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From a young age, 28-year-old Embla Nystrom has been plagued by chronic nightmares and racing thoughts, but she has learned to channel most of her anxious energy into her position as Detective Inspector in the mobile unit in Gothenburg, Sweden, and into sports. A talented hunter and prize-winning Nordic welterweight, she is glad to be taking a vacation from her high-stress job to attend the annual moose hunt with her family and friends. But when Embla arrives at her uncle's cabin in rural Dalsland, she sees an unfamiliar face has joined the group.

A speeding BMW leaves a dead pedestrian in its wake and leads police to the corpse of a young girl in a cellar. Detective Inspector Irene Huss' ensuing investigation draws her into the chilling world of sex trafficking. One of Soho Crime's best-selling series, Swedish Detective Inspector Irene Huss is another example of why the Scandinavian crime fiction trend is so hot.

In this fifth installment in the critically acclaimed Irene Huss series, three men are found brutally executed in one of Goteborg's most fashionable neighborhoods. All three men were involved in an online poker company, but that's all they appear to have in common. The complex investigation immerses Detective Inspector Irene Huss and her colleagues into a world of expensive cars, fancy homes, and impressive castles in the air. Meanwhile, the normally peaceful atmosphere of the Huss family is disturbed by marital tension as Irene suspects her husband, Krister, of a having an affair with a younger woman.

In this final installment of the internationally best-selling Irene Huss Investigations, the gang warfare that has been brewing in Goteborg is about to explode. A member of a notorious biker gang has been set on fire - alive. Even in a culture where ritual killings are common, this brutal assault attracts the attention of both Irene's unit and the Organized Crimes Unit. Anticipating a counterattack, the two units team up to patrol the lavish party of a rival gang, but that doesn't stop another murder from occurring just outside the event hall.

He watches the women from the shadows. He has an understanding with them; as long as they follow his rules, they are safe. But when they sin, he sentences them to death. A woman is found dead in a cemetery, strangled and covered in plastic. Just a few days before her death, the victim had received a flower, an unintelligible note, and a photograph of herself.

Five years after an unspeakable tragedy that changed him forever, Gordie Allen has made a new home with his half-brother Kevin. Their arrangement works since Kevin is the only person who can protect Gordie at school and keep him focused on getting his life back on track. But just when it seems like things are becoming normal, Gordie's biological father comes back into the picture, demanding a place in his life.

Die große Saga um Reichtum, Macht und Leidenschaft. Im luxuriösen Rheinhotel Dreesen, einem Ort voller Geschichte und Geschichten, sucht ein junger Mann im Konflikt mit seinem Vater nach seinem Platz im Leben, kämpft eine Frau um ihre Unabhängigkeit und eine Familie um ihren Zusammenhalt. In ihrem großen Familienroman "Das Weiße Haus am Rhein" erzählt Helene Winter eine fesselnde und emotionale Geschichte um Verrat und Liebe, Macht und Glück vor der Kulisse eines geschichtsträchtigen Ortes.

A photograph taken in 1971 sets two people on the path to uncovering the truth about their parents and themselves.

Here's a remarkable, true story of love and war, of journalist Micah Garenheld hostage in Iraq, and the determined young woman, Marie-Helene Carleton, who fought and won his release.

Berlin, 1915: Die Stadt ist gezeichnet von den Wirren des Krieges. Ricarda Thomasius behandelt an der Charité junge Arbeiterinnen, die sich in den Munitionsfabriken verletzt haben. Gleichzeitig droht das Familienglück der Ärztin zu zerbrechen: Sohn Georg wird an der Front vermisst, das Verhältnis zu Tochter Henny liegt in Scherben, und Nesthäkchen Antonia testet ihre Grenzen aus. Ricarda will um ihre Kinder kämpfen, koste es, was es wolle. Doch es gibt Verletzungen, die selbst die Liebe nicht so einfach heilen kann.

I can’t go with you. Spring 1897: Anna Charlier farewells her fiancé Nils, the explorer, as he sets off to conquer the world. She will endure many years of waiting and the unknown, will marry and move continents, but will never be able to forget. Summer 1930, Svalbard, Norway: A walrus-hunting boat sets sail for White Island, one of the last lands before the North Pole. The melting ice has revealed terrain that is usually inaccessible. As they move across the island, the men discover bodies and the remains of a makeshift camp.

