A Journey

In 1997, Tony Blair won the biggest Labour victory in history to sweep the party to power and end 18 years of Conservative government. He has been one of the most dynamic leaders of modern times; few British prime ministers have shaped the nation's course as profoundly as Blair during his ten years in power, and his achievements and his legacy will be debated for years to come. Now his memoirs reveal in intimate detail this unique political and personal journey, providing an insight into the man, the politician and the statesman, and charting successes, controversies and disappointments with an extraordinary candour. The Journey will prove essential and compulsive reading for anyone who wants to understand the complexities of our global world. As an account of the nature and uses of power, it will also have a readership that extends well beyond politics, to all those who want to understand the challenges of leadership today. Författare: Tony Blair

Uppläsare: Tony Blair

Förlag: Random House

A Likely Story

By turns funny, charming and sad, this is the story of a sensitive and sickly lad's northern working class childhood, of a loving mother who kept him off school because of his asthma, of how he washed up in hotels by night to fund studying at RADA by day and would often be found asleep in class. Författare: Rodney Bewes

Uppläsare: Rodney Bewes

Förlag: Random House

Access all areas - DEEP PURPLE

I Access all areas berättar Anders Tengner för första gången om sitt liv med hårdrockens storheter. Under tjugofem år flög han jorden runt och mötte hundratals rockband, många av dem privat. Hans intervju och fotoarkiv är helt unikt i sitt slag, och här öppnar han för första gången dörrarna till en rockskatt som till stora delar är tidigare opublicerad. I detta avsnitt möter vi legenderna i i DEEP PURPLE, samt de band som DP kom att förgrena sig i: Rainbow, Whitesnake mfl. Personliga intervjuer varvas med detaljerad bandhistorik. Författare: Anders Tengner

Uppläsare: Anders Tengner

Förlag: HörOpp!

Access all areas - GUNS N' ROSES

'Sex and drugs go hand in hand when you're a rock 'n' roll musician. If I were a violinist, it might be a different matter.' I Access all areas berättar Anders Tengner för första gången om sitt liv med hårdrockens storheter. Under tjugofem år flög han jorden runt och mötte hundratals rockband, många av dem privat. Hans intervju och fotoarkiv är helt unikt i sitt slag, och här öppnar han för första gången dörrarna till en rockskatt som till stora delar är tidigare opublicerad. I detta avsnitt möter vi sleazerockarna i GUNS N' ROSES. Personliga intervjuer varvas med detaljerad bandhistorik. Författare: Anders Tengner

Uppläsare: Anders Tengner

Förlag: HörOpp!

Access all areas - KISS

'You wanted the best and you got the best! The hardest band in the world KISS' I Access all areas berättar Anders Tengner för första gången om sitt liv med hårdrockens storheter. Under tjugofem år flög han jorden runt och mötte hundratals rockband, många av dem privat. Hans intervju och fotoarkiv är helt unikt i sitt slag, och här öppnar han för första gången dörrarna till en rockskatt som till stora delar är tidigare opublicerad. I detta avsnitt möter vi den legendariska gruppen KISS. Personliga intervjuer varvas med detaljerad bandhistorik. Författare: Anders Tengner

Uppläsare: Anders Tengner

Förlag: HörOpp!

Access all areas - THE RUNAWAYS

I Access all areas berättar Anders Tengner för första gången om sitt liv med hårdrockens storheter. Under tjugofem år flög han jorden runt och mötte hundratals rockband, många av dem privat. Hans intervju och fotoarkiv är helt unikt i sitt slag, och här öppnar han för första gången dörrarna till en rockskatt som till stora delar är tidigare opublicerad. I detta avsnitt möter vi rocktjejerna i THE RUNAWAYS. Personliga intervjuer varvas med detaljerad bandhistorik. Författare: Anders Tengner

Uppläsare: Anders Tengner

Förlag: HörOpp!

Adjö det ljuva livet

Som en av Sveriges första svarta fotomodeller blev Camilla Henemark snabbt 1980-talets it girl. På 1990-talet fick hon ett stort internationellt genombrott som frontfiguren La Camilla i det extravaganta popbandet Army of Lovers. Hon var en stilikon och en diva. En scandal beauty som skapade löpsedlar vart än hon drog fram. Alla ville ha en bit av La Camilla och hon delade med sig generöst. De flockades runt henne, från våra största idrotts och popstjärnor till topparna inom politik och näringsliv, samt så småningom även Kungens innersta krets. Under 2000 talet dalar Camillas stjärna. Hon faller hårt, rakt ner till samhällets botten en tillvaro kantad av hemlöshet, psykisk ohälsa och självmordsplaner. Adjö det ljuva livet är med sina exklusiva inblickar i en glamourös och förbjuden värld en makalös uppgång och fall historia. Det här är berättelsen om Camillas hisnande liv. Författare: Carina Nunstedt,Camilla Henemark

Uppläsare: Anna Maria Käll

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

Afrikanen

I Afrikanen, berättar Le Clézio om hur han som 8-åring efter kriget gör den långa resan till Nigeria, där han för första gången träffar sin far som länge arbetat som läkare i den afrikanska bushen. Mötet med denne främling och Afrika blir en omvälvande upplevelse. Den tvååriga vistelsen kom att för alltid prägla Le Clézio och hans författarskap. Afrikanen är lika mycket ett porträtt av fadern som av Afrika och Le Clézio själv. J.M.G. Le Clézio har tilldelats Nobelpriset i litteratur och Stig Dagermanpriset 2008. Författare: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

Uppläsare: Krister Henriksson

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

All Cheeses Great and Small: A Life Less Blurry

This is the story of Alex James's transition from a leading light of the Britpop movement in the 1990s, to gentleman farmer, artisan cheese-maker and father of five. All Cheeses Great and Small is the follow-up memoir to Alex James's first book, Bit of a Blur, the story of his excessive pop star lifestyle during the nineties. But now Alex has grown up, fallen in love and got married. He has also fallen passionately for his new home, an enormous rambling farmhouse in the Cotswolds, set in two hundred acres of beautiful British countryside. The farm represents not just a new house for Alex, but also a new career. As he breathes new life into the old farm he chances across an unexpected calling: making cheese. His cheeses, Blue Monday, Farleigh Wallop and Little Wallop have received widespread media interest and are now sold through many outlets.The story culminates with an account of the triumphant reformation of Blur for Glastonbury 2009. It will also include illustrations by Graham Coxon. Författare: Alex James

Uppläsare: Alex James

Förlag: Harper Collins

All of these people - A memoir

During his years of reporting from the world's most savage and turbulent regions, Fergal Keane has witnessed the violence of the South African townships and the terror in Rwanda, the most extreme kinds of human behaviour, the horror of genocide and the bravery of peacekeepers faced with overwhelming odds. As one of the BBC's leading correspondents, he recounts extraordinary encounters on the front lines. Alongside his often brutal experiences in the field, he also describes unflinchingly the challenges and demons he has faced in his personal life growing up in Ireland. Keane's existence as a war reporter is all that we imagine: frantic filing of reports and dodging shells, interspersed with rest in bombed out hotels and concrete shelters. Life in such vulnerable areas of the globe is emotionally draining, but full of astonishing moments of camaraderie and human bravery. And so this is also a memoir of the human connections, at once simple and complex, that are made in extreme circumstances. These pages are filled with the memories of remarkable people. At the heart of Fergal Keane's story is a descent into and recovery from alcoholism, spanning two generations, father and son; a different kind of war, but as much part of the journey of the last 25 years as the bullets and bombs. Författare: Fergal Keane

Uppläsare: Fergal Keane

Förlag: Harper Collins

Amy, My Daughter

Bringing together the personal, the private and the public, this is an honest and intensely moving insight into the life of the most talented recording artist of her generation; a unique memoir from the man who knew Amy best. Amy Winehouse needs no introduction. A critically acclaimed recording artist, Amy touched millions with her music during her short but extraordinary life.Following her tragic death in July 2011, Mitch Winehouse wants to tell her incredible story in full. “Amy, My Daughter” will take the reader through her mischievous early years, her rise to stardom and to her much publicised struggles with addiction. The book will bring the many layers of her life together - the personal, the private and the public - to create a fitting tribute to his much loved daughter.Using exclusive extracts from the diary Mitch kept that details shocking and concerning events in his daughters life alongside never-before-seen photos of Amy, taken from the family album, “Amy, My Daughter” promises to be the definitive book on an iconic figure who, although tragically taken at an early age, has left a musical legacy that will enthral audiences for many years to come. All proceeds from the book will be donated to The Amy Winehouse Foundation, the charity that Mitch has established in Amy's name to help children and young adults facing difficulty and adversity in their lives. Författare: Mitch Winehouse

Uppläsare: Rupert Farley,Mitch Winehouse

Förlag: Harper Collins

Angela's Ashes

McCourt's Pulitzer Prize winning look back at his childhood. “It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while...”“When I look back on my childhood, I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.People everywhere brag or whimper about the woes of their early years, but nothing can compare with the Irish version: the poverty; the shiftless loquacious father; the pious defeated mother moaning by the fire; pompous priests; bullying shcoolmasters; the English and the terrible things they did to us for eight hundred long years. Above all we were wet...”So begins Frank McCourt's stunning memoir of his childhood in Ireland and America, a recollection of unvarnished truth and no self pity, of grinding poverty and indomitable spirit that will live in the memory long after the tape has ended.Now a major film directed by Alan Parker and starring Robert Carlyle and Emily Watson. Författare: Frank McCourt

Uppläsare: Frank McCourt

Förlag: Harper Collins

Angels, Vampires and Douche Bags

In this candid confessional, comedian Carla Collins divides the world into the angels who guide us, inspire us, and save our butts; the sexy and trendy vampires who suck the life out of us; and the douche bags who constantly annoy, disgust and taunt us. With a fast wit, fake breasts and real heart, Collins shares her unconventional journey from a small steel town in Ontario, Canada to Tinseltown L.A. On this wild and revealing romp, she navigates her way through seventy two imaginary friends, multiple fiancés, eight dogs, two marriages, and one topless grandmother. Her hard earned life lessons will show you that by taking risks, embracing humiliation and tapping into the power of laughter, anything is possible—and everyone is manageable. Attract more angels into your life, control your vampires, and keep all the douche bags at bay. Angels, Vampires and Douche Bags is original, edgy, uplifting and laugh out loud funny. Författare: Carla Collins

Uppläsare: Carla Collins

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

Apache

'Apache' is a blazing true story from the heart of Afghanistan - a tale of courage, comradeship, technology and tragedy, straight from the cockpit of the world's deadliest helicopter. Includes an exclusive 20 minute Q & A with the authorWhen Ed Macy's career in the Paras was cut short by a brutal accident, he thought he'd never fight again. But joining the Army Air Corps gave him the chance to return to the front line. And when the army launched its attack helicopter programme, Ed was the first to sign up.The Westland Apache AH Mk 1 is the deadliest, most technically advanced helicopter in the world -and only the top two per cent of pilots even make it through the training.In 2007, Ed's Apache squadron was dispatched to Helmand, Afghanistan. Their mission: to protect the men on the ground. So when a marine goes missing in action during an attack on a Taliban stronghold, Ed and his team know they are the Army's only hope of getting him out ... Författare: Ed Macy

Uppläsare: Sam Hazeldine

Förlag: Harper Collins

Asyl

Nu är den här, den sanna fortsättningen på Gömda. Nästan tio år har gått sedan Maria Eriksson och hennes familj lämnade Sverige. Först nu är det möjligt att berätta historien om vad som hänt dem under den tiden… Författare: Liza Marklund

Uppläsare: Lia Boysen

Förlag: Piratförlaget

Being Frank

Frank D'Angelo is an intrepid entrepreneur, singer, restaurateur, and the James Bond of the Canadian beverage world. At least one of his products can be found in almost every convenience store in Canada under the brands D'Angelo or Arizona, and he has raised thousands of dollars for charities through his music. Born to Sicilian parents in Toronto, Frank nurtured his keen business sense as a boy by buying and consolidating paper routes, and then contracting them out. He flipped his first house at age twenty. Six years later, he mortgaged his house to buy $150,000 worth of apple juice, which he used to start a multi million dollar business empire from his truck. Frank appears in lots of his TV commercials, in various incarnations, and his inimitable “Eye talian” style is arguably as famous as his drinks. You need only mention the catchphrase, “I Cheetah all the time,” and the infamous Ben Johnson Cheetah energy drink commercial springs to mind. Frank D'Angelo doesn't just push the envelope—he pushes the entire post office; and in so doing, revolutionizes the very idea of merchandising. With a raw wit and seasoned debonair, Frank now hosts his own Friday night variety talk show, the Being Frank Show, with A list guests and an assortment of comedy skits and live music. Despite his huge successes and achievements, Frank D'Angelo is probably best known for just... Being Frank! Författare: Frank D'Angelo

Uppläsare: Frank D'Angelo

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

Betrayed

A mother. A daughter. A family torn apart. The heartbreaking true story of an unimaginable betrayal For the first six years of her life, Sarah Harris was a normal, happy, popular little girl. But from the age of six her life was a living hell... Författare: Lyndsey Harris,Andrew Crofts

Uppläsare: Frances Barber

Förlag: Random House

Bildhuggarens dotter

I Bildhuggarens dotter ger Tove Jansson en inblick i sin egen barndomsvärld, konstnärshemmet på Skatudden i Helsingfors och sommarlivet i skärgården. Hon återskapar den yttre miljön, det borgerligt bohemiska ateljé och familjelivet som i mycket domineras av pappan, skulptören Viktor Jansson. Men framför allt fångar hon barnets upplevelse av tillvaron: det mytiska och magiska mitt i vardagen, spänningen mellan tryggheten och skräcken, den gränslösa fantasin element som utgjort byggstenar i hela Tove Janssons författarskap. Författare: Tove Jansson

Uppläsare: Stina Rautelin

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

Bill Mclaren - The Voice of Rugby

From his days growing up in Scotland to his harrowing experiences fighting in Italy during World War Two, Bill McLaren has always been in the thick of it. Used to being caught up in the most dramatic moments rugby has ever seen, McLaren relives the highlights of his illustrious career and talks of the game today and his regrets that rugby went professional. He is a fierce critic of professional rugby, fearing for the future health and safety of rugby players as the modern game becomes increasingly dangerous. His story amounts to a history of the game itself and reaffirms McLaren's status as something of a global treasure. Författare: Bill Mclaren

Uppläsare: Bill Mclaren

Förlag: Random House

Billy Connolly

The inside story of the one of the most successful British stand-up comedians, as told by the person best qualified to reveal all about the man behind the comic, his wife of over 20 years - Pamela Stephenson.Once in a lifetime, there strides upon the stage someone who can truly be called a legend. Such a person is the inimitable, timeless genius who is Billy Connolly. His effortlessly wicked whimsy has entranced, enthralled - and split the sides of - thousands upon thousands of adoring audiences. And when he isn't doing that...he's turning in award-winning performances on film and television.He's the man who needs no introduction, and yet he is the ultimate enigma. From a troubled and desperately poor childhood in the docklands of Glasgow he is now the intimate of household names the world over.How did this happen, who is the real Billy Connolly? Only one person can answer that question: his wife, Pamela Stephenson. Pamela's writing combines the very personal with a frank objectivity that makes for a compelling, moving and hugely entertaining biography. This is the real Billy Connolly. Författare: Pamela Stephenson

Uppläsare: Pamela Stephenson

Förlag: Harper Collins

Blindstyre

Vad ska det bli av pågen, undrade säkert pappa Wiking, när han hösten 1951 lämnade av sin 15-årige son Bengt vid Tomteboda Blindinstitut. Sonen hade under de senaste åren förlorat det mesta av sin synförmåga. I den här boken berättar Bengt Lindqvist själv om hur det blev. Vi får läsa om slitet med studierna fram till en magisterexamen i språk vid Lunds universitet och om en strid med Skolöverstyrelsen om rätten som blind att få utbilda sig till lärare. Han berättar om hur han bytte karriär, lämnade Sveriges Radio och nådde höga poster inom handikapprörelsen, blev riksdagsledamot och statsråd i Olof Palmes och Ingvar Carlssons regeringar. Hans yrkeskarriär avslutades med ett FN uppdrag som särskild rapportör i handikappfrågor, ett uppdrag som förde honom till ett stort antal länder. Blindheten var naturligtvis ibland ett hinder, men var den kanske också något annat? Var den rent av en tillgång eller framgångsfaktor i Bengt Lindqvists liv? Författare: Bengt Lindqvist

Uppläsare: Anders Jansson

Förlag: Tundell Salmson Audio

Blondie

Som nyfödd är hon nära att bli lämnad i en snödriva. Som sjuåring blir hon våldtagen av en alkoholist i en trappuppgång. Som nioåring rymmer hon hemifrån och blir än en gång våldtagen av en långtradarchaufför som gett henne lift. Som tolvåring börjar hon sälja sin kropp till fyllgubbarna i Björns trädgård på Söder i Stockholm. Som trettonåring är hon fullfjädrad prostituerad i City och har en hallick som tar ifrån henne merparten av de pengar hon tjänar. Som tonåring blir hon snart grovt kriminell och utnämns av pressen till 'Sveriges gangsterdrottning'. Hon kommer att tillbringa sexton år av sitt liv på olika institutioner, alltifrån flickhem, ungdomsvårdsskolor och psykiatriska kliniker till slutna avdelningar på såväl mentalsjukhus som kvinnofängelset Hinseberg. Hon heter Birgitta "Blondie" Andersson och har levt ett liv som de flesta människor inte kan föreställa sig ens i sin vildaste och mörkaste fantasi. Om detta liv i fattigdom, förnedring och fullständig utsatthet berättar hon osentimentalt och med kärv humor i Blondie. Det här är på samma gång ett skakande tidsdokument, ett gripande kvinnoöde och en paradoxalt upplyftande skildring av närmast ofattbar mänsklig styrka. Författare: Birgitta Andersson

Uppläsare: Pia Poppelin

Förlag: Din röst

Blood and Sand

"On 6 June 2004, Frank Gardner and cameraman Simon Cumbers were in a suburb of Riyadh, filming a report on Al-Qaeda when they were confronted by Islamist gunmen. Simon was killed outright. Frank was brought down by shots in the shoulder and leg. As he lay bleeding in the street, a figure stood over him and pumped four more bullets into him at point blank range..." Against all the odds, Frank Gardner survived and this is his remarkable account of the agonizing journey he has taken - from being shot and left for dead to where he is today, partly paralysed but alive. It is a journey that really began 25 years earlier when a chance meeting with explorer Wilfred Thesiger inspired what would become a lifelong passion for the Arab world. This would take him throughout the Middle East and eventually lead to his becoming a BBC journalist. And, in the wake of the events of 9/11, this passion sent him on the journey that came to dominate - and nearly end - his life: his coverage of Al-Qaeda. Författare: Frank Gardner

Uppläsare: Frank Gardner

Förlag: Random House

Blue Nights

From one of America's greatest and most iconic writers: an honest and courageous portrait of age and motherhood.Several days before Christmas 2003, Joan Didion's only daughter, Quintana, fell seriously ill. In 2010, Didion marked the sixth anniversary of her daughter's death. 'Blue Nights' is a shatteringly honest examination of Joan Didion's life as a mother, a woman and a writer.Recently widowed, and becoming increasingly frail, 'Blue Nights' is Didion's attempt to understand our deepest fears, our inadequate adjustments to ageing and to put a name to what we refuse to see and as a consequence fail to face up to, 'this refusal even to engage in such contemplation, this failure to confront the certainties of ageing, illness and death. This fear.' This fear is tied to what we cherish most and fight to conserve, protect, and refuse to let go, for, 'when we are talking about mortality we are talking about our children.' To face death is to let go of memory, to be bereft once more, 'I know what it is I am now experiencing. I know what the frailty is, I know what the fear is. 'The fear is not for what is lost.The fear is for what is still to be lost.You may see nothing still to be lost.Yet there is no day in her life on which I do not see her.A profound, poetic and powerful book about motherhood and the fierce way in which we continue to exalt and nurture our children, even if they only live on in memory.'Blue Nights' is an intensely personal, and yet, strangely universal account of how we love. It is both groundbreaking and a culmination of a stunning career. Författare: Joan Didion

Uppläsare: Kimberly Farr

Förlag: Harper Collins

Botham: My Autobiography: Don't tell Kath...

This unique book tells the story of his life in words and images, covering his career. AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME!This unique book tells the story of his life in words and images, covering his career at Somerset, Durham and Worcestershire, his unsurpassed England outings and ascendancy to the captaincy, and his many other interests, including his charity work and conservation trips and not forgetting his incredible stint at Scunthorpe United. Författare: Ian Botham

Uppläsare: Robin Askwith

Förlag: Harper Collins

Bruce

I nära fyra decennier har Bruce Springsteen, arbetarkillen från New Jersey, varit en av rockens största. Hans karriär omfattar 20 Grammys, två Golden Globes och en Oscar, samt över 120 miljoner sålda skivor och ett otal utsålda turnéer. Han har gett röst åt USA:s folksjäl och ofta sjungit om den amerikanska drömmen och dess baksidor, men är omåttligt populär även i Sverige vem minns inte när en rekordpublik nästan hoppade sönder Ullevi under en Springsteenkonsert 1985? Trots sina direkta texter har privatpersonen Bruce förblivit ganska reserverad, och musikjournalisten Peter Ames Carlins biografi Bruceger därför en ny inblick i Springsteens liv. Boken ger oss ett svar på vem Bruce är, både som människa och som artist, i en kronologisk skildring av hans långa karriär. Carlin har gjort djupintervjuer med familj, bandmedlemmar, barndomsvänner, exflickvänner och inte minst med Bruce själv. Redan i prologen skildras ett samtal mellan Peter A Carlin och Bruce Springsteen som låter oss ana Bruces charm och förstås också hans komplicerade förhållande till det egna kändisskapet. Författare: Peter Ames Carlin

Uppläsare: Björn Granath

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

Carl XVI Gustaf - Den motvillige monarken EXTRAMATERIAL

Vad händer när man skriver en 'skandalbok' om kung Carl XVI Gustav och hans närmsta vänner och vilka krafter sätts i rullning? I detta tillägg till boken får vi ta del av författaren Thomas Sjöbergs erfarenheter efter publiceringen och succén med boken Carl XVI Den motvillige monarken. Författare: Thomas Sjöberg

Uppläsare: Torsten Wahlund

Förlag: HörOpp!

Carl XVI Gustaf - Porträtt i tiden

Den 30 april i år fyller vår kung 60 år. Han har då varit kung i 33 år, längre än de flesta av våra svenska regenter. Lagom till födelsedagen kommer den här boken ut i både tryckt och i ljudboksform. För första gången berättar kungen öppenhjärtigt om sin barndom och ungdom och om hur det kändes att i en politisk turbulent tid bli världens yngste kung, om hur ensam och oförberedd han kände sig då ropen på republik var höga. Herman Lindqvist sätter in Carl XVI Gustaf i ett historiskt sammanhang och berättar bl a om kungens släktskap med Napoleon och Gustav Vasa. Elisabeth Tarras Wahlberg berättar också om monarkens konstitutionella roll i Sverige och ger sin högst personliga bild. Författare: Herman Lindqvist

Uppläsare: Herman Lindqvist

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

Carl XVI Gustaf : den motvillige monarken

Kung Carl XVI Gustaf har under hela sitt liv befunnit sig mitt i offentlighetens ljus. Ingen person i vårt land har genom åren varit så uppmärksammad, omskriven och hyllad som han. Men vår bild av honom är präglad av medierna och den tenderar ofta att bli endimensionell. Vem är Kungen egentligen? Hur är han som person och hur uppfattas han av människor i sin omgivning? Genom samtal med personer som stått honom nära får vi här ta del av en ny bild av vår statschef. Under flera år har författaren intervjuat gamla klasskamrater och lärare, lumparkompisar och befäl, livvakter och anställda vid hovet. De flesta berättar här för första gången om sina minnen av Kungen och fram träder bilden av en helt vanlig människa och av en motvillig monark. Utgångspunkten för boken har varit att belysa de okända sidorna hos Kungen, de som tidigare inte skildrats och de som vi inte vet så mycket om. Författare: Deanne Rauscher,Tove Meyer,Thomas Sjöberg

Uppläsare: Torsten Wahlund

Förlag: HörOpp!

Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World

A short life of Dickens which celebrates the impact of the theatre on his life and workAcclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow captures the essence of Charles Dickens in a sparkling biography that explores the central importance of the theatre to the life of the greatest storyteller in the English language. From his early years as a child entertainer in Portsmouth to his reluctant retirement from 'these garish lights' just before his death, Dickens was obsessed with the stage. Not only was he a dazzling mimic who wrote, acted in and stage-managed plays, all with fanatical perfectionism; as a writer he was a compulsive performer, whose very imagination was theatrical, both in terms of plot devices and construction of character.Like many actors, Dickens felt the need to be completed by contact with his audience. He was the original 'celebrity' author, who attracted thousands of adoring fans to his readings in Britain and across the Atlantic, in which he gave voice to his unforgettable cast of characters.In Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World, Callow brings his own unique insight to a life driven by performance and showmanship. He reveals an exuberant and irrepressible talent, whose 'inimitable' wit and personality crackle off the page. Författare: Simon Callow

Uppläsare: Simon Callow

Förlag: Harper Collins

Che, Part One: Reminiscences Of The Cuban Revolutionary War

The writings of one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century - revolutionary leader Che Guevara. These diaries follow on from the events recorded in the 'Motorcycle Diaries' and recount the experiences that would make Che a figure known around the worldThe people of Cuba struggled against immense odds to emerge victorious from years of brutal dictatorship and poverty in 1959. This is Che Guevara's classic eyewitness account of the transformation of a country and also the transformation of Che himself - from a troop doctor to a revolutionary leader, who would become one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century.Following the phenomenally successful film adaptation of 'The Motorcycle Diaries', two of Che Guevara's later and most insightful diaries are being brought to the big screen in 2008. Directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Benicio del Toro, 'Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War' and 'The Bolivian Diary' will be released as 'Guerilla' and 'The Argentine'. Författare: Ernesto ‘Che’Guevara

Uppläsare: Bruno Gerardo

Förlag: Harper Collins

Che, Part Two: The Bolivian Diary

The definitive, authorised version of Che's manifesto on revolution which includes his final revisions, completed just before his death. It is both an incisive handbook and an invaluable historical source. 'Home will be the open sky ... each guerrilla fighter is ready to die not just to defend an idea, but to make that idea a reality.'Che Guevara remains one of the world's most iconic political and revolutionary figures. Fascinating to admirers and adversaries alike, he captured the minds of millions with his leadership and his belief in guerrilla warfare as the only effective agent to achieve political change. Here, in his own classic text on revolution, Che draws on his first-hand experience of the Cuban campaign to document all aspects of guerrilla warfare, from its aims to its organisation and training. He analyses how in Cuba, against all odds, a small band of dedicated fighters grew in strength with the support of the people to defeat a dictator's army. Författare: Ernesto ‘Che’Guevara

Uppläsare: Bruno Gerardo

Förlag: Harper Collins

Clips From A Life

Classic stills from the life of one of Britain's most cherished entertainers. This is the extraordinary life story of comic legend Denis Norden, told in momentary snapshots by the master British comedian himself. Containing reminiscences of a career stretching back to the golden age of the radio, through the heyday of cinema and the early pioneering days of television comedy, Back Then showcases Denis Norden's creative genius at its very best.Told with Denis' hallmark flashes of brilliant humour and sharp observation, the extraordinary life of this enduring humorist is unravelled through his private recollections of the ways things used to be, back then. Denis' school-day musings, dry witticisms, and old-time sayings unearthed from days gone by, combined with remembrances of collaborations with famous figures of the day, from Eric Sykes to Bill Fraser, will sweep you back instantaneously to the magical gags, lively characters and laughter of the past.Flitting between Denis' East End childhood and early career in Variety as a cinema manager for the Hyams Brothers, to his post-war work as a scriptwriter on the groundbreaking radio shows Take It From Here and In All Directions, to the phenomenally successful television comedy Whack-O!, (all written with long-term collaborator Frank Muir), to his years as a solo writer, performer, and presenter on programmes such as the much-loved It'll Be Alright on the Night, it is easy to see how Denis' comic appeal has endured for decades, to make him one of the greatest British writers and performers to date.Brimming with Denis' unique wit and personal warmth, this is a rich and compelling mix of anecdote and autobiography from a very special entertainer. Författare: Denis Norden

Uppläsare: Denis Norden,Stephen Thorne

Förlag: Harper Collins

Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life

Justine Picardie has spent the last decade puzzling over the truth about Coco Chanel, attempting to peel away the accretions of romance and lies. In this full-scale biography we finally discover the history of the incredible woman who created the way we look now.Coco Chanel was an extraordinary inventor - she conjured up the little black dress, bobbed hair, trousers for women, contemporary chic, best-selling perfumes, and the most successful fashion brand of all time - but she also invented herself, fashioning the myth of her own life with the same dexterity as her couture. While Chanel was supreme innovator and vendor of all things elegant and beautiful, what lies beneath her own glossy myth is far darker. Throwing new light on her passionate and turbulent relationships, this beautifully constructed portrait gives a fresh and penetrating look at how Coco Chanel made herself into her own most powerful creation.Justine Picardie brings the mysterious Gabrielle Chanel out of hiding, to celebrate her great achievements. She examines Chanel's enduring afterlife, as well as her remarkable life, uncovering the consequences of what she covered up, unpicking the seams between truth and legend, yet keeping intact the real fabric of her past. Författare: Justine Picardie

Uppläsare: Cassandra Harwood

Förlag: Harper Collins

Confessions of a GP

Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite frequently, very funny. He is also a GP. These are his confessions.A woman troubled by pornographic dreams about Tom Jones. An 80-year-old man who can't remember why he's come to see the doctor. A woman with a common cold demanding (but not receiving) antibiotics. A man with a sore knee. A young woman who has been trying to conceive for a while but now finds herself pregnant and isn't sure she wants to go through with it. A 7-year-old boy with 'tummy aches' that don't really exist.These are his patients.Confessions of a GP is a witty insight into the life of a family doctor. Funny and moving in equal measure it will change the way you look at your GP next time you pop in with the sniffles. Författare: Benjamin Daniels

Uppläsare: Eamonn Riley

Förlag: Harper Collins

Confessions of a Male Nurse

From the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP.From stampeding nudes to inebriated teenagers, young nurse Michael Alexander never really knew what he was getting himself into. But now, sixteen years since he was first launched into his nursing career - as the only man in a gynaecology ward - he's pretty much dealt with everything: Body parts that come off in his hands; Teenagers with phantom pregnancies; Doctors unable to tell the difference between their left and right; Violent drunks; Singing relatives; Sexism; . . . and a whole lot of nudity.Confessions of a Male Nurse is a touching, shocking and frequently hilarious account of one man's life in nursing. Författare: Michael Alexander

Uppläsare: John Sackville

Förlag: Harper Collins

Crazy for God

By the time he was nineteen, Frank Schaeffer's parents, Francis and Edith Schaeffer, had achieved global fame as bestselling evangelical authors and speakers, and Frank had joined his father on the evangelical circuit. He would go on to speak before thousands in arenas around America, publish his own evangelical bestseller, and work with such figures as Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Dr. James Dobson. But while coming of age as a rising evangelical star, Schaeffer felt increasingly alienated, and as a result he experienced a crisis of faith that would ultimately lead to his journey out of the fold—even if it meant losing everything. Författare: Frank Schaeffer

Uppläsare: Frank Schaeffer

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

Dansa för oss

Röda mattan är utrullad på New Yorks finaste biograf. Limousinerna bromsar ljudlöst in för att släppa av den ena superkändisen efter den andra. Luften vibrerar av spänd förväntan. Två timmar senare sitter Michael Nyqvist mållös i salongen. Nästan alla hans scener är bortklippta. De scener som han har arbetat med i ett år och offrat så mycket för. Medan eftertexterna rullar börjar han minnas ögonblicken som lett fram till premiären. Utklädningslekarna som hjälpte honom att fly vardagen i barndomshemmet. Cykelturerna när han som fattig student skulle få replikerna att sitta inför en repetition. De första stapplande stegen på en riktig scen. Tvivlen på om han verkligen är bra nog och de korta stunderna av lycka när han känner att han är det. Skådepelaren Michael Nyqvist delar med sig av roliga, rörande och ibland skakande scener ur sitt liv. Men också funderingar kring de livsval han gjort. En gripande historia som saknar både början och slut och som lär oss något om vad det är att vara människa. Författare: Michael Nyqvist

Uppläsare: Michael Nyqvist

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

Dare to Be a Daniel

In Dare to be a Daniel, Tony Benn feelingly recalls his years experiencing the agonies of adolescence and of school, where boys were taught to 'keep their minds clean', and the shadow of fascism and war with its disruption and family loss; and describes his emergence from the war as a keen socialist about to embark upon marriage and an unknown political future. This warm, affectionate and funny account reveals the childhood of a radical national political figure and shows how early influences have shaped the commitments and beliefs he holds today. Författare: Tony Benn

Uppläsare: Tony Benn

Förlag: Random House

David Mitchell: Back Story

David Mitchell, who you may know for his inappropriate anger on every TV panel show except Never Mind the Buzzcocks, his look of permanent discomfort on C4 sex comedy Peep Show, his online commenter-baiting in The Observer or just for wearing a stick-on moustache in That Mitchell and Webb Look, has written a book about his life. As well as giving a specific account of every single time he's scored some smack, this disgusting memoir also details:* the singular, pitbull-infested charm of the FRP ('Flat Roofed Pub')* the curious French habit of injecting everyone in the arse rather than the arm* why, by the time he got to Cambridge, he really, really needed a drink* the pain of being denied a childhood birthday party at McDonalds* the satisfaction of writing jokes about suicide* how doing quite a lot of walking around London helps with his sciatica* trying to pretend he isn't a total **** at Robert Webb's wedding* that he has fallen in love at LOT, but rarely done anything about it* why it would be worse to bump into Michael Palin than Hitler on holiday* that he's not David Mitchell the novelist. Despite what David Miliband might think Författare: David Mitchell

Uppläsare: David Mitchell

Förlag: Harper Collins

Dear Fatty

With an introduction read by the author. Dawn French is one of the greatest comedy actresses of our time, wtih a career that has spanned nearly three decades, encompassing a vast and brilliant array of characters. Loved for her irreverant humour, Dawn has achieved massive mainstream success while continuing to push boundaries and challenge stereotypes. Here she describes the journey that would eventually establish her as a perhaps unlikely, but nevertheless genuine, national treasure. Författare: Dawn French

Uppläsare: Liza Tarbuck

Förlag: Random House

Den odödliga Henrietta Lacks

I januari 1951 diagnosticerades Henrietta Lacks med cancer. Knappt nio månader senare avled hon. Men de cellprov som hennes läkare tog lever fortfarande. De har gett upphov till minst tre Nobelpris, de låg till grund för poliovaccinet, de har varit på månen. I dag finns det 17 000 patent baserade på Henrietta Lacks celler. Ett provrör med HeLa celler kostar 256 dollar. Men Henrietta Lacks familj har aldrig fått ett öre i ersättning. Den odödliga Henrietta Lacks är en storartad berättelse om vetenskapens fantastiska förmåga att övervinna sjukdomar och skapa ett bra liv för oss alla. Men också en tragisk historia om krocken mellan medicin, etik och ras. Och inte minst djupt en skakande berättelse om en dotter, som förtärdes av frågor om den mor hon aldrig fick lära känna.  Författare: Rebecca Skloot

Uppläsare: Katarina Ewerlöf

Förlag: Storyside

Den röda grevinnan - En europeisk historia

'Min mamma är grevinna, sa jag i det snoriga Hökarängen, till de inflyttade ljushåriga ungarna från Norrlands skogar. Inte undra på att de gav sig på mig. Men hon var faktiskt grevinna, min mor. Fru Charlotte Hirdman hade ett hemligt, kringflackande liv bakom sig innan hon blev vår »utländska« mamma i Hökarängen. Min mor föddes i efterskalvet av den första ryska revolutionen i Estland, då Tsarryssland. Familjen flyttade till Österrike Ungerns allra östligaste gränstrakter, där hon levde sin barndom under det första världskriget, med östfronten hotande nära. Hon gifte sig med en urfattig baltisk greve, Alexander Stenbock Fermor och levde det vilda livet i Berlin under de sista åren av Weimar republiken, innan Hitler kom till makten. Och hon var en av de få som lyckades komma ut ur Sovjetunionen innan den stora terrorn slog till på allvar, i början av 1937. Därför vill jag berätta den här historien för er.' Yvonne Hirdman Författare: Yvonne Hirdman

Uppläsare: Yvonne Hirdman

Förlag: Ordfront Ljud

Den senila skalbaggens tröst

Efter att ha jobbat i den thailändska regnskogen beslutar sig Jens Månvinge för att ge sig av till Bangkok och fixa sin trasiga ekonomi. Det är ett ödesdigert beslut som blir upprinnelsen till en skakande historia. Det dröjer inte länge förrän han blir gripen för ett grovt narkotikabrott i centrala Bangkok där amerikansk och thailändsk polis ligger och väntar i ett bakhåll. Domen faller och han undgår dödsstraff efter att ha erkänt sig skyldig. Med ett straff på trettio år kastas han in i Asiens mest ökända fängelse. Tillsammans med 12 000 fångar är hans öde, likt deras, förutspått att falla offer för våld, förtvivlan och sjukdomar. Döden tycks vara den enda vägen ut. När hans närmaste vän i fängelset dör i hans armar fattas ett beslut. Jens och en cellkamrat beslutar sig för att rymma. Författare: Jens Månvinge

Uppläsare: Mats Eklund

Förlag: Ordfront Ljud

Den svenske Gudfadern

Sveriges Gudfader, Milan Sevo började sin resa i en bruten och fattig familj. Idag påstås han vara en av Europas mäktigaste gangsterkungar. Hur tog han sig til toppen? Milan Sevos liv, ryktena, mystifieringen, sanningen, lögnerna, misstankarna, morden och mordförsöken har gjort honom till en person som är lika beundrad och respekterad som fruktad och missförstådd. Han har gått från fattig invandrarpojke i Vårby gård till internationell affärsman. I flera statliga rapporter är Sevo utpekad som Sveriges fiende nummer ett. Senast anklagades han för inblandning i det spektakulära Helikopterrånet. Han var god vän till den beryktade Arkan, är svärson till den mördade Ratko Djokic, vän och bekant till advokater, filmstjärnor, journalister och kända kriminella ledare. Han är Sveriges Gudfader. Författare: Nuri Kino

Uppläsare: Reine Brynolfsson

Förlag: HörOpp!

Det du inte såg

Patrik Sjöberg är en av Sveriges mest kända och framgångsrika idrottsmän genom tiderna. Men bakom den hårda fasaden vilar ett mörker. Först nu är Patrik redo att dela med sig. 1987 hoppade höjdhopparen Patrik Sjöberg 2,42 på DN galan i Stockholm. Detta gjorde honom till innehavare av världsrekordet i höjdhopp. Fortfarande är han världens näst bäste höjdhoppare genom tiderna. Men vem är egentligen Patrik Sjöberg? Många av oss minns en överlägsen idrottsman, kaxigt rökande en cigarett mellan hoppen. En man vi, då och nu, känner som bufflig, frispråkig och rakt på sak. En idrottsvärldens rockstjärna. Men hur kom han dit? I denna nya memoar berättar Patrik Sjöberg för första gången sin historia, ärligt, rakt och öppenhjärtigt. Och det visar sig att den innehåller mer än vad någon av oss kunnat tro. Författare: Patrik Sjöberg,Markus Lutteman

Uppläsare: Jakob Eklund

Förlag: Norstedts

Det ska bli ett sant nöje att döda dig

I boken berättar Magdalena Graaf om det äktenskap som hon ingick som gravid nittonåring. Vad som till en början var ungdomlig familjelycka, med en omtänksam om än kriminellt belastad man, övergick snart i misshandel och fullständig terror. Magdalena Graaf skildrar trovärdigt och med den inlevelse som bara egna erfarenheter kan ge, hur hon till slut lär sig att leva med makens våldsamma raserianfall, trots att de utgör ett dödligt hot. Hon ber inte om medlidande, utan beskriver osentimentalt och rakryggat hur den unga Magdalena sakta bryts ner. Hon visar också vilken betydelse stödet från föräldrar och vänner haft för att ge historien ett lyckligt slut. Författare: Magdalena Graaf

Uppläsare: Helena af Sandberg

Förlag: Norstedts

Djungelbarn

Som dotter till en tysk forskare tillbringade Sabine Kuegler sin barndom mitt i Västpapuas djungler bland en bortglömd stam av kannibaler. Ända tills hon fyllt sjutton hade hon inte upplevt bilar, tv eller affärer. Tidigt fick hon uppleva uråldriga dödsritualer. Naturen var hennes lekplats, djungeln hennes hem och himlen hennes tak. Efter många år i Europa är hennes själ idag fångad mellan två kulturer. Sabine Kuegler vet att hon måste återvända, tillbaka till en värld vars existens de flesta inte vet något om. Författare: Sabine Kuegler

Uppläsare: Tintin Anderzon

Förlag: Bra Böcker

Eight Lives Down

Chris Hunter has the most dangerous job in the world in the most dangerous place in the world – he's responsible for bomb disposal in the British sector of Iraq, pitted against some of the most ruthless and technically advanced terrorists in the world.It is a 24/7 job – his team defuse over forty five bombs in the first two months alone. And the people they're up against don't play by the Geneva Convention. Författare: Chris Hunter

Uppläsare: Julian Rhind - Tutt

Förlag: Random House

Elizabeth

A brilliant and compelling account of the apprentice years of Elizabeth I.An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man's world, passionately sexual yet - she said - a virgin, Elizabeth I was to be famed as England's most successful ruler. This absorbing new book, by concentrating on the early years from her birth in 1533 to her accession in 1558, shows how her experiences of danger and adventure formed her remarkable character and shaped her opinions and beliefs.For in her youth she had experienced every vicissitude of fortune and every extreme of condition. She had been Princess and inheritrix of England - then bastardized and disinherited. At sixteen she was the head of a great princely household. Not much later she was an accused traitor on the verge of execution in the Tower. Among all this, she had been taught the most advanced curriculum of the day. But it was her lessons in the school of life that mattered more - and that taught her humanity.Dr David Starkey recreates a host of extravagant characters, mad-cap schemes and tragic plots, while using original documents to point up the importance of the rituals of power and life at court. He writes with admirable clarity about religion and constitutional history. This brilliant book contrasts the daughters of Henry VIII: the pious Catholic Mary and her clever sister. The key to understanding Elizabeth is her determination not to make the same mistakes as Mary. Författare: David Starkey

Uppläsare: Patricia Hodge

Förlag: Harper Collins

Emma - Mias dotter

Emma, Mias dotter är den fjärde delen i Maria Erikssons storsäljande serie om sitt liv på flykt undan en våldsam man och hennes enastående kamp för att bygga upp en ny tillvaro åt sig själv och sina barn i ett främmande land. Det är en dramatisk resa som har fört henne från tryggheten i en svensk småstad till ett liv med kyddad identitet i en annan världsdel, via olika gömställen i Sverige och flera år av umbäranden i Chile. Emma, Mias dotter tar vid där Mias hemlighet slutade, och läsaren får följa familjens liv i det nya hemlandet USA och framför allt dottern Emma. Alla de läsare som mött Emma i först Gömda, sedan Asyl och därefter Mias hemlighet har naturligtvis undrat hur det ska gå för en flicka som tvingats utstå så mycket hemskt och svårt i livet. Här får de veta det, och det är Emma som själv berättar tillsammans med Mia. Författare: Maria Eriksson

Uppläsare: Marie Richardson

Förlag: Earbooks

En blomma i Afrikas öken

Waris Dirie är född i Somalia vid sex års ålder vallade hon getter i den somaliska öknen. När hon var tolv skulle hon giftas bort med en för henne okänd sextioårig man. Hon flydde då till Mogadishu och lyckades ta sig vidare till London där hon fick arbete som oavlönad piga hos en farbror, den somaliske ambassadören. I London 'upptäcktes' hon som fotomodell och inledde en sagolik karriär som toppmodell med hela den rika världen som arbetsfält. Författare: Waris Dirie

Uppläsare: Tintin Anderzon

Förlag: Bra Böcker

En ung naken kvinna

Ett år. En man. Och en kvinna. Året är 1972. Mannen är den grekiske musikern och världsstjärnan Mikis Theodorakis, kvinnan är Arja Saijonmaa. Det är en tid präglad av ideologi, politisk musik och frihetskamp. Mikis lever i exil efter en svår bakgrund som politisk fånge i Grekland och brinner för musiken som ska befria människorna. I mötet med den grekiska manskulturen, starka personligheter och sina egna känslor för Mikis tar den unga Arja steget ut i det okända. I denna levande självbiografiska historia berättar Arja om det år hon mötte mannen som skulle förändra både hennes karriär och hennes livsfilosofi. En ung naken kvinna är en öppen, humoristisk och personlig skildring om att finna sin väg i livet och att våga leva ut sin dröm. Författare: Arja Saijonmaa

Uppläsare: Arja Saijonmaa

Förlag: Piratförlaget

Ett annat liv

Liksom Strindberg skrev om sitt liv i tredje person, i Tjänstekvinnans son, skriver PO Enquist om sig själv som 'honom', den faderlöse lärarinnpajken från Hjoggböle, tidig medlem i nykterhetsorganisationen Hoppets här och lovande höjdhoppare. Han, vars barndoms värld inte sträckte sig längre än till Bureå, skulle komma att resa och leva en stor del av sitt liv utomlands. Men mitt i framgången en framväxande personlig kris. Som författare ett stort internationellt genombrott. Men när allting gick så bra, hur kunde det gå så illa. Ett annat liv är den dramatiska historien om detta. Den är en memoarbok som med humor, värme och nyfikenhet beskriver ett livsöde som format ett av vår tids stora författarskap. Författare: Per Olov Enquist

Uppläsare: Per Olov Enquist

Förlag: Norstedts

Ett kort uppehåll på vägen från Auschwitz

'Om vägen till Auschwitz är ett helvete lika för alla är varje väg från Auschwitz ett mirakel för sig. Vägen från Auschwitz tar sig de mest skiftande banor och bryter av mot de mest oförutsägbara mål och genomkorsar de mest oväntade platser. De som befinner sig på vägen från Auschwitz är alla undantag, på samma sätt som varje väg från Auschwitz är ett undantag.' Om sin fars väg från Auschwitz till den lilla staden med den stora lastbilsfabriken har Göran Rosenberg skrivit en djupt personlig barndomsmemoar; om Platsen där ett litet barn sätter sina första ord på världen och gör den till sin, som också är Platsen där en ung man stiger av tåget en tidig augustikväll 1947 för att börja världen på nytt, som också blir Platsen där efterkrigstidens ljusa horisonter alltför snart förmörkas av skuggorna från Lódź, Auschwitz, Ravensbrück och Wöbbelin. Författare: Göran Rosenberg

Uppläsare: Göran Rosenberg

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

Ett år av magiskt tänkande

Ett år av magiskt tänkande är en enastående bok där Joan Didion skriver ärligt och passionerat om sorg och dess olika uttryck efter sin mans plötsliga bortgång. Boken har legat på bestsellerlistorna och den belönades med USA:s finaste litterära utmärkelse, National Book Award, 2005 och den är hyllad av en enig kritikerkår. Joan Didion är berömd för sina skarpa och personliga reportage. Hon blev tillsammans med bland andra Hunter S. Thompson och Tom Wolfe, en av förgrundsfigurerna inom New journalism. Författare: Joan Didion

