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Saffy is waiting to go into an important meeting when she receives a missed call and then a text message from her best friend, Leona: Please help...come now. Of course, she races to her friend’s house. But when she arrives, she notices something strange. This message was deleted. Leona answers the door, and insists everything's fine. She doesn't know anything about the message. Six hours later, Saffy gets a knock on the door. It's the police. They’ve found a body. And Saffy was the last one to see them alive.

'I need a wife'. It's a common joke among women juggling work and family, but it's no joke. Having a spouse who takes care of things at home is a godsend on the domestic front, an asset on the work front and an advantage enjoyed by vastly more men than women. Full of candid and funny stories from politics and the media, The Wife Drought shares intriguing research about the attitudes pulsing beneath the surface of egalitarian Australia.

""The Woman on the Ledge blew me away like The Girl on the Train blew me away nearly ten years ago. Compulsive, clever and gasp out loud twisty, I absolute loved it."" — Lisa Jewell, author of None of This Is True Obsession. Intrigue. Revenge. Whose secrets are you keeping? And why? A woman...

Leah is changed. Months earlier, she left for a routine expedition, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor. When she finally surfaces and returns home, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. Barely eating and lost in her thoughts, Leah rotates between rooms in their apartment, running the taps morning and night. As Miri searches for answers, desperate to understand what happened below the water, she must face the possibility that the woman she loves is slipping from her grasp.

“Wives Like Us made me laugh so hard I actually knocked over my lamp. Can a book be so wickedly smart, so effortless, so chic and hilarious that you would stumble through the night to find a new lightbulb just so you can keep reading way past your bedtime? In a word, yes."" —Kevin Kwan Take...

Explore the mystery of the 2012 prophecy in a whole new light. This recording goes deeper than the vague predictions made by ancient prophets and seers; it explores how the earth is in the middle of a transformation that will change the way we live our lives forever. Understand how the changes we see around us are unfolding right now.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are all too aware of the urgent health inequalities that plague our world. But these inequalities have always been urgent: modern medicine has a colonial and racist history. Here, in an essential and searingly truthful account, Annabel Sowemimo unravels the colonial roots of modern medicine. Tackling systemic racism, hidden histories and healthcare myths, Sowemimo recounts her own experiences as a doctor, patient and activist.

“A fizzing, lip-chewing, collar-bone biting, palm-sweating roller-coaster of a rom-com that is both the sexiest book you'll read all year and the most heartening.” —Caroline O'Donoghue, New York Times bestselling author of The Rachel Incident “A joyful, exhilarating romp of a romance!”...

Rachel has been in love with Alistair for fifteen years. Even though she’s now married to someone else. Even though she was a teenager when they met. Even though he is twenty years older than her. Rachel and Alistair’s summer love affair on a remote, sun-trapped Greek island has consumed her since she was seventeen, obliterating everything in its wake. But as Rachel becomes increasingly obsessed with reliving the events of so long ago, she reconnects with the other girls who were similarly drawn to life on the island.

Four full-cast adaptations of Rosamund Lehmann’s best-known novels, plus short stories and a bonus programme about her life and work.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Love Story for Bewildered Girls by Emma Morgan, read by Christine Hewitt, Lucy Dixon and Annabel Scholey. Grace loves a woman. Annie loves a man. Violet isn't quite sure. But you'll love them all... Grace has what one might call a 'full and interesting...

The morning after a ferocious storm, the body of a vulnerable teenage girl is found in the woods. The police are under pressure to find the killer and solve the tragedy but with thin evidence and no witnesses, the case is falling apart. Desperate to find this vicious murderer, they hunt high and low and eventually find their man: an outsider with no alibi. When the suspect confesses to the crime, it’s an open and shut case. But two women suspect foul play and dedicate their lives to working out what really happened, at all costs.

In the past half-century, women have revolutionised the way they work and live. But men’s lives have changed remarkably little. Why? Is it because men don’t want to change? Or is it because, every day in various ways, they are told they shouldn’t? In Men at Work, Annabel Crabb deploys political observation, workplace research and her characteristic humour and intelligence to argue that gender equity cannot be achieved until men are as free to leave the workplace (when their lives demand it) as women are to enter it.

From the #1 bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz comes a heartbreaking contemporary novel full of the author’s characteristic empathy and understanding of the human condition: a dying teenager with a final wish, a lonely young man on a journey towards connection, and the unexpected...

The Real Rock Follies is a real-life story of youthful trust betrayed, dreams of stardom dashed and cruel lessons learnt. The three girls, then in their late twenties, learned too late that in the harsh showbiz world you can hardly trust anyone, not even your friends. However, despite everything, they got the last laugh.

Join Jackson, an adventurous 8-year-old boy, and his loyal dog Jillian as they explore the City of Lights in this children's book filled with fun facts, friendship, and unforgettable moments! From the Eiffel Tower to the Louvre, from tasting croissants and crêpes to painting in Montmartre, Jackson and Jillian’s journey introduces young listeners to the rich culture, art, and history of Paris, France — all through the eyes of a curious child and his playful pup.

1984 liefen die Vorbereitungen für die letzte Kottan-Staffel (Folgen 20-25). Die Drehbücher waren fertig und abgenommen, der Produktionsstab stand fest und auch die Besetzung war bereits engagiert. Doch wenige Tage vor Drehbeginn beschloss der damalige Generalintendant des ORF den Kottan hinterrücks zu meucheln. Nun sind die Zeit und die Öffentlichkeit dafür reif zu erfahren, wie Kottan tatsächlich endet. Unter der Federführung von Jan Zenker hat sich das Kottan-Team wieder zusammen gefunden und die verlorenen Drehbücher in Hörspiele zu verwandeln... Das wahre Ende von Kottan!

1984 liefen die Vorbereitungen für die letzte Kottan-Staffel (Folgen 20-25). Die Drehbücher waren fertig und abgenommen, der Produktionsstab stand fest und auch die Besetzung war bereits engagiert. Doch wenige Tage vor Drehbeginn beschloss der damalige Generalintendant des ORF den Kottan hinterrücks zu meucheln. Nun sind die Zeit und die Öffentlichkeit dafür reif zu erfahren, wie Kottan tatsächlich endet. Unter der Federführung von Jan Zenker hat sich das Kottan-Team wieder zusammen gefunden und die verlorenen Drehbücher in Hörspiele zu verwandeln... Das wahre Ende von Kottan!

A story of a band of Fairies who live happily in a woodland with their friends—the Elves and little woodland creatures—until some unwelcome visitors, three horrid Witches, come along. The Witches do their best to spoil the happy life of the Fairies, but will they win, or will the Fairies and Elves manage to outwit them?

Merete Pryds Helle reinterpreta de forma conmovedora y sensual la vida de Nora Helmer, personaje de la obra ‘Casa de Muñecas’ de Ibsen.

La señora Nora Helmer es una de las figuras femeninas más famosas en la historia del teatro. En esta novela, Merete Pryds Helle alumbra de forma magistral los recovecos de su existencia. ‘Nora’ narra la evolución de este personaje: de una persona frágil y manipulable a una mujer libre, fuerte y tenaz...