Did you know that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle thought Harry Houdini had real supernatural powers? Or that he felt that writing about Sherlock Holmes was holding him back from other more meaningful work? What made him seek a career in medicine? And who was the one player he bowled out during his cricketing career?This fascinating audiobook contains over one hundred facts about Conan Doyle, with each chapter focusing on a different part of the author’s life and work. So whether you are the world’...

Did you know that Enid Blyton very nearly became a professional musician rather than an author? Or that it was the secret passageway and haunted room in a house in which she stayed that inspired her to write so many wonderful stories? But why did she hate her mother so much? And what was she like at school?This fascinating audiobook contains over one hundred facts about the well-loved children’s author, with each chapter focusing on a different element of her life and work. Whether you’re ...

Did you know that when some of Jane Austen’s lesser-known work was sent to publishers in 2007 under a pseudonym it was rejected? Do you know in which radio sitcom she was once portrayed as a foul-mouthed and violent inhabitant of hell who even the devil was scared of? And exactly what have zombies got to do with Pride and Prejudice?This fascinating audiobook contains over one hundred facts about Jane Austen, with each chapter exploring a different part of her life and work. Whether you are...

The America of the early republic was built on an experiment, a hopeful prophecy that would only be fulfilled if an enlightened people could find its way through its past and into a future. Americans recognized that its promises would only be fully redeemed at a future date. In Revolutionary Prophecies, renowned historians Robert M. S. McDonald and Peter S. Onuf summon a diverse cast of characters from the founding generation—all of whom, in different ways, reveal how their unders...

From the boundless imagination and talented pen of a young storyteller springs the fabulous first novel in a major new epic fantasy series. Steeped in the traditions of its classic forebears, yet boldly original in its vision and sense of wonder, The Tower of Shadows swells with heroism, sings with enchantment, and carries the reader at full gallop into a marvelously wrought world of breathtaking adventure.Untold ages ago, vainglorious spirits battled with...

Apocalypsis 1.10 (ENG) The Seven Bowls Of Wrath Peter and Maria decipher the formula found on Seth's microchip. Peter begins to understand how Seth is planning to bring about the end of the world. In the catacombs underneath the Vatican, Cardinal Menendez loses God for all eternity, while Peter and Maria desperately try to intercept a courier transporting an alchemical substance from Kathmandu to Rome.

Apocalypsis 1.10 (ENG) The Seven Bowls Of Wrath Peter and Maria decipher the formula found on Seth's microchip. Peter begins to understand how Seth is planning to bring about the end of the world. In the catacombs underneath the Vatican, Cardinal Menendez loses God for all eternity, while Peter and Maria desperately try to intercept a courier transporting an alchemical substance from Kathmandu to Rome.