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Annie Lewin is at the end of her rope. She’s a mother of three young children, her workaholic husband is never around, and the vicious competition for spots in New York City’s kindergartens is heating up. A New York Times journalist-turned-parenting-advice-columnist for an internet start-up, Annie can’t help but judge the insanity of it all—even as she finds herself going to impossible lengths to secure the best spot for her own son.

From Sophie Kim comes the second book in the epic fantasy based on Korean mythology, an unflinching roller coaster ride of action, romance, and intricate fantasy lore.

As the daughter of a ruthless mafia don, I’ve been treated as a pawn all my life. So when the man my father married me off to is killed, I see a chance for freedom, and I take it. I run. But I don’t get far before he finds me. Connor O’Reilly. Tattooed, scarred, and brutally handsome, he’s everything I shouldn’t want. He’s everything I should hate, especially when he locks me in a gilded cage and vows to make me his bride. I know he only wants me for the mafia empire I inherited from my first husband. I know our marriage will be a lie. It has to be a lie.

1922: Der Krieg ist seit vier Jahren vorüber, doch für Alexander von Seydell gibt es keinen Frieden. Nachdem er unter Mordverdacht aus Navarra fliehen musste, wird er erneut eines Verbrechens beschuldigt. Auch auf Seydell drängen die Sorgen. Krankheit und Hyperinflation bedrohen die Existenz des Gestüts. Dann erhält Luise eine Nachricht, die alles ändert. Kurz entschlossen reist sie zu ihrem Sohn Robert, der inzwischen in England lebt, und trifft dort nach all den Jahren auf ihre große Liebe Alexander. Finden die beiden endlich zueinander?

1947: Als Elisabeth Clarkwell erfährt, dass sie ein Gestüt geerbt hat, fällt die junge Witwe aus allen Wolken. Ein Onkel hat ihr das Anwesen in der Lüneburger Heide vermacht - für Elisabeth, die nach dem Tod ihres Mannes hochverschuldet ist, ein Geschenk des Himmels. Doch um den Besitz verkaufen zu können, muss sie sich mit dem zweiten Erben einigen, Javier Castillo y Olivarez. Elisabeth reist nach Navarra, um ihn zu treffen.

"Dans la vie, on ne fait que s'occuper. Alors s'il nous arrive des trucs, bah tant mieux, ça laissera l'occasion de se rendre compte plus tard si on a Alzheimer. Et d'ailleurs, c'est les trucs les plus tristes qui font les meilleures histoires, une fois qu'on les a laissés vieillir en fûts de souvenirs. Les trucs moyens, on s'en fout : soit on ne les raconte pas, soit ils se rappellent plus de nous." 2 500 ans après Sun Tzu, Sophie-Marie Larrouy écrit la suite du premier best-seller de l'histoire.

The story of a woman's life, from childhood to death, somewhere in provincial France, from the 1950s to just shy of 2025. She has doting parents, does well at school, finds a loving husband after one abortive attempt at passion, buys a big house with a moonlit terrace, makes decent money, has children, changes jobs, retires, grows old and dies. All in the comfort that the middle classes have grown accustomed to. But she's bored.

Best-selling author Mark Edwards joins Sophie Plateau in the Audible Studios to discuss his work.

Mark Dawson is the USA Today best-selling author behind the John Milton, Beatrix Rose and Soho Noir thrillers. He's just released the tenth novel in the John Milton series, Blackout, which sees the disgruntled former assassin thrown into a gruesome Filipino prison with revenge on his mind. Known as both an entertaining writer and savvy entrepreneur, Mark Dawson is a self-published success story, after he first published through Amazon in 2013.

Exclusive interview. Jessie Keane visits the Audible Studios to talk to Sophie Plateau about her Annie Carter series.