Uppläsare: Agneta Ekmanner

Förlag: Storyside

Ever the Diplomat: Confessions of a Foreign Office Mandarin

In this entertaining and engaging memoir, former ambassador Sherard Cowper-Coles lifts the lid on embassy life throughout the world.For over 30 years Sherard Cowper-Coles was on the diplomatic front line in a distinguished Foreign Office career that took him from the corridors of power in Whitehall to a string of high-profile posts across the globe.Entering the Foreign Office fresh from Oxford in 1977, he enjoyed a meteoric rise with postings in Beirut, Alexandria and Cairo, Washington, and Paris, and working on Hong Kong, punctuated with spells in London, where the young diplomat had a baptism of fire writing foreign affairs speeches for Geoffrey Howe and Margaret Thatcher.In 1999, he was made Principal Private Secretary to the irascible Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, providing the book with some of its most hilarious sequences, and his glittering career culminated in a succession of ambassadorial posts as Our Man in Israel, Saudi Arabia and finally Afghanistan.'Ever the Diplomat' is his revealing, passionate and witty account of half a lifetime in diplomacy, which is set to become a classic of the genre. Författare: Sherard Cowper-Coles

Uppläsare: Sherard Cowper-Coles

Förlag: Harper Collins

Ferran

The first-ever biography of Ferran Adrià, the chef behind Spain's renowned El Bulli restaurant, by one of the world's foremost food authorities. Ferran Adrià is arguably the greatest culinary revolutionary of our time. Hailed as a genius and a prophet by fellow chefs, worshipped (if often misunderstood) by critics and lay diners alike, Adrià is imitated and paid homage to in professional kitchens, and in more than a few private ones, all over the world. In his lively close-up portrait of Adrià, award-winning food writer Colman Andrews traces this groundbreaking chef 's rise from resort- hotel dishwasher to culinary deity, and the evolution of El Bulli from a German-owned beach bar into the establishment voted annually by an international jury to be "the world's best restaurant." With a new afterword for the paperback edition, Ferran brings to life the most exciting food movement of our time and illuminates the ways in which Adrià has forever altered our understanding and appreciation of food and cooking. Författare: Colman Andrews

Uppläsare: Don Hagen

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

Fjorton år till salu: En sann svensk historia

Kan man rädda liv med hjälp av böcker? Kanske. Och om det finns skuggan av en chans att varna tonårstjejer och deras föräldrar så att bara en enda slipper uppleva det Tessan – vars sanna, svenska historia berättas här – utsattes för, så är det värt allt vi lägger ned på produktionen. 14 år till salu är den sanna historien om hur en ung och på ytan helt normal och välanpassad svensk tjej rasar ned i nätprostitution och djup förnedring utan att omvärlden märker någonting. Och hur hon kommer upp ur sitt helvete igen. Att kalla boken för engagerande är att ta i på tok för litet. Alla som hittills läst 14 år… lägger den ifrån sig med en rysning och en önskan om att ingenting sånt här skall hända någon igen. Någonsin. Men också en beredskap för hur signaler skall tolkas och vad man faktiskt bör och kan göra som vuxen om en ungdom i närheten hamnar på glid. Detta är med andra ord en bok som alla vuxna och inte minst tonåringar själva verkligen bör läsa. Författare: Caroline Engvall

Uppläsare: Marja Nyberg

Förlag: Din röst

Flakmopedisten

Lasse Berghagen har inte bara Stockholm i sitt hjärta, utan i högsta grad även Dalarna. Här växte han upp under sommarloven, hit har han återvänt och nu tagit över släktgården i Svärdsjö. Ända sedan barndomen har hans dröm varit att äga en flakmoped. Och nu står den där! Gården är full av minnen från det evigt soliga sommarlovet – med abborrmete, kräftfiske, auktioner och mormors kloka och kärleksfulla omtankar. Om dessa minnen berättar Lasse Berghagen, liksom om flakmopedisten Hubbe Åkesson. Det är Hubbe som gör sällskap med Lasse nere i bastun vid sjön, och den historia han berättar är precis vad man kan vänta sig av en äkta flakmopedist. Författare: Lasse Berghagen

Uppläsare: Lasse Berghagen

Förlag: Piratförlaget

Flugfällan

Fredrik Sjöbergs Flugfällan är en underhållande betraktelse över samlandets psykologi. Författaren är biolog han är specialist på insekter och samlar själv på blomflugor men också författare och litteraturkritiker. En viktigt person i boken är den svenske upptäcktsresanden och entomologen René Malais (1892 1978) och dennes insektsfälla som gett boken dess namn. Sjöbergs egensinniga och lika underhållande som lärda bok nominerades 2004 till Augustpriset. Författare: Fredrik Sjöberg

Uppläsare: Fredrik Sjöberg

Förlag: Norstedts

Frank Skinner

Frank Skinner is undoubtedly one of the funniest and most successful comedians appearing on British screens. Born Chris Collins in 1957 he grew up in the West Midlands where he inherited his father's passion for football, a West Bromich Albion supporter, along with a liking for alcohol. Expelled from school at 16 Frank held various jobs later going on to gain an MA in English Literature. Nurturing a serious drink problem from the age of fourteen, Frank eventually turned to Catholicism in 1987 and hasn't had a drink since. Författare: Frank Skinner

Uppläsare: Frank Skinner

Förlag: Random House

From Behind the Veil

Farheen Khan was the victim of an Islamophobic attack by a stranger in a residential apartment building in Toronto. She managed to elude her attacker but the assault on her body had only just begun. For fear of dishonoring her family in the South Asian and Muslim community, Farheen didn't report the incident. Internalizing this experience so deeply sent her body into an allergic overdrive, resulting in fatal anaphylactic shock. Being unable to consume entire food groups gave her an insight into how a third of the people on earth are unable to eat for a very different reason—poverty and food insecurity. Despite her allergies, Farheen worked tirelessly to make a difference locally on building the foundation for the Muslim social services sector in her city. From the first lick of soy pudding, to despair and back again, she realized that not only can we not fight adversity alone—we are not expected to. This is an honest and candid story about accepting the angels that come in and out of our lives when we need them the most, to show us to ourselves as a reflective surface on a dirty wall. Sometimes being swept away by a giant wave beyond our understanding can take us to beaches we never knew existed; and in losing control, we can often gain control of who we are and what we are really about. Today, cured of 95 percent of her allergies, Farheen has founded and presides over several non profit organizations to help relieve poverty. Författare: Farheen Khan

Uppläsare: Farheen Khan

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

Från min loge på Dramaten

Det var inte lätt för portvaktssonen från Lilla Essingen att finna sig till rätta på Dramatens elevskola, men nu nästan femtio år senare är skådespelaren Börje Ahlstedt så gott som sammanvuxen med nationalscenen vid Nybroplan där han är den ende som har en egen loge. Därifrån berättar han om sitt liv på och utanför scenen, om de viktiga ögonblicken, om att bli sedd och förbisedd, om kolleger och chefer, vänner och ovänner, om konstnärskapets villkor och skådespelandets teknik, om scenskräck och kärlek samt förstås om mentorn och vännen Ingmar Bergman. Författare: Börje Ahlstedt

Uppläsare: Börje Ahlstedt

Förlag: Adelphi Audio

Från vaggan till deadline

På scen har vi sett honom som Ernst Hugo Järegård, Tony Rickardsson och Carl Bildt. I tv som Weiron i ottan och Greger den homosexuelle brandkårschefen. Privat har Sveriges roligaste man däremot alltid hållt en låg profil. Men inte den här gången. I Från vaggan till deadline berättar Robert Gustafsson hela sin historia. Han delar med sig av anekdoter från den översexuella barndomen, berättar om ungdomskriminaliteten och bjuder på ett världsrekord. Vi följer hans första stapplande steg på scen och får höra hur han bokstavligt talat tog död på den gamla svenska humoreliten. Han bjuder också på inblickar bakom kulisserna i Killinggänget. Det är en historia om dödsångest, relationsproblem och om hur en bild på ett koarsle blev en vändpunkt i hans liv. Här finns tempo och eftertanke, dråpliga lägen och djup tragik. Kort sagt, en berättelse om livet med Robert Gustafsson som motor en ovanligt kraftfull motor. Författare: Robert Gustafsson

Uppläsare: Robert Gustafsson

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

Följ mig bakåt vägen

Få artister i Sverige har skänkt fler svenskar mer glädje än Povel Ramel. I sina första memoarer eller 'livstycken' som han själv kallar dem berättar han, helt oefterhärmligt och med oväntade stråk av svärta, om hur det var att vara ung mellan de stora krigen, om tidiga skriv och musiklustar och om möten och tidiga samarbeten med den tidens legender, Evert Taube, Thor Modéen och många andra. Det är den kände Ramel som låter oss möta den okände Povel i en minnesbok av hög och underhållande litterär klass. Författare: Povel Ramel

Uppläsare: Povel Ramel

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

Gandhi CEO

Fourteen Lessons to instruct, inspire, and encourage... History's great leaders have much to teach us, and no one outshines Alan Axelrod in extracting those lessons and applying them to today's business world. His Elizabeth I, CEO and Patton on Leadership both became BusinessWeek bestsellers—and now, to follow his recent Winston Churchill, CEO, Axelrod has found a new and perhaps surprising subject for his popular format: Gandhi. Gandhi, a CEO? Absolutely—and an incomparable example for our uncertain times, when we need leaders we can trust and admire. Not only was he a moral and intensely spiritual man, but also a supremely practical manager and a powerful agent for change, able to nurture the rebirth of an entire nation. To achieve this goal, he mastered the elements of personal leadership and institutional management. Axelrod looks at this much studied figure in a way nobody has before, employing his fluid, engaging, and conversational style to bring each lesson to life through quotes and vivid examples from Gandhi's life. Författare: Alan Axelrod

Uppläsare: Don Hagen

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

Giving

This is the former president's account of the myriad of ways he has seen individuals giving back to their communities in the time since he left office. Part inspiration and part manual, Giving provides portraits of individuals and their altruistic acts. Using the President's great gift of communication to involve the reader, the audiobook gives us portraits from a six year old girl organising her home town's clean up the beach campaign through to Bill Gates and his charitable foundation. Författare: Bill Clinton

Uppläsare: Bill Clinton

Förlag: Random House

Gubbe och katt: en kärlekshistoria

Det här är berättelsen om hur Nils Uddenberg blev med katt fastän han aldrig i livet hade tänkt sig att ha något husdjur. En vintermorgon satt det en, som det skulle visa sig, herrelös katt utanför sovrumsfönstret och tittade på honom med stora runda gula ögon. Sakta men säkert nästlade den sig in i hans liv. Med mycket humor och självdistans berättar Nils Uddenberg om hur tillvaron förändrades sedan Kissen flyttat in i huset i Lund. De känslor hon väcker överraskar honom. Han blir förälskad i denna gråbrunspräckliga lilla dam, som snart också sover i hans säng om natten. Med sin bakgrund som psykiater kan Nils Uddenberg inte låta bli att fördjupa sig i Kissens själsliv. Har den humor? Är det ens rimligt att tillskriva den mänskliga känslor? Och den kanske knepigaste frågan av alla: Är vår lilla kisse överhuvudtaget intresserad av den gemenskap med henne som vi lägger ner så mycket möda på att bygga upp? Författare: Nils Uddenberg

Uppläsare: Torsten Wahlund

Förlag: HörOpp!

Gömda

Liza Marklund debuterade som författare med den här dokumentärromanen om en kvinna som förälskar sig i en man, förlovar sig och föder hans barn. Men förhållandet spårar ur. Mannen blir allt mer våldsam; hotar, slår och våldtar. När Maria lämnar honom, träffar en annan man och gifter sig blir det ännu värre. Myndigheterna står handfallna och till slut tvingas Maria och hennes familj gå under jorden. Författare: Liza Marklund

Uppläsare: Lia Boysen

Förlag: Piratförlaget

Gösta Ekman: Farbrorn som inte vill va' stor

I slutet av 1970-talet var Gösta Ekman berättare i den tecknade teveserien Farbrorn som inte vill va stor. Vi som såg den anade redan då att Gösta och farbrorn var befryndade, nu vet jag säkert. Barnet bor i Gösta och leken är hans livsluft, fast han fyllt 70. Den farbroderlige Gösta undrar fortfarande vad han ska bli, när han blir stor. Författare: Klas Gustafson

Uppläsare: Erik Johansson

Förlag: Storyside

Happy Accidents

Best-known as Glee's sharp-tongued Sue Sylvester, Jane Lynch's on-screen persona is someone that many love to hate. But when she's not prowling the corridors in Sue's shiny tracksuit, who is the real Jane Lynch and how did this Golden Globe and Emmy winner learn to channel such delicious nastiness?This is no typical Hollywood memoir of torment, grief, regret and plastic surgery. It's a simple but candid story of how a girl from Chicago came to Hollywood, overcame her demons, and finally hit the big time. Taking a good, hard look at herself, Lynch reveals that she and Sue Sylvester actually aren't all that different. At times in her life she 'was a real pain in the ass'.'I was an anxiety-stricken kid with a big, scary secret.' How difficult it is to imagine this funny, bright, intelligent woman hitting rock bottom, but she is frank about her self-loathing during those years and paints a vivid picture of drunken nights, angry tirades and a person with no friends. In short, she was a real-life Sue Sylvester.Yet this very same woman has starred in string of great, fun movies, including Talladega Nights, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Role Models and Julie and Julia, with actors such as Steve Carrell, Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd and Meryl Streep. With her impeccable comic timing and quick wit, she has transformed what was originally a guest part on Glee into one of the programme's most central and defining characters, and has won several awards for doing so. Lynch relates the story of her comedy career in a voice that is modest, hilarious and endlessly entertaining, even though her own life hasn't always been such a laugh. Författare: Jane Lynch

Uppläsare: Jane Lynch

Förlag: Harper Collins

Hellfire

Climb back inside the cockpit of the world's deadliest helicopter and learn how one mission helped change the course of the Afghan conflict and rewrite the rules of combat. May 2006. Pilot Ed Macy arrives in Afghanistan with a contingent of Apache AH Mk1. It's the first operational tour for the deadly, difficult machines and confidence in the cripplingly expensive attack helicopter is low. It doesn't help that for their first month 'in action', Ed and his mates see little more than the back-end of a Chinook.But when the men of 3 Para get pinned down during Op Mutay, the Army's reservations about their fearsome new fliers are thrown out the window. In the blistering firefight that follows, Ed fires the first ever Hellfire missile and, with one squeeze of the trigger, changes the war in Afghanistan forever. What had been looking like a £4.2 billion mistake quickly becomes the British Army's greatest asset, as the awe-inspiring Apache is dramatically redirected to fight the enemy head on.In this gripping account of war on the ground and in the skies above the dusty wastes of Helmand, Ed recounts the intense months that followed: the steep learning curve, the relentless missions, the evolving enemy and the changing Rules of Engagement. As he comes to grip with the Apache, his early career as a paratrooper stands him in good stead, as does his operational baptism as a pilot. Both shaped his ability to fly, fight and survive during that fateful first Afghanistan tour against a cunning and ruthless enemy. Ed will need every ounce of willpower and skill to succeed over the long, hot Helmand summer, as he and his colleagues find themselves on trial for their lives and for the reputation of a machine on which the British government had staked a fortune. The crucible of fire that awaited them would cement the fate of man and machine forever. Författare: Ed Macy

Uppläsare: Ed Macy

Förlag: Harper Collins

Hemma hos Martina

I Martina Haags första krönikesamling får vi veta allt om livet hemma hos Martina. Där är det aldrig någon som bråkar. Alla räkningar är betalda i tid och i trädgården ligger stenarna i storleksordning. Martina ljuger aldrig, är aldrig avundsjuk och känner sig aldrig som en tant. Precis så är det. Absolut inte. Författare: Martina Haag

Uppläsare: Martina Haag

Förlag: Piratförlaget

Henry VIII's Wives: History in an Hour

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.In his ambition to provide a male heir to the throne, Henry VIII married six times. Divorce from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, caused England's break from the Catholic church in Rome. He went on to divorce Anne of Cleves and behead Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard for infidelities. Jane Seymour died and Catherine Parr survived Henry. Henry VIII's Wives in an Hour will introduce you to these six entirely diverse and captivating personalities and the events that propelled them to their individual fates. You will learn which wife had what impact on Henry and England and understand why Henry and his six wives form the most popular period of Tudor history.Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour... Författare: Julie Wheeler

Uppläsare: Jonathan Keeble

Förlag: Harper Collins

Historien om IKEA

I Historien om IKEA möter vi Ingvar Kamprad precis som han är. Öppenhjärtigt och utan att skona sig själv i känsliga ting som sprit, politik, affärer, drömmar och fadäser berättar han med egna ord hur en sjuttonårings blomfröfirma kunde växa till en global möbelgigant värd över 170 miljarder med över 110.000 anställda i försäljning, tillverkning och inköp i 44 olika länder. Författare: Bertil Torekull

Uppläsare: Bertil Torekull

Förlag: Earbooks

Horungen

Som åttaåring kommer Donya till Sverige från Libanon kidnappad av sin egen pappa och hans nya fru. Sedan Donyas mamma drev igenom skilsmässan från sin våldsamme make, har pappan bara haft sporadisk kontakt med dottern men nu rycker han upp henne från allt hon håller kärt. När Donya gråter och vill hem till sin mamma i Beirut, säger pappans nya fru: 'Din mamma vill inte ha dig, hon är en lösaktig kvinna. Glöm att du har en mamma!' Livet med styvmamman blir snabbt ett helvete. Donya blir slagen av både henne och sin pappa och hålls mycket hårt. Hon får hela tiden höra att hon är en horunge och misshandlas alltmer brutalt i hemmet. När hon är femton rymmer hon och hamnar efter dödshot från pappan i ett familjehem på annan ort. Mannen i det par som tar hand om Donya hjälper henne att få kontakt med mamman i Libanon och sexton år gammal flyger Donya ensam till Beirut för att återse henne. Men knappt har de återförenats förrän Donya på nytt blir kidnappad, den här gången av pappans släkt. Hon spärras in i sin farbrors hus och hålls isolerad från omvärlden. Författare: Donya Wihbi,Ingrid Carlqvist

Uppläsare: Anna Gunnarson

Förlag: Din röst

Humble Pie

Everyone thinks they know the real Gordon Ramsay: rude, loud, pathologically driven, stubborn as hell. But this is his real story...This is Gordon Ramsay's autobiography - the first time he has told the full story of how he became the world's most famous and infamous chef: his difficult childhood, his brother's heroin addiction and his failed first career as a footballer: all of these things have made him the celebrated culinary talent and media powerhouse that he is today. Gordon talks frankly about:* his tough childhood: his father's alcoholism and violence and the effects on his relationships with his mother and siblings* his first career as a footballer: how the whole family moved to Scotland when he was signed by Glasgow Rangers at the age of fifteen, and how he coped when his career was over due to injury just three years later* his brother's heroin addiction.* Gordon's early career: learning his trade in Paris and London; how his career developed from there: his time in Paris under Albert Roux and his seven Michelin-starred restaurants.* kitchen life: Gordon spills the beans about life behind the kitchen door, and how a restaurant kitchen is run in Anthony Bourdain-style.* and how he copes with the impact of fame on himself and his family: his television career, the rapacious tabloids, and his own drive for success. Författare: Gordon Ramsay

Uppläsare: Gordon Ramsay

Förlag: Harper Collins

I Know This Much: From Soho to Spandau

I Know This Much - written and read by Gary Kemp - Spandau Ballet's prime mover - is simply the freshest, most exciting and best read memoir to arrive for years Gary's story begins in North London, where the Kemp family rented a home with no bathrooms and chickens in the yard. After a couple of failed attempts to kill his brother Martin, his parents gave him a guitar for Christmas.From schoolyard battles between the Bowie Boys and the Prog Rockers to Mrs Kemp's firm insistence on net curtains, from acting for the Children's Film Foundation to manning a fruit and veg stall on Saturdays, Gary brilliantly evokes an upbringing full of love, creativity and optimism. As the Thatcher years begin, Gary's account of the outrageous London club scene centred around the Blitz and Billy's is just sizzling. Out of this glamorous mayhem of kilt-wearing mascara'd peacocks would emerge Spandau Ballet - the band that would define the era, and hold high the victorious standard of the New Romantics.Gary's thrilling journey with Spandau Ballet would see them record worldwide hits such as True, Gold and Through the Barricades, play the biggest stadiums in the world, and take to the stage in togas when their luggage gets lost in flight. Stallions, supermodels and dwarves would be hired for video shoots, and through it all, Gary records the wonderful friendships, and the slowly-building tensions that would eventually see five old friends facing each other in court.I Know This Much tells the story of Spandau Ballet, but it's far more than a book about being in a band. Whether it's meeting Ronnie Kray before filming The Krays, sketching out the fashions and subcultures of the day, or hanging out with Princess Diana, this book offers a story on every page. And all the more so because it's all written - brilliantly - by Gary himself. Författare: Gary Kemp

Uppläsare: Gary Kemp

Förlag: Harper Collins

I Should Have Been at Work

One of the most sought-after celebrity titles of recent years, Des Lynam's autobiography gives a frank and opinionated insight into the man behind the myth.Famously guarded about his private life, Des sets the record straight on all the stories that have been written about him, giving a unique view of life at the very top of his career - the personalities, the feuds, tragedies and glory.One of the most accomplished broadcasters of his generation, Des Lynam has graced our screens for more than thirty years.At the BBC, Des covered World Cups and European Championships; many Wimbledons; seven Olympic Games, including the Israeli shootings in Munich; travelling the world; and following his hero Muhammad Ali to fights in Zaire, Malaysia and the USA.Here he tells of the highs and the lows, the programmes he turned down - and the ones he wished he had! He also offers a candid account of life behind the scenes at the BBC - and of his five years at ITV, his reasons for going there and why his decision was justified but in other ways disastrous. This is the real Des: honest, warm, funny and brilliant - the man a whole nation has taken to heart. Författare: Des Lynam

Uppläsare: Des Lynam

Förlag: Harper Collins

I skuggan av Tingsten : en släktberättelse

Herbert Tingstens dotter Kaj levde i skuggan av sin berömde far. Sitt inre tomrum fyllde hon med sprit och mer eller mindre svekfulla män. Jill Tingsten Klackenberg letar i sin skoningslösa, men samtidigt ömsinta släktberättelse efter sin morfar, privatpersonen Herbert Tingsten, mannen bakom den mediala masken. Han var under många år chefredaktör för Dagens Nyheter, och skrev en mängd uppmärksammade böcker, bland andra memoarerna Mitt liv, där den egna familjen bara skymtar förbi. Hur kunde morfar som var så rädd vara så modig? Hur kunde min mamma som var så stark vara så svag? Dubbelheten har vi alla, men i deras fall blev den så extrem och alltmer tydlig med tiden. Under min uppväxt fanns morfar alltid där på tv, i tidningar och i min mammas längtan efter honom. Författare: Jill Tingsten Klackenberg

Uppläsare: Katarina Ewerlöf

Förlag: Storyside

I, Partridge: We Need To Talk About Alan

Journalist, presenter, broadcaster, husband, father, vigorous all-rounder - Alan Partridge - a man with a fascinating past and an amazing future. Gregarious and popular, yet Alan's never happier than when relaxing in his own five-bedroom, south-built house with three acres of land and access to a private stream. But who is this mysterious enigma? Alan Gordon Partridge is the best - and best-loved - radio presenter in the region. Born into a changing world of rationing, Teddy Boys, apes in space and the launch of ITV, Alan's broadcasting career began as chief DJ of Radio Smile at St. Luke's Hospital in Norwich. After replacing Peter Flint as the presenter of Scout About, he entered the top 8 of BBC sports presenters.But Alan's big break came with his primetime BBC chat show Knowing Me, Knowing You. Sadly, the show battled against poor scheduling, having been put up against News at Ten, then in its heyday. Due to declining ratings, a single catastrophic hitch (the killing of a guest on air) and the dumbing down of network TV, Alan's show was cancelled. Not to be dissuaded, he embraced this opportunity to wind up his production company, leave London and fulfil a lifelong ambition to return to his roots in local radio.Now single, Alan is an intensely private man but he opens up, for the second time, in this candid, entertaining, often deeply emotional - and of course compelling - memoir, written entirely in his own words. (Alan quickly dispelled the idea of using a ghost writer. With a grade B English Language O-Level, he knew he was up to the task.) He speaks touchingly about his tragic Toblerone addiction, and the painful moment when unsold copies of his first autobiography, Bouncing Back, were pulped like 'word porridge'. He reveals all about his relationship with his ex-Ukrainian girlfriend, Sonja, with whom he had sex at least twice a day, and the truth about the thick people who make key decisions at the BBC.A literary tour de force, I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan charts the incredible journey of one of our greatest broadcasters. Författare: Alan Partridge

