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Es wird alles immer schlimmer, eine schreckliche Nachricht jagt die andere: Die Reichen werden reicher, die Armen ärmer. Es gibt immer mehr Kriege, Gewaltverbrechen, Naturkatastrophen. Viele Menschen tragen solche beängstigenden Bilder im Kopf. Doch sie liegen damit grundfalsch. Unser Gehirn verführt uns zu einer dramatisierenden Weltsicht, die mitnichten der Realität entspricht, wie der geniale Statistiker und Wissenschaftler Hans Rosling erklärt.

Es 1984. Winston Smith vive sólo en Londres. Es un rebelde encubierto conspirando su fuga del Partido: una dictadura mortal liderada por El Gran Hermano. Winston sueña con encontrar la libertad, el amor y la paz: todo lo que está prohibido. Su resistencia podría...

Olvídate de PowerPoint y aprende a cautivar a cualquier audiencia con el poder de un buen pitch El experto en comunicación Danny Fontaine nos enseña cómo transformar el acto de presentar en una experiencia emocionante y creativa. Basándose en su amplia trayectoria, expone las claves...

Kali liebt romantische Komödien. So sehr, dass sie sich wünscht, selbst in einer zu leben. Als sie während der Aufnahmeprüfung an der Filmakademie einen Nervenzusammenbruch hat, flüchtet sie heulend auf die Toilette – ganz wie eine klassische RomCom-Heldin. Und genau wie im Film begegnet sie dort ihrem vermeintlichen Traumprinzen: Aus der Kabine nebenan redet ihr ein mysteriöser Regiestudent gut zu. Doch kaum hat Kali ihr Drehbuchstudium begonnen, merkt sie, dass Rei alles andere ist als der sympathische Typ, den sie sich ausgemalt hat.

Sharp teeth, hair trailing all the way to the floor, nails as long as daggers, a lean, elegant body . . . A beauty, right? Not really! I'll curse that prince, I swear by myself, I'll curse the bastard! But let him live for now. Then the heavens started cracking. It was an invasion, may Reyna be...

Fish, how dare you try to bite off my . . . ahem . . . ever mind what! You even took a chunk out of my friend! But that's fine. Where others give up, the God of Death finds opportunity and grows stronger! There are many trials ahead of me. Especially the ones with Reyna's church. But I am a...

Drawing on over two decades of research in and on China and on extensive reviews of current scholarship, China: The Basics introduces listeners to the key aspects of Chinese society, culture, and politics. The book provides an empirically rich overview of China's global position and the...

Black Beauty is a fictional autobiographical memoir told by a horse, who recounts many tales, both of cruelty and kindness. The title page of the first edition states that it was "Translated from the Original Equine by Anna Sewell." It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she was confined to her house as an invalid. After its publication in 1877, Sewell lived just long enough to see her first and only novel become an immediate bestseller, as well as it encouraging the better treatment of many cruelly-treated animals. Although initially intended for people who work with ...

Black Beauty is a fictional autobiographical memoir told by a horse, who recounts many tales, both of cruelty and kindness. The title page of the first edition states that it was "Translated from the Original Equine by Anna Sewell." After its publication in 1877, Sewell lived just long enough to see her first and only novel become an immediate bestseller, as well as it encouraging the better treatment of many cruelly-treated animals. Although initially intended for people who work with horses, it soon became a children's classic. While outwardly teaching animal welfare, it also contains ...

Black Beauty follows the life of a young foal from his early days in the countryside onwards. As he is bought and sold, Black Beauty is exposed to all manners of trades and lifestyles a horse could find themselves in Victorian England: a squire's riding horse, a hard-driven cab horse, a cart-horse. On this journey, Black Beauty sees the best and worst of mankind through his ever-changing masters and mistresses, and the stories of the other horses he encounters and befriends. Told from the titular character's perspective, the story focuses on the treatment of horses at the time, but honesty and...