Detective Inspector Irene Huss hasn't seen Sophie Malmborg for over 15 years, but she's still haunted by the strange young ballerina's role in the fire that killed her stepfather. Why had she refused to speak to Irene and the other case workers? Could an 11-year-old - even one as disturbed and aloof as Sophie - truly be capable of setting her own house on fire? Irene's questions resurface 15 years later, when Sophie disappears and the charred remains of a dancer are found in an abandoned warehouse. Irene has a startling realization that could shed light on the case that has been lingering in the back of her mind since the beginning of her career.

Irene Huss is a former Ju-Jitsu champion, a mother of twin teenage girls, the wife of a successful chef, and a Detective Inspector with the Violent Crimes Unit in Goteborg, Sweden. And now she’s back with a gripping follow-up to Detective Inspector Huss. One nurse lies dead and another vanishes after their hospital is hit by a blackout. The only witness claims to have seen Nurse Tekla doing her rounds, but Nurse Tekla died sixty years ago.

Bienvenue sur ma chaîne "Des tables & Des Clés". Je suis Hélène Grison, passionnée d’hôtellerie, de cuisine et de voyages depuis mon plus jeune âge. J’en ai fait mon métier. J’ai travaillé sur le terrain et j’ai accompagné des hôtels et des restaurants du monde entier à atteindre l’excellence. Je suis fascinée par la multitude de facettes que révèle ce secteur et qui me semble être un véritable laboratoire socio-culturel. C'est pour cela que je suis convaincue que l’hospitalité et la cuisine peuvent changer le monde et je sais qu'ensemble, nous pouvons avoir de l...

Resilience is not an innate character trait. Whether you’re in a leadership role or working as part of a team, you need to implement strategies that build and nurture resilience. You need a resilience plan. Award-winning mental health expert Marie-Hélène Pelletier draws on her clinical practice and extensive knowledge in therapeutics and business practices to explore how resilience is the best defense against burnout and how everyone can build it in themselves—not with a one-size-fits-all plan but with strategies to help you create a custom plan.

Was für eine Entdeckung – es braucht ein ganzes Leben, um einen solchen Text zu schreiben. "Die Geschichte erschien mir viele Jahre lang gänzlich unerheblich." Von diesem Satz aus erzählt die heute siebzigjährige Helene Bracht von einer über Jahrzehnte verschütteten Erfahrung, die sie mit sehr vielen Frauen und vielen Männern teilt: der, dass es auf dem Lebensweg mit der Liebe und der Sexualität nicht nur gut und einvernehmlich zuging. Wie liebt und begehrt man, wenn Verletzendes verborgen hinter einem liegt? Wie lebt und liebt man immer weiter?

On his 16th birthday, Tom triggered strange new magical abilities. When his sister is kidnapped, he discovers he was the intended target. A community of magical villains is after him because he may be the last Blood Mage. Will Tom embrace his new destiny?

Bente liebte ihren Job als TV-Sommelière im schwedischen Fernsehen, bis ihre Karriere aufs Abstellgleis geriet. Als sie von einem Schiffswrack in der Bretagne hört, in dem eine geheimnisvolle Weinflasche aus dem Jahr 1944 gefunden wurde, ist sie fasziniert. Gemeinsam begeben Bente und Didrik sich in Frankreich auf Spurensuche. Dort stoßen sie auf die Geschichte einer verbotenen Liebe – und merken, dass diese auch heute noch ihr Leben ändern kann.

With disarming clarity and a deep sense of urgency, acclaimed political theorist Hélène Landemore argues that electoral politics is broken but democracy isn't. We've just been doing it wrong. Drawing on ancient Athenian practices and contemporary citizens' assemblies, Landemore champions an alternative approach that is alive, working, and growing around the world: civic lotteries that select everyday people to govern, not as career politicians but as temporary stewards of the common good.

In Verbündung ist ein Podcast, der sich der Diskussion rund um Geschlechtergerechtigkeit und der Rolle von Männern als Verbündete für den gesellschaftlichen Wandel widmet. Die Hosts Helene Wolf, Mitgründerin und Co-Geschäftsführerin von FAIR SHARE of Women Leaders und Kai Viehof, Impact- Philanthrop und Sozialunternehmer, sprechen in jeder Folge mit Gästen aus verschiedenen Bereichen über Themen wie Gleichberechtigung, Allyship und die Herausforderungen auf dem Weg zu mehr sozialer Gerechtigkeit. Ziel ist es, Männer zu inspirieren und aufzuzeigen, wie sie aktiv zur Veränderung ...