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From the best-selling author of The Seven Storey Mountain, essential listening for Christians, Catholics, and all wisdom seekers. A leading Christian intellectual and a global citizen, Thomas Merton was known for his mission to understand and learn from other cultures’ worldviews and...

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Dive into ten gripping accounts from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a time when the vast oceans were fraught with peril. Presented as captivating stories by ‚AúUncle Thomas‚Aù (the author Thomas Bingley) to a group of eager young listeners, this collection begins with the fictional adventures of Captain Richard Falconer (the pseudonym of William Rufus Chetwood) and continues with nine harrowing true tales of maritime misfortune. While these narratives are crafted for a younger audience, they are sure to enthrall adults who share a passion for tales of the sea and its many ...

In seinem ersten Roman »Buddenbrooks« erzählt Thomas Mann nur wenig verschlüsselt die Geschichte seiner Familie und ihrer Stellung in der Vaterstadt Lübeck, soweit er sie nachvollziehen, in Einzelheiten überblicken konnte, ja sogar noch miterlebt hat. Verwandte, Honoratioren und markante Persönlichkeiten seiner Jugend werden integriert. Es ist die Geschichte des langsamen Niedergangs einer reichen Kaufmannsfamilie über vier Generationen hinweg. Gert Westphal liest diesen epochalen Roman in ganzer Länge.

An incisive, culturally observant analysis of the evolving mores, manners and taboos of social justice (“anti-racist”) orthodoxy, which has profoundly influenced how we think about diversity and freedom of expression, often with complex or paradoxical consequences. In this provocative book...

Amid the turmoil of the 2008 recession that threatens her career, Lea Johnson, a behavioral researcher dedicated to curing post-traumatic stress disorder, is also struggling to save her marriage. When her husband, Jay, is brutally attacked during an attempted robbery, Lea is shaken to realize that being an expert in fear doesn't make her an expert in healing her own husband's trauma. Things take a dark turn when Jay confronts a young trespasser outside their home, only for the boy to be reported missing shortly after.

Begun five years after he entered the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, The Sign of Jonas is an extraordinary view of Merton's life in a Trappist monastery, and it serves also as a spiritual log recording the deep meaning and increasing sureness he felt in his vocation: the growth of a mind that finds in its contracted physical world new intellectual and spiritual dimensions.

Colomba Caselli ist ehemalige Polizistin mit einer traumatischen Vergangenheit und arbeitet als Privatdetektivin. In einem gläsernen Wolkenkratzer Mailands wird der Ex-Fußballstar Jesús Martínez tot in einer Kryosauna aufgefunden – ein technischer Defekt? Unwahrscheinlich, denn Martínez war einer der reichsten Männer der Welt. Colomba ermittelt gemeinsam mit ihrem Partner Dante Torre. Bald wird klar: Martínez war nicht das einzige Opfer unter den Superreichen. Zeitgleich kursiert im Netz ein gefährlicher Slogan: »Tötet die Reichen«.

DEN CHOCKERANDE INSIKTEN OM VARFÖR ALLA LJUGER Studier visar att personer som aldrig tidigare träffats ljuger för varandra upp till tre gånger inom de första fem minuterna. Är det verkligen sant? Via kända lögnare, enkla avkodningstekniker och underhållande anekdoter visar boken hur du...

Mange døde efter et angreb på et fodboldstadium. En kendt animationsfigur og en flygtet livstidsfange på hævntogt. Og en række gamle voldtægtssager i Irland. Det er centrale begivenheder, som politiet og efterretningstjenesten beder Jacob Detlev om hjælp til at opklare i sin egenskab af...

A unique and perfectly brilliant way of learning languages. - Stephen Fry in Rescuing the Spectacled Bear Looking for a convenient intermediate language course that fits your lifestyle and gets you speaking a new language in a matter of weeks, not years? The original no-books, no-homework...

HANNIBAL LECTER WASN'T BORN A MONSTER. HE WAS MADE ONE. Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front of World War II, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck. He will not speak of what happened to him and his family. He seems utterly alone, but he has brought his...

The inspiration for One Battle After Another "Quite simply, one of those books that will make this world - our world, our daily chemical-preservatice, plastic-wrapped bread - a little more tolerable, a little more human . . . [Pynchon's] voice - absolutely unmistakeable and absolutely inimitable...

Die rasante Reise durch den Körper eines Superschurken Bei den drei Superbrillen – Kiste, Chip und Nudel – steht mal wieder alles auf dem Spiel: Erzbösewicht Rupert von Raffzahn hat Chips Vater, den genialen Erfinder Johann Nepomuk von Seidel, entführt und erpresst nun die Regierung!...

A quiet summer night...a neat suburban house...and another innocent, happy family is shattered -- the latest victims of a grisly series of hideous sacrificial killings that no one understands, and no one can stop. Nobody lives to tell of the unimaginable carnage. Only the blood-stained walls...

The British Classics Collection – Volume 2 steps into the grand world of 18th, 19th, and 20th-century British literature to create a compelling anthology featuring iconic works that span time and genres. From the whimsy of Alice in Wonderland to the mystery of The Woman in White, the philosophical insights of The Waste Land and the unforgettable detective stories of Sherlock Holme, this volume offers a rich variety of British literary masterpieces.

The Lost Generation Collection is a powerful anthology of literature and poetry that captures the angst and introspection of the post-World War I era. These iconic works explore the depths of human suffering, identity, and transformation, showcasing some of the most profound voices of the 20th...

Thomas Wolfe’s first novel, Look Homeward, Angel, is at once a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story and a dark novel depicting a cynical post-war world view. The book follows the life of Eugene Gant, a young man driven by passion, intellect, and a search for something greater than himself. His earliest years in rural North Carolina include a wonderful education in poetry and literature against the backdrop of a loving, but tumultuous family life.

Discover Thomas Mann's comic novel of deception and misplaced confidence. Waiter by day, man about Paris by night; the young and good looking Felix Krull has created for himself a personality to charm and deceive the world of wealth. When the Marquis de Venosta makes him a proposal that he can't...

La guía definitiva para aprender a identificar y alejarse de las personas abusivas por el autor de la serie «Rodeados de…» Cuidado con los psicópatas, pueden estar donde menos te lo esperas. Suelen presentarse como personas carismáticas, agradables, encantadoras y atentas. Sin embargo...