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[French] - Anamorphose: Nouvelle policière

Philippe Meunier se disait que son subconscient lui jouait des tours ; que la fatigue conjuguée à la vague ressemblance de quelqu’un se rendant au troisième le mettait dans l’erreur. C’était à cet étage-là que vivait encore le pauvre Émile, emmuré dans la tristesse de son veuvage… Qu’est-ce que signifiait ce micmac ? Pourquoi Henriette hantait-elle soudainement l’immeuble de ses va-et-vient incessants ? Le petit immeuble situé 16 rue des Clarisses renfermait décidément bien des secrets. Avec Anamorphose, Charlène Mauwls adopte le style de la littérature policière du 19ème siècle qui lui permet de mettre en mots la vie quotidienne de ses personnages, et nous plonge dans l’univers Hitchcockien des habitants de cet immeuble avec lesquels l’agent d’assurances Philippe Meunier a tissé des liens étroits. Le suspense monte à chaque étage, et la psychose gagne…. mais oui… pourquoi n’avait-il pas fait le rapprochement quand la réponse était là sous ses yeux ?

Charlène Mauwls (Author), Guillaume De Louvrencourt (Narrator)

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The Seven Year Slip

An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love with her temporary roommate…only to discover he lives seven years in the past, in this witty and wise new novel from the bestselling author of The Dead Romantics. Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it. Six months ago, Clementine West had the worst day of her life. So, she came up with a plan to keep her heart safe: stay busy, work hard, take no risks. And it’s been working. That is until one day she finds a strange man standing in her kitchen. A man with kind eyes, a crooked smile, and a recipe for the perfect lemon meringue pie. The kind of man that, before everything, she could have fallen for . . . He’s perfect but for one thing: he lives in the past. Seven years ago, to be exact. This should be impossible, but Clementine used to love impossible things. And maybe, just maybe, she will again. After all, love is never a matter of time – but a matter of timing.

Ashley Poston (Author), Brittany Pressley (Narrator)

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A Grave above Ground: A Beggar's Tale

An unwanted pregnancy leads a bright young woman into a life she could never have imagined. Unique, sad and sometimes darkly humorous, “A Grave above Ground” is a beggar's tale. It is about how easily life can change; escape from persecution and life as a refugee and homeless person, but also the beauty and limits experienced with the healing power of love and care. Its about reconciliation with loss and pain as well as awakening and closure. We are in Spain as we follow the life and thoughts of Mara, a Romanian beggar who sits, day after day, on the pavement outside a bank in Madrid. Little by little her past takes shape, her tragic past, as she reflects on the members of her family, as she describes the village of her childhood, the hardships of Ceausescu's Roumania, her relationships - one of which was her downfall. She takes the reader through her happy but troubled youth, her dysfunctional family, her loves and follies, an unwanted pregnancy, the sordid kidnapping of her baby by the Romanian authorities and the fruitless search for the infant in the Bucharest orphanages. We experience her flight from Roumania, her abuse as a refugee and illegal immigrant that throws her life into a sad downward spiral and near psychological collapse. After years of begging and loneliness, fate offers her a chance and rescues her through a ‘flu epidemic, when she lands comatose in the caring environment of a small Madrid hospital. After all this, can she find the strength to escape from the depths into which she has fallen? Mara's is a tale of sadness, of a woeful start to life and an ambiguous ending.

Diana Hutton (Author), Diana Hutton (Narrator)

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Tidings of Comfort and Joy: A Classic Christmas Novel of Love, Loss, and Reunion

Christmas should be a joyous time. But this year the celebration is overshadowed in sickness, sorrow, and disappointment. Seeing her grandmother struggle with pain and sadness, Emily decided to share a story that she's never told anyone. As old memories live again through her words, two broken hearts find healing and comfort-and the courage to celebrate Christmas once again. Tidings of Comfort & Joy reminds us to share the bonds of faith and family that Christmas represents whatever the circumstances or season.

