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For the female poet there was always the confining hand of men to instruct that their time was perhaps spent more productively elsewhere. These lines, these gilded verses often protest otherwise. The contribution of women in these earlier centuries is immense, and in this series we bring together poets who have created some of the most beautiful and expressive verses ever written. And remember these words, these telling lines, have been written against the grain of society's male bias. With their remembered words these female poets have given us a history that we can all now share.

Psalm 23 is for every life season. Take a gentle journey through Psalm 23 with best-selling author Elizabeth George and explore 12 life-changing truths God wants you to know. David, a man known for his great faith…and great failures…reveals how God gave him strength in the midst of...

Make His desire your own... become the woman of excellence God designed you to be. Genuine peace and joy come when women follow God in every area of their lives—and become women after His heart. With warmth and grace, Elizabeth George shares practical, scriptural insights on how you can pursue...

Elizabeth George's Loving God with All Your Mind (more than 200,000 copies sold) has been revised and expanded. Elizabeth lets women know that loving the Lord involves action! Focusing on six main scripture passages, she helps listeners understand what it means to truly let your mind think on what is true about God and about life; grasp and move toward God's purpose for life; and trust the Lord in all things. 

Two murders, one on the heels of the other, point in the direction of Thomas Lynley's younger brother Peter - a cocaine addict who ruins Thomas' engagement party, then disappears on the evening of the second murder.

On Whidbey Island, secrets never stay buried. A mysterious girl who won't speak; a coal-black seal named Nera that returns to the same place every year; a bitter feud of unknown origin - strange things are happening on Whidbey Island and Becca King is drawn into the maelstrom of events. But Becca, first met in The Edge of Nowhere, has her own secrets to hide. Still on the run from her criminal stepfather, Becca is living in a secret location.

Becca King and her mother are on the run from her stepfather who has used Becca's talent for hearing 'whispers' to make a large and illegal sum of money. Now their options for safety are running out. In the town of Langley on Whidbey Island, Becca finds refuge in the home of her mother's...

At just 12 years old, Matt must face serious challenges in the Maine wilderness while awaiting his father's return to their cabin. When he is saved from a terrifying bee swarm attack by an Indian chief and his grandson Attean, Matt gains a valuable friend in the young Indian boy. As the boys...

Hailed by The New York Times as ""a master of the British Mystery,"" award-winning author Elizabeth George is cherished by readers on both sides of the Atlantic. Her first collection of short stories is an extraordinary offering that deftly explores the lengths to which people will go to get...

It is barely three months since the murder of his wife and Thomas Lynley takes to the South-West Coast Path in Cornwall, determined to walk its length in an attempt to distract himself from his loss. On the forty-third day of this walk, he sees a cliff climber fall to his death, apparently...

Første gang, Thomas Lynley og overbetjent Barbara Havers fra Scotland Yard arbejder sammen, er på mordsagen om den halshuggede mand i laden. Det er ikke en sag for sarte sjæle. Da Cromwells soldater for trehundrede år siden tromlede gennem Keldale Valley i Yorkshire, søgte hele landsbyen tilflugt i Keldale kloster. Og sagnet fortæller, at et barn begyndte at skrige, og at landsbyboerne kvalte det af frygt for at blive opdaget. Nu er dalen atter hjemsøgt af et brutalt mord.

Elena Weaver udstrålede intelligens og seksualitet med sine små kjoler og skinnende smykker. Som studerende på St. Stephen’s College i Cambridge levede Elena et liv fuld af tilfældige, lidenskabelige og intense forhold; et liv fuld af mellemværender, som skulle afgøres, og mål, som skulle opnås. En morgen, da Elena var ude på sin sædvanlige løbetur langs floden Cam, blev hun tæsket til døde af en person, der havde ligget på lur ved flodbredden.

Det usædvanlig bestialske drab på en journalist i Cornwall er blot ouverturen til den række uhyggelige begivenheder, som kriminalassistent Thomas Lynley stilles overfor i "En passende hævn". Den adelige opdager fra Scotland Yard må undvære sin sædvanlige makker, Barbara Havers, og optrevlingen af sagen kompliceres yderligere, da en gammel familietragedie på Howenstow-godset, Lynleys fædrene hjem, kommer for dagen.

En modbydelig mordsag havner på detektiverne Lynley og Havers skrivebord, da der kommer melding om, at en 13-årig dreng er sporløst forsvunden fra den fine kostskole, hans forældre har indskrevet ham på. Da liget af den mishandlede dreng snart efter dukker op, bliver Lynley og Havers ikke meget klogere på morderens motiver. Som opklaringen af forbrydelsen skrider frem, kommer Lynley og Havers i kontakt med en række personer, der alle bliver dybt berørt af efterforskningen, og som - for de flestes vedkommende - også bærer rundt på en alvorlig hemmelighed.

Et teaterselskab fra London indlogerer sig på et koldt gods i Skotland for at blive præsenteret for deres nye og temmelig kontroversielle stykke. Næste morgen bliver stykkets forfatterinde, Joy Sinclair, fundet myrdet i sin seng, naglet til madrassen med en kniv gennem halsen. Scotland Yard sætter kriminalassistent Thomas Lynley og overbetjent Barbara Havers på opklaringsarbejdet med ordre om at holde sagen ude af pressen så længe som muligt.

Hartaana uskovaisen ja hyvänä perheenisänä tunnettu William Teys löydetään raa’asti murhattuna. ”Minä sen tein. Enkä kadu”, sanoo parhaimpiinsa pukeutunut Roberta Teys isänsä päättömän ruumiin äärellä. Yorkshiressa sijaitsevan rauhallisen Keldalen kylän asukkaat ovat järkyttyneitä. Onko Roberta murhaaja? Ainakaan kylä pappi, isä Hart, ei usko hänen syyllisyyteensä.

Calderin nummelta muinaisen kivikehän varjosta löydetään miehen ja naisen ruumiit. Molemmat ovat kuolleet väkivaltaisesti, vaikkakin eri tavoin. Naisuhri tunnistetaan Nicola Maideniksi. Hänen isänsä Andy Maiden työskenteli aikoinaan keskusrikospoliisin salaisimmassa yksikössä ja on rikoskomisario Thomas Lynleyn entinen kollega ja oppi-isä.

Essexissä pakistanilaisen miehen kuolema kuohuttaa hiljaisen Balford-le-Nezin asukkaat hereille. Rapistuneessa lomakaupungissa se on ensimmäinen "epäilyttävä kuolemantapaus" yli viiteen vuoteen. Uhri on pienen mutta voimistuvan aasialaisyhteisön jäsen Haytham Querashi, jonka ruumis löydetään rannalta sodanaikaisesta bunkkerista.

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume Two is the second instalment of our wide-ranging classic collections. Volume Two features 13 essential classic novels from Jane Austen; Edith Wharton; Leo Tolstoy; D.H. Lawrence, and many more, alongside selected poetry from Christina Rossetti; Elizabeth Browning; and Emily Dickinson. Read by a cast of incredible narrators including Joanne Froggatt, Adjoa Andoh, Jonathan Keeble, and many more, this is your new go-to collection to catch up on those classics you've always wanted to hear.

Sci-Fi: The Definitive Collection is a collection of 29 classic science fiction novels and stories, read by esteemed cast of award-winning narrators. Included here are stories by some of the most iconic science fiction writers of all time, including H.G. Wells; Jules Verne; H.P. Lovecraft; Maragret Cavendish; Yevgeny Zamyatin; and more.