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Audible presents a special edition of three Gothic masterpieces: a brand-new Audible Exclusive recording of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Having a hard time understanding the Bible? In each episode we will read 1 chapter and explain the literal and practical meaning of the text as we go, starting with Genesis 1 and continuing to Revelation 22. The Old Testament chapters will be read in English from A Hebrew - English Bible According to the Masoretic Text and the JPS 1917 Edition © 2016 all rights reserved to Mechon Mamre. The New Testament chapters will be read in English from Young's Literal Translation, 1864. https://mariaelenahawke.wixsite.com/bibleexplained

After two years at the Russian front, Ernst Graeber finally receives three weeks' leave. But since leaves have been canceled before, he decides not to write his parents, fearing he would just raise their hopes. Then, when Graeber arrives home, he finds his house bombed to ruin and his parents nowhere in sight. Nobody knows if they are dead or alive. As his leave draws to a close, Graeber reaches out to Elisabeth, a childhood friend.

Have you ever wondered why the “war to end all wars” left an entire generation physically alive but spiritually shattered? All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is one of the most powerful and unflinching portrayals of war ever written, revealing the true human cost behind the battlefield. Through the eyes of Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier, readers are drawn into the brutal reality of trench warfare during World War I.

Nathan Reign has spent years carrying the weight of a loss that changed his life forever. Guarded, focused, and determined to keep the world at arm's length, the successful sports agent has little interest in letting anyone get close. Ella Cooper is the owner of a beloved Seattle bakery whose warmth and optimism have helped her build a life centered around taking care of others. When a chance encounter brings her into Nathan's orbit, an unexpected connection begins to form.

My husband might be dead, but I haven’t lost him completely. His identical twin brother, Charlie, looks exactly like him. Grief has a way of binding people together, and Charlie and I understand each other in ways no one else can. If his jealous, insecure wife can’t see that, she’s the one with the problem. We’ve both suffered an unimaginable loss. Of course, we need one another. How else are we supposed to survive this? At least, that’s what I keep telling myself.

Neste romance em versos, Anne Carson recria, nos dias de hoje, o mito grego de Gerião, um monstro que Héracles – ou Hércules, como também é conhecido – assassina como parte de seus doze trabalhos. Gerião é um menino sensível, mas também um monstro alado e vermelho. Na juventude, após sofrer abusos sexuais de seu irmão mais velho e tendo uma mãe afetuosa, mas distante, Gerião apaixona-se por Hércules. Anos depois, em uma viagem à Argentina, reencontra seu antigo amante, e ambos partem para o Peru, acompanhados do jovem Ancash.

Choose: A quick death or a slow poison ️ Locked deep in the palace dungeon for killing her abuser, Yelena knows she’ll never be free again. The laws in Ixia are strict, and murderers must be executed. But just as she’s resigned herself to her fate, Yelena is offered an extraordinary...

The year is 1928. On the outskirts of a large German city, three young men are earning a thin and precarious living. Fully armed young storm troopers swagger in the streets. Restlessness, poverty, and violence are everywhere. For these three, friendship is the only refuge from the chaos around them. Then the youngest of them falls in love and brings into the group a young woman who will become a comrade as well, as they are all tested in ways they can have never imagined.

Why do some speakers get booked again and again, while most struggle to land even one paid gig? What makes one speaker the industry go-to, while everyone else is overlooked, no matter how good they are on stage? Why do some speakers effortlessly attract repeat bookings, referrals and high fees, while others don’t? Can you really be more in demand, more respected, and more booked without being famous or a celebrity? The answer is YES! This audiobook reveals what the top 1% most-booked speakers do differently — and how you can do it too.

Emilie väntar otåligt, och med stigande oro, på att få höra vad väninnan Birte har att berätta. Kommer hennes farhågor visa sig vara sanna? Karen tror att det är kyrkvaktmästaren Salomon som står bakom ryktena om att Elias inte är gudfruktig nog att vara präst. Hon vill få ordning...

📚 Oláaa, meus pequeninos e minhas pequeninas! Seja bem-vindo(a) ao Hora da História com Iasmim – Leituras do Mundo K! Aqui, os livros ganham voz e as histórias encontram um novo jeito de chegar até você. Neste podcast, compartilho leituras de livros, crônicas, histórias e obras que despertam a imaginação, a reflexão e o gosto pela leitura. Prepare seu cantinho favorito, coloque os fones e venha viajar pelo mundo das histórias comigo! 📖💙 🎙️ Apresentação e voz: Iasmim 📚 Projeto: Leituras do Mundo K

Robin Sharma es uno de los mayores expertos mundiales en liderazgo y desempeño. Desarrolló el concepto del Club de las 5 de la mañana hace más de veinte años a partir de los revolucionarios hábitos que han permitido a sus clientes incrementar su productividad, mejorar su salud y afrontar con serenidad la extremadamente compleja época en que vivimos.

From where I stand in the shadows outside the pub I own, I can already tell what mood my husband’s in and it makes me want to stay exactly where I am. However, I can also see my bar manager, Jay. Sexy, young and exciting, he’s the person who’s going to set me free from my middle-aged monotony. I’m dreading turning fifty more than I’ve dreaded any other birthday in my life. Now that my kids are at university, the prospect of spending the rest of my life with my bullying, balding and boring husband is a miserable one.

This collection contains Book 1 - Undercurrents, Book 2 – Drowned Voices, and Book 3 – Emergence.

Unstoppable is the fiercely honest, fearless, darkly funny autobiography of global tennis star Maria Sharapova. In the middle of the night, a father and his daughter step off a Greyhound bus in Florida and head straight to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. They ring the bell, though no-one is expecting them and they don't speak English. They have arrived from Russia with just 700 dollars and the conviction that this six-year-old girl will be the world's next great tennis star. They are right.

Hui de un crimen involuntario. Hui de los hombres que no me quisieron. Hui de una guerra. Esta es mi historia, entre España y Orán, junto al Mediterráneo. Orán. Años 20, siglo xx. En esta ciudad africana de origen árabe, pulso español y administración francesa desembarca una joven con el...

Gegenüber von Manfred und Ottilies Krugs Wohnung wächst ein Hochhaus empor – ein lärmendes, dunkles Omen. Die Jahre 200 2 bis 2004 offenbaren in Manfred Krugs Augen so viel Falsches und Niederes, die ganze Welt scheint daran zu siechen: Cem Özdemir und Gregor Gysi treten zurück, weil...

CRIADA EN SILENCIO: LECCIONES EN EL ARTE DE ESCUCHAR, AMAR Y COMPARTIR EL BULLICIO DE LAS CENAS FAMILIARES DESDE LA PERSPECTIVA DE UNA HIJA DE PADRES SORDOS Sobre el Silencio, Escuchar desde el Alma, y el Hermoso Caos del Amor de una Familia Sorda. Una mirada profundamente personal dentro de la...

Ahora vivo en Londres con mi tío Dylan. Y lo único que tenemos en común es el sentimiento de pérdida. Esta nueva vida ni siquiera parece una vida. Es insoportable. Salvo porque... hay alguien más aquí. Un chico. Aunque no es real. ¿O quizá sí? Es divertido, carismático, desesperante. Y me comprende como nadie. Pero solo yo puedo verlo. Casi sin darme cuenta, es lo único en lo que puedo pensar. Lo único con lo que sueño. Ojalá pudiera tocarlo. Y ojalá él pudiera tocarme. ¿Me estoy enamorando... de un fantasma?