Uppläsare: Alan Partridge

Förlag: Harper Collins

Infiltratören

Max Åström arbetade som infiltratör åt den svenska polisen. Han gillrade fällor åt mc gäng, rånare och knarkhandlare på uppdrag av den nu dömde och avskedade kommissarien Olle Liljegren vid Stockholmspolisen. Max hemliga uppdrag avslöjades när en infiltration gick snett. Under utredningen och i rättegångarna som följde kom allt fler uppgifter fram om Stockholmspolisens okonventionella arbetsmetoder, men många frågor saknar ännu svar. Hur mycket kände högt uppsatta polischefer till? Varför har ingen av de dömda fått chans till ny rättegång. Och vad betyder det för den svenska rättssäkerheten? Lasse Wierup är reporter på Dagens Nyheter och författare till Svensk maffia. Han är den journalist som grävt djupast i en av de mest besvärande affärerna för den svenska polisen hittills. Författare: Lasse Wierup

Uppläsare: Tomas Bolme

Förlag: Norstedts

Inga fler dagar inom parentes

Det här är en bok om livet. Den handlar om sorg och skugga, om vanmakt, hopp, kärlek och vägar vidare. Den är skriven under prästen Annika Borgs eget sorgeår, ur ett dubbelt och ovanligt perspektiv: prästens och dotterns. En bok som ger djupa tankar men också medmänsklig, handfast hjälp. Om boken Annika Borg är präst i Svenska kyrkan och doktor i teologi. I sitt yrke är hon van vid att reflektera över de existentiella frågorna och att befinna sig i enskilda människors livskatastrofer, att arbeta med sorg och död, att lyssna och ge tröst. Men när hennes pappa blev sjuk i cancer och sedan dog så stod hon inte som man skulle kunna tro rustad och mogen. Förutom den förlamande sorgen växte ett trots mot tanken på döden som en naturlig del av livet. Ett icke accepterande som gav henne styrka och mod att leva vidare. Författare: Annika Borg

Uppläsare: Annika Borg

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

Insidan

Livet såg ljust ut för Liam Norberg den där vinterdagen 1993. Han hade gott om kontanter efter ett flertal lyckade kupper och han hade sopat igen alla spår efter sig. Trodde han. Insidan är berättelsen om Liams väg, från hängiven kampsportskille till yrkeskriminell. Det är en berättelse om ger en unik inblick i de kriminellas värld och deras sätt att se på samhället. Men det är också en bok som visar att det finns en väg ut, en väg till något nytt. Liam Norberg är känd för sina filmroller i bland annat Stockholmsnatt och Sökarna. Men även för att han dömdes till ett rekordlångt fängelsestraff för 930 miljonerskuppen mot Gota banken 1990 och ett värdetransportrån i Göteborg. Författare: Liam Norberg

Uppläsare: Liam Norberg

Förlag: Norstedts

Inside Drucker's Brain

A guide to Peter Drucker's best management principles… Inspired by the author's interview with the “father of modern management” himself In late 2003, Peter Drucker invited Jeffrey Krames to his home in Claremont, California, for a rare interview. The 94 year old Drucker who had amassed an unprecedented body of published work, comprised of many hundreds of thousands of pages, spent a full day sharing his insights from a lifetime of management consulting and writing. This resulting audio book is a simple guide that distills the essential wisdom from Drucker's considerable body of work. It includes: • The key to Drucker's ideas • His seminal management and leadership insights and strategies • The evolution of Drucker's thinking • His thoughts on leadership, partnering with professionals, and the changing role of information and technology Gain a fresh perspective on this extraordinary thinker. By including many contemporary examples, this audio book brings a part of Drucker's incredible body of knowledge to life, and shows how so many of his seminal ideas are as relevant now as when they were written. A step by step blueprint to implementing Drucker's best ideas into your own organization. Författare: Jeffrey Krames

Uppläsare: Sean Pratt

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

Inside Larry's and Sergey's Brain

An in depth look at the strategies of Google's shockingly successful founders You've used their products. You've heard about their skyrocketing wealth and 'don't be evil' business motto. But how much do you really know about Google's founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin? Inside Larry and Sergey's Brain skips past the general Google story and focuses on what really drives these men and where they will take Google in the future. Richard L. Brandt shows the company as the brainchild of two brilliant but individual men and looks at Google's business decisions in light of its founders' ambitions and beliefs. Larry is the main strategist, with business acumen and practical drive, while Sergey is the primary technologist and idealist, with brilliant ideas and strong moral positions. But they work closely together, almost like complementary halves of a single brain. Larry is more socially awkward and rarely volunteers to answer questions. Sergey is more poised but is also shy with outsiders. Through interviews with current and former employees, competitors, partners, and senior Google management, plus conversations with the founders themselves, Brandt demystifies the secret society that is Google, as well as clarifying a number of misconceptions. For instance, it may seem more and more that Google wants to be something other than a search company as it expands into e mail, cell phones, Web browsers, wiki information sites, social networks, and photo editing. But actually, Larry and Sergey just define search a little differently from everyone else. They also like to act as catalysts for change in industries (such as telecommunications) that affect their business. Theoretically, any of half a dozen competitors could have gotten where Google is today. But in reality, none of them could have been Google, because they didn't have Larry and Sergey. Författare: Richard Brandt

Uppläsare: Erik Synnestvetd

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

Inside Obama's Brain

From the moment he burst onto the national political scene, Barack Obama has fascinated people more than any politician in decades. Many biographers have already retold his story, but no previous book truly explains how his mind works, what passions drive him, or what makes him such an effective leader. This concise profile explores the ideas, inspirations, and experiences that have shaped the president. It quotes a wide network of sources, including many who broke long standing vows of silence to offer their candid and surprising observations. Award winning journalist Sasha Abramsky interviewed close to one hundred of Obama's current and former friends, colleagues, classmates, teachers, staff, mentors, basketball buddies, fellow Chicago activists, media consultants, editors, and even his next door neighbors from Hyde Park. These people each know a part of Obama's life and career, which the author blends the pieces into a uniquely detailed analysis. Abramsky explains the origins of Obama's extraordinary poise, focus, and self confidence; his powerful storytelling and speaking skills; and his empathetic listening style. He shows why Obama's experiences as a community organizer are widely misunderstood and more influential than many people realize. And he explores how Obama found a unique way to bridge America's racial divides. No previous book has delved so deeply into the events and people that helped make Barack Obama the man he is today. Författare: Sasha Abramsky

Uppläsare: Erik Synnestvetd

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

Inspired

We read what motivational speakers teach us, but what do they teach their families behind closed doors? The Proctor Family shares what they have learned from the Godfather of motivation, Bob Proctor. From his 9 year old grandson relaying how Bob gently explained the meaning of death, to his son's view of money, the Proctor family relay what they have learned from living with Bob Proctor. The chapters are honest, emotional and funny. They expose Bob Proctor's trait as as a dad, husband, grandfather and much more! Författare: Linda Proctor

Uppläsare: Victoria Velenosi

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

It's Not What You Think

The story of how one council estate lad made good, really very good, and survived - just about - to tell the tale...Chris Evans's extraordinary career has seen him become one of the country's most successful broadcasters and producers. From The Big Breakfast to Don't Forget Your Toothbrush and TFI Friday, Chris changed the TV landscape during the '90s; and on Manchester's Piccadilly Radio, BBC Radio 1's Breakfast show and as owner of Virgin Radio he ushered in the age of the celebrity DJ.But this is only part of the Chris Evans story. In this witty and energetically written autobiography, Chris describes the experiences that shaped the boy and created the man who would go on to carve out such a dazzlingly brilliant career. Born on a dreary council estate in Warrington and determined to escape, Chris started out as the best newspaper boy on the block, armed with no more than a little silver Binatone radio that he would take to the newsagents each day and through which he would develop a life-long and passionate love affair with the music and voices that emerged.From paperboy to media mogul, It's Not What You Think isn't what you think - it's the real story beyond the glare of the media spotlight from one of this country's brightest and boldest personalities. Författare: Chris Evans

Uppläsare: Chris Evans

Förlag: Harper Collins

Jag vill inte dö, jag vill bara inte leva

Vid en första anblick har Ann Heberlein allt man kan önska sig: man, barn och en framgångsrik yrkeskarriär som forskare och journalist. Men bakom den lyckade fasaden döljer sig en mardrömslik tillvaro, Heberlein lider av manodepressivitet eller bipolär 2 som psykiatrin kallar det. I denna skoningslöst självutlämnande rapport från sjukdomens insida tar hon oss med in den manodepressiva människans helvetiska vardag, en tillvaro där tanken på självmord är en ständig följeslagare. Författare: Ann Heberlein

Uppläsare: Marie Richardson

Förlag: Earbooks

Jag vägrar dö nyfiken

På mitt visitkort står det 'artist' men det kunde lika gärna stå 'filosof och nattsuddare', säger Babben. Vem är jag? Vad driver mig? Varför reagerar jag så märkligt i just den här situationen? Det här är superintressanta frågor för mig och jakten på svaren har varit lång och underhållande. Babben Larsson är ståuppare, programledare med egen tv showen 'Babben & co', deltagare i tv programmet 'Parlamentet', utsedd till Årets kvinnliga komiker 2008, mottagare av Povel Ramels Karamelodiktstipendium 2008, jazzsångerska, skådelspelare med mera. Författare: Babben Larsson

Uppläsare: Babben Larsson

Förlag: Norstedts

Jag är Daniel

Livet i Thailand blir en daglig kamp för att överleva och undkomma det förflutna. Daniel tvingas bo i Bangkoks ghetto, han är pank och håller på att svälta ihjäl. Han är efterlyst av polisen, jagas av den undre världen och får bokstavligt talat slåss för sitt liv. Under det falska namnet David Larsson startar han en blogg där han skriver om sig själv och om det svåra läge han hamnat i. I allt han gör har han bara ett mål för ögonen; att reda ut situation i Sverige så att han kan återvända hem och träffa sin son. Jag är Daniel är den sanna berättelsen om en man som varje dag och varje sekund kämpar mot sitt förflutna och mot sig själv; en man som till varje pris vill lämna kriminaliteten bakom sig, gottgöra de människor han svikit och börja ett nytt liv. Fristående fortsättning på Jag är wanted. Författare: David Larsson

Uppläsare: Reine Brynolfsson

Förlag: Earbooks

Jag är Zlatan: Zlatans egen berättelse

'Varför kom hon inte? Tyckte hon inte om mig längre? Det gick en minut, två, tre, tio minuter, och till slut pallade jag inte längre. Det var värsta förnedringen. Hon har säkert blåst mig, tänkte jag. Vem skulle vilja ha en date med mig? Och så drog jag därifrån. Jag skiter väl i henne, typ. Jag ska ändå bli fotbollstjärna. Men alltså, det var dummaste grejen. Tjejens buss hade bara varit lite försenad. Det var chaffisen som velat ta en cigg eller nåt, och hon kom dit precis efteråt och blev lika ledsen som jag. ' I Jag är Zlatan Ibrahimovic ger han en helt ny och skakande bild av uppväxten i Rosengård. Med sina egna ord berättar han om papporna från den fina sidan av stan som försöker få honom utslängd från Malmö FF. Han berättar om kampen och striderna i Ajax, om köpet till Juventus, succén i Italien och spelskandalen som höll på att förstöra hans karriär. Han berättar om Inter och segrarna, om Mourinho, målen och de stora stjärnorna. Han berättar om Helena, barnen och om livet bakom strålkastarljuset. För första gången avslöjar han precis vad som hände med Pep Guardiola i Barcelona. I Zlatans egen självbiografi får vi det rafflande spelet bakom klubbytena. Vi får en insyn i den absoluta toppfotbollen vi aldrig fått förut. För första gången får vi hela sanningen om Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Författare: David Lagercrantz,Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Uppläsare: Jonas Malmsjö

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

Jiddra inte 

Den sanna berättelsen om ett kriminellt underbarn. 12 år: Första jobbet i den kriminella världen. 14 år: Fruktad gängledare. 16 år: Dömd för mordförsök. 18 år: Säljer vapen, knark och driver nattklubb. 20 år: Indrivare och livvakt åt maffian. Redan som barn bestämde sig Patrik Pelosio för att inte ta skit inte från någon eller något. Han var en kriminell supertalang med ett tydligt mål: att bli gangster och få respekt. Jiddra inte är den sanna berättelsen om en entreprenör i Stockholms undre värld. Det är en skildring inifrån den undre världen som visar hur varje trappsteg uppåt i själva verket var ett trappsteg nedåt. Det är också en historia om kärlekens kraft och modet att våga kliva av när det går som snabbast. Patrik Pelosio arbetar idag som uppskattad föreläsare och konsult mot våld, droger och rasism. Boken har han skrivit tillsammans med frilansjournalisten och filmaren Theodor Lundgren. Författare: Patrik Pelosio,Theodor Lundgren

Uppläsare: Benny Haag

Förlag: Storyside

JLS

With a no.1 album selling over 1.5 million copies, three no. 1 singles, two Brit awards, two MOBO awards, a sell-out UK tour and a no. 1 bestselling book, it has been quite a year for JLS! Download the audiobook and hear their full story so far and discover what life is like as the UK's hottest boy band!In this, the first ever audiobook recorded by Aston, Marvin, Oritsé and JB, you'll hear all about their incredible journey first hand - from a description of life before The X Factor and the amazing experience on the show, to a diary account of their remarkable past year.By far the most successful band ever to come out of The X Factor, JLS have gone from strength to strength since 2009 and are set to become one of the biggest boy bands the UK has ever seen. With their loyal legion of screaming fans, JLS are a true pop sensation.In this abridgment of Our Story So Far and Just Between Us: Our Private Diary you will get exclusive access to JLS's phenomenal world. Join Aston, Oritsé, Marvin and JB as they hang out with famous friends, appear on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, find out their first album has gone to no. 1, travel to the States and much much more. On top of this, you'll hear them recall what life was like before they found fame, how they met and the amazing process they went through on the X Factor.Jammed pack full of detail, telling you everything you could want to know about their journey so far, JLS's audiobook is a must-have for any true fan. Författare: n.a.

Uppläsare: JLS

Förlag: Harper Collins

Johnson's Life of London: The People Who Made the City That Made the World

London is special. For centuries, it has been amongst the greatest cities of the world. But a city is nothing without its people. This sparkling new history of London, told through a relay-race of great Londoners shows in one, personality-packed book that the ingenuity, diversity, creativity and enterprise of London are second to none. Boris Johnson believes that in order to understand London one has to know about its past. The heart and spirit of London lies in its people, in the range of its cultures. Through its diversity and energy, London provides an environment which empowers people to create, the impetus to invent. Boris Johnson's new book explores this cross current of influences between Westminster and the City, between the politicians and the wealth creators, over many centuries. JOHNSON'S LIFE OF LONDON - a fitting tribute of course to one of the greatest Londoners -celebrates many of the characters who have made this city great. Boris's book provides a chronological story of London but is written in the form of a relay race of biographies - some very famous figures, some more obscure. He ranges from the Romans to one of the author's predecessors as mayor, Dick Whittington; from John Wilkes (a strong upholder of the freedom of the press) to J.W. Turner; from Chaucer to Gandhi, and through to modern times.Boris Johnson writes with wit and erudition, providing the reader with delightful insights. The book discovers London as none of us have seen it before and the journey is exhilarating and surprising . Författare: Boris Johnson

Uppläsare: Boris Johnson

Förlag: Harper Collins

Journey Of A Lifetime

The iconic broadcasting legend dusts down his suitcase for a final journey around the globe, revisiting locations of significance to his life and career."You might say I'm set in my airways. I'm one of those lucky people whose professional and private lives blend exactly."Alan Whicker, 2007 This sumptuous book to accompany the major BBC TV series of the same name, is a glorious celebration of 50 years in front of the camera.For as long as most can remember, Whicker has roamed far and wide in search of the eccentric, the ludicrous and the socially-revealing aspects of everyday life as lived by some of the more colourful of the world's inhabitants.Since the late 1950s, when the long-running Whicker's World documentary was first screened, he has probed and dissected the often secretive and unobserved worlds of the rich and famous, rooting out the most implausible and sometimes ridiculous characters after gaining admittance to the places where they conduct their leisure hours. The great man's legacy contains a number of genuine TV firsts. As well as landmark interviews with figures as diverse as Papa Doc, Paul Getty and The Sultan of Brunei, he was a pioneer, covering subjects like plastic surgery, gay weddings, polygamy, swinging and following gun-toting cops, fly-on-the-wall style, for British screens long before anyone else.This wonderful new book is the end product of a very personal journey. Whicker retraces his steps, catching up with some past interviewees and reflecting on how the world has changed - for good and bad - over the passing of time. Journey of a Lifetime is lyrical, uplifting and peppered with our favourite globetrotter's brand of subtle satire. Författare: Alan Whicker

Uppläsare: Alan Whicker

Förlag: Harper Collins

Just Kids

»Det var sommaren då Coltrane dog. Sommaren då Jimi Hendrix satte eld på sin gitarr och Kina sprängde en vätebomb. Det var uppror i Newark och protestmarscher mot Vietnamkriget. Världen stod på tröskeln till en ny tid. Det var sommaren som förändrade mitt liv.« Den heta sommaren 1967 lämnar Patti Smith hemstaden i New Jersey. Hon hoppar av sin lärarutbildning och tar sig till äventyret i New York. Hon vill få nya intryck och utvecklas. I New York träffar hon sin själsfrände Robert Mapplethorp. Tillsammans med Robert kommer Patti rakt in i en miljö och atmosfär som sjuder av kreativitet och liv. Just Kids är en levande skildring av New Yorks avantgardistiska och spännande kulturliv i början av 70 talet. Just Kids är inte bara ett unikt tidsdokument utan också en varm och innerlig kärleksförklaring till en älskad vän. Författare: Patti Smith

Uppläsare: Marika Lagercrantz

Förlag: Earbooks

Kikki Danielsson - Ett schlagerliv

Äntligen kommer boken där Kikki Danielsson själv får berätta om artisten och människan bakom rubrikerna. Hon gör det med all den öppenhet, värme och humor som bidragit till att göra henne så folkkär. Om man som hon levt ett liv så fyllt av dramatik, tragedi och sorg, men också framgång och glädje, finns det mycket att dela med sig av, och Kikki är i det avseendet både generös, insiktsfull och modig. Dessutom bjuder hon på roliga porträtt av människor hon mött och beskriver med befriande självdistans sina egna tillkortakommanden. Kikki Danielsson är inte bara en av våra mest älskade utan också mest framgångsrika artister. Hon har under sin mer än fyra decennier långa karriär sålt drygt 3,5 miljoner skivor, fått 26 guldskivor och sex platinaskivor. Hon har deltagit nio gånger i den svenska Melodifestivalen, vunnit den en gång, samt placerat sig på andra plats i Eurovision Song Contest med låten Bra vibrationer. Kikki har tre år i rad utnämnts till Skandinaviens bästa countrysångerska och som sådan nått framgång i USA. Fortfarande, 2011, är hon aktuell som sångerska och skivartist. Författare: Kikki Danielsson

Uppläsare: Anna Maria Käll

Förlag: Earbooks

King Icahn

“I'm like the gunfighter you hire to save the town. That gunfighter is there to do good…but he'll only do what he does if he knows he'll get paid for it.” – Carl Icahn In this dramatic, deal by deal portrait of legendary and, until now, secretive financier Carl Icahn, bestselling business writer Mark Stevens takes us behind the scenes of some of the biggest deals in U.S. corporate history: Icahn's multibillion dollar raid on Phillips Petrolium; his bold move on Texaco's hidebound management, which netted him $500 million in the largest single transaction ever recorded by the New York Stock Exchange; Icahn's prolonged battle with CEO David Roderick to break apart the once mighty steel giant USX; and his stunning takeover of TWA. To write this fascinating audio book, Mark Stevens has utilized to the ultimate his incisive investigative skills and his extraordinary access to Icahn himself as well as Icahn's friends, associates, adversaries, and critics—those who rode on his takeover bandwagon, and those who fell beneath its wheeling and dealing. The story he has to tell is that of a bookish boy from Bayswater who went to Princeton, studied philosophy, dropped out of medical school, landed as a minor player on Wall Street, and then had a billion dollar epiphany—a means of “controlling the destiny of corporations” that would ultimately earn him his fortune. Along with the inside details of the deals that defined the high flying eighties, Stevens provides a vivid, totally unauthorized profile of Icahn himself. At times deceptively disorganized and absentminded but a ruthlessly brilliant tactician when the chips are down, Icahn won his place at the pinnacle of capitalism by realizing that America's CEOs could be “persuaded” to spend millions in corporate funds or search for white knights to avert a takeover that might cost them their jobs. It was a plan of predatory genius; in the seventies and eighties Icahn garnered huge profits time after time—until he devoured TWA, and found that his ambitions were greater than his management talents. With his very fortune hanging in the balance, Icahn engaged in epic negotiations with the Pension Benefit Guarantee Board, engineering what may be the premiere victory of his career. A fascinating tale with a cast of characters that includes Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, T. Boone Pickens, Dennis Levine, and most of the other key players of the takeover era. King Icahn is the first biography of the business buccaneer who changed the course of corporate America. Författare: Mark Stevens

Uppläsare: Mark Stevens

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

Kriget är slut

När Morgan Alling skildrade sin tuffa barndom i radioprogrammet Sommar år 2009 blev gensvaret enormt. Under sina första fyra år bodde Morgan och hans lillebror Stefan tillsammans med sin ensamstående alkoholiserade mor. Vardagen var fylld av supande, slagsmål och flyttar mellan olika lägenheter. Men mamman älskade ändå sina söner och försökte ta hand om dem så gott hon kunde. Och Morgan hittade på allehanda bus och upptåg som gjorde honom till hjälte både hos kompisarna och fyllgubbarna. Men till slut tappade mamman kontrollen över festandet, förlorade jobbet och blev inlagd på behandlingshem. Morgan och hans lillebror hamnade på barnhem, men trots mammans alla löften kom hon aldrig och hämtade dem. Istället skildes bröderna åt och skickades från fosterfamilj till fosterfamilj. Kriget är slut är en gripande skildring av ett maskrosbarn som inte bara klarade sig utan har lyckats vända motgångarna till en styrka. Författare: Morgan Alling

Uppläsare: Morgan Alling

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

Kulla Gulla stretar vidare - lägesrapport vid 60

Otroligt nog och tro det eller ej men det är faktiskt sant. Att vi fyllt 60 nu, vi som växte upp med Kulla Gulla och Boken till dig. Det här är boken till oss. Den andra boken till oss som jag har skrivit. Eller om den mest av allt är till mig själv. För den handlar en hel del om hur just jag har det. Om min tilltagande oförmåga att placera folk, om min känsla av att ha börjat tappa kollen på rådande trender. Om min övertygelse att detta inte spelar någon större roll. Författare: Cecilia Hagen

Uppläsare: Anita Wall

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

Laid in Chelsea: My Life Uncovered

Read by the Made in Chelsea star himself Ollie Locke is immaculately dressed, fake tanned and unstoppably cheerful. He's the heart of Channel 4's hit show Made in Chelsea. He's done it all. And what he hasn't done, he's seen. (Not in a weird way, obvs.) In a nutshell, that means one hell of a rollercoaster ride of trouble, misadventures, sexual mishaps, epic cringes and embarrassing secrets that nobody was ever supposed to know. Until now. Because in Laid in Chelsea Ollie famously unlucky in love is letting it all hang out. So to speak. From developing his first crush, dire first encounters, terrible dates to true love as well as offering his unique advice on how to stay sane in the crazy world of love Ollie's laying it bare. And, of course, he reveals what really goes on behind the bedroom doors of Made in Chelsea...Witty, surprising, touching, downright hilarious and always honest, Laid in Chelsea is an exclusive insight into the mind of the modern man, and a backstage pass to the secret world of Chelsea. Författare: Ollie Locke

