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Peter John Watson

'A beautifully evocative book coursing with wisdom and humour... I loved it.' – HELEN MACDONALD, author of H is for Hawk'Funny, emotional and beautifully written… I loved this book so much.' – LORRAINE KELLY'Had me hooked on Antarctic life.' – STEPHEN RUTT, author of The Waterlands'A cosy and heartwarming story of one person's relationship with nature.' – CHARLIE BINGHAM, author of...

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Peter John Watson

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Mateo Oxley

"What a funny, emotional and beautifully written book that transports you into the world of penguins and gives a rare insight into life in Antarctica. I loved this book so much." – Lorraine Kelly___At 64° South, on a tiny Antarctic island bustling with penguins, even the smallest lives leave a mark.Welcome to Port Lockroy – the world’s southernmost post office, a tiny outpost on a football-pitch-sized island off the Antarctic Penins...

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J. R. Handley, J. T. Arralle, JM Williams, David Hensley, Ronald Lloyd, Teri Kay Jobe, Lee Allred, Tyler Newcomb, Peter Delcroft, Jonathan Watson, Zane Voss, John Hemry

Book 7 -

J. R. Handley Presents

Not this time!We've got 10 of the best swashbuckling boarding action tales this side of the Milky Way!This anthology is a collection of military science fiction stories about the everyday hero rising to the occasion during combat operations. Some of these stories highlight the assault team and sometimes the defenders. But regardless of which side of the boarding party they are on, uncommon courage is a common virtue of the day.With special introduct...

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Colin Watson

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Peter Jeffrey, John Rowe, John Pullen, Full Cast

A collection of cosy crime dramas adapted from Colin Watson's 'Flaxborough Chronicles', set in a small Lincolnshire market town in the 1960s and '70sInspector Purbright is a thoroughly English policeman: affable, polite, dogged and decent. Created by award-winning crime writer Colin Watson, he appeared in 12 Flaxborough mysteries, four of which were adapted for BBC TV under the title Murder Most English. These five radio dramatisations star Peter J...

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Simon Bovey, Paul Sellar, Philip Palmer, Laura Bridgeman, Charles Lambert, R. D. Wingfield, Wally K. Daly, Abir Mukherjee, Peter Bradshaw

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Full Cast, Lizzy Watts, Lee Ross, Carl Prekopp, Sean Murray, Claire Knight, Peter Jones, John Rowe, Tom Watson, Sudha Bhuchar, Daniel Mays

A gripping collection of elaborate thefts, confidence tricks and impossible missions, including the Hatton Garden heistEight of the best heist stories packed with suspense, ingenuity, humour and deception, these fantastic productions will have you gripped from start to finish.In the audacious Mountain of Light by Simon Bovey, it’s 1851 and London buzzes with the wonders at The Great Exhibition. To housebreaker John Rayverne, it's harvest ti...

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Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine

'Douglas Adams' genius was in using comedy to make serious points about the world' IndependentAfter years of reflecting on the absurdities of life on other planets, Douglas Adams teamed up with zoologist Mark Carwardine to find out what was happening to life on this one. Together they lead us on an unforgettable journey across the world in search of exotic, endangered creatures - animals that they may never get another chance to see. They encounter the animal kingdom in it...

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Thomas DePrima

A young ensign, recently graduated from the Northern Hemisphere Space Academy, is awakened abruptly in the middle of the night by alarms, flashing lights, and dire messages to abandon ship. The petite blonde pulls on some clothes and races through the spaceship in a desperate search for an available life pod-- but it appears all have already departed. So begins the epic story of Jenetta Carver. Get a tight grip on your book and prepare for an exciting adventure like few others because Jene...

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Matt Flynn, Col Mellon, Gary Harper, Helen Larson, Jeremy Harmsworth, Morgan Hartney

Encounters with crocodiles, tussles with criminals, losing ships in cyclones ... these marvellous stories were originally published in the North Australian Fishing and Outdoors Magazine.These are true stories told by law enforcers, fishermen, scientists, historians and others.This book was compiled by Matt Flynn, a former Northern Territory of Australia journalist who now publishes outdoors magazines from his farm in southern Tasmania.

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Jack Colrain

"This series has it all. From intriguing characters to lots of action and intrigue as well as believable characters. The suspense will not let you put it do."They brought death and destruction to Earth. Now it's time to return the favor.The massive Mozari spaceship struck without warning. In an instant major cities were leveled. Millions were wiped from the face of the Earth. The horrifying message to those remaining—your training ...

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Cynan Jones

WINNER OF THE BBC NATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD 2017Out at sea, in a sudden storm, a man is struck by lightning. When he wakes, injured and adrift on a kayak, his memory of who he is and how he came to be there is all but shattered. Now he must pit himself against the pain and rely on his instincts to get back to shore, and to the woman he dimly senses waiting for his return. With its taut narrative and its wincingly visceral portrait of a man locked in an uneven stru...

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Mark Wandrey

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The Revelations Cycle

*** 2017 Dragon Award Finalist for Best Military Scifi ***Heir to one of the leading "Four Horsemen" mercenary companies, Jim Cartwright is having a bad year. Having failed his high school VOWS tests, he's just learned his mother bankrupted the family company before disappearing, robbing him of his Cavalier birthright.But the Horsemen of eras past were smart—they left a legacy of equipment Jim can use to complete the next contract and resurrect the company....

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Bill Bailey

In his first memoir, beloved comedian and national treasure Bill Bailey shares stories of his life - and the animals he's met along the way.Bill Bailey has always had dogs, including a Patterdale terrier called Rocky who would travel with him in the van to his first shows and occasionally join him on stage. Fast forward a few decades and Bill has shared his home with a variety of birds, dogs, frogs, chameleons and an armadillo called Tommy. 'We even had a giant chi...