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  Notes from a Small Island

  In 1995, before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire to move back to the States for a few years with his family, Bill Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. His aim was to take stock of the nation's public face and private parts (as it were), and to analyse what precisely it was he loved so much about a country that had produced Marmite; a military hero whose dying wish was to be kissed by a fellow named Hardy; place names like Farleigh Wallop, Titsey and Shellow Bowells; people who said 'Mustn't grumble', and 'Ooh lovely' at the sight of a cup of tea and a plate of biscuits; and Gardeners' Question Time. Notes from a Small Island was a huge number-one bestseller when it was first published, and has become the nation's most loved book about Britain, going on to sell over two million copies.

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  Bill Bryson Collector's Edition: Notes from a Small Island, Neither Here Nor There, and I'm a Stranger Here Myself, Hörbuch, Digital, 1031min

  Notes from a Small Island After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson decides to move his wife and kids back to his homeland, the United States. But not before taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. The result is a hilarious social commentary that conveys the true glory of Britain. Neither Here nor ThereThirty years after backpacking across Europe, Bryson decides to retrace the journey he undertook in the halcyon days of his youth, carrying with him a bag of maps, old clothes, and a stinging wit honed to razor sharpness by two decades of adult experience. I'm a Stranger Here MyselfBryson reads "somewhere" that nearly three million Americans believe they have been abducted by aliens; clearly the Americans need him back. So after years of raising his family in Britain with his English wife, the brood moves to the States, allowing Bill to chronicle the quirkiest aspects of life in America as he reveals his own rules for life. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Bryson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000945/bk_rand_000945_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Medicine An Aggregate Of Progressive Sciences

  Medicine An Aggregate Of Progressive Sciences ab 35.49 € als gebundene Ausgabe: The Valedictory Address At The Commencement Of The University Of Maryland 1867 (1867). Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, English, International, Gebundene Ausgaben,

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  Notes From a Small Island , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 629min

  After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson, the acclaimed author of such best sellers as The Mother Tongue and Made in America, decided it was time to move back to the United States for a while. This was partly to let his wife and kids experience life in Bryson's homeland, and partly because he had read that 3.7 million Americans believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another. It was thus clear to him that his people needed him. But before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire, Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. His aim was to take stock of modern-day Britain, and to analyze what he loved so much about a country that had produced Marmite, zebra crossings, and place names like Farleigh Wallop, Titsey, and Shellow Bowells. With wit and irreverence, Bill Bryson presents the ludicrous and the endearing in equal measure. The result is a social commentary that conveys the true glory of Britain. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: William Roberts. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/000866/bk_bbcw_000866_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Finding Oneself in the Other , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 638min

  This is the second of three volumes of posthumously collected writings of G. A. Cohen, who was one of the leading, and most progressive, figures in contemporary political philosophy. This volume brings together some of Cohen's most personal philosophical and nonphilosophical essays, many of them previously unpublished. Rich in first-person narration, insight, and humor, these pieces vividly demonstrate why Thomas Nagel described Cohen as a "wonderful raconteur". The nonphilosophical highlight of the book is Cohen's remarkable account of his first trip to India, which includes unforgettable vignettes of encounters with strangers and reflections on poverty and begging. Other biographical pieces include his valedictory lecture at Oxford, in which he describes his philosophical development and offers his impressions of other philosophers, and "Isaiah's Marx, and Mine," a tribute to his mentor Isaiah Berlin. Other essays address such topics as the truth in "small-c conservatism", who can and can't condemn terrorists, and the essence of bullshit. A recurring theme is finding completion in relation to the world of other human beings. Engaging, perceptive, and empathetic, these writings reveal a more personal side of one of the most influential philosophers of our time. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bernard Clark. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/007325/bk_adbl_007325_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Medicine An Aggregate Of Progressive Sciences

  Medicine An Aggregate Of Progressive Sciences ab 23.49 € als Taschenbuch: The Valedictory Address At The Commencement Of The University Of Maryland 1867 (1867). Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,

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  A Time to Scatter Stones: A Matthew Scudder Novella , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 183min

  MATT SCUDDER RETURNSMore than 40 years after his debut and nearly a decade since his last appearance, one of the most renowned characters in all of crime fiction is back on the case in this major new novella by Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Lawrence Block.Well past retirement age and feeling his years - but still staying sober one day at a time - Matthew Scudder learns that alcoholics aren't the only ones who count the days since their last slip. Matt's longtime partner, Elaine, tells him of a group of former sex workers who do something similar, helping each other stay out of the life. But when one young woman describes an abusive client who's refusing to let her quit, Elaine encourages her to get help of a different sort. The sort only Scudder can deliver.A Time to Scatter Stones offers not just a gripping crime story but also a richly drawn portrait of Block's most famous character as he grapples with his own mortality while proving to the younger generation that he's still got what it takes. For Scudder's millions of fans around the world (including the many who met the character through Liam Neeson's portrayal in the film version of A Walk Among the Tombstones), A Time to Scatter Stones is an unexpected gift - a valedictory appearance that will remind listeners why Scudder is simply the best there is. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lawrence Block. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/011492/bk_brll_011492_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Roger Corman: Blood-Sucking Vampires, Flesh-Eating Cockroaches, and Driller Killers 3rd edition , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 646min

