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This book contains the following works: 1. Edgar Allan Poe: The Pit and the Pendulum 2. William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream 3. Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Secret Garden 4. Fyodor Dostoevsky: The Dream of a Ridiculous Man 5. Robert Louis Stevenson: Treasure Island 6. H. P. Lovecraft: At the Mountains of Madness 7. Jack London: The Call of the Wild 8. Mary W. Shelley: Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus 9. Osamu Dazai: No Longer Human (Confessions of a Faulty Man) 10. Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter

Edgar Wallace was a bestselling author, journalist, playwright and film director, and the creator of King Kong. A prolific writer and celebrity superstar, he was thought to be responsible for a quarter of all new books read in Britain by the late 1920s. Presented here are full-cast adaptations of four of his classic crime novels, readings of four short detective stories, and vintage recording of Wallace reading one of his own stories. Tying them all together is linking commentary from Edgar Wallace: The Man Who Wrote Too Much?, a documentary celebration of his life.

Kellerman delights with 17 short mysteries, including three all-new pieces featuring Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus, a mystery introducing Faye's newest heroine Cindy Decker, and a story co-written by Faye and her son, budding novelist Jesse Kellerman.

“He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad … “So begins this historical tale of romantic adventure. Andre-Louis Moreau is an orphan and cousin of the beloved Aline. He is raised by his godfather, the Lord of Gavrillac, and matures into an educated lawyer—while Aline sets her mind on marrying the rich but dishonorable Marquis de la Tour d’Azyr. But when Moreau’s closest friend is killed by the Marquis in a duel, Moreau vows vengeance. After publicly denouncing the aristocracy and stirring up the crowds, Moreau is forced to go into hiding.

Return to Wholeness seamlessly merges the deep intuition and practices of Eastern natural healing with the advanced technology of Western medicine. Guiding those with cancer - along with families and caregivers - toward a new environment where the physical and spiritual are one, Dr. David Simon provides unprecedented support and hope in our ultimately rewarding return to wholeness.

Emmy Award-winning television announcer and interviewer Michael Kay’s eighteen years as host of YES Network’s CenterStage have given him access to many remarkable figures in sports and entertainment. Now, this absorbing selection of the best, most revealing - and often surprising - interviews is available in one amazing collection, including some of the behind-the-scenes stories that didn’t appear on camera. From Kay’s very first CenterStage interview in 2001 with quarterback Steve Young, the show’s creators knew they had something special.

Oregon, 1983 - nach einer grausamen Serie mysteriöser Morde scheint in dem kleinen Küstenstädtchen Harmony Bay endlich wieder Normalität einzukehren. Zumindest, wenn es nach Bürgermeister White geht. Doch Deputy Landers traut dem Frieden nicht, denn zu viele Fragen sind noch immer ungeklärt: Warum und wohin sind Sheriff Cody und seine beiden Kinder verschwunden? Wieso war die Regierung hinter dem Nachtmahr her? Was hat es mit dem ominösen Manila Club auf sich?

A growing number of people are beginning to see things in a radically different way. In other words, more of us are starting to “wake up” spiritually—to discover an entirely new identity beyond the usual sense of who we think we are. But what is spiritual awakening, really? How does it happen—and what are the consequences? In Waking Up: Volume 4, Tami Simon speaks with six teachers about their personal understanding of spiritual awakening—how it takes place, what changes (and what doesn’t), and how their experiences can inspire and inform our own realization.

In this comprehensive anthology, former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has gathered together exceptional poems from the 14th century through to the present day, creating an extraordinary poetic journey for the listener. From the love poems of Shelley and Keats to the grim war elegies of Owen and Sassoon, there is a poem here for every sentiment, each with something different to offer.

In this darkly comic, poignant, and at times surreal play, two couples in Tunisia—one Muslim and one Jewish—share a deep and complicated friendship before the German takeover of their country in World War 2. Now under a brutal regime, they face the truth about their long-simmering feelings about friendship and romance as they struggle to save themselves from a Nazi commandant—named Grandma.

Lily Cole stars as Helen of Troy, ‘the face that launched a thousand ships’, in Simon Armitage’s vivid, visceral adaptation of Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s Aeneid. For 10 years, the Greeks have been laying siege to Troy to win back their abducted queen, Helen. But as the war drags on, and the battlefields run scarlet with blood, the opposing forces are entrenched in a bitter stalemate. As gods and mortals squabble amongst themselves for the spoils of war, the exhausted warriors go to extreme lengths in a desperate grab for victory....

