Tudor Fiction

Called up in 1940, Reg expected to be fighting Germans. Instead, he found himself caught up in the fall of Singapore to the Japanese. What followed were three years of hell, moving from one camp to another along the Kwai river, building the infamous Burma railway. Reg made the deadly jungle work for him. With an ingenuity that is astonishing, he trapped and ate lizards, harvested pumpkins from the canteen rubbish heap and with his homemade razor became camp barber.

Honeybees, history, and small-town charm are what Honey Hill, North Carolina, is all about. Its mayor, Lunden Pierce, will stop at nothing to protect the town’s historical landmarks and distinctive character. She’s Honey Hill’s greatest champion. But everything changes when Lunden’s childhood sweetheart, Quade Cannon, returns to town. Though Quade has fond memories of his summers in Honey Hill, he has no use for the historic inn he’s inherited - or the honeybees living in its yard. His plan is to sell the inn and reap the rewards.

Der Sinn des Lebens: Herr Spessa schaut sich während der Fussball-WM gemeinsam mit Freunden Spiele an. Seine Frau fand das bis anhin nicht toll, doch diesmal ist sie regelrecht begeistert. Herr Spessa befürchtet deshalb, dass seine Frau einen Liebhaber hat. Falsche Polizisten: Der Vater von Maloneys Klient wird beinahe das Opfer von Trickbetrügern. Ein falscher Polizist fragte nach Bargeld in der Wohnung und erklärte dem alten Mann, dass das Geld nicht sicher sei. Maloney soll den falschen Polizisten ausfindig machen.

Trudi Gerster (1919-2013) war die bekannteste Märchenerzählerin der Schweiz, Schauspielerin und Politikerin. 70 Jahre lang stand sie auf der Bühne und berührte mit ihrer einzigartigen Erzählkunst Hunderttausende von Menschen. Sie sammelte und bearbeite Geschichten aus aller Welt. Trudi Gerster setzte ihre Stimme auch politisch ein und trat 1968 mit den ersten Frauen in den Grossen Rat in Basel Stadt ein. Sie engagierte sich für Frauenrechte, Umweltschutz, Kultur, fairere Bedingungen für Kulturschaffende und Heimatschutz.

An honorably discharged Navy SEAL, Jack Sterling moves to Dayton to emotionally support his recently divorced mother. Rather than find her crushed as he expected, she’s surprisingly energized by a new, religious faith. Hired as a bounty hunter, Jack begins tracking down a war veteran fugitive that jumped bail, while encountering his own spiritual crisis. There's action, humor and personal reflection as Jack, in a dual pursuit, searches to find a brother in arms and his own soul.

Sam Grant is tasked with the job of tracing the vendor of a painting that had come up for sale at a London auction room. Produced by a German Jewish artist who had perished in a Nazi concentration camp, the painting had been stolen from a schloss in Lower Saxony in World War Two. Then it had apparently vanished. Now it has surfaced 50 years later. So who had possessed it in those years? Grant has to find the answer for Gerda Hoffman, an attractive blonde. But the case turns out to be more dangerous and life-threatening than he could have anticipated…

Nine stories as hot and sweet as steaming cocoa on a December night! Collecting the erotic holiday "gift" stories from Circlet Press into one anthology, Jingle Balls has a little something for everyone, some gay, some straight, some lesbian, some kinky, some out of the (gift) box, with stories by Laura Antoniou, Kal Cobalt, Andrea Dale, Roxanne Rhoads, Elizabeth Schechter, and more!

Schneewittchen schwebt am Hofe ihrer eitlen Stiefmutter in höchster Lebensgefahr. Denn das Mädchen wird von Tag zu Tag schöner und die böse Königin fürchtet, schon bald nicht mehr die Schönste im ganzen Land zu sein. Als ihr das der Zauberspiegel eines Tages bestätigt, befiehlt die Königin dem gutmütigen Haushofmeister Ottokar, Schneewittchen in den Wald zu bringen und dort zu töten. Dieser bringt das aber nicht übers Herz und rät dem Mädchen, im Wald Unterschlupf zu suchen. Und so kommt Schneewittchen zu einem kleinen Häuschen und lernt dort die sieben Zwerge kennen, die es gern aufnehmen und beschützen wollen.

When Ted accidentally discovers (don't ask!) that his toilet allows him to travel back in time to any point in history, his (slightly soggy) discoveries are only just beginning. Join Ted on his fully immersive adventure through time as he flushes himself back to Tudor times and an encounter with Henry VIII! Steven Vinacour's sequel to his hilarious debut novel follows Ted as he visits the Tudor era to get dance lessons and kingly tips from Henry VIII himself - all in the vague hope of becoming prom king to Chloe (swoon!) Onions' prom queen!

Wilhelm Busch’s Max & Moritz in einer Schweizer Mundart Hörspiel Version. Mit Jörg Schneider und Erich Vock als Max & Moritz. Durch die Geschichte begleitet die Schauspielerin, Radiomoderatorin und Autorin Elisabeth Schnell.

Der Klassiker von Ellis Kaut in der Mundart-Version von Jörg Schneider.

Der Klassiker von Ellis Kaut in der Mundart-Version von Jörg Schneider.

Der Klassiker von Ellis Kaut in der Mundart-Version von Jörg Schneider.

Der Klassiker von Ellis Kaut in der Mundart-Version von Jörg Schneider.

This humorous original-for-audio program offers seven tales of near disasters, reminders that youth, strange circumstances, or a moment of stupidity can lead to catastrophe. Yet Rosie evades the frightening consequences of her foolishness and continues, unscathed on her journey.

In "Encounters With The World," Ann Tudor offers the listener her uniquely poignant poetry on the beauty of the moment—a falling leave, a soft winter's snow, the glow of a summer moon.

Der Klassiker von Ellis Kaut in der Mundart-Version von Jörg Schneider.

In "The Detective's Wife", Tudor Jenks, perhaps having had a bit too much of all-knowing and near omniscient sleuths, seems to be having his own joke on Conan Doyle and his followers. This audiobook takes you back into the parlor of one such brilliant and undefeatable detective, who brags to his wife that the logical and mathematical male mind is superior to the disorganized and emotional mind of the female. His wife disagrees.

Lord Simon James Winston, seventh Marquis of Breckinridge, can have anything he wants, except the woman he loves. After Chandra, his lover of two years, spurns his marriage offer, he does his best to forget her. When friends discussed the services of Madame Eve one night over cards, it seems like just the thing to get him over his heartbreak.

In a time when women have few options for their futures, bluestocking wallflower Llysa Hamilton has aged out of the marriage mart. With offers for her hand unlikely, she enlists Madame Eve's 1Night Stand service to find the perfect man for one passionate night. Wolfe Thane, Duke of Foxhaven, has never lacked for anything, but he's bored with his entitled life. Winning a 1Night Stand voucher in a poker game appears to offer a perfect, commitment-free opportunity to add spice to his sex life.