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Manolito Gafotas, como lo conocen todos en su barrio de Carabanchel (Alto), es un niño dicharachero que vive con sus padres, su abuelo Nicolás y su hermano pequeño, el Imbécil, y que siempre está dispuesto a contar su visión de las cosas. Junto a su mejor amigo, el Orejones López, y su mayor enemigo, el chulito Yihad, la vuelta al colegio Diego Velázquez se convierte en una aventura.

"Not Tonight, Darling!" is a book about women whose sexual desire has disappeared completely or in part - a problem affecting ever more people. The book goes through the various causes, in couplehood or the woman's own life, of the problem, such as stress, being pressed for time, pregnancy and childbirth, her role as a mother, her relationship to her own body, fear and pain, a lack of attention and intimacy, previous physical or mental abuse, the partners' different needs.

En roman i to parallelle spor. Amandas barndom og voksenliv. I barndommen bliver hun fjernet fra hjemmet og kommer på børnehjem og i familiepleje. En ensom og kuldslået opvækst, der gør hende til en følsom overlever. Som voksen bliver hun gift med Thomas, der har en helt anden baggrund i det københavnske jetset. Deres forgudede lille datter, Laura, skal have al den varme og kærlighed, Amanda ikke selv fik. Men der er hårde modspillere, bl.a. Thomas' ekskone, en skandaleomsust skuespiller, og hendes datter med Thomas, Louise, som skal bo hos sin far og hader og bekæmper Amanda med alle midler.

Louise tager ikke sin telefon, og hun svarer heller ikke på de sms’er, Emma har sendt hende. Og Lasse er bare en spade. En virkelig sød og lækker spade. Det er håbløst. Farvel, fest, farvel, Lasse, farvel, Louise. De taber garanteret også kampen på lørdag. Emma tegner Lasse med hugtænder og Louise med horn i panden. Pis og Lort!

I perioder mellem 2013 og 2017 led forfatteren af svær depression og var tvangsindlagt på en psykiatrisk afdeling, hvor hun gennemgik en række elektrochokbehandlinger. Undervejs i forløbet kæmpede hun med angsten for at miste sin hukommelse og adgangen til sine minder. "Oktoberbarn" er et fortvivlet opgør med det psykiatriske behandlingssystem og på samme tid en krystalklar skildring af afgørende vendepunkter og begivenheder i forfatterens eget liv - barndom, ungdom, ægteskab, forældreskab og skilsmisse.

I sin selvbiografi fortæller Bettina Tammaro, der er kendt som deltager i Robinson Ekspeditionen, om sit liv som eventyrer. Fra lille Danmark til Afrika, Thailand og USA har hun lavet alt fra at arbejde på børnehjem til at komme helt tæt på vilde dyr. Desuden fortæller hun om livet som alenemor til tre børn, som hun har taget med på sine rejser og om sine to kræftforløb, hvoraf hun besluttede kun at modtage alternativ behandling under sidste forløb. Bettina Mattila Funch Tammaro (f. 1966) er måske mest kendt fra Robinson Ekspeditionen, men lever også personligt et liv som eventyrer.

Reuters psykologiske spændingsroman fortæller historien om den ældre, meget velhavende koncertpianist David og hans liv sammen med den langt yngre hustru Anne. Ægteskabet har knirket i længere tid, og Anne indleder et forhold til en ung mand på hendes egen alder. Gentagne gange taler de to om, hvor let alting ville være, hvis David ikke var mere; de har sågar talt om at 'hjælpe ham lidt på vej'. Anne får dog kolde fødder, men en dag, da hun kommer hjem, er David netop blevet fundet livløs for foden af den stejle trappe ned til stranden fra deres nordsjællandske sommerhus.

"Eugénie Grandet" er heltinden i Balzacs roman om livet i den lille by Saumur i Loire-dalen, men det er hendes far, der er den dominerende hovedperson. Han er en frygtelig hustyran og Eugénie er meget ærbødig overfor ham. Indtil hendes fætter Charles dukker op og vækker hendes lidenskaber.

Para quien la vea desde fuera, la vida cotidiana en Carabanchel (Alto) puede parecer un día a día normal y corriente. Sin embargo, cuando te lo cuenta Manolito Gafotas, la idiosincrasia de sus habitantes aflora espontáneamente a la superficie, no siempre con buenos resultados para la reputación del barrio.

