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After a heated argument, Clara's fiancee stormed out of their apartment, but before they have a chance to reconcile, he died a tragic accident. It's been two years, but she's still paralyzed with grief, and her friends are worried about her. So, to try to say what was left unsaid, she start's texting his old phone. What she doesn't realize is that the number has been reassigned.

This year, Penguin is proud to bring you comedy from what would have been the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Hosted by Scotland's very own Fern Brady, listeners can be transported to the virtual pubs, clubs and cellars of Edinburgh, where they will be treated to the finest audio comedy festival Covid-19 can necessitate. Featuring nearly eight hours of original material from some of the most exciting comedians working today, including Ivo Graham, Lou Sanders, Jordan Brookes, Sofie Hagen, Dane Baptiste and so many more, Edinburgh Unlocked is an unmissable audio comedy festival.

This book is a practical guide to the evolving landscape of finance, highlighting how it's changing our relationship with money and how financial technology, together with macroeconomic and societal change, is rewriting the story of how business is done in developing economies. Financial services companies are trying to become more customer focused, but struggling to help huge customer segments, particularly in developing economies. Alternative financial models and tools are emerging, which are being embraced by consumers and incumbents.

An absentee husband is one thing, but a dead husband is too much for Lady Mariana Asquith to ignore. When she travels to Paris to search for the body of the wastrel who broke her heart, she finds him—alive at the Opera and still far too attractive for her comfort. But not everything is what it seems with her husband…

Nylander has never known a real home. Now he is ready to leave the dangers of his past behind and put down the roots he has always longed for. The only thing standing in his way is a lanky aristocratic lady who is more at home on the farm than in the ballroom. And she has secrets. Nylander inspires a recklessness in Callie that she can’t control. Soon she finds herself conspiring with pirates and contemplating midnight trysts with the very Viking who has turned her life upside down...As midnight strikes, will all their secret, sinful dreams come true?

Lord Jakob Radclyffe thinks he left his past behind until a thief surfaces in London, threatening to ruin his daughter's reputation. With the clock ticking, Jake needs the scandalous Lady Olivia Montfort's connections in the art world to protect his daughter's future. Olivia, too, has a past she'd like to escape. She makes a deal but doesn't anticipate the temptation of the viscount. Soon, she has no choice but to rid her system of Jake by surrendering to her craving for a single scorching encounter.

Orphaned as a child, Hortense has had to fight her way to becoming the ton’s favorite private investigator. But for a woman who lives on the edge, the past is never dead. When her former spymaster asks her to find his wastrel brother Jamie, the Marquess of Clare, she thinks it’s just one more job uncovering the ton’s dirty secrets. She has no idea that she’s about to find her future…

Matthew has dreamed and read and thought about the North Pole for as long as he can remember. And he has done it secretly. It is a place that cannot be tarnished by the world in which he lives – a world where he struggles to find answers and make friends, while everything seems to come easily to other children. But one day, a crow called Lewis Carmichael lands at Matthew's window – a crow who believes in Matthew in the most simple and ordinary ways. Soon, the unexpected voyage of a lifetime begins, and it will change everything.

A little time in beautiful Italy is just what Lady Amelia Windermere and her eccentric family need while their latest scandal dies down. Amelia is hard at work on their triumphant return to London society when she meets Lord Tristan Carteret, Duke of Ripon, a sculptor who is too wild for any proper lady.

Delilah is following her dreams . . . Every heroine needs a nemesis, and for Lady Delilah Windermere there's no more perfect villain than His Grace Sebastian Crewe, the Duke of Ravensworth. He ruined everything three years ago, but this time she won't let him stop her from living her dreams. The Duke is following Delilah . . . Sebastian has no desire to clip Delilah's wings. But when he finds her traveling with a troupe of actors, he can't just let her go on this adventure alone. When Delilah refuses to return to her family, Sebastian knows it's up to him to keep her safe . . . again.

Scene: The Italian countryside, where Miss Juliet Windermere awaits a confession of love from the man of her dreams. What she gets is a declaration that she looks like the woman of his dreams . . . who is currently a thousand miles away—in Scotland.

When Spanish émigré Eva Galante meets French aristocrat Lucien Capet, it’s love at first sight. But their meeting isn’t by chance, and Eva isn’t who Lucien believed her to be. After a whirlwind romance and a flight to Gretna Green, Lucien learns the truth about what loving Eva could cost him.

In the heart of faith, amidst trials and tribulations, lies the inspiration of the Eucharistic martyrs—men, women, and children whose love for the Blessed Sacrament led them to the ultimate sacrifice. Martyrs of the Eucharist: Stories to Inspire Eucharistic Amazement is a profound collection of twenty-nine stirring stories, curated into four distinct sections: those who died attending Mass, those who died celebrating Mass, those who risked their lives defending or protecting the Eucharist, and those whose deaths are connected to the Eucharist.

A night out leads fun-loving Viscount Archer to one of London's less genteel music halls . . . and a muse for the frustrated composer. But nothing goes easy for the wild Windermeres, and Archie finds himself playing her knight in shining armor instead. Miss Valentina Hart may have the voice of an angel, but she has all the grit necessary to save her family after they were swindled out of their fortune. When Archie ruins her plans, she's ready to gamble all to take down the villain—which is where the horse comes in.

Nyfiket reflekterande är en podd som öppnar upp nya dörrar och uppmuntrar till ökad självkunskap. Lyssna på tankar, känslor och reflektioner för att ta till dig det du villhöver. Sofie heter jag och jag jobbar som livscoach, föreläsare och publicerad författare. Mitt mål är att du ska komma närmare dig själv. Du hittar mig via hemsidan www.solros.nu eller Insta, Fejan, TikTok, Snap och Youtube. Avsnitten benämns tex: 1.47..... 1 anger genre 47 anger vilket avsnitt i den genren 1 = Godnattankar 2= Övningar 3= Bakom kulisserna

Monas Glück scheint vollkommen, als sie in ihre zauberhafte Heimatstadt Lüneburg zurückkehrt, um mit ihrem langjährigen Lebensgefährten Andreas in ein neues Abenteuer zu starten. Im Rosenhaus mit mehreren Generationen unter einem Dach finden sie eine wunderschöne Bleibe. Und aus einer Zufallsbegegnung mit der temperamentvollen Tatjana entwickelt sich schnell eine innige Freundschaft. Mona fühlt sich Tatjana stark verbunden, ahnt jedoch nicht, dass sie beide mehr gemeinsam haben, als ihnen lieb ist: Ihre große Liebe Andreas! Wie lange kann er sein perfides Doppelleben noch geheim halten?

En ny pige dukker op i børnenes klasse. Hun vil gerne have venner, men det er ikke så let, når man aldrig har prøvet at lege med andre børn før, og ens mor siger, at folk ikke kan lide en, når man kan trylle. Fidusmusene har fundet en guldklump på bunden af bævernes dam. Krøsus mener, at de kan finde mere, hvis de river byens dæmning ned. Men så vil hele byen blive oversvømmet! Bamse må i gang! Men hvor er han? En spændende historie med masser af trylleri og krafthonning! Velkommen til Bamses verden!

"Verdensklasse" er historien om drengen fra Fyn, der blev en af verdens allerstørste fodboldstjerner. Men det er også en fortælling om, hvordan man bevarer sig selv og sine værdier, selvom hele verden kigger på én. Christian Eriksen begyndte at spille fodbold, da han var tre år, og "Verdensklasse" fortæller om hans liv som professionel fodboldspiller, fra han var lilleputspiller i Middelfart, til han blev en af de største stjerner på Tottenhams hold i Premier League.

Siden hun var en lille pige, har Caroline drømt om de store sejre på tennisbanen - og om at blive den bedste tennisspiller i verden. "Nummer 1" er historien om at nå sine drømme og kæmpe hårdt for det. Vi hører om Caroline Wozniackis liv, fra hun startede med at se på, mens hendes bror Patrick spillede tennis, til hun i 2018 vandt Australian Open og sin første Grand Slam. Du kommer med ind bag kulissen i professionel tennis og møder Wozniacki til de store turneringer, og når hun holder fri.

"Magten og æren" er syv nærgående portrætter af en række af de personer, der har siddet på de højeste positioner inden for politik, medier, kultur- og erhvervsliv i Danmark. I syv fortællende tekster beskriver bogen, hvordan et magtmenneske bliver til og hvordan den målbevidste stræben mod toppen former et liv. Hvorfor vil disse personer magten, og hvad bruger de den til? "Magten og æren" indeholder portrætter af Jørgen Ejbøl, Pia Kjærsgaard, Hans Skov Christensen, Michael Christiansen, Jens Kramer Mikkelsen, Christian S.