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AWFULLY HILARIOUS STORIES WE NEVER TELL. Ever had a moment so embarrassing, so outrageously awkward, that you swore you’d take it to the grave? Well, we didn’t (take it to the grave, that is!). Here, for the benefit of all, we bare our souls (and other body parts we'd rather not mention).

Greg Wise reads Pierre Boulle's chilling, iconic novel about a nightmare world where apes rule over men. In a spaceship that can travel at the speed of light, Ulysse, a journalist, sets off from Earth for the nearest solar system. He finds there a planet which resembles his own, except that on Soror humans behave like animals and are hunted by a civilised race of primates.

Comedian Pierre Novellie was on stage when a heckler suggested he was autistic. Usually, this disruption would be water off a duck's back but two things made this heckler different: first, he was himself autistic. Second, he turned out to be absolutely right. This random encounter led to a diagnosis of autism at the age of 31 that unravelled his world, explained his struggles and answered questions that had bothered him for his entire life: why were the other kids obsessed with Britney Spears instead of The Goon Show? Why don't people ever say what they mean? Why is everyone chewing so loudly?

Top stand ups and great buds Glenn Moore and Pierre Novellie join forces to bring you hilarious conversation and funny little chunks they have found or made. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Finn Summers can't feel fear. This causes Finn to take unnecessary risks—especially when it comes to his favorite sport in the world: Surfing. When Finn hears a rumor about a beach called Leviathans—located in the small town of Stars Cove, California—the promise of twenty-five-foot swells is too exciting for him to pass up. However, Leviathan's beach has a dark history.

Tout commence par un incendie, un bébé et... un sanglier. Paris est transformé par des travaux titanesques, le cœur d’un homme est écartelé, le monde rural menacé, des femmes sortent de l’oubli, et les membres de la famille Pelletier, toujours plus proches de nous, marchent inexorablement vers leur destin. Au terme d’un effroyable dilemme moral, ce sera l’effondrement ou l’apothéose. Par bonheur, le chat Joseph veille encore.

Dès leur parution en 1782, "Les liaisons dangereuses" connaissent un engouement, une vogue qui ne se dément pas. Bonheur des mots, passion d'une intrigue conduite comme un drame classique, "Les liaisons" conduisent dans les méandres du cœur humain, pétri d'amour et de vanité, mais aussi au sein d'une société marquée du double sceau de la frivolité et de la destruction.

Welkom bij de filmpodcast : The Willie's Club! Wij zijn twee Brusselse ketten met een grote liefde voor film. Of het nu gaat om de nieuwste bioscoophit, verborgen pareltjes, of nostalgische klassiekers – we kijken, bespreken, en beleven alles. Verwacht ongedwongen gesprekken, scherpe analyses met een flinke dosis humor. Sluit je aan bij onze club en laat je meeslepen in onze passie voor cinema! --- Hosts: Niel Willegems Steve Sirjacques --- Audio Engineer: Pierre Van der Heyde

Many dream of dropping everything and just traveling around the world. It's a common dream, but few imagine embarking on that journey by bicycle. Exposed to the elements, legs burning, all your possessions strapped to you and your bicycle - it doesn't paint a relaxing picture, but this is just what Pierre-Yves Tremblay did.

The Unapologetic Executive, formerly known as Freeda's World, is a podcast for ambitious Black women navigating demanding careers while prioritizing total wellness. This space centers honest conversations about leadership, self-care, mental health, and personal and professional growth. We explore what it means to succeed without burning out, to lead without losing yourself, and to choose alignment, sustainability, and clarity in environments that often demand everything at once. Through candid dialogue and real-world insight, the podcast addresses burnout, boundaries, ambition, identity, and ...

Are you a busy dog owner struggling to find time for training? Do you want a well-behaved, happy puppy but feel overwhelmed by the thought of long, complicated training sessions? Puppy Training in 10 Minutes a Day is your solution! In this practical, easy-to-follow guide, Andre St Pierre shows you how to raise a perfectly trained puppy with just 10 minutes of training each day – no prior experience required.

Pierre Clostermann DFC was one of the oustanding Allied aces of the Second World War. A Frenchman who flew with the RAF, he survived over 420 operational sorties, shooting down scores of enemy aircraft while friends and comrades lost their lives in the deadly skies above Europe. The Big Show, his extraordinary account of the war, has been described as the greatest pilot's memoir of WWII.

Lucien Comte de Chacarasse genießt das Leben an der Côte d’Azur in vollen Zügen: azurblaues Wasser, provenzalische Köstlichkeiten und die Leichtigkeit des Sommers. Doch dann überbringt sein Onkel Edmond einen neuen Mordauftrag. Das Opfer, ein schwerreicher Argentinier, lebt auf Sardinien. Und der Mann soll unbedingt vor seiner deutlich älteren Frau das Zeitliche segnen. Warum, will Edmond nicht verraten. Notgedrungen reist Lucien auf die italienische Mittelmeerinsel. Während er sein Opfer ausspioniert, hat er eine geniale Idee: Er inszeniert eine Entführung – und geht im letzten Moment dazwischen.

The story, composed entirely of letters written by the various characters to each other, tells of the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, two rivals who use sex as a weapon to humiliate and degrade others, uncaring of those who face social ruin or whose hearts are broken. It depicts a decadent and corrupt aristocracy exposing the perversions of the so-called Ancien Regime. The relevance of this grew due to the ensuing the French Revolution.

"Le Grand Monde", le nouveau roman de Pierre Lemaitre.

Jean-Pierre Filiu, acclaimed historian of Gaza, is intimately familiar with the land's people and places; he speaks the local dialect. But nothing prepared him for what he encountered there in December 2024. This is his unforgettable, unbearably intimate account of one month in a place shattered by Israel's all-out war.

Callum Walker kills people for a living. Although he doesn't get a say in who his boss puts on his list, he likes to hunt people who hurt children in his spare time. After a misunderstanding that leads Callum to believe Ryan Fairview—a local funeral director—is responsible for hurting one of the neighbourhood children, he finds his next target. However, Ryan isn't like other morticians. He can see dead people. So, when Callum breaks into Fairview Funerals ready to kill him, Ryan is shocked to find that his would-be murderer is haunted by all the people he's killed.

Une échappée belle de Paris à Prague, d’un studio de radio à des ruelles hostiles, d’un cachot glacé à une académie de billard, d’une école de bonnes sœurs aux bureaux obscurs de la République. Chacun des Pelletier, à son heure, devra choisir entre son intérêt et son devoir, et pour certains entre la raison du cœur et la raison d’État. Un dilemme parfois déchirant, sauf pour le chat Joseph, qui lui a choisi depuis longtemps.

For Commandant Verhoeven life is beautiful: he is happily married, expecting his first child with the lovely Irène. But his blissful existence is punctured by a murder of unprecedented savagery. Worse still, the press seem to have it in for him - his every move is headline news. When he discovers that the killer has killed before - that each murder is a homage to a classic crime novel - the fourth estate are quick to coin a nickname: The Novelist.

An eye-opening investigation into ancestry and origins in the Middle East that synthesizes thousands of years of genetic history in the region to question what it means to be indigenous to any land “Ancestors transcends geography to launch an eye-opening inquiry into the relationship of...