28 Results for : briefest
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Why Spencer Perceval Had to Die: The Assassination of a British Prime Minister , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 497min
On the afternoon of May 11, 1812, Spencer Perceval, the all-powerful prime minister of Great Britain, was fatally shot at short range in the lobby of Parliament by John Bellingham, a Liverpool businessman. Perceval polarized public opinion: Revered by some and hated by others for his fight against the lucrative slave trade, he domineeringly kept Britain at war against Napoléon and was driving her into war with the United States despite the huge economic drain of each, raising taxes to new heights to finance his decisions. Bellingham was not alone in blaming Perceval and his government for their ruinous policies; indeed, he claimed to have killed Perceval "as a matter of justice," and believed he would not only be exonerated, but also applauded for his action. But he was not to enjoy relief; within a week, granted the briefest of trials that trampled his right to due process, he was hanged. In Why Spencer Perceval Had to Die, Andro Linklater examines the assassination against the dramatic events of the time with the eye and insight of the finest detective. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephen Rashbrook. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/004381/bk_adbl_004381_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Mark: Miracles and Mercy, The Passion Translation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 121min
God has given the world a treasure with the gospel of Mark! Mark unveils the Lord Jesus as the true servant of God - holy, harmless, and merciful! As God’s servant, we find Jesus healing, teaching, and working wonders throughout this beautiful gospel. Mark records nearly three times as many miracles as parables. As the briefest of the four gospels, you’ll enjoy hearing of Jesus’ supreme power over both the invisible and visible worlds. He is master over creation, man, and the devil, for he is the perfect servant who came to do the God's will. Mercy triumphs in every page of Mark’s gospel. You will fall in love with this splendid man, Jesus Christ, as you listen to the inspired account of his life. Now is the time to become a fervent follower of the servant of the Lord! "Then Jesus said to her, “Daughter, because you dared to believe, your faith has healed you. Go with peace in your heart, and be free from your suffering!” - Mark 5:34 ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brian Simmons. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/117259/bk_acx0_117259_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Thousand Lifetimes , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 323min
My name is Ezra Clarke, and I’m 23.Forever.If you’re counting in vampire years, I’m actually 208, and if living that long has taught me anything, it’s that nothing lasts forever. And that’s been fine. It’s...whatever. I’ve never wanted anything that long, anyway, which is why I’ve never taken a mate, but that all changed when I met Declan Byrne.He’s young, handsome, and he doesn’t do what I tell him to. He smells like cinnamon and has eyes that remind me of the daytime sky. Every kiss we share feels like home, and no touch lasts long enough.I need him to be mine.And for the briefest moment he is, and life is perfect...and then it isn’t. Rogue vampires threaten to pull us apart, and complicated politics are painful reminders that a world exists beyond our privacy of our bedroom.But if anyone thinks they can keep me away from Declan, they have another thing coming. My mate and I have a thousand lifetimes to live, and we’re just getting started. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Rourke. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/222336/bk_acx0_222336_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A World to Live In: An Ecologist's Vision for a Plundered Planet , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 527min
A century of industrial development is the briefest of moments in the half billion years of the Earth's evolution. And yet our current era has brought greater changes to the Earth than any period in human history. The biosphere, the globe's life-giving envelope of air and climate, has been changed irreparably. In A World to Live In, the distinguished ecologist George Woodwell shows that the biosphere is now a global human protectorate and that its integrity of structure and function are tied closely to the human future. The earth is a living system, Woodwell explains, and its stability is threatened by human disruption. The assumption that we can continue to use fossil fuels and "adapt" to climate disruption, Woodwell argues, is a ticket to catastrophe. But Woodwell points the way toward a solution. We must respect the full range of life on Earth - not species alone, but their natural communities of plant and animal life that have built, and still maintain, the biosphere. We must recognize that the Earth's living systems are our heritage and that the preservation of the integrity of a finite biosphere is a necessity and an inviolable human right. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: W.B. Ward. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/082403/bk_acx0_082403_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Zen Howl, Hörbuch, Digital, 137min
