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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Suzanne Rindell’s The Other Typist. Read by the actress Gretchen Mol, who plays Gillian Darmody in the hit US series Boardwalk Empire. New York City, 1924: the height of Prohibition and the whole city swims in bathtub gin. Rose Baker is an orphaned young woman working as a typist in a police precinct on the lower East Side.

It is not an overstatement to say that numbers dictate the way we live our lives. They tell us how we're doing at school, how much we weigh, who might win an election and whether the economy is booming. But numbers aren't as objective as they may seem; behind every number is a story. Yet politicians, businesses and the media often forget this - or use it for their own gain. Sanne Blauw travels the world to unpick our relationship with numbers and demystify our misguided allegiance....

La grand-mère de Cléo meanait d'incroyables enquêtes lorsqu'elle avait 12 ans ! Cléo raconte ses aventures ! Cléo te raconte les enquêtes que sa grand-mère Noémie a menées avec son amie Mona quand elles avaient son âge. Automne 1966 : Valentin, un charmant garçon qu'elles ont remarqué dans le bus au retour du lycée semble avoir disparu. Qu'est-il devenu ? Que cache cet étrange mystère ? Avec détermination elles se lancent sur sa piste, dans une enquête qui va les mener de surprise en surprise.

Cléo te raconte une nouvelle enquête menée par sa grand-mère quand elle avait son âge.Printemps 1967 : Dans le village où Noémie et Mona passent leurs vacances, un fermier doit faire face à une série de malchances qui ne semblent pas naturelles. La rumeur court qu'il est victime d'un envoûtement et on accuse le rebouteux, qu'on suspecte de sorcellerie. Les deux filles mènent l'enquête, persuadées que, derrière les apparences, un personnage mystérieux agit dans l'ombre.

La grand-mère de Cléo menait d'incroyables enquêtes lorsqu'elle avait 12 ans ! Cléo raconte ses aventures ! Cléo, 12 ans, te raconte les enquêtes menées par sa grand-mère Noémie quand elle avait son âge. Décembre 1966 : Noémie et Mona sont bien décidées à explorer la galerie qui s'enfonce sous la colline, au fond de la cour du lycée. Peut-être découvriront-elles le fameux passage secret qui date de quatre siècles ? Elles ignorent que le souterrain cache désormais d'étranges agissements.

Driven by a blind devotion to the Communist Party, self-centered Katya Karavayeva has broken the most important rule in Soviet society: never say anything that can be used against you. On the heels of that betrayal, Nazi Germany invades and the Soviet Union mobilizes. Katya hopes to halt her downward spiral by joining the volunteer militia, but within a few short weeks finds herself under attack.

The notion of planning for one's death is intrinsically at odds with our human instinct to avoid considering our own mortality. Although we may contemplate the grief that our life's impermanence would cause to our loved ones, we seldom consider the myriad of emotional and legal issues that can arise afterward.

Callie Dixon had the world by its tail . . . until it all slipped away. Fired from her dream job after making a colossal mistake, she's escaped to her aunt's home on Cape Cod for time to bounce back. Except it isn't a home, it's an ice cream shop. And time isn't going to help, because Callie's bounce has up and left. There's a reason she made that mistake at work and she's struggling to come to terms with it. Things go from bad to worse when Callie's cousin Dawn drags her to a community class about the secret to happiness.

Depois de sobreviver duas vezes à crueldade de uma arena projetada para destruí-la, Katniss acreditava que não precisaria mais lutar. Mas as regras do jogo mudaram: com a chegada dos rebeldes do lendário Distrito 13, enfim é possível organizar uma resistência. Começou a revolução. A coragem de Katniss nos jogos fez nascer a esperança em um país disposto a fazer de tudo para se livrar da opressão. E agora, contra a própria vontade, ela precisa assumir seu lugar como símbolo da causa rebelde. Ela precisa virar o Tordo.

Depois da improvável e inusitada vitória de Katniss Everdeen e Peeta Mellark nos últimos Jogos Vorazes, algo parece ter mudado para sempre em Panem. Aqui e ali, distúrbios e agitações nos distritos dão sinais de que uma revolta é iminente. Katniss e Peeta, representantes do paupérrimo Distrito 12, não apenas venceram os Jogos, mas ridicularizaram o governo e conseguiram fazer todos – incluindo o próprio Peeta – acreditarem que são um casal apaixonado.

