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“The Thing Invisible” is a story featuring Thomas Carnacki, a detective who investigates cases of an occult or supernatural nature. It is one of five tales of Carnacki's ghost hunting exploits that first appeared serially in The Idler magazine in 1910 and were published together with one more as a collection Carnacki the Ghost-Finder in 1913. After a good dinner, Mr. Carnacki relates his experiences of ghost-finding to his limited circle of four friends whom he has summoned to his home in Chelsea.

This episode of Bob Hope's classic NBC radio show originally aired on January 30, 1951.

Living in Alignment with Madelyn Hope is a space for thoughtful conversations about growth, alignment, and building a life that actually feels good to live.:) Each week I share my reflections on wellness, personal growth, astrology, sobriety, mindset and the lessons that come from living intentionally. Some episodes expand on my weekly newsletter & current astrological energy, while others explore the real life experiences that shape who we become.💫 This podcast isn’t about perfection, but rather learning to trust your body, think deeply, & stay grounded through all life throws our way....

Millie Sanders has settled into her new position as assistant cruise director of the Siren of the Seas and is loving every minute of the adventure and excitement. A fresh wave of passengers have just boarded, and as the deck party gets into full swing, a frantic cry of man overboard is shouted over the loudspeakers. Millie rushes towards the crowd that has gathered on the portside upper deck and watches in horror as the ship's crew desperately tries to save a young man who has just gone over.

Two days before the collapse of Hosni Mubarak's regime in Egypt, one man gathered the courage to tell the president the truth: he would be killed in his palace if he did not step down. What came next revealed the bitter power struggles atop the most populous country in the Middle East at its most vulnerable moment in six decades. This is the inside story of the final days of Egypt's modern day pharaoh, who ruled with near autocratic powers for three decades before being forced to resign on February 11, 2011.

Bullion! is the ultimate locked-room mystery. A ship transporting gold bullion is travelling from Melbourne to London. The gold is packed into chests and stored in a separate locked and sealed room. But mysterious whispering is heard in the night and chests seemingly disappear and return, leading the crew to think they’re losing their minds. Can the second mate get to the bottom of the mystery?

This episode of Bob Hope's classic NBC radio show originally aired on March 5, 1946.

She was never supposed to stay. Confident. Curvy. A city girl who belonged to a world I could never touch. But I married her anyway, thinking I could keep her at arm's length and still call her mine. I never let her all the way in. Never let her see how deep she got under my skin. And now she's done pretending that's enough. When she hands me divorce papers, I expect her to run back to her perfect, polished life. But she doesn't. She gets a job slinging coffee in town like she's not tearing my whole damn world apart. So I give her an ultimatum—thirty days in my bed, living like we used to.

The only thing bigger than Carrie Hope Fletcher’s hair is her heart. Eternally upbeat, this twenty-two-year-old dynamo has sung her way to fame, both as Éponine in the London cast of Les Mis, and on her wildly popular YouTube channel, It’s Way Past My Bedtime. But here’s her not-so-secret...

Life on board Siren of the Seas has been smooth sailing for Millie Sanders, but that soon changes when diva Ariana Teliar boards as the ship's new entertainer and "star attraction". Unfortunately, Millie has been given the task of showing Ariana the ropes. When Ariana discovers a dead body on her balcony, Millie’s “task” changes to protecting the diva’s life 24 hours a day! The only problem is, Ariana has a penchant for disappearing and Millie is forced to chase her down.

A dead man in Big Bay Creek, spring break, and a rogue FBI agent would be enough to drive Chief Callie Jean Morgan to drink...if she hadn't already quietly crawled inside a bottle of gin to drown her sorrows. When her investigation into the stranger's death heats up an unsolved abduction case, Callie finds herself pitted against the town council, her son, the agent, and even the raucous college kids enjoying idyllic Edisto Beach. Amidst it all, Callie must find a way to reconcile her grief and her precious taste for gin before anyone else is killed.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. The zenith of Empire is bookended by two catastrophic wars that slaughter vast swathes of humanity. And yet authors manage to record and create fragile libraries of humanity, its talents, its dreams and increasingly its nightmares.

Taking listeners on a gastronomic journey from Paris and London to New York, Chicago and San Francisco, Lustful Appetites reveals how this preoccupation changed the ways we eat and the ways we are intimate—while also creating stigmas that persist well into our own twenty-first century.

All four steamy contemporary cowboy romances in Hope Ford's Whiskey Valley series are collected together in one omnibus. The series includes Protector Cowboy, Redeemed Cowboy, Faithful Cowboy, and Savage Cowboy.

Ever since a traumatic brain injury changed his life, Colter James has kept to himself. He doesn't do small talk. Doesn't do crowds. And certainly doesn't do women. When my sleazy ex starts causing trouble, Colter shows up like a storm—dark, dangerous, and hell-bent on protecting me even if it means breaking all of his rules. Now he's stepping into my world—one quiet gesture, one lingering glance at a time.

Millie and the crew on board Siren of the Seas have their hands full when a group of cowboys and cowgirls board their ship for an action-packed, fun-filled cruise. Andy Walker, the ships cruise director, is pulling out all the stops since one of the passengers, Colt Kenworth, has close ties to Majestic Cruise Lines CEO, Ted Danvers.

Single dad billionaire Jack McAllen needs a favor from his beautiful and curvy nanny Tessa. Jack’s business is hinging on closing a deal with a client at a retreat, and he needs Tessa to play the part of his wife to keep up appearances. But will they be able to pull it off without their secret being exposed by Jack’s nemesis who tags along for the weekend?

In these will-they-or-won’t-they insta-love romances, you’ll be taken on a wild journey as these two strong personalities are drawn to one another.

A short steamy billionaire and strong curvy woman romance. Billionaire businessman, Alistair Harrington, needs to plan a last-minute engagement party for his estranged brother. With time running out, he enlists the help of a beautiful professional party planner, Anna. Can the two of them pull off the perfect party in such a short time period? And can they ignore the romantic tension that blossoms between them?

Millie has her hands full when Andy, the Siren of the Seas’ cruise director, is forced to take an emergency medical leave. Having filled in for him before, Millie readily agrees, reasoning that it’s only for one voyage and what could possibly go wrong? Former reality television star, Harper Rothshield has skipped out of her rehab and convinced her boyfriend and friends to join her for a cruise on board Siren of the Seas. She vows to quit her bad habits and get her act together by going cold turkey.