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  • Dictionary of Superstitions

    by David Pickering ...
    A comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the superstitions, old and new, of the English-speaking world, complete with their origins, meanings and variant forms. It includes just about everything from touching wood, identifying future lovers and walking under ladders to folk remedies, spells and modern beliefs relating to the lottery, the computer and the mobile phone. A first-class source book for ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Penguin Book of Baby Names

    by David Pickering ...
    Of all the decisions a new parent makes, choosing that special name is the most significant and the most rewarding.A new reference book for prospective parents, this clear, helpful and easy-to-use A-Z guide gives you thousands of brilliant suggestions for picking the perfect name for your new arrival. It also includes appendices of the top ten names through the centuries and the most popular ... Read more

    $6.09 USD

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    Concise History of Turkey, A: The History and Legacy of Turkey from Antiquity to Today

    by Charles River Editors ...
    Narrated by David Pickering ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 15 min

    It was not until the excavations of the 1930s that many of the relics, reliefs, and clay tablets that offer so much information about Persian life could be studied for the first time. Through archaeological remains, ancient texts, and work by a new generation of historians, a picture can today be built of this remarkable civilization and their capital city. Although the city had been destroyed, ... Read more

    $6.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Penguin Pocket Jokes

    by David Pickering ...
    Have you heard the one about the man who walked into a bar? (Ouch!)... Penguin Pocket Jokes is essential (and hilarious) reading for anyone searching for the perfect joke. Whether you want a snappy wisecrack or a longer rib-tickler when making a speech, this easy-to-use guide will provide the perfect witticism. ... Read more

    $7.29 USD

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    Descent into Hell

    by Charles Williams ...
    Narrated by David Pickering ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 59 min

    In every moment, we choose between Heaven and Hell...The good people of Battle Hill are getting ready to put on a play by the renowned playwright, Peter Stanhope. As the rehearsals continue and the date of the premier draws closer, many things that are hidden are revealed.Among them is the fact that nearly every choice presents us with both an invitation and a temptation. Pauline Anstruther is ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

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    Ephesians

    Word Come Alive

    by Martin Manser ...
    Narrated by David Pickering ...
    Series series Word Come Alive

    Unabridged

    51 min

    Word Come Alive:• is an expanded translation of the New Testament of the Bible by respected editor Martin Manser• supplies linking phrases and background information in italics within the text to help make its message more immediately understandable• aims to express the sense of the original in contemporary, natural English that will have a powerful effect on readers, with a fresh, incisive ... Read more

    $7.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Ukraine: The History and Legacy of Ukraine from the Middle Ages to Today

    by Charles River Editors ...
    Narrated by David Pickering ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 5 min

    The history of Ukraine is a fascinating story of how cultures, political systems, religions, and power have met, intersected, morphed, and expanded. The region was relatively sparsely populated for much of ancient history, a wilderness of rivers, forests, and steppes, but that does not detract from the rich historical development of the region. A huge area, Ukraine is wedged between the continents ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    War in Heaven

    by Charles Williams ...
    Narrated by David Pickering ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 22 min

    War in Heaven is the first novel Charles Williams published, and also his most comic. The Holy Graal has been stolen and the magician who stole it is up to no good—wanting to use it to amply his own powers for his nefarious ends. An Anglican archdeacon steals it back, and together with a Catholic duke, they seek to keep it safe. When the magician blackmails the archdeacon all seems lost—and that's ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

  • The Penguin Pocket Dictionary of Babies' Names

    by David Pickering ...
    What's in a name? Rather more than you might at first suspect, for names are steeped in history and myth and have much to tell us about our past, our beliefs - even our personality traits. The Penguin Pocket Dictionary of Babies' Names takes a close look at 3500 names, explaining origins and meanings, showing how some have changed in popularity and use over time and providing all the diminutive ... Read more

    $4.89 USD

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    Feast of Dreams

    by Christian A. Brown ...
    Narrated by David Pickering ...
    Series Audiobook 2 - Four Feasts till Darkness

    Unabridged

    25 hours 2 min

    Two queens. One war. A world on the edge of ruin, and the only people who can stop it are lost in a cursed forest.Morigan and Caenith have survived the first fire. Now Geadhain demands more. Their path leads into the haunted woods of Alabion, a place where the past doesn't stay buried and the darkness has memory. What waits for them there could undo everything, or reveal the only weapon that ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Life Manaar, The

    The Chronicles of the Manaar: Book Two - Second Edition

    by L.R. Maley ...
    Narrated by David Pickering ...
    Series Audiobook 2 - The Chronicles of the Manaar: Second Edition

    Unabridged

    4 hours 51 min

    The survivors of The Windbeck massacre have found that they are deep within enemy-controlled territory. It has been a cunningly efficient invasion.Except there is something happening. Something the invaders could not have planned or foreseen. Mana. Even as they try to escape to lands under the Arasahn king’s control, the village kids learn that they can control the power of life.The enemy has ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn

    The Most Happy

    by Eric Ives ...
    Narrated by David Pickering ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 34 min

    This definitive biography of Anne Boleyn establishes her as a figure of considerable importance and influence in her own right.Anne Boleyn is the most notorious of England’s queens, but more famous for her death as an adulterer than for her life. Henry’s second wife and mother of Elizabeth I, Anne, was the first English queen to be publicly executed. Yet what do we know of the achievements and the ... Read more

    $24.99 USD