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Early Balloons and Airships: The History of the City’s Underground Ossuaries and Burial Network looks at the development of the first balloons and airships, and how they were primarily used. You will learn about the first airships like never before.

I lived and worked in the Philippines for three years, but I started out like many others: lost in a land that resembled my own with few lifelines to throw. This audiobook is aimed at helping those who decide to visit the Philippines for work, vacation, travel, or fun be more prepared than I was for all of the things that the Philippines has to offer.

A young boy lays dreaming on a grassy hill, escaping the harsh realities of the real world. His family pressures him to grow up and conform, but he resists. One day, he finds a discarded refrigerator box, which he drags home and paints blue. Climbing inside, he goes off on fantastic adventures, picking up a companion along the way. Then, one day, something happens and his make-believe world is shaken. Is drudgery and conformity inevitable, or can a childish imagination survive? Find out as we travel to the far reaches of space and time with a boy and his box.

Plenty of unusual characters came to the colonies to participate in the war, with many sporting dubious titles such as the Baron de Kalb, but perhaps none arrived in a more unique way than John Paul Jones...and his aggression became the stuff of legend. While the British accused him of being a pirate, he was feted by the Americans and French during the war before joining the Russian navy after the war.

Today the Space Race is widely viewed poignantly and fondly as a race to the Moon that culminated with Apollo 11 “winning” the Race for the United States. In fact, it encompassed a much broader range of competition between the Soviet Union and the United States...On February 20, 1962, John Glenn orbited the Earth, nearly a year after Gagarin’s orbit, and he remains best known for that historic feat...this audiobook profiles his life, chronicles his historic space mission, and details all the highlights before and after it.

The Winking Stork says, “This is a tale that takes place twice upon a time in a magical, enchanted land." The Winking Stork remarks, “Froggy do you remember now that you were once a human prince who lost his memory?“ Froggy replies, “What are you talking about?” Froggy says, “All I can remember is that I’ve always been a frog who loves to eat flies, sing, and dance” The Stork says, “Let me tell you your story as a prince before you ever became a frog.”

Do you want to know more about anxiety that the internet cannot answer you? Do you have so many questions inside your head about it? Then, Anxiety Workbook: Take Control Over Your Brain is the right book for you! The author has carefully picked the topic without meaning to offend anyone. Every word in this audiobook has been designed to ensure that you will understand what anxiety is and how it affects you or the people around you.

La parole de Gaston Couté est à la fois ciselée, mordante, drôle ou lyrique... Elle sait encore nous toucher à un siècle de distance. Le poète tisse de si belle manière un lien entre un patrimoine qui nous est encore proche et les rêves d'aujourd'hui vers un monde plus humain. Cette langue, patois ou français est simple, vivante, colorée faites pour le plaisir de la dire ou de la chanter. Ce livre audio comprend un choix de textes proposé par Bernard Meulien.

"The Adventure of the Second Stain" is one of 13 stories in The Return of Sherlock Holmes collection and the only unrecorded case mentioned passively by Watson to be written. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Second Stain" eighth in his list of his 12 favorite Holmes stories.

"Le chef d'œuvre inconnu" : cette nouvelle primordiale repose en fait, sur un leurre. Elle contribue à révéler le statut de l'artiste et prouve effectivement que, chez Balzac, la mystification permet en fait de dire le vrai, de dire la vérité. Adieu 1812, lors des derniers moments du passage de la Bérézina, Philippe de Sucy sauve d'une mort certaine le général de Vandières et sa jeune épouse qui n'est autre que l'amour de jeunesse de Sucy. 1819, Sucy retrouve la comtesse de Vandières folle et il entreprend de lui rendre la raison.

The big exhibition of Matisse's Cut-Outs at Tate Modern in London was, certainly on the face of it, everything that a major museum of modern and contemporary art should be doing. It was beautifully presented, very professionally curated, had an extremely thorough, excellently illustrated catalogue, and was greeted with ecstatic reviews.

