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Practical Beekeeping For Beginners: Your Questions About Beekeeping Answered – Build Your Own Beehive, Manage A Colony, Harvest Honey & Raise Hives Across The Seasons

by Luke Ramsey ...

Narrated by Duncan Armstrong ...

Unabridged

3 hours 12 min

Imagine having a thriving beehive in your backyard, buzzing with life, and producing fresh honey. Why This Guide Will Make Your Beekeeping Journey Easy & Fun Bust the myths: Beekeeping doesn’t take up all your time or break the bank.Stress-free setup: Learn how to source bees the right way from Nucs to swarms,get the best start possible.Thriving plants :</s... ... Read more

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Imagine having a thriving beehive in your backyard, buzzing with life, and producing fresh honey. Why This Guide Will Make Your Beekeeping Journey Easy & Fun Bust the myths: Beekeeping doesn’t take up all your time or break the bank.Stress-free setup: Learn how to source bees the right way from Nucs to swarms,get the best start possible.Thriving plants :</s...
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Meltdown

Greed, Scandal, and the Collapse of Credit Suisse

by Duncan Mavin ...

Narrated by Charles Armstrong ...

Unabridged

8 hours 3 min

The incredible story of a once-venerable Swiss bank that produced a litany of financial scandals and whose collapse reveals the amorality at the heart of the global banking system.Credit Suisse was a 166-year-old bastion of global banking. But a veneer of high-class service disguised a darker, much dirtier reality. From its sterile Zurich headquarters, Credit Suisse banked dictators and drug ... Read more

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The incredible story of a once-venerable Swiss bank that produced a litany of financial scandals and whose collapse reveals the amorality at the heart of the global banking system.Credit Suisse was a 166-year-old bastion of global banking. But a veneer of high-class service disguised a darker, much dirtier reality. From its sterile Zurich headquarters, Credit Suisse banked dictators and drug
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Bedtime Stories for Grown-ups

by Ben Holden ...

Narrated by Ben Holden, Sandra Duncan, Luke Thompson, Gareth Armstrong, Esther Wane ...

Unabridged

12 hours 41 min

There are few more precious routines than that of the bedtime story. So why do we discard this invaluable ritual as grown-ups to the detriment of our well-being and good health?In this groundbreaking anthology, Ben Holden, editor of the bestselling Poems That Make Grown Men Cry, challenges how we think about life, a third of which is spent asleep. He deftly explores not only the science of sleep ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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There are few more precious routines than that of the bedtime story. So why do we discard this invaluable ritual as grown-ups to the detriment of our well-being and good health?In this groundbreaking anthology, Ben Holden, editor of the bestselling Poems That Make Grown Men Cry, challenges how we think about life, a third of which is spent asleep. He deftly explores not only the science of sleep
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Thomas Cromwell

The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant

by Tracy Borman ...

Narrated by Gareth Armstrong, Paul Mendez, Sandra Duncan ...

Unabridged

15 hours 10 min

Thomas Cromwell has long been reviled as a Machiavellian schemer who stopped at nothing in his quest for power. As King Henry VIII’s right-hand man, Cromwell was the architect of the English Reformation; secured Henry’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon and plotted the downfall of his second wife, Anne Boleyn; and was fatally accused of trying to usurp the king himself. But in this engrossing new ... Read more

$29.99 USD

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Thomas Cromwell has long been reviled as a Machiavellian schemer who stopped at nothing in his quest for power. As King Henry VIII’s right-hand man, Cromwell was the architect of the English Reformation; secured Henry’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon and plotted the downfall of his second wife, Anne Boleyn; and was fatally accused of trying to usurp the king himself. But in this engrossing new
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An English Christmas

by John Julius Norwich ...

Narrated by John Julius Norwich, Nicky Diss, Luke Thompson, Gareth Armstrong, Sandra Duncan ...

Unabridged

7 hours 32 min

'If I could work my will,' said Scrooge indignantly, 'Every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.'A Christmas anthology from legendary historian and Christmas Cracker compiler, John Julius Norwich.This year go carol-singing in the Cotswolds with Laurie Lee or attend church with a grumpy ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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'If I could work my will,' said Scrooge indignantly, 'Every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.'A Christmas anthology from legendary historian and Christmas Cracker compiler, John Julius Norwich.This year go carol-singing in the Cotswolds with Laurie Lee or attend church with a grumpy
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A Royal Life

by HRH The Duke of Kent, Hugo Vickers ...

Narrated by Hugo Vickers, Gregory Cox, Julie Teal, Sandra Duncan, Gareth Armstrong, Richard Attlee ...

Unabridged

8 hours 10 min

The insights and memories of a member of the British Royal Family - HRH The Duke of Kent in conversation with Hugo Vickers about some of the key events of his life and the Queen's reign.HRH The Duke of Kent has been at the heart of the British Royal Family throughout his life. As a working member of the Royal Family, he has supported his cousin, The Queen, representing her at home and abroad. His ... Read more

$31.99 USD

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The insights and memories of a member of the British Royal Family - HRH The Duke of Kent in conversation with Hugo Vickers about some of the key events of his life and the Queen's reign.HRH The Duke of Kent has been at the heart of the British Royal Family throughout his life. As a working member of the Royal Family, he has supported his cousin, The Queen, representing her at home and abroad. His
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Must You Go?

