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Girl, 1983

A Novel

by Linn Ullmann ...

Translated by Martin Aitken ...

This stunning novel explores desire and anxiety, beauty and youth, memory and power.“By writing down what happened, by telling the story as truthfully as I can, I’m trying to bring them together into one body—the woman from 2021 and the girl from 1983. I don’t know if it can be done.”Paris, a winter’s night in 1983. She is sixteen years old, lost in unfamiliar streets. On a scrap of paper in her ... Read more

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This stunning novel explores desire and anxiety, beauty and youth, memory and power.“By writing down what happened, by telling the story as truthfully as I can, I’m trying to bring them together into one body—the woman from 2021 and the girl from 1983. I don’t know if it can be done.”Paris, a winter’s night in 1983. She is sixteen years old, lost in unfamiliar streets. On a scrap of paper in her
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Unquiet

A Novel

by Linn Ullmann ...

Inspired by tape-recorded conversations with her late father, a woman reflects on her childhood in an unusual family in this acclaimed biographical novel."I've long admired Linn Ullmann's fiction, and Unquiet is her masterpiece. Based on her upbringing as the child of two great artists, it is the portrait of complex loves; of a youth divided and inspired by diametrically opposed creative ... Read more

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Inspired by tape-recorded conversations with her late father, a woman reflects on her childhood in an unusual family in this acclaimed biographical novel."I've long admired Linn Ullmann's fiction, and Unquiet is her masterpiece. Based on her upbringing as the child of two great artists, it is the portrait of complex loves; of a youth divided and inspired by diametrically opposed creative
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The Cold Song

A Novel

by Linn Ullmann ...

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year, this subtle psychological thriller explores the gray areas between innocence and guilt, truth and lies.Siri Brodal, a chef and restaurant owner, is married to Jon Dreyer, a famous novelist plagued by writer’s block. Siri and Jon have two daughters, and together they spend their summers on the coast of Norway, in a mansion belonging to Jenny ... Read more

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A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year, this subtle psychological thriller explores the gray areas between innocence and guilt, truth and lies.Siri Brodal, a chef and restaurant owner, is married to Jon Dreyer, a famous novelist plagued by writer’s block. Siri and Jon have two daughters, and together they spend their summers on the coast of Norway, in a mansion belonging to Jenny
... Read more
Grace

A Novel

by Linn Ullmann ...

Morally intricate and full of sly humor, Grace is a touching and unexpectedly dramatic exploration of the territory between life and death."Consistently absorbing . . . An elegant stylist with an original voice (and a top-notch translator, Barbara Haveland), Ullmann is especially good at capturing moments of poignancy, often with a trace of gallows humor.”–The New York Times Book ReviewWhen Johan ... Read more

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Morally intricate and full of sly humor, Grace is a touching and unexpectedly dramatic exploration of the territory between life and death."Consistently absorbing . . . An elegant stylist with an original voice (and a top-notch translator, Barbara Haveland), Ullmann is especially good at capturing moments of poignancy, often with a trace of gallows humor.”–The New York Times Book ReviewWhen Johan
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Stella Descending

A Novel

by Linn Ullmann ...

**On a warm summer night in Oslo, Martin draws Stella into one of the risky games that have defined their ten years together: a balancing act on the edge of their rooftop, nine stories up."Exquisitely written. . . . As hallucinatory as August heat.” –The Washington Post**Amid the shouts of horrified onlookers, Stella stumbles, falling for a moment into Martin’s arms before plummeting to her death. ... Read more

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**On a warm summer night in Oslo, Martin draws Stella into one of the risky games that have defined their ten years together: a balancing act on the edge of their rooftop, nine stories up."Exquisitely written. . . . As hallucinatory as August heat.” –The Washington Post**Amid the shouts of horrified onlookers, Stella stumbles, falling for a moment into Martin’s arms before plummeting to her death.
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A Blessed Child

by Linn Ullmann ...

**A captivating story of sisterhood and of the inescapable chords of childhood memory.“A hauntingly beautiful novel of family ties, A Blessed Child takes on what it means to be old, what it means to have loved selfishly, deeply and — equally - to no longer love.” - A.M. Homes, author of The Mistress’s Daughter**Every summer Isak Lövenstad gathers his three daughters by different wives to the ... Read more

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**A captivating story of sisterhood and of the inescapable chords of childhood memory.“A hauntingly beautiful novel of family ties, A Blessed Child takes on what it means to be old, what it means to have loved selfishly, deeply and — equally - to no longer love.” - A.M. Homes, author of The Mistress’s Daughter**Every summer Isak Lövenstad gathers his three daughters by different wives to the
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Girl, 1983

A Novel

by Linn Ullmann ...

Narrated by Lisa S. Ware ...

