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The Phone Fix: The Brain-Focused Guide to Building Healthy Digital Habits and Breaking Bad Ones
What is really happening in your brain when you use your phone, and how to harness it. Humans are often fearful of the day the world will be ruled by machines, but have they not already taken over? The average person spends 4-5 hours a day on their phone, about a third of the time they are awake. We self-interrupt our work and social lives, forgo sleep, procrastinate important tasks and opt for digital distraction when we're bored or feel uncomfortable. NHS neurology doctor and neuroscientist Faye Begeti describes what is happening in our brain when we use our phones and why we have formed so many fixed and negative habits around them. She reflects on both deliberate choices and automatic behaviours, whilst also challenging myths around digital 'addiction', how dopamine actually works and the harmfulness of blue light. Rather than recommending a quick fix digital diet, or total abstinence - unviable for most people - The Phone Fix offers a practical guide, based on neuroscientific techniques, on building supportive digital habits. Technology is not inherently bad or frightening and by better understanding what is happening in our brains, we can replenish our willpower and improve our focus, forming a healthier relationship with our phones ¬- and therefore the real people around us.
Dr. Faye Begeti (Author), Sofia Engstrand (Narrator)
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Paradise is a nightmare. Holly Bloom works as an analyst for Flynn Industries. When she intercepts a confidential email stating that the luxury space station housing the wealthiest members of humanity has gone dark, she immediately volunteers to accompany the rescue team sent to fix the comm issue… but Saturnalia is nothing like the reclusive paradise she'd come to expect. Killers prowl its suites and the dead line its corridors. The only sane survivor is Fritz, an engineer who lives down in the bowels of the station. Together, they plan an escape. But the further through Saturnalia they sneak, the more the odds of their survival shrink… and the weirder the source of the violence becomes. Holly risked everything to reach Saturnalia. Now she needs to find a way off the space station before she meets the same fate as its residents. If you like sci-fi dystopias with a splash of horror and mystery, then you'll love this new audiobook from the author of the bestselling Final Dawn series.
Tom Ashford (Author), Sofia Engstrand (Narrator)
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An award-winning novel about family old and new, friendship growing into romance, the beauty of the sea and a hot summer on a Swedish island Vinga dreams of the sea. She's going to be a sailor when she grows up, sailing to distant lands. At home, back in the city, Mum is sad and Dad has left for good. But here with Granddad on the island, all her problems feel far away. Summer goes on as usual, with porridge for breakfast, drinking rhubarb lemonade under the lilac tree and watching the sunset from 'her' cliff. But things are different now too. The heat vibrates during the day, and a girl with a black hat has started appearing. Her name is Ruth. The only thing they seem to have in common is their age and that they are both on the island for the summer. But spending time together, their friendship soon turns out to be something much more. Rhubarb Lemonade is story filled with empathy and heart about an unusual summer when childhood comes to an end. Translated from the original Swedish by A. A. Prime.
Oskar Kroon (Author), Sofia Engstrand (Narrator)
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Linnéa Kuling was a child brought up in the infamous pentecostal sect in Knutby, Sweden, where one person was murdered and another shot. This is her story about growing up in the innermost circle of the Bride of Christ, and about how her safe haven turned into total darkness. When she was little and her family moved to Knutby, it was like coming home. They were welcomed into a loving and warm community that they thought would be paradise. It became hell. The family was torn apart, her mother would no longer be her mother, Linnéa would be the daughter of Christ's bride. Despite this – not everything in Knutby was bad. Linnéa gives a unique insight into one of Sweden's most talked about sects - through the eyes of a child. It's a story about trying to fit in and seek confirmation in a capricious community where love is conditional and the adults' betrayal of the children is immense. It is also a story about putting aside one's own will to devote one's life to something greater, to do good.
