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Månringen är den andra delen i Solstenen-trilogin! Dan har återförenats med sin bror Jakob – men Jakob är utsvulten och nedbruten efter en lång tids fångenskap. Han liknar inte den bror Dan minns, men deras band är ännu starkt. Mot en felaktig mordanklagelse och en hård omvärld kämpar bröderna Dan och Jakob för en ljusare morgondag, på flykt undan den mäktige Strandriddaren. Med första boken i trilogin om Dan och Jakob, Solstenen, vann Maj Bylock första pris i Rabén & Sjögrens jubileumstävling 1983.

Rückblick, Bilanz, Ausblick. Nachdem Alice Schwarzer 2011 im Lebenslauf ihre Herkunft, ihre Kindheit und Jugend sowie die frühen Jahre als Journalistin geschildert hat, berichtet sie nun über die großen Themen ihres Lebens und ihrer Arbeit, durch die sie über Jahrzehnte ein ganzes Land...

"Caro ist ein gelber Hund mit Ringelschwanz, kein kleiner Kläffer und auch kein Riesenbass. Er hat vielmehr einen sympathischen Bariton." So charakterisiert Fred von Hoerschelmann den Titelhelden seines Lustspiels. Im Übrigen aber gehört Caro nicht zu der Gattung von Tieren, die plötzlich zu sprechen beginnen. Nein, er ist ein ganz normaler Hund, der treu seine Aufgabe erfüllt, im richtigen Moment durch ein Bellen oder Knurren in die Ereignisse einzugreifen.

Pit der kleine Floh wohnt auf Rex dem Schäferhund. Er liebt es, wenn im Konzertsaal nebenan musiziert wird. Schon einmal hat er sich dorthin einschmuggeln lassen und ein spannendes Tastenabenteuer erlebt. Dieses Mal macht sich Pit gemeinsam mit seiner kleinen Schwester Singa auf den Weg. Im Konzertsaal treffen sie die Spinne Tara wieder. Mit ihrer Hilfe lernen die beiden auf ganz besondere Weise die Violine kennen.

Dieses hochaktuelle Hörbuch gibt wirklich hilfreiche Tipps, wie man Rechtspopulismus erkennt, wie man mit ihm umgeht und vor allem wie man am besten dagegen argumentiert. Es bestärkt junge (und gerne auch ältere) Menschen, eigenständig zu denken, Schlagzeilen zu hinterfragen und angesagte Themen auch mal von einer anderen Perspektive zu betrachten. Vor allem aber wird gezeigt, woran typisch rechtspopulistische Sprachbilder zu erkennen sind und wie man sie elegant und wirksam entkräftet.

Palermo. Un'estate caldissima. E tre poliziotti che più diversi non si potrebbe: il questore Lobianco, severo e forte, Rosario D'Alessandro detto Sasà - amante del cibo e delle donne, affetto da un curioso disturbo della lacrimazione che fa sì che pianga quando si eccita - e Marò Pajno, affascinante e volitiva, relegata in un noioso commissariato di quartiere. I tre sono uniti sin dai primi anni di servizio da un'amicizia più forte di tutto. Tanto che Marò, attratta da entrambi, ha finito per non concedersi a nessuno dei due.

Nel cuore di Palermo, sotto il grande appartamento degli Olivares, batte il cuore di un drago fiammeggiante: è la macchina che tosta dalla mattina alla sera il caffè, spandendo per le vie del quartiere un profumo intenso fino allo stordimento. È tra le pareti della torrefazione che cresce Genziana, il più bel fiore tra i figli di Roberto Olivares, che ha chiamato come lei la qualità più pregiata di caffè. La vita scorre nell'abbondanza e nella certezza che il futuro non riservi sorprese perché Viola - sensuale e saggia matriarca - sa prevederlo leggendo i fondi di caffè.

