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Eine ungewöhnliche Sonnenfinsternis lockte eine Gruppe Wissenschaftler nach Paraguay, um einen lang verstorbenen Schamanen wiederzubeleben. Aber auch eine andere Expedition war sehr daran interessiert. Doch dafür benötigte diese das Herz eines lebenden Menschen.

Immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of family dynamics and cultural intersections as "Aunt Jane's Nieces On The Ranch" serves as a thematic anchor for a rotating collection of audiobooks. This series delves into the complexities of life on a ranch, where personal relationships and societal norms collide, highlighting themes of motherhood, racial tension, and the supernatural. Each episode invites listeners to explore the multifaceted experiences of characters navigating these challenges, from the intricacies of caregiving to the haunting mysteries of their surroundings. With every episode ...

Nuclear physics began long before the identification of fundamental particles, with J. J. Thomson's discovery of the electron at the end of the nineteenth century, which implied the existence of a positive charge in the atom to make it neutral. In this Very Short Introduction, Frank Close gives...

A private detective Johnny Liddell faces a daunting challenge. A powerful crime organization is terrorizing the docks, and Liddell is determined to take them down. With his sights set on the ruthless leader, Marty Regan, Liddell must navigate a world filled with danger and deceit. As he gathers evidence to pin a dope charge on Regan, he encounters fierce resistance from the lowest thugs to the highest bosses. But he’s not alone in this fight. With help from a tenacious journalist, a dedicated police inspector, and a maritime insurance company, Liddell is ready to confront the chaos head-on. ...

Frank Sans C donne la parole à celles et ceux qui font vivre l’horlogerie. Journalistes spécialisés, experts, collectionneurs, horlogers, dirigeants de manufactures et passionnés se retrouvent autour de conversations longues, accessibles et sans langue de bois. Nouveautés, grandes maisons, montres iconiques, tendances, technique, marché et culture horlogère : chaque épisode prend le temps d’explorer les sujets qui animent les amateurs comme les collectionneurs.

Dieses erzählende Sachhörbuch entführt Jung und Alt in das bunte Alltagsleben der römischen Antike am Golf von Neapel. Spannende Geschichten rund um den Vesuvausbruch und das Leben in Pompeji lassen Geschichte lebendig werden: Ob Gladiator, Händlerin, Schauspieler oder Sklavin – jede Figur erzählt aus ihrer eigenen Perspektive und gibt dabei faszinierende Einblicke in das Leben vor fast 2000 Jahren. Begleitet werden die Erzählungen von stimmungsvoller Musik und kindgerecht aufbereiteten Informationen zum Alltag im antiken Pompeji.

Buccaneers is non-fiction, a highly readable history of how piracy began and spread throughout the region in response to the plundering of Spanish colonialism. It is written with great flair for the dramatic by the author of The Lady or the Tiger? If you care to read along while listening, the online text features a facsimile version of Buccaneers & Pirates that includes an antique map of the Caribbean which is a nice reference for readers and listeners for islands’ names, ports, hideaways, and buried treasure! (Summary by Denny Sayers)

Weekly quick take on US stocks from the prospective of a value investor. Brian Frank is a Registered Investment Advisor with over 20 years experience researching small and mid cap stocks. He manages separate accounts and is the portfolio manager of the Frank Value Fund. This podcast shows how a value framework can remove the emotion and guesswork from investing. As an unconstrainted active manager, Brian often finds opportunities in special situations like spinoffs, chapter 11 emergence, non-indexed securities, material stock repurchases, asset sales, and more.

Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad is the second of the ten book series of Aunt Jane's Nieces. The story continues with the three much loved girls - the sweet and generous Patsy, the cunning Louise, and the sullen Beth. This time they're on a tour of Europe with their down-to-earth uncle John Merrick. The benevolent uncle and his nieces meet mysterious and sinister Victor Valdi, his daughter Tato, and a pretend nobleman, Count Ferralti, who fancies Louise. The story revolves around travel and kidnapping, and the subsequent adventures of the three young girls, told in Baum's own inimitable style that ...

Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation is a juvenile novel for girls, written by L. Frank Baum. It is the seventh in the ten volumes in the Aunt Jane's Nieces series, and carries forward the continuing story of the three cousins Lousie Merrick Weldon, Patsy Doyle, and Elizabeth De Graf. Like all the books in the series, it was issued under Baum's "Edith Van Dyne" pseudonym. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia)

The novel carries forward the continuing story of the three cousins Louise Merrick, Beth De Graf, and Patsy Doyle, and their circle. The title is somewhat misleading; it could more accurately have been called Aunt Jane's Nieces in Politics. (Uncle John Merrick tells his nieces that politics is "work," which yields the title.) The story begins three days after the end of the previous book, Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville; the freckled and red-haired Patsy still sports a sunburn from her summer in the Adirondacks. She and Louise have received letters from their "cousin" Kenneth Forbes, the young...

Before he wrote the Oz books, L. Frank Baum wrote this book which was the best selling book of 1897. Taking 22 beloved nursery rhymes, he explains their meaning and fascinating history. What is the true story of Little Boy Blue? Why was Mary contrary?As he says in the introduction, "Many of these nursery rhymes are complete tales in themselves, telling their story tersely but completely; there are others which are but bare suggestions, leaving the imagination to weave in the details of the story. Perhaps therein may lie part of their charm, but however that may be I have thought the children ...

A guest sits down on the couch and tells Dr. Francis about their life. Dr. Francis takes it seriously. Dr. Francis is not a licensed Dr., but a Dr. sort of like Dr. Dre and Doc Martin. That is the whole show. Not A Licensed Couch is a session where real people and masked people get the same thing: someone who listens like it matters. It does. Seriously. He listens. He cares. Like, a lot.

Written under pseudonym of Edith Van Dyne. The story continues the adventures of three cousins, Louise, Patsy and Beth,with their debuts in society and the appearance of suitors, one of whom is rejected and kidnaps Louise. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)

Jane Merrick is a wealthy, elderly, difficult invalid woman who is preparing for her approaching death. In her youth, she inherited her money and estate from her fiancé, Thomas Bradley, who died before their wedding took place. With no children of her own, she calls for her three teenaged nieces to visit her, so she can decide who will inherit her estate. They are Louise Merrick, Elizabeth De Graf, and Patsy Doyle, children of Jane's younger brother and sisters. Each of the three cousins is a different type. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Emily es aclamada una heroína por los pueblos keplerianos, pero su mayor desafío aún está por llegar. Para enfrentarse a la amenaza que se cierne sobre ellos tendrá que convencer a quienes han decidido quedarse al margen.

Thirty four whimsical, tongue-in-cheek, and entertaining essays about not much in particular, published in 1902, by one of the most popular writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The American Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) was an artist, art critic, poet, author, and humorist. Nonsense verse (none in this collection) was a specialty. - Summary by David Wales

Frank Boreham was a well known preacher who served in England, Australia, and New Zealand. He published dozens of books and thousands of editorials during his lifetime, with no sign of slowing down, even up until his death at age 88. He wrote with a distinctive style, seeming to be able to draw a spiritual lesson out of any conceivable topic. Boreham admits that this volume is but a collection of his reflections on things. But he hopes that by viewing the reflections, we will be more apt to take notice of the things themselves than if we had looked directly at them in full light of day. - ...

How to Live an Analog Life in a Digital World is a self-help workbook about how to take back some of the control that our phones/devices have in our daily lives. It offers realistic, inexpensive activities that you can do to navigate the powerful influence of technology.

Author Frank J. Adkins, a lecturer at Cambridge University, arranged a series of European history lectures at the beginning of World War I for war-related organizations in the Sheffield area. Adkins expanded those lectures into long essays for publication as a book in 1915. The essays examine several centuries of history of Germany, France, England, and the Slavs, and they show how these histories contributed to the conflict that broke out in 1914. - Summary by Ted Lienhart