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No matter your dreams—whether it’s traveling the globe or creating meaningful adventures closer to home—this story proves that stepping away from the familiar, slowing down, and focusing on what truly matters can transform your life and your family’s perspective forever.

Der gestiefelte Kater Klassische Musik und Sprache erzählen ein Märchen von Charles Perrault. »… Als der Müller starb, erhielt der älteste Sohn die Mühle, der zweite bekam einen Esel und der dritte den Kater.

This podcast highlights the achievements of the Allamuchy Township Schools. It will highlight staff, students, and district initiatives. The goal is to support the sharing of information with the local and broader learning community. We are excited to share all the things that make our learning community amazing!

Over the last 150 years, historians and Americans have endlessly debated over the Civil War, including its causes and the best and worst generals. Nowhere has there been a sharper debate than over the career and legacy of George McClellan, with a majority viewing him as the North's biggest goat and a small but vocal minority insisting that McClellan was a very good general who was made a scapegoat by the Lincoln Administration and its supporters.

"Le Petit Poucet" d'Isabelle Aboulker est l'opéra pour enfants de référence avec plusieurs centaines de représentations à ce jour. Sa mise à disposition en livre audio nous a motivés pour commander à Isabelle Aboulker une autre création racontant l'histoire de "Cendrillon".

"La Belle au Bois dormant" est un conte populaire écrit par Charles Perrault. À l'occasion du baptême de leur fille, le roi et la reine organisent une fête somptueuse, invitant famille, amis et sept fées marraines bienveillantes de l'enfant. Chacune d'elles offre un don à la princesse : beauté, grâce, etc. Brusquement une vieille et méchante fée, qui n'a pas été invitée, se présente et lance à la princesse un charme mortel : à l'âge de ses quinze ou seize ans, la princesse se piquera le doigt sur le fuseau et en mourra.

In 1769, Captain James Cook’s historic expedition in the region would lead to an English claim on Australia, but before he reached Australia, he sailed near New Zealand and spent weeks mapping part of New Zealand’s coast. Thus, he was also one of the first to observe and take note of the indigenous peoples of the two islands.

A stunning portrait of the devastation left by the American Civil War, as seen through the eyes of a woman who played a part at the heart of it. With her marriage prospects ruined in the wake of her father's financial decline, teenage Varina Howell decides her best option is to wed the much older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects a life of security as a Mississippi landowner.

"La Belle et la Bête" : Belle, pour sauver son père de la menace de la Bête, accepte de quitter sa famille en devenant prisonnière du monstre. "Le petit Poucet" : Le petit Poucet et ses frères, abandonnés par leurs parents en plein forêt, devront ruser pour échapper à l'Ogre, amateur de chair fraîche. "Cendrillon" : La pauvre Cendrillon esclave de sa belle-mère et de ses demi-soeurs ne peut se rendre au bal donné par le Prince, c'est sans compter sur sa Marraine, la fée.

The Congress of Vienna, which took place over several months during 1814 and 1815, was an attempt to resolve the numerous challenges presented by Napoleon’s expansion and his subsequent defeat. The talks have been seen as a critical moment in European history, and depending on the point-of-view, the results were either a diplomatic breakthrough or the last gasps of the continent’s conservative elites. It was also a crucial step toward German unification, although this was not clear at the time.

This choice collection of spine tingling tales runs the gamut from slightly spooky to "I'm sleeping with all the lights on tonight!" A splendid grouping of tales from the pens of some of the great writers of the past. Enjoy these classic stories alone or with a friend, whenever your ears are free.

When Stephen Hawking died, he was widely recognized as the world's best physicist, and even its smartest person. He was neither. In Hawking Hawking, science journalist Charles Seife explores how Stephen Hawking came to be thought of as humanity's greatest genius. Hawking spent his career grappling with deep questions in physics, but his renown didn't rest on his science. He was a master of self-promotion, hosting parties for time travelers, declaring victory over problems he had not solved, and wooing billionaires.

Audible presents an original production of the aptly named The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Charles Dickens’ final, unfinished novel. Following his untimely death at the age of 58, Dickens managed to publish only six of the 12 planned instalments of the story. Though it has gone on to be one of his more popular titles and the source of inspiration for various television, stage and theatre adaptations, no one knows exactly how Dickens planned to end the mystery.

After his childhood is turned upside down, orphan David Copperfield is forced to navigate and survive the brutal world of the industrial poor. He'll cross classes and paths with kindred spirits, extended family, eccentrics, and adversaries. Throughout his journey into adulthood, he'll be befriended, loved, and conspired against. And each evolving adventure - comic, tragic, and romantic, both at home and abroad - will inform the observant young man's success as he becomes a novelist.

An assembly of family, friends, lovers, and enemies are ensnared by the long-running court case Jarndyce and Jarndyce. For orphan Esther Summerson, it might lead to the truth of her parentage. The arrogant Lady Dedlock fears the legal tangle could expose her secret. For the malevolent solicitor Mr. Tulkinghorn, the costly dispute is a gainful opportunity. As for John Jarndyce, Esther’s guardian and master of Bleak House, it’s a chance to correct the past. When questions of inheritance become a trigger for murder, the sharp-eyed Inspector Bucket enters the fray.

While the financial realities of trading in the stock market mean that it is little more than a dream for most people, options trading is more affordable while still offering much of the overall potential for profit. If you’re interested in learning more, then Options Trading: How to Increase Your Income at Low Risk is the book you are looking for. While once only the domain of the Wall Street elite, the ready availability of the Internet means that anyone can take advantage of this unique investment opportunity without shelling out big bucks for a traditional brokerage account.

A silent comedy star whose legendary slapstick routines are recognisable to this day, Charles 'Charlie' Chaplin's My Autobiography is an incomparably vivid account of the life of one of the greatest filmmakers and comedians, with an introduction by David Robinson

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Les œuvres essentielles d'Andersen et de Perrault, qui leur valut la célébrité mondiale, est constituée par leurs contes. S'inspirant des récits populaires, empruntant ses personnages et ses intrigues à la légende, à l'histoire ou à la vie quotidienne, leurs écrits sont destinés aux enfants, mais ils s'adressent aussi aux adultes par leur imagination poétique et surtout par le sens moral ou philosophique qui se cache derrière l'anecdote.

Un riche gentilhomme nommé Barbe-Bleue cherche une demoiselle à marier. Mais aucune jeune fille ne veut l'épouser à cause de sa barbe bleue qui le rend laid. L'étrange disparition de ses six anciennes épouses crée un mystère autour de ses mariages. L'une d'entre elles, cependant, accepte de l'épouser. Un jour, il part en voyage et lui confie toutes les clefs du château y compris celle de son cabinet secret duquel il lui interdit formellement l'accès sous peine de mort. Elle succombe à la tentation et découvre horrifiée les six précédentes épouses.