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I remind myself that I wanted this break. For the first time in years, I am completely, blissfully alone. But as the days pass, I begin to realise a painful truth. For years I’ve been telling a story about my life–a story that stopped me from falling apart. But what if I have the chance to re-write it? Wendy is a devoted wife and mother who has spent years working as a nurse, helping those in need. But with Wendy’s children flying the nest and her marriage hanging by a thread, she realises that she’s never really asked herself what she wants.

Ruth’s childhood was a happy one, and her family—on her mother’s side—large and loving. But her father’s French origins have always remained a mystery. Now, with aged relatives beginning to die, Ruth decides to research her father’s family before it’s too late. When she discovers a series of long-lost cassettes, everything she thought she knew about them shatters. The tapes expose an unimaginable truth–an epic wartime story of hidden love and sacrifice, stretching back to occupied France.

CC is trapped by a job she no longer loves in an unfriendly city. So when her new boyfriend decides it's time to sell up and move to the South of France, she decides in seconds to change her life. After all, who wouldn't pick an azure sea, aperitifs, and sunshine over a dreary commute and a rainy climate? She hadn't expected a tumbledown farmhouse in the middle of nowhere. Or a motley assortment of surly builders, eccentric farmers, and a resentful, terrifying neighbour - who happens to be her boyfriend's aunt.

Penny and Victoria are about as different as two siblings can be, one with a smart London lifestyle, the other struggling to make ends meet. But they are joined by more than blood, and their shared tragic past is affecting the present more than they realise. When events begin to tug at the fabric beneath which dark secrets are hidden, the resulting chaos threatens to tear the two families apart. Could there be aspects of the past that youngest child Penny doesn't remember? Could the truth of Marge be more complex than the beloved mother the girls choose to perceive?

While Trump may be nuts and going extinct soon, he also may fight like one of the many animals featured in this book, as well as thousands of other animals. The reason for all the fighting, especially among the males, is for power, territory, and females. And like these animals, Trump is constantly fighting one foe or another.

It’s the summer of 1990 and seventeen-year-old Dawn is infatuated with Billy. He’s cool, in a band and the opposite of her other besotted admirer: gentle electrician Rob. But then Billy disappears, and Rob is still around. He's there when Dawn falls pregnant and he’s there for the sleepless nights. And though Dawn and Rob were never destined to be together, suddenly they’re married. This real-life relationship involves arguing about who loads the dishwasher, cosy nights in while not having sex (and not missing it) and dragging kids to violin classes (even though they’re terrible).

Alice has been lying to herself for years, holding fast to the belief that the needs of her family far outweigh her own. But her outwardly successful marriage hides dark secrets, and for much of her life the children were the only reason she stuck around. These days, though her successful banker son lives nearby, his young wife seems to do everything she can to keep Alice at bay. As for Alice's other son, he has always been something of a stranger and has been traveling for so long that Alice isn't even sure what continent he is on anymore.

Enfant du Blitz, Barbara veille jalousement sur plus d'un secret. Désireuse d'épargner à ses enfants les dures réalités de la vie, elle leur a raconté peu de choses sur son enfance misérable, et quasiment rien sur les périodes sombres et mouvementées de son mariage avec l'un des plus célèbres photographes britanniques. Consciente de ce passé morcelé, Sophie, sa fille cadette, s'efforce de comprendre qui sont véritablement ses parents afin de pouvoir se construire sa véritable identité - au grand dam de Barbara.

Barbara - a child of the Blitz - has more secrets than she cares to admit. She has protected her children from the harsh realities of life and told them little of the poverty of her childhood, nor of the darker side of her marriage to one of Britain's most famous photographers. With such an incomplete picture, her youngest, Sophie, has struggled to understand who her parents really are, and in turn, Barbara sometimes worries, to build her own identity.

At thirty-three, nurse Heather is desperately waiting for her romantic life to begin. Then she meets handsome, strong Anthony and is sure she’s found the one. Brushing any doubts aside, she projects all her hopes for true love onto him. Meanwhile, at a yoga retreat in Spain, happy-go-lucky Joe can’t believe his luck when he meets vivacious, witty Amy. She’s the sharpest, most beautiful woman he has ever dated, and the fact that she’s interested in him feels like a dream come true.

Schlägt Henrys letzte Stunde? Das streng geheime Experiment der CIA "Projekt Sandmann", in das höchste Regierungskreise und sogar der Präsident der USA verwickelt sind, ist außer Kontrolle geraten. Henry Bins' merkwürdige Schlafkrankheit, die ihm nur eine wache Stunde pro Tag lässt, scheint eine Folge des menschenverachtenden Projekts zu sein. Er kommt den verantwortlichen Hintermännern auf die Spur. Diese wollen ihn um jeden Preis zum Schweigen bringen.

Er hat nur eine Stunde – pro Tag! Henry Bins hat eine Schlafstörung: Er ist täglich nur eine Stunde wach. Um 3 Uhr morgens wacht er auf und schläft um 4 Uhr morgens wieder ein, dazwischen ein streng getakteter Lebensrhythmus, jede Minute verplant. Bis Henry eines Nachts den Schrei einer Frau hört und aus dem Haus gegenüber einen Mann stürmen sieht – es ist der Präsident der USA! Henrys Versuch herauszufinden, was vorgefallen ist, führt ihn auf eine gefährliche Spurensuche.

Bis dass der Tod sie scheide. Nach zahlreichen Kämpfen um Leben und Tod, nach Monaten, in denen er sich in nahezu jeder Sekunde seines Lebens einer Bedrohung erwehren musste, scheint im gehetzten Leben des Henry Bins endlich Ruhe einzutreten. Als ersten Schritt plant er die Hochzeit mit seiner großen Liebe. Doch sein Leben ist nicht geschaffen für Romatik, sondern für Kugeln und Blut. Der Tag der Hochzeit naht.

Bringt uns einen Traum... einen Alptraum! Projekt Sandmann: Ein Experiment der CIA, in das höchste Regierungskreise verwickelt sind. Bis hin zum Präsidenten der USA. Projekt Sandmann: Ein Experiment, das außer Kontrolle geraten ist. Und Henry Bins scheint eines seiner Opfer zu sein. Im verzweifelten Kampf gegen seine Schlafkrankheit, die ihm einen Großteil seines Lebens nimmt, kommt Bins den Hintermännern des menschenverachtenden Projekts auf die Spur. Und die müssen ihn zum Schweigen bringen... unverzüglich und gnadenlos.

Es gibt keinen Ausweg! Henry Bins, der Mann, der nur 60 Minuten pro Tag hat, wird von gnadenlosen Killern gejagt. Sein Weg führt ihn nach Alaska, wo er Ruhe und eine Auszeit sucht. Doch unversehens gerät Henry mitten in eine Naturkatastrophe ungeheuren Ausmaßes. Im Angesicht von Chaos und Zerstörung stehen Hunderte von Menschenleben auf dem Spiel – und es gibt niemanden, der so wenig Zeit hat wie Henry Bins! Schauspieler und Sprecher Richard Barenberg zieht sein Publikum direkt hinein in die Thriller-Serie und sorgt für Hörspannung, die süchtig macht.

Hannah is 38 and the happily married mother of 11-year-old Luke. Her marriage is reassuringly stable and after 15 years she has managed to push the wild dreams of youth from her mind and concentrate on the everyday satisfactions of here and now. The first half of her life hasn’t been as exciting as she had hoped, but then, she reckons, whose has? When she succeeds in convincing husband Cliff to rent a villa in the south of France for a summer vacation with her sister Jill and gay friend Tristan, she’s expecting little more than a pleasant few weeks with her family.

Becky’s father is not just absent: he’s a total mystery, a hole in her life. He died before she was born and for her mother, Laura, the subject is strictly off-limits. When Laura books a spontaneous trip to Greece, Becky decides to join her, determined to get closer to her mother - and to the truth. But as they make their way to the island of Santorini, it becomes clear that this holiday is not as impulsive as Becky thought. Laura’s hiding something from her daughter - and she’s been hiding it for Becky’s whole life.

This is a mini-sequel to The Other Son, a little gift for all those listeners who have been begging to know what happens next. Alice has been lying to herself for years, holding fast to the belief that the needs of her family far outweigh her own. But her outwardly successful marriage hides dark secrets, and for much of her life, the children were the only reason she stuck around.