Deborah Balm has narrated 16 audiobooks on Listento.it by 14 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 2 ratings. The most-rated is The Complete Book of Dowsing and Divining.
The Complete Book of Dowsing and Divining
Summary
This comprehensive volume on dowsing and divining - from the twig and the pendulum to motorscopes and bare hands - traces the story of these fascinating and enigmatic phenomena from its origins in the world of fairy tales and mythology to recent theories that the enigma can be explained in terms of present-day psychology. The force present in the act of dowsing and divining can be compared to the sensitivity of men and women suffering from rheumatism who feel, in advance, changes of weather. Theories that have been brought forward to explain its presence include suggestion, radiation, color, the existence of a sixth sense, and changes in the Earth's magnetic field. As there are many possible explanations, there are also many types and applications of dowsing and divining: map dowsing; being eggs; radiesthesia; the diagnosis and cure of disease; locating missing persons; forces, fields, and rays; and detecting thieves. The author tells of dowsers past and present: Robert Leftwich who located abandoned tunnels and other underground hazards; Major Harold Spary who dowsed for the Royal Aircraft Establishment and the Royal Engineers during World War II; William Young who charged £200 a day in 1971 for dowsing; Tom Lethbridge who investigated Viking graves on Lundy Island; and Henry Gross who discovered Bermuda's first natural wells. Even today, large building and contracting firms employ resident site engineers who use sophisticated sets of divining rods. The audiobook introduces us, in lucid style, to the fascinating world of dowsing and divining, and gives the listener full instructions on how to attempt to become one of this international community. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©1980 Peter Underwood (P)2019 Peter Underwood
Death on Tyneside
Summary
Agnes Lockwood returns to Tyneside, only to stumble across another dead body. On her first visit, she helped the police solve a murder and gained quite the reputation as an amateur sleuth. Now, she is simply looking forward to meeting again with Alan Johnson, a DCI with the Newcastle police force. She is hoping their relationship will continue to blossom, but on her first day back in the city, she gets caught up in another murder. And this time, her intrusion into the police investigation pushes Alan Johnson’s patience to the very limit. Note: This is a stand-alone mystery that can be enjoyed even if you haven't listened to the other books in the series.
©2018 Eileen Thornton (P)2020 Eileen Thornton
To Love, Honour and...Oh Pay
Summary
There has been an entail in place on the 30,000 acre Winterbourne estate for centuries. It specifies that the ownership of the estate and its assets should be passed on to the next heir on the day of their 40th birthday. However, that person must be married, else the inheritance is forfeit. Thirty-nine years old and single, the sole heir Sir William Mortimer is understandably feeling the pressure. He consults local solicitor Elizabeth Silverton for legal advice, but quickly realizes that she might be able to assist him in a much more practical way...for the right price. The answer to all of his problems, William proposes an arranged marriage, where sex was certainly never part of the plan. Set in the heart of rural England, this story is a humorous, feel-good, erotic romance, complete with a happily-ever-after.
©2019 Fenella Ashworth (P)2020 Fenella Ashworth
Tequila & Tea Bags
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Amazon Best-Seller! Reached number one in romantic comedy and top 100 in all books. Synopsis: Sent to live with her cousin Elsie in the Yorkshire countryside, Rose has only one thing on her mind; joining her friends as a club rep in Mexico. When she hears about a council incentive offering the promise of free flights to the person who clocks the most volunteering hours at the local care home, she’s got her plan set. But she doesn’t plan on bonding with the old ladies, going after the village bad boy and trying to persuade Elsie not to become a Nun. Soon, she’s questioning who her real friends are and whether her old life is one she wants to return to. Can the village win her over and will she win the chance to leave it behind? Will she even want to?
©2017 Laura Barnard (P)2019 Laura Barnard
Murder on Tyneside
Summary
Delightfully entertaining." (Readers' Favorite) Recently widowed Agnes Lockwood is spending a few days on Tyneside in Northeast England, catching up with her past. When expensive jewelry is stolen at the hotel, Chief Inspector Alan Johnson gets on the case. After Alan recognizes Agnes as a friend from schooldays, they rekindle their friendship and Agnes bombards him with questions about the case. But after dinner one evening, they find a body lying on the roadside. Fearing for her safety, Alan warns Agnes to stay away from the case. But being an inquisitive woman, Agnes cannot resist getting involved...too involved.
©2016 Eileen Thornton (P)2020 Eileen Thornton
Vengeance on Tyneside
Summary
Two young women are stabbed to death in Tyneside. But what's the connection? After a trip to the coast, Agnes Lockwood is shocked when she finds a young woman tucked away behind the litter bins in Newcastle Central Station. DCI Alan Johnson and Sergeant Andrews quickly set up an investigation. They soon learn that this is only the first case of its kind, when another stabbing takes place on the Newcastle quayside. Naturally, Agnes is keen to help with the investigation. DCI Johnson insists that she stays away from the case, but Agnes has never been a woman to be put off so easily.
