Anne Simon is a world-renowned biologist and expert on plant viruses. She has also been scientific advisor to the X-Files since the series began. In this fascinating book she explores the extraordinary realities that lie behind the strange discoveries made in each episode by agents Mulder and Scully, weird and threatening life forms, mutations and alien creatures. Despite the achievements of modern science and technology, she points out, it is estimated that less than 1 per cent of our fel...

Katherine of Alexandria was a major object of devotion within medieval Europe, ranking second only to the Virgin Mary in the canon of female saints. Yet despite her undoubted importance, relatively little is known about the significance and function of her cult within the German-speaking territories that stood at the heart of Europe. Anne Simon's study adds a welcome new interdisciplinary perspective to the study of Saint Katherine and the wider ecclesiastical landscape of a medieval Europ...

In the 1950s the French pharmacologist Prof. Masquelier discovered a substance with strong protective and healing properties: OPCs (oligomeric proanthocyanidins), the long searched vitamin P, a potent cofactor of vitamin C and above all the strongest known antioxidant. In her comprehensive book German bestselling author Anne Simons, who met Prof. Masquelier personally and therefore has first-hand information, describes the discovery and application of OPCs - one of the most potent substanc...

This book presents the healing plants from A to Z. The most important vegetal and animal extracts are introduced whose highly remedial protective substances are of major importance, both in their pharmaceutical application and in the field of food supplements. The attention which natural sciences pay to so-called 'phytochemistry' and 'vegetal chemicals' is indicative of the tremendous significance of the healing power of plants, which due to their specific compositions and structures conta...

Madison is a reclusive writer who lives with her cat, with almost no social interaction of any kind.Now, she faces a dilemma.Her last big success was ten years ago. She has a new book, but book marketing has changed a lot, and she must embrace the world of social media or risk remaining forgotten.That's where Aurora comes in. The publishing house hires a TikTok star to relaunch her career and make the new book a big hit.But when two such different personalities ...

The CEO of a technology company whose methods border the limits of ethics.A journalist in search of the truth and eager to prove herself.What can go wrong?From their first encounter, an undeniable chemistry draws them together. Yet, their professional ambitions threaten to drive a wedge between them.As Sarah digs deeper into the inner workings of Hailey's empire, she uncovers shocking secrets that threaten to expose the dark underbelly behind i...

Julia Cooper is a shark in the business world. She has returned to Rabell Falls for a singular, personal mission: to buy the dilapidated inn that ruined her childhood and raze it to the ground.Kate Griffin is hanging by a thread. Desperate to save her family's historic hotel, she pours her heart into the business and the ecosystem of the emerald lake. When a sophisticated stranger arrives, Kate feels an instant spark, unaware that she is welcoming the executioner of her legacy....

As captain of our soccer team, I am responsible for maintaining order in the locker room. For the first time in the history of our club, we have just been promoted to the top division and this is our big chance.We have come this far through hard work and sweat, playing as a team without any star players.I love my team, and I will do anything to protect them. Signing that spoiled brat from a top club in Germany is a big mistake.She knows nothing about the philosophy of ...

When Marina Turner turned forty, she thought her life couldn't get any worse: freshly divorced, broke, and hopeless... until she inherits a rusty food truck from her eccentric grandmother.What she didn't expect was that the inheritance included a raccoon with a British accent—sometimes far too sarcastic—and a strange obsession with an enchanted tea he claims he bought in Jamaica.At times, Marina wonders if she's losing her mind. After all, stepping into a kit...

Brooke McKlain is a household name for tennis fans.Elena has no idea who she is. She just knows she's ruining her life.When Brooke decides to take a much-needed break at a luxury hotel in Hawaii, she doesn't expect that the woman who challenged her from the very first moment will show her what love is.Elena will make her question many things, and now love spins onto her court, revealing what she's been missing.But their worlds are too different...

Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet againThe Baby-Snatcher is the sixth and final mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.Marilyn Howe’s and her mother Kathleen are an inseparable duo, until one night Kathleen doesn’t come home . . .Fifteen year old Marilyn turns up alone and frightened on Inspector Ra...

Adrian Gray was born in May 1862 and met his death through violence, at the hands of one of his own children, at Christmas, 1931. Thus begins a classic crime novel published in 1933, a riveting portrait of the psychology of a murderer. Each December, Adrian Gray invites his extended family to stay at his lonely house, King's Poplars. None of Gray's six surviving children is fond of him; several have cause to wish him dead. The family gathers on Christmas Eve – and by the following morning,...