In a glamorous area of Los Angeles the Beverley Fauborg hotel is about to close for good. Psychologist Alex Delaware & his girlfriend Robin are making a farewell visit to the hotel bar when one patron in particular grabs their attention
- a beautiful but aloof young woman dressed all in white. Two days later Alex is called in on a murder case & is shocked when he recognises the victim as the woman in white. Discovering her true identity is not going to be easy though & Milos investigation into the girl nicknamed Mystery leads him to the darkest of secrets in the highest of places.
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When Abby Lovitt gets to work at her family's ranch she can hardly believe her luck. True Blue is a beauty a dapple grey & he needs a new home
- his owner was tragically killed in a car crash & no one has claimed him. Her father is wary as always. But Abby is smitten. True Blue is a sweetheart & whenever Abby calls out Blue Blue how are you?" he whinnies back. But sometimes True Blue seems well.. .spooked. He paces & always seems to be looking for something. Or someone. Abby starts to wonder about True Blue's owner. What was she like? What did she look like? & what are the strange whispers Abby sometimes hears when she's with him?"
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In 1358 the fledging college of Michaelhouse in Cambridge is in need of extra funds. A legacy from the Archbishop of York of a parish close to that city promises a welcome source of income. However there has been another claim to its ownership & it seems the only way to settle the dispute is for a deputation from Michaelhouse to travel north. Matthew Bartholomew is among the small party which arrives in the bustling city where the increasing wealth of the merchants is unsettling the established order & where a French invasion is an ever-present threat to its port. But soon he & his colleagues learn that many of the Archbishop's executors have died in unexplained circumstances & that the codicil naming Michaelhouse as a beneficiary cannot be found... ...

' By bringing the chosen leaders prophets or priests to confront the powers of life & death to discover the deeper needs & potential of the human spirit the Mysteries had kept humanity in touch with the living foundations of experience. For those who went through their processes the attainment of wisdom was the culmination of an existential struggle...'
- Dr Andrew Welburn Modern scholarship knows little of the mystery schools of antiquity offering only hypothetical explanations & external details. In these expansive lectures based on his personal spiritual insights Rudolf Steiner offers a vivid description of the esoteric experiences gained by people in the ancient mystery schools from the mysteries of Artemis in Ephesus of Hibernia Eleusis & Samothrace to the Middle Ages. He also discusses the conditions under which initiation can be achieved today. Following preliminary lectures on the nature & function of the soul Steiner presents a panoramic view of human & earthly evolution including the roles of plants & animals. He also discusses the various metals their curative properties & their connections with the planets.
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Murder mayhem & damn sexy trousers. He's the man with no name & the owner of No Alibis a mystery bookshop in Belfast. But when a detective agency next door goes bust the agency's clients start calling into his shop asking him to solve their cases. Suddenly he is catapulted along a murder trail which leads from modern dance to Nazi secrets & serial killers... This recording is unabridged. Typically abridged audiobooks are not more than 60 per cent of the author's work & as low as 30 per cent with characters & plotlines removed. ...

Rediscover Gladys Mitchell
- one of the ' Big Three' female crime fiction writers alongside Agatha Christie & Dorothy L. Sayers.
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Dickenss final novel left unfinished at his death is a tale of mystery whose fast-paced action takes place in an ancient cathedral city & in some of the darkest places in nineteenth century London. Drugs sexual obsession colonial adventuring & puzzles about identity are among the novels themes. At the centre of the plot lie the baffling disappearance of Edwin Drood & the many explanations of his whereabouts. A sombre & menacing atmosphere a fascinating range of characters & Dickenss usual superb command of language combine to make this an exciting & tantalising story. Also included in this volume are a number of unjustly neglected stories & sketches with subjects as different as murder & guilt & childhood romance. This unusual selection illustrates Dickenss immense creativity & versatility. ...

In the wakeful misery of the night girded by sordid realities or wandering through Paradises & Hells of visions...I loved you madly. Dickens last novel is a mystery built around a presumed crime
- the murder of a nephew by his uncle. Dickens died before completing the story leaving the mystery unsolved & encouraging successive generations of readers to turn detective. Beyond the preoccupying fact of this intriguing crime however the novel also offers readers a characteristically Dickensian mix of the fantastical world of the imagination & a vibrantly journalistic depiction of gritty reality. The Penguin English Library"
- 100 editions of the best fiction in English from the eighteenth century & the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War."

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Charles Dickenss final unfinished novel & one that has puzzled readers & inspired writers since its publication The Mystery of Edwin Drood" is edited with an introduction by David Paroissien in " Penguin Classics". Edwin Drood is contracted to marry orphan Rosa Bud when he comes of age but when they find that duty has gradually replaced affection they agree to break off the engagement. Shortly afterwards in the middle of a storm on Christmas Eve Edwin disappears leaving nothing behind but some personal belongings & the suspicion that his jealous uncle John Jasper madly in love with Rosa is the killer. & beyond this presumed crime there are further intrigues: the dark opium dens of the sleepy cathedral town of Cloisterham & the sinister double life of Choirmaster Jasper whose drug-fuelled fantasy life belies his respectable appearance. Dickens died before completing " The Mystery of Edwin Drood" leaving its tantalising mystery unsolved & encouraging successive generations of readers to turn detective. This edition contains an introduction by David Paroissien discussing the novels ending with a chronology notes original illustrations by Samuel Luke Fildes appendices on opium use in the nineteenth century the " Sapsea Fragment" & Dickenss plans for the storys conclusion. Charles Dickens is one of the best-loved novelists in the English language whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012. His most famous books including " Oliver Twist" " Great Expectations" "A Tale of Two Cities" " David Copperfield" & " The Pickwick Papers" have been adapted for stage & screen & read by millions. If you enjoyed " The Mystery of Edwin Drood" you might like Dickens " Little Dorrit" also available in " Penguin Classics"." ...

Radu Cinamar stunned the world when he released his first book Transylvanian Sunrise" which described the greatest archaeological find of all time: a hidden chamber some 50 000 years old with beneath the Romanian Sphinx in the Bucegi Mountains. This chamber

Includes:: holographic technology with a visual data bank of infinite DNA permutations in addition to three tunnels: one leading to the inner earth one to Tibet & one to Egypt. After being allowed to explore some of these artefacts Radu was befriended by an enigmatic alchemist named Elinor who introduced him to an equally mysterious Tibetan Lama. This book begins with Radu becoming the guardian of Elinors exotic villa in Bucharest which contains a remarkable alchemical laboratory in the basement. Radu is soon thereafter recruited for Department Zero Romanias most secret intelligence unit by his old friend Cezar Brad & becomes part of an expedition to explore a mysterious tunnel which leads from the chamber beneath the Romanian Sphinx to a different type of chamber beneath the Giza Plateau which contains ancient artefacts that look more futuristic than they do ancient one of them being a bioresonant device through which one can visit past & future events. This amazing expedition

Includes:: an American from the Pentagon with a top secret laptop computer he is intuitively connected to that not only displays intricate holograms but is also linked to Hilbert (inter-dimensional) Space. Ancient archeology meets future science in this true life adventure that penetrates the secrets of Egypt in a way that has not been previously conceived of in our society."



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