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Beth never had a settled home as a child, but that’s all behind her now. She’s fine. Great. Settled in her single life. Until friends start peeling away, moving on to careers and family, leaving her feeling impatient and angry. When she bumps into Jason at a party, she spots the opportunity for her own fresh start - to turn her back on a reckless life of drinking and missed deadlines. She can build a new life, too...can’t she? When she discovers that Jason has the opportunity to house-sit a new build out of town, she glimpses her chance.

A podcast about the pleasures, politics, and power of the mafia, and the 'candy' the wiseguys love so much.

Ich habe einen Typ. Ich liebe den guten Kerl. Verantwortungsvoll und stabil. Sicher. Als ein biertrinkender, schlagfertiger, tätowierter Eishockeyspieler mich bittet, ihm Nachhilfe zu geben, werde ich plötzlich in die Welt der bösen Jungs und schlechten Entscheidungen gestoßen. Jordan ist ein bekannter Spieler auf dem Campus. Er nimmt nichts ernst, außer Eishockey und Partys. Aber er macht mich ganz kribbelig. Ich bin ein Mauerblümchen und gebe dem heißesten Spieler der Valley University Nachhilfe.

Fem tonårsflickor i den lilla staden Stenträsk i Norrbotten träffas en gång i månaden för att diskutera litteratur. En av dem försvinner spårlöst sommaren 1980. Fyrtio år senare hittas hon, mördad. Julen 2020 återförenas de fyra kvinnorna i bokcirkeln, som de kallade för Polcirkeln, för första gången efter kamratens försvinnande. Det står snart klart att något i flickornas relationer utlöste det våldsamma brottet. Frågan är vad, och vad som drev dem då och vilka konsekvenser det fick.

In the summer of 1932, Americans are coming to realize that the financial crash of 1929 was only the beginning of hard times. May Marshall has returned from Paris to settle at her family home in rural Keswick, Virginia. She struggles to keep her family farm and market afloat through the economic downturn. May finds herself juggling her marriage with a tempting opportunity to revamp the family business to adapt to changing times.

When the World’s Greatest Detective reunites with her college friends, she discovers that time doesn’t heal all wounds. It's been four decades since the women of Sigma Delta Tau were last together. The passing years, growing families, and maturing careers may have strained the bonds of...

Laura has a husband, children, a home in a city she loves. She thinks she can be happy, despite her past. Until someone walks back into her life who she knows will shatter everything. Alexis was her first love. A love so exhilarating, it is impossible to resist. Then Alexis is found dead, and the police are knocking at Laura's door. They're asking her questions and she's telling them lies. Someone wants Laura to pay for what she's been running from. Someone with an obsession that they can't let go.

“A marvel of lost innocence” (O, The Oprah Magazine) that reimagines three life-changing weeks poet Elizabeth Bishop spent in Paris amidst the imminent threat of World War II. June 1937. Elizabeth Bishop, still only a young woman and not yet one of the most influential poets of the 20th...

A principios de los años noventa, la vida en Manihiki, una remota isla del Pacífico, transcurre al ritmo de las olas y el brillo de las perlas negras. Allí, la joven Kiona vive una existencia sibilina, inmersa en el ancestral negocio familiar del buceo libre. Su mundo, idílico y apartado, se quiebra una mañana cuando un lujoso yate se estrella en el arrecife, trayendo consigo a Erik, un misterioso hombre sueco gravemente herido. Lo que parece un trágico accidente es solo el inicio de una historia extraordinaria que se extenderá por cinco años y cuatro continentes.

The inspiration for the hit film series, Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter, now available on Netflix. Beneath a dark winter sky. . .death waits patiently. A journalist is murdered in the frozen white landscape of a northern Swedish town. Annika Bengtzon, a reporter at a Stockholm-based tabloid...

Topics covering fluid processes, equipment, troubleshooting and solutions for processing plants across food, beverage, pharmaceutical, brewery and dairy industries.

Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, Cole and Linda Porter, Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos - all are summer guests of Gerald and Sara Murphy. Visionary, misunderstood, and from vastly different backgrounds, the Murphys met and married young, and set forth to create a beautiful world...

Nick and her cousin, Helena, have grown up sharing sultry summers at Tiger House, the glorious old family estate on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. As World War II ends they are on the cusp of adulthood, the world seeming to offer itself up to them. Helena is leaving for Hollywood and a new...

NYPD detective Jack Kanon is on a tour of Europe's most gorgeous cities. But the sights aren't what draw him--he sees each museum, each cathedral, and each restaurant through a killer's eyes. Kanon's daughter, Kimmy, and her boyfriend were murdered while on vacation in Rome. Since then, young...

At a derelict port in Stockholm, two brutally murdered men are found by a security guard. In the same area a young woman, Aida, is on the run from a deranged gunman. Meanwhile, journalist Annika Bengtzon is approached by a woman wanting her story published in the Evening Post. She claims to have founded an organization to erase people's pasts - giving vulnerable individuals a completely new identity. Annika helps Aida to get in touch with the foundation.

From the very first rhyme, Books Are Life invites young listeners into a world where every minute holds endless possibility. Each verse is filled with warmth, wonder, and gentle wisdom that helps children fall in love with books and with themselves. Through playful poetry and vivid imagery, children discover that books are more than words. They are magical companions that spark imagination, build empathy, connect hearts across cultures and time, encourage confidence, and inspire a lifelong love of learning.

Crime reporter Annika Bengtzon is woken by a phonecall in the early hours of a wintry December morning. An explosion has ripped apart the Olympic Stadium. And a victim has been blown to pieces. As Annika delves into the details of the bombing and the background of the victim, there is a second explosion. These chilling crimes could be her biggest news story yet. When her police source reveals they are hot on the heels of the bomber, Annika is guaranteed an exclusive with her name on it.

Trainee journalist Annika Bengtzon has secured a summer placement at Sweden’s biggest tabloid newspaper. She’s desperate for this to be her big break, although manning the tip-off phoneline isn’t quite what she had in mind… Until a caller tells her that the naked body of a young woman has been found in a nearby cemetery. As she pieces together details of the young woman’s life, Annika stumbles across video footage that places the main suspect hundreds of miles from the crime scene, right at the time of the murder. Are the police looking for the wrong man?

Betsy LaQuanda Ross is a self-proclaimed “Peculiar Patriot”, who makes regular visits to penitentiaries in order to boost the morale of her loved ones. When she is not sharing neighborhood updates and gossip, Betsy illuminates our country’s cruel and unjust criminal justice system and its impact not only on the 2.3 million people behind bars, but also their family and friends.

The law of the jungle doesn't say anything about how many mates a woman can take. Raised by wolf shifters, I want nothing more than to fit in, despite being human. When two new shifters - a panther and a bear - arrive to tell me that a tiger shifter is bent on destroying me, I have to remain strong. I will not bend. I will not break under stress. As the pack comes together to create a plan for my protection, I battle an unseen foe - my attraction to three men. You think you know my story? You don't.