Zen howl is the sound of our masks falling away," says Natalie Goldberg. When the masks we hide behind wither and die, there is immediate intimacy between ourselves and the world. This hint of intimacy, of touching something out of reach, is what ignites our longing to write and our desire to practice meditation. With Zen Howl, the best-selling author of Writing Down the Bones joins Zen teacher Dosho Port to guide you on an exploration of the natural (and sometimes unnatural) connections between writing and Zen. In both of these practices, we can access that place between our thoughts where the mind stops and experience the world as it really is. You are invited to join Natalie Goldberg and Dosho Port to examine: Resistance - using it to your advantage, instead of letting it stop you Clear intention, steadfastness, joy, and rest: four structures of Zen that can be assimilated into your writing practice How to recognize "first thoughts" and gain the courage to express themRich with teachings and exercises gathered by these two insightful teachers over the past 25 years, Zen Howl will show you how to drop your mask and witness, in even the briefest moments of your life, a whole world waiting to be expressed. Language: English. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/sp/true/000254/sp_true_000254_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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On the Trail of the Assassins: One Man's Quest to Solve the Murder of President Kennedy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 712min
Jim Garrison’s classic account of his investigation and prosecution of the murder of JFK. Almost 50 years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, his murder continues to haunt the American psyche and stands as a turning point in our nation’s history. The Warren Commission rushed out its report in 1964, but questions continue to linger: Was there a conspiracy? Was there a coup at the highest levels of government? On March 1, 1967, New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison shocked the world by arresting local businessman Clay Shaw for conspiracy to murder the president. His alleged co-conspirator, David Ferrie, had been found dead a few days before. Garrison charged that elements of the United States government, in particular the CIA, were behind the crime. From the beginning, his probe was virulently attacked in the media and violently denounced from Washington. His office was infiltrated and sabotaged, and witnesses disappeared and died strangely. Eventually, Shaw was acquitted after the briefest of jury deliberation and the only prosecution ever brought for the murder of President Kennedy was over. Returning to audiences for the first time in years, On the Trail of the Assassins - the primary source material for Oliver Stone’s hit film JFK - is Garrison’s own account of his investigations into the background of Lee Harvey Oswald and the assassination of President Kennedy, and his prosecution of Clay Shaw in the trial that followed. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Kincaid. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/011710/bk_adbl_011710_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 617min
Marie Brennan begins a thrilling new fantasy series in A Natural History of Dragons, combining adventure with the inquisitive spirit of the Victorian Age. You, dear listener, continue at your own risk. It is not for the faint of heart - no more so than the study of dragons itself. But such study offers rewards beyond compare: to stand in a dragon's presence, even for the briefest of moments - even at the risk of one's life - is a delight that, once experienced, can never be forgotten….All the world, from Scirland to the farthest reaches of Eriga, know Isabella, Lady Trent, to be the world's preeminent dragon naturalist. She is the remarkable woman who brought the study of dragons out of the misty shadows of myth and misunderstanding into the clear light of modern science. But before she became the illustrious figure we know today, there was a bookish young woman whose passion for learning, natural history, and, yes, dragons defied the stifling conventions of her day. Here at last, in her own words, is the true story of a pioneering spirit who risked her reputation, her prospects, and her fragile flesh and bone to satisfy her scientific curiosity; of how she sought true love and happiness despite her lamentable eccentricities; and of her thrilling expedition to the perilous mountains of Vystrana, where she made the first of many historic discoveries that would change the world forever. "Saturated with the joy and urgency of discovery and scientific curiosity." (Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on A Natural History of Dragons) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kate Reading. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/001707/bk_aren_001707_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Oathmark: Battlesworn (eBook, ePUB)
