30 Results for : millionth
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The Gamal: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 713min
Meet Charlie. People think he's crazy. But he's not. People think he's stupid. But he's not. People think he's innocent...He's the Gamal. Charlie has a story to tell, about his best friends Sinead and James and the bad things that happened. But he can't tell it yet, at least not 'til he's worked out where the beginning is. Is the beginning long ago when Sinead first spoke up for him after Charlie got in trouble at school for the millionth time? Or was it later, when Sinead and James followed the music and found each other? Or was it later still on that terrible night when something unspeakable happened after closing time and someone chose to turn a blind eye? Charlie has promised Dr Quinn he'll write 1,000 words a day, but it's hard to know which words to write. And which secrets to tell. This is the story of the dark heart of an Irish village, of how daring to be different can be dangerous, and how there is nothing a person will not do for love. Exhilarating, bitingly funny and unforgettably poignant, this is a story like no other. This is the story of the Gamal. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Matthew Waterson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/016962/bk_adbl_016962_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error that Transformed the World, Hörbuch, Digital, 371min
Amid the chaos of the French Revolution, two astronomers set out in opposite directions from Paris to measure the world, one voyaging north to Dunkirk, the other south to Barcelona. Their findings would help define the meter as one ten-millionth of the distance between the pole and the equator. The Measure of All Things is the astonishing story of one of history's greatest scientific quests, a mission to measure the Earth and define the meter for all nations and for all time. Yet when Ken Alder located the long-lost correspondence between the two men, along with their mission logbooks, he stumbled upon a 200-year-old secret. The meter, it turns out, is in error. One of the two astronomers, Pierre-François-André Méchain, made contradictory measurements from Barcelona and, in a panic, covered up the discrepancy. The guilty knowledge of his misdeed drove him to the brink of madness, and ultimately to his death. Only then did his partner, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre, discover the truth and face a fateful choice: what matters more, the truth or the appearance of the truth? This is a story of two men, a secret, and a timeless human dilemma: is it permissible to perpetuate a small lie in the service of a larger truth? In The Measure of All Things Ken Alder describes a quest that succeeded even as it failed. It is a story for all people, for all time. Language: English. Narrator: Byron Jennings. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/000370/bk_sans_000370_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Resistant , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 758min
They fight without conscience or remorse. Their only job is to kill. They are the most ruthless enemy we have ever faced. And they are one millionth our size. When Dr. Lou Welcome fills in last minute for his boss at a national conference in Atlanta he brings along his best friend, Cap Duncan. But an accident turns tragic when Cap injures his leg while running. Surgeons manage to save the leg, but the open wound is the perfect breeding ground for a deadly microbial invader committed to eating Cap alive from the inside out. Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away, a teenaged girl is fighting for her life against the same bacteria. The germ is resistant to any known antibiotic and the government scientist tasked with finding a cure has been kidnapped. Turning to the Centers for Disease Control for help, Lou Welcome uncovers a link to a shadowy group known as One Hundred Neighbors that has infiltrated our society and is using our health institutions as hostages. Like the deadly germs they can unleash, One Hundred Neighbors will stop at nothing to further their agenda. From the hospital corridors where anything you touch can mean your end, to the top corridors of power in this race against time, Lou must stop an epidemic, save his best friend, and face even his own most terrifying demons. From the New York Times best-selling author comes another heart-stopping thriller that will make you look at the world around you in a new and frightening way. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robert Petkoff. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/001778/bk_aren_001778_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Cosmos Explained (eBook, ePUB)
The Cosmos Explained is an exciting and beautifully designed book that charts the life of our universe from the Big Bang to the present day and beyond. Starting with the moment of the Big Bang-at exactly one ten-millionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second-this book charts a history of space and time all the way through the evolution of our solar system, the birth of stars and the formation of life on Earth, to the future of our galaxy and beyond. With deeply insightful and fascinating text by Hayden Planetarium Associate Professor Charles Liu, who also hosts the immensely popular StarTalk podcast, this book is an accessible and enthralling gateway into the mysteries of space, time and the universe. Pinpoint exactly where you are in space and time using the timeline at the bottom of every page, and explore the history of the cosmos and the science behind it through beautiful telescope images and striking illustrations. Packaged in a unique retro design that reflects the 1960s cosmonaut era but still feels modern and relevant today, this title is as rich with information as it is with stunning visualisations of the concepts and bodies detailed within. An ideal gift for anyone interested in space or curious about the cosmos, The Cosmos Explained is a unique and entertaining timeline of life, the universe, and everything!- Shop: buecher