Davis Bunn (Author), Julie Rogers (Narrator)

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So This Is the End: A Love Story

How Would You Spend Your Last Few Hours on Earth? Early readers called So This Is the End 'a breath of fresh air,” 'moving and beautiful,' and something with which you’ll 'fall in love the instant you start reading.” #1 New Release in Science Fiction & Fantasy In Nora Hamilton’s world, doctors have found a cure for death, with just one caveat—it only lasts for 24 hours. This beautifully-written novel poses a thoughtful question: how would you spend your last 24 hours before death? One more day. One more chance to tell family you love them, feel the grass beneath your feet, or finally speak your mind. So This Is The End follows Nora Hamilton as she navigates her last 24 hours before death, and she is determined to do something meaningful with her last moments. While looking for unique bucket list ideas, a friend suggests going on one last first date. What happens next is like a love story. Of course Nora would fall in love in her last 24 hours before death. Enter: Renzo. Ren, for short. Their connection is immediate. Nora wants love, no lies. Should she tell Ren the truth about her condition—that she has less than 24 hours left before her second death? How will he react? Is it unethical to fall in love with someone if you only have one day left on earth? Or is love a gift, even when it's found on the final day a person has left? Inside So This Is The End, you’ll find: A love novel about taking chances, making your own rules, and how love does prevail How to treat all days like your final days—escape mundane living A moving romantic drama about finding love in your last 24 hours before death If you liked The Midnight Library, Me Before You, or The Light We Lost, you’ll love So This Is The End.

Alexandra Franzen (Author), Eleanor Caudill (Narrator)

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[German] - Denk ich an Kiew (Ungekürzt)

1929. Behütet und geliebt wächst Katja in einem Dorf bei Kiew auf. Ihre Familie ist nicht reich, kann sich aber von ihrer eigenen Hände Arbeit ernähren. Bis Stalins Handlanger die Dorfbewohner zwingen, dem Kollektiv beizutreten. Wer sich weigert, wird mitgenommen und nie wieder gesehen. Anfangs gibt es für Katja dennoch auch glückliche Stunden. Sie ist in den Nachbarssohn verliebt und ihre Schwester in dessen Bruder. Doch schon bald muss Katja sich jeden Tag Mut zusprechen, um weiterzumachen angesichts des Schreckens um sie herum. Jahrzehnte später entdeckt Cassie im Haus ihrer Großmutter in Illinois ein Tagebuch. Nie hat diese über ihre ukrainische Herkunft gesprochen. Seit einiger Zeit aber verhält sie sich merkwürdig. Sie versteckt Lebensmittel und murmelt immer wieder einen Namen, den keiner aus ihrer Familie je gehört hat: Alina ... Unter der Herrschaft Stalins verhungerten in den 1930er-Jahren in der Ukraine Millionen Menschen, obwohl die Getreidespeicher voll waren. Erin Litteken rückt diesen weitgehend vergessenen Aspekt der ukrainischen Geschichte in unser Bewusstsein, einfühlsam und sehr bewegend.

Erin Litteken (Author), Tanja Fornaro (Narrator)

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Finding the Ground Beneath the Feet

For an orphan with an orphan disease, life is not easy. A girl finds help through accusations and beatings. Death looks like a liberation. But for her it is only the beginning. Life goes on in a new body, with seemingly old problems. Only there are new people, a new family, who seem to perceive her differently from the people and from the past. And there is even a «fiancé», as the girl calls her foster brother. Will Mariana be able to find happiness in her new life?

