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Joining us at Audible Studios is Alex Bertie, YouTube vlogger of his transgender journey and author of Trans Mission: My Quest to a Beard. When Alex was born, doctors took one look and put an 'F' for female on the birth certificate, based on genitals. When Alex was 15 he realised he was a transgender man, through many years of struggling with identity. After coming out to family and friends, Alex battled the health-care system in order to take male hormones, have surgery, change his name and grow a beard.

Es ist Sommer. Alex Schulman kommt ins Landhaus seiner Mutter, um sie davon abzuhalten, sich zu Tode zu trinken. Und sie zu überzeugen, sich in eine Entzugsklinik einzuweisen. Genug ist genug. Er will seine Mutter zurück. Die glückliche Mutter, die er aus seiner Kindheit kennt. Was genau ist passiert, wie ist aus der schillernden, liebevollen Mutter dieses geisterhafte Wrack geworden?

Joining us at Audible Studios is Alex Michaelides, a Hollywood screenwriter, who has released his debut thriller The Silent Patient. We spoke about his novel in which a devoted and loving wife suddenly shoots her husband five times, and never speaks another word. We also spoke about his university studies, how they have influenced his writing, his amazing career so far, and his upcoming plans.

Joining us in the Audible Studios to discuss his third novel, Vienna Spies, is former BBC journalist and espionage author Alex Gerlis. With a long and extensive history working as a journalist within the BBC, Alex has made a name for himself within the world of spy thrillers, his WWII espionage novels such as The Best of Our Spies and The Swiss Spy becoming instant hits on Amazon.

Laursen's book relates the event-filled life of a brilliant and complex figure, including his victory over a possibly career-ending disability, his tumultuous second marriage, his struggles with the scientific establishment, and the fascinating story of the making of The Joy of Sex.

Exclusive to Audible. Alex Marwood visits the Audible studios to talk about her novels: The Wicked Girls, The Killer Next Door and latest release The Darkest Secret.

Jorge F. Hernández publicó durante casi quince años la columna semanal "Agua de azar" en el periódico Milenio. Esta antología reúne breves crónicas, ensayos de ensayo, algún cuento en potencia, elogios a la poesía y la deuda de gratitud que guarda su autor con escritores, editores y los...

In this brilliant and rigorously researched history, award-winning journalist and author Ken Ellingwood animates the life and times of abolitionist newspaper editor Elijah Lovejoy. First to Fall illuminates this flawed yet heroic figure who made the ultimate sacrifice while fighting for free press rights in a time when the First Amendment offered little protection for those who dared to critique America’s “peculiar institution”.

Autoportrait du jeune homme en artiste raté, "Berlin on/off" décline en trois monologues revanchards et baroques une immersion dans des univers canoniques de l’art, à travers l’œil d’un narrateur dont on sait simplement qu’il est un jeune Français au "destin d’éponge".

A down-on-his-luck reporter sets out to write about a military training facility that has invited tourists to experience war firsthand. But after his girlfriend decides to join him on this madcap daytrip he is forced to unravel a bigger story. This uniquely told narrative - call it truly strange - weaves a fast-paced, humorous and gripping account together with the author’s recollections of writing for newspapers in New York, the Middle East and Washington, falling in love and traveling to places touched by violence.

Durante el mes de junio de 1816, en el llamado Año sin Verano, en una casa a orillas del lago Lehman conocida como Villa Diodati se juntarán autores de renombre como son Lord Byron, Percy Bhysse Shelley, el joven doctor Polidori, la amante de Shelley, Mary y la hermana de ésta y en ella...