Family Radio

Spike's your average awkward 11-year-old, funny and cheeky and with a mum to reckon with. When he becomes the first presenter ever to be sacked from hospital radio, he decides to carry on from a makeshift studio in the garden shed, with the help of his best friends, Artie and Holly, disguising his voice and going by the moniker Radio Boy. Week by week word gets around, and soon Spike is a star...if only people knew it was actually him.

Haunted by the past, Henrietta throws herself into a new job transcribing other people’s life stories, vowing to stick to the facts and keep emotions at arm’s length. But when she meets the eccentric and terminally ill Annie, she finds herself inextricably drawn in. And when Annie reveals that her sister drowned in unexplained circumstances in 1974, Henrietta’s methodical mind can’t help following the story’s loose ends…

Debut sensation Christian O'Connell is back with more hilarious adventures of Spike, superstar radio DJ...and trouble-prone ordinary kid. The world's youngest DJ is still the talk of the town. A town that's about to turn against him. Radio Boy and his team, Artie and Holly, are back and continue to broadcast live to the world from Spike's garden shed. Then, following a shock split from Nan, Grandad Ray comes to stay. Spike decides to cheer him up by inviting him onto the show.

In this addictive short story collection, 24 very different women reach a pivotal moment in their lives. A widow is liberated by a new job but keeps it secret from her family. A date in suburbia has dramatic results. A seamstress takes revenge on an unsuspecting customer while in France, a mother is promised 'fantastic news' - and lets her imagination run away with her.

For Angel Rahimi life is about one thing: the Ark - a pop-rock trio of teenage boys who are taking the world by storm. Being part of the Ark’s fandom has given her everything she loves - her friend Juliet, her dreams, her place in the world. Jimmy Kaga-Ricci owes everything to the Ark. He’s their frontman - and playing in a band with his mates is all he ever dreamed of doing. But dreams don’t always turn out the way you think.

Prepare for any emergency with The Complete Baofeng Radio Bible, the most comprehensive and detailed guide designed for preppers, guerillas, and off-grid enthusiasts. This book takes you beyond basic communication, diving deep into tactical Baofeng radio operations, so you can protect your family and thrive in any crisis. Whether you’re new to radio communication or a seasoned pro, this book equips you with the knowledge to use your Baofeng radio like an expert.

This dramatisation of Jonathan Franzen's acclaimed, epic, award-winning novel revolves around the troubles of an elderly Midwestern couple and their three adult children, tracing their lives from the mid-20th century to 'one last Christmas' together near the turn of the millennium. A family saga, that sits against the backdrop of this century's changing face of America, the novel was published 10 days before 9/11 but is widely considered an observation of what happened to the American psyche after 9/11.

Janie Johnson has been on an emotional roller-coaster ride ever since she saw her face on the side of a milk carton. At first she thought the people she called Mom and Dad had kidnapped her. Then she learned they were only trying to protect her. Finally, she had to get acquainted with another whole new family. Now Janie's two families have made peace. But just as her life returns to normal, her Connecticut father suffers a stroke. With her mother reeling from the tragedy, Janie steps in to help manage the family finances.

Alice Green's lost and recently found eyewitness accounts of her childhood, her own war, the Golden Years of Radio, and the postwar housing shortage, are told from the light-hearted viewpoint of the shy, youngest child, who learns she can make even the stormy and outrageous characters in her own family laugh. With a little help from her son, who (just barely) lived to finish it, her story stands for unsung American women in war and survives as Alice's triumph.

Janie Johnson's life has been in turmoil ever since she discovered she was kidnapped as a young child. Visiting and getting acquainted with her birth family was difficult. As the story spread throughout high school, facing her curious classmates was even worse. Maybe this year will be better now that she's no longer the focus of attention and she will be a mature junior. But late one night she hears her friend Reeve hosting a call-in program on a college radio station. To her horror, he reveals her story to his fans.

Father Peyton of the Holy Cross Fathers wanted to inspire his country with a radio program. Footing the expense of the show himself, he arranged for some of the biggest names in radio and film to donate their services, and for a network to provide the broadcast time. The series that resulted featured heartwarming stories for audiences nationwide. The commercial breaks were filled only with an earnest, non-sectarian appeal for family prayer, reminding listeners that "The family that prays together stays together."

