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The loss of a child is the most devastating event a parent can face. Sharing her experience about the loss of a desperately loved daughter, and the effects that go beyond what peop ...

The era of the yummy mummy has finally gone and to celebrate, Shari Low has taken a baby wipe to the glossy veneer of the school of perfect parenting with 'Because Mummy Said So'. ...

Eerika växer upp hos sin mamma, som i perioder dricker alldeles för mycket. En kväll går festandet för långt och flickan blir akut placerad hos sin biologiska pappa och hans nya fr ...

Maailman johtavan Osama bin Laden -asiantuntijan kattava elämäkerta länsimaiden 2000-luvun pahimmasta vihollisesta. Osama bin Ladenin nousu ja tuho luo perusteellisen kuvan miehest ...

‘100 Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes’ is a collection of thoughts and reflections from Spain’s greatest writer. Musing on a broad variety of topics, such as love, literature, and lon ...

‘100 Quotes by Leo Tolstoy’ is a collection of thoughts, reflections, and musings from the mind of one of Russia’s greatest writers. Covering a wide range of subjects, such as soci ...

Peppered with pithy and wry observations, ‘100 Quotes by Anton Chekhov’ offers an insight into one of the greatest literary minds of the 20th Century. Covering a variety of topics, ...

‘100 Quotes by Emil Cioran’ is a thought-provoking collection of thoughts and sayings from one of the most contentious writers of the 20th Century. Wry, witty, dark, and melancholi ...

‘100 Quotes by Horacius’ is a collection of thoughts and sayings by one of the most famous poets and satirists of Ancient Rome. Shot through with his timeless, pithy humour, you’ll ...

‘100 Quotes by Cicero’ is a collection of thoughts and reflections from a man who rose to power and fell to grace. Musing on life, philosophy, and power, Cicero employs his epistem ...

‘100 Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci’ is a collection of quotes from one of the greatest minds that ever lived. Transposed from his extensive collection of notebooks, you’ll find thoug ...

‘100 Quotes by Stefan Zweig’ is a collection of reflections by one of the most underrated writers of the 20th Century. Often witty, and always intelligent, this collection sees Zwe ...

‘100 Quotations by Karl Marx’ is a collection of thoughts and theories by one of the most progressive thinkers of the 19th Century. Often witty, sometimes wry, but always thoughtfu ...

This collection contains 100 of the most celebrated quotes by the French poet, translator and art and literary critic Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), best known for his controver ...

Child prodigy, Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher and writer, whose work and wisdom still resonates to this day.This is a collec ...

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) was a French writer, aviator, adventurer, poet and author, whose love of flying influenced many of his works. He is best known for his story ‘L ...

Frenchman André Paul Guillaume Gide (1869 – 1951), was an author and winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. He published over fifty books, including 'Les Nourritures terrest ...

French novelist, journalist and poet, Anatole France (1844-1924), was elected to the Académie Française and won the 1921 Nobel Prize for Literature. Best known for the novels ‘Le C ...

Kahlil Gibran (1883-1991) was a Lebanese artist, poet and writer best known in the western world for his book ‘The Prophet’ (1923). Regarded as a literary and political rebel, his ...

Du är förlorad. Du har en ande av orenhet, en ande av kontroll. Om du inte vänder om nu är du förlorad. Om du inte ber om förlåtelse kommer du gå evigt förlorad.   Sandra växer upp ...

Oli vuosi 2016, kun toimittaja Kaj Kunnas koki elämässään kamalia hetkiä. Ensin hän sai aivoinfarktin ja sitten vaimo sairastui rintasyöpään. Kunnas tiesi, että vaikeiden kokemuste ...

Under 1960-talet exploderar användandet av narkotika i norden. Cannabis och kokain introduceras på den svarta marknaden och allt fler unga fastnar i drogträsket.Den 10 juni 1971 st ...

Suomalaisen SS-miehen päiväkirjat ja kirjeet kertovat elämästä vaihtuvilla sotanäyttämöillä. Seppo Tiilikainen oli yksi noin 1 400 suomalaisesta Saksan Waffen-SS-joukoissa taistell ...

Drottning Elizabeth II var den längst levande och sittande monarken. Alltid känd för att sätta plikten före lusten. Men det var aldrig lätt. Pressen kritiserade upprepade gånger ku ...

Även om Philip föds som prins av Grekland och Danmark är det långt ifrån självklart att han en dag ska gifta sig med drottningen av ett imperium. Philips familj är omgärdad av skan ...