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We're back with Bertie Wooster and his devoted man, Jeeves, in Carry On, Jeeves, the second collection of P.G. Wodehouse's much-loved series. There are trips to America, scandalous books and articles to tend with, near misses in love, and schemes aplenty, all under the watchful eye of Jeeves, who always finds a way to make things just right.

In this elegant comedy of manners, Penelope O'Farrell discovers that her husband has been having an affair with an attractive married woman. Instead of lapsing into despair, she decides to employ some cunning strategies to save her marriage.

In this moody Russian drama, Ivanov is a melancholic impoverished landowner whose wife is dying of tuberculosis. However, he finds himself irresistibly drawn to the beautiful Sasha, the daughter of his wealthy neighbors. Augmented by a diverse array of colorful supporting characters and intrigues, this play provides a glimpse of master dramatist Anton Chekhov's early work.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes picks up where the previous collection of Holmes stories left off: with the great detective's return from the dead in "The Empty House." This and the twelve other stories in the anthology—including "The Dancing Men," "The Solitary Cyclist," "The Six Napoleons," and "The Second Stain"—are absolute classics of detective fiction centered on the genius Holmes and his loyal friend and companion Dr. Watson

Meet the indomitable lady detective Loveday Brooke. Able to assume a multitude of disguises and possessed of analytical powers rivaling those of the great Sherlock Holmes, she masters every baffling situation and solves each perplexing crime in these seven atmospheric and entertaining Victorian mysteries.

Shakespeare's King Lear ranks with Sophocles' Oedipus as a tragic hero destroyed by his own good intentions. From the moment when Lear unfolds his darker purpose, we are drawn into an ineluctable chain of events that leads through betrayal, deceit, destructive family conflict, reconciliation, despair, and death. Considered by many to be the most grueling of Shakespeare's tragedies.

This is the second novella detailing the continuing adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the world's first consulting detective, and his friend and colleague, Dr. John Watson. In The Sign of Four, Holmes and Watson are hired by Mary Morstan to investigate the mysterious circumstances of her father's death, which will set them on the trail of a lost Indian treasure and in pursuit of two of the strangest criminals in the Holmes canon.

In the not-too-distant future, 2185 AD, anti-gerisone is the new drug that stops ageing. People are now living into their hundreds until it's time to take their own big trip up yonder, and in the case of the Ford family and Gramps, the notable patriarch, families are living and fighting together in one home for much longer. Eventually there are no prisons, slums, asylums, poverty, wars, or disease. and 200 years later the population of the US is set at 40 million people. But since no one gets any older, someone must volunteer to die if a baby is born.

In survey after survey, Abraham Lincoln is universally ranked as the greatest of America's presidents, setting standards for honesty, courage, compassion and ethical responsibility. John Drinkwater's play was the British poet's first theatrical success, opening in England in 1918 to surprising acclaim and making its way to Broadway in 1919, to even stronger public enthusiasm. It was produced on radio by Orson Wells on August 15, 1938, on his program, The Mercury Theater on the Air.

What separates average businesses from extraordinarily successful ones? Better product? Nope. Your competitor will rapidly reverse-engineer your "secret sauce" and get their "better-than-you" version on the market faster than you can say "Usain Bolt". Better customer service? Guess what? All of your competitors say they provide the best customer service. It's a wishy washy phrase...a vague generality with no meaningful specific. Better pricing? You're kidding, right? The company that lives on price dies on price.

Sam Maxwell's "The Art of Stoicism: A Collection of Daily Stoic Quotes & Meditations for Beginners" might help you embrace the eternal wisdom of stoic philosophy. This primer provides a clear route to comprehending and using stoic concepts in contemporary life. Through a well chosen collection of thought-provoking quotations and useful daily exercises, Maxwell encourages listeners to delve into the Stoic qualities of temperance, wisdom, courage, and justice.

Lily Pine recently moved to a cozy peninsula town in the Pacific Northwest. Her plans to open a bayside restaurant and start a new life are hindered when she is unexpectedly swept into a murder mystery. Can Lily make new friends in this picturesque village, solve a murder, and fulfill her husband’s lifelong dream? Along the way, Lily shares delicious recipes sure to please any mystery enthusiast.

Join Brick on his first day as a homicide detective. Of course, someone gets murdered. A heated love triangle and good times with Mark and Maggie are abound. An intriguing beginning for the thrilling crime mysteries of The Link, Justice for the Guilty, and Blackout Murder.

James Brickman is pulled back into a case from four years ago. A murder with an endless pool of suspects teams Brick with a pair of FBI agents. Bringing down the kingpin of a multi-state human trafficking syndicate may be more than they bargained for. Immerse yourself in the murder, mystery and intrigue from the Pacific Northwest to the coast of California. You’ll never believe where it all leads.

James Brickman is an investigator for the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Department. When his personal life collides with his work life, he finds himself racing to save a young girl held captive by human traffickers. With the cooperation of several law enforcement teams and a little help from his new romantic interest, James embarks on a journey to bring justice to the sinister deviants behind the criminal network.

Scorned by her 17th century New England Puritan village, Hester Prynne struggles to raise her precocious daughter, Pearl, who is the result of an affair and whose father is unknown. Despite being forced to wear a scarlet letter A as a brand for her adultery, Hester tries to live a life of repentance and dignity. Pearl's father comes forward as he is struggling under the weight of his own shame and sin.

Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel is the most famous vampire tale ever told. British solicitor Jonathan Harker finds himself imprisoned in a castle in Transylvania and begins to believe his host, Count Dracula, is not entirely human. As his horror mounts, he suspects that Dracula plans to invade and conquer England, one victim at a time.

Catalina “Cat” Rivera’s life is upended after a gas station robbery claims her parents’ lives and forces her and her younger sister into Witness Protection. Seven years later, the quiet life Cat has worked hard to build is shattered when Vince Fletcher, her former military pen pal, tracks her down.

Your cancer diagnosis comes as a surprise and not a pleasant surprise. It is a hard and threatening jolt. Perhaps you are still in shock. Still trying to wrap your mind around the new reality of your diagnosis and what it means for your present and future. Is it possible to walk by faith on this difficult journey? David Powlison, speaking both as a counselor and as someone who has been diagnosed with cancer four times, describes the uncertainty, the physical pain, and the emotional and spiritual struggles that come with a cancer diagnosis.

After burying her father, Fiona Chalfant is left with a choice: keep the run-down ranch or sell it and move on. With nowhere else to go, she hires Lance Dalton to be her foreman; he has a young son, and needs the work. Working together to rejuvenate the property, they are unaware one of the workers hired could be a dangerous man. Things go smoothly and Lance and Fiona begin to fall in love. Life seems perfect until the child mysteriously disappears, then Fiona. Who is out to hurt them and why?