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Arthur Kipps, giovane avvocato londinese, viene incaricato di gestire l'eredità e presenziare al funerale della signora Alice Drablow, l'unica abitante di Eel Marsh House. L'antica dimora si erge in fondo a un sentiero percorribile solo con la bassa marea, immersa nella nebbia e nel mistero; ma ciò non basta a spaventare Arthur. È solo quando al funerale scorge una giovane donna vestita di nero che un sottile senso di inquietudine inizia a pervaderlo.

Each entry in this 40-day devotional invites you to reflect on one word that embodies the true meaning of Christmas. A corresponding Bible verse and a cheerful prayer guide your spirit, memories, and longings back to the heart of Christmas.

Be inspired by spiritual heroes from many eras in history up to today and make their strength your own. If you enjoy this book, check out Dangerous Prayers.

World-changers. Rebels. Rejecters of the status quo. Throughout history, Christians were never meant to have a safe faith. Highlighting people throughout the millennia, this book is a compilation of faith and facts that celebrate the prayer lives of spiritual giants and invigorate your faith.

Award-winning author Dame Susan Hill is best known for her hit ghost story The Woman in Black and her popular ‘Simon Serailler’ detective series, but she has also written extensively for radio. This audio anthology includes full-cast adaptations of two of her early novels, plus an additional 12 BBC Radio plays, many of them available for the very first time since their original broadcasts.

It's a distracted world out there. Maybe you find yourself scrolling more than savoring, texting more than resting, and rushing instead of taking a deep breath. The things you thought would bring connection make you feel more disconnected than ever, with a good dose of exhaustion thrown in. It's time for a reset. A Savior Is Risen is a 40-day journey from Ash Wednesday to Easter morning, a call for you to quiet your mind and soul as you focus on Jesus and His resurrection.

Ein Fall für Simon Serailler. Der neunjährige David wartet vor dem Haus seiner Eltern im englischen Städtchen Lafferton darauf, zur Schule abgeholt zu werden, doch dort kommt er nie an. Für Detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler entwickelt sich der Fall zum Albtraum: Die Ermittlungen scheinen im Sande zu verlaufen. Ist der Junge entführt worden? Ist er tot? Serrailler muss hilflos mit ansehen, wie Davids Familie an der Katastrophe zu zerbrechen droht. Dann verschwindet im Nachbarort ein weiteres Kind.

This collection includes three I Can Read! titles about friendship from the Ruby Raccoon series: Ruby Bakes a Cake; Ruby Paints a Picture; and Ruby’s Perfect Day.

Misty Copeland made history as the first African-American principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre. Her talent, passion, and perseverance enabled her to make strides no one had accomplished before. But as she will tell you, achievement never happens in a void. Behind her, supporting her rise was her mentor Raven Wilkinson. Raven had been virtually alone in her quest to breach the all-white ballet world when she fought to be taken seriously as a Black ballerina in the 1950s and 60s.

In this, the 10th Simon Serrailler crime novel, Simon must engage with his own demons as Lafferton struggles to cope with a series of crimes that threaten the sanctity of hearth and home. On the face of it DCS Simon Serrailler has had time to recuperate after the violent incident that cost him his arm and nearly his life. He is back in harness at Lafferton CID but is spending his spare time high up in the cathedral roof, making drawings of some medieval angels which are being restored.

DCS Simon Serrailler has long regarded drugs ops in Lafferton as a waste of time. Small-time dealers are picked up outside the local secondary school; they don't have any information about those higher up the chain; they're given a fine or a suspended and away they go. And rinse and repeat. But when the body of a 22-year-old drug addict is found in neighbouring Starley, the case pulls Simon into a whole new way of running drugs. The foot soldiers? Vulnerable local kids like Brookie and Olivia, who will give Simon a bitter taste of this new landscape.

A stone army, an enchanted castle, mysterious ancient powers - and some very clever tortoises - Olly finds there's more than meets the eye at Gullywith. When his family moves to Gullywith Farm in the Lake District, Olly just can't imagine being happy in his new home. Gullywith is the coldest house in the world and no one has lived there for years.

A mysterious depiction of masked revellers at the Venice carnival hangs in the college rooms of Oliver's old professor in Cambridge. On this cold winter's night, its eerie secret is revealed by the ageing don. The dark art of the Venetian scene, instead of imitating life, has the power to entrap it. To stare into the painting is to play dangerously with the unseen demons it hides, and become the victim of its macabre beauty....