Uppläsare: Ollie Locke

Förlag: Harper Collins

Laterna magica

När Laterna magica kom ut i slutet av 80 talet möttes den av lysande recensioner och blev en omedelbar framgång. Ingemar Bergman berättar i sin bok levande och självutlämnande om sin barndom och sin utvecklingsväg via teatern till till film, TV och opera. Bergman visar här att han även är en lysande författare. Författare: Ingmar Bergman

Uppläsare: Reine Brynolfsson

Förlag: Adelphi Audio

Lit: A Memoir

‘If you’d told me, even a year before I start taking my son to church regular, that I’d wind up whispering my sins in the confessional or on my knees saying the rosary, I would’ve laughed myself cockeyed. More likely pastime? Pole dancer. International spy. Drug mule. Assassin.’ Mary Karr’s prizewinning The Liars’ Club chronicled her hardscrabble Texas childhood and sparked a renaissance in memoir, cresting the New York Times best seller list for more than a year. Cherry, her ecstatically reviewed account of a psychedelic adolescence and a moving sexual coming-of-age story, followed it into best-sellerdom. Now Lit answers the question asked by thousands of fans: How did Karr make it out of that toxic upbringing to tell her own tale? Författare: Mary Karr

Uppläsare: Mary Karr

Förlag: Harper Collins

Look Who It Is!: My Story

Famed for his gentle innocence and brilliant observational wit, comedian Alan Carr describes his childhood growing up in a football-mad family in Northampton and his rise to become one of Britain's best-loved comedians.'Puberty had been unkind. Whereas it had come in the night and left the other boys with chiselled, stubbly chins and deep masculine voices, I'd been left with a huge pair of knockers and the voice of a pensioner.' Alan CarrAlan Carr grew up in one of the most boring towns in England - Northampton. A place known for making shoes. It was also famous for its football club, Northampton Town FC. Alan's dad as manager of the club was a local hero. A dream come true for most lads, but not Alan. Alan wore glasses and had man boobs at 14. He did not like P.E.In his very first book, Alan tells his life story ('oh and what a life') with his unique twist of natural, observational humour -'I'm not saying I'm a fantasist but there have been times when things that I've seen on television when I was younger have tended to seep into my subconscious and blended into my own life. I remember telling my Mum about the time I stopped that woman from having a diamond encrusted necklace stolen and she'd say 'No Alan, that was Poirot.'With his tongue-in-cheek, end of pier humour that has made him famous, Alan describes an ordinary life in bursts of technicolour. His journey from awkward schoolboy hiding his man-boobs on the pitch, drinking tea with the dinner ladies and working in a call centre, to becoming one of our best-loved comedians likened to the great Frankie Howerd, will make his book a guaranteed tickler with a laugh-out-loud gag on every page. Författare: Alan Carr

Uppläsare: Alan Carr

Förlag: Harper Collins

Louis D. Brandeis

The first full scale biography in twenty five years of one of the most important and distinguished justices to sit on the Supreme Court–an audio book that reveals Louis D. Brandeis the reformer, lawyer, and jurist, and Brandeis the man, in all of his complexity, passion, and wit. As a lawyer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, he pioneered how modern law is practiced. The author of the right to privacy he led the way in creating the role of the lawyer as counselor and pioneered the idea of pro bono publico work by attorneys. Named to the Supreme Court, Brandeis, ranked as one of the nation's leading progressive reformers. He invented savings bank life insurance in Massachusetts and was a driving force in the development of the Federal Reserve Act, the Clayton Antitrust Act, and the law establishing the Federal Trade Commission. As an economist and moralist, Brandeis warned in 1914 that banking and stock brokering must be separate, and twenty years later, during the New Deal, his recommendation was finally enacted into law only to be undone by Ronald Reagan, which led to the savings and loan crisis in the 1980s and the world financial collapse of 2008. And at age fifty eight Brandeis became the head of the American Zionist movement. During the next seven years, Brandeis transformed it from a marginal activity into a powerful force in American Jewish affairs. A huge and galvanizing biography, a revelation of one man's effect on American society and jurisprudence, and the electrifying story of his time. Författare: Melvin Urofsky

Uppläsare: Sean Pratt

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

Mahatma!

Vem var egentligen Mahatma Gandhi? Exakt 60 år efter Gandhis dödsdag kommer Zac O'Yeahs Mahatma den första fullskaliga biografin på svenska om Gandhi. Mahatma är en underhållande och seriös bok om en person som idag är mer aktuell än någonsin. Författare: Zac O'Yeah

Uppläsare: Kjell 'Coach' Bengtsson

Förlag: Ordfront Ljud

Maimonides

This first definitive biography of Moses Maimonides, one of the most influential intellects in all of human history, illuminates his life as a philosopher, physician, and lawgiver. Recalling such best sellers as David McCullough's John Adams and Walter Isaacson's Einstein, Maimonides is a biography on a grand scale, brilliantly explicating one man's life against the background of his time. As a physician, Maimonides is associated with Hippocrates as a founder of modern medicine; his influence in philosophy is equal to that of Plato, Aristotle, Spinoza, and Kant; in religion, he is as significant as Moses, Martin Luther, and Saint Augustine; and as a lawgiver, he has been recognized by the United States Congress as one of the greatest alongside Hammurabi and Thomas Jefferson. Now, in a dazzling work of scholarship, Joel Kraemer tells the complete story of Maimonides's rich life. Maimonides is at once a portrait of a great historical figure and an excursion into the Mediterranean world of the 12th century. Joel Kraemer draws on a wealth of original sources to re create a remarkable period in history when Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions clashed and mingled in a setting alive with intense intellectual exchange and religious conflict. Born in Muslim ruled Spain in 1135, Moses Maimonides was deeply conversant with Arabic philosophy and literature. By the time he was thirty, he was known for his seminal works on the Jewish practices and law. In Egypt, his training as a physician earned him a place in the entourage of the great Sultan Saladin, and his books earned him respect and influenced generations of Christian, Muslim and Jewish thinkers. Författare: Joel L. Kraemer

Uppläsare: Sean Pratt

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

Margaret Thatcher - The Autobiography

A newly edited, single volume commemorative edition of The Path to Power and The Downing Street Years; this is Margaret Thatcher in her own words. Combining her memoirs The Path to Power and The Downing Street Years, this definitive account of Margaret Thatcher’s life is published as a one volume commemorative edition for the first time. Margaret Thatcher was the towering figure of late 20th century British politics. Now, following her death, in 2013, this is the story of her remarkable life, in her own words. Beginning with her upbringing in Grantham, she goes on to describe her entry into Parliament. Rising through the ranks of this man’s world, she led the Conservative Party to victory in 1979, becoming Britain's first woman prime minister. Offering a riveting firsthand account of the critical moments of her premiership the Falklands War, the miners' strike, the Brighton bomb, and her unprecedented three election victories, the book reaches a gripping climax with an hour by hour description of her dramatic final days in 10 Downing Street. Margaret Thatcher's frank and compelling autobiography stands as a powerful testament to her influential legacy. Författare: Margaret Thatcher

Uppläsare: Margaret Thatcher

Förlag: Harper Collins

Margot

»När mötet avslutas ser jag mig omkring i rummet och kan konstatera att alla ser mer hänförda ut än vad de gjorde när Margot kom in. Som om de tänker: nu förstår jag varför hon är socialdemokratins superstjärna. « Författaren och journalisten Bengt Ohlsson har följt Margot Wallström i spåren, från hennes arbete på FN i New York till barndomens Kåge i Norrlands inland. Han har medverkat i stenhårda förhandlingar med krigsdrabbade länder där övergrepp på kvinnor är vardagsmat, följt med på glamourösa välgörenhetsgalor och suttit vid köksbordet tillsammans med hennes familj. Frågorna har varit många: vad driver Margot Wallström, hur ser hon på sig själv och sina uppdrag? Hur kom det sig att flickan från arbetarhemmet i Kåge kom att ingå i en svensk tradition av internationellt engagemang på hög nivå? Och varför ville hon inte komma hem och bli partiordförande när Socialdemokraterna behövde henne som mest? Margot Wallström och Bengt Ohlsson har samtalat och här är hans svar på vad som format människan Margot. Författare: Bengt Ohlsson

Uppläsare: Johan Svensson

Förlag: Storyside

Med förintelsen i bagaget

Om precis två månader skulle jag fylla 19 år … Jag var befriad, fanns till, men fanns ändå inte … Kände ingen glädje, inte ens lättnad… Det kändes som om mina tårar för länge sedan torkat ut… Från den stunden blev Auschwitz min skugga och har förblivit det sedan dess.' Sioma Zubicky lämnade Paris på transport 59 till Auschwitz tillsammans med 991 andra judar. Vid ankomsten två dagar senare fick han se två tredjedelar av dem föras direkt till 'särbehandling'. Både hans mamma och lillebror hörde till dem. Sioma kom in i lägret och blev nr 146021. När han i maj 1945 befriades, var han en av endast 13 överlevande från transport 59. Han är idag en av förintelsens sista ögonvittnen. I 'Med förintelsen i bagaget' berättar Sioma om sin märkliga uppväxt på cirkusen och om livet som xylofonspelande underbarn i Paris. Men han redogör också för nazitiden och åren i Auschwitz och om det som hände efteråt. Författare: Sioma Zubicky

Uppläsare: Gerhard Hoberstorfer

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

Mellan köksfönstret och evigheten

Efter mer än 50 år på denna jord börjar jag ana att människan behöver tre ben för att kunna stå stadigt. Två är för lite... Karin Thunberg står vid sitt köksfönster när läkaren ringer. Sakta, så hon säkert ska förstå, talar han om att hon har bröstcancer. Nu är hennes eget arbetsben borta. Kvar finns kärleken och vänskapen. Mellan köksfönstret och evigheten är en varm och öppenhjärtig berättelse om kvinnors förhållande till kärlek, vänskap och arbete över generationer. Karin Thunbergs egen cancersjukdom blir den röda tråd som slingrar sig genom berättelsen, ända fram till det lyckliga slutet. Författare: Karin Thunberg

Uppläsare: Karin Thunberg

Förlag: Storyside

Michael Jackson - Legend, Hero, Icon: A Tribute to the King of Pop

A lavishly illustrated tribute to the greatest entertainer of a generation' The world has lost one of the greats but his music will live on forever' - Madonna Michael Jackson was the undisputed King of Pop and his untimely death has provoked tributes from around the world. With a colourful life spanning from 1968 when Michael was a member of the Jackson 5 to his recent announcement of a final comeback tour at the O2 in London, nobody can dispute the achievements of the man who was arguably the greatest artist of the millenium. This fully illustrated book offers an insightful tribute to the man behind Thriller, the world's best selling album of all time. Including sections on Michael's early life and the Jackson 5, the making of Off the Wall and Thriller, and the troubled years leading right up to his announcement of a comeback tour, this will be a comprehensive and fitting tribute to a legendary pop star, the likes of which the world will never see again. Författare: James Aldis

Uppläsare: Christine Mary Biller

Förlag: Harper Collins

Michael Morpurgo: War Child to War Horse

The life of Michael Morpurgo, as a biography, and autobiographical stories. Michael Morpurgo is a national treasure. With books such as 'Private Peaceful', 'Kensuke's Kingdom' and 'The Wreck of the Zanzibar' he has enchanted a whole generation of children, weaving stories for them in a way that is neither contrived nor condescending. His is a rare gift. In 2007, Michael's novel 'War Horse' was adapted for the stage by the National Theatre. Five years on, it continues to play to packed audiences of all ages and has been turned into a blockbuster film by Steven Spielberg, propelling Morpurgo to household-name status.Michael's own story is as strange and surprising as any he has written, and is shot through with the same thread of sadness found in almost all his work. How did this supremely unbookish boy who dreamed of becoming an army officer become a bestselling author and Children's Laureate instead? What personal price has he paid for success? And why, amidst his triumphs, is he now haunted by regret?In a unique collaboration, Maggie Fergusson explores Michael Morpurgo's life through seven biographical chapters, to which he responds with seven stories. The portrait that emerges is one of light and shade: the light very bright, the shade complex and often painful. Författare: Maggie Fergusson

Uppläsare: Stephen Thorne

Förlag: Harper Collins

Mig äger ingen

Kritiker och publik älskar Åsa Linderborgs bok Mig äger ingen. Det är hennes berättelse om uppväxten med sin ensamstående pappa, härdare vid Metallverken i Västerås. En berättelse om klasstillhörighet, manlighet och utanförskap. Om alkoholens makt och en dotters vånda. Drömmen om förändring står mot rädslan att sticka ut. Humorn blir en vardagsstrategi för en brokig arbetarsläkt under folkhemmets storhet och fall. Författare: Åsa Linderborg

Uppläsare: Katarina Ewerlöf

Förlag: Storyside

Min bästa tid: Om kärlek, hälsa, sex, vänskap och andlighet

I sin självbiografiska och mycket uppskattade bok Mitt liv så här långt berättade Jane Fonda om sitt liv och delade in det i två akter. I sin nya bok Min bästa tid har hon kommit till akt tre. Här skriver hon om åren från femtio och framåt. Jane Fonda menar att det är en tid då kvinnan har nått sin fulla mognad och blivit mer balanserad, initiativrik, säker och kärleksfull. Men för att nå dit och för att fullt ut kunna leva ett liv i harmoni krävs att vi tar hand om oss, både till kropp och själ. Vi måste motionera, äta rätt, sova bra och framför allt omge oss med mycket kärlek, vänskap och gemenskap. Författare: Jane Fonda

Uppläsare: Marie Richardson

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

Min väg, mina val

Mindre än ett år efter sin avgång från statsministerposten ser Göran Persson tillbaka på sina tolv år vid makten och på vägen dit. Hans skildring av hur han formas i hemmet i Vingåker, får allt tyngre förtroendeposter och till slut blir en statsminister som tar emot världens stora toppolitiker på hemmaplan kunde stå som en symbol för Sveriges moderna historia. Det är en berättelse som är lika intressant för politiskt engagerade som för noviser i politiken. Vi får följa tankegångarna hos regeringsbildaren Persson, hos taktikern och samarbetspolitikern. Vi får veta hur han tänkte när det gick bra och när det gick dåligt, hur han lärde sig bli en talare och vad han tycker om medarbetare och motståndare. Det är en glad och stolt Göran Persson som för ordet, stolt över det han uträttat och glad över det han har framför sig. På och mellan raderna lyser kärleken till det nya hemmet och till arbetskamraten som blev hans fru, Anitra Steen. Men framför allt är boken en glödande kärleksförklaring till politiken. Författare: Göran Persson

Uppläsare: Göran Persson

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

Minnen

'Förbi vårt medvetande flimrar och fladdrar oavbrutet något som vi kallar minne. Ibland hejdas flimret ett ögonblick och vi kan betrakta en bildruta, en enda. Det som jag skriver är sprunget ur den sortens ofullständiga betraktande. Sanning eller lögn? Orsak och verkan? Det har inte med saken att göra.' Torgny Lindgren skriver sina minnen, som tillsammans bildar en berättelse. Vad som är sant och har hänt på riktigt kommer läsaren troligen aldrig att få veta. Och det är inte heller poängen. Minnet är som vi vet en högst otillförlitlig källa. Författare: Torgny Lindgren

Uppläsare: Torgny Lindgren

Förlag: Norstedts

Miracles of Life

'Miracles of Life' opens and closes in Shanghai, the city where J.G.Ballard was born, and where he spent the most of the Second World War interned with his family in a Japanese concentration camp.J.G. Ballard has been, for over fifty years, one of this country's most significant writers. Beginning with the events that inspired his classic novel, “Empire of the Sun”, in this revelatory autobiography he charts the course of his astonishing life.“Miracles of Life” takes us from the vibrant surroundings of pre-war Shanghai, to the deprivations and unexpected freedoms of Lunghua Camp, to Ballard's arrival in a devastated Britain. Ballard recounts his first attempts at fiction and his part in the social and artistic revolutions of the 60s. He describes his friendships with figures as diverse as Kingsley Amis, Michael Moorcock and Eduardo Paolozzi alongside recollections of his domestic life in Shepperton - raising three children as a single father following the unexpected and premature death of his wife.“Miracles of Life” is both a captivating narrative of the experiences that have shaped this extraordinary writer's works, his distinctive outlook and his original visions of the future, and is also an account of a remarkable life. Författare: J Ballard

Uppläsare: Tim Pigott-Smith

Förlag: Harper Collins

Miraklet i Anderna

Nando Parrado ligger medvetslös i tre dagar innan han vaknar och upptäcker att planet som skulle ta hans rugbylag och deras familjer och fans till en uppvisningsmatch i Chile har störtat djupt inne i Anderna. Trettio år efter katastrofen, som blivit berömd genom Piers Paul Reads bästsäljande bok Alive, berättar Nando sin egen historia med slående uppriktighet och känsla. Författare: Nando Parrado

Uppläsare: Torsten Wahlund

Förlag: Bra Böcker

Mistakes In The Background

Feast your eyes on a treasury of words and illustrations from one of the most exciting young talents around, recently voted by The Times as one of the top ten literary talents of 2008. Enter the weird and wonderful world of Laura Dockrill ...I draw like a left-handed baby, I can hardly spell my own name and watching me use a glue-stick is a bit like watching a large bear trying to ram his own head into a pocket-sized cat-flap ...no, really.But once the book is finished, when I can see the pages coming together, getting thicker and thicker, detailed and covered with stories and my imagination recorded on pages ...everything at last makes sense (to me at least).I did this because I have got things to say. I've got pictures I want you to see and characters I want you to meet - the crying ice-skating boy, the Rolf Harris obsessive, the rude girl in McDonalds with the chocolate milkshake and the try-hard Mighty Boosh watching mum.I don't keep a diary. I think they're crap.But this is much more than a diary.This is my map. Författare: Laura Dockrill

Uppläsare: Laura Dockrill

Förlag: Harper Collins

Mitt i allt

Herman Lindqvist växte upp på svenska ambassaden i Helsingfors där hans far var pressattaché. En ström av politiker och korrespondenter gästade hemmet och det blev alldeles naturligt att Herman ville ut i världen som journalist. I sin bok berättar han om åren i hetluften, då han upplevde ett tjugotal krig i tre världsdelar. Men han berättar också om sina förfäder i den svenska arbetarrörelsen, om barndomen som präglade honom i efterkrigstidens Helsingfors, om olyckor och glädjeämnen och om ett livsavgörande möte i Kairo.I Mitt i allt berättar Herman Lindqvist också om framgångar och motgångar med böckerna han har skrivit (fler än femtio!), om storverket Historien om Sverige, om hur 'Hermans historia' i TV kom till och om hur han fick ett hemligt uppdrag av kung Carl Gustaf. Författare: Herman Lindqvist

Uppläsare: Herman Lindqvist

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

Mitt liv så här långt

I Mitt liv så här långt berättar Jane Fonda om sitt framgångsrika liv, men hon avslöjar också att bakom det lyckade yttre funnits många mörka och svåra stunder präglade av kärlekslöshet, förnedring och självförakt. Öppenhjärtigt och rakt berättar hon om pappan, den kände skådespelaren Henry Fonda, som aldrig visade henne kärlek, om mamman, som tog sitt liv när Jane Fonda var 12 år. Mitt liv så här långt är en positiv bok full av hopp och livskraft. En bok skriven av en kvinna som till varje pris ville behaga männen men bedrog sig själv under större delen av sitt liv. Författare: Jane Fonda

Uppläsare: Bibi Andersson

Förlag: Brombergs

Moab Is My Washpot

The autobiography of a dizzying life fuelled by the lust for power and the search for ever more degrading downward paths of repulsive sexual adventuring and self destructive debaucheries: the unrepentant libertine author seeks revenge on his many enemies and tears the lid off the private life of blameless churchmen and librarians. Fry`s autobiography is all and none of these. too old to rock and roll, too young to die, the author looks back with bruising frankness at his life so far. Författare: Stephen Fry

Uppläsare: Stephen Fry

Förlag: Random House

Morberg

Jag är ibland en alltför impulsiv person, som handlar först och tänker sen. En person som är så känslig att tanken lätt faller bort. Men det infinner sig ett lugn när jag lagar mat; det får mig att fokusera på något livsviktigt och håller mig på jorden. Gillade att sticka lovikkavantar i syslöjden också. Att göra något med händerna. I den här boken vill jag berätta lite om mig, om hur och varför jag lagar mat. Recepten är en del av min historia, liksom farmor och farfar, teatern, tjejerna (jag har fem döttrar) och en gnutta jakt. Vår svenska husmanskost bär det hela. P.S. Skådespeleriet är ett yrke. Jag är Per. Tack ändå för att ni trott att jag är den jag spelar. Bättre betyg är svårt att få. Författare: Per Morberg

Uppläsare: Per Morberg

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

My Life Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton has given an unprecedented story of a White House life and the roads that led to it Peter Stothard The Times His book tells, in an extraordinary way, a truly heartening story of American democracy Peter Jay Evening Standard You can't help but feel you're in the company, one on one, of the man himself... The narrative is engaging... The accounts of high wire diplomacy... are all riveting Jonathan Freedland Guardian Författare: Bill Clinton

Uppläsare: Bill Clinton

Förlag: Random House

My Life So Far

My Life So Far is a powerful account of an extraordinary woman. Oscar winner, controversial political activist, groundbreaking fitness guru, wife, mother, lover, philanthropist just some of the roles Jane Fonda is known for. In this candid book, written by Fonda herself, there are messages for women of all ages as she holds a mirror up to her own life but lets us see ours reflected there. Författare: Jane Fonda

Uppläsare: Jane Fonda

Förlag: Random House

My Shit Life So Far

Ever since being brought up by The Beatles, Frankie Boyle has been a tremendous liar. Join him on his adventures with his chum Clangy The Brass Boy and laugh as he doesn't accidentally kill a student nurse when a party gets out of hand. I don't think anyone can have written an autobiography without at some point thinking "Why would anyone want to know this shit?" I've always read them thinking "I don't want to know where Steve Tyler grew up, just tell me how many groupies he f**ked!"'So begins Frankie's outrageous, laugh-out loud, cynical rant on life as he knows it. From growing up in Pollockshaws, Glasgow ('it was an aching cement void, a slap in the face to Childhood, and for the family it was a step up'), to his rampant teenage sex drive ('in those days if you glimpsed a nipple on T.V. it was like porn Christmas'), and first job working in a mental hospital ('where most evenings were spent persuading an old man in his pants not to eat a family sized block of cheese'), nothing is out of bounds. Outspoken, outrageous and brilliantly inappropriate, Frankie Boyle, the dark heart of Mock the Week, says the unsayable as only he can. From the TV programmes he would like to see made ('Celebrities On Acid On Ice: just like Celebrity Dancing On Ice, but with an opening sequence where Graham Norton hoses the celebrities down with liquid LSD'), to his native Scotland and the Mayor of London ('voting for Boris Johnson wasn't that different to voting for a Labrador wearing a Wonder Woman costume'), nothing and no one is safe from Frankie's fearless, sharp-tongued assault.Sharply observed and full of taboo-busting, we-really-shouldn't-be-laughing-at-this humour, My Shit Life So Far shows why Frankie Boyle really is the blackest man in show business. Författare: Frankie Boyle

