The Secret on the Second Shelf

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If your mum vanished on Bonfire Night, how far would you go to find the truth?

When fourteen-year-old Tim Shaw is pulled 300 years into the past, he finds himself caught in a dangerous race against time. To uncover what happened to his missing mum, Tim must face shape-shifting monsters that can transform from human to bird in the blink of an eye.

Guided by strange dreams and a mysterious golden compass, Tim explores the streets of Cambridge in this children’s time travel fantasy story where history, mystery, and adventure collide. Along the way, he’s joined by Gemma Bowen, his sharp-witted art club tutor, as they follow hidden clues and uncover a secret far greater than either of them imagined.

Packed with mystery, supernatural danger, and thrilling adventure, The Secret on the Second Shelf is a fantasy novel for readers aged 8+, ideal for fans of fantasy books, time travel adventures, and stories with brave heroes and dark secrets.

Find out more at https://thesecretonthesecondshelf.com/

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It was an absolute pleasure to narrate and produce this outstanding supernatural horror mystery by Jonathan White.

Here’s a live reading of a pivotal scene from the book – I do enjoy a good ‘baddy’!

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Coming May 2026 at audible.com

https://thesecretonthesecondshelf.com/audiobook.php

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The Still Point

Lessons in Awareness from a World on Edge

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There is a moment on every journey when the world goes quiet. Airports, checkpoints, and crowded markets fall away until only stillness remains. In that silence, awareness begins.

The Still Point is a meditation on risk, empathy, and attention, told through 20 years of travel across 65 countries. From the Afghan desert to the streets of Beirut, from the markets of Lagos to the mountain roads of Peru, Scott H. Blake reflects on what danger, culture, and human instinct can teach us about perception and about ourselves.

Part memoir and part field guide, this audiobook explores how awareness is built not through fear but through patience. It is the discipline to observe before acting, to listen before judging, and to find steadiness even when certainty disappears. Along the way, you meet the quiet teachers of this craft: drivers, interpreters, aid workers, and strangers who recognize risk before it arrives and kindness where others overlook it.

The Still Point is not about adventure for its own sake. It is about endurance, empathy, and the ability to remain calm in an age that rewards distraction. Each story invites you to slow down, to see more clearly, and to carry that clarity into every conversation, every crisis, and every crossing.

Told in precise, unhurried prose, The Still Point reminds us that awareness is not a talent but a practice, one that begins the moment the noise fades.

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Listen now at audible.com

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0GM39RLRX

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Release date

06-02-26

Language

English

Format

Unabridged Audiobook

Length

1 hr and 54 mins

Publisher

Scott H. Blake

Categories

Travel & Tourism