62 Results for : splendors
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Mexico: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1403min
Pulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener, whose novels hurtle from the far reaches of history to the dark corners of the world, paints an intoxicating portrait of a land whose past and present are as turbulent, fascinating, and colorful as any other on Earth. When an American journalist travels to report on the upcoming duel between two great matadors, he is ultimately swept up in the dramatic story of his own Mexican ancestry - from the brilliance and brutality of the ancients to the iron fist of the invading Spaniards to modern Mexico, fighting through dust and bloodshed to build a nation upon the ashes of revolution. Architectural splendors, frenzied bullfights, horrific human sacrifice: Michener weaves them all into an epic human story that ranks with the best of his beloved best-selling novels. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alexander Adams. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/004249/bk_rand_004249_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Downshadow: Forgotten Realms: Ed Greenwood Presents Waterdeep, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 708min
The Dark Knight Must Choose: Justice or Vengeance Watchman by day, vigilante by night, Shadowbane's world is turned upside down when he runs across a powerful wizard - in the form of a confused, hunted girl who finds herself at the heart of a fell plot. When his friends start dying and the girl is kidnapped, Shadowbane must choose between the darkness and the light in his heart: to avenge the deaths of his friends, or to let the villain live to face - and possibly escape - justice. Downshadow is thrilling tale of vigilante justice set in the classic City of Splendors and presented by Forgotten Realms(R) campaign setting creator and celebrated author Ed Greenwood. You don't want to miss out on this exciting glimpse into what the latest edition of the Realms has to offer. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Patrick Cronin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/006482/bk_adbl_006482_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Morning, Noon & Night, Hörbuch, Digital, 181min
Cruising on his yacht off the rugged coast of Corsica, Harry Stanford, one of the world's wealthiest men, drowns under mysterious circumstances. In a chain of events that reverberates around the globe, a beautiful young woman appears at the family gathering following the funeral in Boston, claiming to be the tycoon's daughter and thus heir to a share of his estate. As the highly respected Stanford family seeks to learn whether she is genuine or an imposter, a hidden web of blackmail, drugs, and murder emerges from behind the facade of fame and glamour. From the splendors of the Italian Riviera to the fashion salons of Paris and New York, from the elite parlors of Back Bay to the social register of Florida's Hobe Sound, Sidner Sheldon's story twists and turns its way through smoke and mirrors toward the explosive surprise ending. Language: English. Narrator: Kirk Douglas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pnix/000838/bk_pnix_000838_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Wasps: The Splendors and Miseries of an American Aristocracy
An examination of WASP culture through the lives of some of its most prominent figures. Envied and lampooned, misunderstood and yet distinctly American, WASPs are as much a culture, socioeconomic and ethnic designation, as a state of mind.- Shop: buecher
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You Must Remember This: Life and Style in Hollywood's Golden Age , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 385min
With a career spanning more than five decades, few actors are more qualified to recount the glamorous Hollywood era of the late 1940s and early 1950s than Robert Wagner. You Must Remember This is Wagner’s ode to a bygone age, to its incomparable style and how it was displayed, and to its legendary stars. Wagner revisits the houses, restaurants, and other haunts of Hollywood’s elite, offering an intimate view of their lives on and off screen. He fondly recounts mythic figures simply entertaining at home among friends, away from the publicity machine and public eye that morphed into today’s paparazzi culture. Wagner also discusses the business of Hollywood and its evolution from an industry once dominated by moguls to one run by agents, and examines the career arcs of his peers, carefully considering why some survived and others faded. Engaging and entertaining, You Must Remember This is a window into the splendors of an erstwhile era and an opportunity for listeners to live vicariously through one its most beloved leading men. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robert J. Wagner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/002324/bk_peng_002324_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Of Dreams & Thorns: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 628min
