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In Woke, Titania McGrath demonstrates how everybody can play their part in the pursuit of social justice. As a millennial icon on the forefront of online activism, Titania is uniquely placed to guide her listeners through the often bewildering array of terminology and concepts that constitute 21st-century 'wokeness'. These new ideas often leave the general public bemused, particularly if they don't read the Guardian. Being woke is actually much easier than people think. As Titania demonstrates, anyone can be an activist.

Meet Wren Frankenberger, a bright and curious 10-year-old, who wanders the Tennessee mountains behind her house, learning, sketching, and adventuring. Nothing will get in the way of Wren finding her cousin. Bears, snakes and blueberry patches won’t slow her down! Will Wren’s wit and wilderness experience save her cousin? Will Rattler prove his worth? 

In this extraordinarily intimate portrait of her mother - and herself - Fanny Singer, daughter of food icon and activist Alice Waters, chronicles a unique world of food, wine and travel; a world filled with colourful characters, mouth-watering traditions and sumptuous feasts. Across dozens of vignettes with accompanying recipes, she shares the story of her own culinary coming of age and reveals a side of her legendary mother that has never been seen before.

Take one wife, calm and level headed. Add a pinch of sarcasm. Fold in one husband, suitably dense. Stir until fully blended. Sprinkle with wisecracking children, a goofy sidekick, a volcanic boss, and an annoying brother-in-law. Cook until half baked. Phil Harris, the swaggering, cocky cornball, is in top form. Alice Faye delights as the glamorous yet grounded retired movie star.

Jerry North, the suave and successful book publisher, is married to the resourceful, glamorous, and quick-witted Pam. This terrific twosome is just as comfortable dealing with blood stains and dead bodies as they are hosting dinner parties or going out for an evening of dancing. And that's a good thing...because each week finds them smack in the middle of a murder! Fortunately, these amateur criminologists always get to the bottom of things.

Ogni anno nonna Agata vuole accanto a sé la nipote Agatina per insegnarle i segreti dei dolci in onore della Santa di cui entrambe portano il nome. Mentre impastano le cassatelle a forma di seno, le "minne", la nonna racconta il martirio della Santuzza, cui il crudele console Quinziano, non sopportando di sentirsi respinto, fece tagliare le mammelle.

Costretta a letto in seguito al difficile parto del suo primo figlio, Didi accoglie con gioia l'assistenza di Hennequin, la balia che aiuta la famiglia nei dieci giorni successivi alla nascita. La convalescenza lunga e dolorosa rende Didi sempre più dipendente dalle attenzioni di Hennequin. Ma le intenzioni di quest'ultima non sono quelle che sembrano: la donna in realtà non è una balia e sta sfruttando la sua vulnerabilità per vendicarsi di qualcosa avvenuto nel suo passato.

Nel cuore di Palermo, sotto il grande appartamento degli Olivares, batte il cuore di un drago fiammeggiante: è la macchina che tosta dalla mattina alla sera il caffè, spandendo per le vie del quartiere un profumo intenso fino allo stordimento. È tra le pareti della torrefazione che cresce Genziana, il più bel fiore tra i figli di Roberto Olivares, che ha chiamato come lei la qualità più pregiata di caffè. La vita scorre nell'abbondanza e nella certezza che il futuro non riservi sorprese perché Viola - sensuale e saggia matriarca - sa prevederlo leggendo i fondi di caffè.

Before the dawn of television, radio ruled the airwaves. The sting of The Green Hornet! Tales well calculated to keep you in Suspense! U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon and the smell of Gunsmoke! The irrepressible charm and laughter of The Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show! There's something for everyone in this digitally remastered and restored set, including two previously uncirculated episodes (one each of The Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show and The Green Hornet) that are available here for the first time anywhere! 

Valeria Vose: A Novel takes a listener deep inside the cultural and emotional life of a 1970’s southern woman. Privileged, approaching age 40, her “perfect” life is shattered. Determined to survive, she’s forced to confront all preconceived values and expectations in order to find a path toward creative, spiritual independence and her true identity.

Join Pipsqueak and Cheesepuff, two clever mice, on a hilarious ride as they outsmart two stubborn boys intent on making them pets, and an overweight tabby cat who dreams of catching them for dinner. Only grandmotherly Ms. Bell understands how important these mice are to the inner workings of the household. Part detectives, part spies, part wiley mice, Pipsqueak and Cheesepuff will take you on an adventure as they plan and carry out Operation Mozzarella!

From the very beginning of its two-decade run on radio, Suspense was tops in thriller entertainment! Its first year on the air brought together stories from such outstanding masters of the genre as John Dickson Carr, Dashiell Hammett, and Edgar Allan Poe! Tune in to 20 tense classics from Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills - starring Peter Lorre, Mary Astor, Susan Hayward, Richard Dix, Lou Merrill, Agnes Moorehead, Frank Readick, Alice Frost, and more.  

Para cualquiera que haya comido quesos en zapatillas!Únete a Pipsqueak y Cheesepuff, dos ratones inteligentes, en un paseo hilarante ya que superan a dos chicos obstinados que intentan hacerlos mascotas y un gato con sobrepeso que sueña con atraparlos para la cena. Sólo la abuelita, la Sra. Bell, entiende lo importantes que son estos ratones para el funcionamiento interno de la casa. ¡Parte detectives, parte espías, parte ratones Wiley, Pipsqueak y Cheesepuff te llevarán a una aventura mientras planean y llevan a cabo la Operación Mozzarella!

Rosettas liv är lyckligt, men kanske inte så händelserikt. Hon bor i London och livet tycks ha sin stilla gång - tills allt oväntat förändras. När Rosetta är arton år ger hon sig för första gången ut på en sjöresa. Ett beslut som visar sig ha katastrofala konsekvenser. Skeppet förliser men Rosetta räddas i land av den unga, intelligenta John Player. Efter att de har tillbringat lite tid tillsammans på en öde öd framkommer det att John är misstänkt för att ha mördat sin styvbror.

Police Chief Tess O’Rourke’s small town is still reeling from a devastating fire when the FBI asks for help: Could she shelter a witness in a high-profile human trafficking case? Initially reluctant to put the townspeople of Rogue’s Hollow at risk, Tess is swayed after she sees Pastor Oliver Macpherson’s genuine conviction to rescue those in need, a trait in him she’s coming to love more each day.

Through the insightful essays in An Everlasting Meal, Tamar Adler issues a rallying cry to home cooks. In chapters about boiling water, cooking eggs and beans, and summoning respectable meals from empty cupboards, Tamar weaves philosophy and instruction into approachable lessons on instinctive cooking. Tamar shows how to make the most of everything you buy, demonstrating what the world’s great chefs know: that great meals rely on the bones and peels and ends of meals before them.

Dylan cannot sleep without his Cosydoze, but it goes missing on a visit to Granny’s house. Where has it gone? And can Mum and Dad get Dylan to sleep without it? A funny, heart-warming story for very young listeners told in rhyme.

"A Respectable Woman", first published in Vogue in 1894, is quintessential Chopin and shows us the full extent of her skill as a short-story writer. The story centers around Mrs. Baroda, who, somewhat reluctantly, is playing the gracious host to her husband’s surprise guest, Gouvernail, an old friend of her husband’s from college. The story delves into Mrs. Baroda’s psychology as she struggles with her desires versus her self-made image and self-opinion. 

The short story focuses on two lovers torn apart by the American Civil War and the locket that inexorably binds them together.  

"Beyond the Bayou" is about La Folle, an African American woman and former slave, who overcomes her crippling and irrational childhood fear of passing an imaginary territorial line or going beyond the bayou.