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In 1966, two authorities on LSD—Richard Alpert, PhD, AKA Ram Dass, and Sidney Cohen, MD—spoke out on the merits and dangers of the psychedelic drug as acclaimed photographer Lawrence Schiller documented the experiences as they were happening. This Commemorative Edition of LSD looks back at the public’s use of LSD in the 1960s and features a new introduction that explores the book’s relevance to today’s psychedelic renaissance.

The collected BBC radio adaptations of George Eliot’s pioneering Victorian novels, known for their realism and psychological insight. Includes Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda.

A collection of four ghostly tales inspired by M. R. James: Casting the Runes, Lost Hearts, The Treasure of Abbott-Thomas and A View from the Hill.

First published between 1870 and 1893, Émile Zola’s 20-book cycle chronicling four generations of the Rougon-Macquarts was a shocking exposé of the decadence, degradation and moral decay of 19th-century France. It included some of his greatest novels, among them his masterpiece, Germinal. These innovative, ambitious dramas, first broadcast on Radio 4 over 24 hours in 2015-16, are a radical reimagining of Zola’s classic series, introducing us to 104-year-old matriarch, Dide, imprisoned in an asylum in southern France.

From America’s most beloved foursome—the TikTok sensation @theoldgays—a book of unexpected aspirational advice and inspirational stories drawn from their decades of living, from pre-Stonewall to the rise of the LGBTQ+ movement to gay marriage and beyond.

In the aftermath of the Cold War, American intelligence caught three high-profile Russian spies: Aldrich Ames, Edward Lee Howard, and Robert Hanssen. However, rumors have long swirled of another mole, one perhaps more damaging than all the others combined. Perhaps the greatest traitor in American history, perhaps a Russian ruse to tear the CIA apart, or perhaps nothing more than a bogeyman, he is often referred to as the Fourth Man.

If you like natural sound, water running in stream, birds chirping nicely in the morning... then this one is for you. With this audiobook, experience the power of nature like on a dreamlike vacation. Nature Sounds - with over 3 hours of ambient sounds, recorded all over the world. Using state-of-the-art recording technology, with extremely high fidelity, and the best spatial atmosphere. Listening to "nature's perfect white noise" instantly ensures considerable inner peace and can also have a very helpful effect on tinnitus. What WON'T You Get? Distractions.

Christopher Lee's highly acclaimed and award-winning BBC Radio 4 history of the British Empire.

From the producers of the Number One bestselling CD The Wit of Cricket, here is a brand new collection of the funniest cricket stories at home and abroad, recorded live at Great Brickhill Cricket Club in Bedfordshire. Join in the laughter at hilarious anecdotes about the Ashes, overseas tours, sledging, Test Match Special, and much more!

A tender love story, a serpentine villainess, a glittering setting in London society, and a showering of Wildean witticism are only a few of the reasons why this play has enjoyed hugely successful revivals in London, in New York, and on the silver screen. This 1895 drama is eerily prescient, as it examines the plight of a promising politician, desperate to hide a secret in his past. With empathy and wit, Oscar Wilde explores the pitfalls of holding public figures to higher standards than the rest of us.

Robert Altman - visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legend - comes roaring to life in this rollicking cinematic biography, told in a chorus of voices that can only be called Altmanesque.

The original version of LATW’s groundbreaking docudrama about the Pentagon Papers, the infamous classified documents about US involvement in the Vietnam War, and how The Washington Post fought the government to publish them. Includes a 1991 panel discussion with journalists Ben Bradlee, Peter Braestrup, Robert Maynard, Carla Robbins, Robert Scheer, and George Wilson.

Ted Sorensen, JFK’s closest adviser, speech writer and friend, in his own words and final interview, brings us directly into the Oval Office as a member of Kennedy’s inner circle. This film reveals how essential Sorensen was to the administration, as Kennedy said: “My intellectual blood bank”. Not only with the epic speech “Ask not what your country can do for you - Ask what you can do for your country,” but as special counsel to the President.

When Christopher was six, the poems of Milne were always on hand to reassure him that other children were just as puzzled and naughty and silly as he was, and that grown-ups could be even sillier. When he turned 60, he decided it was high time there was an equally reassuring volume for those of his generation who were not only more confused than ever but were losing their teeth, their hair and, all too often, their car keys.

Henry James's novel, dramatised by Rachel Joyce. Young and beautiful, Isabel Archer thinks that she is in control of her fate. Little does she know, however, that others behind the scenes are pulling the strings. The beautiful and free-spirited Isabel Archer is now a very rich woman. Two men have declared their love for her but she does not want to be married. Resolved to enjoy her fortune, she begins her travels. Starring Anna Maxwell Martin, Haydn Gwynne, Robert Bathurst, Gayle Hunnicutt and full cast. Pianist Duncan Walsh Atkins. Directed by Tracey Neale.

An acclaimed novelist, short story writer and critic, Leslie Poles Hartley is best known for his 1953 novel The Go-Between, which won the W. H. Heinemann Award and was adapted as a BAFTA-winning film starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates. Included here is a radio dramatisation of that classic tale, alongside adaptations of three further novels and five short stories.

Herr Müller und sein Nachbar Egon haben als Impfnebenwirkung Superkräfte erhalten. Da sie zuhause mit ihren Superkräften alles kaputt machen, werden sie von ihren Frauen vor die Tür gesetzt um "meinetwegen die Welt zu retten". In Ermangelung anderer Superschurken beschließen Sie den Klimawandel zu bekämpfen.

Die Jagd nach dem Schlangengold geht in die erste Runde. Um einen von drei Schlüsseln zu erhalten, infiltriert das Team McLair eine irische Beerdigung. Doch McLair wäre nicht McLair, wenn er nicht einen deutlich größeren Plan verfolgen würde. Barrueco sucht das Gespräch und Isabelle beweist erneut ihre ganz besonderen Künste der Ablenkung, während zugleich alte Feinde in Dublin ankommen, um McLair zu jagen.

Im Januar 1945 befreite die Rote Armee das Konzentrationslager Auschwitz. Über eine Million Menschen wurde dort von den Nationalsozialisten umgebracht. Das Hörspiel "Briefe aus der Hölle" basiert auf den erstmals restaurierten Texten der Mitglieder des Sonderkommandos in Auschwitz- Birkenau, die gezwungen wurden, bei dem Massenmord in den Krematorien mitzuhelfen. Dass einige von ihnen den Drang verspürten, schriftliche Zeugnisse des Grauens zu verfassen, ist von erschütternder Menschlichkeit. Im Angesicht des fast sicheren Todes wollten sie nur eins: der Nachwelt berichten, was geschah.

Brandstifter machen Schlagzeilen in London. Nirgends scheint man mehr vor den gefährlichen Flammen der berüchtigten Feuerteufel in Sicherheit zu sein. Und ausgerechnet jetzt stellt sich der Meisterdieb Wayne McLair offen und recht spektakulär der Polizei, wodurch er umgehend im Newgate Prison eingesperrt wird. Warum tut er das? Welche Rolle spielen die Feuerteufel und der ominöse Prof. Belchleigh in diesem Spiel? Und welche Ziele verfolgt Solomon Crompton in Wahrheit?