Uppläsare: Angus King

Förlag: Harper Collins

My Week With Marilyn

A delightfully comic and touchingly romantic interlude in which Colin Clark describes for the first time what happened between Marilyn Monroe and himself during the missing week in The Prince, the Showgirl and Me.In 1956, fresh from Eton and Oxford, the 23-year-old Colin Clark (son of 'Lord Clark of Civilisation', brother of maverick Tory MP and diarist Alan) worked as a humble 'gofer' on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl, the film that disastrously united Laurence Olivier with Marilyn Monroe.Forty years on, his diary account was chosen as book of the year by Jilly Cooper, Joan Collins and others. But one week was missing. This is the story of that week, a delicious idyll in which he escorted a Monroe desperate to escape from the pressures of stardom. Her new husband Arthur Miller was away, and the coast was clear for Colin to introduce her to the pleasures of British life. How he ended up sharing her bed is a tale too rich to summarise! Författare: Colin Clark

Uppläsare: Eddie Redmayne

Förlag: Harper Collins

Nineteen

In NINETEEN: A Reflection of My Teenage Experience in an Extraordinary Life: What I Have Learned, and What I Have to Share, nineteen year old author, Chelsea Krost, authentically shares the simplicity and complexity of her coming of age experience. In NINETEEN, she conjures the curiosity and flavor of a personal journal left open in a teenager¹s room. In its direct approach, NINETEEN reveals the key events that teenagers face at this monumental time in their lives as experienced by Chelsea Krost. While many teens are struggling with typical angst from cat fights to cliques, many others are dealing with the downside of the advanced technological world we live in. From sexting to cyber bullying, self esteem to depression; body image, mean girls and boy trouble, Chelsea sheds light on the millennial mindset and its ever changing challenges and lightning speed curve balls. Starting with the voice of a budding adolescent, to a 16 year old who created her own radio talk show, Teen Talk Live, Chelsea evolves into the voice of reason for a generation of teens and beyond. Chelsea grows up from chapter to chapter, sharing her journey in poignant and playful scenarios. NINETEEN takes you on a humorous and insightful trip through her teenagehood, the intense final teen year, (the inspiration behind the book¹s title,) and into adulthood and the shift she undergoes to embark on a life fueled by service to others throughout the world. Författare: Chelsea Krost

Uppläsare: Chelsea Krost

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

När barnet lagt sig

Michael Nyqvist är en av Sveriges mest omtyckta och framgångsrika skådespelare. I sitt uppmärksammade Sommarprogram i juli 2007 berättade han om sin bortadoption, om sökandet efter sina biologiska föräldrar och efter sin egen identitet. Nu kommer boken som fördjupar berättelsen. 'En dag satte jag mig ner och började skriva. Jag skrev för att försöka förstå den där luftfärden, när jag sträcks över från en famn till en annan och i den nya famnen får jag ett namn och en adress. En av alla adresser jag sedan sökt i fyrtio år. Det är nog därför jag har skrivit boken.' Michael Nyqvist Författare: Michael Nyqvist

Uppläsare: Michael Nyqvist

Förlag: Norstedts

När ljuset släcks

Nyårsdagen 2011. Magnus Hedman vaknar ensam på en soffa i en kompis lägenhet vid Hornstull. Bakfull och fortfarande iklädd smoking. Minnena från gårdagens fest hopar sig i huvudet. Återigen lite för full på krogen. Ett onödigt tjafs i garderoben. Som självklart nu slås upp på löpsedlarna som ett bittert fylleslagsmål. En kall hand kramar hans inälvor. Magnus kippar efter andan. Det här är inte jag, tänker han. ”Inte det här.” De senaste årens personliga katastrofer har förflyttat honom till en plats där han inte känner igen sig. Och han inser att den här baksmällan inte går att bota med några glas cola. Här krävs det mycket, mycket mer. Nyårsdagen 2011 blir vändpunkten i Magnus Hedmans vuxna liv. Härifrån går han tillbaka i tiden, till barndomen i en tuff Stockholmsförort och den målmedvetna träningen från fyraårsåldern via hans stjärnstatus som en av Sveriges främsta fotbollsmålvakter, till hur han nu bygger en ny karriär och lägger skandaler och förtärande självförakt bakom sig. Författare: Magnus Hedman,Gunnar von Sydow

Uppläsare: Magnus Hedman

Förlag: HörOpp!

Och en månad går fortare nu än ett hjärtslag

Början av boken utspelar sig fortfarande i staden efter Finistère, men trots Atlanten, trots grannarna de galna, oumbärliga grannarna, trots mitt skrivande, läsande, det franska språket, kulturen och sjukvården, tågen som går enligt tidtabellerna, snäckorna och de märkliga maneterna på stränderna, de amerikanska polisserierna med våldsbenägna psykopater som jag ser på kvällarna, trots allt som är bra, allt som jag kommer att uppskatta helt och fullt först när jag har lämnat det, trots allt, är jag på väg därifrån Författare: Bodil Malmsten

Uppläsare: Sanna Sundqvist

Förlag: HörOpp!

Och i Wienerwald står träden kvar

Nominerad till Augustpriset 2011! Femhundra brev från Wien, prydligt sorterade efter årtal, ombundna med snöre och förvarade i en IKEA kartong. Adressaten var Otto, en judisk pojke som tretton år gammal ensam kommit till Sverige från ett Österrike som alltmer präglades av nazisternas maktövertagande 1938. Ottos föräldrar blev kvar i Wien och bevittnade den tilltagande terrorn mot den judiska befolkningen. Breven till Otto visar hur deras vardagsliv hela tiden kringskärs. De försöker hålla modet uppe, både på sig själva och på sonen, de gläds åt att han har nått friheten, men samtidigt lyser sorgen och saknaden igenom. De sista brev Otto får har avsändaradressen Theresienstadt hans föräldrar skulle aldrig återvända. I Sverige hamnade storstadspojken Otto på landet, i gränstrakterna mellan Skåne och Småland. Med tiden fick han arbete som dräng hos familjen Kamprad på gården Elmtaryd i Agunnaryd. Mellan sonen i huset, Ingvar, och Otto uppstod en stark vänskap. Samtidigt var Ingvar Kamprad aktivt engagerad i nazistiska organisationer och en stor anhängare av fascisten Per Engdahl. Hur kunde detta hänga ihop? Författare: Elisabeth Åsbrink

Uppläsare: Elisabeth Åsbrink

Förlag: Ordfront Ljud

Om Jesus

De flesta skelett man funnit från tiden som Jesus levde visar brist på järn och protein, kranier av fyrtioåriga människor har ofta få eller inga tänder kvar. Livet var hårt och man dog ung. Endast en minoritet fick uppleva sin tjugofemårsdag. Vi vill gärna se Jesus som en relativt ung man, men när han började sin verksamhet vid cirka trettio års ålder var han snarare en som levt längre än de flesta. Författare: Jonas Gardell

Uppläsare: Jonas Gardell

Förlag: Norstedts

One Child

This beautiful and deeply moving tale recounts educational psychologist Torey Hayden's battle to unlock the emotions of a troubled and sexually abused child who, with the help of Hayden, was finally able to overcome her dark past and realise her full potential.Six-year-old Sheila was abandoned by her mother on a highway when she was four. A survivor of horrific abuse, she never spoke, never cried, and was placed in a class for severely retarded children after committing an atrocious act of violence against another child. Everyone thought Sheila was beyond salvation - except her teacher, Torey Hayden. With patience, skill, and abiding love, she fought long and hard to release a haunted little girl from her secret nightmare - and nurture the spark of genius she recognised trapped within Sheila's silence. This is the remarkable story of their journey together - an odyssey of hope, courage, and inspiring devotion that opened the heart and mind of one lost child to a new world of discovery and joy. Författare: Torey Hayden

Uppläsare: Laurel Lefkow

Förlag: Harper Collins

Open: An Autobiography

He is one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court - but from early childhood Andre Agassi hated the game.Coaxed to swing a racket while still in the crib, forced to hit hundreds of balls a day while still in grade school, Agassi resented the constant pressure even as he drove himself to become a prodigy, an inner conflict that would define him. Now, in his beautiful, haunting autobiography, Agassi tells the story of a life framed by such conflicts.Agassi makes us feel his panic as an undersized seven-year-old in Las Vegas, practicing all day under the obsessive gaze of his violent father. We see him at thirteen, banished to a Florida tennis camp. Lonely, scared, a ninth-grade dropout, he rebels in ways that will soon make him a 1980s icon. By the time he turns pro at sixteen, his new look promises to change tennis forever, as does his lightning fast return.And yet, despite his raw talent, he struggles early on. We feel his confusion as he loses to the world's best, his greater confusion as he starts to win. After stumbling in three Grand Slam finals, Agassi shocks the world, and himself, by capturing the 1992 Wimbledon. Overnight he becomes a fan favorite and a media target.Agassi brings a near-photographic memory to every pivotal match, and every public relationship. Alongside vivid portraits of rivals, Agassi gives unstinting accounts of his brief time with Barbra Streisand and his doomed marriage to Brooke Shields. He reveals the depression that shatters his confidence, and the mistake that nearly costs him everything. Finally, he recounts his spectacular resurrection and his march to become the oldest man ever ranked number one.In clear, taut prose, Agassi evokes his loyal brother, his wise coach, his gentle trainer, all the people who help him regain his balance and find love at last with Stefanie Graf.With its breakneck tempo and raw candor, Open will be read and cherished for years. A treat for ardent fans, it will also captivate readers who know nothing about tennis. Like Agassi's game, it sets a new standard for grace, style, speed and power. Författare: Andre Agassi

Uppläsare: Erik Davies

Förlag: Harper Collins

Ordets makt och vanmakt - mitt skrivande liv

Efter över fyrtio år med skrivandet som huvudsysselsätttning publicerar Jan Guillou nu sina yrkesmemoarer. I boken berättar Jan Guillou om sina fiaskon och succéer och om sina journalistiska förebilder, som t ex den erfarne tidningsmannen Edgar Antonsson och kvällstidningslegenden Arne Lemberg. Vägen går via Folket i Bild/Kulturfront, där bland andra Jan Myrdal kom att spela en stor roll i hans yrkesmässiga utveckling, och leder fram till arbetet med de oerhört älskade bokserierna om Hamilton och Arn Magnusson som gjorde Jan Guillou till den mest sålda romanförfattaren i Sverige någonsin. Författare: Jan Guillou

Uppläsare: Jan Guillou

Förlag: Piratförlaget

Otryggare kan ingen vara

Mitt i det svenska välfärdssamhället lever de tre syskonen i en otrygghet som gränsar till det ofattbara. Fadern till det äldsta barnet försvinner snart ur bilden och pappan till de båda andra hamnar på anstalt efter att ha dömts för hustrumisshandel och skadegörelse. Dottern tvingas som liten flicka ta hand om både hushållet och sin berusade mamma. Äldste sonen, som lider av en cp skada, får i tonåren uppleva hur hans mamma stjäl hans pensionspengar och låter honom svälta. Och yngste sonen blir tidigt kriminell och narkoman och avlider endast 25 år gammal i en bilolycka... Författare: Bengt-Åke Cras

Uppläsare: Tomas Norström

Förlag: Earbooks

Out of the Frying Pan: Scenes from My Life

Keith Floyd's exuberant personality, as much as his cooking skills, has made him a favourite both as bestselling author and as television presenter. But here, for the first time, he tells his own story - and it is full of surprises. An idiosyncratic, splendid autobiography of a well known personality, and the discovery of a writing talent. The stories from his childhood in Somerset are vivid and moving: his grandfather with his tin leg, his mother at the mills, and his uncle, the ferret keeper and the black sheep of the family for 'carrying on' with married women.Keith Floyd spent a short spell on a local newspaper, and then, in a hilarious episode, joined the army. After he and the Ministry of Defense decided that they did not suit each other, he took his first cooking job as an assistant vegetable cook in a Bristol hotel. The great period of bistros and cafes had dawned and Keith Floyd was in the forefront, cooking in an open kitchen, with Pink Floyd blaring from the speakers.What is wonderful about this book is the vividness of the scenes he paints and the deftness with which he draws the characters - including his several wives. Those who have admired Keith Floyd's way with a whisk will now be impressed to discover and enjoy his remarkable skill with words. Författare: Keith Floyd

Uppläsare: Keith Floyd

Förlag: Harper Collins

Pete Townshend: Who I Am

He is one of the greatest musical talents Britain has ever produced. But even as the principle songwriter and lead guitarist for The Who, it would be unjust to define Pete Townshend's life simply through his achievements with bandmates Daltrey, Moon and Entwistle. Noting that he has sold over 100 million records over a fifty-year period goes some way to quantifying his accomplishments, but numbers only scratch the surface of his contribution to popular culture. An avid student of his profession, during his career he has been credited with the creation of the concept album, worked as a literary editor, developed scripts for television and the stage, and written songs that have defined a generation. The thinking man's rock star with a dedication to his craft unlike any other in the business, he continues to inspire new generations of performers and writers with a continuing commitment to his art. Now, in one of the most eagerly awaited autobiographies of recent times, this icon tells about his incredible life and elaborates on the turbulences of time spent as one of the world's most respected musicians - being in one of rock's greatest ever bands, and wanting to give it all up.Incredibly, as a man who has achieved so much, this truly unique story of ambition, relentless perfectionism and rock and roll excess will be regarded as one of his greatest achievements. Författare: Pete Townshend

Uppläsare: Pete Townshend

Förlag: Harper Collins

Pojken som överlevde förintelsen

Pojken som överlevde Förintelsen är en oerhört stark berättelse om den lilla pojkens hårda kamp för sitt liv i Auschwitz och Sachsenhausen. Men boken handlar också om livet efter. Om hur Thomas befriades av polska och sovjetiska trupper en månad före sin elvaårsdag, om hur han placerades på barnhem i Polen och om hur han till sist återförenades med sin mor. Thomas Buergenthal är domare vid Internationella domstolen i Haag, men också en av de yngsta som överlevt Förintelsen. Denna internationellt uppmärksamma de självbiografi är hans unika vittnesmål från vår nutidshistorias största tragedi. Författare: Thomas Buergenthal

Uppläsare: Björn Granath

Förlag: Earbooks

På spaning med Ann

Under flera år har man kunnat fnissa åt Ann Söderlunds ohämmade krönikor i Amelia. Nu finns de bästa texterna – som kretsar kring barnen, mannen, sex (och bristen på sex när alla barnen jämt ligger på tvären i dubbelsängen och man alltid är dödstrött och/eller ammar), vänner, oredan hemma, semesterförväntningar, livets vågtoppar och dalar – samlade i bokform. Författare: Ann Söderlund

Uppläsare: Ann Söderlund

Förlag: Storyside

Rashi

From Elie Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, comes a magical audio book that introduces us to the towering figure of Rashi—Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki—the great biblical and Talmudic commentator of the Middle Ages. Wiesel brilliantly evokes the world of medieval European Jewry, a world of profound scholars and closed communities ravaged by outbursts of anti Semitism and decimated by the Crusades. The incomparable scholar Rashi, whose phrase by phrase explication of the oral law has been included in every printing of the Talmud since the fifteenth century, was also a spiritual and religious leader: His perspective, encompassing both the mundane and the profound, is timeless. Wiesel's Rashi is a heartbroken witness to the suffering of his people, and through his responses to major religious questions of the day we see still another side of this greatest of all interpreters of the sacred writings. Both beginners and advanced students of the Bible rely on Rashi's groundbreaking commentary for simple text explanations and Midrashic interpretations. Wiesel, a descendant of Rashi, proves an incomparable guide who enables us to appreciate both the lucidity of Rashi's writings and the milieu in which they were formed. Författare: Elie Wiesel

Uppläsare: Walter Dixon

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

Ricky

The astonishing and inspiring autobiography of Ricky Tomlinson, one of Britain's best-loved actors and entertainers.Famous as the loveable couch potato Jim Royle of The Royle Family, Ricky Tomlinson has entertained millions without ever leaving his armchair. Now, in his autobiography, he surprises yet again with a remarkable story of love, hardship, humour, injustice and triumph.His mother used to tell him that he had lived three lives, but even she miscounted. He has been a plasterer, banjo player, stand-up comic, union agitator, political activist, film extra, award-winning actor and unwilling guest of Her Majesty's prison service.'I know that I'm going to get stick over this book but there you go - it can't be helped. And some readers might think I'm a terrible liar when they read what follows, but everything in this book is true. Enough lies have been told about me, without me adding to them.' Författare: Ricky Tomlinson

Uppläsare: Ricky Tomlinson

Förlag: Harper Collins

Rikitikitavi

Skådespelaren och artisten Rikard Wolff debuterar med en självbiografisk berättelse om nu och då, om platser, händelser och möten som varit avgörande i livet. Från uppväxten i Gubbängens radhuslängor, över tonåren i Karlstad och livet på teaterskolan i Skara. Från de omvälvande åren i åttiotalets Stockholm till idag. Här möter vi familjen Wolff, vänner, kollegor och kärlekar och inte minst Rikard Wolff själv sidor som vi inte tidigare har sett, berättelser som vi inte tidigare har hört. Författare: Rikard Wolff

Uppläsare: Rikard Wolff

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

Ro utan åror

Ulla Carin Lindquist fick sin diagnos på sin femtioårsdag: ALS, den värsta av alla neurologiska sjukdomar. Ro utan åror är skriven under den korta sjukdomstiden från beskedet och fram till den dagen då hon inte längre kan röra ett finger. Här berättar Ulla Carin Lindquist om sina upplevelser ställd ansikte mot ansikte med döden. Men det är också en bok om kärlek och en djup förbundenhet med allt levande. Ulla Carin Lindquist, f 1953, kom till Rapport 1988 och var studioreporter i Sveriges största nyhetsprogram under 90 talet. Författare: Ulla-Carin Lindquist

Uppläsare: Lena Endre

Förlag: Norstedts

Rory and Ita

Rory and Ita, Roddy Doyle's first non fiction book, tells largely in their own words the story of his parents' lives from their first memories to the present. Born in 1923 and 1925 respectively, they met at a New Year's Eve dance in 1947 and married in 1951. Through their eyes we see the intensely Catholic society of their youth being transformed into the vibrant, modern Ireland of today. Författare: Roddy Doyle

Uppläsare: Kate Binchy,John Kavanagh

Förlag: Random House

Rush Limbaugh

'I know the liberals call you 'the most dangerous man in America,' but don't worry about it, they used to say the same thing about me. Keep up the good work.' Ronald Reagan in a letter to Rush Limbaugh, December 11, 1992 Do you remember your first time? People tend to remember the moment they first heard The Rush Limbaugh Show on the radio. For Zev Chafets, it was in a car in Detroit, driving down Woodward Avenue. Limbaugh's braggadocio, the outrageous satire, the slaughtering of liberal sacred cows performed with the verve of a rock n roll DJ it seemed fresh, funny and completely subversive. 'They're never going to let this guy stay on the air,' he thought. Almost two decades later Chafets met Rush for the first time, at Limbaugh's rarely visited 'Southern Command.' They spent hours together talking on the record about politics, sports, music, show business, religion and modern American history. Rush opened his home and his world, introducing Chafets to his family, closest friends, even his psychologist. The result was an acclaimed cover story profile of Limbaugh in The New York Times Magazine. But there was much more to say, especially after Limbaugh became Public Enemy Number One of the Obama Administration. At first Limbaugh resisted the idea of a full length portrait, but he eventually invited Chafets back to Florida and exchanged more than a hundred emails full of his personal history, thoughts, fears and ambitions. What has emerged is an uniquely personal look at the man who is not only the most popular voice on the radio, but the leader of the conservative movement and one of the most influential figures in the Republican Party. While Limbaugh's public persona is instantly recognizable, his background and private life are often misunderstood. Even devoted Dittoheads will find there's a lot they don't know about the self described 'harmless little fuzzball' who has, over the years, taken on the giants of the mainstream media and the Democratic Party from Bill and Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama with 'half his brain tied behind his back, just to make it fair.' Chafets paints a compelling portrait of Limbaugh as a master entertainer, a public intellectual, a political force, and a fascinating man. Författare: Zev Chafets

Uppläsare: Erik Synnestvedt

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

Shakespeare: The World as a Stage

This short biography of William Shakespeare by world famous writer Bill Bryson brims with the author's inimitable wit and intelligence. Includes an exclusive Q&A session with the author. Shakespeare's life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers and scholars, is still a thicket of myths and traditions, some preposterous, some conflicting, arranged around the few scant facts known about the Bard - from his birth in Stratford to the bequest of his second best bed to his wife when he died.Following his international bestsellers 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' and 'The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid', Bill Bryson has written a short biography of William Shakespeare for the Eminent Lives series - which seeks to pair great subjects with writers known for their strong sensibilities and sharp, lively points of view. Författare: Bill Bryson

Uppläsare: Bill Bryson

Förlag: Harper Collins

Silvermasken

I denna korta, koncentrerade biografi över Drottning Kristina (1626 1689) för historikern och akademiledamoten Peter Englund oss rätt in i 1600 talets värld av maktkamp och fromhet, blomstrande vetenskap och naket våld; det trettioåriga krigets brutala värld, men också Descartes, Molières och Stiernhielms. En värld där det var en allmänt erkänd olycka att födas till kvinna. En värld som Kristina utmanade genom sin blotta existens.Fram ur tidens larm träder den knivskarpa konturen av historiens kanske mest omstridda kvinnogestalt: drottningen som lämnade både sin tron ochsin tro.Med dramatisk åskådlighet och psykologisk finess frilägger Peter Englund en förbluffande modern gestalt: en sällsynt nyfiken och orädd kvinna, somtrotsade samtiden och levde helt efter egna lagar. Silvermasken skildrar en Kristina vars teatrala, hänsynslösa och makthungriga drag samexisterar med hennes sanningslidelse, bildning och frihetstörst. Författare: Peter Englund

Uppläsare: Peter Englund

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

SIRENS

A beautifully written insight into the stresses, strains and successes of working for the London Ambulance service.Is there anyone who hasn't wondered about the state of the occupant of an ambulance, screaming along with its sirens on and blue lights flashing? Have you? And have you wondered about the other people inside the ambulance, maybe fighting to save the patient's life? Or have you considered that the ambulance may be another 'maternataxi' ordered by a woman who can't be bothered to book a real cab and who then complains she can't smoke on the way to hospital? And that the medical technician inside might just be desperate to get back home from a busy shift, to have a cup of tea and catch up with his blog? Meet Tom Reynolds. Tom is an Emergency Medical Technician who works for the London Ambulance Service in East London. He has kept a blog of his daily working life since 2003 and his award-winning writing is, by turn, moving, cynical, funny, heart-rending and compassionate. It is never less than compelling.From the tragic to the hilarious, from the heartwarming to the terrifying, the stories Tom tells give a fascinating - and at times alarming - picture of life in inner-city Britain, and the people who are paid to mop up after it. Författare: Tom Reynolds

Uppläsare: Daniel Philpott

Förlag: Harper Collins

SIRENS VOLUME 2

The sequel to the bestselling memoir Blood, Sweat & Tea. Tom Reynolds is an ambulance worker.On any given day he can be attacked by strangers, sworn at by motorists, puked on, covered in blood and other much more unpleasant substances. He could help to deliver a baby in the morning and witness the last moments of a dying man in the afternoon. He deals with road accidents, knife attacks, domestic violence, drug overdoses, neglect and suffering. And you think you're having a bad day at work? Tom blogs about his experiences at the end of each shift. His Random Acts of Reality website has a huge following with over 30,000 visitors every day. He is an internet legend and a remarkable writer.His first book, Blood, Sweat & Tea came out of nowhere to be a surprise bestseller in 2006. Readers were stunned by the stories he had to tell and impressed by the sheer quality of his writing. Critics who sneer at blogs-to-books have never read this one.More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea charts the past two years of Tom's life as an ambulance worker. He is tired, he is frustrated and he is more pissed off than ever but he still manages to capture the more moving, heartwarming and inspirational moments alongside the chaos. Författare: Tom Reynolds

Uppläsare: Daniel Philpott

Förlag: Harper Collins

Sisters, Secrets and Sacrifice: The True Story of WWII Special Agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne

Two sisters. Two special agents. One War. Sisters, Secrets and Sacrifice is the incredible true story of British special agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne, two sisters who risked everything to fight for our freedom during the Second World War. Författare: Susan Ottaway

