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From the last inhabitants of a dying village to the long-term residents of a psychiatric hospital and a museum curator fighting local opposition to chronicle Pskov’s forgotten Jewish heritage, Howard Amos uncovers compelling stories that are shaped by violence, tragedy and loss. He also encounters some of the powerful men who have loomed over Pskov leaving a troubling legacy in their wake, from far-right politicians to Putin's personal priest.

Madison Montgomery comes from money and power, but when someone close to her commits the ultimate crime, Madison must live with her tainted name for the rest of her life. When she begins Riverside Preparatory Academy, the private school her father has swept her into in The Hamptons, she hopes for a fresh start. What she wasn't hoping for was the pack of bad boys who run the school - 10, to be exact. When Madison gains the attention of their leader, Bishop Vincent Hayes, a whole new world that she didn't think existed is exposed to her.

Growing up in a large Nigerian family in South London, Stephen K. Amos learnt early on to find the humour in every situation. Raised by his parents and extended family of 'aunts' and 'uncles', I Used to Say My Mother was Shirley Bassey tells the story of Stephen's chaotic upbringing in the carnival atmosphere of the late '70s and early '80s. Stephen describes his awkward beginnings as the only black kid in his class, where he told everyone his mum was Shirley Bassey to break the ice.

בכפר מבודד, מנותק מן העולם, חיים התושבים באימה מפני הלילה ומפני היער שהכפר גובל בו. שכן לילה אחד, לפני שנים רבות, כשתושביו המבוגרים של הכפר עדיין היו הילדים, נעלמו ממנו כל בעלי-החיים ולא שבו להיראות עוד. עבור ילדי הכפר החיות אינן אלא שמועה, ספור בדים שחלק מהמבוגרים מספרים בלחש. דבר אינו ידוע על מאורעות אותו הלילה, להוציא העובדה שהאחראי להיעלמות בעלי-החיים הוא השד נהי. מיה ומתי, שני ילדים אמיצים שסוד משותף מרחיק אותם משאר הילדים ועושה אותם מטרה ללעגם, מרהיבים עוז ונכנסים אל עומק היער כדי לגלות את האמת על בעלי-החיים ועל השד נהי.

תייר מזדמן שיגיע לכפר הפסטורלי תל אילן יראה בתי-איכרים בני מאה שנה ויותר, ברושים גבוהים, גבעות מוריקות ומטעי פרי. ממש טוסקנה בלב הרי מנשה. אבל מתחת לפני השטח רוחשים סודות וחידות: מישהו חופר בלילות מתחת לבית של פסח הזקן. משהו מסתורי חבוי בחדר השינה של משפחת לוין. ולמה מתווך הנדל"ן נותר נעול במרתף של הסופר המת? כל הסיפורים (מלבד האחרון) בספרו החדש של עמוס עוז מתרחשים בכפר הדמיוני. זהו מקום שנבנה מעלילה לעלילה כמין מקונדו ישראלית - "דמות על" מוחשית, רוטטת ובעלת עוצמה.

"הרבה פעמים בחיי קראו לי בוגד. הפעם הראשונה הייתה כשהייתי בן שתים עשרה ורבע וגרתי בשכונה בסוף ירושלים. זה היה בחופש הקיץ, פחות משנה לפני שהשלטון הבריטי הסתלק מהארץ ומדינת ישראל נולדה מתוך המלחמה".

גיבור הספר פנתר במרתף הוא נער המכונה פרופסור, מפני שאינו מפסיק לבדוק מילים, להפוך אותן, להרכיבן ולסדרן מחדש. בימים של חרדה ושל עוינות הדדית הוא מתיידד עם שוטר בריטי תימהוני ומואשם על ידי חבריו בבגידה. בתוך כך הוא מגלה את עצמו מחדש, בודק, מהפך ומרכיב מחדש את עולמו, את יחסו להוריו, לאויב, ולעצמו.

Ce podcast ne prétend pas tout régler, mais il sera là pour le vivre avec vous. Le fauteuil Rose, c'est une émission hebdomadaire qui vous accompagne dans les hauts, les bas, et tout ce qu'il y a entre les deux. Le Fauteuil Rose est une émission qui est enregistrée en format brut. Chaque semaine, je vous invite dans un espace chaleureux, où l'on peut embrasser les parties réelles, désordonnées, parfois douloureuses, mais aussi belles de la vie. Ici, on rit, on pleure, on réfléchit, on partage. Sans filtre, sans fard. On plonge direct dans le vrai : conversations brutes, émotions ...

It is the story of a boy growing up in the war-torn Jerusalem of the 40s and 50s in a small apartment crowded with books in 12 languages and relatives speaking nearly as many. His mother and father, both wonderful people, were ill-suited to each other. When Oz was 12 and a half years old, his mother committed suicide - a tragedy that was to change his life. He leaves the constraints of the family and the community of dreamers, scholars, and failed businessmen to join a kibbutz.

