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Christmas is coming, and it's everyone's favourite time of the year. But how much do you really know about the festive season and its origins? In this fascinating audiobook, narrator Kent Harris talks us through 50 fascinating facts that you may well not have known. So whether you need reminding of the names of all of Santa's reindeer or want to know which king changed the traditional Christmas dinner from goose to turkey, then this is the perfect addition to your audiobook collection.

What if, instead of trying to predict the future, we could just pick the one we want - and then invent it? Well, we can. Think of the wealth of technological resources already available to us. The computing power in that smartphone in your pocket could have guided 120 million Apollo-era spacecraft to the Moon and back. A gigabyte of memory cost $300,000 in the 1980s - today, it costs a fraction of a penny. Now, try to imagine 2050, when your computing devices will be a million times more powerful or available at one-millionth of today's prices.

Who is Mel Croucher? He can be described in many ways, some of them even printable. Mel is known to many as the godfather of the UK computer games industry. He was there right at the beginning - the pioneer of multimedia - long before most people had even seen a computer, let alone knew what to do with it. Not only were the videogames produced in the early 80s by Mel's company Automata popular, but also the music often released with them garnered a cult following.

Award winning international cartoonist and illustrator Mike Payne is the creator of many successful characters and concepts known all around the world. Over a billion greetings cards featuring his designs have been sold to date, and he is perhaps best known for being the creator of Tatty Teddy from the 'Me to You' concept. This engaging interview sees Mike talk candidly about his life and career, from his time as a public servant through to concepts he is working on today.