘the cunning of Satan and the conscience of a virgin’. Smiley, now head of the...

Cabin Pressure is set in the wing and a prayer world of a tiny, one-plane charter airline; staffed by two pilots, one on his way down, and one who was never up to start with. Whether flying actresses to Italy, cricketers to the Sahara, or a cat to Abu Dhabi, no job is too small, but many, many...

In Naked Prey, John Sandford puts Lucas Davenport through some changes. His old boss, Rose Marie Roux, has moved up to the state level and taken Lucas with her, creating a special troubleshooter job for him for the cases that are too complicated or politically touchy for others to handle. In...

An intimate journey across America, as told by one of its most beloved writers To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light—these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had...

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Shaheen Khan. This definitive recording includes an introduction by J. D. Smith, read by Sagar Arya. The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian...

El autor de Yo era un cabr*n amargado, The Angry Therapist, ahora te enseña cómo priorizar tu relación contigo mismo y vivir una vida más significativa, ya sea que estés solo, saliendo o con una pareja. Hay más en la vida que amar a alguien. Pero estar sin pareja puede parecer una...

Campo de prisioneros Stalag Luft 13, Alemania, Segunda Guerra Mundial. El joven teniente Tommy Hart, único superviviente de la tripulación de un B-25 abatido durante un bombardeo, pasa sus días confinado en un campo de prisioneros alemán, ajeno a las actividades cotidianas de sus compañeros de encierro. Solitario, dedica su tiempo a estudiar Derecho, carrera que tuvo que interrumpir cuando estalló la guerra.

El autor de Elimina la prisa de tu vida y Vivir sin mentiras, bestsellers del New York Times, muestra a sus lectores qué los detiene de seguir auténticamente a Jesús, y revela las prácticas contraculturales para conectarse con una fe vibrante de por vida.

John Olivey, an officer in the Long Range Desert Group, saw action in the Western Desert, where he was awarded the Military Cross; he fought in the Dodecanese, for which he was decorated a second time; and saw active service on mainland Greece, and in Istria. In autumn 1943, he was deployed to the Aegean and in October tasked with leading 'Olforce' in an ill-conceived operation to take the island of Levitha. Of some fifty LRDG, he was one of only seven to avoid capture. During the battle for Leros in November, he commanded X2 Patrol at Clidi, a key hilltop position.

¿Sientes que hay algo poderoso dentro de ti que aún no has despertado? ¿Te gustaría liberarte de las dudas, miedos y creencias limitantes que frenan tu camino hacia el éxito? Este audiolibro es tu punto de partida para transformar tu vida desde adentro.

Una niña de trece años que desaparece sin dejar rastro. Cuatro jóvenes blancos asesinados. Dos policías retirados que no quieren o no pueden hablar. Un narcotraficante entre rejas con más información de la que debiera, y una pareja de policías empeñados en descubrir la verdad: una perfecta combinación para un thriller fenomenal, como solo John Katzenbach podría escribirlo.

Oltre 15 milioni di copie vendute. Tradotto in 40 lingue. Un classico che continua a cambiare le relazioni da più di 20 anni. Gli uomini vengono da Marte, le donne da Venere non è solo un libro: è una chiave per decifrare il mistero della comunicazione tra uomo e donna. Con la sua intuizione brillante — uomini e donne parlano "lingue emotive" diverse — John Gray ci mostra come smettere di fraintenderci e iniziare finalmente a capirci.

With the Battle of Portlandia behind him, Chase is a hero now, and the rank and file truly believe he's the prince the Command Team claims he is. For his part, Chase has made his choice, and now he's committed. As the face of the revolution, he's in it to win it because anything else will lead to his death. The twenty-five million-credit bounty on his head will see to that.