149 Results for : conjured
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
The Penguin English Library Edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll'"Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice (she was so surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English). "Now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Goodbye, feet!"''I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole ... without the least idea what was to happen afterwards,' wrote Lewis Carroll, describing how Alice was conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain his child-friend Alice Liddell. His dream worlds of nonsensical Wonderland and the back-to-front Looking Glass kingdom depict order turned upside-down: a baby turns into a pig, time is abandoned at a disorderly tea-party and a chaotic game of chess makes a seven-year-old girl a Queen. But amongst the anarchic humour and sparkling word play, puzzles and riddles, are poignant moments of nostalgia for lost childhood.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.- Shop: buecher
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Paradise (eBook, ePUB)
By the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in LiteratureA BBC RADIO 4 Book at Bedtime SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE_______________________'A poetic and vividly conjured book about Africa and the brooding power of the unknown' Independent on Sunday'Gurnah evokes his world in poetic prose which is pure and lucid - a small paradise in itself ... The pleasures, sadnesses and losses in all the shining facets of this book are lingering and exquisite' Guardian'An obliterated world is enthrallingly retrieved' Sunday Times_______________________Born in East Africa, Yusuf has few qualms about the journey he is to make. It never occurs to him to ask why he is accompanying Uncle Aziz or why the trip has been organised so suddenly, and he does not think to ask when he will be returning. But the truth is that his 'uncle' is a rich and powerful merchant and Yusuf has been pawned to him to pay his father's debts. Paradise is a rich tapestry of myth, dreams and Biblical and Koranic tradition, the story of a young boy's coming of age against the backdrop of an Africa increasingly corrupted by colonialism and violence.- Shop: buecher
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Ghosts of Empire: Britain's Legacies in the Modern World , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 945min
Kwasi Kwarteng is the child of parents whose lives were shaped as subjects of the British Empire, first in their native Ghana, then as British immigrants. He brings a unique perspective and impeccable academic credentials to a narrative history of the British Empire, one that avoids sweeping judgmental condemnation and instead sees the Empire for what it was: a series of local fiefdoms administered in varying degrees of competence or brutality by a cast of characters as outsized and eccentric as anything conjured by Gilbert and Sullivan. The truth, as Kwarteng reveals, is that there was no such thing as a model for imperial administration; instead, appointees were schooled in quirky, independent-minded individuality. As a result the Empire was the product not of a grand idea but of often chaotic individual improvisation. The idosyncracies of viceroys and soldier-diplomats who ran the colonial enterprise continues to impact the world, from Kashmir to Sudan, Baghdad to Hong Kong. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kwasi Kwarteng, Elliot Levey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003542/bk_adbl_003542_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Reckless 3, 50 Shades of Romance: Club Revive , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 88min, (USK 18)
Reckless, Book 3, the final hot, sexy, forbidden romance trilogy series at Club Revive... Kathryn had planned that she would never see Adam again after their one passionate night at Club Revive, and now here they were unexpectedly face to face. 50 Shades of Romance. An illicit and oh-so-sexy tryst... Neither one of them wanted to explain it to their families if they got caught. Still, that hadn't made it easy to see Cami flirting with Adam yesterday. Adam... Just hinking his name conjured up an image of his devastatingly gorgeous face, black hair, tan skin, high cheekbones, square jaw, sumptuous lips, and glittering blue-green eyes. He knew just how to touch her to make her knees shake and her body grow hot and slick. Kathryn... She had more baggage than Imelda Marcos coming back from a shoe store. Really. It's not like she was a free 20-something with no reason not to pursue the sexy club owner. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rita Rush. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/033331/bk_acx0_033331_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Brimstone, Hörbuch, Digital, 379min
Behind the gates of a fabulous Hampton estate, FBI Special Agent Pendergast discovers the carnage of a gruesome crime, a nightmare of seemingly supernatural origin. The smoldering remains of infamous art critic Jeremy Grove, a melted cross branding his chest, are found in a locked, barricaded attic. The hoofprint singed into the floorboards and the smell of brimstone recall the legendary horrors that befall those who make a pact with the Devil. Reuniting with police officers Vincent D'Agosta and Laura Hayward, Pendergast combs New York hoping for a simple explanation: a villain who is merely a man. But his search takes him beyond the exclusive clubs and luxury penthouses of Manhattan to a crumbling, legend-shrouded castle in the Italian countryside, where 30 years ago four men conjured something...unspeakable. Featuring bone-chilling suspense and Preston and Child's trademark meticulous research and vivid detail, Brimstone is the duo's, and Pendergast's, most dangerous and gripping adventure yet. Language: English. Narrator: Rene Auberjonois. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/time/000349/bk_time_000349_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Mars Needs Books! A Science Fiction Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 468min
