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A fascinating, bite-sized insight into how human sexuality came to be the way it is now - Jared Diamond explains why we are different from the animal kingdom. Why are humans one of the few species to have sex in private? Why do humans have sex any day of the month or year, including when the female is pregnant, beyond her reproductive years, or between her fertile cycles? Why are human females one of the few mammals to go through menopause?

One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, Heather suffered a massive seizure. But for whom was the deadly poison really intended? Marina's frozen expression suggested she had witnessed something horrific. But, while others searched for material evidence, Jane Marple conducted a very different investigation—into human nature.

Ich hatte ihr Herz dem Licht geraubt und es mit mir in die Dunkelheit gerissen... Der jungen Cheska Harlow-Wright steht eine glorreiche Zukunft an der Seite eines einflussreichen Geschäftsmannes der Londoner High Society bevor. Doch Cheska hat ein Geheimnis: ihr Herz gehört Arthur Adley, dem Mann, der ihr das Leben gerettet hat. Seit dem Tod seines Vaters hat der Achtzehnjährige als Oberhaupt der meistgefürchteten Familie Großbritanniens alle Hände voll zu tun, sich als rechtmäßiger König der Londoner Unterwelt zu behaupten. Ablenkung, Gefühle oder Schwäche kann er sich nicht leisten.

Er ist der beste Freund ihres Bruders. Ihre größte Versuchung. Ihr Untergang. Als der beste Freund ihres Bruders in ihr Nachbarhaus zieht, ändert sich Ava Chens Leben von Grund auf. Alex Volkov sieht aus wie die Sünde und ist kalt wie Eis. Aber Ava schafft es, seine Mauern Stein um Stein einzureißen, und je besser sie den Multimillionär kennenlernt, desto weniger kann sie sich seiner Anziehungskraft entziehen. Schon bald kann auch Alex die ungewohnten Gefühle nicht länger leugnen.

In Poppy Page's mind, there are two types of women in this world: those who are faithful to their husbands and those who are not. Until now, Poppy has never questioned which she was. But when handsome, charming Matthew Gordon walks back into her life after almost two decades, that changes. Poppy makes a single mistake - and that mistake will be far more dangerous than she could imagine. Someone is going to pay for it with their life....

Politics and passion are inextricably bound together in this compelling drama. The Boleyn family is keen to rise through the ranks of society, and what better way to attract the attention of the most powerful in the land than to place their most beautiful young woman at court? But Mary becomes the king's mistress at a time of change. He needs his personal pleasures, but he also needs an heir. The unthinkable happens and the course of English history is irrevocably changed.

Jane stumbles on the rental opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to live in a beautiful ultraminimalist house designed by an enigmatic architect, on condition she abides by a long list of exacting rules. After moving in she discovers that a previous tenant, Emma, met a mysterious death there - and starts to wonder if her own story will be a rerun of the girl before. As twist after twist catches the listener off guard, Emma's past and Jane's present become inexorably entwined in this tense portrayal of psychological obsession.

I love nothing more than my job. As a local celebrity and businesswoman, I’ve worked my way up through the ranks to become the biggest news publisher in the area. Everything’s perfect, except my love life. But it’s complicated. This town is nothing short of conservative and would never understand me. And my mother? She’d think I was going to hell. I’m a lesbian, and it has to stay a secret.

Eva und Tobias waren das Traumpaar auf dem College. Aber so sehr sie sich auch liebten, so unterschiedlich waren ihre Vorstellungen vom Leben. Und somit hatte ihre Liebe nie eine richtige Chance. Während es Eva in die große, weite Welt zog, fing Tobias im Unternehmen seiner Familie an und fühlt sich in seiner kleinen Heimatstadt in Montana auch heute noch pudelwohl. Als Eva nach Jahren dorthin zurückkehrt, um mit ihrem Dad Weihnachten zu feiern, trifft sie unverhofft auf Tobias. Sie verbringen eine leidenschaftliche Nacht zusammen, und dieses Mal soll es ein endgültiger Abschied sein.

Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2015. The Lie Tree is a wonderfully evocative and atmospheric story by Frances Hardinge, award-winning author of Cuckoo Song and Fly by Night. Faith's father has been found dead under mysterious circumstances, and as she is searching through his belongings for clues she discovers a strange tree. The tree grows healthy and bears fruit only if you whisper a lie to it.

