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Jean McClellan spends her time in almost complete silence, limited to just 100 words a day. Any more, and a thousand volts of electricity will course through her veins. Now the new government is in power, everything has changed. But only if you’re a woman. Almost overnight, bank accounts are frozen, passports are taken away and 70 million women lose their jobs. Even more terrifyingly, young girls are no longer taught to read or write.

Brought to you by Penguin. Celebrate a decade of Critical Role with this anthology featuring the perspectives of ten characters who fought alongside – and against – Vox Machina, with a foreword by cast member Liam O’Brien. In these ten stories, see the legendary adventuring party anew...

Written by number one New York Times best-selling author Marieke Nijkamp, Critical Role: Vox Machina - Kith & Kin follows a brand-new story, featuring the cunning ranger Vex'ahlia and the conning rogue Vax'ildan (and, of course, Trinket) years before they meet Vox Machina. After leaving the unwelcoming refuge of Syngorn, the twins become entangled in a web spun by the Clasp, and for the first time Vex and Vax find themselves on opposite sides of a conflict that threatens the home they have carried with each other for years. 

Les classiques du polar déductif, de l'âge d'or du roman policier, adaptés et narrés dans la voix unique du Chroniqueur : indices, alibis et déductions jusqu'à la solution. À épisodes, avec synopsis et matériels, à l'écoute libre. La voix narratrice de ce podcast est synthétique : elle est générée par intelligence artificielle (synthèse vocale).

A present day journalist uncovers the audio tapes of a 1950s private eye who cracked the greatest unsolved murder mystery Hollywood has ever known... and didn’t tell a soul. Starring Joe Manganiello, Alfred Molina, Constance Zimmer, Alan Tudyk, Camilla Luddington, Mike Colter, Misha Collins, Khary Payton, Nolan North, and Oliver Vaquer. "Angel Eyes" performed by Desi Dennis-Dylan. Directed by E. Ryan Martz. Written by Oliver Vaquer. Story by E. Ryan Martz and Oliver Vaquer. For a full list of Cast and Credits, visit https://angelofvine.com/credits.

Jean McClellan è diventata una donna di poche parole. Ma non per sua scelta. Può pronunciarne solo cento al giorno, non una di più. Anche sua figlia di sei anni porta il braccialetto conta parole, e le è proibito imparare a leggere e a scrivere. Perché, con il nuovo governo al potere, in America è cambiato tutto. Jean è solo una dei milioni di donne che, oltre alla voce, hanno dovuto rinunciare al passaporto, al conto in banca, al lavoro. Ma è l'unica che ora ha la possibilità di ribellarsi.

Christina Dalcher nous offre avec "Vox" un roman dystopique glaçant qui rend hommage au pouvoir des mots et du langage. Jean McClellan est docteure en neurosciences. Elle a passé sa vie dans un laboratoire de recherches, loin des mouvements protestataires qui ont enflammé son pays. Mais, désormais, même si elle le voulait, impossible de s'exprimer : comme toutes les femmes, elle est condamnée à un silence forcé, limitée à un quota de 100 mots par jour.

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S AND SHEREADS' BOOKS TO READ AFTER THE HANDMAID'S TALE “[An] electrifying debut.”—O, The Oprah Magazine “The real-life parallels will make you shiver.”—Cosmopolitan Set in a United States in which half the population has been...

Les grands livres, adaptés de manière originale et racontés à voix haute par la voix unique du Chroniqueur. La bibliothèque qui trouve une voix : chaque œuvre est divisée en épisodes à l'écoute libre. La voix narratrice de ce podcast est synthétique : elle est générée par intelligence artificielle (synthèse vocale).

Ihr könnt uns die Wörter nehmen, aber zum Schweigen bringt ihr uns nicht! Als die neue Regierung anordnet, dass Frauen ab sofort nicht mehr als einhundert Wörter am Tag sprechen dürfen, will Jean McClellan diese wahnwitzige Nachricht nicht wahrhaben - das kann nicht passieren. Nicht im 21. Jahrhundert. Nicht in Amerika. Nicht ihr. Schon bald jedoch kann Jean ihren Beruf als Wissenschaftlerin nicht länger ausüben. Schon bald wird ihrer Tochter Sonia in der Schule nicht länger Lesen und Schreiben beigebracht. Sie und alle Mädchen und Frauen werden ihres Stimmrechts, ihres Lebensmutes, ihrer Träume beraubt.

I classici del poliziesco deduttivo, dall'età d'oro del giallo, adattati e narrati nella voce unica del Cronista: indizi, alibi e deduzioni fino alla soluzione. A episodi, con sinossi e materiali, ad ascolto gratuito. La voce narrante di questo podcast è sintetica: è generata con intelligenza artificiale (sintesi vocale).

The Quickening is a bold and shocking novel set in a near-future Britain, about gender, power and betrayal. 'Does the world seem right, to you?' Years ago, Dana Mayer had a vision of a better world: one where women are in charge. Now her manifesto, The Quickening, has established the rules for a...

Bloomsbury presents Girl One by Sara Flannery Murphy, read by Jesse Vilinsky. Orphan Black meets Margaret Atwood by way of Naomi Alderman in this brilliantly twisty high concept thriller Josephine Morrow is Girl One. The first of nine ‘Miracle Babies’ conceived entirely without male aid or...

Sensualità raffinata, raccontata nella voce unica del Cronista: racconti sensuali, mai volgari, per le ore piccole. Sezione riservata a un pubblico adulto. La voce narrante di questo podcast è sintetica: è generata con intelligenza artificiale (sintesi vocale).

Celebrate a decade ofCritical Role with this anthology featuring the perspectives of ten characters who fought alongside—and against—Vox Machina, with a foreword by cast member Liam O’Brien. In these ten stories, see the legendary adventuring party anew through the eyes of some of the most...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Explore the past of Critical Role’s daring half-elf twins, Vex’ahlia and Vax’ildan, in this original prequel novel to their adventures with Vox Machina. Vex and Vax have always been outsiders. A harsh childhood in the elite elven city of Syngorn quickly taught them...

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'A compelling, prescient tale of an alternate world with far too many scary similarities to our own.' Angela Clarke Let me repeat myself, so we can be very clear. Women are not the enemy. We must protect them from themselves, just as much as we must protect ourselves. Imagine a world in which...

Dernier roman de Victor Hugo, Quatrevingt-treize est un roman d’aventure épique et une fresque historique magistrale, qui plonge au cœur de la Révolution française et de ses déchirements. 1793, La France vacille, prise dans la tourmente de la Terreur. Dans l’Ouest, les troupes républicaines affrontent les royalistes insurgés dans une guerre civile féroce.