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DE DØDE OG DE LEVENDE er en roman om krig og kaerlighed, om skyld, forraederi og begaer. Den følger en gruppe modstandsfolk i København 1943-50. Deres hemmeligheder, løgne og drømme. Stilheden efter kampen, den svaere fred. I 1943 ligger besaettelsen tungt over Danmark. Det unge kaerestepar Ebbe og Karen er sammen med nogle andre jurastuderende gået ind i modstandsarbejdet. Lederen, faldskaermsagenten "Herbert", presser dem til stadig farligere aktioner.

In 1943, in the midst of the brutal, hard-fought Solomon Islands campaign between the Allies and the Japanese forces, Lieutenant Billy Boyle receives an odd assignment. He’s sent by the powerful Kennedy family to investigate a murder in which PT skipper (and future president) Jack Kennedy has...

March, 1944: US Army Lieutenant Billy Boyle, back in England after a dangerous mission in Italy, is due for a little R&R, and also a promotion. But the now-Captain Boyle doesn't get to kick back and enjoy his leisure time because two upsetting cases fall into his lap at once.

The thrilling story of men and women caught up in the death throes of Nazi Germany, struggling to maintain those things precious to them - life, an end to killing, and even sanity itself. Colonel Johann Faust has lost everyone he ever loved and feels he is going inexorably insane. He hears the haunting voice of his dead fiancée and the demons that roar through his mind as he perfects a plan to save Nazi Germany from defeat and insure a greater and deadlier new world war.

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a mix of stand-up, sketches, and songs, along with Jon Holmes, Laura Shavin, Mitch Benn, and Marcus Brigstock, in an hour-long download-only special. This compilation features the highlights from the last five years.

Secrets trail an American soldier from his Depression upbringing to the cold winter battles in the Ardennes Forest in the last months of World War II, and through the postwar decades, as he struggles to keep his family from being torn apart while keeping the truth buried close to his heart. Clay Brock, proprietor of Jake's Tavern, has endured terrible losses throughout his life. In 1964, he is working to build a life for his wife and son, only to see everything he's worked for threatened by forces beyond his control.

Lieutenant Billy Boyle could have used a rest after his last case, but when his girlfriend, Diana Seaton, a British spy, goes missing in the Vatican, where she was working undercover, he insists on being assigned to a murder investigation there so he can try to help her.

En vinterdag i 1972 findes den unge enlige mor Alice Hansen myrdet i en baggård i Minefeltet i København. Den omsværmede Alice efterlader sig en lille søn, Jack. Morderen findes aldrig. Jack vokser op hos sine bedsteforældre. Alt er mørke og tavshed. Han er optaget af at finde sin far, men bliver langsomt opslugt af 80'ernes blå melankoli med hvad det indebærer af stoffer og punkattitude. Han ender på Nørrebro som fordrukken forsanger i et støjrockband, inden han igen bryder op, og fordufter ud i det blå.

MEINE FREUNDIN MIT DEM GROSSEN GEHEIMNIS: Die 9-jährige Merle kann ihr Glück kaum fassen, als Luhna ins Nachbarhaus einzieht, denn schon lange wünscht sie sich eine beste Freundin. Was Merle jedoch nicht ahnt: Luhna ist nicht nur total cool, frech und liebt Zuckerwatte - sie hat auch ein großes Geheimnis! Immer bei Vollmond verwandelt sie sich in ein Einhorn und hilft magischen Wesen, die in Schwierigkeiten stecken. Natürlich ist Merle von nun an bei jedem Abenteuer dabei. Als Luhna jedoch in große Gefahr gerät, liegt es allein an Merle, sie zu retten.

'Down Under's funniest detectives shoot from the lip with a wit as dry as their martinis' Kathy Lette A brand new mystery featuring Nick and La Contessa, the beloved characters from Matthew Benns' smash hit nationwide newspaper serial. 'Time for a martini, darling?' Wise-cracking...

In this compelling exploration, author Frank J. Adkins, a distinguished lecturer at Cambridge University, presents a series of profound lectures on European history that he delivered at the onset of World War I for various war-related organizations in Sheffield. These lectures were later transformed into detailed essays published in 1915, examining the intricate histories of Germany, France, England, and the Slavs. Adkins skillfully reveals how centuries of historical events and dynamics laid the groundwork for the devastating conflict that erupted in 1914. - Summary by Ted Lienhart

These episodes are created with the love of grassroots, community action at the heart of them. We showcase inspiring stories from people who have made their ideas come to life.

A trail running podcast for all runners' ether you're at the front, the middle or the back of the pack. Hosted by Benn Coubrough, an accomplished ultra-endurance athlete and Mitch Clark an everyday trail warrior, gear nerd, and an unapologetic trail running fanboy. This show dives into the raw, ridiculous, and rewarding world of running wild.

A new podcast in which I look at current news stories and then play the song that I wrote the LAST time something like this happened...To support Mitch Benn for as little as $1 a month, and get access to exclusive content, go to www.patreon.com/mitchbenn

US Army Lieutenant Billy Boyle, an ex-cop who serves as detective for General Ike, is sent to Caserta, Italy, to investigate the murders of two American officers stationed there. The MOs are completely different, and it seems like the officers had no connection to each other, but one frightening fact links the murders. Each body was discovered with a single playing card: the lieutenant’s with the ten of hearts; the captain’s, the jack of hearts. The message seems clear—if the murderer isn’t apprehended, the higher ranks will be next. 

When crews on the first two interstellar missions confront the same confounding mystery, their dispute over what it means could alter the trajectory of the entire human race. Thirty years after the last war, in a world of plentiful energy, Lunar and Mars bases, and a global federation of nations, an international crew of exceptional men and women sets out to explore the closest potentially habitable planet in the Alpha Centauri star system.

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