Venture into the magical and mystical world of Serafina and the Twisted Staff – the sequel to the New York Times bestselling and Goodreads Choice Awards finalist, Serafina and the Black CloakOnce hidden in the dusty basement of the Biltmore Estate where her pa worked as hired help, young Serafina now struggles to adjust to her new life of airs and graces upstairs in the grand house.Uncertain about what the discovery of her mother in the dark forests that su...

Venture into the spooky world of Serafina and the Black Cloak – the New York Times bestselling magical mystery adventure book for children."Never go into the forest, for there are many dangers there, and they will ensnare your soul.…Serafina and her pa have secretly lived in the basement of the grand old house on the Biltmore Estate, surrounded by dark forests, for as long as Serafina can remember. She takes the greatest of care never to be seen.But...

Samuel Martin is not afflicted with the wanderlust that teenage boys growing into young men in isolated areas in isolated times so often are. Samuel has no desire to break out of the isolation of the remote rural farm town he was born into and see the world. He wants nothing more than to be the third generation patriarch on the farm of his ancestors, living on the land he loves in company with the family he loves. He is just facing the problem of finding the one girl he wants to share his ...

George and Arthur are identical twins, both are in college and living in late 1930s America. They come from a rich upper class Baltimore family. Their father had been taking the family on summer vacations to Miami Beach. Finding Miami Beach to be too crowded, the father changes directions and takes the family to a remote and less known vacation resort in South Carolina. There the boys meet and fall head over rich privileged heels in love with a beautiful local girl who works as a cleaning ...

George and Arthur are identical twins, both are in college and living in late 1930s America. They come from a rich upper class Baltimore family. Their father had been taking the family on summer vacations to Miami Beach. Finding Miami Beach to be too crowded, the father changes directions and takes the family to a remote and less known vacation resort in South Carolina. There the boys meet and fall head over rich privileged heels in love with a beautiful local girl who works as a cleaning ...

They never came tougher than Marlowe, a cynical, world-weary, wise-cracking shamus whose honesty in a dishonest world sent him down the mean streets again and again in search of some kind of justice.Ed Bishop stars as Philip Marlowe in these powerfully atmospheric BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of Raymond Chandler's novels.The Big SleepGeneral Sternwood's daughters came in both the colours of trouble - blonde and brunette - and they had all the usual vic...

Robert Beatty stars as the hard-nosed Irish-American PI in these two vintage crime serialsLester Powell's Chandleresque detective Philip Odell was a huge hit on the BBC Light Programme between 1947 and 1961, thrilling audiences with his crime-solving adventures in postwar London. This gripping collection brings together the only two surviving radio serials featuring the tough-guy investigator - one of which, Test Room Eight, is published here for the very ...

Robert Beatty stars as Quentin Barnaby: Fire Investigator in Philip Levene’s gripping 1960s crime seriesA prolific writer for radio and TV, Philip Levene scripted numerous crime dramas and serials for the BBC in the 1960s. One of the most popular was Destination – Fire!, inspired by his fascination with the varied motivations of those who commit arson. Intrigued by ‘the puzzle of the charred remains of a burnt out building’, he came up with the idea of an ...

Nine classic plays from the award-winning American dramatist, plus a selection of his poetryEugene O'Neill’s revolutionary 20th century dramas changed the direction of American theatre, introducing European realism and experimental techniques to the US stage. He wrote more than 50 plays, portraying characters on the margins of society and tackling controversial issues, winning a Nobel Prize, and four Pulitzer Prizes.We open our collection with his magnifice...

A collection of full-cast dramatisations and original radio plays from master storyteller Ted Allbeury – plus bonus programmesDescribed by Len Deighton as ‘a classic writer of espionage fiction’, Ted Allbeury based his many acclaimed spy novels on his own real-life experiences. In World War II, he served as an intelligence officer with Special Operations Executive, and subsequently ran agents across the border between East and West Germany during the Cold War. He b...

Everyone's burdens are different. What is a "life crisis" for one person, another might call "nothing at all," and others experience more trauma, anxiety, depression, or health issues in their lives than one could ever imagine? We all have our cross to bear as they say. What separates us is the weight and size of it and how far uphill we have to haul it.These crosses often involve mental health issues of one type or another—but these issues can be healed. And the truth is we are al...

What if the invisible cloud storing your digital memories is secretly draining the earth dry? Cloud Droughts investigates the massive, unspoken ecological toll of our digital lives, proving that virtual convenience has a very physical, devastating cost. Behind every seamless video stream and instant photo backup lies a sprawling network of hyper-heated server farms. To prevent catastrophic hardware meltdowns, these massive digital fortresses consume billions of gallons of fresh water daily...