Notiz an mich selbst: Es ist vollkommen okay, einen Mann in einer Bar aufzureißen, um mich über Billie hinwegzutrösten, der per SMS mit mir Schluss gemacht hat. Nur sollte ich nächstes Mal nicht unbedingt Billies Dad nehmen. Dark Romance. Düstere Themen. Eindeutige Szenen. Deutliche Sprache. In sich abgeschlossen.

It is Egypt, 2000 BC, where death gives meaning to life. At the foot of a cliff lies the broken, twisted body of Nofret, concubine to a Ka-priest. Young, beautiful, and venomous, most agree that she deserved to die like a snake. Yet Renisenb, the priest's daughter, believes that the woman's death was not fate, but murder. Increasingly, she becomes convinced that the source of evil lurks within her own father's household.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Red Riding Hood by Beatrix Potter. "Once upon a time there was a village child who was so pretty - so pretty as never was seen...." So begins Beatrix Potter's retelling of Red Riding Hood, which is filled with the delicious darkness of the original classic fairy tale as well as some trademark Potter wit and flourishes.

Es gibt nur eine Regel: Lass dich nicht mit dem Feind ein. Das No-Leaf Clover bietet mir Unterschlupf, als ich ein Versteck brauche – nach einem Streit mit meinem Vater (ich hatte einen schlechten Tag), einem Mordanschlag (einen wirklich schlechten Tag) und einem bewaffneten Raubüberfall (wie schon gesagt: einen extrem schlechten Tag). Die Bar gehört den drei größten irischen Gangsterbossen der Ostküste, die es seit einer Ewigkeit auf meinen Vater abgesehen haben. Leider finde ich ein wenig zu spät heraus, dass sie sich offenbar nicht nur die Geschäfte teilen.

In the fourth interview in Audible and The Telegraph's '30 Minutes With...' series, Emilia Fox talks to Matthew Stadlen about being part of an acting dynasty, how she started out and how she handles being ever in the media spotlight. In this entrancing interview, Fox reflects on a decade as the star of Silent Witness and what it's like to first experience a real-life autopsy. Emilia Fox is a renowned star of stage and screen and has acted in film, television and theatre.

Twenty years ago 21-year-old Sophie Collier vanished one night. She left nothing behind but a trainer on the old pier - and a hole in the heart of her best friend, Francesca. Now a body's been found. And Francesca's drawn back to the seaside town she's tried to forget. Perhaps the truth of what happened to Sophie will finally come out. Yet Francesca is beginning to wish she hadn't returned. Everywhere she turns are ghosts from her past. The same old faces and familiar haunts of her youth.

Emilia Roig steht für radikale Veränderung. Ob sie das Ende rassistischer Unterdrückung oder das Ende der patriarchalen Ehe einfordert, es treibt sie die Sehnsucht nach Befreiung und Gerechtigkeit. Auch Lieben ist ein Plädoyer für mehr Gerechtigkeit, denn die Liebe sollte für alle sein. In einer patriarchalen Gesellschaft aber beansprucht die romantische Liebe alle Aspekte dieser Form der Bindung für sich: Begehren, Eifersucht, Intimität, Abhängigkeit, Zärtlichkeit.

When Katie Piper was 24, her life was near perfect. Young and beautiful, she was well on her way to fulfilling her dream of becoming a model. But then she met Daniel Lynch on Facebook and her world quickly turned into a nightmare.... After being held captive and brutally raped by her new boyfriend, Katie was subjected to a vicious acid attack. Within seconds, this bright and bubbly girl could feel her looks and the life she loved melting away.

The story is narrated by two very different teenagers, who each inhabit two extraordinarily different worlds. Arianrhod Hyde's world (or Roddy, as she prefers to be called) is very much the world of magic, pageantry and ritual. Not unlike Britain in King Arthur's Day, Roddy is daughter of two Court Wizards and therefore part of the King's Progress, travelling round the Islands of Blest and ready to take part in whatever ritual or ceremony is required, as it occurs.

On a snowy February morning, the body of 25-year-old journalist Alice Salmon washes up on a riverbank south of London. The sudden, shocking death of this beloved local girl becomes a media sensation, and those who knew her struggle to understand what happened to lively, smart, and savvy Alice Salmon. Was it suicide? A tragic accident? Or...murder?