88 Results for : doldrums
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 31min
Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! In this haunting poem, a guest on his way to a wedding reception is stopped by the Ancient Mariner. With his "glittering eye" he transfixes the guest and then relates a compelling tale of a sea voyage fraught with strange happenings. The Mariner tells of journeying through tyrannous storms to ice mast-high, through mist and snow to the deadly inertia of the doldrums. There are unearthly visitations, ill omens, and supernatural happenings - all leading to the revelation of the Mariner's strange fate. Considered to be Coleridge's masterpiece, "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere" was originally published in Lyrical Ballads in 1798. The poem was subsequently revised, and this is reflected in the title change to "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". This recording uses the text of the revised version. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rob Goll. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/001783/bk_mike_001783_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Price of Fame , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 438min
The winter doldrums are just settling over Acorn Hill when a movie crew comes to scout out locations for an upcoming film. The director wants Grace Chapel to be the setting for a pivotal scene, and the town itself is a perfect backdrop for the film. While some residents are thrilled about the income the shoot will bring, and some want to star in the picture, others are less certain that the disruption will be welcome, and a director with a nefarious reputation doesn't help. Can the town keep from becoming star struck long enough to make a wise decision? Meanwhile, Alice and Louise fear losing Jane when she is offered a place on a nationally syndicated cooking show. Louise learns how to handle an over-zealous piano student, and a guest draws all the sisters unexpectedly into a new pastime. Soon, the Howard sisters and the people of Acorn Hill will have to decide if the price of fame is worth paying. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sherri Berger. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/oasi/000577/bk_oasi_000577_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Tide Turners: The Practical Guide to Help You Feel in Control, Experience More Joy, and Sustain Achievement in Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 284min
Do you want more from life? Do you want to achieve your goals for success and happiness? Are you ready and willing to take charge of your life? Perhaps your life has been like a captainless boat that goes wherever the wind or currents take it. Without a skilled captain, a boat will end up going out to sea, or to the rocks, or just sitting in the doldrums. Without a skilled captain, a boat cannot arrive at a chosen destination. To reach your desired destination in life, you must become that captain who can successfully navigate his or her boat through all kinds of challenges. Tide Turners shares the experiences Cardiff D. Hall and others have had of overcoming turbulent waters and unexpected waves and turning the tide to achieve success. It is a practical guide for anyone who wants to step into the captain's seat and take charge of his or her own destiny and destination. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cardiff D. Hall. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/118585/bk_acx0_118585_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Reflections on Oceans and Puddles: One Hundred Reasons to Be Enthusiastic, Grateful and Hopeful , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 612min
Where can we find a wellspring of inspiration to raise us from our doldrums, rekindle our enthusiasm about everyday events, and encourage us to explore untested possibilities? Maybe we can find it in familiar places: within ideas and examples of people we know that illuminate higher values to aspire to; among simple interests and pleasures that we take for granted and never fully recognize; and connected to unresolved problems that cry out for innovative solutions.Being motivated fundamentally involves caring enough about someone or something to influence our course of thought and action. There are occasions when its source may come from a realization that the path that we are on is unacceptable, and we must change it, even if we’re not certain where to go.In Reflections on Oceans and Puddles, author and educator Larry Bell summarizes a lifetime of learning to create a marvelous guide for the open-minded, young and old. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brad Langer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/108997/bk_acx0_108997_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Ripley’s Game , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 554min
With its sinister humor and genius plotting, Ripley's Game is an enduring portrait of a compulsive, sociopathic American antihero. Living on his posh French estate with his elegant heiress wife, Tom Ripley, on the cusp of middle age, is no longer the striving comer of The Talented Mr. Ripley. Having accrued considerable wealth through a long career of crime—forgery, extortion, serial murder—Ripley still finds his appetite unquenched and longs to get back in the game. In Ripley's Game, first published in 1974, Patricia Highsmith's classic chameleon relishes the opportunity to simultaneously repay an insult and help a friend commit a crime—and escape the doldrums of his idyllic retirement. This third novel in Highsmith's series is one of her most psychologically nuanced—particularly memorable for its dark, absurd humor—and was hailed by critics for its ability to manipulate the tropes of the genre. With the creation of Ripley, one of literature's most seductive sociopaths, Highsmith anticipated the likes of Norman Bates and Hannibal Lecter years before their appearance. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin Kenerly. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003583/bk_adbl_003583_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Old Friends: Yellow Brick Road Gang, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 551min