Costretta a letto in seguito al difficile parto del suo primo figlio, Didi accoglie con gioia l'assistenza di Hennequin, la balia che aiuta la famiglia nei dieci giorni successivi alla nascita. La convalescenza lunga e dolorosa rende Didi sempre più dipendente dalle attenzioni di Hennequin. Ma le intenzioni di quest'ultima non sono quelle che sembrano: la donna in realtà non è una balia e sta sfruttando la sua vulnerabilità per vendicarsi di qualcosa avvenuto nel suo passato.

Tous les jours, Élie motive ses centaines de milliers d'abonnées à devenir la meilleure version d'elles-mêmes. Bien loin de l'adolescente complexée qu'elle était, elle est maintenant en couple avec le chanteur Samuel Vanasse et figure parmi les influenceuses les plus populaires au pays. Elle a réussi. Elle brille. Et pourtant, entre l'obsession du "poids idéal" et l'envie irrésistible de garrocher ses verres d'eau sur les murs, une idée la hante. Et si, à tellement vouloir devenir tout ce qu'on attendait d'elle, elle s'était perdue en chemin?

Hot-shot producer Thuli Poni is holding auditions for her latest play in Cape Town. Andile Sebe is an up-and-coming star, just waiting for his big break. Thuli casts Andile and challenges him to link his painful past with the role he is portraying, leading him to open up to her. The two fall for each other, and a passionate romance ensues. But when auditions open for Sins of the Fathers, the most-watched TV show in South Africa, Thuli turns cold. Will she play a part in Andile's rise to fame, or will she hinder it?  

Amy Winston is a hard-drinking, bed-hopping, hot-shot young book editor on a downward spiral. Having made her name and fortune by turning an average thriller writer into a Lee Child, Amy is given the unenviable task of steering literary great Helen Owen back to publication. When Amy knocks on the door of their beautiful townhouse in West London, Helen and her husband, the novelist Malcolm Taylor, are conducting a silent war of attrition.

When Jess heads west for a fresh start in a small mining town, she soon learns that the dusty outback plains are a far cry from her former life in the city - but she finds herself loving the isolation and local people she lives with. All she has to do is keep her head down and work hard to create a better life for herself and Johnno, the only person she has ever truly cared about.

Julian Rhind-Tutt stars as Travis, the ‘other man’ in love with a married woman, in this six-part romantic comedy Travis meets Grace, the woman of his dreams. But she has one fatal flaw – a husband. And Travis and Grace aren’t the only people with complicated love lives – there’s...

In this celebrated work, his only novel, Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late 19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the world.

Mary Lennox, a sickly and contrary little girl, is orphaned to dim prospects in a gloomy English manor - her only friend is a bed-ridden boy named Colin, whose prospects may be dimmer than hers. But when Mary finds the key to a secret garden, the magical powers of transformation fall within her reach.

In this Regency classic by English novelist Jane Austen, two estranged paramours reconnect and give love a second chance.

Follow comedian/actor Alice Wetterlund as she reveals her personal struggles with peeping toms, cat-rearing, alcoholism, and the secret alien conspiracy behind new country music in her breakout comedy special. Best known for HBO’s Silicon Valley and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Wetterlund shines in this tour de force hour long special taped at the Gothic Theater in Denver, CO.

As it turns out, it's entirely possible for the people we've lost to come back to us when we need them the most. Although letting her mother back into her life is not an easy thing, Alice navigates it with humor, intelligence, and honesty. What she learns is that she must revisit her childhood, and allow herself to be a daughter once more, in order to take care of her own girls.

There's nothing like The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, radio's best-written situation comedy - and here's 10 full hours to prove it! The show's sense of the absurd, its anything-goes anarchy, is as sharp and funny today as it was 70 years ago!

Take one wife, calm and level headed. Add a pinch of sarcasm. Fold in one husband, suitably dense. Stir until fully blended. Sprinkle with wisecracking children, a goofy sidekick, a volcanic boss, and an annoying brother-in-law. Cook until half baked. Phil Harris, the swaggering, cocky cornball, is in top form. Alice Faye delights as the glamorous yet grounded retired movie star.