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RETROTOPIA — Three countries, one passion, zero extra livesIn a pixel-powered world where video games bridge continents, a Brit, a Canadian, and an American join forces on a quest through gaming’s golden years. Welcome to RETROTOPIA — your nostalgic sanctuary for all things classic gaming. Here, Alan, Brian, and Sam fire up the consoles of yesteryear to relive the titles that defined an era. Expect deep dives, spirited debates, and more than a few laughs as they resurrect the legendary games that shaped our past — and maybe our future. Grab your controller, player one — the adventure...

A little very big dragon finds his voice, two legs, and some delightful human appendages beyond in this MM high fantasy romance, featuring: one forlorn dragon-riding prince, a dragon who just wants to kiss the boy, two incredibly self-sacrificing doofuses, a road to pain paved with all the best intentions, and a plot to upend a kingdom.

Hollywood filmmaker Sam Irvin (director of Elvira's Haunted Hills, executive producer of Gods and Monsters) looks back at his outrageously charmed and hilarious life as a closeted gay monster kid who, as a teenager, created his own fanzine as a conduit to meet his horror film idols. This unabridged audiobook is narrated by author Sam Irvin, with guest star voices of Cassandra Peterson, Jane Seymour, Stephanie Beacham, Olivia d’Abo, Juliet Mills, Maxwell Caulfield, Linda Hayden, Madeline Smith, Chloe Franks, Alex Hyde-White and Julie Brown!

The New Era of Intelligent Finance. Finance has always been about one central question: how do we make better decisions with limited resources and an uncertain future? For generations, financial planning has relied on human judgment, personal experience, economic theory, and the disciplined interpretation of numbers. It has been a profession built on trust, prudence, and the ability to see beyond the present moment. Now, that profession is entering one of the most important transformations in its history.

Despite the grain blight, fuel shortages, and wasteland raiders, supplies still need to get through. Ride along with the big rig convoys, road crews, and race teams of the wasteland, keeping civilization civilized one delivery at a time. Convoy of Chaos— where every mile is an unforgiving battlefield, and survival rides shotgun.

This program is read by the author, Golden Globe–winning actor Eric Roberts. In this brutally candid memoir, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Eric Roberts pulls no punches about the ups and downs of his career and his sometimes stormy relationship with his famous sister, Julia. Eric...

All I’ve ever wanted is to be a mother. And as soon as I looked into the beautiful, bright blue eyes of this baby tucked in her blanket, my world felt complete. Stepping into the cold air outside of the hospital doors, a shiver runs through me. I know my life will never be the same again. I slip off her little white medical bracelet and put it in the pocket of my jeans. I think of the woman upstairs in the hospital room who will soon return and find her child gone. I hesitate. Am I doing the right thing?

Dane Winter is unemployed and on a lonely road to nowhere. A chance encounter with a distraught local woman pulls him into investigating her friend's disappearance. When Jacob Rhodes' body is found at the bottom of an abandoned mine shaft, the local authorities are quick to label it an accident. Winter isn't convinced… Between the death of Jacob and the unexplained illnesses spreading through the local population, it's clear that nothing is as it seems in the town of Hollowvale. What starts as a quest for answers becomes a fight to expose a conspiracy that reaches far beyond the small town.

"Still Lost" is the estranged brainchild of Sam O'Nella Academy creator Sam A. Miller. A whopping eight rather long short stories are included, featuring such concepts as: An alien prostitute A baboon that gets cyberbullied An old lady getting killed with a sword An eight page discussion about...

Richard has lost everything to Andrew Kineer, even his identity. Whether he will be able to reclaim it remains to be seen. The backdrop to their own struggle is the political tension in England. Mary I, convinced God has given her the task of returning England to the true faith, sends the Protestant reformers a stark and violent message.

They should have made sure he was dead. DI Hope Fenton is haunted by the abduction of her son Noah eight years ago. It shadows every investigation she works with her ex-husband, forensic scientist Dr Adam Fenton. One down. When a supposed overdose victim is found to have received a postcard...

Parallel parking when someone’s watching. Waving to get the bus driver to stop. Dropping something and having to pick it back up. It’s not just you, we know life is embarrassing for no reason.Sam Darlaston and Tatum McGreal are two best mates bringing you a safe space to overthink things that don’t really matter (but we all know they do). Life’s awkward innit, so we might as well laugh.Watch along on YouTube: Embarrasing For No Reason - Podcast - YouTubeSupport Us on Patreon: EMBARRASSING FOR NO REASON | Cos' life's awkward init, so might as well laugh. | PatreonFollow us on TikTok & ...

Six months after the nuclear strikes, the world faces a new crisis. Not war. Hunger. Governments struggle to rebuild order as supply chains collapse and food becomes the most valuable resource on Earth. Borders fade and maps no longer matter. What matters now are corridors — roads, ports, and warehouses that must be protected if millions are to survive. Convoys carrying grain, fuel, and medicine move under armed escort. One broken route can push entire regions into chaos.

In the midst of the fighting, two Russian soldiers seek refuge in the crypt of a German church. There, clutched in the hands of a skeleton priest, they find The Shepherd - a priceless icon thought to have been destroyed long ago. When news of its discovery reaches Moscow, Stalin calls upon his most trusted investigator, Inspector Pekkala, once a favorite of the tsar and known to all of Russia as The Emerald Eye.

A BBC radio collection celebrating Charles Dickens' life, work and influence Charles Dickens was a literary giant, second only to Shakespeare in the ranks of England's greatest writers. This extensive biographical collection looks at the man, his novels and his legacy to provide an all-round...

Written for both men and women, this groundbreaking book takes the reader on a journey to discover new routes to authentic manhood and create alternatives to definitions of masculinity that no longer work in today's world.

A year on from the loss of Lord Pelagius Hunt of Mirecoombe, new Keeper Nancy Bligh is still struggling. She can banish the spirits and keep peace between the spriggans and piskies, but every time Nancy sleeps, she dreams of drowning. She is haunted by loss, and by whispers from all around of...

In a world of digital overload and never-ending work demands, Microsoft Copilot stands as a breakthrough in productivity. What once took hours—summarizing reports, formatting presentations, calculating forecasts—can now be done in minutes with precision and personalization. This book is a guide for professionals ready to integrate AI into their daily work, not as a novelty, but as a core tool for speed, clarity, and strategic thinking.

There is a misconception that rock climbing is only for tough macho guys and adventure junkies. Rock climbing certainly requires a lot of strength and energy, but this can be acquired by anyone willing to learn and dedicate some of their free time to it. The step-by-step training in this book is so easy to follow that you will have success with it, even if you have failed at every other hobbies you’ve tried.

An EMP strike plunges Las Vegas into darkness. Cars die. Power fails. The city stops. Within minutes, the illusion of control is gone—and panic takes its place. Rosa has spent years moving between two worlds. By day, she works at an exclusive golf club. By night, she disappears into the storm...