The Yellow Brick Road Gang, otherwise known as Metaphysical Misadventures in the Search for Enlightenment, is a circle of women who came together as a book club. Together they began a spiritual search - one that, after eight years, has led each woman to realize that she's come full circle. After all the mumbo jumbo of philosophy and self help... they have become women without rules. In the final installment of O'Day-Flannery's uplifting and spiritual paranormal romance trilogy, it is finally Claire's turn to find love. Her closest friends have found new promise in life through love, and while Claire is happy for them, she cannot help but feel left out. A fling under a shower of meteors may not be love, but could be exactly what she needs to shake off the doldrums. But when secrets from Claire's past return to destroy her, her sexy, nerdy fling shows he's not quite what he seems. Is Claire the next of the Yellow Brick Road Gang to find love in an unexpected place? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/005351/bk_adbl_005351_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Chaos, Desire & A Kick-Ass Cupcake: A Sophie Katz Mystery , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 496min
Nothing cures a case of the doldrums faster than a terrifying murder… Mystery writer and dabbling amateur sleuth, Sophie Katz, knows her career and her fiery love affair with P.I. boyfriend, Anatoly Darinsky can survive anything except decaf and boredom. So, when Anatoly passes up a mysterious stalker case, Sophie decides to take it on herself, just for the drama of it all. But when people involved in the case start dying under suspicious circumstances and the stalker sets his sights on Sophie what started as a recreational undertaking quickly becomes an obsession. Is art and passion really worth risking your life for? And if not, will Sophie to walk away before it’s too late? From the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of Just One Night; and Sex, Murder and a Double Latte; and Chaos, Desire & a Kick-Ass Cupcake is another stand-alone addition to the Sophie Katz series which Cosmopolitan calls a “high octane hook-up” and Detroit Free Press calls “…snappy and spine-tingling.” Don’t miss out on this latest adventure. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gabra Zackman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/101478/bk_acx0_101478_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Fire of Beltane , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 734min, (USK 18)
The Fire of Beltane Where the past is real, when the impossible becomes possible and dreams come true...literally. When Aedan is denied his soul mate that fateful Beltane night, he is given the gift of immortality, permitting him to wait for her prophesized return. Reunited after eleven-hundred years, he is disheartened to learn his true love holds no memory of him. Wishing for a distraction from the winter doldrums, Aislinn never expects to be caught up in a whirlwind of magic and danger with a man she has spent her whole life dreaming about. What he asks of her tests the very reality she holds dear. Now, as Beltane approaches, and with time running out, Aedan and Aislinn must reach Ireland to pledge their love to one another. But in order to live out their destinies, they must overcome an ancient foe determined to see an end to their fated love. Eleven hundred years he waited for her. He could lose her in a single moment. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Hollie Jackson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/023302/bk_acx0_023302_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Love Your Job: The New Rules for Career Happiness , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 384min
Yes, it is possible to have a job you love, and it doesn't require starting from scratch. Love Your Job is a guide to making work fulfilling and fun - again or even for the first time. Why count down the hours of the day or the days to retirement when you could reinvigorate your workday, transforming the daily doldrums into a daily dose of enjoyable activity? Kerry Hannon, The New York Times columnist and AARP's jobs expert, focuses on the little things that can make a big difference in how we feel about work. Love Your Job is all about the routines, habits, and thought patterns that, over the years, may have turned a dream job into a drudge or, worse, a nightmare. Changing these habits and attitudes is simple, and this book shows you how to identify the little things that make work enjoyable and engaging. Using these simple techniques, you can adopt the attitude that will keep you happy and that might just lead to bigger and better things, no matter what stage of your career you are in. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kerry Hannon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/023760/bk_adbl_023760_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Different Sort of Perfect , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 468min
Lady Clara Huckabee stows away by accident. But she's not sorry to sail aboard HMS Topaze, leaving England behind. It's a chance to search for her charming French suitor from the Amiens peace, the man she's determined to marry despite the war and her dominating uncle's disapproval. All she has to do is convince the Topaze's handsome captain to see things her way, and everything will be perfect. A French frigate has evaded the Royal Navy blockade of Brest. Captain Alexander Fleming sails the smaller, elderly frigate Topaze in pursuit, but what he's supposed to do with a stowaway debutante for seven thousand miles wasn't covered in his orders. In the doldrums, during a South Atlantic storm, and with French t'gallants spiking the horizon, his first responsibility is always to his ship, his crew, his assignment... not his growing love for the woman doubling as his captain's clerk. Perfect; just perfect. Before disaster strikes, before the cannons open fire, will Lady Clara and Captain Fleming realize that the perfections they longed for aren't the ones they really want? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Redd Horrocks. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/009917/bk_adbl_009917_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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