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Series 1-5 of the groundbreaking BBC Radio 4 drama charting life on the home front during World War One. First heard on radio between 4 August 2014 and 9 November 2018, each episode of Home Front is set exactly 100 years before the broadcast date, and each follows one character’s day. Together they create a mosaic of experience from a wide cross section of society, mixing historical fact with enthralling fiction to explore how ordinary people coped with daily life in wartime Britain.

What makes us happy? What makes us sad? How do we come to feel a sense of enthusiasm? What fills us with lust, anger, fear, or tenderness? Traditional behavioral and cognitive neuroscience have yet to provide satisfactory answers. The Archaeology of Mind presents an affective neuroscience approach - which takes into consideration basic mental processes, brain functions, and emotional behaviors that all mammals share - to locate the neural mechanisms of emotional expression. It reveals - for the first time - the deep neural sources of our values and basic emotional feelings.

Amelia is starring as Dorothy in her school production of The Wizard of Oz, and her friend Sam's puppy, Mac, is playing Toto; Amelia and Sam are helping out at Animal Ark when twin sisters come into the surgery with their pet hamster; a shy boy at Amelia and Sam's school is using his pet guinea pig to help him make friends - by taking his pet to school; and when Amelia and Sam start taking riding lessons, they meet a homeless rescue pony named Ginger and a big horse named Walnut who keeps throwing off his riders.

Helping animals, having fun! The best-selling Animal Ark series has been reimagined for a new generation of children and collated in this beautiful collection featuring titles one through four!

First heard on radio between 4 August 2014 and 9 November 2018, each episode of Home Front is set exactly 100 years before the broadcast date, and each follows one character’s day. Together they create a mosaic of experience from a wide cross section of society, mixing historical fact with enthralling fiction to explore how ordinary people coped with daily life in wartime Britain. We resume the story in Folkestone, where hospital staff face pressure to return wounded men to duty as conscription is introduced.

Back in Folkestone, the residents are dealing with the aftereffects of a devastating air raid. Howard Argent is kept busy at the Bevan while Ulysses Pilchard experiments with electroshock therapy. Meanwhile, women’s suffrage, prostitution and unmarried mothers are hot topics, and Kitty Lumley experiences the sharp end of intolerance.

Une aventure haute en couleur à l'approche des Fêtes, pour s'entourer de tendresse ! Noël est arrivé dans le petit village de Welford. L'odeur des châtaignes grillées à chaud est dans l'air et une couche de givre scintille sur le sol. Cette année, Mandy Hope se réjouit de poser sa blouse de vétérinaire pour les vacances. Son centre de sauvetage d'animaux, Vert-Cottage, est opérationnel, et elle a finalement rendez-vous avec Jimmy Marsh.

Lost Kitten: When Amelia and Sam find a lost white kitten in the wilderness, they can't work out why her behaviour seems different to other cats. Llama on the Loose: When Amelia and Sam's friend Caleb adopts a new llama, they hope she will become friends with the other two llamas at the petting farm. Puppy Problem: Excitement is blooming in Welford as the village prepares for its annual garden contest. Owl All Alone: When Amelia and Sam find an abandoned baby tawny owl, they help nurse it back to health.

Helping animals, having fun! The best-selling Animal Ark Specials series has been reimagined for a new generation of children and collated in this beautiful collection featuring titles one through four!

Un roman magnifique et réconfortant pour faire le plein d'air frais et de tendresse ! Mandy Hope, qui vient d'obtenir son diplôme de vétérinaire, décide de quitter Leeds, et son petit ami Simon, pour retourner dans le village du Yorkshire dans lequel elle a grandi, pour s'occuper des animaux de tout poil et de toutes tailles avec ses parents. Mais rien n'est évident : Mandy commence par se disputer avec la figure locale Jimmy Marsh, et certains villageois voient d'un œil méfiant l'arrivée d'un nouveau vétérinaire.

The first novel in the heartwarming, countryside-set Hope Meadows series. Newly qualified vet Mandy Hope is leaving Leeds - and her boyfriend, Simon - to return to the Yorkshire village she grew up in, where she'll help out with animals of all shapes and sizes in her parents' surgery. But it's not all plain sailing: Mandy clashes with gruff local Jimmy Marsh, and some of the villagers won't accept a new vet. Meanwhile, Simon is determined that Mandy will rejoin him back in the city.

Animals always come first for Mandy, and at Animal Art - her parents' busy veterinary surgery - she is always making new friends. Mandy's delighted to see her first koala in a wildlife sanctuary, but then she learns that the koalas and their babies are threatened. Can Mandy save the koalas from starvation?

Christmas has arrived in the little village of Welford. The scent of hot roasted chestnuts is in the air, and a layer of frost sparkles on the ground. This year, vet Mandy Hope is looking forward to the holidays. Her animal rescue centre, Hope Meadows, is up and running - and she's finally going on a date with Jimmy Marsh, owner of the local outward bound centre. But when a mysterious local starts causing trouble, Mandy's plans for the centre come under threat.

Animals always comes first for Mandy, and at Animal Ark - her parents' busy veterinary surgery - she is always making new friends. Mandy and James are helping to raise money for sick little Alex Hastings' treatment. Alex's pet kitten, Amber, is helping keep her spirits up, but when Amber vanishes, Alex is heartbroken. Where could the kitten be?

Animal Ark is the veterinary surgery run by Mandy Hope's parents. If there are animals to be protected or looked after, Mandy is always there to help. The Pets Collection contains three exciting stories: Kittens in the Kitchen, Bunnies in the Bathroom and Hamster in a Hamper.

Mandy Hope loves animals more than anything else. She knows quite a bit about them too: both her parents are vets and Mandy helps out in their surgery, Animal Ark. Blackie, James's Labrador, disturbs a family of hedgehogs and all mayhem breaks loose. The mother breaks her leg and the Hunter's next-door-neighbour kidnaps the babies. Now Mandy and James's mission is to find a way to safely release the hedgehogs back into the wild.

Animals always come first for Mandy, and at Animal Ark - her parents' busy veterinary surgery - she is always making new friends. When Mandy asks Rachel to look after a neighbour's guinea-pig, Rachel's thrilled. But then she loses one of the guinea-pig's babies. Can Mandy and James help her find the missing baby?

Animals always come first for Mandy, and at Animal Ark - her parents' busy veterinary surgery - she is always making new friends. Mr Williams, the caretaker at Mandy's school, is furious when a stray cat has a litter in his kitchen. Will Mandy be able to find owners for them all in just one week?

Animals always come first for Mandy, and at Animal Ark - her parents' busy veterinary surgery - she is always making new friends. Mandy and James find a badger sett that has been deliberately destroyed. Even worse, they discover an abandoned cub. What has been going on in Piper's Wood?

It's Christmastime in the little Yorkshire village of Welford, and the first snowflakes are just starting to fall. As far as Susan Collins is concerned, this Christmas is all about quality time with her family, especially her son, Jack. After a string of terrible dates she's given up on love, and Susan's certainly got plenty to keep her busy. That is until she meets handsome children's author Douglas Macleod. Dishevelled in appearance, with bright red hair, he is the opposite of Susan's usual type, but an undeniable spark soon lights up between them.