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Andries Bik Grand Hotel Prison
Dutch prisonlife; Drugs, Steaks & Playstations, true story by Andries Bik
When a heavily armed SWAT team storms into his home, Andries Bik is accused of large-scale fraud and money laundering. In Grand Hotel Prison he reveals the surprising luxury inside Dutch prisons. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 9 uur 37 minuten (830 MB) | Bookora, Zeist | 2024
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Rachel Burton A Bookshop Christmas
A winter tale of love rekindled in a cherished York bookstore. Megan Taylor, a young widow, finds comfort in organising book clubs and author events in her family bookstore nestled within the snow-dusted cobbled streets of York. When prize-winning author Xander Stone literally bumps into her and trashes her taste in books, Megan can sense that her self-imposed hibernation from romance might be at an end. Their view on literature clash, leading to animated debates that breathe a new passion into her...
Engels | 8 uur 31 minuten (379 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Albert A. Anderson Two Kinds of Rhetoric
Is our political dialogue elevating or dividing us? Dive into the intricacies of "noble rhetoric" versus manipulative speech in the political arena with Albert A. Anderson. This episode unpacks the dual nature of rhetoric and its impact on democracy, exploring how the philosophical underpinnings of speech can lead us toward unity and fundamental principles, or further into division. Bringing Philosophy to Life In this series, philosopher and author, Albert A. Anderson, explores the modern world...
Engels | 19 minuten (14 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Carrie Walker Escape to the Swiss Chalet
When your life goes off-piste how do you climb back up the mountain? After a difficult heartbreak, Holly Roberts takes the unlikely step of relocating to the Swiss Alps for the winter. Working as a sous-chef for the affluent twins, Genevieve and irresistible Luca, she's plunged into an unfamiliar world of millionaires, après-ski, and fondue. Thankfully new friends, chalet girl Liv and chef Xavier, are there to be her guide in this snowy wonderland - and to teach her how to get off chair lifts! And...
Engels | 8 uur 59 minuten (397 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Sarah Mitchell Letters to a Stranger
"England, 1940. Dearest Ruby, you must have heard the news by now. The very worst has happened. Our countries are at war. What can I do? How can I stop this nightmare from happening? One day soon we’ll be together again. I swear. I love you. E. x" Ruby Summers is a tapestry of memories, her ninety-six years laced with both love and loss. The echoes of a wartime Norfolk summer, where young Ruby's heart entwined with Edmondo's under orchard skies, are as vivid as ever. Yet a single, haunting secret...
Engels | 9 uur 24 minuten (411 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Anna Britton Close to the Edge
Two detectives under fire. One missing student. No answers. When gunfire erupts outside Southampton Crown Court, DS Gabe Martin and DI Juliet Stern are caught in the crossfire, narrowly escaping the assailant who disappears without a trace. Injured but unyielding, Gabe takes on the case of missing art student Henry Garside. But as she probes deeper, the lines between a simple vanishing and a complex conspiracy blur. Pressured by Juliet to track down their assailant, Gabe's dedication teeters on...
Engels | 11 uur 38 minuten (514 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Alex Gough Caesar's Soldier
The Mark Antony Roman Adventure; Mark Antony Book I
Who was the man that would become Caesar's lieutenant, Brutus' rival, Cleopatra's lover, and Octavian's enemy? When his stepfather is executed for his involvement in the Catilinarian conspiracy, Mark Antony and his family are disgraced. His adolescence is marked by scandal and mischief, his love affairs are fleeting, and yet, his ambition is vast. Antony's path to prosperity leads him to an education in Athens, a campaign for a seat in the Senate, and a position of military command. Undeterred by...
Engels | 13 uur 16 minuten (581 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Alex Gough Caesar's General
Mark Antony Book II
In the throes of crisis, Rome braces for change. Caesar, Rome’s greatest general and conqueror of Gaul, now faces being stripped of his command and dragged back to Italy for prosecution by his enemies. His former ally, Pompey, has sided with his opponents in the Senate and frustrates all efforts to find peace. With no alternatives, Caesar crosses the Rubicon and spearheads an invasion of Rome with Mark Antony at his side, throwing the empire into civil war. Will Antony rise to the heights of power...
Engels | 12 uur 56 minuten (566 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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World History Rome - Antiquity’s superpower
In 52 BC, after six years of war against the Gallic tribes, Julius Caesar had tamed another enemy of the Roman Republic. Almost one million Gauls were taken as slaves, while their land became just another Roman province. Soon tonnes of grain along with lucrative taxes were flowing towards the imperial capital, whose inhabitants enjoyed all the luxuries of the provinces. Everything had changed since outlaws had founded Rome almost 500 years earlier. The small city on the seven hills had grown powerful...
Engels | 4 uur 55 minuten (217 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Frédéric Garnier Overcoming Shyness
Are you tired of feeling held back by shyness? It's time to break free from your comfort zone and step into a world of self-assurance and empowerment. "Overcoming Shyness" has been designed to provide you with proven and efficient tools for overcoming shyness through deep relaxation and relief techniques for obsessing thoughts. You will learn to deal with the idea of rejection and get rid of tension in order to navigate through social situations serenely, improve classroom performance and lead...