©2019 Eileen Thornton (P)2020 Eileen Thornton
The Awakening
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Love. Loss. Revenge. What secrets lie buried in the desert sands? What hidden secrets are revealed when blood is spilled? Torn between love and betrothal, and death and survival, Muni is a young woman of privilege and comfort thrown into a world of betrayal, revenge, and otherworldly, supernatural forces. Her journey leads to grim discoveries, heartbreaks, and the fantastic as she learns to unlock not only the power within, but also that from a time long forgotten. Will the sins of the past seal her fate, or secure her destiny? Find out in The Awakening: Secrets in the Sands, Book One!
©2020 Daniel Ward (P)2020 Daniel Ward
The Cracked Altar
Summary
A missing princess. A city under siege. A compendium of the blackest sorcery. The Grand Mage of Caragol is the most dangerous man in the realm, so when Kerstin steals his spell book right out of his tower, she lights up a firestorm of trouble. An army sweeps through the city of Klomm, but countless lives are a petty sum for such great power. With the spell book, Kerstin can deal with the villainous Count Olgris and the unspeakable horrors conjured by the Grand Mage. But she is dancing on a spider's thread. Meanwhile, on the other side of the kingdom, 15-year-old Hinkle walks a tightrope of her own, spinning a web of dangerous lies around her new master, Sir Gilkrist of Lothellae. When Sir Gilkrist’s quest brings them to Klomm, she discovers the secrets she’s been hiding are darker than she ever imagined. A diabolical scheme threatens to engulf the world in shadow and blood - and it has everything to do with her Aunt Kerstin. But can Sir Gilkrist help her...or will he devise a dark purpose of his own?
©2019 Timothy J.R. Rains (P)2019 Timothy J.R. Rains
Odds of Love
Summary
Lady Katherine Wilson never expected to inherit a horse farm, but she embraces the gift and the opportunity to continue her grandmother's legacy. She decides to breed the farm's mares, but only one stud will do. Unfortunately, the stallion belongs to the Marquess of Holton, and they've never gotten along well. Bennett Evans, the Marquess of Holton, has had the responsibility of his family for years. He has never had the chance to live an idle life and has very strong beliefs about a female's place in society. He is appalled that a lady of Katherine's caliber is running a horse farm and outright refuses to work with her. Katherine and Bennett continue to cross paths, and words, with each other. Sparks fly and before long, passion starts brewing between them. It could lead them to find love, or it may end up being their downfall.
©2019 Dawn Brower (P)2020 Dawn Brower
Operation Dawn Wolf
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Book one of the Agent Carrie Harris series. Formed of audio transcripts of covert recordings and team member journal entries, this book documents Operation Dawn Wolf, an eyes-only covert operation to identify and terminate the perpetrators of ongoing [redacted] of the highly secret Special Operations candidate-selection process. The transcripts document the progression of covertly recruited 2Lt [redacted] (now known as Carrie Harris, a.k.a. Candidate Corra Hughes) through the agency’s Special Operations selection process [redacted]. The files contain numerous redaction to protect the identities of current and past operations and operational agents, lowering the security status of the information from "eyes only" to "secret". No details have been changed or edited, however the final report by [redacted] cannot be downgraded to "secret" and is, therefore, omitted.
©2019 Gareth J. Stevens (P)2020 Gareth J. Stevens
Nowhere but North: A North and South Variation
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Can the pieces of a broken past be enough to build a solid future? Haunted by sorrow and regret, Margaret Hale stands at the precipice of an uncertain destiny. Fiercely determined but not knowing how to find her way, she risks the little she has left on the heart she once shattered - hoping somehow to win back his respect, if not his love. Since he was a boy, John Thornton has fought the consequences of his father’s mistakes. Resolved to overcome past failings and the disdain of the world, he has striven for wealth, respect, and personal honour, but he is denied love. Now, all he had previously gained is slipping away, but he cannot resist a second chance with the woman he once lost. Crushed on all sides, all he has left to offer the one who needs him most is a home, and a heart that aches for her. Can a struggling manufacturer ever be enough for a woman who deserves the world? Can a grieving, inexperienced young woman learn to look beyond her Southern past to appreciate her Northern man? When sorrow and fear threaten to conquer them both, they must overcome the odds to find the strength to forge a better life ahead. This dramatic tale delves into the wonderful world of Elizabeth Gaskell’s epic North and South.