Linnéa Kuling (Author), Sofia Engstrand (Narrator)
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The Witches of Vardo: THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: 'Powerful, deeply moving' - Sunday Times
They will have justice. They will show their power. They will not burn. 'Three women's fight for survival in a time of madness' Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies Norway, 1662. A dangerous time to be a woman, when even dancing can lead to accusations of witchcraft. After recently widowed Zigri's affair with the local merchant is discovered, she is sent to the fortress at Vardø to be tried as a witch. Zigri's daughter Ingeborg sets off into the wilderness to try to bring her mother back home. Accompanying her on this quest is Maren - herself the daughter of a witch - whose wild nature and unconquerable spirit gives Ingeborg the courage to venture into the unknown, and to risk all she has to save her family. Also captive in the fortress is Anna Rhodius, once the King of Denmark's mistress, who has been sent in disgrace to the island of Vardø. What will she do - and who will she betray - to return to her privileged life at court? These Witches of Vardø are stronger than even the King. In an age weighted against them, they refuse to be victims. They will have their justice. All they need do is show their power. 'An intricately woven, timeless novel about prejudice, misogyny, freedom and the power and strength we can find within' - Christy Lefteri 'A passionate indictment of the patriarchy ... a vibrant exaltation of the resilience of women ... Anya Bergman summons a historic witch trial with breathtaking detail and immediacy' Hannah Kent 'Brilliant and powerful. Haunting and beautifully written. A complex and gripping novel reclaiming and retelling the stories of the women accused of witchcraft in Norway. Hugely atmospheric. Read it!' - Liz Hyder, author of The Gifts
Anya Bergman (Author), Sofia Engstrand (Narrator)
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Femicide: the new shocking Scandinavian thriller (Vanessa Frank, 1)
It seemed like an open-and-shut case. But they couldn’t have been more wrong. When a 25-year-old woman is found dead in Stockholm, detective Vanessa Frank knows that there is more to the case than meets the eye. And when Vanessa finds herself on the trail of a dangerous internet community who call themselves ‘incels’, her world starts to unravel. These ‘involuntarily celibate’ men have fostered hatred towards the women who turn them down, and now women are turning up dead. But can Vanessa prove the connection, and is she ready to risk her life to do so? ‘Femicide’ is a heart-pounding scandi-noir from the Swedish writer Pascal Engman, that scours the dark side of the internet in a thriller that feels all too real. For fans of Jo Nesbo or Stieg Larsson, this is an absolute must-read from the next generation of crime writing. ‘It is one of the best Swedish crime novels I’ve read in years... impossible to put down.’ - Camilla Läckberg, author of the Fjällbacka and Faye series, with more than 26 million copies sold worldwide ‘It is irresistible reading.’ - David Lagercrantz, author of The Girl in the Spider’s Web - Millennium series by Stieg Larsson ‘Fresh, brilliant writing and utterly compelling. I loved it.’ - Peter James, UK No.1 bestselling author of the Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series 'He never lets go of the reader’s desire to know just how the hell this is going to go' Fredrik Backman, best-selling author of A Man Called Ove Praise for Femicide ‘It is one of the best Swedish crime novels I’ve read in years... impossible to put down.’ - Camilla Läckberg, author of the Fjällbacka and Faye series, with more than 26 million copies sold worldwide ‘Fresh, brilliant writing and utterly compelling. I loved it.’ - Peter James, UK No.1 bestselling author of the Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series ‘[Pascal Engman] never lets go of the reader’s desire to know just how the hell this is going to go.’ - Fredrik Backman, best-selling author of A Man Called Ove ‘There is an incredible drive in [Pascal Engman’s] prose, and a wonderful sense of dramaturgy. With a light hand he throws you into his dramas. It is irresistible reading.’ - David Lagercrantz, author of The Girl in the Spider’s Web - Millennium series by Stieg Larsson ‘[Pascal Engman] has an amazing ability to constantly accelerate the pace of the story. He absorbs the reader so you can’t stop reading.’ - Inga-Lill Mosander, Swedish journalist - Pascal Engman (1986) is a Swedish crime writer and former journalist. Pushed by his exposure to extremist views on social media, Pascal has become known for writing about the darkest reaches of the internet and the people behind the screen. His Vanessa Frank detective series has achieved critical acclaim within the scandi-noir scene and includes works such as ‘The Widows’, ‘Cocaine’, and ‘Femicide’.
Pascal Engman (Author), Sofia Engstrand (Narrator)
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Hello, Stranger: a romantic, relatable and unforgettable love story
Brought to you by Penguin. The unpredictible and big-hearted new love story from the author of Until Next Weekend and Saturdays at Noon! From their very first date, Jamie and Lucy know they've met THE ONE. They're as different as night and day. Jamie's a home bird, while Lucy's happiest on holiday. He has a place for everything - she can never find her keys. Yet, somehow, they make each other happier than they ever thought possible. So why does their story start with them saying 'goodbye'? And does this really have to be the end. . . ? Relatable, romantic and heartbreakingly real, HELLO, STRANGER proves that the best love stories often have the most unexpected endings. 'Clever, poignant, and satisfying' Sunday Times bestseller Katie Fforde 'An eminently real and relatable love story . . . Lucy and Jamie had me at Hello' Julietta Henderson, author of The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman 'Heartbreakingly tender & poignant. It kept me guessing & hoping until the last page' Sophie Claire, author of A Winter's Dream © Rachel Marks 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
Rachel Marks (Author), James Meunier, Sofia Engstrand (Narrator)
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Quiet Wolf: A Chilling Scandinavian Crime Thriller: DI Jamie Johansson Book 5
Beware the quiet wolf. He's the one you don't see coming... All is quiet in Kurrjakk when Jamie gets a call from an old friend. A family has seemingly vanished in the mountains near the border to the north, and the local polis have turned up nothing. When Jamie and Thorsen arrive in the quiet border town of Etterange, it doesn't take long for them to realise something isn't right. An inept twenty-six-year-old is running the polis station, there's been a spate of unreported missing persons, and there are rumblings of a strange community living out on the lake, shut off from the rest of the world. When Jamie and Thorsen discover a crash site on the road, they converge on a place known only as The Farm, hoping to find the missing Boehman family safe and sound. But with winter closing in, the nights freezing, the landscape untamed, and the animals that stalk it just as wild, Jamie and Thorsen will need to stick together if they hope to exhume the truth. But will that truth be enough? What secrets are hidden at the Farm? Where are the Boehmans? And is it already too late… to save them, to call for help, to get out alive?