Uppläsare: Catherine Harvey

Förlag: Harper Collins

Sjung tills du stupar

I sin självbiografi berättar den frispråkige och folkkäre artisten Tommy Körberg om kärleken till musiken, sitt liv i rampljuset, om kokainmissbruket och tiden bakom galler och om hur det har påverkat honom att ha lämnats bort som barn. Bert Gustav Tommy Körberg gjorde sin artistdebut som femåring på Brunnskvittret på hemmaplan i Ronneby. Han sjöng Gunde Johanssons 'Torparvisan' och fick två askar Tutti Frutti som gage. Det gav mersmak och han fortsatte att sjunga i körer och delta i kabaréer, men tänkte sig en framtid som utrikeskorrespondent i Sovjetunionen. Den drömmen släppte han när han lärde sig att spela gitarr. I början av 1960 talet svepte popvågen över Sverige och Tommy bildade band med sina kompisar. Så småningom hamnade Tom & Mick & The Maniacs på Tio i topp listan med 'Somebody's taken Maria away'. Artistkarriären var igång. Det som följde är idag ett stycke unik svensk kulturhistoria. Författare: Tommy Körberg

Uppläsare: Tommy Körberg

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

Skadad

En djupt rörande berättelse om hur en fosterförälders stora tålamod och kärlek fann nyckeln till en liten flickas mörkaste och mest smärtsamma hemligheter. Cathy Glass hade varit fostermamma till femtio barn under loppet av tjugo år när hon välkomnade åttaåriga Jodie till sitt hem. Inget tidigare barn hade varit så trassligt som Jodie, vars våldsamma och aggressiva sätt skrämt iväg fem fosterfamiljer på fyra månader. När Cathy tog emot Jodie visste hon inte vad som låg bakom Jodies chockerande beteende. Hon skär sig själv, slåss och gömmer sig bakom flera olika personligheter som hon har gett olika namn. Allt eftersom Cathy kommer Jodie närmre lär sig den lilla flickan att hon kan lita på Cathy och anförtro sin fruktansvärda historia till henne. Författare: Cathy Glass

Uppläsare: Angela Kovács

Förlag: Norstedts

Skammens boning

Doris Dahlin växte upp i Härnösand. Trots att det inte är länge sedan skildrar hon i sin självbiografi ett Sverige i armod. Hon levde som barn mitt i det med resultat att hon blev rädd för livet... och rädd för döden. Det hjälpte inte att hon var ett mycket efterlängtat barn, hon fick ändå gå med trasiga tänder. Det hjälpte inte att familjen älskade pappan, han var alkoholist ändå. När mamman till sist inte orkade längre fanns ingen hjälp att få. Författare: Doris Dahlin

Uppläsare: Gunilla Röör

Förlag: Tundell Salmson Audio

Some Sunny Day

READ BY DAME VERA LYNN AND HER DAUGHTER VIRGINIA LEWIS-JONES. Forbidden love and family secrets In World War Two Liverpool in the heartrending new saga from the author of Goodnight Sweetheart.Born Vera Welch on 20 March, 1917 in the East End of London, Dame Vera Lynn's career was set from an early age - along with her father, who also did a 'turn', she sang in Working Men's Clubs from just seven years old. She had a successful radio career with Joe Loss and Charlie Kunz in the 1920s and '30s, but it was with World War II that she became the iconic figure that captured the imagination of the national public.Her spirit and verve, along with her ability to connect with the men fighting for their country and those left behind praying for their loved ones, made her the 'Forces' sweetheart'. Performing the songs that she will always be associated with, such as 'We'll Meet Again' and 'Yours', Vera toured Egypt, India and Burma to entertain the troops and bring them a sense of 'back home'.Her career after the war flourished, with hits in the US and the UK, but Vera was never able to leave behind her wartime role and was deeply affected by what she had seen. Still heavily involved with veteran and other charities, this is Dame Vera's vivid story of her life and her war - from bombs and rations to dance halls and the searing heat of her appearances abroad. Epitomising British fortitude and hope, Dame Vera gives a vivid portrait of Britain at war, and a unique story of one woman who came to symbolize a nation. Författare: Dame Vera Lynn

Uppläsare: Dame Vera Lynn,Virginia Lewis-Jones

Förlag: Harper Collins

Sommarbarn

Sommarbarn är historien om en liten flicka, Katia. När hon är fyra år gammal ockuperar Sovjetmakten hennes hemland. Pappan i familjen blir snart kommunismens fiende och familjen tvingas lämna landet. Så småningom kommer de till Sverige där Katia erbjuds en plats hos en svensk familj. Sommarbarn är en barndomsskildring som handlar om hur Katerina Janouch kom till Sverige som tioåring från dåvarande Tjeckoslovakien. Författare: Katerina Janouch

Uppläsare: Anna Eklund Parrow

Förlag: Piratförlaget

Still Surprised

If many of your organizations have become more democratic, more resilient, more adaptable, and more transparent, it is because Warren Bennis has provided much of the intellectual and ethical fuel over the past half century to our most influential and successful leadership experts and practitioners. Still Surprised illuminates how the world changing ideas of Bennis and his colleagues resulted from the searing crucible of their own encounters, events and experiences—not within a sterile laboratory of ideas. It demonstrates how students of leadership are formed by what they discover about themselves on roads that are opened to them by circumstances—and by the roles they choose to carve out for themselves as a result. The memoir begins, appropriately, with the surprise of an awkward and confused teenage Warren Bennis being prodded into his first leadership position, in vicious combat during the latter stages of World War II. This child of the depression is then surprised by the opportunity to attend college, thanks to the GI Bill, at the raucous and revolutionary Antioch College. Next come a number of breathtaking roles: working alongside some of the world's most intriguing and celebrated figures, from Cambridge to Calcutta, to reshape organizational life; successfully putting his own theories into practice as a university provost and president; and coaching not only U.S. presidents and top corporate CEOs but successive waves of ambitions young women and men. This is also a memoir of our times, seen through the prism of Bennis's own development during crucial inflection points of recent decades. His own medley of insecurity, hard work, determination to invent a new life, and growing capacity to engage others all came into play amidst transformations within our society. The art of leading well is not based on quick formulas for moving people. Bennis has noted; it flows from becoming an integrated person, one who is able to discover and define—and redefine—oneself in the face of surprises and challenges. The annals of modern leadership would be incomplete if our foremost authority on leadership had not detailed his own journey of self discovery, as he finally does here—to the delight of devotees and admirers around the globe. Författare: Patricia Bennis,Warren Biederman

Uppläsare: Erik Synnestvedt

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl

The authorised biography of one of the greatest storytellers of all time."Irresistible. I thought I knew quite a lot about Roald Dahl, but now I know much much more. Donald Sturrock's book lucidly describes a complicated life and relates it to the richness of Dahl's storytelling."Quentin Blake Roald Dahl is one of the greatest storytellers of all time. He pushed children's literature into uncharted territory and almost twenty years after his death his popularity continues to grow - worldwide sales of his books have now topped 100 million. The man behind the stories, however, remains an enigma. Dahl was a single-minded adventurer, an eternal child, and his public persona was often controversial.To his readers, Dahl was always a hero and his stories have had an impact on the lives and imaginations of generations of children. Since his death his reputation has been transformed. Critics now too celebrate his wild imagination, quirky humour and linguistic elegance; figures like Willy Wonka, the BFG and the Grand High Witch are immortal literary creations. In this masterly biography, Donald Sturrock reveals many hitherto hidden aspects of Roald Dahl's life: his terrifying experiences as a fighter pilot; the mental anguish caused by the death of his seven-year-old daughter; his work for military intelligence at the end of the war and more. Written with exclusive access to his private papers and manuscripts as well as with reference to hundreds of newly-discovered letters, Dahl lives on every page of this utterly compelling book, which reveals the man as we've never seen before. Författare: Donald Sturrock

Uppläsare: Stephen Thorne

Förlag: Harper Collins

Strange Things Happen: A life with The Police, polo and pygmies

A remarkable memoir from the legendary drummer with The Police. Stewart Copeland is a genuine rock legend. As the drummer with The Police he was part of the biggest rock band in the world. They sold over 50 million records, won 2 Brits and 5 Grammys and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. When they reformed in 2007 they played to nearly 4 million fans on a record-breaking world tour which grossed over $400m.But his time with The Police is just a tiny part of his story.Growing up in Lebanon, unaware that his dad was a major US spy. Being best friends with Kim Philby's son. Singing in the choir in Wells Cathedral. Performing arts college in San Diego. Drumming with prog-rock gods Curved Air. Appearing on TOTP as Klark Kent in full camoflage make-up. Spray painting The Police logos around London at night. Rock stardom and fan obsessions. Filming experimental movies with a pygmy tribe. Playing polo against Prince Charles. Recording the score to Rumblefish with Francis Ford Coppola looking on. Composing operas. Reforming the band. Arguing with Sting. Embarking on one of the biggest tours of all time as he approaches sixty.These are just a few of the episodes covered in this revelatory autobiography. It is destined to be a must-read for thousands of Police fans and music enthusiasts.Strange Things Happen is an unforgettable memoir from a musician who has earned his place in rock history. Författare: Stewart Copeland

Uppläsare: Stewart Copeland

Förlag: Harper Collins

Stuart: A Life Backwards

A unique biography of a homeless man and a complete portrait of the hidden underclass.'So here it is, my attempt at the story of Stuart Shorter, thief, hostage taker, psycho and sociopath street raconteur, my spy on how the British chaotic underclass spend their troubled days at the beginning of this century: a man with an important life. I wish I could have presented it to Stuart before he stepped in front of the 11.15 train from London to Kings Lynn.'Stuart Shorter's brief life was one of turmoil and chaos. In this remarkable book, a masterful act of biographical restoration, Alexander Masters retraces Stuart's troubled journey. Stuart was homeless, with many of the problems this sub-section of English society display; alcoholism, drug-addiction, crime, violence. Scattered with glimpses of the author's friendship with Stuart in the years before his death, Masters gives us Stuart's life in reverse, tracing his route backwards through the post-office heists and attempts at suicide and the spells inside many of this country's prisons, on back to a troubled time at school and learning difficulties and a violent childhood that acted like a springboard into the trouble that was to follow him all his life.This extraordinary book is a glimpse at the underbelly of English society, a world largely hidden from our lives. Funny, despairing, uplifting, brilliantly-written, it is one of the most original biographies of recent years. Författare: Alexander Masters

Uppläsare: Jot Davies

Förlag: Harper Collins

Sucka mitt hjärta men brist dock ej

Sucka mitt hjärta men brist dock ej är ett urval av Mark Levengoods texter. I många år har Mark tillhört de populäraste radiorösterna i P1:s 'Tankar för dagen', likaså har han varit en älskad krönikör i dags och veckopress. I denna volym finner läsaren texter som tål att återvändas till, ofta och gärna. I Sucka mitt hjärta men brist dock ej insveper Mark läsaren i ett universum där det mjuka blandas med det vassa, det rubbade med det kloka och det vardagliga med det extraordinära. Författare: Mark Levengood

Uppläsare: Mark Levengood

Förlag: Piratförlaget

Så dumt

Mia Törnblom är författaren och föreläsaren som har gett självkänslan ett ansikte. Hemligheten bakom hennes framgång är dels ett angeläget budskap, dels att hon så frikostigt delar med sig av sina egna erfarenheter. De flesta vet redan att Mia Törnblom har ett stökigt förflutet, men först nu berättar hon hur det verkligen var. Så dumt! är hennes efterlängtade självbiografi, en personlig berättelse om hur hon har tagit sig från djupaste självförakt till att respektera och älska den hon är. Författare: Mia Törnblom

Uppläsare: Mia Törnblom

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

Thanks, Johnners: An Affectionate Tribute to a Broadcasting Legend

READ BY JONATHAN AGNEW AND FOREWORD READ BY THE MAGNIFICIENT STEPHEN FRY WITH SURPRISE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM JONATHAN'S TEST MATCH SPECIAL COLLEAGUES!! Perfect for cricket fans everywhere, Thanks Johnners is a warm and witty tribute to Brian Johnston and his time at the helm of Test Match Special. The Test Match Special on-air incident, in which Jonathan Agnew's comment on Ian Botham's attempt to avoid stepping on his stumps - "He just couldn't quite get his leg over" provoking prolonged fits of giggles, most notably from Brian Johnston, has been voted the greatest piece of sporting commentary ever. The friendship between "Aggers" and "Johnners" became immortalised through that broadcasting classic, but there was a far deeper bond between the two men, as this fascinating book reveals. Jonathan Agnew had grown up to the sound of Johnston, Arlott, and a young Martin-Jenkins et al on TMS as he followed his father around on the family farm, ear glued to the transistor radio, but the two men met formally only when Agnew joined the BBC team at Headingley in 1991. Thus began a great working partnership which, fuelled by a mutual passion for the noble game, bridged the generation gap and ended only with Johnston's sudden death in 1994. As this book demonstrates so convincingly, Johnners's wit, warmth and sense of fun was a feature not only of his cricket commentaries, but also in the way he lived his life. His influence on "Aggers" is clearly recognisable in the same amiable and informal manner in which his successor presents Test Match Special today. Thanks, Johnners is a rich blend of biography and anecdote, of antics and dramas on and off the pitch, in and out of the commentary box, its pages filled with stories about the great names of cricket including Fred Trueman, Geoffrey Boycott, Vivian Richards, Michael Holding and Ian Botham. Just as TMS is the sound of summer, so Thanks, Johnners is the fresh breeze rippling the long grass of remembered pleasures. Författare: Jonathan Agnew

Uppläsare: Jonathan Agnew

Förlag: Harper Collins

The Blair Years

The Blair Years is the most compelling and revealing account of contemporary politics you will ever hear. Taken from Alastair Campbell's daily diaries, it charts the rise of New Labour and the tumultuous years of Tony Blair's leadership, providing the first important record of a remarkable decade in our national life. Författare: Alastair Campbell

Uppläsare: Alastair Campbell

Förlag: Random House

The Difficult Second Book

Superman was a hero. Clark Kent was a geek. Spiderman saved lives. Peter Parker sold photographs to his local paper. Chris Moyles entertains 8 million people each week on BBC Radio 1. Then he goes home and plays Xbox on his sofa, wearing only his underpants. Welcome to the real world of Chris Moyles. Författare: Chris Moyles

Uppläsare: Chris Moyles

Förlag: Random House

The Downing Street Years

This first volume of Margaret Thatcher's memoirs encompasses the whole of her time as Prime Minister - the formation of her goals in the early 1980s, the Falklands, the General Election victories of 1983 and 1987 and, eventually, the circumstances of her fall from political power. She also gives frank accounts of her dealings with foreign statesmen and her own ministers. Författare: Margaret Thatcher

Uppläsare: Margaret Thatcher

Förlag: Harper Collins

The Eichmann Trial

The capture of SS Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Eichmann by Israeli agents in Argentina in May of 1960 and his subsequent trial in Jerusalem by an Israeli court electrified the world. The public debate it sparked on where, how, and by whom Nazi war criminals should be brought to justice, and the international media coverage of the trial itself, was a watershed moment in how the civilized world in general and Holocaust survivors in particular found the means to deal with the legacy of genocide on a scale that had never been seen before. Award winning historian Deborah E. Lipstadt gives us an overview of the trial and analyzes the dramatic effect that the survivors' courtroom testimony—which was itself not without controversy—had on a world that had until then regularly commemorated the Holocaust but never fully understood what the millions who died and the hundreds of thousands who managed to survive had actually experienced. As the world continues to confront the ongoing reality of genocide and ponder the fate of those who survive it, this trial of the century, which has become a touchstone for judicial proceedings throughout the world, offers a legal, moral, and political framework for coming to terms with unfathomable evil. Lipstadt infuses a gripping narrative with historical perspective and contemporary urgency. Författare: Deborah Lipstadt

Uppläsare: Walter Dixon

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

The Genius in my Basement

An intimate portrait of an everyday genius.Alexander Master's landlord, Simon, lives in the basement of their Cambridge house. Between teetering towers of outdated maps and slagheaps of plastic bags, Simon eats endless meals of tinned kippers and plans trips on the Cambridge public transport system.But Simon was one of the greatest mathematical prodigies of the twentieth century. He spends his time between train journeys working on a theoretical puzzle so complex and critical to our understanding of the universe that it is known as the Monster.Poignant and comical, 'Simon: The Genius in my Basement' is about the frailty of brilliance and how genius matters very little in the search for happiness. Författare: Alexander Masters

Uppläsare: Jot Davies

Förlag: Harper Collins

The Gentry: Stories of the English

Prize-winning author Adam Nicolson tells the story he was born to write - the real story of England. It is the gentry that has made England what it was and, to a degree, still is. In this vivid, lively book, history has never been more readable.We may well be 'a nation of shopkeepers', but for generations England was a country dominated by its middling families, rooted on their land, in their locality, with a healthy interest in turning a profit from their property and a deep distrust of the centralised state. The virtues we may all believe to be part of the English culture - honesty, affability, courtesy, liberality - each of these has their source in gentry life cultivated over five hundred years. These folk were the backbone of England. Adam Nicolson's riveting new book concentrates on fourteen families with a time-span from 1400 to the present day. From the medieval gung-ho of the Plumpton family to the high-seas adventures of the Lascelles in the 18th-century, to more modern examples, the book provides a chronological picture of the English, seen through these intimate, passionate, powerful stories of family saga. The families have been selected from all over the country and range from the famous to the unknown. Some families are divided by politics , such as the family that took different sides in the Reformation; others destroy their inheritance through reckless gambling or investments . All of them are vivid depictions of the life and code of the gentry, and have left deep archives of family papers which the author has been able to use, often for the very first time.THE GENTRY is first and foremost a wonderful sweep of English history. It presents a convincing argument on what has created the distinctive English character but with the sheer readability of an epic novel. Författare: Adam Nicolson

Uppläsare: David Fleeshman

Förlag: Harper Collins

The Gospel According to Chris Moyles

Chris Moyles is the nation's most popular DJ. 7.6million people wake up to his Radio 1 breakfast show every morning. He is part motormouth, part loveable rogue. Like you and me, he likes nothing better than a bit if banter with his mates down the pub, or to share a good joke. Författare: Chris Moyles

Uppläsare: Chris Moyles

Förlag: Random House

The Man in the White Suit: The Stig, Le Mans, The Fast Lane and Me

The Stig gets his kit off and reveals how he came to be Top Gear's iconic racing driver and so much more - including what it's like to thrash an Aston Martin DBS, train for the Army and face the terror of Jeremy Clarkson's underwear...When the Black Stig disappeared off the end of an aircraft carrier in 2003, we were introduced to The White Stig. Faster. Stranger. Harder to keep clean. And ever since, millions have wondered - who is The Man in the White Suit? They're about to find out.Ben Collins caught the car the bug young, kicking his dad's boss in the balls for not giving him a company Jag. This was the attitude that eventually led him to spend seven years sharing a cabin with Jeremy Clarkson's underwear, James May's PhD thesis and Richard Hammond's hairspray. Because he is The Stig. Now he tells all about life inside the iconic white helmet. What it's like to guide a blind ex-RAF officer around the Top Gear track; pit a drug dealer's Mitsubishi Evo against a Trojan tank; set a Vauxhall Monara against Chloe the dancing Ninja; and race double-decker Routemasters against bendy buses. Not to mention all the inside stuff on how the show's amazing driving sequences are made.He also reveals how he got to be there - settinga Dunsfold lap time faster than Michael Schumacher's. Breaking records with the best of the best at Daytona and Le Mans.It's an awesome story, told by an amazing man. Författare: Ben Collins

Uppläsare: Ben Collins

Förlag: Harper Collins

The Medicine Man of Business

The cumulative wisdom of a team of business experts is distilled in these practical principles for evaluating and correcting unsound business behaviors before they adversely affect profitability. Business leaders with a broad spectrum of sales and marketing credentials in small and large companies examine universal problems and suggest remedies appropriate for any business. Common pitfalls such as seeking comfort zones, adopting a survival or bunker mentality, and doing one thing well while ignoring other crucial areas are specified and addressed. Three strategic actions guaranteed to rescue a company from stagnation are outlined, with practical applications for any business venture. Citing examples in the lifestyle, financial, technical, advertising, and manufacturing sectors, this guide suggests ways to wring the most out of every marketing dollar and bring out the best in every employee. Författare: Terry Patryluk

Uppläsare: Terry Patryluk

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

The Path to Power

A fascinating account of the journey towards number 10 Downing street read by Lady Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher's government was, she says, about the application of a philosophy, not the implementation of an administrative programme. These ideas and beliefs were propelled throughout her time in office by a forcefulness and conviction, particularly in critical moments in her premiership - the Falklands War, the miner's strike, the Brighton bomb and her three election victories. In the second volume of her memoirs, following "The Downing Street Years", she reveals the inspiration behind many of her philosophies. She discusses the formative years of her childhood in Grantham, the values she learnt at home, the profound influence of her shopkeeeping father, and of her own schooling on future Conservative education policies. She recounts her days at Oxford, her academic work as a scientist, marriage to Dennis, and the beginning of her career as a politician when in 1959 she was selected to stand at Finchley. Författare: Margaret Thatcher

Uppläsare: Margaret Thatcher

Förlag: Harper Collins

The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things

Since her death, people have got Jane Austen wrong. The real Jane - revealed for the first time in this landmark biography - was a less cosy, more spiky, more modern figure than she is usually imagined to be. Far from retelling a familiar story, Byrne's book uses new research and new techniques to give us Jane Austen for the 21st century. Paula Byrne - an internationally renowned Jane Austen scholar and a best-selling biographer - has uncovered a very different Jane Austen to the Jane of popular imagination.This Jane is a woman deeply immersed in the culture around her, but also far ahead of her time in her independence and tough-mindedness.. Throughout, this audio-book gives the sense of Austen as an astute commentator on human nature in general and her own age in particular, and above all as a writer of independence and ambition.Each chapter is focussed on a key moment in Austen's life: eg. when her handicapped brother is removed from the family, when her exotic cousin Eliza arrives in the family circle, when her aunt was arrested for shoplifting, her time alone in London. The book also gives detailed attention to the novels themselves. After this book, no longer can Austen be viewed as someone who did not engage with the great political events of her time. How many lovers of her work are aware that the Prince Regent kept a debauched household down the road from her village, that she was related by marriage to other major literary figures of the time such as the libertine Gothic novelist William Beckford and her favourite poet George Crabbe. The book will also identify her long lost seaside love as well as argue that her assumed 'genteel' sense of humour could also be savage, highly subversive irony. Författare: Paula Byrne

Uppläsare: Louise Hulland

Förlag: Harper Collins

The Real Me is Thin

The hapless and hilarious tale of a life lived under the constant and ruthless reign of a chocolate biscuit...Lumped into 'the too fat for potatoes group' by her mother, carefree eating isn't something Arabella Weir had much experience of growing up.Written with startling frankness, Arabella unravels her own eating history in this humorous appraisal of our attitudes towards eating disorders and obesity. Not easy for someone who still can't be alone unsupervised in a room with a packet of chocolate biscuits. Charting Arabella's neurotic relationship with food, from prolonged abstinence to binge eating, this humorous memoir recreates a childhood besieged with battles over food. Subjected to her mother's capricious feeding regime and taught early on that food was her enemy, happiness meant being allowed to eat what she liked - or more importantly what everyone else was eating.Recounting stories of unhinged mothers and callous doctors, mystery-meat suppers, and egg custard battles with calculating boyfriends' mothers, this candid memoir vividly recreates a childhood and adolescence marred by the social embarrassment of being marked as different simply due to your weight. Författare: Arabella Weir

Uppläsare: Arabella Weir

Förlag: Harper Collins

The Road Taken

'Dawn, and as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on the plain outside Korem it lights up a biblical famine, now, in the Twentieth Century.'Those words opened Michael Buerk's first report on the Ethiopian famine for the 6 o'clock news on October 24th 1984. His reports sent shock waves round the world. Hundreds of millions of pounds were raised and millions of lives were saved. The Live Aid concert, a direct consequence of Bob Geldof watching that broadcast, was watched by half the planet. Michael Buerk has reported on some of the biggest stories in our lifetime. Författare: Michael Buerk