"Tasting You" is a collection of erotic stories for grown-up women about grown-up women. No hardcore porn, no vanilla sex, just the way life sometimes takes us along at its best and worst. Starting out her writer's career in 1975 as a provocative feminist debater, Bente Clod soon achieved literary acclamation for her writing, and in 1981 was nominated to the prestigious Scandinavian Literary Award for her poetry.

"Tasting You" is a collection of erotic stories for grown-up women about grown-up women. No hardcore porn, no vanilla sex, just the way life sometimes takes us along at its best and worst. Starting out her writer's career in 1975 as a provocative feminist debater, Bente Clod soon achieved literary acclamation for her writing, and in 1981 was nominated to the prestigious Scandinavian Literary Award for her poetry.

"Tasting You" is a collection of erotic stories for grown-up women about grown-up women. No hardcore porn, no vanilla sex, just the way life sometimes takes us along at its best and worst. Starting out her writer's career in 1975 as a provocative feminist debater, Bente Clod soon achieved literary acclamation for her writing, and in 1981 was nominated to the prestigious Scandinavian Literary Award for her poetry.

"Tasting You" is a collection of erotic stories for grown-up women about grown-up women. No hardcore porn, no vanilla sex, just the way life sometimes takes us along at its best and worst. Starting out her writer's career in 1975 as a provocative feminist debater, Bente Clod soon achieved literary acclamation for her writing, and in 1981 was nominated to the prestigious Scandinavian Literary Award for her poetry. Her guidebook for writers to be and her writing workshops on prose, poetry and erotic writing have made her widely known throughout Scandinavia.

"Listen to Yourself" is a sympathetic little book about all the near things. It is mainly about energy, about being in harmony with the people and the things surrounding us. When we are in touch with our sixth sense, we are able to feel what to do to get a good life. We often ignore our inner voice. Some people do so almost all the time, others practice listening while others still constantly realize that they forgot to listen and are therefore taken by surprise or failing to obtain what is most important to them.

Ramish, Hassib og Lasse elsker at skate, men en dag er skaterparken smadret. Ramish vil bare have det sjovt og passe sin skole, men nu får han og Hassib pludselig en masse problemer. For hvem har lavet hærværket? Hvordan kan drengene bevise, at de er uskyldige? Og skal de finde sig i at blive kaldt perkere? "Ramish og hærværket" er fjerde bog om klassen fra Rosenmarkskolen. Trine Bundsgaard (f. 1971) arbejder fuld tid som forfatter og har udgivet over 30 bøger til børn og unge.

Johan Boje, a police assistant for Mid- and Western Jutland dies after being hit by a speeding car outside his home one late night in March. His boss, Alex Borg, is one of the firsts to arrive at the scene of the crime. It quickly dawns on him that this is not a simple case of hit-and-run, but rather a very brutal murder. Boje's nine-year-old son claims he saw the car, and that it was a police officer behind the wheel.

After working on a TV segment about an art exhibition opening in Randers, Anne Larsen decides to visit Liv Løkke and her brother. When she arrives at Liv’s address, she sees the door to her apartment is open, and she is afraid something happened to her. Liv is not there, but Anne has her horrible suspicions confirmed. They have to find the killer to prevent them from committing any more murders. It will be a nerve-wrecking challenge for Anne Larsen, Roland Benito, and his coworker.

Liv Løkke has nightmares, after the fire and her past were brought back to her present. She is contacted by Anne Larsen. The journalist has visited her brother, and she is so curious about what she wanted from him, that she reluctantly agrees to meet her at a café in Randers. But the journalist’s claims make her so furious; she leaves the café in a rage. When she sees a newspaper poster that says Johan Boje’s son saw the murderer, she goes to Johan Boje’s house and meets the son in front of his father’s memorial.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission has no leads. But after interrogating Johan Boje’s wife and colleagues, Roland Benito is convinced the cop was not a faithful husband. The murderer may have had other motives than those they are working with. They interrogate Johan Boje’s son, Lukas, who was closer to the murder than previously assumed. The investigation takes a new turn when Anne Larsen seeks out Rolando. She tells him what she discovered, and that she suspects that Johan Boje’s interest in the fire was personal.

Anne Larsen, journalist with TV2 East Jutland, is covering the case of the officer from Silkeborg who was seemingly hit and killed by a colleague in front of his home. Her interest is seriously piqued by a fire accident that he was secretly investigating. She starts looking at it closer.