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Den kendte skuespillerinde og tidligere statsministerfrue Helle Virkners erindringer, illustreret med et væld af fotos fra hendes lange og begivenhedsrige liv. I bogen, der er baseret på bestsellerne "Hils fra mig og kongen" og "Billeder fra mit liv", fortæller Helle Virkner (1925-2009) åbent om sit liv og dets forskellige epoker. Mest kontroversielt er afsnittet om ægteskabet med den kendte socialdemokratiske politiker og tidligere statsminister Jens Otto Krag og hans utroskab.

Dette er lydbogen om Peter Langdal. Det er Peters fortaelling om Peter. Uden filter. Uden korrektioner fra tredjemand, men med hjaelpsomme input fra naere folk omkring ham. Peter Langdal forlader i juni 2015 Betty Nansen, hvor han har siddet som instruktør og teaterchef i 23 år (sammen med makkeren Henrik Hartmann). Årene har gjort ham til en af skandinaviens førende teaterinstruktører og bragt ham til de største scener med jaevne mellemrum - bl.a.

Helle Stangerup var kun tretten år, da hun første gang kom i pressens søgelys. Det skete i 1953, den nye grundlov var netop vedtaget, og en journalist ville vide, hvordan det mon var at gå i klasse med landets kommende Dronning. Journalisten fik aldrig noget svar, og Helle Stangerup har siden da konsekvent holdt skodderne lukkede omkring sig selv og sit farverige liv. I Bag skodderne åbner hun endelig og fortæller løs. Om sin opvækst i "de vilde diskussioners hjem", om de kendte og de magtfulde, der beskrives for det gode, men også for det mindre gode. Om arbejdet bag sit forfatterskab, ligesom hun giver en livfuld skildring af ægteskabet med Adam Knuth og deres opbygning af Knuthenborg Safaripark.

Eli's dark legacy holds murder as his rite of passage. They say his ability is a gift. He calls it a curse. A life of violence and heartache leaves him with nothing left to fight for.

Caroline Kayser arbejder for et olieselskab i København. Fra Nairobi indløber en melding om, at medarbejdere på selskabets afdeling dér er involveret i voldtægt af landsbypiger. Caroline sendes til Kenya for at kvæle anklagerne og redde sit firmas omdømme. Løser hun ikke opgaven, bliver hun fyret. Men hvor langt er hun villig til at gå? Kan hun vende det blinde øje til mord, voldtægt og korruption?

It seems unlikely that James Naismith, who grew up playing "Duck on the Rock" in the rural community of Almonte, Canada, would invent one of America's most popular sports. But Rob Rains and Hellen Carpenter's fascinating, in-depth biography James Naismith: The Man Who Invented Basketball shows how this young man - who wanted to be a medical doctor, or if not that, a minister (in fact, he was both) - came to create a game that has endured for over a century.

When the abused decide to fight back, the abuser's world might just shatter. Lauren Covington's family maintains a grand facade that belies the life they live behind closed doors. Alex Covington, Lauren's father, keeps a tight rein on his family through dominance, abuse, and obsessive control. Consequently, Lauren doesn't believe she could ever trust a man, much less fall in love with one. When Lauren meets Jesse Ryder, her carefully constructed protective wall shatters. She falls hopelessly and completely in love.

Sanity is not something you lose, like your car keys or that elusive sock in the dryer. That's what Ian believed before his mother stepped over the edge from sane to crazy. No one is able to give Ian a reasonable explanation. Corinne suffers from severe memory loss, odd behavior, and paranoid delusions. Or at least Ian had been told they were delusions. After all, who would be hiding outside watching his mother? And why? Ian hires private investigator Lucianna Martel to retrace the events of his mother's last sane day, and she and Ian learn that Corinne may not be so crazy after all.

Known on the streets as The Ghost, Michael has a reputation for taking on the twisted criminals. Rapists. Child molesters. He has never been hired to find the lost. Until now. Michael teams up with ex-prostitute Nicki and full-time hit man Sean. Together they bend the rules of the justice system in order to find a young girl few people care about. In the process, they uncover a world where salvation comes with a price tag and God's words are used to incite fear in a congregation of believers.

Sandman built his dubious reputation by turning the dreams and nightmares of others into harsh reality. Now he's pursuing his own twisted dream; the beautiful Maria Milan. But she doesn't want to become a player in Sandman's sordid fantasy. Michael Sykora is a hit man who kills for justice. Sean Riley is a hit man born to kill. Together, they're out to take down Sandman and his organization. Whether mercy is given depends on who catches him first.

