138 Results for : hails
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Beautiful Star (eBook, ePUB)
'One of the greatest avant-garde Japanese writers of the twentieth century' - New YorkerBeautiful Star is a 1962 tale of family, love, nuclear war and UFOs, and was the novel Mishima considered to be his masterpiece. Translated into English for the first time, this atmospheric black comedy tells the story of the Osugi family, who come to the sudden realization that each of them hails from a different planet: Father from Mars, mother from Jupiter, son from Mercury and daughter from Venus. This extra-terrestrial knowledge brings them closer together, and convinces them that they have a mission: to find others of their kind, and save humanity from the imminent threat of the atomic bomb...- Shop: buecher
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Beautiful Star
'One of the greatest avant-garde Japanese writers of the twentieth century' - New YorkerBeautiful Star is a 1962 tale of family, love, nuclear war and UFOs, and was the novel Mishima considered to be his masterpiece. Translated into English for the first time, this atmospheric black comedy tells the story of the Osugi family, who come to the sudden realization that each of them hails from a different planet: Father from Mars, mother from Jupiter, son from Mercury and daughter from Venus. This extra-terrestrial knowledge brings them closer together, and convinces them that they have a mission: to find others of their kind, and save humanity from the imminent threat of the atomic bomb...- Shop: buecher
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Everlasting Kiss , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 651min
New York Times best-selling author Christine Feehan hails Amanda Ashley as a master storyteller. In this seductive paranormal romance, two young lovers risk death and heartbreak to be together. Vampire Erik Delacourt is on the hunt for a Blood Thief who destroyed one of his closest friends and is draining the blood from young vampires across the city. Into his world comes Daisy O’Donnell, a young woman Erik feels a strong need to protect. But Daisy is hardly the wilting flower she appears to be. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jennifer Ikeda. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/004194/bk_reco_004194_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Hero: Becoming the Strong Father Your Children Need , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 323min
Pediatrician and best-selling author Meg Meeker has a message: stop undervaluing fatherhood. We live in a culture that hails motherhood as a woman's crowning achievement yet defines men first and foremost by their professional accomplishments, treating fatherhood as almost incidental - a bonus. But from her years spent as a pediatrician listening to children's needs and fears, Dr. Meeker understands just how crucial a father's role is. Hero is a powerful affirmation of fatherhood that shows men how being a strong, active father can be their greatest triumph. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Coleen Marlo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/009954/bk_blak_009954_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Slayer's Heart : Slayer's Heart Trilogy, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 851min
Since childhood, Sufoh has centered his life around Slayer’s Heart, a technique that renders him an emotionless, merciless killer who fears nothing. His reputation is a badge of honor among the race of thieves from which he hails. But when Sufoh releases six legendary demons that threaten to plunge the world into chaos, he must leave his people to undo what he has done. As he ventures into a world that hates and fears him, Sufoh is forced to confront not only the evil he has unleashed, but the evil within himself, and learn what it truly means to be human. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Benjamin Lange. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/206652/bk_acx0_206652_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Fresh Air, De la Soul, Hörbuch, Digital, 45min
Hip hop artists De La Soul on this archive edition of Fresh Air. Formed in 1985, De La Soul released their latest record, Art Official Intelligence. Dubbed "the hippies of hip hop," De La Soul continue to pen songs without gangsta rap influence, focusing instead on the use of samples, jazz vamps, and wordplay. Consisting of Posdnuos, Trugouy the Dove, and Pasemaster Mace, the male trio began recording at the same time as Queen Latifah, Monie Love, and A Tribe Called Quest. De La Soul hails from Long Island, New York. (Original Broadcast Date: October 5, 2000) Language: English. Narrator: Terry Gross. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/whyy/010827/rt_whyy_010827_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 454min
The dazzling, fearless debut novel that the New York Times hails as "a future classic". In scathing, furious, unforgettable prose, Eimear McBride tells the story of a young girl's devastating adolescence as she and her brother, who suffers from a brain tumor, struggle for a semblance of normalcy in the shadow of sexual abuse, denial, and chaos at home. Plunging listeners inside the psyche of a girl isolated by her own dangerously confusing sexuality, pervading guilt, and unrelenting trauma, McBride's writing carries echoes of Joyce, O'Brien, and Woolf. A Girl is a Half-formed Thing is a revelatory work of fiction, a novel that instantly takes its place in the canon. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eimear McBride. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/004188/bk_rand_004188_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Doctor Who: The Sensorites (Dramatised), Hörbuch, Digital, 158min
This six episode serial hails from the very first TV series in 1964 and stars William Hartnell as the Doctor with William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, and Carole Anne Ford as his companions. Written by Peter R. Newman. The TARDIS travellers discover that the crew of an Earth spaceship have been hijacked by the Sensorites, and they in turn are transported to the aliens' planet. Humans and Sensorites alike are stricken by a deadly illness, for which the Doctor struggles to find a cure. The remastered soundtrack of this classic BBC-TV adventure is accompanied by linking narration from a member of the original cast. A bonus interview is also included. Language: English. Narrator: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Anne Ford. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/bbcw/002093/rt_bbcw_002093_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Hot Dog
From a critically acclaimed creator comes this summery picture book featuring an overheated-and overwhelmed-pup who finds his calm with some sea, sand, and fresh air. "An utter joy from beginning to end!" -Sophie Blackall, two-time Caldecott Medal winner It's summer in the city, and this hot dog has had enough! Enough of sizzling sidewalks, enough of wailing sirens, enough of people's feet right in his face. When he plops down in the middle of a crosswalk, his owner endeavors to get him the breath of fresh air he needs. She hails a taxi, hops a train, and ferries out to the beach. Here, a pup can run! With fluid art and lyrical text that have the soothing effect of waves on sand, Doug Salati shows us how to find calm and carry it back with us so we can appreciate the small joys in a day.- Shop: buecher
- Price: 23.99 EUR excl. shipping
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Hot Dog
From a critically acclaimed creator comes this summery picture book featuring an overheated-and overwhelmed-pup who finds his calm with some sea, sand, and fresh air. "An utter joy from beginning to end!" -Sophie Blackall, two-time Caldecott Medal winner It's summer in the city, and this hot dog has had enough! Enough of sizzling sidewalks, enough of wailing sirens, enough of people's feet right in his face. When he plops down in the middle of a crosswalk, his owner endeavors to get him the breath of fresh air he needs. She hails a taxi, hops a train, and ferries out to the beach. Here, a pup can run! With fluid art and lyrical text that have the soothing effect of waves on sand, Doug Salati shows us how to find calm and carry it back with us so we can appreciate the small joys in a day.- Shop: buecher
- Price: 16.99 EUR excl. shipping