Uppläsare: Michael Buerk

Förlag: Random House

The Third Man: Life at the Heart of New Labour

READ BY PETER MANDELSON. The hotly anticipated memoir of one of New Labour's three founding architects.READ BY PETER MANDELSON. Peter Mandelson is one of the most influential politicians of modern times. The Third Man is his story - of a life played out in the backroom and then on the frontline of the Labour Party during its unprecedented three terms in government.Much of the book is devoted to the defining political relationships of Peter Mandelson's life - with Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Charting what he terms the 'soap-opera' years of the Labour government, his book is certain to ruffle many feathers.Forced to resign from Cabinet twice in three years, Peter Mandelson has cut a divisive figure through British politics but his time as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland gained him many supporters. He was a highly regarded European Commissioner before being brought back into British politics by Gordon Brown in 2008 to serve as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and as First Secretary. Containing a mixture of autobiography, personal reflection and political history, The Third Man draws heavily on detailed diary notes that Peter Mandelson took during the events, discussions and meetings that shaped the government and the Labour Party over 25 years. He began writing the book while serving as European Commissioner, and has been completing it since leaving office in May.Much has been written about Peter Mandelson as the person at the heart of the New Labour project but this is the first time we have heard the unvarnished truth from the man himself. The Third Man is set to become the most talked about political memoir of the year. Författare: Peter Mandelson

Uppläsare: Peter Mandelson

Förlag: Harper Collins

The Woodsman

Ben Law has lived as a woodsman in Prickly Nut Wood for over 20 years. His authentic, incredible sense of the land and the wildlife, and his respect for age old traditions and how to sustain them offers a wonderful, inviting insight into the life and character of Prickly Nut Wood. Having travelled to Papua New Guinea and the Amazon, observing age old techniques for living in, working in and preserving forests and woodland, Ben Law felt compelled to return home and apply his learnings to a 400 year old plot of woodland near where he grew up Prickly Nut Wood. This is the story of how he came to know and love his woodland, how he lived off the land, how he coppiced and hedged and created charcoal, how he puddled and built shelter, and finally how he carved out his famous, characterful woodland home that Kevin McCloud has cited as his favourite ever Grand Design. Författare: Ben Law

Uppläsare: Ben Law

Förlag: Harper Collins

Threepenny Memoir: The Lives of a Libertine

The extraordinary life and times of Carl Barat, Libertine. READ BY CARL BARAT!READ BY CARL BARAT. From his childhood in suburban Basingstoke, through times of literally being down and out in London and Paris, to success as one of the co-founders of one of Britain's most revered bands, Carl Barat has gone through the glass darkly as bands fell apart around him, friendships faltered and egos and hedonism threatened to pull his life apart. Untitled Autobiography tells his extraordinary story, in themed chapters. Love tells of early, unrequited ardour, first heartache and the enduring feelings he has for his best friend, Pete Doherty. Work details time spent on the night shift in factory jobs; his first taste of the bright lights and big city as an usher in theatreland; of the moment when rock and roll really did become just another chore. London looks at the city that shaped him and helped nurture him as a song writer even as he slept on its streets; Icons his fascination with Sir Alec Guinness, his adoration of David Niven, the affinity he felt for the War Poets; Drugs - well, you can probably guess.Each chapter is chronologically linked by pages from Barat's journal, each recalling a pivotal moment from his life. The Libertines first NME cover in June 2002; their last ever show in Paris just before Christmas in 2004. Walking out on stage with Pete once more at the Hackney Empire in April 2007; touring broken-hearted and solo along America's West Coast in early 2009. His first night onstage at the Riverside Hammersmith, in Sam Shephard's Fool For Love in January 2010. His thoughts on the upcoming Libertines reunion in August 2010. Untitled Autobiography is a revealing and intimate self-portrait, a story of love and fighting and the creativity that came of that, and a fascinating account of the London of the last decade, with The Libertines its beating heart. Författare: Carl Barat

Uppläsare: Carl Barat

Förlag: Harper Collins

Titanic Lives: Migrants and Millionaires, Conmen and Crew

Marking the centenary of the Titanic disaster, Titanic Lives is an utterly compelling exploration of the lives on board the most famous ship in history.On the night of 14 April 1912, midway through her maiden voyage, the seemingly unsinkable Titanic hit an iceberg, sustaining a 300-feet gash as six compartments were wrenched open to the Atlantic Ocean. In little over two hours, the palatial liner nose-dived to the bottom of the sea. More than 1,500 people perished in the freezing waters. But who were they? In Titanic Lives, Richard Davenport-Hines brings to life in fascinating and absorbing detail the stories of the men who built and owned the ship, the crew who serviced her and the passengers of all classes who sailed on her. The Titanic was a floating microcosm of Edwardian society - at the bottom of the ship was third class, filled with economic migrants and political and religious refugees hoping for a better life in the New World. Above them were hundreds of second-class passengers buoyed up by their prosperous respectability. On the upper decks were the hereditary rich and those of inconceivable wealth - American titans of industry such as John Jacob Astor IV, who was found with $4000 in sodden notes in his pockets. In this epic, sweeping history we are introduced to this broad cast of characters, from every class and every continent, as we follow their lives on board the ship through to the supreme dramatic climax of the disaster itself. Published to coincide with the centenary of the sinking, Titanic Lives is an impeccably researched and utterly riveting history which re-creates the complexities, disparities and tensions of life one hundred years ago. Författare: Richard Davenport-Hines

Uppläsare: John Sackville

Förlag: Harper Collins

Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger

TOAST is top food writer Nigel Slater's eat-and-tell autobiography. Detailing all the food, recipes and cooking that have marked his passage from greedy schoolboy to great food writer. In December 2010 the BBC will bring out a film of Toast starring Helena Bonham-Carter and directed by Lee Hall, who won an oscar nomination for Billy Elliot.Britain's most popular cook describes his personal culinary odyssey, from dangerous encounters with his mother's weevil-seasoned cakes to being harangued by readers who think he deliberately styles Yorkshire puddings to look like a woman's private parts. Hilarious, irreverent and mouthwatering, TOAST captures thirty years of British cooking and the recipes that we have grown up with since the days when a grilled grapefruit was the last word in dinner party chic. Everyone has gorged on cake mix, endured disastrous dinner parties, and put up with the loved one who can only ever produce burnt toast. Nigel Slater is no different. Hair-raising accounts of hotels modeled on Fawlty Towers, the mystery of the disappearing condom and the seafood cocktail, and many more, take readers behind the scenes of British cuisine to reveal the unlikely origins of our foremost cook. Författare: Nigel Slater

Uppläsare: Nigel Slater

Förlag: Harper Collins

Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth

A new biography exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's wartime experiences and their impact on his life and his writing of The Lord of The Rings. “To be caught in youth by 1914 was no less hideous an experience than in 1939 ... by 1918 all but one of my close friends were dead.”So J.R.R. Tolkien responded to critics who saw The Lord of the Rings as a reaction to the Second World War. Tolkien and the Great War tells for the first time the full story of how he embarked on the creation of Middle-earth in his youth as the world around him was plunged into catastrophe. This biography reveals the horror and heroism that he experienced as a signals officer in the Battle of the Somme and introduces the circle of friends who spurred his mythology to life. It shows how, after two of these brilliant young men were killed, Tolkien pursued the dream they had all shared by launching his epic of good and evil.John Garth argues that the foundation of tragic experience in the First World War is the key to Middle-earth's enduring power. Tolkien used his mythic imagination not to escape from reality but to reflect and transform the cataclysm of his generatuion. While his contemporaries surrendered to disillusionment, he kept enchantment alive, reshaping an entire literary tradition into a form that resonates to this day.This is the first substantially new biography of Tolkien since 1977, meticulously researched and distilled from his personal wartime papers and a multitude of other sources. Författare: John Garth

Uppläsare: John Garth

Förlag: Harper Collins

Tony Benn - Diaries 2001-2007

When Tony Benn left Parliament after 51 years he quoted his wife Caroline's remark that now he would have 'more time for politics'. And so this has proved: in the first seven years of this century he has helped reinvigorate national debate through public meetings, mass campaigns and appearances in the media, passionately bringing moral and political issues to wide audiences. And throughout, as ever, he has been keeping his diaries. Författare: Tony Benn

Uppläsare: Tony Benn

Förlag: Random House

Trasdocka

'Livet är inte alltid en dans på rosor, det ska gudarna veta. Men i Yvonne Domeij möter vi en författare som fått fler törnar än de flesta. Att ingenting lyckats få henne på fall är ett fascinerande mysterium som vi här under andlös spänning och stigande fasa får ta del av. För den medicin som livet erbjuder henne är sannerligen besk: sexuella övergrepp, hemlöshet, myndighetskränkningar och social stigmatisering. Den borde egentligen inte gå att svälja ner men med humor och en vilja av järn är även det omöjliga möjligt. Yvonne Domeij vågar faktiskt vara underbart rolig.' Jan Henrik Swahn Författare: Yvonne Domeij

Uppläsare: Bruno Årfors,Yvonne Domeij,Noomi Rapace

Förlag: Tundell Salmson Audio

Trött Fet och 50

Trött, fet & 50 är en berättelse om frihet, flykt, försoning och en livshållning som skär likt en machete i livets djungel. På ytan är detta en rak skildring av familjeliv, katastrofer och förlust men blir till en sång för det rena gubbvarat och för att med högburet huvud kunna säga: Jag är stolt över att vara trött, fet och femti! Författare: Täppas Fogelberg

Uppläsare: Täppas Fogelberg

Förlag: Earbooks

Vi tolererar inga förlorare - Klanen Kennedy

Vi tolererar inga förlorare. Det var på den grunden som Joseph P Kennedy byggde sin familjedynasti. Och han insåg att pengar är vägen till framgång, först på Wall Street och i filmindustrin med Gloria Swanson, sedan i politiken. Revanschlusten blev drivkraften också för hustrun Rose och de nio barnen. När Joseph P Kennedy inte lyckats med en politisk karriär ställdes kravet på den äldste sonen att bli USA:s president. Men när han omkommit i andra världskrigets slutskede överfördes ambitionen på den näst äldste sonen John F Kennedy. Och när han mördats som president gick uppgiften vidare till näste son Robert som sköts ihjäl just som han var på väg att nå Vita huset. För att lämnas vidare till den yngste sonen Ted som inte klarade av att bli president men som blev en av USA:s mest långvariga och betydande senatorer. Kennedyklanens framväxt och dominans tillhör det mest fascinerande i historien med enastående framgångar och glamour blandat med bottenlös sorg och tragedi, och en exempellös förmåga att från början skapa den glorifierade bild av släkten som länge levde vidare. Britt Marie Mattsson berättar i romanens form Kennedysagan från början av 1910 talets Boston till 2010 talets Washington. Det är en rikt detaljerad dramatisering med stark verklighetsförankring. Författare: Britt-Marie Mattsson

Uppläsare: Peder Falk

Förlag: Piratförlaget

Victoria, drottning med tiden

Victoria är unik. Inte bara därför att hon ska gifta sig med en man av folket. Men Victoria var unik redan då hon föddes, som den första prinsessan på 411 år som själv var född av en drottning av folket. Något sådant hade inte hänt sedan Erik XIV:s drottning Karin Månsdotter födde prinsessan Sigrid. Hon skiljer sig också från alla våra tidigare tronföljare genom att hon inte var född kronprinsessa, utan fick den ställningen då hon var två och ett halvt år efter riksdagens beslut om full kognatisk tronföljd. Detta innebär att äldsta barnet ärver tronen oberoende om det är en man eller kvinna. Ingen svensk kronprins har heller fått en så medveten och skräddarsydd utbildning för sin framtida uppgift som kronprinsessan Victoria och ingen av dem har heller gått in för sin uppgift med sådan nyfikenhet, energi och entusiasm. Författare: Herman Lindqvist

Uppläsare: Herman Lindqvist

Förlag: Bonnier Audio

We Bought a Zoo (Film Tie-in): The amazing true story of a broken-down zoo, and the 200 animals that changed a family forever

A film tie-in edition to 20th Century Fox's film adaptation of the heart-warming international bestseller starring Scarlett Johansson and Matt Damon and directed by Oscar-winning director Cameron Crowe.An amazing true story that has inspired the major Hollywood motion picture this Christmas, to be repackaged for release alongside the film. We Bought a Zoo is about one young family, a broken down zoo, and the wild animals that changed their lives forever. When Ben [played by Damon] and his wife Katherine [played by Johansson] sold their small flat in Primrose Hill, upped sticks with their children and invested their savings into a dilapidated zoo on the edge of Dartmoor, they were prepared for a challenge and a momentous change in all their lives. With over 200 exotic animals to care for - including an African lion, a wolf pack, a Brazilian tapir and a jaguar - Ben's hands, and those of his wife, children and tiny team of keepers, were full.What they weren't prepared for was Katherine's devastating second brain cancer diagnosis. Ben found himself juggling the daunting responsibilities of managing the park's staff and finances, while holding the bailiffs at bay and caring for his wife.A moving and entertaining story of courage and a family's attempts to rebuild a zoo, and carry on after Katherine's tragic death. Författare: Benjamin Mee

Uppläsare: Gildart Jackson

Förlag: Harper Collins

What We Have

At thirty two, Amy Boesky thought she had it all figured out: a wonderful new man in her life, a great job, and the (nearly) perfect home. For once, she was almost able to shake the terrible fear that had gripped her for as long as she could remember. All of the women in her family had died before the age of forty five—from cancer—and she and her sisters had grown up in time's shadow. Urgency colored every choice they made and was amplified now that each of them approached thirty five—the deadline their doctors prescribed for having preventive surgery with the hope that they could thwart their family's medical curse. But Amy didn't want to dwell on fear now; she wanted to spend time with her husband plan for a new baby; live her life. And that's just what she did. In a way that only someone who is so acutely aware of passing time can, she chose to put her anxieties aside and relish life's simple pleasures. In What We Have, Amy shares a deeply transformative year in her family's life and invites listeners to join in their joy, laughter, and grief. Unparalleled in its optimism and wisdom, What We Have celebrates the promise of a full life, even in the face of uncertainty. Författare: Amy Boesky

Uppläsare: E London

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

A new edition of one of the best-selling and best-loved books of recent years.The publication of Wild Swans in 1991 was a worldwide phenomenon. Not only did it become the best-selling non-fiction book in British publishing history, with sales of well over two million, it was received with unanimous critical acclaim, and was named the winner of the 1992 NCR Book Award and the 1993 British Book of the Year Award.Few books have ever had such an impact on their readers. Through the story of three generations of women - grandmother, mother and daughter - Wild Swans tells nothing less than the whole tumultuous history of China's tragic twentieth century, from sword-bearing warlords to Chairman Mao, from the Manchu Empire to the Cultural Revolution. At times terrifying, at times astonishing, always deeply moving, Wild Swans is a book in a million, a true story with all the passion and grandeur of a great novel. Författare: Jung Chang

Uppläsare: Anna Massey

Förlag: Harper Collins

William Pitt the Younger

The Sunday Times bestselling biography of one of the towering figures in British history who became Prime Minister at the age of twenty-four, written by the youngest-ever leader of the Tory Party.The younger William Pitt - known as the 'schoolboy' - began his days as Prime Minister in 1783 deeply underestimated and completely beleaguered. Yet he annihilated his opponents in the General Election the following year and dominated the governing of Britain for twenty-two years, nearly nineteen of them as Prime Minister. No British politician since then has exercised such supremacy for so long.Pitt presided over dramatic changes in the country's finances and trade, brought about the union with Ireland, but was ultimately consumed by the years of debilitating war with France. Domestic crises included unrest in Ireland, deep division in the royal family, the madness of the King and a full-scale naval mutiny. He enjoyed huge success, yet died at the nadir of his fortunes, struggling to maintain a government beset by a thin majority at home and military disaster abroad; he worked, worried and drank himself to death. Finally his story is told with the drama, wit and authority it deserves. Författare: William Hague

Uppläsare: William Hague

Förlag: Harper Collins

Winston Churchill CEO

Following his BusinessWeek bestsellers Elizabeth I, CEO and Patton on Leadership comes a new and perfect subject for Alan Axelrod's innovative format: Winston Churchill, the quintessential leader of the 20th century. Churchill skillfully converted crisis into victory, making the boldest of visions seem attainable; even though he sometimes failed audaciously, he embraced his errors and used them to become stronger. Axelrod looks at this much studied figure in a way nobody has before: he explores 25 key facets of Churchill's leadership style and decision making from his early years as a junior cavalry officer and journalist to his role throughout WWII and demonstrates how he was able to overcome near impossible obstacles. Fluidly and engagingly written, each lesson is enlivened with a vivid vignette from Churchill's life. As always, Axelrod's penetrating analysis will instruct, inspire, and encourage those who lead business enterprises, large and small. Författare: Alan Axelrod

Uppläsare: Scott Peterson

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

Work! Consume! Die!

Brace yourself, Frankie's back, and he's more outspoken and brilliantly inappropriate than ever.There are fears that this year could see the start of a double-dip recession, or worse still a double-dip-with-misery-sprinkles and f**k-where's-my-job?-sauce. Why not chuckle into the howling void as taloned fingers reach up to consume you with Frankie Boyle's new book, Work! Consume! Die!In Work! Consume! Die! stand-up comedy's favourite pessimist, Frankie Boyle, offers his outrageous, laugh-out-loud, cynical rant on life as he knows it. He describes your reality as viewed through a bloodshot eye pressed against a shit-smeared telescope, focused on hell:* 'Charlie Sheen's life consists of going on huge drug benders with groups of porn stars. If he straightened himself out he could have a really mediocre career as a bit-part Hollywood actor. Playing the role of Martin Sheen's corpse. He's crazy like a fox! And also actually crazy. What a tragic waste, not being Charlie Sheen is. How majestic it will be for him to die, possibly quite soon, knowing that when they make a movie of his life, it will be a porno.'* 'The X Factor will be allowed to show product placements. That's powerful advertising. Last series I realised that looking at the judges alone had made me subconsciously buy a gnome, a scrag-end of mutton, a vacuous mannequin and a suspected gay.'* 'The Taliban are running out of bullets. Operation 'Get our troops to absorb them with their bodies' is finally paying off. The Taliban are finding it impossible to get hold of essential supplies - at last we're fighting on equal terms. But let's not get complacent. Just because they're running out of bullets we mustn't assume our boys won't get shot. Remember, the US troops have still got plenty.' A no-holds-barred tour de force of comic writing, Work! Consume! Die! is Frankie Boyle at his brutal, taboo-busting best. This is nothing more or less than the clanging call to arms of a dying mechanical God. Författare: Frankie Boyle

Uppläsare: Angus King

Förlag: Harper Collins

Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Såsom i himmelen, så ock på jorden

Den 18 september 1970 föddes en dröm hos den då sjuårige Hässelbypojken Yngve Lannerbäck efter att ha sett ett tv program om Jimi Hendrix död. En dröm som han aldrig skulle ge upp, vad som än hände. Drömmen var att bli världens bästa rockgitarrist. 12 år senare landade han i Los Angeles och slog världen med häpnad som Yngwie J. Malmsteen. Ingen svensk musiker har haft ett sådant internationellt genomslag som Yngwie J. Malmsteen. Det finns ingen som kommer i närheten av hans legendariska status som gitarr Gud. Men framgången har haft ett högt pris, inte minst för honom själv och de som stått honom nära. Här får vi för första gången någonsin den sanna bilden av Yngwies liv och gärning, skildrat genom nyckelpersoner som var med. Författare: Anders Tengner

Uppläsare: Anders Tengner

Förlag: HörOpp!

You Are Not Alone: Michael, Through a Brother's Eyes

'This is the truth as we know it. I have read so much about what people think they know about Michael, but this is about what really happened.' Jermaine Jackson You Are Not Alone is an intimate, loving portrait of Michael Jackson, illuminating the private man like never before. It is an invitation into Michael's real character, private insights and hidden feelings: the innermost thoughts of a fiercely private individual.Jermaine Jackson knew Michael like only a brother can. In You Are Not Alone Jermaine brings light to the man behind the mask of superstardom, an identity that has lingered in the shadows for too long. You Are Not Alone is a celebration of the real Michael: the boy who shared a tiny bunkbed with Jermaine at 2300 Jackson Street, Gary, Indiana; the brother with whom Jermaine shared laughter, tears and memories; the boy who would grow up to become a legend.Raw, honest and incredibly moving, You Are Not Alone is also a sophisticated, no-holds-barred examination of Michael Jackson, aimed at fostering a true and final understanding of who he was and what shaped him. This is Michael Jackson - the man, not the legend - through a brother's eyes.If you love Michael Jackson, this is the only book you will want to read.If you think you know the Michael Jackson story, it's time to think again. Författare: Jermaine Jackson

Uppläsare: Jermaine Jackson Jnr

Förlag: Harper Collins

Zilch

'What we have to offer can be boiled down to one concept: the power of zero. We get more done with less of just about everything, from our people to our workplaces to our vendors. Zilch is what drives us to be more innovative, more passionate, more creative. So stop whining about your budget cuts and start asking yourself what you'd do if you had zilch. You'll be surprised just how powerful that is.' After years of being told to emulate the corporate world, not for profit CEOs like Nancy Lublin now find the shoe on the other foot. Tough times have forced businesses to slash their headcount, marketing budgets, and other resources. Managers at small startups and Fortune 100 companies alike are now expected to do more with less—but how? No one is more qualified to answer that question than the leaders who always thrive on a shoestring. Take Nancy Lublin, for instance. She learned firsthand how much you can accomplish with zilch (or close to it). As the founder of Dress for Success, which provides low income women with interview suits and career development training, she turned a $5,000 inheritance into a global franchise. Then, as CEO of DoSomething.org, she helped turn a struggling startup into one of the largest and most successful youth volunteer groups in the world. Now she draws on her experiences as well as interviews with other 'rock star' leaders of flourishing not for profits including Wendy Kopp of Teach For America, Darell Hammond of KaBOOM!, Greg Baldwin of VolunteerMatch.org, and John Lilly of Mozilla. Their examples prove the power of zero in business by teaching us how to: * Motivate and retain good people without offering huge financial incentives * Use the power of bartering to leverage every asset and minimize your liabilities * Create cherished brands without throwing money at studies and focus groups * Market your goods or service without paying a penny Lublin's tone is a unique mix of 'let's have some fun' and 'here's the straight dope.' Her expert advice will help any business or organization to get ahead through the power of zero. Författare: Nancy Lublin

Uppläsare: Nancy Lublin

Förlag: Gildan Media Corp

Älskling, vi blir inte med barn

Ramona Fransson har skrivit en självbiografi om sin ofrivilliga barnlöshet. Ramona har på ett sorgmodigt, öppet och berörande sätt skildrat sin längtan och smärta i kampen för att lyckas bli gravid. På SU Sahlgrenska i Göteborg finns Lars Nilsson, leg.läk, docent, överläkare, med,ansv, IVF på IVF enheten/Reproduktionsenheten, Kvinnokliniken SU Sahlgrenska, Område särskilda specialiteter, som hjälpte Ramona under flera år. I samband med att Ramona färdigställde manuset till boken, tog hon ånyo kontakt med överläkare Lars Nilsson och ställde frågor om 'Hur ska man bistå dagens ofrivilligt barnlösa par', som han tog sig vänligheten att besvara. Författare: Ramona Fransson

Uppläsare: Ramona Fransson

Förlag: Anomar Förlag

Ändhållplats Sverige

Ändhållplats Sverige är en självbiografi och faktabok av Ramona Fransson. Boken är indelad i tre delar och börjar med berättelsen om fadern som var av judisk börd, född i Warszawa 1916. Del två handlar om hur modern född katolik i Rostock 1933 upplevde andra världskriget och flydde till Sverige, där de senare möttes. Del tre berättar om den brutala uppväxten med både fysisk och psykisk misshandel från fadern sida. Författare: Ramona Fransson

Uppläsare: Ramona Fransson

Förlag: Anomar Förlag