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Vier ältere Herren erinnern sich bei einer dampfenden Feuerzangenbowle vergnügt an die Streiche ihrer eigenen Schulzeit. Dem Jüngeren aus ihrer feucht-fröhlichen Runde, Dr. Johannes Pfeiffer (mit drei f), ist ihre überschäumende Heiterkeit allerdings ziemlich unverständlich: Er war nie auf einer echten Schule, sondern hatte nur einen Hauslehrer.

Knut, Ende 70, Ex-Fischer und Insel-Original, will eigentlich nur eins: seine Ruhe. Auf einer Düne im Sperrgebiet will er es als nächstes versuchen - doch da liegt schon einer. Obwohl keine äußeren Wunden erkennbar sind, stellt die Inselärztin doch fest, dass es Mord war. Also muss der mürrische Fischer wohl oder übel selbst ermitteln.

Christmas is over. And so is my marriage… Twenty years of marriage. Twenty years of ignored red flags. And one very smug ex-girlfriend. He seemed perfect at first. Don’t they always? I fell fast, and I fell hard. So when I discovered his secret double life, suddenly all those years of...

Mason DuPont isn’t exactly thriving. His once-distant mother is slipping into dementia, his creative spark is long buried, and peace feels like a foreign concept. Then he stumbles into a neighborhood poker group—where the bets are low, but the stakes are real. Between absurd game variations, relentless teasing, and midnight heart-to-hearts, Mason finds more than distraction; he finds a tribe. And when a group member falls seriously ill, those friendships force Mason to confront old scars and rediscover parts of himself he thought were long gone.

Los Otis una familia norteamericana, compran el antiguo castillo inglés de los Canterville; nunca imaginaron estar a punto de romper una tradición de siglos: convivir con un fantasma auténtico. Sir Simon de Canterville ha aterrorizado y acosado a generaciones enteras durante siglos con el fin de llevarlos a la muerte con sus terribles apariciones. Una vez instalados realizan una vida completamente normal a pesar de los esfuerzos del fantasma por aterrorizar a los inquilinos; ¿Conseguirá el fantasma atemorizar a la familia Otis?.

When an underground lab beneath a sleepy British village loses power, all hell breaks loose—literally. The experiment they swore was "contained" has clawed its way to the surface. It's eight feet tall, covered in fur, and learning faster than your Aunt Doris with a new Wi-Fi router. Up top, the villagers are blissfully unaware—until the fuse box starts leaking glowing goo, the barman goes missing (his shoes don't), and the Women’s Institute arms itself with weaponised jam.

Radical environmentalist Roscoe Alolo has been abducted. As ransom, his kidnappers demand that the village of Golden Springs cancel its gala Earth Day celebration. Whiz sociologist Huck Carp, who idolizes Alolo, vows to solve the case, and unexpectedly teams up with a hermit calling himself Johnny Appleseed.

'Full of warmth' #1 Sunday Times Bestseller Katie Fforde Can a cake change your life? Clemmie Rose’s great-great-grandmother’s beloved clementine torte is her ticket to the prestigious Royal Baking Competition. A win could put Puffin Island’s charming Café on the Coast on the map, land...

The Three Men Collection brings together Jerome K. Jerome's two most celebrated pieces of fiction - Three Men in a Boat and the follow-up, Three Men on the Bummel - still widely thought of as an essential comedic classic and the inspiration for countless spin-offs and adaptations.

"Rüm hart, klaar kimang" – Weites Herz, klarer Horizont. Dieses Gefühl überkommt einen, wenn man auf Amrum über Europas breitesten Strand blickt und der Wind das Meer bis in die Seele trägt. Für die junge Hamburgerin Enja Martens könnte dieser Horizont nicht trüber sein: Ein schockierendes Ereignis reißt sie völlig aus der Bahn und stellt ihr Leben auf den Kopf. Ihre Freundinnen Julika und Antonia wollen sie nicht allein lassen und überreden sie zu einer spontanen Reise, um Abstand zu gewinnen und neue Kraft zu schöpfen.

At forty-six, Sophie Bianco’s life is half baked—trapped in a controlling marriage and estranged from her critical mother. Her only solace? The Invisible Baker, her secret business helping overwhelmed moms create Pinterest-worthy moments. When her mother’s death coincides with the last straw in her marriage, Sophie grabs her chance. Armed with divorce papers and her savings, she reclaims her childhood home. But freedom comes with complications: hoarder-level chaos, plumbing disasters, and an ex-husband plotting revenge.

Telecommuting meets the radioplay for this comedic send-up of AI-narrated audiobooks: spanning 56 minutes 29 seconds, COVID-19 fictionalization stages theater across twenty-two individuals who recorded asynchronously via devised production.

Stephanie Bloom is a forty-something single mom chasing a dream she nearly gave up on—to become a global pop star. Juggling three kids, nosy school mums, and the crumbling restaurant left by her late husband, Stephanie is barely keeping her Spanx—and her sanity—intact. But when a life-changing chance to record with The Most Famous Rapper In the World lands in her lap, she must choose: play it safe for her family, or risk it all to follow her dreams.

The feel-good comedy adventure continues! Following a hectic year immersed in all things crafting, Charlotte Newman was looking forward to a much-needed holiday. And the fact that a few friends from the Crafternoon Sewcial Club were also tagging along was an added bonus as far as she was concerned. But before she could let her hair down too much, there was some unexpected interest in her expanding crafting clubs in the form of a BBC news reporter, eager to record a feature about her various initiatives.

সুখে থাকতে ভূতে কিল মারে বলে বাংলায় একটা প্রবাদ আছে। মানে, সংসারে এমন কিছু বেশ মানুষ আছে তারা সুখে শান্তিতে...

In 2017 the Figaroa family of Mexico City was on the run from the Cartel. They crossed the border into Texas optimisticly seeking asylum. Instead their four year old twins were taken from them and they were deported.

When ordinary potter Efim Hawkins accidentally revives Honest John Barlow—a slick, sharp-witted man preserved from centuries past—Barlow awakens to a society in catastrophic decline. Overpopulation has exploded. Education has collapsed. The average intelligence has plummeted. And the masses, countless and unquestioning, march forward under a system that rewards ignorance and conformity. Where others see chaos, Barlow sees opportunity.

The year 6969 is filled with fascism, bigotry, misogyny, and everything that is the complete opposite of holiday cheer. No need to worry! Shark-Squatch and his BFF Tilly are here to give all of those losers a holiday-wrapped knuckle sandwich!

When Brockleby Garden World launches its latest promotion — a mysterious new mulch dubbed “Zombie Compost” — no one expects the special offer to come with actual flesh-eating customers. Between pensioners armed with novelty flamingos, teenage shelf-stackers wielding leaf blowers, and a manager in denial about everything (including his haircut), things quickly go from compost to catastrophe. Now, a mismatched bunch of survivors must battle reanimated bargain-hunters, botanical chaos, and a soundtrack of 1950s swing music while trapped in the UK's most middle-class apocalypse.

Performed in full character voices, this audiobook delivers the complete “leaked North Pole scandal” in hilarious, rapid-fire segments. Irreverent, ridiculous, and wildly inappropriate, this is the holiday roast you never knew you needed.