Delilah, the most listened-to woman on American radio, has distinguished herself as the “Queen of Sappy Love Songs” and America’s ultimate romance guru. But Delilah’s life off-air is all the more extraordinary - a life full of trials, forgiveness, faith, and adventure. In One Heart at a Time, Delilah’s heartfelt account of her own story reveals what shaped the voice that 9 million listeners know and love.

Family Theater is a dramatic anthology radio series that aired from 1947 to 1957. In this episode, a poor juggler of old France gives the mother of the Christ child the only present he can.

From Brooklyn to Inglewood, here comes radio's favorite blue-collar family man—leaving a trail of confusion wherever he goes! Chester A. Riley is back, with long-suffering wife Peg, trouble-prone kids Junior and Babs, moochy pal Gillis, and Digger O'Dell, The Friendly Undertaker, in sixteen hilarious half-hour episodes. William Bendix is heard as Riley, along with co-stars Paula Winslowe, John Brown, Tommy Cook, and Barbara Eiler—plus series creator Irving Brecher, and special guest Red Skelton!

Suegra y Nuera, Unidas por un Pacto...para siempre. El mismo es una herramienta de sanidad y restauración mediante el cual las familias serán fortalecidas y podrán experimentar verdadera plenitud.

Si yo tuviera que describir este libro, Viviré para conocerte, diría que es una novela de narración sencilla de la experiencia más brutal que cambió para siempre la vida de una familia común puertorriqueña y que transformó todo nuestro ser. Es una narración de muchos milagros de amor que brotaron en medio de un terrible caos.

In einer kurvigen Straße, fast am Ufer der Elbe, leben Frau Meyer und Robert. Frau Meyer ist 92 Jahre alt und wohnt in einem riesengroßen, uralten Haus. Bei seiner Freundin darf Robert fast immer klingeln, nur nicht in der Mittagszeit. Denn nach dem Essen ruht sie sich aus. Also muss er warten. Das fällt Robert nicht leicht. Mit Frau Meyer ist es spannend und aufregend. Robert ist es egal, dass seine Freundin nicht so gut hört oder ab und zu drei Brillen braucht. Er besucht sie fast jeden Tag, weil es mit ihr unendlich viel zu erleben und zu erzählen gibt.

Die alte Frau Angelo hat Sorgen. Sie verkauft zwar das beste Eis der Stadt, aber jetzt ist Winter und die Leute trinken höchstens einen Espresso bei ihr. Wenn überhaupt. Denn seitdem gegenüber der Eisdiele eine Baustelle knattert, kommen nicht einmal mehr die Espressotrinker. Frau Angelo verkündet, dass sie die Eisdiele für immer schließen muss. Zum Glück gibt es die Zwillinge Pit und Anna Metternich, die den Laden unbedingt retten wollen. Dabei spielen Foxtrott und Äpfel eine nicht unbedeutende Rolle, genau wie eine Arztpraxis für Hals, Nasen und Ohren, ein Sonnenstudio und - Vanilleeis.

Gino fährt mit seinen Eltern zu Opa. Die Fahrt im Zug ist ziemlich langweilig, bis Gino eine seltsame alte Frau entdeckt. Sie strickt eine Mütze, die so grell und gelb ist, dass sie in den Augen blendet. "Die Mütze ist das Glück", behauptet die alte Frau und schenkt sie Gino. Erst glaubt er nicht, dass eine Mütze das Glück sein kann. Aber dann erlebt Gino aufregende Abenteuer mit den anderen Fahrgästen, die alle eins gemeinsam haben: Sie brauchen Glück. Und Gino mit der gelben Mütze ist tatsächlich ein Glücksbringer. Ob das bis zum Ende der Zugfahrt auch so bleibt?

Vollkommen schwerelos sieht es aus, wie die rosa Fische in Alberts Aquarium auf- und abschweben. Das wäre was, so schweben zu können, denkt Albert, wenn er ihnen dabei zusieht. Da bekommt seine Schwester Anne ein Kleid zum Geburtstag, auf dem ausgerechnet Fische sind. Natürlich ist es nicht einfach ein Kleid aus dem Kaufhaus. Tante Gine hat es genäht und wenn Anne das Kleid anhat, dann ist es, als würde sie darin durch den Raum schweben. Es muss himmlisch sein, so ein Kleid zu tragen... ob Albert das Kleid einmal ausleihen und auch darin schweben darf?