Showing results for "Box" in World Literature

Meet Detective Inspector Zoe Finch. She's ambitious, determined, and damaged. And she's about to uncover evidence that could make her career... or get her sacked.

Sinister in Savannah is a fictional podcast exploring the city's most nefarious crimes with Southern-fried snark. The best-selling trilogy is now available in one collection. When the Sinister in Savannah team delves into the thirty-eight-year-old murder of a drag queen, they quickly discover that the story doesn't end with the alleged killer's confession in 1995. In Mr. Perfect, the podcast is back to investigate allegations that a local businessman is dabbling in money laundering. Pretty Poison follows Tess, a woman accused of killing her three husbands.

Brought to you by Penguin. On sleepless nights, I open the matchbox and reread the story of the girl who gathered shooting stars. After the death of her father, twelve-year-old Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life...

The Dragon Singers of old summoned typhoons and routed armies, liberating mankind from the orcs before fading into legend. Now, with evil stirring and hostile empires on the rise, the power of music stirs in Kaiya, a gangly misfit with the perfect voice. Without a master to guide her, she must rely on the lessons of a foreign paladin, an enigmatic doctor, a flippant elf lord, and an evil sorcerer to rediscover lost magic. Yet doing so means taking dire risks....

The Iliad depicts the terrible and long-drawn out siege of Troy, the quarrel of Achilles and Agamemnon, the interactions between Olympian Gods and humans, remains among one of the classic campaigns and the heroism and treachery of the combatants have been unmatched in song and story. The Odyssey is the first and quite possibly the greatest adventure story of all time. After the long hardships of the Trojan War, Odysseus is on his way home.

BLAIRE: Part 1 in The Dark Romance Series - Bought. Conditioned. My name is Blaire. I'm head of security to a man who controls the Russian underworld in Europe. His name is Maksim and he's my master. He bought me 10 years ago and conditioned me with brutality to worship and protect him. And I have protected him. BLAI2E: Part 2 in The Dark Romance Series - Don’t take what isn’t yours. Unless you’re willing to fight for it. I survived my depraved master, Maksim. Now, I belong to Charlie Decena, by nature and by nurture.

Stefan Zweig war ein genialer Erzähler, dessen geschliffener Stil noch heute den Atem raubt. Diese große Box versammelt die Novellen "Schachnovelle", "Die Liebe der Erika Ewald", "Angst", "Der Stern über dem Walde", "Vergessene Träume" sowie "Sternstunden der Menschheit" - eine Sammlung weltgeschichtlicher Miniaturen. Mit dabei: Ein pdf-Dokument mit genauer Trackliste.

Andy Wofford, middle-aged father and English teacher at a third-tier private school, receives a surprising invitation for a drink from an old college classmate. Once awkward and forgettable, Michael Kinnick has become a famous, wealthy, and absurdly confident lifestyle guru. Of all the people who’d want to catch up, why Michael? After thirty divergent years, why now? Mildly apprehensive, Andy is also very curious.

Vom frühen Welterfolg des "Werther" bis zu den nach dem Tode veröffentlichten "Maximen und Reflexionen" bietet das Hörbuch einen wunderbaren Querschnitt durch alle Phasen und Genres, an denen sich das Universalgenie Goethe versucht hat.

Patty Wyatt is a fun-loving, headstrong, and intelligent girl who gets herself into mischief and learns valuable lessons, both in and out of the classroom. Now you can hear the complete story in this box set, from Patty’s boarding school days to her college life. Just Patty was masterfully crafted by Jean Webster as a prequel to her classic title, When Patty Went to College.

Diese große Hörbuch-Box versammelt zahlreiche Kurzgeschichten Tschechows sowie die ungekürzten Bühnenwerke "Drei Schwestern" und "Die Möwe". Kurzgeschichten: "Die Dame mit dem Hündchen", "Der böse Knabe", "Der Orden", "Der Rächer seiner Ehre", "Das Gewinnlos", "Der Tod des Beamten", "Der Dicke und der Dünne" und viele mehr.

Late in the 21st century, the United Continental States of America is running smoothly. Unemployment has been eradicated, terrorism is no more, and any internal dissent diminishes by the day. Most give credit to President Meyers, and many can no longer remember the last election, but it is a small price to pay to keep the country safe from the terrorist group Hariq Jihad.

Die sechs wichtigsten Dramen Schillers in einem Hörbuch: Die Räuber, Kabale und Liebe, Don Carlos, Maria Stuart, Die Jungfrau von Orleans, Wilhelm Tell - sämtlich ungekürzt gelesen! Dazu noch der "Verbrecher aus verlorener Ehre" sowie die schönsten Gedichte und Balladen Schillers!

Hier kommt eine ganze Bibliothek des Weges! Die größten Werke der deutschen Literatur...

Diese große Hörbuch-Box versammelt ungekürzte Versionen der Prosawerke "Unterm Birnbaum", "Irrungen", "Wirrungen", "Stine", "Die Poggenpuhls", "Mathilde Möhring" sowie zehn berühmte Balladen Theodor Fontanes, darunter: "Archibald Douglas", "Die Brück' am Tay", "Herr von Ribbeck", "John Maynard" u.a.

Rediscovering lost words and memories, a collection of heartfelt poems and reflections emerges from the past. Each piece captures unique life experiences, offering insights and emotions that resonate with listeners of all ages, inviting them to reflect on their own journeys. In A Dusty Cardboard Box, the author shares a personal narrative of rediscovery, revealing how a seemingly mundane cardboard box became a vessel of lost creativity.

Eine wunderbare Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten aus vielen Jahrhunderten - vom 14. Jahrhundert bis in die Moderne! Mit dabei Meisterwerke von Boccaccio, Balzac, Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Bret Harte, Mark Twain, de Maupassant, Tschechow, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack London, Joachim Ringelnatz und Wolfgang Borchert!

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE A TIME BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR From the award-winning, psychologically astute author of The Memory Police, a hypnotic, introspective novel about an affluent Japanese family navigating buried secrets, and their young house guest who uncovers...

In early twentieth century Japan, women have few rights. Yet one precocious poet—a brooding daughter, locked in her room at night by protective parents—runs away from home to live a life of her choosing. She falls in love with a fellow poet and follows him across Siberia to Paris, where they...

For the survival of his clan, Jack Fialko needs to mate with a witch of equal power before the end of the solstice. He finds the perfect woman, except for one serious flaw. She has no idea how to engage in the dangerous magical foreplay - the duel for sexual equality. The task of training her in two days seems insurmountable, especially while other warriors are trying to kidnap her. Zoe is a warrior-healer hybrid. The trouble is, she has no idea what that means.