Als Ripley nach Jahrhunderten im All endlich zur Erde zurückkehrt, muss sie erfahren, dass die Menschen gerade dabei sind, den Planeten Acheron zu kolonisieren. Geschützt durch koloniale Marines, und betreut von einigen Weyland-Yutani Wissenschaftlern, versucht eine Gruppe von Koloniearbeitern, den lebensfeindlichen Bedingungen auf Acheron zu trotzen und ihn mittels Terraforming bewohnbar zu machen. Darunter auch das Ehepaar Jordan, dessen kleine Tochter Newt das erste Kind ist, das auf dem neuen Planeten zur Welt kommt.

Eine Schnitzeljagd um Leben und Tod: Sebastian Fitzek und Michael Tsokos präsentieren einen blutigen, nervenaufreibenden Thriller. Gleich zwei Sprecher, Simon Jäger und David Nathan, sorgen für Abwechslung beim Hören. So wird das Hörbuch zu einer 9 Stunden und 47 Minuten fesselnden Jagd nach der Wahrheit.

Shakespeares Komödie versetzt den Zuhörer ins schöne Padua, wo die noch schönere Bianca nur verheiratet wird, wenn ihre aufsässige Schwester Katharina zuerst einen Bräutigam findet. Doch niemand will das "scharfzüng'sche Weib" freien - außer Petruchio, der glaubt, einer Frau nur beizukommen, wenn man sie wie einen Falken abrichtet. Sagt's, tut's, und schafft es mit allerlei Tricks und psychischer Manipulation, Katharina sich ihm gefügig zu machen. David Nathan (Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, u.v.a.) und Simon Jäger (Matt Damon, Heath Ledger u.v.a.

Duke Vincentino, the ruler of Vienna, fears that under his mild sovereignty, the people may have become lazy and lax. He decides to “go over cover” in the disguise of a monk and appoint his deputy, Angelo, who is a reputed paragon of virtue, as temporary ruler. On assuming power, Angelo inaugurates draconian provisions regarding sexual propriety. One of the first victims of this new regime is young Claudio, who has impregnated his lover Juliet, and is accordingly sentenced to death.

Eine uralte Prophezeiung, eine weltweite Verschwörung und ein ungleiches Ermittler-Duo im Wettlauf gegen skrupellose Bosse und irre Kleriker: "Mission Impossible" meets "Die nackte Kanone" - nur schlimmer! Weltweit verschwinden unter mysteriösen Umständen Frauen unter Sonnenbänken - was kaum jemand zur Kenntnis nimmt. Erst als der gefallene Investigativ-Journalist Michael Blohmquiz auf die Spur einer globalen Wirtschaftsverschwörung kommt, während zeitgleich der gefeierte Ornamentologe Richard Random den grausamen Mord an einem weltberühmten Physiker untersucht, kommen die Dinge ins Rollen.

Simon Kennedy's mother Yvonne was one of 10 Australians to die during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the only one to die outside of New York, in the attack on the Pentagon. On September 11, 2001, Yvonne boarded flight AA77 to begin her return to Australia after completing a much-planned vacation to America. All passengers on board were killed in the crash into the Pentagon.

New York. In einem Interview mit einem einflussreichen Geschäftsmann erfährt die dänische Journalistin Mette, wie sich das Leben von 9 Menschen aufgrund mysteriöser Vorkommnisse schlagartig verändert hat. Alles beginnt im brasilianischen Regenwald, als ein dänisches Expeditionsteam auf seltsame schwarze Riesenbäume stößt, die ein dunkles Geheimnis verbergen. Daraus strickt sich ein spannender Mystery-Thriller, der mit jeder Folge um die ganze Welt führt und in einem opulenten Staffelfinale gipfelt.

How to Be a Refugee is Simon May’s gripping account of how three sisters – his mother and his two aunts – grappled with what they felt to be a lethal heritage. Their very different trajectories included conversion to Catholicism, marriage into the German aristocracy, securing ‘Aryan’ status with high-ranking help from inside Hitler’s regime and engagement to a card-carrying Nazi.

Eine uralte Prophezeiung, eine weltweite Verschwörung und ein ungleiches Ermittler-Duo im Wettlauf gegen skrupellose Bosse und irre Kleriker: "Mission Impossible" meets "Die nackte Kanone" - nur schlimmer! Weltweit verschwinden unter mysteriösen Umständen Frauen unter Sonnenbänken - was kaum jemand zur Kenntnis nimmt.