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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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Gosia Nealon Daughter of the Resistance

In a city scarred by war, can love and loyalty survive? In war-torn Poland, 1944, Julia searches for her missing father - a high-ranking officer - and risks everything to join the resistance in Warsaw. But her mission takes a terrifying turn when she's corralled into the ghetto by Nazis. Just when it seems she'll share her best friend's tragic fate, Nikolaj, her childhood sweetheart, resurfaces in a German uniform. Claiming to be a spy for the resistance, he saves her - but can she trust the man...

Engels | 7 uur 57 minuten (357 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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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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Albert A. Anderson Do Not Pass Go!

Can a monopoly coexist with democracy? Dive into an analysis of Google's recent antitrust case with Albert A. Anderson, exploring the roots of distributive justice from Plato and Aristotle to modern-day market dynamics. We unravel the implications for democracy when corporate power overshadows individual wealth and question the ethics of unbridled capitalism in the pursuit of the common good. Bringing Philosophy to Life In this series, philosopher and author, Albert A. Anderson, explores the modern...

Engels | 20 minuten (15 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024

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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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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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Pascal Engman The Widows

Death whispers through Stockholm once more... When two dead bodies appear in a park in Stockholm - a policeman and an unidentified young woman - the police focus solely on the murder of the officer, believing the woman to be nothing more than collateral damage. But Detective Vanessa Frank senses something lurking beneath the surface and as she delves deeper, her investigation becomes alarmingly personal, leading her toward a real terror threat... Treading carefully, Vanessa must now navigate a society...

Engels | 13 uur 38 minuten (618 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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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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Layla Heart Omega Phoenix

Claimed

Cyra, a rare Omega phoenix shifter, has had a rough week, to say the least. First, two playboy Alphas, a hydra and a griffin, start showing up at the cafe she works at. Their teasing making her all hot and bothered, no matter how much she tries to ignore them. And then she accidentally accepts to play a princess at a spoiled shifter kid's birthday party, where her crappy old car promptly breaks down. Luckily, or maybe she's just cursed, a cerberus and a centaur Alpha are there to save the day and...

Engels | 7 uur 48 minuten (673 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 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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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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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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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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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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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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