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Endlich: Wassermusik als Komplettlesung! Boyle erzählt die weitgehend wahre Geschichte des schottischen Forschers Mungo Park, der Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts als erster Weißer den Verlauf des Niger erkundete und von seiner zweiten Reise nicht mehr zurückkam. Frei erfunden ist hingegen die Figur des Ned Rise, der mit dem spröden Briten die wildesten Abenteuer besteht. Den beiden Helden zugesellt ist ein phantastisches Panoptikum von Hexen und Schlägern, Kannibalen, Huren, Glücksrittern. Mit einem Wort: Boyle at his best!

This original compilation from Skyboat Media features the most inventive and poetic of Alexander Pushkin’s short fiction. Exposed to French culture at a young age, Pushkin’s work reflects these sensibilities, and he combines this with stories of his Russian ancestors that his grandmother would relate to him and his siblings during their summers near Moscow.

Dale Carnegies Gespür für den Umgang mit Menschen ist unübertroffen. Er beherrscht es meisterhaft, die Kunst, beliebt und einflussreich zu werden, an seine Hörer weiterzugeben. In diesem Hörbuch zeigt er auf seine unnachahmliche Weise, wie man Freunde gewinnt, auf neuen Wegen zu neuen Zielen gelangt, im Beruf erfolgreicher wird und seine Umwelt beeinflusst.

Der Winter naht. – Band 1 des Fantasyepos von George R.R. Martin, neu interpretiert von Stimmwunder Stefan Kaminski. Das Spiel der Throne beginnt, als Lord Eddard Stark von Winterfell den Norden von Westeros verlässt, um in King’s Landing seinem König und Freund Robert Baratheon als Hand zu dienen. Am Hof des Königs haben die alten Götter der Starks allerdings keine Macht. Konfrontiert mit politischen Ränkespielen und tödlichen Intrigen weiß Eddard nicht, wem er trauen kann.

After a failed revolutionary attempt leads Abel, a young European explorer, to seek refuge in the primeval forests of Venezuela, the curious call of an unseen bird lures him deeper and deeper into the jungle, where he encounters the source of the siren song - a lovely, half-wild girl with mysterious powers. Thus, in the “green mansions” of the forest, begins the romance between Abel and Rima, who speaks the languages of birds and longs to return to the land of her birth.

Nach dem Ende des Apollo-Projekts stagnierte die Entwicklung der Raumfahrt, und das nachfolgende Shuttle-Programm führte in eine technologische Sackgasse. Den Paradigmenwechsel brachte Elon Musk mit seinem Unternehmen SpaceX. Dieses Hörbuch analysiert die Schwächen staatlicher Vorhaben und beschreibt den kometenhaften Aufstieg der privatwirtschaftlichen Raumfahrt. Zukünftig ist der Kapitalismus der Motor für die weitere Entwicklung der Raumfahrt.

Nolan was still alive; his wounds healed and his money was safe - all $800,000 of it. It was Nolan’s birthday, and he was sitting happy. Until Planner was killed. Planner was an eccentric antique dealer; Planner had the $800,000 in his safe. But now he was dead, and the money was gone. Caught up in the sizzling crossfire of double-dealing, danger, and death, Nolan was up against the “Family” again.

After he fails to save a stranger from being mauled to death by a bear, a young mercenary is saddled with the baby girl the man died to protect. Now, 16 years later, that young mercenary has grown up to become cynical sword jockey Eddie LaCrosse. When his vacation travels bring him back to that same part of the world, he can't resist trying to discover what has become of the mysterious infant. He finds that the child, now a lovely young teenager named Isadora, is at the center of a complicated web of intrigue.

Ein durchschnittliches Menschenleben? Nur 4000 Wochen! Die Zeit reicht nicht aus - niemals. Gerade einmal 4000 Wochen haben wir auf der Erde, und das auch nur, wenn wir um die achtzig werden. Kein Wunder, dass wir unaufhörlich versuchen, möglichst viel in diese kurze Zeit hineinzupressen. Und gleichzeitig die Dinge aus dem Blick verlieren, die uns wichtig sind und uns vor allem glücklich machen.