In the not-so-distant future, men have come to Mars to escape the oppressive Earth government. Ryan is an agent for a super-secret government agency, the Department of Control (DOC), and has always been willing to do whatever his masters want of him. But on Mars, everything is different, and all that Ryan does is read books: hardboiled, noir crime paperbacks dating from the last century. In fact, such works are read and collected by everyone on Mars, even serving as a medium of exchange. Why? Is there some secret DOC plot involved? Or has Ryan conjured up a literary fantasy in his own guilt-twisted mind? Maybe he's still confined in a prison cell back on Earth, reading a science-fiction novel called Mars Needs Books! As Ryan probes deeper and deeper into the mystery, he comes to understand just one thing: he must uncover the truth! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeff Brick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/000676/bk_acx0_000676_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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For Love and Loyalty , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 644min
England, 1476: A wizard’s charm sweeps Richard, Duke of Gloucester, far, far away. England, 2012: The Richard III Society’s annual séance doesn’t go quite as planned. Julianna Hammond believes their mysterious visitor really is Richard. As a loyal Ricardian, she feels obligated to educate him on past and present. In dismay Richard learns of his destiny in a certain battle, and his depiction in a certain play. Julianna and he wonder: Can history be rewritten? Back in the Middle Ages, Richard’s brothers King Edward and George Plantagenet are determined to find him - wherever he is - with the help of a little magic conjured up by a wizard. Since the wizard can’t say no to money or a lady, Edward-infatuated Elizabeth Woodville isn’t far behind them.Changing one’s destiny is complicated. So is falling in love. When the two collide, three brothers, three women, and history will never be the same. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nina Price. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/205617/bk_acx0_205617_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Black Lion: Pirate's Paradise, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 471min, (USK 18)
After being pressed into the service of the Royal Navy, piracy afforded Captain Andrew Reeves the path to a new life. But he’ll find no peace until he’s exacted vengeance upon those who betrayed him - including his former lover Arabella Baines.Bella once promised her unfailing love yet is soon to marry another. Taking her captive, Drew vows to do with her as he pleases, subjecting her to every dark desire conjured by his rage and bitterness. At his mercy, Bella submits to Drew, having no wish to escape the man to whom her heart truly belongs.As Drew unearths the truth behind her duplicity, can the wounds of the past be healed, allowing a second chance at love?Pirate's Paradise is an angsty, swashbuckling series of romances featuring dauntless outlaws of the high seas. These books contain eyebrow-scorching adult scenes, but romance is at the heart of these erotic tales. Set sail to exotic Jamaica and the wilds of Madagascar, and prepare to be plundered! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Darcy Stark. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/235191/bk_acx0_235191_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Blind Side , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 671min
Geoffrey Barnett is a photographer. Due to a mysterious trauma in his past, he has, for many years, been unable to photograph people. When Kimberly Yates suddenly enters his life, Geoffrey's world is turned upside down. She nurtures him back to life - emotionally, mentally, and sexually. Eventually he is able to photograph her. Then she disappears, like a puff of smoke, as if she were just a dream, a vision that Geoffrey has conjured up. As he begins to search for Kimberly, Geoffrey discovers that perhaps she was a dream. Soon, he begins to wish that she weren't real, because his obsession with her turns his life from dream into a nightmare. As he discovers the truth about Kimberly, she leads him down a path of greed, deceit, and blackmail. It is a road littered with sexual perversions and struggles for power, with unbelievable pleasures and even greater pain, with powerful love and passion for life, and inevitably, the terror of death. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dick Hill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/002438/bk_acx0_002438_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Mabinogion , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 674min
Then they took the flowers of the oak, and the flowers of the broom, and the flowers of the meadowsweet, and from those they conjured up the fairest and most beautiful maiden that anyone had ever seen.Celtic mythology, Arthurian romance, and an intriguing interpretation of British history - these are just some of the themes embraced by the anonymous authors of the eleven tales that make up the Welsh medieval masterpiece known as The Mabinogion.They tell of Gwydion the shape-shifter, who can create a woman out of flowers; of Math the magician whose feet must lie in the lap of a virgin; of hanging a pregnant mouse and hunting a magical boar. Dragons, witches, and giants live alongside kings and heroes, and quests of honor, revenge, and love are set against the backdrop of a country struggling to retain its independence.Sioned Davies's lively translation re-creates the storytelling world of medieval Wales and reinvests the tales with the power of performance. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Cameron Stewart. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/012051/bk_tant_012051_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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