When a 1950s rural Mexican family of nine is forced to resettle in an urban American metropolis, its cultural clash is hopeful, exhausting, and thorny. Hear all about it in Of Dreams & Thorns.This audiobook is not a woe-is-me, immigrant, life-is-so-unfair kind of story. There are no victims here. Rather, it is a portrait of the character and passions of one man, his family, and his fellow life-travelers in an immigrant community. It is also a landscape or tapestry that captures the splendors of this collection of characters that only comes from an intimacy with their various human dimensions - warts and all.You will meet Ramiro, a strong-willed, self-reliant, deeply passionate man who is at times a dreamer, sometimes defiant, sometimes tyrannical, but always in control of the ship that carries his lovely wife, Eliza, and their seven children. Ramiro’s hopes and dreams are modest and realistic, yet, as the title suggests, the book shows that a man’s best plans can often go astray. Indeed, it is Ramiro’s - and his family’s - resilience and courage in fighting for his beliefs that will capture your heart and imagination. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: George Kastrinos. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/158288/bk_acx0_158288_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Picture of Dorian Gray , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 544min
Oscar Wilde’s classic story of a young man who sells his soul in exchange for eternal beauty and youth continues to thrill generations of readers. Written by a man who was every bit as flamboyant and unconventional as its hero, The Picture of Dorian Gray is as haunting today as when it first shocked the British public in 1891. Dorian Gray, young, intelligent, sophisticated, gazes on his freshly painted portrait. Wishfully, he murmurs, “If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! … I would give my soul for that!” From that moment, as Dorian spends his days enjoying the splendors of the world and his nights exploring its depravity and sin, his face remains untouched by life. In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde creates a metaphor that transcends a specific era to become a timeless reflection on the nature of art, morality, and beauty—and a splendid horror story. Narrator Steven Crossley’s performance highlights the interplay of innocence and corruption that weaves a dark, seductive spell on all who encounter this enigmatic work. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steven Crossley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/004852/bk_reco_004852_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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I Wish I Could Say I Was Sorry , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 473min
Listeners will shed a tear at her losses and laugh at her predicaments in this sometimes hilarious, often heartbreaking, true story that gives a moving and often shocking insight in to the earlier life of the much-loved travel writer famed for her humor and her honesty. Susie recalls a 1950s childhood in post-war London's every shade of gray and the splendors of Africa as, with her glamorous mother and father, Susie boards a ship bound for exotic, technicolor Kenya. Then in its final decade as a colony, Kenya was peopled with larger-than-life characters who had helped to forge its identity. There, with the threats of the Mau Mau uprising ever-present, Susie's life disintegrates at break-neck speed into a web of jealousy, rejection, and casual cruelty. Each time it seems things cannot get any worse, they do, as Susie lifts the lid on her own, often shocking, behavior in her quest to protect herself and those she loves. Rebellious, lonely, and self-destructive, it is a small grey pony named Cinderella who saves Susie from herself and brings her the love she craves. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Corrie James. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/010681/bk_tant_010681_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Marie Antoinette's Darkest Days: Prisoner No. 280 in the Conciergerie , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 581min
This compelling book begins on the 2nd of August 1793, the day Marie Antoinette was torn from her family's arms and escorted from the Temple to the Conciergerie, a thick-walled fortress turned prison. It was also known as the "waiting room for the guillotine" because prisoners only spent a day or two here before their conviction and subsequent execution. The ex-queen surely knew her days were numbered, but she could never have known that two and a half months would pass before she would finally stand trial and be convicted of the most ungodly charges. Will Bashor traces the final days of the prisoner registered only as Widow Capet, No. 280, a time that was a cruel mixture of grandeur, humiliation, and terror. Marie Antoinette's reign amidst the splendors of the court of Versailles is a familiar story, but her final imprisonment in a fetid, dank dungeon is a little-known coda to a once-charmed life. Her 76 days in this terrifying prison can only be described as the darkest and most horrific of the fallen queen's life, vividly recaptured in this richly researched history. The book is published by Rowman & Littlefield. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Aaron Killian. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/091276/bk_acx0_091276_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Massacres of Christians by heathen Chinese & horrors of the Boxers
Massacres of Christians by heathen Chinese & horrors of the Boxers ab 30.49 € als Taschenbuch: Containing a Complete history of the boxes the tai-ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners customs and peculiarities of the Chinese; Oriental Splendors; Superst. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Geist & Wissen,- Shop: hugendubel
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