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"I have this romantic idea of the movies as a conjunction of place, people and experiences, all different for each of us, a context in which individual and separate beings try to commune, where the individual experience overlaps with the communal and where that overlapping is demarcated by how we measure the differing responses between ourselves and the rest of the audience: do they laugh when we don’t (and what does that mean?); are they moved when we feel like laughing (and what does that say about me or the others) etc. The idea behind this podcast is to satiate the urge I sometimes have ...

These allegedly true stories will keep you up at night and make you want to turn on all the lights in the house. If you asked, most people would have at least a story or two to tell about something terrifying that’s happened to them that they can’t explain. Whatever you may believe, I think you can agree, this world is a strange place.

Good evening and welcome. Tonight, we will be hearing stories of people’s strange experiences. If you asked, most people would have at least a story or two to tell about something terrifying that’s happened to them that they can’t explain. Whatever you may believe, I think you can agree, this world is a strange place. I hope you’re ready. Because, it’s time to get comfortable. And let the darkness draw you in.

Exploring otherness, identity, faith, religion, gender and sexual trauma, Hag brings together a gripping collection of tales that are unsettlingly timely and wickedly sinister. E

C'era una volta un uomo fatto di salsicce. E c'era una volta una ragazza vegetariana. L'uomo fatto di salsicce aggredisce la ragazza vegetariana. La ragazza vegetariana torna a casa col sangue che cola lungo le cosce, sutura la ferita con ago e filo e prova a fare come se niente fosse. Ma fare come se niente fosse è difficile, perché l'uomo fatto di salsicce non smette di perseguitarla: spiandola dal bosco vicino a scuola, affacciandosi a una finestra, spuntando da un lampione.

Washington, DC, the year 1967. Sarah Schorr (late of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon) is secretary to Judge Francis Biddle, for whom age has inclined to look backwards at what was rather than what is...and what will come. Sarah has the task of guiding this frail but brilliant man into the now in order that his affairs may be set in order. The two consider their generation's time as a golden era, but as they clash, each comes to realise that they are actually dancing to the same tune; it is merely a different arrangement.

The Big Data-Driven Business: How to Use Big Data to Win Customers, Beat Competitors, and Boost Profits makes the case that big data is for real, and more than just big hype. The audiobook uses real-life examples - from Nate Silver to Copernicus, and Apple to Blackberry - to demonstrate how the winners of the future will use big data to seek the truth.

In this short story, the familiar king, Midas, is provided a rich backdrop and setting, inviting listeners into a world ripe with possibilities and unknown outcomes. With superb narration delivered by Peter Coates, Midas: The Dream is brought to life in the most unimaginable and delightful manner.

As the skies burn, the Calamity falls. Gathering their allies, Clara Blackwell and Elliott Craven prepare themselves for the coming showdown. The treacherous road ahead will take them through uncharted territory, back to where it all began - a deadly forest within a young witch’s nightmares - and far beyond. The key to salvation lies buried in her dreams, surrounded by grave danger....

At the dawn of the Calamity, three separated lives intertwine. Clara Blackwell’s magical training has drawn to a close. Haunted by the impending apocalypse, danger surrounds her at every turn. But mysteries deep within her dreams will finally come to light - and if she's lucky enough, she just might find a way to bring a new salvation to the vampire world...The pieces are set. The stalemate is breaking. And the ultimate threat finally awakens....

In the aftermath of a powerful betrayal, Clara Blackwell and Nikki Craven part ways. Forced to undergo her final year of training alone, Clara must contend with the forces of Seven Portals - all of whom suspect her curious powers. If her carefully guarded secrets are uncovered, all could be lost.

Clara has seen the Calamity. The end of all worlds is coming, and her magic may be the only thing that can stop it. Can she master her powers and save her friends, and the vampire she loves?

Magic. Vampires. Fallen empires and dangerous prophecies. Fans of The Vampire Diaries, A Shade of a Vampire, and Twilight will be blown away by A Witch Between Worlds.... Having survived the trial of the Vampire Lords, Clara Blackwell pursues her magical training. Thrust into a new life with allies both old and new, Clara must steel herself for a coming storm that threatens to annihilate all she holds dear. As a witness to the destruction, a powerful, defiant choice, must be made...but will she be ready?

Detective Rebecca Watson is tracking a vicious serial killer in Eugene Falls, Florida. As a distraction, she's dragged back into court for the retrial of a man convicted of murdering his girlfriend five years earlier. His defense attorney will use any means to get his client freed, including uncovering old wounds from Watson's past. As the case takes a few hard turns, nothing can prepare her for the world she's about to encounter, the past that haunts her, and the truth behind the serial killer's motive.

Pressure builds within the occupied castle, driving wedges between all. The young lovers Elliott and Clara must reconcile their changes or push each other apart - forever. Driven by prophecies of the coming storm, Lorelei battles her curse. Nikki struggles against her insanity, and Kinsey must choose her loyalties. Salvation and danger come intertwined. Clara is given a chance to choose her own destiny - but she must face the cunning of the vampire lords alone, stripped of protections. It is time for the fledgling witch’s fate to be decided.

No one is better equipped to share the secrets she's learned during her past 10 decades than Rosalee Glass, as she helps guide you through these uncertain times with her original sayings and words of wisdom. She shows us that it is never too late to live your life to the fullest. Her compelling story as a prisoner of war in Siberia during WW2 moves us and motivates us. Her universal message crosses all generations and all cultures as she speaks to us all.

Das Café "Sugar & Spice" mit ihrer Freundin Nadia aufzubauen, war für Siobhan der notwendige Neuanfang nach einer schweren Zeit. Männer hat sie in diesen fünf Jahren auf Abstand gehalten. Doch nun tritt Charlie in ihr Leben, ein gut aussehender, heißer Unternehmer, der ihr heftige Avancen macht... und Siobhan mag nicht länger widerstehen. Sie, die in ihrer Freizeit als sexy Burlesque-Tänzerin auftritt, und Charlie treffen sich von da an regelmäßig.

Something has happened to Peach. Blood runs down her legs, and the scent of charred meat lingers on her flesh. It hurts to walk, but she staggers home to parents that don't seem to notice. Peach must patch herself up alone so she can go to college and see her boyfriend, Green. But sleeping is hard, working is hard, and eating is impossible when her stomach is swollen tight as a drum.

"Glühende Leidenschaft" ist der erste Band einer neuen prickelnd sinnlichen Liebes-Roman-Reihe. Sexy, aufregend und intensiv erzählt Seressia Glass in der "Sugar & Spice"-Reihe von vier Freundinnen - Nadia, Siobhan, Audie und Vanessa -, die Grund haben, ihre Vergangenheit zu fürchten - und entschlossen sind, ihre Zukunft mit allen Sinnen zu genießen und die Liebe zu feiern.

The time: the 1840s. The place: California during the gold rush. As the white settlers begin penetrating the remote mountain canyons, they discover an ancient race, the Tenanken, who date back at least 60,000 years. Some members retain the genetic memories of their distant past, while others project mystical visions of comfort and joy. All flee the coming of the white man, and appear to be doomed to extinction. Only the genius Pegre finds a possible solution: integrate and intermarry with their distant white "cousins", the Hinchai, and form a new entity.