Engels | 1 uur 34 minuten (69 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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World History Kill Hitler
Six attempts were made by German officers to kill Hitler in autumn 1943 and summer 1944. Explosives in personal gifts, assassins armed with hand grenades and pistols, and even suicide bombers with pockets full of explosives hunted the Führer, who undoubtedly recognised the danger. The security arrangements around the leader of the Nazi regime were therefore enormous when, in July 1944, Officer Claus von Stauffenberg travelled to Hitler's Führerbunker in East Prussia to kill first Adolf Hitler and...
Engels | 4 uur 31 minuten (198 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Michael Katz Krefeld Death Before Dawn
An Inspector Cecilie Mars Thriller
A city gripped by fear, a detective framed by shadows. A new commander takes the helm of the homicide unit at the Copenhagen police. The controversial and reckless Cecilie Mars has unexpectedly and, with the blessing of Minister of Justice Beatrice Klerke, taken over the chief's office. But Mars soon realizes that Klerke's favour is a trap, embroiling her in an old, unsolved murder - one that now casts Mars as the prime suspect. As she grapples with betrayal in the police ranks, a crazed killer...
Engels | 9 uur 36 minuten (430 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Luna Miller Looking for Alice
a gritty, fast-paced Nordic Noir thriller
Dark secrets pulse beneath the surface of Stockholm, ready to drag the unwary into its depths. From the bestselling Swedish crime writer, Luna Miller, comes a new unputdownable Scandi Noir thriller. Gunvor Ström, a fierce ex-surgeon turned private investigator, is tasked with what seems like a simple job: Nadja Franzén suspects her husband, Mikael, of infidelity. But as Gunvor navigates the web of lies and deceit, she uncovers a story far more complicated and unexpected than mere betrayal. Armed...
Engels | 7 uur 55 minuten (367 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Luna Miller Because You’re Mine
A missing husband. A recent spate of attacks on gay men in the Swedish capital. And a daring P.I. Private investigator Gunvor Ström is probing a new missing person case. Eva Cedergren's husband, Per, son of a wealthy shipowner, has mysteriously disappeared from their residence on the island of Nämdö in the Stockholm archipelago. Meanwhile, at a bustling nightclub in town, rookie investigator Aidan encounters the secretive woman Marie, who is anxiously seeking information about her friend, missing...
Engels | 6 uur 17 minuten (291 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Hannah Hendy A Frightfully Fatal Affair
Cloaked strangers and danger abound... When dinner ladies and amateur sleuths Margery and Clementine Butcher-Baker embark on an evening walk after another busy half-term at Summerview Secondary School, they discover the body of missing maths teacher Mr Weaver. Marked with a mysterious symbol, something suspicious is clearly afoot. As the nights grow darker and the mysterious symbols continue to appear around Dewstow, the Dinner Lady Detectives are pulled deeper into the case. Can they solve the...
Engels | 7 uur 58 minuten (351 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Hannah Hendy A Gravely Troubling Discovery
The truth isn't the only thing that's dead and buried... Following recent changes to Dewstow's local police force, The Dinner Lady Detectives, Margery and Clementine Butcher-Baker have been warned off interfering in investigations. When a body is found under the school playground during building renovations, they have no intention of getting involved. In need of money for their new website, the pair agrees to help Mrs Redburn, who suspects her husband of infidelity. But when their investigation...
Engels | 8 uur 3 minuten (352 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Sophus Helle Serendipity
The episode traces the history of a single word, serendipity, across seven centuries and just as many countries. A "serendipity" is a "happy and unexpected discovery", and the history of the word is itself full of happy and unexpected discoveries, including the history of horror and the origins of crime fiction. Along the way, we meet such fascinating figures as Edgar Allan Poe, the English writer Horace Walpole, the French philosopher Voltaire, and the Sufi poet Amir Khusrau. Hosted and written...
Engels | 14 minuten (11 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Sophus Helle Going Blank
When Sophus’s grandfather died, he left behind an old encyclopedia with a mysteriously empty page. In this episode, Sophus talks about happens when we run out of words, as when the mind is made blank by old age or when our loved ones die and we grieve them in silence. Empty pages are a powerfully symbol. They can mark both an ending and a new beginning, they can represent hope as well as grief. Blank pages are everywhere, and surprisingly beautiful. Hosted and written by Sophus Helle Sound editing...
Engels | 14 minuten (11 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Sophus Helle Forgetting to Forget
We all have something we would like to forget, or something we would like others to forget about us. But it can be surprisingly difficult to forget. You can try to make yourself hold on to a memory, but letting go of it can be much trickier. Forgetfulness comes, wanted or otherwise, but always at its own pace. This episode charts various people who have tried, and failed, to bring about forgetfulness, from the German philosopher Immanuel Kant to the American actress Barbra Streisand. Hosted and...
Engels | 15 minuten (11 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Sophus Helle Monkey Mind
Sophus launches the podcast with a deep-dive into the human mind, this engine of chaos and expanse of possibility we all carry around inside us. The episode begins with a reminder—taken from, of all places, the British tax collection agency—to marvel at the clouds and allow ourselves to be stunned by volcanoes. And it ends with a walk through the woods of southern Italy, in the company of a dog and three Paleolithic teenagers. Hosted and written by Sophus Helle Sound editing by Simone Nystrup-Larsen...
Engels | 14 minuten (10 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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