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Meet Jimmy Flick. He's not like other kids - he's both too fast and too slow. Jimmy's mother, Paula, is the only one who can manage him. She teaches him how to count sheep so that he can fall asleep. She holds him tight enough to stop his cells spinning. It is only Paula who can keep Jimmy out of his father's way. But when Jimmy's world falls apart, he has to navigate life on his own and make things right.

This year, Penguin is proud to bring you comedy from what would have been the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Hosted by Scotland's very own Fern Brady, listeners can be transported to the virtual pubs, clubs and cellars of Edinburgh, where they will be treated to the finest audio comedy festival Covid-19 can necessitate. Featuring nearly eight hours of original material from some of the most exciting comedians working today, including Ivo Graham, Lou Sanders, Jordan Brookes, Sofie Hagen, Dane Baptiste and so many more, Edinburgh Unlocked is an unmissable audio comedy festival.

An absentee husband is one thing, but a dead husband is too much for Lady Mariana Asquith to ignore. When she travels to Paris to search for the body of the wastrel who broke her heart, she finds him—alive at the Opera and still far too attractive for her comfort. But not everything is what it seems with her husband…

Varför vill någon till varje pris se kriminalinspektör Emma Sköld död? Och vad har det för samband med flera dödsfall av tiggare i Stockholm? Minnesstunden är känslosam. En ung människa är död, under ofattbara omständigheter. Men i bakgrunden sitter en person som betraktar de sörjande med misstänksam blick. Någon som gör allt för att stanna i det fördolda - även om priset är smärtsamt högt. Det är obehagligt aktuellt och fruktansvärt engagerande när Stockholms tiggare faller offer för vad som verkar vara en psykopatisk seriemördare. Tiggaren är den femte delen i Sofie Sarenbrants serie om...

In Happy Fat, comedian Sofie Hagen describes how she conquered a negative relationship with her body and provides practical tips for readers to do the same. She exposes how fatphobia is embedded in society at every level - in our relationships, our public spaces, and the TV shows we watch - powered by the toxic mix of capitalism and the media.

Orphaned as a child, Hortense has had to fight her way to becoming the ton’s favorite private investigator. But for a woman who lives on the edge, the past is never dead. When her former spymaster asks her to find his wastrel brother Jamie, the Marquess of Clare, she thinks it’s just one more job uncovering the ton’s dirty secrets. She has no idea that she’s about to find her future…

Nylander has never known a real home. Now he is ready to leave the dangers of his past behind and put down the roots he has always longed for. The only thing standing in his way is a lanky aristocratic lady who is more at home on the farm than in the ballroom. And she has secrets. Nylander inspires a recklessness in Callie that she can’t control. Soon she finds herself conspiring with pirates and contemplating midnight trysts with the very Viking who has turned her life upside down...As midnight strikes, will all their secret, sinful dreams come true?

Abandoned by her mother as a toddler, only occasionally visited by her volatile father and raised solely by her tormented Pop, Justine finds sanctuary in The Choke, a place where the banks of the Murray River are so narrow they can almost touch. Although Justine doesn't know it, her father is a menacing criminal, and the world she is exposed to is one of great peril to her. She must make sense of it on her own - and when she eventually does, she knows what she has to do....

Lord Jakob Radclyffe thinks he left his past behind until a thief surfaces in London, threatening to ruin his daughter's reputation. With the clock ticking, Jake needs the scandalous Lady Olivia Montfort's connections in the art world to protect his daughter's future. Olivia, too, has a past she'd like to escape. She makes a deal but doesn't anticipate the temptation of the viscount. Soon, she has no choice but to rid her system of Jake by surrendering to her craving for a single scorching encounter.

Lawrence is a bright, caring, curious boy with a gift for painting. He lives at home with his mother and younger brother and the future is laid out before him, full of promise. But when he is 10, an experience of betrayal takes it all away, and Lawrence is left to deal with the aftermath. As he grows into a man, how will he make sense of what he has suffered? He cannot rewrite history, but must he be condemned to repeat it?

Ten years after his family gave him up for dead, British spy Lord Percival Bretagne is back home, but his mission is far from over. Playing the aristocrat in London gambling dens and at country house parties is just a cover for Percy's real quest. He's hunting the man who stole everything from him — his family, his marriage, even his identity. And this time nothing, and no one, will stand in his way.

Diva’s zonder dogma’s. Mechelse WensMensen Céline en Sofie, aka ‘Diva’s zonder dogma’s’, onthullen: inspirerende wensen van inspirerende mensen! Laat je verrassen door deze maandelijkse WensCast met een twist.

