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BBC R4 Book of the Week ‘Brilliant’ Guardian ‘Fascinating and often delightful’ The Times What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter? In Other Minds, Peter...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'In this thought-provoking book, Massimo Pigliucci shares his journey of discovering the power of Stoic practices in a philosophical dialogue with one of Stoicism's greatest teachers.' RYAN HOLIDAY, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY AND THE DAILY STOIC Who...

No American city was more important to the Nazis than Los Angeles, home to Hollywood, the greatest propaganda machine in the world. The Nazis plotted to kill the city's Jews and to sabotage the nation's military installations: plans existed for hanging 20 prominent Hollywood figures such as Al Jolson, Charlie Chaplin, and Samuel Goldwyn; for driving through Boyle Heights and machine-gunning as many Jews as possible; and for blowing up defense installations and seizing munitions from National Guard armories along the Pacific Coast.

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before. The audiobook of Raising Steam is narrated by Richard Coyle, who starred as Moist von Lipwig in the television adaptation of Going...

Sequel to The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. First published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories.

Globi findet beim Graben in seinem Garten viel Schrott. Umgehend bringt er das Zeug zur Entsorgungsstelle. Und dort beginnt sein neues Abenteuer. Fasziniert von den Hallen, Verbrennungsöfen, Müllwagen und Baggern lässt er sich alles zeigen und erklären. Was wird recycelt, was verbrannt, was passiert mit dem Rest? Wie und wo überall wird Müll gesammelt, verarbeitet und was braucht es dafür? Er fährt auf dem Müllwagen mit und sammelt Müll ein, er darf das Putzwägelchen steuern, Strassen putzen, bemalte Mauern sandstrahlen, See und Flüsse säubern.

Tobias Smollett, in his creation of the Scot Roderick Random, exposes the sheer incompetence and injustice of the Royal Navy, as well as the snobbery and hypocrisy prevalent in English middle-class society at the time. Set in the mid-18th century, this picaresque novel follows the life and adventures of Roderick, the eponymous hero who has been shunned by his gentleman father's family on the basis of the lowliness of his mother's family.

Peter Wickham talks about the infamous libertine Giacomo Casanova, and his explosive autobiography, The Story of My Life. Perhaps best known for his serial womanizing, Casanova led an extraordinary life with many wild and incredible adventures, many of which are contained in The Story of My Life. Listen to The Story of My Life, read by Peter Wickham.

Rusty Sabin was a child when Cheyenne Indians raided the Sabin homestead and killed his mother. Just before she died, she put a rawhide cord with a green scabbard around his neck. Raised by Spotted Antelope and Bitter Root, Rusty, now known as Red Hawk, refuses the compulsory and brutal initiation into the tribe when he is 15. Abandoned as dead by his Cheyenne family, Red Hawk takes the advice of a white trader and rides to Witherell, the nearest settlement of whites.

The story of Geralt of Rivia continues as war rages on in this epic fantasy—now, the story of The Witcher continues in the saga that inspired the second season of the Netfix series. Blood of Elves: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! *...

In Norditalien stellen die Freunde aus dem Camp Kreidezeit zusammen mit Gia Nachforschungen über eine mysteriöse Feder an und finden Beunruhigendes heraus. Währenddessen treffen Brooklynn und Santos in Malta ihren neuen Partner Lewis Dodgson. In der Gruppe herrscht Uneinigkeit darüber, ob man Brooklynn über den Weg trauen kann. Ein Dinosaurier wird eingefangen und abtransportiert.

The Story of My Life is the explosive and exhilarating autobiography by the infamous libertine Giacomo Casanova. Intense and scandalous, Casanova's extraordinary adventures take the listener on an incredible voyage across 18th-century Europe - from France to Russia, Poland to Spain, and Turkey to Germany, with Venice at their heart.

The Story of My Life is the explosive and exhilarating autobiography by the infamous libertine Giacomo Casanova. Intense and scandalous, Casanova’s extraordinary adventures take the listener on an incredible voyage across 18th-century Europe - from France to Russia, Poland to Spain and Turkey to Germany, with Venice at their heart. He falls madly in love, has wild flings and delirious orgies, and encounters some of the most brilliant figures of his time, including Catherine the Great, Louis XV, and Benjamin Franklin.

Ajahn Chah was admired for the way he demystified the Buddhist teachings, presenting them in a remarkably simple and down-to-earth style for people of any background. He was a major influence and mentor for a generation of American Buddhist teachers. Previous books by Ajahn Chah have consisted of collections of short teachings on a wide variety of subjects. This new book focuses on the theme of impermanence, offering powerful remedies for overcoming our deep-seated fear of change, including guidance on letting go of attachments, living in the present, and taking up the practice of meditation.

Memory is, without a doubt, the most powerful (and practical) tool of everyday life. By linking both your past and your future, memory gives you the power to plan, to reason, to perceive, and to understand. Yet while all of us have an amazing capacity for memory, there are plenty of times when it seems to fail us. Why does this happen? And how can you fix it? In Scientific Secrets for a Powerful Memory, you’ll explore the real research on how memory functions - and then apply these findings to help you make better use of the memory abilities you have.

Alan Dean Foster is the acclaimed author of movie tie-ins for Star Wars, Alien and Transformers. He was awarded the IAMTW Grand Master Scribe Award in 2008. He is also a best-selling science fiction and fantasy author in his own right, including the popular Pip & Flinx novels and the Founding of the Commonwealth series.

Maud Demille is a daughter of Innkeepers—a special group who provide ‘lodging’ to other-planetary visitors—so she knows that a simple life isn't in the cards. But even Maud could never have anticipated what Fate would throw at her. Once a wife to a powerful vampire knight, Maud and her young daughter, Helen, were exiled with him for his treachery to the desolate, savage planet of Karhari.

eine Sammlung zusammenhängender Gedichte, die Momente aus verschiedenen Epochen der Geschichte zusammenführt, Zeitgeflechte, die zu einem lebendigen Motivteppich verwoben sind. Eine Übung in den vielfältigen Dimensionen der Zeit und eine Hommage an die schwachen Stimmen der Geschichte Eleni...

"Elvis ist verschwunden!" Mit diesen Worten erhält Freddy Spieker, Blues-Musiker und Detektiv aus dem Ruhrgebiet den Auftrag, den vermissten allseits bekannten Straßensänger wiederzufinden. Bei seinen Recherchen glaubt er auf ein großes Geheimnis zu stoßen. Aber die eigentliche Frage ist: Warum entführt man einen Obdachlosen? Freddy fährt mit seiner Band nach Bad Nauheim, wo Elvis Presley während seiner Armeezeit in Deutschland gewohnt hat und ermittelt.

Gabriel Allon erhält den Auftrag, eines der bedeutendsten Gemälde Venedigs zu restaurieren. Doch als er die Leiche einer mysteriösen Frau in den Gewässern der venezianischen Lagune entdeckt, gerät er in einen verzweifelten Wettlauf um ein verloren geglaubtes Meisterwerk von Leonardo da Vinci. Das Gemälde – ein Porträt eines wunderschönen jungen Mädchens – hat über ein Jahrhundert lang unbeachtet in einem Lagerraum der Vatikanischen Museen gelegen, falsch zugeordnet und unter einem wertlosen Bild eines unbekannten Künstlers verborgen.