Exclusive interview. Luke Smitherd discusses his new book, Kill Someone, a novel with an impossible choice: kill a random stranger - one of Chris' choosing - within 12 days in order to save the lives of five kidnapped siblings. Refuse, and they die slowly and painfully. How did Luke come up with this concept? What is it like to have a book published? What's next? Luke answers all these questions and more.

1920 erschien der erste Kriminalroman von Agatha Christie. Seither haben sich ihre Bücher weltweit mehr als zwei Milliarden Mal verkauft. Jetzt haben die Erben von Agatha Christie erstmals der Veröffentlichung eines neuen Romans zugestimmt, der die beliebteste Figur der Schriftstellerin wieder zum Leben erweckt.

Die Bestsellerautorin Sophie Hannah ist seit ihrem dreizehnten Lebensjahr ein großer Fan von Agatha Christie.

Lydia Walcott is on the run. With a broken arm and a wounded spirit she is escaping the hands of her cruel brother and the marriage he has arranged. She's running to the unknown, praying that God will lead her steps. Seeking shelter from an ice storm in a livery stall, Lydia goes to sleep hoping that in this small town of Cottonwood she'll find a job, a place to live, and friends.

Narrated by Nico, Double Cross is full of telekinetic action as the Medusa Project team arrive in Sydney, Australia, for another exciting mission - and come face-to-face with two more Medusa teens: Cal, a boy who can fly, and Amy, a girl who can shapeshift...but who is double crossing who? The fifth fantastic Medusa Project adventure from Sophie McKenzie.

Fourteen years ago, four babies were implanted with the Medusa gene - a gene for psychic abilities. Now teenagers, Nico, Ketty, Ed, and Dylan have been brought together by government agents to create a secret crime-fighting force: The Medusa Project. But Ketty’s brother Lex has stumbled into a dangerous game involving his boss and a hidden bomb.

Becky Bloomwood è più felice che mai. Il suo matrimonio va a gonfie vele. Luke, suo marito, sta per concludere l'affare più importante della sua carriera che li farà diventare miliardari. Becky è personal shopper in un elegante negozio appena aperto a Londra. E, soprattutto, è incinta! Ogni cosa deve essere perfetta per la nascita del bambino. La neofamiglia deve trovare una casa adatta, possibilmente con una cucina dotata di macchina per il sushi, una terrazza con il barbecue e un guardaroba su misura per le scarpe.

Do you want to be an anti-racist ally? This punchy, bite-sized audio guide shows you how, whether you’re using your voice for the first time, or are looking for ways to keep the momentum and make long lasting change. Sophie Williams’ no-holds-barred posts about racism and Black Lives Matter on @officialmillennialblack have taken the online world by storm. Sharp, simple and insightful, they get to the heart of anti-racist principles and show us all how to truly be better allies.

Claire lives with her family in a beautiful house overlooking the water. But she feels as if she’s married to a stranger – one who is leading a double life. As soon as she can get their son, Joe, away from him, she’s determined to leave Duncan. But finding out the truth about Duncan’s secret life leads to consequences Claire never planned for. Now Joe is missing, and she’s struggling to piece together the events of the night that tore them all apart.

In number one best seller Sophie Love’s new romantic-comedy series, Emma Gold, 35, devastated by her husband’s affair and disillusioned at work, decides she needs a fresh start. When her feisty, elderly aunt beckons her to leave Los Angeles and visit her storybook village on the Northern California coast, Emma is shocked to learn she wants her to take over her crumbling B&B, restore it, and take a chance to find love again. Will she?

Juliet Capulet is the heartbeat of the world's most famous love story. She is an enduring romantic icon. And she is a captivating, brilliant, passionate teenage girl who is read and interpreted afresh by each new generation. Searching for Juliet takes us from the Renaissance origin stories behind William Shakespeare's child bride to the boy actor who inspired her creation onstage. From enslaved people in the Caribbean to Italian fascists in Verona, and real-life lovers in Afghanistan. From the Victorian stage to 1960s cinema, Baz Luhrmann and beyond.