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Here is a very funny, very silly collection of questions and answers taken from this column, none of which has any basis whatsoever in fact. This is a must for all those who relish a heady mixture of shaggy-dog stories, toilet humour, and utter lack of insight.

In this volume, Traleg Kyabgon offers a fresh translation of the slogans as well as in-depth new commentary of each. After living among and teaching Westerners for over 20 years, his approach is uniquely insightful into the ways that the slogans could be misunderstood or misinterpreted within our culture. Here, he presents a refreshing and clarifying view, which seeks to correct points of confusion.

This is the story of a tank regiment: the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry in the Second World War. Raw and visceral personal recollections from the men themselves recall some of the most dramatic and horrific scenes imaginable--the sheer nerve-wracking tension of serving in highly inflammable Sherman tanks, the sudden impact of German shells, the desperate scramble to bail out, and the awful fate of those who couldn't. Even if they made it out of the tank, they were still vulnerable to being brutally cut down by German infantry.

An award-wining poet, short story writer and novelist, Walter de la Mare is probably best known for his works for children and his perennially popular poem ‘The Listeners’. His ghost stories were much admired by H. P. Lovecraft and inspired subsequent authors of supernatural horror such as Robert Aickman and Ramsey Campbell. In 1921, his novel Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction, and this haunting, surrealistic tale is the opening tale in our anthology.

Three thrilling full-cast dramas starring Julian Rhind-Tutt as the irrepressible Horace Rumpole. For 15 years, Rumpole has fought, won and occasionally lost myriad cases - and fallen in and out of love with both wife Hilda and ‘the Portia of our Chambers’, Phillida Erskine-Brown. These three episodes leave us guessing until the very end - will Rumpole finally leave ‘She Who Must be Obeyed’ for Phillida?

Inside the spectacular Grand Ballroom of the exclusive Buckingham Hotel the rich and powerful, politicians, film stars, even royalty rub shoulders with Raymond de Guise and his troupe of talented dancers from all around the world, who must enchant them, captivate them and sweep away their cares. Accustomed to waltzing with the highest of society, Raymond knows a secret from his past could threaten all he holds dear.

It’s 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world’s greatest detective, is being transported from the Dutch East Indies to Amsterdam, where he is facing trial and execution for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. Travelling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is determined to prove his friend innocent, while also on board are Sara Wessel, a noble woman with a secret, and her husband, the governor general of Batavia.

'Never before had the world seen four such giants coexisting. Sometimes friends, more often enemies, always rivals, these four men together held Europe in the hollow of their hands.' The colourful story of the four very different men who created our modern world: Henry VIII, Francis I of France, Charles V of Spain and Suleiman the Magnificent: popular history at its best from John Julius Norwich.

In this gripping series, Helena Kennedy, celebrated human rights lawyer, broadcaster and civil liberties expert and playwright Rib Davis bring to life eight groundbreaking twentieth century trials. With the help of a full cast, they reveal how the British legal system has been influenced by powerful human stories that redefined the law to better reflect our modern society.

In der Kita spielt Emma begeistert Friseursalon – bis plötzlich mehrere Kinder über juckende Köpfe klagen. Läusealarm! Als auch bei Emma die Biester ausbrechen, muss sie ins Krankenhaus. Nach der Behandlung freut sie sich auf ihren Freund Emil – doch der spielt lieber mit Julian. Wird Emma am Ende doch noch einen schönen Tag haben?

Familie Vogel geht mit Tom Turbo in Nairobi auf Entdeckungstour! Beim Schnorcheln erkunden sie bunte Meeresbewohner wie Seesterne und Muränen. Am nächsten Tag lernen sie auf einer Safari spannende Insekten kennen – von leuchtenden Käfern bis zu riesigen Heuschrecken. Ein wissensreiches Abenteuer für kleine Entdecker!

Eine entspannte Traumreise in die Zeit der Wikinger. Mit leiser Musik und sanfter Stimme geht es durch nordische Landschaften, vorbei an alten Schiffen und flackernden Feuern. Eine Reise zum Abschalten und zum Einschlafen. Zurück in eine ferne, stille Welt.

Eine stille, atmosphärische Traumreise frei inspiriert von „Alice im Wunderland". Du folgst einem weißen Kaninchen durch Wälder und Traumlandschaften. Eine Reise ins Unterbewusstsein, die verträumt und entschleunigend auf dich wirken soll.

Eine ruhige Traumreise in einen festlichen Palast bei Nacht. Leise Musik und sanfte Stimmen begleiten dich durch eine elegante Welt aus Kerzenlicht, Spiegeln und tanzenden Silhouetten. Sie können entspannen, träumen und loslassen.

Eine Reise durch märchenhafte Wälder und die Vollkommenheit anderer Geschichten. In dieser Traumreise tauchst du in eine leise Fantasiewelt ein, fern vom Alltag. Sanft und beruhigend, zum Einschlafen oder einfach zum Abschalten.

Diese Traumreise bringt dich in die Weiten der ägyptischen Wüste: zu uralten Pyramiden, vergessenen Artefakten und den Ufern des Nil, wo eine der ersten Hochkulturen der Menschheit entstand. Eine Reise in eine vergangene Welt, mit leiser Musik und meditativer Stimme.

The central miracle asserted by Christians is the Incarnation. They say that God became Man. Every other miracle prepares the way for this, or results from this.'This is the key statement of Miracles, in which C. S. Lewis shows that a Christian must not only accept but rejoice in miracles as a testimony of the unique personal involvement of God in his creation.

Julian Barnes' new book is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange with his brother (a philosopher), a meditation on morality and the fear of death, a celebration of art, an argument with and about God, and homage to the French writer Jules Renard. Though he warns us that 'this is not my autobiography', the result is a tour of the mind of one of our most brilliant writers.

In the disco days and nights of New York City in the 1970s and 1980s, the place to be was Studio 54. Andy Warhol, Liza Minnelli, and Bianca Jagger were among the nightly assortment of A-list celebrity regulars consorting with New York's young, wild, and beautiful.

This is the third book in the 'Blackwood' saga. For three generations, members of the Blackwood family served the Royal Marines with distinction. With the outbreak of World War I, at last comes Jonathan Blackwood’s turn to carry the family name into battle. But as the young marines embark for the Dardanelles, and a new kind of warfare, it dawns on them that the days of scarlet coats and an unchanging tradition of honour and glory have gone forever.