Morgan Greene (Author), Sofia Engstrand (Narrator)
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Brought to you by Penguin. An astonishing dystopian novel about a woman's discovery of a community of swan-people from one of Iceland's greatest writers. In the not-too-distant future, a young spy named Elísabet Eva is about to discover something that will upend her carefully controlled life. Elísabet's work is the lynchpin of her existence in the city; her friends and social life centre around the Special Unit. But recently Elísabet has found herself taking long solitary walks near the lake. One day, she sees two creatures emerging from the water, half-human, half-swan. She follows them through tangles of thickets into a strange new reality. Elísabet's walks turn into regular visits to these swan women, who reveal to her the enigma of their secret existence, and their deepest desires. Pulled further and further into the monomaniacal, and often violent, quest of the swanfolk she finds her own mind increasingly untrustworthy. Ultimately, Elísabet is forced to reckon with both the consequences of her involvement with these unusual beings and a past life she has been trying to evade. *SHORTLISTED FOR THE ICELANDIC WOMEN'S FICTION PRIZE* PRAISE FOR KRISTIN OMARSDOTTIR: 'Ómarsdottir's skills as a poet and playwright are evident' Helen Oyeyemi, New York Review of Books © Kristín Ómarsdóttir 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
Kristín ómarsdóttir (Author), Sofia Engstrand (Narrator)
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Two gripping novellas from the No.1 international bestselling author Women Without Mercy Ingrid gave up her career to support her husband. Now he’s having an affair. Birgitta is avoiding the doctor. No one can see the bruises her husband leaves. Victoria left Russia to marry a man she met online. But he is nothing like she imagined. Maybe the only way out is to commit three perfect murders… Truth or Dare Best friends Liv, Martina, Max and Anton are spending New Year’s Eve together. But each of them is keeping a terrible secret. When a game of truth or dare takes a dark turn, the shocking truth emerges. Not everyone will live to see the chime of midnight… To avoid disappointment, please note that these two novellas have been previously published separately
Camilla Läckberg (Author), Sofia Engstrand (Narrator)
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Death Chorus: DI Jamie Johansson Book 4
Can you hear it? Can you hear his song? He is coming… The quiet northern Swedish town of Kurrajakk is rocked when a popular teenager is found dead, mounted on a sacrificial altar, body covered in strange cuts, a crow shoved down his throat. Rumours begin to swirl. A local ghost story, Krakornås Kung, The King Of Crows, is back. Jamie left the Violent Crimes department in Stockholm to rebuild her life. Her body. Her mind. To get away from cases like this. But Jamie can't let injustice go unpunished – and now, she's all out of compassion. The King may think Kurrjakk is his for the taking, but he's never met Jamie Johansson. As strange occurrences begin to plague the town, the residents are whipped into paranoia. Jamie and her new partner must race to unmask the King, but find themselves at the centre of a deadly game. The rules are simple – survive. But when your greatest enemy is your own mind, winning isn't so easy… Death Chorus is the fourth novel in the DI Jamie Johansson series, and the chilling follow-up to Old Blood.
Morgan Greene (Author), Sofia Engstrand, TBD (Narrator)
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Old Blood: The Hotly Anticipated And Relentless Third Instalment: DI Jamie Johansson Book 3
They took everything from her. Now she has nothing left to lose... With the scars of her last case still fresh on her skin, DI Jamie Johansson is piecing together a puzzle that's been buried for twenty years. It killed her father, and now she's determined to finish what he started and expose the corruption threaded through every street of Stockholm. When a series of violent incidents rock Jamie's fragile existence in Sweden, she's faced with a choice - drop the case, or have her loan to Stockholm Police terminated. Jamie must let go of everything she once believed in, and call in all the favours she can to find a chink in the impenetrable armour of the shadowy Imperium Holdings. They aren't above extortion, bribery, murder, or anything else. And they don't like it when people ask questions. Jamie wouldn't be the first determined detective they've silenced, but she may be the last. From gritty, blood-soaked city streets to desolate and deadly frozen tundras, this case will take Jamie all across Scandinavia in pursuit of the men responsible for shattering her life. They thought they weakened her by prising her from the protection of the Stockholm Police, but really, they just cut the chain around her neck... Jamie Johansson is out for blood. Old Blood. And she won't stop until she gets it.
Morgan Greene (Author), Sofia Engstrand, TBD (Narrator)
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