Samantha's monsters aren't under the bed; they're the people she calls Mom and Dad. She makes it out alive, her sanity barely intact. A life filled with love and security teeters on its base of lies. When it all comes crumbling down, will Samantha make it out alive?

Quiet Fury is a state of being that we’ve all experienced; calm on the surface, rage bubbling underneath. For most of us, that is a brief moment. Restraint takes over. We grumble and walk away. Some allow the rage to marinate until they are consumed. They cross the line, seek revenge, retribution. Or is it satisfaction? These stories explore each individual’s breaking point. Which will win, the Quiet or the Fury?

My name is Skye Summers. I'm a hairstylist and I can't stop fantasizing about killing my clients. Not all of them, of course. I only want to kill the ones who irritate me, which, if I'm being honest, is most of them. My occasional fantasies have turned into chronic daydreams. They're bloody and vivid, like watching a slice-and-dice movie on IMAX. I also want to kill my husband's ex-girlfriend. She's not a client but she tops my list.

Max Paddington refuses to go into the light until he finds his killer. This presents a dilemma, since Max is even less competent as a spirit than he was as a live person. No one sees or hears him and he can't manage to get anywhere or do anything on his own. Joe Cavelli is a private investigator, living an ordinary life. Then one day he walks across a parking lot, gets yelled at by a ghost, and his life only gets stranger from there. Max and Joe team up to find Max's killer.

One day, Nick Donovan had it all: a beautiful, pregnant wife, a nice house, a great job. The next day he is on his own, starting from scratch with nothing but a few suitcases and his old truck. Nick flees to the opposite coast of Florida, trying to leave his ex-wife and the memories behind. But that couldn't happen. Soon Nick finds that he is tied to Shelley in a way that he hadn't expected. And, in her bitterness, she does everything she can to ensure his misery....

How far would you go to right a wrong? For Michael Sykora, killing started as blind rage. Then it became something he's good at. To most of those who know him, Michael is a software designer, a smart but average guy with a workaholic nature. To a chosen few, Michael is a part-time hit man whose specialty is eliminating hard-core criminals. Michael has managed to keep his two personas separate. Until now.

Merete Pryds Helle har med Ibsens Et dukkehjem som forlæg skrevet fortællingen om Nora, og gennem romanen kommer vi helt ind under huden på hende. Der findes få kvinder i teaterhistorien, som er lige så berømte som fru Nora Helmer. Noras udvikling fra en tilsyneladende underdanig kvinde i et forlorent ægteskab til en kvinde der går sin egen vej, udfolder sig i tre akter: fra den særlige juletid, hvor Torvald Helmer er blevet forfremmet til bankdirektør, over afsløringen som bedrager og den vilde taranteldans, til indsigten i den illusion hun lever i og efterfølgende handlekraft.

"Så kører Alfred G. Petersen alene ud til sin mor og lader Katinka blive hjemme. Helt alene er han dog ikke. De følger jo med, de tre, Alfred, G. og Petersen. De larmer hele vejen. Han kan faktisk ikke få indført en eneste af sine egne tanker i samtalen. Han kører ind ad stikvejen i parcelhuskvarteret, alt ånder og ånder i luften omkring ham. Alfred G. Petersen punkterer et par cykler inde hos naboen, inden han ringer på sin mors dør. Men døren bliver ikke åbnet, selvom hun burde sidde og vente på dem med varm kakao og friskbagte æbleskiver, præcis, som hun mener, han kan lide dem.

På en villavej i Værløse i 1971 ligger Merle i sin seng og læser den ene De 5-bog efter den anden. Hun kan høre forældrene gennem væggen. Det er en af morens gode dage, hvor sygdommen ikke har fat. Det er en af de gode dage, hvor faren er hjemme og er ædru. Vi kunne alt tegner et tidsbillede af den sorgmuntre optimisme, der prægede de tidlige 70‘ere, hvor børnene fik at vide, at fremtiden var deres, og at de faktisk kunne alt. En roman om kærlighed på trods, om skyld og skam og om voksne, som ikke magter at være voksne.

Marie vokser op på Langeland 1930’erne i et hjem, hvor børnene er mange, pengene få og vold hverdag - også før krigen kommer og gør et fattigt samfund endnu fattigere. Lyset melder sig i form af Otto, en elektrikerlærling med klare blå øjne. Sammen undslipper de Langelands fattigdom og rejser til hovedstaden for at skabe sig en ny og bedre fremtid. Men Langeland flytter med på godt og ondt. "Folkets Skønhed" er Merete Pryds Helles slægtskrønike baseret på hendes egen familiehistorie.