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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Swallowing Geography by Deborah Levy, read by Gabrielle Glaister. Like her namesake Jack Kerouac, J.K. is always on the road, travelling Europe with her typewriter in a pillowcase. From J.K.'s irreverent, ironic perspective, Levy charts a new, dizzying...

Après avoir assisté sa femme dans son suicide, Jaco découvre que celle-ci a longtemps mené une double vie: il y a quatorze ans en Haïti, Marine a mis au monde Clara. Avec une vieille amie bienfaitrice, Jaco quitte Montréal pour se rendre sur place afin de découvrir la vérité sur sa femme et pour remettre à Clara l’héritage qui lui est dû. Mais à son arrivée, la jeune fille a disparu.

When you take the most absurd parts of history, science, economics, and geography, you end up with a pretty confusing picture of humanity. Why do we have borders? What's the furthest you can get from the ocean? And why did Vikings wear those silly helmets? These are just a few of the strange questions that bounce around the head of Joseph Pisenti. In his YouTube channel, Pisenti presents illogical truths in a logical manner. Here, he builds on this nonsensical humor of the universe with in-depth analysis of empires, economies, and ecosystems as he helps answer the ridiculous.