"Now who ever heard of a fish's setting up and telling his own story...I am not a bit proud but just a good natured chap that has decided to spin a sea yard for the amusement, and I hope the instruction, it may be of young Folks, being perfectly willing that older Folks should hear it too, if they like." Summary by Lord Dolphin

La vita di Giulia è sospesa tra il silenzio assordante della sua casa veneziana e il fiume di vita del mondo esterno. Il padre medico, rigido e tutto preso da un suo ideale di scienza, tenta di controllare ossessivamente ogni "anomalia" della casa e della moglie. La madre, invece, è un'esteta che lotta contro l'oscurità con velluti, colori e rossetto rosso, ma spesso si ritira nella penombra della sua stanza.

Frida ist arbeitslos, wurde von ihrem Freund verlassen und braucht dringend einen neuen Job. Auf einer Hochzeit im Stockholmer Schärengarten trifft sie den Jugendfreund ihres Bruders, Micke, in den sie damals heimlich verliebt war, und der ihr jetzt ein fragwürdiges Angebot macht: sie soll bei einer Reise nach Griechenland mit seiner schrecklichen Familie seine Freundin spielen. Aber Micke ist ein berüchtigter Casanova, das weiß auch Fridas Bruder. Dennoch ist Frida neugierig – schließlich hat sie nichts zu verlieren.

Black Beauty is Anna Sewell’s first and only novel. The story is told in the “first person” (or first horse) as an autobiographical memoir of a high-bred horse named Black Beauty, from his carefree days as a foal on an English farm, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country. Along the way, he meets with many hardships and recounts many tales of cruelty and kindness. Each short chapter recounts an incident in Black Beauty’s life containing a lesson or moral typically related to the kindness, sympathy, and understanding treatment of horses. (...

The same beloved story of the adventures of a young horse that we all know and love, but rewritten by the author for young people. All of the pathos, tenderness and fun are still there, just written for a younger audience. While forthrightly teaching animal welfare, it also teaches how to treat people with kindness, sympathy, and respect. (Summary by phil chenevert and Wikipedia)

The story of Ker-Chunk, the frog, and his friends on the Long Pond. How he became known as the Rock-Frog and was called Judge Ker-Chunk, due to the wisdom he dispensed to the froglings who came and visited his rock. his encounters with the large frog Boom-a-Room, and his encounters with nature are all told in a story designed for the child in all of us. - Summary by DrPGould

Einst war das alte China von Magie durchdrungen. Doch vor 300 Jahren versiegte das spirituelle Qi der Himmel und der Erde. Seitdem konnten Missgunst und Feindseligkeit unter den Menschen ungehindert wachsen. Nun steht die Welt kurz davor, endgültig in Chaos und Zerstörung zu versinken. Von den einst mächtigen Exorzisten ist nur noch einer übrig: der junge Chen Xing. Es ist seine Aufgabe, die Apokalypse zu verhindern. Chen Xings einzige magische Fähigkeit, die Herzlampe, führt ihn zu dem Mann, den das Schicksal zu seinem Beschützer bestimmt hat: dem geheimnisvollen Xiang Shu.

After leaving my abusive ex-husband, I'm determined to make a life for my son and me, but nothing could have prepared me for him. Chase Williams. Broody. Damaged. Reclusive. He's been keeping to his ranch ever since he retired from the army. The scars on his body tell a story of pain and loss, and there is no denying the demons of the past hiding behind his serious gaze. Chase claims he isn't anybody's savior, and yet, he keeps coming to my rescue. Now that we're next-door neighbors, it's impossible to stay away.

Zwischen Business & Bauchgefühl – der Podcast zwischen Selbstständigkeit, Stallalltag und echtem Leben.Mit Anna Hübner und Chiara Lischka erwarten dich ehrliche Gespräche über das, was hinter den Kulissen passiert – in der Pferdebranche und weit darüber hinaus.Zwischen Verantwortung für Tiere, wirtschaftlichem Druck und der eigenen Entwicklung sprechen die beiden über die Realität der Selbstständigkeit: ungefiltert, nahbar und ohne Hochglanzfilter.Aber: Nicht alles ist schwer.Denn zwischen Chaos, Zweifeln und langen Tagen im Stall gibt es auch diese Momente, in denen einfach ...

A timeless reference book for children and teachers on studying natural history and the natural world. This recording covers Part II - Animal Study including Chapter II - Fish Study, Chapter III - Batrachian Study, and Chapter IV - Reptile Study. (Summary by Jill Engle)