Unabridged

6 hours 21 min

This stunning novel explores desire and anxiety, beauty and youth, memory and power."By writing down what happened, by telling the story . . . I'm trying to bring them together into one body—the woman from 2021 and the girl from 1983. I don't know if it can be done."Paris, a winter's night in 1983. She is sixteen years old, lost in unfamiliar streets. On a scrap of paper in her pocket is the ... Read more

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This stunning novel explores desire and anxiety, beauty and youth, memory and power."By writing down what happened, by telling the story . . . I'm trying to bring them together into one body—the woman from 2021 and the girl from 1983. I don't know if it can be done."Paris, a winter's night in 1983. She is sixteen years old, lost in unfamiliar streets. On a scrap of paper in her pocket is the
... Read more

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The Cold Song

by Linn Ullmann ...

Narrated by Heather Wilds ...

Unabridged

8 hours 43 min

Siri Brodal, a chef and restaurant owner, is married to Jon Dreyer, a famous novelist plagued by writer's block. Siri and Jon have two daughters, and together they spend their summers on the coast of Norway, in a mansion belonging to Jenny Brodal, Siri's stylish and unforgiving mother.Siri and Jon's marriage is loving but difficult and troubled by painful secrets. They have a strained relationship ... Read more

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Siri Brodal, a chef and restaurant owner, is married to Jon Dreyer, a famous novelist plagued by writer's block. Siri and Jon have two daughters, and together they spend their summers on the coast of Norway, in a mansion belonging to Jenny Brodal, Siri's stylish and unforgiving mother.Siri and Jon's marriage is loving but difficult and troubled by painful secrets. They have a strained relationship
... Read more

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Captives and Companions

A History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Islamic World

by Justin Marozzi ...

Narrated by Richard Trinder ...

Unabridged

19 hours 42 min

Slavery in the Islamic world has a complex and controversial history. In the earliest days of Islam, Arab Muslims enslaved men, women, and children as the spoils of war. In the following centuries, young boys were imported to imperial Islamic courts in enormous numbers. Some were castrated to serve as guardians of sacred spaces, while others were "harvested" by the Ottomans to serve in the sultan ... Read more

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Slavery in the Islamic world has a complex and controversial history. In the earliest days of Islam, Arab Muslims enslaved men, women, and children as the spoils of war. In the following centuries, young boys were imported to imperial Islamic courts in enormous numbers. Some were castrated to serve as guardians of sacred spaces, while others were "harvested" by the Ottomans to serve in the sultan
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The Immortalists

The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life

by Aleks Krotoski ...

Narrated by Aleks Krotoski ...

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8 hours 39 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.What does it mean for us all when death is treated as a glitch and Silicon Valley invests in the “science” of eternal life?**From the epic of Gilgamesh to the alchemy of the philosopher’s stone, humanity’s eternal quest for immortality – and its rejuvenation tricks, therapies and tinctures – has always been our most mortal endeavour.But now the giants of invention and ... Read more

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**Brought to you by Penguin.What does it mean for us all when death is treated as a glitch and Silicon Valley invests in the “science” of eternal life?**From the epic of Gilgamesh to the alchemy of the philosopher’s stone, humanity’s eternal quest for immortality – and its rejuvenation tricks, therapies and tinctures – has always been our most mortal endeavour.But now the giants of invention and
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Library of Ancient Wisdom, The

Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World

by Selena Wisnom ...

Narrated by Catherine Bailey ...

Unabridged

12 hours

A tour of an ancient library transports us to Mesopotamia, introducing us to its people, their ideas, and their humanity.The library of Ashurbanipal, Assyria’s last great king, held an astonishing collection at the forefront of knowledge in its day, from ancient traditions in religion and literature to the latest developments in magic and medicine. When the Assyrian empire fell, the library burned ... Read more

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A tour of an ancient library transports us to Mesopotamia, introducing us to its people, their ideas, and their humanity.The library of Ashurbanipal, Assyria’s last great king, held an astonishing collection at the forefront of knowledge in its day, from ancient traditions in religion and literature to the latest developments in magic and medicine. When the Assyrian empire fell, the library burned
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Three Dog Night

by Elsebeth Egholm ...

Narrated by Dudley Hinton ...

Unabridged

13 hours 26 min

It's the coldest winter in memory as ex-convict Peter Boutrup moves to remote, rural Denmark to start a new life.But when a young woman goes missing on New Year's Eve and Peter discovers the body of Ramses, an old acquaintance from prison, things start to unravel.Two days after the disappearance the body of a young girl is found in the harbour - she is naked, attached to an anchor and her face has ... Read more

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It's the coldest winter in memory as ex-convict Peter Boutrup moves to remote, rural Denmark to start a new life.But when a young woman goes missing on New Year's Eve and Peter discovers the body of Ramses, an old acquaintance from prison, things start to unravel.Two days after the disappearance the body of a young girl is found in the harbour - she is naked, attached to an anchor and her face has
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