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To Your Scattered Bodies Go

de Philip José Farmer ...

Narrado por Paul Hecht ...

Series series Riverworld
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7 hora 43 minutos

All those who ever lived on Earth have found themselves resurrected—healthy, young, and naked as newborns—on the grassy banks of a mighty river, in a world unknown. Miraculously provided with food, but with no clues to the meaning of their strange new afterlife, billions of people from every period of Earth's history—and prehistory—must start again.Sir Richard Francis Burton would be the first to ... Leer más

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All those who ever lived on Earth have found themselves resurrected—healthy, young, and naked as newborns—on the grassy banks of a mighty river, in a world unknown. Miraculously provided with food, but with no clues to the meaning of their strange new afterlife, billions of people from every period of Earth's history—and prehistory—must start again.Sir Richard Francis Burton would be the first to
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Stalin, Volume I

Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928

de Stephen Kotkin ...

Narrado por Paul Hecht ...

Completo

38 hora 47 minutos

A magnificent new biography that revolutionizes our understanding of Stalin and his world It has the quality of myth: A poor cobbler's son, a seminarian from an oppressed outer province of the Russian Empire, reinvents himself as a revolutionary and finds a leadership role within a small group of marginal zealots. When the old world is unexpectedly brought down in a total war, the band seizes ... Leer más

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A magnificent new biography that revolutionizes our understanding of Stalin and his world It has the quality of myth: A poor cobbler's son, a seminarian from an oppressed outer province of the Russian Empire, reinvents himself as a revolutionary and finds a leadership role within a small group of marginal zealots. When the old world is unexpectedly brought down in a total war, the band seizes
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Send Down Einstein

de Paul Hecht, Anthony Geist ...

A comic and melancholy novel about translation and living between cultures, set during one historic day in Spain: February 21, 1981, the attempted coup against the newborn Spanish democracy.Early one morning in 1981, Peter Carp, an American poet and translator living in Granada, wakes to the sounds of shouting and the revving of a motorcycle. These interruptions to Peter’s sleep provoke a series ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

A comic and melancholy novel about translation and living between cultures, set during one historic day in Spain: February 21, 1981, the attempted coup against the newborn Spanish democracy.Early one morning in 1981, Peter Carp, an American poet and translator living in Granada, wakes to the sounds of shouting and the revving of a motorcycle. These interruptions to Peter’s sleep provoke a series
... Leer más
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The Cave and the Light

Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization

de Arthur Herman ...

Narrado por Paul Hecht ...

Completo

25 hora 26 minutos

Arthur Herman has now written the definitive sequel to his New York Times bestseller, How the Scots Invented the Modern World, and extends the themes of the book—which sold half a million copies worldwide—back to the ancient Greeks and forward to the age of the Internet. The Cave and the Light is a magisterial account of how the two greatest thinkers of the ancient world, Plato and Aristotle, laid ... Leer más

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Arthur Herman has now written the definitive sequel to his New York Times bestseller, How the Scots Invented the Modern World, and extends the themes of the book—which sold half a million copies worldwide—back to the ancient Greeks and forward to the age of the Internet. The Cave and the Light is a magisterial account of how the two greatest thinkers of the ancient world, Plato and Aristotle, laid
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Eisenhower in War and Peace

de Jean Edward Smith ...

Narrado por Paul Hecht ...

Completo

28 hora 22 minutos

Author of the best-seller FDR, Jean Edward Smith is a master of the presidential biography. Setting his sights on Dwight D. Eisenhower, Smith delivers a rich account of Eisenhower's life using previously untapped primary sources. From the military service in WWII that launched his career to the shrewd political decisions that kept America out of wars with the Soviet Union and China, Smith reveals ... Leer más

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Author of the best-seller FDR, Jean Edward Smith is a master of the presidential biography. Setting his sights on Dwight D. Eisenhower, Smith delivers a rich account of Eisenhower's life using previously untapped primary sources. From the military service in WWII that launched his career to the shrewd political decisions that kept America out of wars with the Soviet Union and China, Smith reveals
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Far and Wide

Bring That Horizon to Me!

de Neil Peart ...

Narrado por Paul Hecht ...

Completo

9 hora 26 minutos

35 concerts. 17,000 motorcycle miles. Three months. One lifetime.In May 2015, the veteran Canadian rock trio Rush embarked on their 40th anniversary tour, R40. For the band and their fans, R40 was a celebration and, perhaps, a farewell. But for Neil Peart, each tour is more than just a string of concerts, it’s an opportunity to explore backroadsnear and far on his BMW motorcycle. So if this was to ... Leer más