Computers are changing. Soon the silicon chip will seem like a clunky antique amid the bounty of more exotic processes on offer. Robots are changing, too; material evolution and swarm intelligence are creating a new generation of devices that will diverge and disperse into a balanced ecosystem of humans and robjects (robotic objects).

The Elite Kings Club left a trail of fear behind every person who whispered their names throughout the centuries that they'd existed. They were the product of every nightmare you were told as a child, only now, they don't go bump in the night. They race modified cars, throw parties to conceal their morbid games, and leave behind the kind of chaos that can never be tamed. They were from an ancient bloodline of the three Founding Fathers, and it was almost time for them to plunge deeper into the depths of hell.

There’s something uglier that has been haunting me for years upon years. So ugly that I have never seen its face. I never had to. I’d hear his whispers through my internal screams, feel his shadow brush against my nightmares. He was my monster that tormented me. And maybe lived under your bed.... When I started Midnight Mayhem, his presence faded. His whispers were silenced. His shadow dissolving without a trace. I wondered why that was.

“I thought I knew who I was, but I was wrong.” I was lied to. I was cheated. Resigned to pick up the scraps of empty memories and disarrayed thoughts, I left. After finally cutting the strings of manipulation, I resorted to do what I’ve done since I was a child, something my father drilled into my brain since I could handle my first rifle. Run. I’m a mere shadow of the girl they all knew. Lies and deceit change you. They alter your entire outlook on life. I’m Madison Montgomery, and I want to play a game. Here’s what happens when I win.

He was my foster brother. He swore to protect me. He failed. They all failed. I’m an open box of passé photographs, snapped in chaste daylight, but filtered in sepia. I’m the past that he tried to forget, and he was the future I needed. When he left four years ago, I screamed for him every night. But then it all stopped. But he has come back. He’s not the cute big brother I had a furtive crush on, or the bad-boy rich brat that I hated to love. He’s the ruthless vice president of Wolf Pack MC, and he doesn’t answer to Royce Kane anymore. He answers to Sicko.

Set in 1950s Jerusalem, My Michael is the story of a remote and intense woman named Hannah Gonen and her marriage to a decent but unremarkable man named Michael. As the years pass and Hannah's tempestuous fantasy life encroaches on reality, she feels increasingly estranged from him, and the marriage gradually disintegrates. Gorgeously written and profoundly moving, this extraordinary novel is at once a haunting love story and a rich, reflective portrait of a place.

I’m Amethyst Lily Tatum, and up until this point, I’d managed to maintain a fairly low-key life. I’m what you would call a socially unacceptable hot mess. Instead of partying, I’m skating, flipping ollies over guys who loved to underestimate me. Then I started college, met a wild girl who I would soon call my best-friend, had my first drunk one-night stand, left my phone at his house, and then, when I finally managed to meet my mom’s new boyfriend, I found out that my one-night stand was now my new stepbrother.

For the past two years, a virus aptly named Dawn has risen every day at first light to kill any human it touches, turning them into ravenous zombies. There's no cure, no form of resistance against it, nothing to turn things around. Most of the living humans are gone now. Only those of us with a different kind of blood are spared the killing blow of Dawn. With the dead walking and eating their way across the lands, I fight every day to stay alive. I'm fae and trapped here on Earth after a vacation gone wrong, wandering this doomed realm with only a virtual pet for company.

זוכה פרס גתה 2005. אהבה וחושך הם שניים מן הכוחות הפועלים בספרו זה של עמוס עוז, אוטוביוגרפיה הכתובה כרומן משוכלל, מעשה ספרותי צרוף ומזוקק שנפרשים בו שורשי משפחתו של עוז, קורות ילדותו ונעוריו בירושלים בקיבוץ חולדה, חייהם הטרגיים של הוריו, וכן תיאורים אפיים נרחבים של ירושלים, תל אביב וחיי הקיבוץ בשנות השלושים, הארבעים והחמישים.

Recorded live at the Edinburgh Festival, legendary comedian Stephen K Amos invites some of his favourite stand ups to sit down for a chat about life, comedy and all the funny stuff in between. This is the closest you can get to being an insider at the world's biggest comedy festival, via the banter of some of the funniest people on the planet.

Hail to the king, and watch him reign, this game was somewhat fun, until the finale came. Now we’re here, with carnage and despair, and the only questions left to answer, are the ones that do not appear. A king loses a war, and a swan sheds her wings, chaos collides with peace, as the crows begin to sing. Enter if you dare, because I swear the end is near, but nothing is as it seems, and everything is so bare.

Tori is no ordinary child—her musical inspirations and talents are clear from a young age. But when her dad forces her to rehearse for her recital, Tori is unhappy. She wants to play what she wants to play! And though they don’t see eye to eye, Tori has a secret: eleven Muses who have visited her since she was a baby and inspire her to write and make her own beautiful music. These fairy godmother-like Muses remind Tori that inspiration is everywhere, and perhaps in helping others find their own Muses—including Dad—she may better understand her own inspirations.