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The Secret Story of the Eiffel Tower, Hörbuch, Digital, 114min
Everything you always wanted to know about the Eiffel Tower ! This incredible monument that became the symbol of a city, Paris, and of a country, France, has a fascinating history. The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It was named after the engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair, it was initially criticized by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest structure in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world; about seven million people ascended it in 2014. The tower received its 250 millionth visitor in 2010. The tower is 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building. A "Committee of Three Hundred" was formed, led by the prominent architect Charles Garnier and including some of the most important figures of the French arts establishment, including Guy de Maupassant, Charles Gounod and Jules Massenet: "We, writers, painters, sculptors, architects and passionate devotees of the hitherto untouched beauty of Paris, protest with all our strength, with all our indignation in the name of slighted French taste, against the erection ... of this useless and monstrous Eiffel Tower... To bring our arguments home, imagine for a moment a giddy, ridiculous tower dominating Paris like a gigantic black smokestack, crushing under its barbaric bulk Notre Dame, the Tour Saint-Jacques, the Louvre, the Dome of les Invalides, the Arc de Triomphe, all of our humiliated monuments will disappear in this ghastly dream. And for twenty years ... we shall see stretching like a blot of ink the hateful shadow of the hateful column of bolted sheet metal." Gustave Eiffel responded to these criticisms by comparing his tower Language: English. Narrator: Stuart Walker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/cids/000440/bk_cids_000440_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Gunman's Reckoning: Loner with a Badge # 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 383min
Not fully sure of the horse and rider's position, Stone pushed up to his knees. It took a millionth of a second to locate his target. In the same span of time, the rider spotted Stone. He was bringing the long-barrel rifle around to bear on the deputy marshal. The shots were simultaneous. The rider missed. Stone didn't. Stone got off a second shot. The rider didn't. Stone's bullet struck the bushwhacker somewhere in the shoulder area. He dropped his gun, grabbed the wounded area, and was twisting about in the saddle when the second shot caught him in the forehead. A moment later he fell from atop his mount. The bushwhacker's horse ran about 40 feet before stopping to look back. As if nothing in this direction interested it, the animal lowered its head and began chomping on cheat grass. Stone took a quick assessment of the sniper and pronounced him dead before holstering his gun. He never took sides in discussions as to whether horses were smart or not. However, he knew they could be fooled about the same as some people could be fooled. Reaching down and gathering a handful of the same cheat grass the horse was chewing, he extended it to the animal, speaking in a low, soothing tone. Grasping the reins, he led the animal back to where its rider now lay. Loading the body and taking the bridle to the outlaw's mount, he headed back to town. This is the third book in the Loner with a Badge series. Returning home after arranging retirement for yet another outlaw, the stage on which Stone is traveling suffers a busted wheel coming off the peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. A blizzard is imminent. There is a railway only a few miles away. Attempting to expedite their rescue, Stone strikes out in search of the railroad. Not only does he find the railroad, but he finds a train. Unfortunately this train has been robbed, and all but one of the crew is dead. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Rundell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/058956/bk_acx0_058956_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Sandie Shaw and the Millionth Marvell Cooker
Sandie Shaw and the Millionth Marvell Cooker - Heady times in the summer of 1965: ab 2.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Love to the Millionth Power
Love to the Millionth Power - A Woman's Journey from Death to Love to Living in the Immortal Now: ab 12.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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The Millionth Circle
The Millionth Circle - How to Change Ourselves and The World: The Essential Guide to Women's Circles: ab 10.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Moving Toward the Millionth Circle
Moving Toward the Millionth Circle - Energizing the Global Women's Movement (Feminist gift from the Author of Goddesses in Everywoman): ab 9.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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