A supplement for Oathmark: Battles of the Lost Age, giving players rules for creating elite units of warriors known as battlesworn and charting their progress from battle-to-battle.In the horror and chaos of battle, the outcome can often hang on the briefest of moments. It is at these times that the actions of one unit can make the difference between victory and defeat. Wise kings know this, and realize that it is often prudent to hold back their best units until they can make the greatest difference. These elite units, called the 'battlesworn', are more than just powerful combatants, they are symbols of the glory and honour of a kingdom. All young warriors hope to one day join their ranks and add their oathmarks beside those legendary fighters.This supplement for Oathmark: Battles of the Lost Age contains rules for adding elite units to your armies and charting their progress from battle to battle. Will they grow even more powerful as they gain renown, or be broken in the face of tremendous odds, perhaps someday to be reformed when their kingdom needs them most? Also included are rules for rivers and boats as well as campaigns, featuring all-new scenarios that will give your battlesworn the chance to lead their kingdom to new heights of power and prestige.- Shop: buecher
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Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 174min
The ex-planet Pluto has a few choice words about being thrown out of the solar system. A listing of alternate histories tells you all the various ways Hitler has died. A lawyer sues an interplanetary union for dangerous working conditions. And four artificial intelligences explain, in increasingly worrying detail, how they plan not to destroy humanity. Welcome to Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi. These four stories, along with 14 other pieces, have one thing in common: They're short, sharp, and to the point - science fiction in miniature, with none of the stories longer than 2,300 words. But in that short space exist entire universes, absurd situations, and the sort of futuristic humor that propelled Scalzi to a Hugo with his novel Redshirts. Not to mention yogurt taking over the world (as it would). Spanning the years from 1991 to 2016, this collection is a quarter century of Scalzi at his briefest and best and features four never-before-published stories exclusive to this collection: "Morning Announcements at the Lucas Interspecies School for Troubled Youth", "Your Smart Appliances Talk About You Behind Your Back", "Important Holidays on Gronghu", and "The AI Are Absolutely Positively Without a Doubt Not Here to End Humanity, Honest". John Scalzi is the New York Times best-selling author of Old Man's War, Lock In, and Redshirts, among others. His work has won the Hugo and Locus Awards and been nominated for the Nebula and Campbell Awards. He lives in Ohio and online. He enjoys pie. Full cast of narrators includes Oliver Wyman, Dina Pearlman, and Allyson Johnson. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Khristine Hvam, Peter Ganim, Luke Daniels, John Scalzi, Greg Cope White, Fred Berman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/028401/bk_adbl_028401_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Hunted by the Dragon Duke: Dragon's Council, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 142min
Sexy, royal, and one of the ferocious black dragons.... he’s way out of her league. Orphaned and forced to live under the cruel eye of her stepmother, Saskia spends her days and most of her nights sewing gowns for rich dragonesses to wear to balls she will never see. When a chance encounter brings her into contact with the handsome Callan, duke and cousin to the queen, she thinks nothing of it. After all, what royal duke would want a woman with a broken, mad dragon? But when the otherworldly intervenes, Saskia gets her chance to go to the ball, and dance with the man of her dreams.... Tiny, delicate and utterly beautiful... but where has he seen her before? A royal duke by birth and a black dragon, Callan’s life has been dictated since the moment he was born. Ordered by his cousin, the queen, to pick a bride at the ball or she’ll pick for him, he’s between a rock and a hard place. Until he sees her. The tiny woman in the purple gown runs him a merry chase over the ballroom, but one look and he’s determined. She will be his. And she is, for the briefest of moments before his duty intervenes and he has to return a wayward youth to his father before he gets himself into a lifetime of trouble. When he returns, his delicate princess is gone, leaving behind a single shoe.... Furious, Callan launches a hunt for his love... one that leads to a woman who is not who she pretends to be, a raid on a brothel, and a fight with a troll. Can he persuade his delicate princess she’s not broken, but that she’s the perfect dragoness for him? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Meghan Kelly. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/102907/bk_acx0_102907_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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