  Roger Corman reigns supreme as the godfather of independent filmmaking. Since 1954, he has produced 400-plus movies on shoestring budgets, blending action, sex, humor, and social message into hip (and profitable) entertainments. He has also demonstrated an uncanny eye for talent, launching the Hollywood careers of Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, and James Cameron, to name just a few. Thanks to a campaign supported by generations of grateful alumni, he was honored with an Oscar in 2009. It was a fitting valedictory, but Corman himself is still going strong, churning out monster mash-ups like "Sharktopus" and promoting them via today's social media. Beverly Gray served as Corman's story editor for nearly a decade. Through far-reaching conversations with over 100 fellow Cormanites, she takes you behind the cameras for an insider's look at the man and the mogul. This third edition of Gray's now-classic unauthorized biography, first published in 2000, advances the Corman saga into the present day. Gray's work has been hailed by critics like Steven Gaydos, Executive Editor of Weekly Variety, who wrote, "Beverly Gray's terrific bio of Corman explains his colorful career both as an amazing business tale and a strange, even mournful, personal journey. A development exec for Corman for many years, Gray knows both the business side of the low-budget mogul and something of Corman's almost-forgotten high-minded soul." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Collene Curran. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/048385/bk_acx0_048385_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Sam Harris: A Biography , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 39min

  Sam Harris was born Samuel Benjamin Harris on April 9, 1967, in Los Angeles, California. He was born to parents Susan Spivak and Berkeley Harris. His father, Berkeley, was an actor. He appeared in a variety of television and film genres but mostly specialized in Westerns. His most notable film was the 1965 Civil War drama, Shenandoah, which starred Jimmy Stewart. Harris' mother, Susan, worked behind the scenes in television and created a number of shows, including some that became iconic, like The Golden Girls. The Harris' divorced after four years of marriage, when Sam Harris was two years old, and after that, he lived with his mother. As for his early religious education, he had none. His father had a Quaker background, and his mother was Jewish but apparently never practiced. He has described his upbringing as secular. It is unknown where exactly he attended high school, although he has mentioned multiple times that he was the valedictorian. However, because he was afraid of public speaking, he declined to give the traditional valedictory at graduation. Instead, he lied to the principal, saying that he thought that someone who had been at the school longer should give the speech. After high school, he went on to Stanford University, where he originally majored in English. However, while at Stanford, he experimented with MDMA, the psychedelic drug more commonly known as ecstasy. His experiences with the drug led him to question experiences and beliefs in his life, specifically those that involved philosophy and religion. He believed that he was having spiritual experiences while on ecstasy and other psychedelics, which led him to wonder if he could have the same kind of experiences while sober. To find out, he left Stanford. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin Theis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/112342/bk_acx0_112342_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Remembering Roth , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 81min

  To most audiences, Philip Roth is a literary icon, author of probing, provocative works like American Pastoral, Portnoy’s Complaint, and Goodbye, Columbus. But to James Atlas, Philip Roth was more than just a writer—he was a friend. In 1977, when he was 28, James Atlas published his first book, a biography of the poet Delmore Schwartz, and was stunned to receive a congratulatory letter from Philip Roth. He had been moved by the tragic story it told.Thus began a friendship that lasted, with a few intervals, until Roth's death. Roth was living in rural Connecticut then, having exiled himself from the literary noise of Manhattan in order to focus on his work, and was on his own. He invited Atlas to come visit, which he did—the first of numerous pilgrimages to the Roth homestead. They remained close for nearly two decades, reading each other’s work, wandering the streets of the West Side—Roth had an apartment on Atlas’s block—and commiserating about the solitary rigors of the writer’s life. Atlas helped Roth with The Ghost Writer; Roth helped Atlas learn how to live.The snag came when Roth suggested Atlas write the biography of Saul Bellow, and then became unhappy with the result, a book that was sympathetic but also tough—perhaps at times too tough—on its subject. Bellow had become Roth's literary hero. They drifted apart, though toward the end of his life they were both thinking about whether Atlas should write his biography. In the end, they both decided it wasn’t a good idea, but Atlas always knew he would write about him someday. Funny, brilliant, raucous, tender, he was the most charismatic person Atlas ever knew. Remembering Roth is his valedictory.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Atlas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/or/orig/000497/or_orig_000497_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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