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There were many things that Hollie McNish didn't know before she was pregnant. How her family and friends would react; that Mr Whippy would be off the menu; how quickly ice can melt on a stomach. These were on top of the many other things she didn't know about babies: how to stand while holding one; how to do a poetry gig with your baby as a member of the audience; how drum'n'bass can make a great lullaby. But Hollie learned. And she's still learning, slowly.

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.

Peter Sellers, rightly regarded as a comic genius, lived a life full of success and excess - fuelled by indulgence and wild mood swings. Dying at an early age in 1980, Sellers left no autobiography, no revealing record of his life and feelings. This audio play aims to fill that gap.

After her beloved grandmother Rozenn’s death, Morane is heartbroken to learn that her sister is the sole inheritor of the family home in Cornwall - while she herself has been written out of the will. With both her business and her relationship with her sister on the rocks, Morane becomes consumed by one question: what made Rozenn turn her back on her? When she finds an old letter linking her grandmother to Brittany under German occupation, Morane escapes on the trail of her family’s past. In the coastal village where Rozenn lived in 1941, she uncovers a web of shameful secrets.

Cuando el mundo retrocede, la rima asoma. Cuando la vida aprieta, los versos repuntan. Así podría definirse el legado de Gloria Fuertes, poeta necesaria del amor, la injusticia, el anhelo y la soledad. Al cumplirse el centenario de su nacimiento, en pleno auge de la poesía en las redes, reivindicamos a una mujer única. En esta antología libre se reúne una amplia muestra de su producción poética para adultos, tan perenne como injustamente olvidada, y para niños, que le valió en las últimas décadas el clamor popular pero quizá no el crítico.

This is an account of a life lived online. Swiping for approval. Scrolling for gratification. Searching for connection. From the glow of a screen in the middle of the night, to the harsh glare of the hospital waiting room, Validate Me, is a raw and honest look at the highs and the lows of a digital life.

Nous avons tous une limite. Connaissez-vous la vôtre ? Élodie mène une existence épanouie, entourée de son mari et de leurs deux petites filles, Maëlle et Zoé. Mère exemplaire et citoyenne modèle, elle s'est toujours conformée aux règles de la société, voyant en la justice un rempart contre toute menace. Mais cette conviction vole en éclats le jour où sa fille aînée disparaît tragiquement.

Barbados, 1834. El amo de la plantación Providence reúne a sus esclavos y anuncia que el rey de Inglaterra ha decretado el fin de la esclavitud. Pero los gritos de alegría se apagan cuando les advierte que ya no son esclavos, sino aprendices. Nadie puede irse. Deberán trabajar para él durante seis años más. La libertad es solo otro nombre para la vida que siempre han vivido. Esa noche Rachel huye y se convierte en fugitiva. Comienza una búsqueda desesperada para encontrar a sus hijos, los cinco que sobrevivieron al nacimiento y fueron vendidos.

The mystery of the modern thriller pervades the twists in the plot of this remarkable Victorian novel about the disappearance of a young man and the lady who is haunted by more than one terrible secret.

Harold Bloom sosteneva che Shakespeare avesse inventato l’essere umano. Noi non abbiamo gli strumenti per poter confermare questa affermazione. Di sicuro, però, sappiamo che Shakespeare ha aiutato Andrea Pennacchi, e altre e altri come lui, a conoscere meglio l’umanità.

Aquí tienes tu propio diccionario de emociones, lleno de sentimientos atemporales para los que buscan calmar sus miedos. En estas páginas encontrarás la esperanza de lo que anhelamos, los errores en los que caemos, el deseo que nos impulsa a un nuevo acierto y el amor que nos mantiene vivos. La vida que pasa, los tiempos que marcan, las huellas que quedan, el corazón que se fue. Crear, es hacerte inmortal. Por eso le escribe a la vida. Para que no muera nunca. ¿Te vienes con ella?

Meet a child mill worker from the 19th century. Live through the freezing chill of winter and a man's desperate journey from Ireland to England in search of work in the 1920's. Dig down into the lives of mine workers down through the ages. Meet two people finding love against all the odds and across class divides, hop-picking in Kent.