Vladarg Delsat (Author), Lostexpance (Narrator)

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My Husband: ‘A gripping read’ Sunday Times

Brought to you by Penguin. From the outside, she has an enviable life: a successful career, stunning looks, a beautiful house in the suburbs, two healthy children, and most importantly, an ideal husband. After fifteen years together, she is still besotted with him. But she's never quite sure that her passion is reciprocated. Determined to keep their relationship perfect, she meticulously prepares for every encounter they have, always taking care to make her actions seem effortless. She watches him attentively, charting every mistake and punishing him accordingly to help him improve. And she tests him - setting traps to make sure that he still loves her just as much as he did when they first met. Until one day she realizes she may have gone too far . . . With the surprise of Gone Girl, the bleakness of The Talented Mr Ripley and the sinister charm of the Netflix thriller You, My Husband is a bold and exhilarating story of passion and the dark secrets that lie beneath a seemingly healthy marriage. 'One of the most daring, provocative, unnervingly intimate thrillers I've read in years. Few writers besides Ruth Rendell and Patricia Highsmith can evoke domestic unease with such sangfroid; fewer still can make it such delirious fun' A. J. Finn, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Woman in the Window ©2023 Maud Ventura (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Maud Ventura (Author), Kiiri Sandy (Narrator)

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From The Windowpane: A Book About the Pandemic

From the Windowpane is a book about a little girl named Alyssa. She is experiencing many feelings during the lockdown due to the Covid 19 pandemic. She looks out the window and reflects on everything that is happening and the new rules in place – washing your hands, social distancing, and wearing masks. She’s also missing her school classes and her friends. As she looks outside through the windowpane, she sees a tree and thinks about the freedom the tree feels wishing in a way that she was the tree. The book then reflects on the positive lessons we have all learned from the changes the pandemic brought to our lives.

Dr. Ida Acuña-Garza (Author), Nancy Bober (Narrator)

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Call Time: The funny and hugely original debut novel from Channel 4 F1 presenter Steve Jones

Brought to you by Penguin. The enthralling debut novel from Channel 4 F1 presenter Steve Jones - it's Sliding Doors meets High Fidelity. Bob Bloomfield is, in the words of his best friend's wife, a 'selfish, arrogant a*sehole', who hasn't spent a great deal of time making friends in his 49 years on earth. But what if he could change? What if Bob could stop the very thing that has made him the man he is, the death of his younger brother, Tom in 1986. If he could save Tom, could he save himself? . . . And what if all it took was a phone call? ©2023 Stephen Jones (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Steve Jones (Author), Steve Jones (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - El Diario de El Chavo del Ocho

El libro 'El Diario de El Chavo del Ocho' es una recopilación de historias y anécdotas contadas desde la perspectiva del famoso personaje de la televisión mexicana, El Chavo del Ocho. En él, se revelan aspectos desconocidos sobre la vida y los pensamientos del icónico niño de la vecindad. La obra está dividida en diferentes capítulos que corresponden a distintos momentos y temas de la vida del Chavo. Desde sus aventuras con sus amigos en la vecindad, hasta su soledad y tristeza por la falta de familia y hogar, el libro muestra una amplia gama de emociones y situaciones que conectan al lector con el personaje. En general, 'El Diario de El Chavo del Ocho' es una obra que hará las delicias de los fans del personaje y de la serie de televisión. La narrativa es fluida y amena, lo que permite una fácil lectura y disfrute de las historias. Además, las reflexiones y pensamientos del Chavo muestran una profundidad emocional y humana que lo convierten en un personaje aún más entrañable y ofrece valiosas lecciones sobre la importancia de tener una actitud positiva ante la vida, de no rendirse ante las dificultades y de valorar las cosas simples y cotidianas. Narrado en Español Latino Neutro.

Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Author), Arnulfo De La Fuente (Narrator)

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Inside the Last Kingdom: Three new Uhtred stories

The three Uhtred stories featured in this audio edition are also included in UHTRED’S FEAST, available to buy in hardback. Bernard Cornwell brings us three new stories of the iconic hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, showing us the man behind the shield – as a young boy, as Alfred's advisor, and as prince . It is a brand new chapter in the epic story of the Last Kingdom . . .

Bernard Cornwell (Author), Matt Bates (Narrator)

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