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Scenen er sat i Manila på Filippinerne. Tre historier udspiller sig på én og samme aften, tre forskellige steder i byen. Den unge englæder Sean afventer på et snusket hotelværelse gangsteren Don Pepe og hans tre håndlangere, der kommer for at likvidere ham. Middelklassekvinden Rosa venter andetsteds i byen på sin mand, der er punkteret på vej hjem fra arbejde. Punkteringen er forårsaget af de to gadebørn Vincente og Totoy, der strejfer om i byens labyrintiske slumgader.

Devon, 1349: In Brauntone, where seagulls screech across the fields and the wind has a mind to change, Father Thomas arrives as the new priest. Determined to impress his congregation, he quells fears of the coming pestilence with promises of protection. For Anne, the priest's arrival is an opportunity that at 16, she feels all too ready for. Convinced a grand fate awaits, she moves in as Thomas' housekeeper, though hopeful of something more. But his home is a place without love or kindness.

From the author of The Palace of Curiosities and Vixen comes a bold new novel exploring questions of identity, sexual equality and how well we really know ourselves. Rich are the delights of late 19th-century Manchester for young siblings Edie and Gnome. They bicker, banter, shout and scream their way through the city's streets, embracing its charms and dangers. But as the pair grow up, it is Gnome who revels in the nighttime while Edie wakes exhausted each morning.

A luminous and bewitching debut novel that is perfect for fans of Angela Carter. Set in Victorian London, it follows the fortunes of Eve, the Lion-Faced Girl and Abel, the Flayed Man. A magical realism delight. Before Eve is born, her mother goes to the circus. She buys a penny twist of coloured sugar and settles down to watch the heart-stopping main attraction: a lion, billed as a monster from the savage heart of Africa, forged in the heat of a merciless sun.

Drop-dead gorgeous. Rich as sin. With a closed-off heart of stone, Kieran O’Rourke is the head of the Irish Mob. And my new fiance. To finance my father’s war with the bratva, I’m being sold to a savage.

Get ready for eight fantastic adventures in space and time with the Doctor and his companions, featuring stories from many of Doctor Who's most popular authors from the worlds of television, print, comics and audio as well as new talent and fresh voices...and read by your favourite Big Finish actors!

After years of breaking my back to make it in country music, a songwriter penned me a masterpiece. Then Music City called and that demo landed me my first contract. We’d spent all summer writing music and getting close, but when Harper wanted more, I walked away. And became a star. Seven years later, I’m raising my daughter alone and hanging on by a thread. My career is tanking, but my manager signed me to a small Nashville label.

I celebrated a little too much after I purchased a racehorse favored to win the Kentucky Derby. I let down my guard and the next thing I know, I woke up beside the daughter of the man my father hates. Married. I should divorce her immediately, only she knows everything about the horse racing world and I know, well, nothing. We also made quite a scene at the auction and everyone thinks we're in love.

Hurry is the new normal. When someone asks us how we’re doing, we tell them that we’re "good...but busy." We want to achieve our dreams and live a significant life, so we cram our calendars with nonstop activities. Instead of feeling fulfilled, we’re distracted, exhausted, and overwhelmed. We have too much to do and not enough time. But it doesn’t have to be this way! Garland Vance knows how you feel. In Gettin’ (un)Busy, he shares how he nearly burned out while leading a nonprofit, having a family, and working on his doctorate in leadership and spiritual formation.

Take a deep dive into self-love with Super Self-Love, a collection of eight audio courses all about self-love from Scribd Coach. Featuring insights from certified coaches, psychologists, therapists, authors, and more, Super Self-Love teaches you how to step up your self-love and approach related issues, from drawing boundaries for yourself to quieting your inner critic to giving yourself permission to be your best self. Whether you’re just dipping your toes into self-love or you’re a frequent self-love learner, you’re bound to find something to take away from it.

This letter to the Colossians reminds Christians that they are "God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved" (3:12). It proclaims the deity of Jesus using some of the loftiest language in all the New Testament to help the church know God in his greatness and glory. This proper view of Christ serves as the antidote for heresy and a building block for Christian life and doctrine both then and now. Colossians: Audio Lectures features scholar David E. Garland teaching through the book of Colossians in 10 engaging and challenging lessons.

My wife and I have been married for 10 years, and I know everything there is to know about her. So when she gets an invite to a school reunion from an old school friend, I have no reason at all to stop her going. Do I? Imagine my surprise when I find out that she has a dark past that she's kept hidden from me all these years, and as it unfolds, this new knowledge takes me on a journey to places I never thought I'd go...

Rosie Garland's enthralling new poetry collection, What Girls Do in the Dark, invites us to leap into deep space. Rooted in the realm of gothic imagination, mythology, and the uncanny, it contains magnitudes and magic, feminist fables starstruck with science and astronomy. Like comets, these dazzling poems explore containment and liberation, asking what it means to dismantle expectations, escape the drag of gravity, and blaze your own path with "strangeness that makes you strong".

Khao San Road, Bangkok. Efter en nat på et snusket herberg finder den unge englænder Richard et kort på sin dør, der viser vej til "Stranden". "Stranden" er en legende blandt unge rejsende i Asien. Et lille samfund, der tilsyneladende lever i paradisisk harmoni. For Richard er udfordringen uimodståelig. Han begiver sig ud i eventyret. Og finder det. Men under idyllen på Stranden lurer rædslen.

On June 20, 1815, rumors of Wellington's victory in what history would come to call the Battle of Waterloo reach London. Among the townspeople celebrating, first the rumor and then the confirmation of victory, are Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy (and their son, Fitzy) and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bingley, who live a few blocks apart in Mayfair in London. The news became bleak for the families, however, when they soon received a dispatch that Captain George Wickham had been valiantly killed in battle.

We're in "wild west" times for business. Thanks to social media and new technologies, customer-brand relationships are suddenly wide open and up for grabs. Big players are getting taken down, while upstarts are starting up, gunning for market share, and outmaneuvering the Goliaths. So, just when a rethink might seem in order, why do so many act like it's 1982 all over again? Why do they believe product pushing still works?

Claire has a good job in Guildford, Surrey. She is articulate and self-sufficient. Archie is an unemployed sculptor with no prospects who grew up in Arlington, Massachusetts. But Claire sees past his faults and loves him. Archie thinks of Claire as his best friend, nothing more.

Elizabeth Bennet did not have the luxury that Georgiana Darcy and Anne de Bourgh did of marrying without financial concerns. She decides she must accept William Collins's offer. Hidden feelings for Fitzwilliam Darcy, though, explode when she and Mr. Collins dine with Darcy at Rosings Park. Where Darcy realises his own feelings for Elizabeth, now Mrs. William Collins. When death comes to Rosings, Elizabeth and Darcy must come to terms with their feelings for each other. And she, too, must wonder if instead should could be happy with...George Wickham.

As heard in a 2018 episode of The Hidden Brain, the tall poppy syndrome is a human condition that has been present in every society from the beginning of time. It explains why we seek out equality and justify our actions by cutting others down. With over 600 citations, The Tall Poppy Syndrome: The Joy of Cutting Others Down is the most comprehensive audiobook on the subject. Doug Garland has been studying the phenomenon for over 10 years after he experienced it firsthand in his own career.

After five years since the disappearance of my fiancé, I’m still looking over my shoulder. When she shows up back in our small town, I’m shocked, to say the least. But I need answers in order to put the past behind me. But one kiss changes everything. Just when I’m a heated powder keg ready to blow, Faith announces she’s moving to London. That means she’s off-limits. I survived her leaving me once. I doubt I’ll survive again.