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Dieses Hörbuch bietet einen klar strukturierten und zugleich leicht zugänglichen Einstieg in die englische Sprache. Es richtet sich gezielt an Einsteiger und legt den Fokus auf Verständlichkeit, Wiederholung und alltagsnahen Wortschatz, der unmittelbar angewendet werden kann. Typische Situationen aus dem täglichen Leben dienen als Grundlage, um zentrale Ausdrücke und Satzstrukturen schrittweise zu verinnerlichen.

April 1897. Auf dem Brocken wird ein verbotenes Ritual vorbereitet – und etwas hört zu. Als eine junge Schottin spurlos verschwindet, wendet sich Karl May an Sherlock Holmes. Die Spur führt in den Harz – an einen Ort, an dem Mythen nicht vergangen sind.

This work according to the subtitle is "a chronicle of American life in the reign of the Georges." It describes land, locales, houses, habits, diversions, learning, religion, labor, and travel.

Ein gefallener Football-Star. Ein Skandal, der alles zerstören könnte. Und eine Liebe, die niemals hätte passieren dürfen. Cole will an der Whitestone University nur eines – einen Neuanfang. Nach einem Skandal, der beinahe seine Karriere beendet hätte, bekommt er hier eine zweite Chance. Arias Bruder ist der gefeierte Tight End der Whitestone Wreckers und ausgerechnet Neuling Cole will ihm seinen Platz streitig machen.

After a strange event at the Raymond First Church, Reverend Henry Maxwell asks his congregation a startling question: Will they pledge to try and do only what Jesus would for an entire year? Even more important, however is the question: Who will follow through the whole way? - Summary by Adele de Pignerolles Narrated by: Glenn Koster, Jr. and Maggie Travers Rev. Henry Maxwell: Larry Wilson Mary Maxwell, Letter writer 4, Loreen, Rose Sterling, and Carlsen: Beth Thomas Tramp and the Bishop: David Olson Choir Soprano, Rachel Winslow, Girl 2, and Rough: Adele de Pignerolles Choir Alto, Customer, ...

Stuart Duncan arrives home from college to find the workers in his father's mine on the brink of a strike. Leading the strike is Stuart's boyhood friend, Eric Vassal. Will they be estranged by the opposing forces? Or can they learn to work together as Stuart learns the true meaning of being His Brother's Keeper? (Summary by Adele de Pignerolles)

Compiled from his Diary, Letters, and Records by His Wife and Private Secretary. Volume 1: 1834-1854 - Summary from Title Page

Brown vs. explores the history, culture, influence, and lived experiences of people of color through meaningful conversations, untold stories, and thoughtful reflection. From history and identity to culture, leadership, and everyday lived experience, we create space for truth, perspective, and connection. Brown vs. covers stories that deserve to be heard, understood, and remembered and examines the forces that communities have had to push against while celebrating the voices, contributions, and resilience that continue to shape our societies.

Rev. Mark Spencer is about to give up on writing his sermon one Saturday night when the Devil comes to him and tries to discourage him by reminding him how few of the people who have pledged themselves to make their motto, 'For Christ and the Church' keep it. The minister decides to preach a sermon like nothing the people in his congregation have ever heard before--a sermon that stirs them to action and to give themselves fully to God. A sermon that urges them to pledge themselves again to Christ and the Church! - Summary by Esther ben SimonidesCast ListRev. Mark Spencer: David OlsonThe Devil:...

I have been Simon Feximal's companion, assistant, and chronicler for 20 years now, and during that time my Casebooks of Feximal the Ghost-Hunter have spread the reputation of this most accomplished of ghost-hunters far and wide. Here is how my association with Feximal came about. I dare say it may not be quite what you expect.

Shakespeare's most powerful female character, her historical inspiration, and her reinventions in performance through the centuries. She is more violent than Lady Macbeth, more complex than Ophelia, more strategic than King Lear’s daughters. She is the only Shakespearean character, male or...

Tout commence plutôt calmement. Tim et Hutch, deux gangsters tout droit sortis d'un film de Tarantino, viennent secouer un type qui doit quelques milliers de dollars à leur boss, un mafieux local. La routine, en somme. Jusqu'à ce que Hutch découvre une main tranchée dans le frigo du type en question. Étrange? Et ce n'est qu'un début. Car à partir de là, tout part en vrille. En quelques heures seulement, on se dirige à vitesse grand V vers l'apocalypse. Rien que ça. Au menu?

"Samuel Langhorne Clemens", "Mark Twain At Home", "Youth of Mark Twain" & "Mark Twain Gossip" Published in the June 16, 1888 edition of "Literature - An Illustrated Weekly Magazine" (Vol. 1, No. 17) these four, early magazine articles about Mark Twain fill in and analyze areas of Twain's persona for the first time. "Mark Twain At Home" was originally published in the London, England "World". ( John Greenman)

The story needs no introduction. Ebenezer Scrooge. The three spirits. Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim. Jacob Marley rattling his chains through the cold London night. These are among the most recognizable characters in all of literature, and yet the story earns its emotional power every single time. Dickens knew exactly what he was doing—building a ghost story with a warm heart at its center, one that manages to be genuinely eerie, deeply funny, and quietly devastating within the span of a single sitting.

Amid the upheaval in the Islamic world following Muhammad’s death, the Umayyad Caliphate lasted for less than a century, but it spent that time becoming one of the most influential of the major caliphates. Its official existence was from 661-750, and the rulers were the male members of the Umayyad dynasty, roughly translated from Arabic as the “Sons of Umayyah.” Its primary base of power was in Syria following the creation of a dynastic, hereditary rule headed by one of Syria’s long-lasting governors, Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan.

A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by Chapman & Hall on 17 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visits of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. ( Summary by Wikipedia )

This 1925 collection of extensive essays (a second book following the first of similar title) comprises well written biographies of a few famous folk. The life narratives include analyses of medical and/or psychological elements in each person’s life. Biographies include Samuel Johnson, King Henry VI, King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, Mary Tudor, Queen Elizabeth I, Ivan The Terrible, Martin Luther, Henry Fielding King James I (VI), King Charles I, King Charles II, Catherine of Braganza, Nell Gwynn, Henri Quatre, Marguerite de Valois, Frederick The Great, The Children’s Crusade, Some ...

This little book by the British military historian, Charles Oman, begins with the accession of the warrior king, Edward III, to the English throne in 1327 and ends with the downfall of Richard III at Bosworth Field in 1485. By carrying the story of the Hundred Years' War through the Wars of the Roses, Oman portrays this era of battle and plague within the larger context of the dynastic struggles and civil wars which destabilized England and left France vulnerable to invasion and conquest. Summary by Pamela Nagami.

This is a historical account of the early years of Pocahontas. She had a significant role in the early interactions between the Indigenous peoples and English settlers. Her compassion for the English settlers was exhibited in her encounter with Captain John Smith. The book also recounts her marriage to John Rolfe, her conversion to Christianity, her life in England and includes a look at her father, the powerful Powhatan, chief of her tribe.

"It is many years since Dr. Samuel Johnson advised me to get a little book, and write in it all the Anecdotes which might come to my knowledge, all the Observations which I might make or hear, all the verses never likely to be published and in fine everything which struck me at the time. Mr. Thrale has now treated me with a Repository, and provided it with the pompous title "Thraliana." I must endeavour to fill it with nonsense, new and old." Selections from the intimate record of her life from 1776 to 1809 by the hostess and friend of Dr Johnson (and the friend of his friends) selected and ...