To Morena Darkstorm, fighting for the equality of her citizens in her kingdom of Arisite is a dangerous game in the vampyre court. The high nobles seek to enslave their lower silver counterparts to enhance their rule and to sign an alliance with Kindred, their enemy kingdom of 100 years. She finds herself at odds with her family, speaking against the injustice of their lands with only the support of her closest servants: Lucille, an ancient silver of great power, and Amelia, a silver-haired maid with more power than she knows.

Les rêves les plus fous s'accomplissent dans les vies sans réserve. Découvrez le roman d'un homme qui rêvait de distraire les tigres... Lorenzo, jeune vétérinaire, se lance dans un projet de parc animalier basé sur le respect de la faune sauvage. Pour asseoir son succès et le pérenniser, il doit cependant trouver de nouveaux financements... C'est vers sa famille, et plus particulièrement vers son beau-père Xavier, qu'il se tourne d'abord, sans grand succès... Les relations sont houleuses depuis de nombreuses années entre les deux hommes. Mais voici que dans ses déboires, revient Julia, l'amour de jeunesse de Lorenzo.

The meaning mastery gap is the difference between our expectations and the reality of our lives that can leave us feeling dissatisfied, frustrated, or cynical. It’s a mastery gap because although we may legitimately blame our circumstances, fate, or other people, we know that we also have responsibility for our life situation.

"Le plaisir de rompre" (1897) est une comédie en un acte de Jules Renard, à portée autobiographique, et souvent jouée avec une pièce ultérieure de l'auteur, "Le pain de ménage" (1898). Maurice rend visite à Blanche, femme mûre qui est sa maîtresse, qu'il quitte alors qu'il prépare son mariage avec une jeune fille fortunée de sa génération. Cette visite de rupture leur permet d'évoquer les sentiments toujours forts qui les unissent. Extraits.

The Ecovia do Litoral (the coastal eco-way) is a cycle route that, as the name suggests, follows the coast across the beautiful Algarve region of Southern Portugal. This audiobook follows numerous attempts at the route but focuses mainly on the author's first and, albeit unplanned, disastrous solo expedition in 2012 and two more successful but nonetheless traumatic trips made with equally unprepared friends in 2014 and 2018.

Bernard O’Mahoney takes the helm once again as he interviews some of the most notorious ‘faces’ in recent history, taking the viewer on a brand-new journey that brings the story of crime up to date. The best-selling true-crime author and former Essex Boys gang member travels to Liverpool, Birmingham, Belfast, Dublin and Essex and guides us through tales of drugs, gangs, political terrorism and, ultimately, consequences.

Deux siècles avant l'épopée relatée dans les livres d'"Alaskand", "Les Trois Provinces" vivent sous le joug du Tzarit Pavel. La Dakyrie, la Karylie et l'Azyrie ont perdu leur autonomie au profit de la dictature tzariste, qui a profité de leur isolement pour les diviser et les affaiblir. L'histoire est un éternel recommencement, et les habitants des "Trois Provinces" ont eu leur lot de joies et de malheurs, qui ont préparé la voie à la naissance d'Alaskand. Mais le chemin a été long et semé d'embûches. Alors si vous avez aimé "Alaskand", venez découvrir "Les Trois Provinces" qui en sont la genèse.

25 Años de soledad cuenta la historia de Harry Goulart un hombre que estuvo enamorado de su gran amor de infancia y que durante toda su vida creyó capaz de reconquistar el corazón de Bella Meirelles y se “lanzó” hacia una aventura que le pudo costar la vida.

Sired by magick and violence, 16-year-old Liara is found guilty of witchcraft and banished from her tiny village by the very priest who raised, then betrayed her. However, a mysterious mage steps forward to assume custody of her: Nagarath, the Wizard of Parentino, whose secret spellwork has long protected both Liara and Dvigrad from the ravages of war. Despite Liara’s best hopes, Nagarath refuses to apprentice her to his craft but tasks her instead with the restoration of his neglected library. Liara gleans what magickal knowledge she can on the sly....