A True Crime & Mystery Podcast For some a Covid interest, for others a lifelong fascination. Tune in every Thursday as Sofie chooses a murder or mystery to share to her logical and skeptic friends Mike and Nathan! Will Sofie sway them to be believers in other worldly beings and help them become true crime addicts? We guess you'll have to tune in and found out! Listen to us on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Stitcher, Podcast Republic or wherever you listen to your Podcasts.

Wenn aus Stalkern Opfer werden... Cornelia Göransson sehnt den Tag herbei, an dem sie und ihre Tochter Astrid aus ihrem Haus ausziehen können. Denn ihr Mann Hans misshandelt sie. Als Astrid ihr erzählt, ein fremder Mann habe sie nachts gestreichelt, glaubt Cornelia, ihre Tochter habe schlecht geträumt. Doch dann findet sie Hans ermordet im Gästezimmer. Ausgerechnet die schwangere Ermittlerin Emma Sköld muss den Fall übernehmen - und sie hat sofort einen Verdacht: Cornelia, die angeblich gepeinigte Ehefrau. Schnell stellt sich heraus, dass es für die Gewalt, die ihr Mann ihr angetan haben soll, keine Zeugen gibt und Cornelia eine Menge Geld erben wird.

Knud Rasmussen var Danmarks mest berømte polarforsker og eventyrer. Han, der var halvt grønlænder, rejste på adskillige ekspeditioner til Grønland og andre arktiske egne, bl.a. p den opsigtsvækkende 5. Thule-ekspedition fra Grønland og helt til Sibiriens kyst, hvor han på enestående vis kortlagde inuitternes udvikling og kultur. Biografien om Knud Rasmussen er en del af en ny serie med korte biografier om kendte danskere. Serien har fået titlen Danske legender. Danske legender er en serie med korte biografier om kendte danskere.

J Is for Jack-o’-Lantern, the 10th book in an epic series of 26 horror anthologies. Here, you will find a collection of 13 disturbing stories from some of the most creative independent horror writers on the scene today.

Was ich dir noch sagen will... Nach einem heftigen Streit verschwindet Claras Freund ohne ein Wort. Kurz darauf erfährt sie, dass Ben auf tragische Weise ums Leben gekommen ist. Dabei hatte er ihr erst vor wenigen Wochen einen Heiratsantrag gemacht! Clara ist am Boden zerstört. Wie soll sie allein weiterleben? Erst als sie vor Sehnsucht beginnt, Ben täglich eine SMS zu schreiben, findet sie allmählich wieder Halt. Doch was Clara nicht weiß: Bens Nummer wurde inzwischen neu vergeben.

Skal man kunne lide at være gravid? Det ser sådan ud, når man konsulterer de fleste bøger, blogs og foredrag om den søde ventetid. Men hvad gør man så, når man virkelig hader det? Det skriver en af Danmarks mest populære tv-værter Sofie Linde åbent og ikke mindst humoristisk om i FÅRKING GRAVID - en fremmed flytter ind. FÅRKING GRAVID giver med humor og indsigt en anderledes fortælling til gravide kvinder og de folk, der omgiver den.

Hvad ved man, når man ser en harelort? Kan man spise brændenælder uden at brænde tungen? Og hvad er Danmarks farligste dyr? Over et helt år tager Villads fra Valby og hans venner hver uge på tur ud i skoven sammen med Kamal. Her lærer de om bål og dyr og planter. Som alle der kender Villads ved, går tingene aldrig helt som planlagt. Men han oplever en masse – og der er selvfølgelig også ting, som Villads får lyst til at prøve derhjemme. Eller endnu bedre; inde hos Frida. Bogen indeholder otte helt nye historier om Villads fra Valby, to historier for hver årstid.

Ved du heller ikke hvad der skal ske med dig? Så kom i godt selskab med 3 mennesker midt i deres kvartlivskrise, der netop er fyret fra deres drømmejob og en smule bekymret for fremtiden. Der bliver ledt efter et formål, et nyt job, en vej ud af hamsterhjulet, et karriereskift og en… hest? “Hvad skal der ske med os?” er en filterløs, opmuntrende og sjov podcast, hvor Sebastian Søndergaard, Sofie Sytnik og Simon Akselsen forsøger at finde ud af, hvad der skal ske med dem, verden omkring dem og deres podcast. Det er hver onsdag i dit podcast-feed.Værter: Sofie Sytnik, Sebastian ...