©2018 Nicole Clarkston (P)2019 Nicole Clarkston
Lesson Learned
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New recruit Agent Carrie Harris is deployed on assignment at last, but instead of the cut-and-thrust of a sprawling city, hunting the worst enemies of the state, she is placed as an au pair living with a family in the middle of nowhere, left only with two simple commands ringing in her ears. Observe. Report. After surviving the highly secret Special Operations candidate selection process, along with her first assignment (Operation Dawn Wolf), Carrie finds the slow pace of life difficult to adjust to. At first unsettled by the calm, she slowly relaxes into the distractions of suburban living, and friendships blossom in the unlikeliest of places. As the weeks go by, still not knowing her purpose and with nothing other than the mundane to report, will Carrie keep focused when the tedious veneer cracks to reveal the deplorable reason for her dispatch? Can she be ready to act, ditching the temptation to make her cover story real, or revert to be the honed, ruthless operator again? Will she make the right choices or be sucked into a different life, distracted by a passion which threatens to overwhelm her?
©2019 Mr. Gareth J. Stevens (P)2021 Mr. Gareth J. Stevens
Her Father's Legacy
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When tragedy strikes, it leaves young Rose Herriott all alone in the world. What will become of her hopes and dreams? She lives in fear and daily torment, at the mercy of her cruel stepmother. Her father proved to be a man with a charitable heart and a deep love for his favorite daughter. When a mysterious letter arrives, she realizes she is not alone as she once believed. A special visitor brings fresh hope to her heart. Edward Taylor is a young man with a debt of gratitude to pay. When he returns home from the new world, he finds things to be far from that which he had expected. Can Edward act before it is too late, or will he find the faith placed in him misguided? Will Rose be able to claim what is rightfully hers? Only time will tell....
©2020 Catharine Dobbs (P)2020 Catharine Dobbs
When the Fund Stops
Summary
Neil Woodford was the UK’s most celebrated fund manager. Savers who invested £1,000 with him in 1988 saw their money increase to £25,000 over 25 years. At the peak of his career he was managing £33 billion for hundreds of thousands of investors. When he started his own fund management company in 2014, within just a few weeks it had attracted £5bn from his loyal fan base, including some of the city of London’s biggest hitters. Life was good. Away from work he was collecting high-performance supercars and chunky designer watches; he was rarely out of the saddle of his favorite horse. The BBC called him the “man who can’t stop making money”. And then it all came to a sudden stop. This book tells the dramatic untold story behind Woodford’s stunning rise and fall, and reveals why his multi-billion-pound investment empire really collapsed in such an abrupt and catastrophic manner. In a fast-moving and compelling narrative, reporter David Ricketts takes listeners inside the rooms where extraordinary sums of other people’s money were wagered, trapped, and, ultimately, lost, in a scandal still sending shockwaves through the world of finance. Thanks to unique and unprecedented access to the most important players, we meet an eccentric cast of characters and go inside the institutions involved, from Woodford’s own firm to those that made huge sums endorsing him - as well as those who failed to raise the alarm before it was too late.
©2021 Harriman House (P)2021 Harriman House
A Duke for Lady Eve
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All she wants is to be a Lady. All he wants is an honest wife. After escaping to the garden for a reprieve from the stuffy ballroom, Miss Evelyn Trainor bumps into a handsome stranger through a hedge. When he boldly requests an introduction, she lies and tells him a fake name, Lady Eve, positive she’ll never see him again. But when she returns to the country for Christmas and finds her handsome stranger — the Duke of Alverton — has moved in next door for the holidays, she does what she must to guard her secret. For he has declared the importance of titles and cannot find out she is a commoner. The Duke of Alverton has been taught one thing his entire life: Rank matters above all else. Having recently inherited the dukedom, he is overcome by the inundation of matchmaking mamas and escapes to the country for Christmas. When he arrives in the country and finds the woman from the ball who not only intrigues him, but carries the rank of Lady, he knows he has found his future wife. Book 5 in the Belles of Christmas series, A Duke for Lady Eve is a standalone Regency holiday romance. The series can be enjoyed in any order: Unmasking Lady Caroline by Mindy Burbridge Strunk, Book 1 Goodwill for the Gentleman by Martha Keyes, Book 2 The Earl's Mistletoe Match by Ashtyn Newbold, Book 3 Nine Ladies Dancing by Deborah M. Hathaway, Book 4
©2019 Kasey Stockton (P)2020 Kasey Stockton
The Little Fox Who Got Lost
Summary
The Little Fox Who Got Lost is a beautiful woodland story designed to teach small children about the dangers of wandering off and what can happen if they don’t pay attention to the things their parents say. I hope you enjoy this bedtime story as much as I enjoyed writing it.
©2021 Enid Hathaway (P)2021 Enid Hathaway