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Exotic Dancers are dying at an alarming rate in Las Vegas. Former LVPD detective Frank Michi is roped into helping not only his former partner, but also the New Jersey mobsters who run the strip club, to unmask the psychopath who is running amok killing the dancers.

We all have random thoughts. Whether it’s at night while in bed, driving on the highway, or in the middle of a meeting, or a conversation because of some thing someone said or did. Let’s start a conversation and let me provoke a thought.

Occasionally an author appears who, in a short career, emblazons a legacy so bright and so distinct, as well as popular, that it is difficult to believe it is the output of only one man. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was such a talent. Over the course of his prolific career, Stevenson had not only given his audience many classic novels but beautiful poetry such as ‘A Child’s Garden of Verses’ and many short stories as with his dark classic of Christmas Day ‘Markheim’ (1884).

Christmas may come but once a year but human emotions, the driving force of our characters, are with us every day. Yet, somehow these same emotions when they happen at Christmas seem amplified; we seem more tender to their touch, their words. Whether it’s a long-lost returning soldier wondering how best to return to the arms of his family without too great a risk of shock... Or a prodigal son whose taken path has driven pain into his own and others hearts… These stories reveal much about the human condition.

Christmas may come but once a year but evil, intrigue and malevolence are everyday events. Within this volume Christmas is a time when these dark forces form and coalesce to take life and liberty from people who may and who may not deserve the spin of its wheel. Some are merely evil, others have the beginnings of a conscience that displays itself in a dialogue with the devil, or perhaps only themselves. But, in this volume Christmas takes a ringside seat to the horrors of the human heart.

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life, but continued to write prolifically and travel widely in defiance of his poor health. As a young man, he mixed in London literary circles, receiving encouragement from Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley, the last of whom may have provided the model for Long John Silver in Treasure Island.

Hosted by stand up comedian Louis Cervantez.

Es lebte einmal ein Mann auf Hawaii. Er soll nun Kaewe genannt werden, denn er ist noch am Leben und sein Name muss geheim gehalten werden. Er war ein armer Mann, doch mutig und aktiv, fähig zu lesen und zu schreiben. Von Zeit zu Zeit heuerte er auf den Schiffen an und sah so die weite Welt. Eines Tages kommt Kaewe in den Besitz einer magischen Flasche, die seinem Besitzer jedweden Wunsch sofort erfüllt. Zunächst ungläubig stellt Kaewe fest, dass diese Behauptung der Wahrheit entspricht. Leider hat der Zauber auch seinen Nachteil: Besitzt man die Flasche, wenn man stirbt, so gibt es keine Rettung.

Fast auf Reichweite folgte der Schwarze hinter ihm. Rorie und ich blieben stehen, denn hier vermochten Menschen nichts mehr. Das war Gottes Ratschluss, der sich hier vor unseren Augen vollzog. Schneller konnte das Ende nicht kommen. An dieser steilen Küste waren sie mit einem Sprung in der Tiefe.

In der Hinterlassenschaft eines zwielichtigen alten Seebären macht der junge Jim Hawkins eine aufregende Entdeckung: die geheimnisvolle Landkarte einer Südseeinsel, wo die Beute des berüchtigten Seeräubers Flint versteckt ist. So beginnt eine abenteuerliche Schatzsuche, in deren Verlauf Jim Hawkins mehr als einmal um sein Leben und um das seiner Freunde kämpfen muss. Mit Mut und Tapferkeit gelingt es den Männern schließlich, das gefährliche Unternehmen zu einem glücklichen Ende zu bringen.

Le podcast qui accompagne le secteur CHR dans sa stratégie Marque Employeur. Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

"Depuis mon plus jeune âge, la vie et moi nous sommes mis perpétuellement à l'épreuve. Jusqu'au jour où elle a décidé de me mettre face au défi ultime : à l'âge de dix-neuf ans, j'ai été victime d'une électrocution de 15 000 volts." Après un arrêt cardiaque de plusieurs minutes et six semaines de coma artificiel, Louis se réveille aussi dépendant qu'un nouveau-né, amputé des deux membres supérieurs. Il lui faudra plus de cinq mois de rééducation pour parvenir à marcher de nouveau et retrouver un minimum d'autonomie.

"Hvem slog min far ihjel" er en selvstændig opfølger til "Færdig med Eddy Bellegueule". Da Louis møder sin far igen efter fem år, er faren en nedbrudt og knækket mand. Med udgangspunkt i en række barndomsnedslag reflekterer Louis over farens liv, fra fødsel til social død. Det er en historie om en søn og en far, der ikke kan finde ud af at tale sammen, men også en historie om en mand fra underklassen, som vi ellers kun sjældent møder i litteraturen. Og det er frem for alt en kollektiv historie – en refleksion over måden politikere og deres beslutninger påvirker vores kroppe.

"Færdig med Eddy Bellegueule" er en stærk og personlig mønsterbryderfortælling om at vokse op på samfundets bund. Allerede som lille opdager Eddy Bellegueule, at han ikke er som de andre drenge. Han er tyndere, blidere og mere feminin. Han kunne ikke passe dårligere ind i sin egen familie i den lille nordfranske flække, hvor det gælder om at være et rigtig mandfolk, og ”bøsse” er det værste skældsord, der findes. Eddys far er som de fleste fædre i byen: Han drikker pastis, kommer op at slås med de andre fædre og slider langsomt og sikkert sig selv ned på den lokale fabrik.

First published in 1886, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde is perhaps the most famous example of the gothic horror novella. Gabriel John Utterson, a sombre London lawyer, becomes concerned for the safety and sanity of his friend and client Dr. Henry Jekyll, after the doctor begins associating with an unseemly young man named Edward Hyde. Following a spate of crimes, including blackmail and murder, and with all fingers pointing at Hyde, the lawyer sets out to free his friend from the dreadful influence of his new acquaintance. Not everything, however, is as it seems.

The Toll House, standing alone by the wayside under nodding pines, with its streamlet and water-tank; its backwoods, toll-bar, and well trodden croquet ground; the ostler standing by the stable door, chewing a straw; a glimpse of the Chinese cook in the back parts; and Mr. Hoddy in the bar, gravely alert and serviceable, and equally anxious to lend or borrow books; dozed all day in the dusty sunshine, more than half asleep. There were no neighbours, except the Hansons up the hill.

There is quite a large race or class of people in America, for whom we scarcely seem to have a parallel in England. Of pure white blood, they are unknown or unrecognizable in towns; inhabit the fringe of settlements and the deep, quiet places of the country; rebellious to all labour, and pettily thievish, like the English gipsies; rustically ignorant, but with a touch of wood-lore and the dexterity of the savage. Whence they came is a moot point.

Born in Port-de-Paix Haiti, in this motivational autobiography, Robendjy Pierre-Louis shares his life story. It will uplift your spirit in difficult moments. He came to Boston when he was 15-years-old and had to learn the language and adjust to the new culture. He talks about the time he got third-degree burns in Haiti while making sobrino (hot chocolate).

In our rule at Silverado, there was a melancholy interregnum. The queen and the crown prince with one accord fell sick; and, as I was sick to begin with, our lone position on Mount Saint Helena was no longer tenable, and we had to hurry back to Calistoga and a cottage on the green. By that time we had begun to realize the difficulties of our position. We had found what an amount of labour it cost to support life in our red canyon; and it was the dearest desire of our hearts to get a China-boy to go along with us when we returned.

Once the vampire was man’s deadliest natural enemy, but the dual nature of the revenant pathogen has given rise to a new scourge. Only one man stands in the way of humanity’s total annihilation.