Juliet's plans to wed Lord Elbourne come to naught when she discovers he's obliged to wed an heiress instead. To salvage her dignity, she enters into a ruse with the heiress's brother, whom she views as a rake. Unfortunately, he's also the most attractive man she's ever met. Cody Gryphon will do anything to see his sister Stephanie wed to Lord Elbourne, including entering into a temporary engagement with her romantic rival. Although he intends to return to Texas as soon as his sister is wed, he finds it increasingly difficult to resist Juliet's charms.

After Minna's father loses his career, health, and wealth due to a rogue wizard, he forbids his daughter from studying magic. She carries on in secret, all the while plotting revenge against the man who ruined her father's life. Evan Valentine has attended a prestigious magical academy on scholarship, although he's cleverly managed to conceal the fact from everyone. He’s on the fast track to success - until he discovers he owes a debt that can never be repaid.

When Frank says Florence can't be any good at sport because she's a girl, she challenges him, his misconceptions, and in the process, her own! In this fun and inspiring rhyming children's story, a boy and a girl discover equality through sport and challenge. If you're fed up with stories about pink princesses waiting to be saved, then this book is perfect! And it's not just for girls! If we teach our sons about equality today, tomorrow they'll be men for whom equal rights is just considered a normal part of life.

The lovely Angelique Graham knows her strengths-and patience is not one of them. So instead of waiting nine months to wed her beloved Simon, as per her overprotective parents' edict, Angeliq - rake of all rakes - who has just returned from war, to throw her parents into a panic. Though Angelique has plotted and planned every move, it seems that love has a different plan. When the game playing gets serious, will Angelique be able to resist the charms of Lord Faring?

Kate Sanderson has been burned by love. From now on, she thinks, I will control my own destiny, and I will be reasoned and rational. But life has other things in store for Kate. Namely, a summer abroad studying Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in the very town where the star-crossed lovers met, Verona, Italy. Kate is thrown together with two other American teens and three Italians for a special seminar - and for volunteer duty at the Juliet Club, where they answer letters from the lovelorn around the world. Can Kate's cool logic withstand the most romantic summer ever?

Suzanne Collins maakte in de zomer van 2019 bekend dat er een prequel komt op haar internationale bestsellerserie De Hongerspelen. Het boek zal zich 64 jaar voor de gebeurtenissen in de rest van de reeks afspelen, op de vooravond van de tiende Hongerspelen. Katniss Everdeen, de heldin uit de trilogie, zal dus niet in het verhaal voorkomen, maar Collins legt de focus in dit boek op de zogeheten 'donkere dagen' van Panem, vlak na de eerste - en mislukte - opstand tegen het Capitool.

The Nope coach Suzanne Culberg teaches you how to put yourself first without feeling selfish. She shares strategies for setting healthy boundaries and reclaiming the unapologetic badass within. Tune in for her signature unapologetic style of podcasting - no annoying jingles, unnecessary filters, or edited episodes. It's just one take, getting straight to the point on how to transform our stressed-depressed lemon-zest moments into ones that are easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy. Her content is easy to digest and may just change your perspective for the whole day. Visit https://www.suzanneculberg.com to ...

In the Hello, Futures! podcast we play with possible futures. We invite people from all walks of life to stretch their imaginations, step into the unknown, and explore possible futures—the hopeful, the strange, the unexpected. Why? For fun, to build resilience and prepare for uncertainty, to see the world differently, to build Futures Literacy, and to use our imagination!

The follow up to Suzanne's Best of Year debut memoir, FRONTAL MATTER: GLUE GONE WILD, STARGAZING is a humorous look at piecing a life back together after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.

Artificial intelligence is transforming how organisations operate, and charities risk being left behind as the technology advances exponentially. This playbook provides practical, actionable guidance for charitable organisations seeking to implement AI thoughtfully and effectively. Drawing from decades of experience working with leading UK charities and corporations, we offer a structured approach to help mission-driven organisations navigate the AI landscape.