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Brought to you by Penguin. A revelatory portrait of the visionary behind Google DeepMind, the race to control the future – and what it means to win Even in a tech world crowded with visionary leaders, Demis Hassabis is recognized as a special case. Born to working class, immigrant parents in...

It's Saturday, shortly after 10:00 p.m. Jules Tannberg is manning a telephone helpline—a service for women who feel afraid and need a reassuring voice to guide them safely home, or call for help in an emergency. Jules has never encountered a truly life-threatening situation until this night, when he speaks with a terrified young woman named Klara. She believes she is being stalked by a man who once attacked her and who painted a date on her bedroom wall in blood: the date of Klara's death.

Have you ever wished you could drift off to sleep while listening to soothing thunder, rain, and waves? It's not just you. Rain and Thunder  is for you if you're one of those folks who needs to hear the storm outside your window to fall asleep. Sherbastian's  podcast Rain and Thunder, which focuses on sleep and relaxation, is perfect for anyone with acute insomnia or general insomnia. It's also fantastic for people who simply need to unwind. 

Series 11-15 of the major BBC Radio 4 drama charting life on the home front during the First World War – plus special extended episode Home Front: A Fragile Peace First heard on radio between 4 August 2014 and 9 November 2018, each episode of Home Front is set exactly one hundred years before...

Paul Hilton stars as Pilgrim in the final three series of the award-winning BBC Radio 4 supernatural drama by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. In 1185, William Palmer was making pilgrimage to Canterbury. Unbeknown to him, his fellow pilgrim was the King of the Greyfolk. When William claimed that the...

Master the Hidden Dynamics of Influence, Persuasion, and Psychological Defense — 10 Complete Guides in One Powerful Volume. Every day, people around you are being influenced — at work, in relationships, and in conversations they don't even realize are strategic. The difference between those who lead and those who get led comes down to one thing: understanding how persuasion really works.

Most Men Don’t Struggle with Women Because They Lack Confidence — They Struggle Because No One Ever Showed Them What Actually WorksDo you freeze up when you see an attractive woman? Do conversations stall after the first few minutes? Are you tired of getting friendzoned, ghosted, or watching other men effortlessly connect with the women you want to meet? The problem isn’t you — it’s the approach. Most dating advice either pushes manipulative tactics that feel unnatural or offers vague encouragement that doesn’t translate into real-world results. This audiobook takes a different path.

Series 1-5 of the groundbreaking BBC Radio 4 drama charting life on the home front during World War One First heard on radio between 4 August 2014 and 9 November 2018, each episode of Home Front is set exactly one hundred years before the broadcast date, and each follows one character’s day...

My name is Simon. I’m 10 years old. I’m a serial killer. Robert Stern (Rupert Penry-Jones), a successful defense attorney, doesn’t know what lies in store for him when he agrees to meet a new client in a derelict estate on the outskirts of Berlin. Stern is more than surprised, when his old love interest and professional nurse Carina (Emilia Fox) presents him a ten year old boy as his new client. Simon (Jack Boulter), a terminally ill child, who is convinced he has murdered many men in a previous life.

Series 6-10 of the epic BBC Radio 4 drama charting life on the home front during the First World War – plus special episode Home Front: A Lightening First heard on radio between 4 August 2014 and 9 November 2018, each episode of Home Front is set exactly one hundred years before the broadcast...

Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home, a lean-to annexed to a Victorian castle overlooking the Irish Sea. For months he has barely seen a soul, catching only glimpses of his eccentric landlord and a nervous young mother who has moved in next door. Occasionally, fond memories return, of his family, his beloved wife June and their two children.

The first four series of the original BBC Radio 4 fantastical drama series set in a world almost, but not quite, like our own. Paul Hilton stars as William Palmer, the immortal, reluctant and unthanked hero protecting mankind from an enemy they resist believing in: the Grey Folk. Thrilling, dark and contemporary, the dramas are set in a recognisable present day but one haunted by the folktales of the British Isles: drowned villages, changeling children, werewolves and unruly nature spirits.

Will Sedgwick can’t believe that after months of searching for his oldest friend, Martin Easterbrook is found hiding in an attic like a gothic nightmare. Intent on nursing Martin back to health, Will kindly kidnaps him and takes him to the countryside to recover, well away from the world...

The Hero of Humanity—the man summoned to slay the Demon King—he went and destroyed all who wronged him, humans and gods included. At the end of his bloody campaign, he had nothing left. He retired to a humble cottage built from the divine, wood of the World Tree that he chopped down. All was well until, one day, the world shook. The Hero wanted nothing to do with it and went to sleep. The next day, he went outside and saw that his property had been transferred to yet another world.

1968 New York City News about the war might be keeping Patrick up at night—news in general might be keeping Patrick up at night—but he's doing fine. He's sure of it. He gets to spend his days selling books in the gayest neighborhood on the East Coast and his nights merrily sleeping his way...

This was to be her last day alive. The renowned criminal psychologist Ira Samin prepared her suicide thoroughly. The death of her eldest daughter had weighed too heavily on her conscience for her to carry on and she yearned for one last drink to raise a toast to oblivion. Her morbid plans are interrupted and she is called in to negotiate a gruesome hostage situation at a radio station where a psychopath is playing a morbid game.

“Exceptional . . . Deeply researched and elegantly written . . . As a description of the politics and pressures under which modern independent central banking has to operate, the book is incomparable.” —Financial Times The definitive biography of the most important economic statesman of...

Einsteigen, bitte! Bei Kaffeefahrt 3.0 geht’s auf eine Reise durch die Welt von KI, Innovation, Immersion und digitalem Storytelling. Unsere zentrale Frage: Was schafft echten Mehrwert – und was ist vielleicht doch nur eine digitale Heizdecke? Ein Podcast von HOLOMENTUM - produziert von den MediaApes. Jeden zweiten Donnerstag - überall, wo's Podcasts gibt.

Four years ago Josy, the 12-year-old daughter of well-known psychiatrist Viktor Larenz, disappeared without trace: no witnesses, no demands, no body. In the aftermath of Josy's disappearance, Viktor's marriage broke down and he withdrew to a remote North Sea island to find peace and to heal. Now...

A1 Russian Short Stories (Adventure Themed)