This stunning anthology of classic colonial suspense fiction plunges deep into the native soil from which American horror literature first sprang. While European writers of the Gothic and bizarre evoked ruined castles and crumbling abbeys, their American counterparts looked back to the colonial era’s stifling religion, and its dark and threatening woods.

"Denn die Nacht ist dunkel und voller Schrecken." – Band 9 des Fantasyepos von George R.R. Martin, neu interpretiert von Stimmwunder Stefan Kaminski. Tyrion Lannister ist aus King’s Landing geflohen, bevor er wegen Vatermords hingerichtet werden kann. Er kommt nach Essos, wo er sich auf die Suche nach der Drachenkönigin Daenerys Targaryen begibt. Diese ist in Meereen mit den geheimnisvollen und tödlichen Söhnen der Harpye konfrontiert, allerdings ohne einen ihrer wichtigsten Berater an der Seite, den sie wegen Verrats in die Verbannung geschickt hat.

In a post-apocalyptic America, Jamie Teague helps a group of travelers make their way past the murderous Bushwhackers. Jamie comes to find that the strangers are Mormons headed for Utah to avoid being massacred. Knowing that they will die without his help, he agrees to take them as far as his cabin.

This story is included in Orson Scott Card's collection The Folk of the Fringe.

Weltbestseller und Meisterwerk der psychologischen Literatur. Viktor E. Frankl war Professor für Neurologie und Psychiatrie an der Universität Wien und 25 Jahre hindurch Vorstand der Wiener Neurologischen Poliklinik. Mehrere Jahre musste Viktor Frankl in deutschen Konzentrationslagern verbringen. 1946 diktierte Viktor Frankl innerhalb von 9 Tagen einen Bericht über seine Erlebnisse in Konzentrationslagern. So entstand das Buch, das unter dem Titel "... trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen" veröffentlicht wurde.

Years after a war that destroyed America, Sam Monson, the governor of the state of Deseret, negotiates a peace treaty with a woman out of his past - on behalf of the son he left behind.

This story is included in Orson Scott Card's collection The Folk of the Fringe.

'No one has opened up the CIA to us like Weiner has, and The Mission deserves to win him a second Pulitzer' JOHN SIMPSON, GUARDIAN The epic successor to Tim Weiner’s National Book Award-winning classic, Legacy of Ashes: a gripping and revelatory history of the CIA in the 21st century...

Attention deficit disorder causes intense unhappiness. Men and women who truly desire a close relationship often find that their day-to-day behaviors interfere with the very intimacy they seek. Understanding ADD can provide hope. In this book Dr. Amen shares both a professional and personal knowledge of the disorder. ADD in Intimate Relationships is a must-read for anyone struggling with this disease.

A group of scientists and other space travelers face life-or-death decisions after their spacecraft is damaged by fire.

Memphis, 1975. "Raunchy" doesn't begin to describe Max Climer's magazine, Climax, or his all-hours strip club, or his planned video empire. And evangelists, feminists, and local watchdog groups all want him out of business. But someone wants more than that, and has hired a killer to end Max's career permanently. Only another hit man - the ruthless professional known as Quarry - can keep Climer from becoming a casualty in the Sexual Revolution.

Untouched by Human Hands consists of 13 stories of beings who dwell on the strange borders of reality. Some of these stories tell of people you know or of events that might happen - but haven't yet. Some will take you to the furthermost reaches of the sky and to planets whose names are unknown this side of Arcturus. And some - perhaps the richest and most memorable of these stories - open into the interior of strange minds to reveal the reflection of ourselves.

After a simple dinner with a god went very, very wrong, fae mage Chalmys was cursed to remain locked in his tiny realm. Until, that is, he could find someone to tell his story. All of his story. Easy enough, on the surface. However, revealing the truth of his origins will put his mother’s soul at risk, and he’s trapped in his realm alone. To share his story at all, Chalmys is forced to connect with bards through dreams, and after centuries of tangled tales gone wrong, he has nearly given up hope. Until the night he connects with her.