My Life with Harold Pinter

by Antonia Fraser ...

Narrated by Gareth Armstrong, Sandra Duncan, Multiple Narrators ...

Unabridged

11 hours 14 min

When Antonia Fraser met Harold Pinter she was a celebrated biographer and he was Britain's finest playwright. Both were already married - Pinter to the actress Vivien Merchant and Fraser to the politician Hugh Fraser - but their union seemed inevitable from the moment they met: 'I would have found you somehow', Pinter told Fraser. Their relationship flourished until Pinter's death on Christmas Eve ... Read more

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When Antonia Fraser met Harold Pinter she was a celebrated biographer and he was Britain's finest playwright. Both were already married - Pinter to the actress Vivien Merchant and Fraser to the politician Hugh Fraser - but their union seemed inevitable from the moment they met: 'I would have found you somehow', Pinter told Fraser. Their relationship flourished until Pinter's death on Christmas Eve
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Armstrong's Handbook of Reward Management Practice

Improving Performance Through Reward

by Michael Armstrong, Duncan Brown ...

Armstrong's Handbook of Reward Management Practice is the essential guide to comprehending, developing and implementing effective reward strategies.This updated seventh edition incorporates the latest research and developments within reward management, including the reward implications of Covid and the 'great resignation' and rewarding remote and hybrid workers. Revisions also contain updates on ... Read more

$58.49 USD

Armstrong's Handbook of Reward Management Practice is the essential guide to comprehending, developing and implementing effective reward strategies.This updated seventh edition incorporates the latest research and developments within reward management, including the reward implications of Covid and the 'great resignation' and rewarding remote and hybrid workers. Revisions also contain updates on
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Return to Mandalay

Lose yourself in this stunning, feel-good read

by Rosanna Ley ...

Narrated by Gareth Armstrong, Sandra Duncan ...

Unabridged

15 hours 28 min

Eva Gatsby has often wondered about her grandfather Lawrence's past, and exactly what happened to him in Burma during the Second World War. But it is only when Eva's job as an antiques dealer suddenly requires a trip to Mandalay that Lawrence finally breaks his silence and asks her to return a mysterious artefact of his own - a chinthe - to its rightful owner.As Eva arrives in Burma her mission ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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Eva Gatsby has often wondered about her grandfather Lawrence's past, and exactly what happened to him in Burma during the Second World War. But it is only when Eva's job as an antiques dealer suddenly requires a trip to Mandalay that Lawrence finally breaks his silence and asks her to return a mysterious artefact of his own - a chinthe - to its rightful owner.As Eva arrives in Burma her mission
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Evidence-Based Reward Management

Creating Measurable Business Impact from Your Pay and Reward Practices

by Michael Armstrong, Duncan Brown, Peter Reilly ...

Evidence-Based Reward Management presents an analysis of the current failure of organisations to assess the effectiveness of pay and reward practices. It considers the reasons for this and outlines the damaging consequences of it. By examining recent developments in human capital information and measurement it looks at how HR can construct effective reward for improved performance, both for the ... Read more

$62.99 USD

Evidence-Based Reward Management presents an analysis of the current failure of organisations to assess the effectiveness of pay and reward practices. It considers the reasons for this and outlines the damaging consequences of it. By examining recent developments in human capital information and measurement it looks at how HR can construct effective reward for improved performance, both for the
... Read more
Meltdown

Greed, Scandal, and the Collapse of Credit Suisse

by Duncan Mavin ...

The incredible story of a once-venerable Swiss bank that produced a litany of financial scandals and whose collapse reveals the amorality at the heart of the global banking system.Credit Suisse was a 166-year-old bastion of global banking. But a veneer of high-class service disguised a darker, much dirtier reality. From its sterile Zurich headquarters, Credit Suisse banked dictators and drug ... Read more

$13.99 USD

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The incredible story of a once-venerable Swiss bank that produced a litany of financial scandals and whose collapse reveals the amorality at the heart of the global banking system.Credit Suisse was a 166-year-old bastion of global banking. But a veneer of high-class service disguised a darker, much dirtier reality. From its sterile Zurich headquarters, Credit Suisse banked dictators and drug
... Read more

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A History of France

by John Julius Norwich ...

**An "engaging, enthusiastic, sympathetic, funny" journey through French history from the New York Times–bestselling author of Absolute Monarchs ( The Wall Street Journal).Beginning with Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul in the first century BC, this study of French history comprises a cast of legendary characters―Charlemagne, Louis XIV, Napoleon, Joan of Arc, and Marie Antoinette, to name a few―as ... Read more

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**An "engaging, enthusiastic, sympathetic, funny" journey through French history from the New York Times–bestselling author of Absolute Monarchs ( The Wall Street Journal).Beginning with Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul in the first century BC, this study of French history comprises a cast of legendary characters―Charlemagne, Louis XIV, Napoleon, Joan of Arc, and Marie Antoinette, to name a few―as
... Read more

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