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The author of Cod and The Basque History of the World takes an extraordinary look at an ordinary substance — salt, the only rock humans eat — and how it has shaped civilization from the very beginning. Mark Kurlansky has produced a kaleidoscope of history, a multi-layered masterpiece that blends economic, scientific, political, religious, and culinary records into a rich and memorable tale.

Eks-FBI-agent Brigid Quinn har set det hele – og overlevet det. Men intet er så udfordrende som ens familie... Da Brigid får en opringning fra sin mor om, at hendes far er kommet på hospitalet, vender hun næsen mod Florida og sin dysfunktionelle familie. Skæbnen vil, at hendes tidligere kollega Laura Coleman bor i nærheden, så hun griber chancen, da Laura beder om hjælp med en appel for en dødsdømt.

New York Times Bestseller! "Masterly crafted"—The Wall Street Journal For readers of Between Shades of Gray and All the Light We Cannot See, bestselling author Ruta Sepetys returns to WWII in this epic novel that shines a light on one of the war's most devastating—yet unknown—tragedies...

West Finch is one hurricane away from falling into the sea. Yet 16-year-old Harlow Prout is determined to save her small Maine hometown. If only she could stop getting in her own way and find someone - anyone - willing to help. But her best friend, Ellis MacQueen, “fixes” problems by running away from them - including his broken relationship with his twin brother, Tommy. And Tommy’s depression has hit a new low, so he’s not up for fixing anything. In the wake of the town’s latest devastating storm, Tommy goes out for a swim that he doesn’t intend to survive.

Cystic fibrosis was once a mysterious disease that killed infants and children. Now it could be the key to healing millions with genetic diseases of every type - from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's to diabetes and sickle cell anemia. Told from the perspectives of the patients, families, physicians, scientists, and philanthropists fighting on the front lines, Breath from Salt is a remarkable story of unlikely scientific and medical firsts, of setbacks and successes, and of people who refused to give up hope....

Keeping it real – a friendly chat about living with a stoma. There are around 120,000 people living with a stoma in the UK. Every month, we’ll be talking to some of them, along with their friends, carers or nurses, about everything from having a night out to going on holiday.

LAWMAN’S HEART Schoolteacher Sarah McKenzie is desperate to help one of her students who walks around with a haunted look in his eyes. With no one else to turn to she reluctantly asks Jesse James Harte, the handsome police chief, for help. Jesse unnerves her in more ways than one, especially...

Hemmasnack - en podd med barns frågor om den kristna tronHur kan Gud alltid ha funnits? Hur vet man att det är Gud som talar till en, man kanske bara inbillar sig? Och varför skapade Gud syndens träd? Det är några av frågorna som dyker upp i den här podden där vi får följa fyra fantastiska tweens och deras frågor till teologen Martin Helgesson.Podden riktar sig till dig som vuxen och förälder, som längtar efter att få inspiration till att prata tro i hemmet. Den passar även perfekt för dig som är nyfiken på den kristna tron och vill veta mer. Podden går dessutom ...