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35 concerts. 17,000 motorcycle miles. Three months. One lifetime.In May 2015, the veteran Canadian rock trio Rush embarked on their 40th anniversary tour, R40. For the band and their fans, R40 was a celebration and, perhaps, a farewell. But for Neil Peart, each tour is more than just a string of concerts, it’s an opportunity to explore backroadsnear and far on his BMW motorcycle. So if this was to
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Herausforderungen, Chancen und Grenzen der Beratung von jungen Menschen am Übergang Schule - Beruf

de Paul Hecht ...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,3, Alice-Salomon Hochschule Berlin , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: 1.1. Bezug zum Thema Das Themengebiet Übergang von der Schule in den Beruf hat in den letzten Jahren zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen. Ein gelingender Einstieg in einen Beruf ist von enormer Bedeutung für das weitere Leben in unserer Gesellschaft. ... Leer más

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Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,3, Alice-Salomon Hochschule Berlin , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: 1.1. Bezug zum Thema Das Themengebiet Übergang von der Schule in den Beruf hat in den letzten Jahren zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen. Ein gelingender Einstieg in einen Beruf ist von enormer Bedeutung für das weitere Leben in unserer Gesellschaft.
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Portuguese Irregular Verbs

de Alexander McCall Smith ...

Narrado por Paul Hecht ...

Series series Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld
Completo

3 hora 50 minutos

From the New York Times best-selling creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels and winner of the inaugural Saga Award for Wit, comes the first novel starring distinguished philologist Professor Doctor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld. Von Igelfeld is the world's leading scholar on Portuguese irregular verbs. But in other matters - such as tennis against equally dreadful opponents and the ... Leer más

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From the New York Times best-selling creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels and winner of the inaugural Saga Award for Wit, comes the first novel starring distinguished philologist Professor Doctor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld. Von Igelfeld is the world's leading scholar on Portuguese irregular verbs. But in other matters - such as tennis against equally dreadful opponents and the
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Demolition Angel

de Robert Crais ...

Narrado por Paul Hecht ...

Completo

10 hora 48 minutos

Robert Crais, author of the Edgar Award-nominated L A Requiem is a master of the intelligent and complex suspense novel. In Demolition Angel he delves into the life-on-the-edge world of the Los Angeles bomb squad.Three years ago Carol Starkey was one of L A's best bomb squad technicians. Then a freak accident while disarming a bomb left her scarred inside and out. Now a Detective-2 with the LAPD's ... Leer más

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Robert Crais, author of the Edgar Award-nominated L A Requiem is a master of the intelligent and complex suspense novel. In Demolition Angel he delves into the life-on-the-edge world of the Los Angeles bomb squad.Three years ago Carol Starkey was one of L A's best bomb squad technicians. Then a freak accident while disarming a bomb left her scarred inside and out. Now a Detective-2 with the LAPD's
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Stalin, Volume II

Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941

de Stephen Kotkin ...

Narrado por Paul Hecht ...

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49 hora 44 minutos

Pulitzer Prize-finalist Stephen Kotkin continues his definitive biography of Stalin, from collectivization and the Great Terror through to the coming of the conflict with Hitler's Germany that is the signal event of modern world history. When we left Stalin at the end of Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928, it was 1928, and he had finally climbed the mountaintop and achieved dictatorial power of ... Leer más

$39.99 USD

Pulitzer Prize-finalist Stephen Kotkin continues his definitive biography of Stalin, from collectivization and the Great Terror through to the coming of the conflict with Hitler's Germany that is the signal event of modern world history. When we left Stalin at the end of Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928, it was 1928, and he had finally climbed the mountaintop and achieved dictatorial power of
... Leer más
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The Fabulous Riverboat

de Philip José Farmer ...

Narrado por Paul Hecht ...

Series series Riverworld
Completo

9 hora 4 minutos

Resurrected on the lush, mysterious banks of Riverworld, along with the rest of humanity, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain) has a dream: to build a riverboat that will rival the most magnificent paddle-wheelers ever navigated on the mighty Mississippi. Then, to steer it up the endless waterway that dominates his new home planet—and at last discover its hidden source.But before he can ... Leer más

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Resurrected on the lush, mysterious banks of Riverworld, along with the rest of humanity, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain) has a dream: to build a riverboat that will rival the most magnificent paddle-wheelers ever navigated on the mighty Mississippi. Then, to steer it up the endless waterway that dominates his new home planet—and at last discover its hidden source.But before he can
... Leer más
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Inventing A Nation

Washington, Adams, Jefferson

de Gore Vidal ...

Narrado por Gore Vidal, Paul Hecht ...

Completo

5 hora 14 minutos

Gore Vidal, one of the master stylists of American literature and an acute observer of American life and history, turns his literary and historiographic talent to a portrait of the formidable trio of George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. In "Inventing a Nation", Vidal transports the reader into the minds, the living rooms (and bedrooms), the convention halls and the salons of ... Leer más

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Gore Vidal, one of the master stylists of American literature and an acute observer of American life and history, turns his literary and historiographic talent to a portrait of the formidable trio of George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. In "Inventing a Nation", Vidal transports the reader into the minds, the living rooms (and bedrooms), the convention halls and the salons of
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook