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"Det var inte likt henne att tänka så om Göran. Hon hade anpassat sig till deras gemensamma tillvaro som hon en gång frivilligt valt att dela. Hon hade gjort den till en vana. En vana står man ut med, för den blir med tiden så gott som omärklig. Och vad beklagade hon sig över? Hon hade fått det trygga liv hon förmodligen inte var i stånd att leva utan och den gode okomplicerade man som hon helhjärtat kunde hålla av och respektera." Eva älskar sin make Göran, en förståndig man som var läkare till yrket. Deras liv tillsammans är tryggt, stabilt och alldeles förutsägbart.

"Stella Regina var en beauty, det var ingen tvekan om den saken." Ingenting liknar Bernt Danielssons intensiva och frejdiga ungdomsromaner. I denna dråpliga och säregna bok får läsaren möta några vinddrivna existenser genom en serie svårförklarliga och överrumplande händelser. Urflippat och snitsigt skuttar handlingen framåt med kvick penna.

Die Geschichte eines jungen Mannes, der zum mächtigsten Mann der Welt wurde: In diesen großartig erzählten, unsentimentalen Erinnerungen sucht der Sohn eines schwarzen afrikanischen Vaters und einer weißen amerikanischen Mutter nach der Bedeutung seines Lebens als farbiger Amerikaner. Es beginnt in New York, als Barack Obama erfährt, dass sein Vater - für ihn mehr ein Mythos als ein Mensch - bei einem Autounfall ums Leben kam. Dieser plötzliche Tod löst eine Odyssee der Gefühle aus.

Wer Mensch sein will, muss fühlen Der Psychologe Leon Windscheid begibt sich auf eine bewegende Reise durch unser Innenleben. Gefühle bestimmen unser Leben, und doch wissen wir wenig über sie. Windscheid geht den Fragen nach, ob Angst auch eine gute Seite hat, ob es die ewige Liebe gibt...

In Bullerbü ist immer etwas los! Fast jeder kennt Bullerbü, das schwedische Dorf mit den drei Höfen und seinen Kindern Lisa, Bosse, Lasse, Britta, Inga und Ole. In dieser neuen Hörspielproduktion wurden Astrid Lindgrens Klassiker erstmals neu vertont. Enthält die Hörspiele: "Wir Kinder aus Bullerbü", "Mehr von uns Kindern aus Bullerbü" und "Immer lustig in Bullerbü".

Die coolste Piratenbande der Welt hat noch einmal Glück gehabt: Ihre völlig aus dem Ruder geratene Grillparty in Brunos Garten konnte vor den Eltern geheim gehalten werden. Jetzt können die Sommerferien beginnen! Doch Matz und seine Piraten kommen kaum zum Verschnaufen. Ausgerechnet die MEDELS-Bande stattet dem Geheimquartier der Jungs einen Besuch ab - und die Mädchen haben brisantes Fotomaterial von der Chaos-Party im Gepäck.

Fed up with her married Miami boyfriend, savvy Dulce has no problem stealing his drug-dealer stash and fleeing to the Caribbean. Between her special skills - and an eye for very rich and/or very smokin' men - Dulce stays a hustle ahead of trouble and makes her new life one endless party in Puerto Rico. Until she's caught in Hurricane Maria - and witnesses both the heartbreaking disaster of climate change, and the international vultures who plunder the tragedy for a financial killing, making shady use of relief funds to devastate the island even more....

Following the path of Sebastien, Sean, and Benji Bennett isn't an easy feat. Too bad life has a way of dismantling your world, leaving you to figure things out on your own. Tavious is the youngest member of the Bennett family, making his way through a maze full of roadblocks. Is he ready to step into the footsteps of those who paved the way before him? He's a recent college graduate ready to take his profession by storm, but will he take this walk alone or have a willing companion by his side?

Monica Stephens never knew her birth mother. Raised by a strict but loving adoptive parent, she blossomed into a woman with a thriving career as a pediatrician and a family of her own. But sometimes, she wondered about her origins. Especially her biological mother. Until Grace arrives. Confessing to be the birth mother Monica had long wanted to meet, Grace quickly becomes an indispensable member of the Stephens household. Cooking their meals. Looking after the children. Comforting Monica when the family dog is inexplicably killed. Tending to Monica as she falls ill....

Former FBI agent Kenton Bailey traded in his badge when an assignment went horribly wrong. Now he provides personal security to high-end clients. But falling for Egypt Durand, the Queen of Supreme Security, wasn't part of the plan. She's smart, classy, and ignites a fire in him that only she can extinguish. Except she retreats from his advances...and she's shrouded in a veil of secrecy. Egypt has never met a man as sexy as Kenton. Funny and smart, he's hard to resist. But her past leaves no room for a happily ever after. Still, with him, she dreams of a future.

Jayla Anthony had it all. At least, that's what it looked like from the outside. But from the inside looking out, she knew there was much more to life than her current situation. And when she decides to press the reset button on everything she thought she knew with her newly divorced status, her new occupation, and her move to a brand-new town, she hardly expects that to somehow end up including the young, handsome security guard from her company's building. 

Chance Washington only has a few things on his mind when he embarks on a trip back to his hometown. Completing the assignment for work that's sending him there in the first place, helping his mom make progress on her fixer-upper home, and catching up with some of his best friends who he doesn't get to see often enough. What is not a part of those plans is hooking up with the little sister of one of his best friends. 

In You Throw Like a Girl, former Syracuse University quarterback and NFL veteran Don McPherson examines how the narrow definition of masculinity adversely impacts women and creates many "blind spots" that hinder the healthy development of men. Dissecting the strict set of beliefs and behaviors that underpin our understanding of masculinity, he contends that we don't raise boys to be men, we raise them not to be women. 

In 2006, Mary Turner Thomson’s world shattered when she discovered her husband Will was a bigamist, con man and convicted sex offender. Unbeknownst to her, this would be the start of a bold new chapter in her life, fighting to protect other women from his heartless gaslighting campaigns—and putting a stop to his endless deception. Mary thought her story would end with the revelation that Will in fact had several families—and numerous children. But when she discovered that he had continued to prey on new victims, she vowed to turn his betrayal into a force for good.

After 12 years of playing basketball at the highest professional level, Brian Grant could have been forgiven for thinking that the hardest part of his life was behind him, that he'd be able to kick back and enjoy the fruits of his considerable labors. But soon after his retirement from the NBA, Grant was diagnosed with Young-Onset Parkinson's Disease, ushering in a challenge greater than any he'd faced before. In Rebound, Grant shares his remarkable life before, during, and after those NBA years with no shortage of compassion and wit.

Instagram model, party girl Luna Star had closed herself off to love, content with her life as a local celebrity. She enjoys the fast life and didn't see herself slowing down, until meeting Bash one night at the club. What was supposed to be one night between Bash and Luna Star turns into more than what either of them were expecting.

The deliberate devaluation of Blacks and their communities has had very real, far-reaching, and negative economic and social effects. An enduring white supremacist myth claims brutal conditions in Black communities are mainly the result of Black people's collective choices and moral failings. But there is nothing wrong with Black people that ending racism can't solve. Noted educator, journalist, and scholar Andre Perry takes listeners on a tour of six Black-majority cities whose assets and strengths are undervalued.  

King David was determined to claw his way out of the mean streets of New York City any way he could. It didn't matter if that meant battering and robbing old people, conning the innocent, or even killing a kid's mother. Lacing cocaine with battery acid for revenge was acceptable, too. Ultimately, it meant leaving town. Now King's made it big and made his way back, flush with cash and a Cadillac. But he hasn't been forgotten - or forgiven. And when payback time hits, he's only got one wish - not to die alone. 

A large part of Goines' 39 years of life was spent being a successful pimp, a heif, an operator of corn liquor houses, an armed robber, and a small-time dope dealer. He lived the life of the streets, and out of that experience he created Prince, the anti-hero of Black Gangster. It's the story of the shocking underworld of Black organized crime and the fledgling Black "godfather" who goes from teenager ganglord to powerful Detroit mobster. Like the gangsters of the 1920s, he begins with bootlegging and branches out into every known crime. 

Keyara Henderson's life takes an unexpected turn when more than half of her vision deteriorates due to diabetes. In an effort to regain her independence, Keyara opts to attend Georgia Southern University, a prestigious university with a drive long enough to prevent her from having anyone to fall back on. Although he has reservations, Keyara's father relents under two conditions: one being that she must stay in an assisted-living facility and the other requiring her to employ a chauffeur.