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Lord Peter Wimsey - Der Mann mit den Kupferfingern

1928: In den ehrwürdigen Räumen eines renommierten Londoner Clubs treffen sich regelmäßig mehrere Gentlemen, um sich gegenseitig packende Geschichten zu erzählen. Häufig handelt es sich dabei um gruselige Erlebnisse, manchmal um Berichte von Verbrechen. Diesmalhat Clubmitglied Masterman einen Gast mitgebracht: Es handelt sich dabei um den bekannten amerikanischen Schauspieler Benjamin Varden. Der Hollywoodstar schildert ein schauriges Erlebnis, das er beinahe nicht überlebt hätte, wenn nicht der adelige Hobbydetektiv Lord Peter Wimsey gewesen wäre. Alles begann harmlos, als der Schauspieler einem Bildhauer Modell stehen sollte. Doch die scheinbar harmlose Einladung entwickelte sich zum Höllentrip...

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Fifty Enthralling Short Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1346min

A fascinating and varied collection of 50 great classic short stories, including ghost stories, crimes, humorous tales and passionate romance. The Tool by W. F. Harvey The Overcrowded Iceberg by Morley Roberts The House Surgeon by Rudyard Kipling Powers of the Air by J. D. Beresford The Substitute by W. W. Jacobs A Tough Tussle by Ambrose Bierce The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance by M. R. James A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin The Hidden Beast by J. D. Beresford The Rival Beauties by W. W. Jacobs Philanthropy by John Galsworthy After Twenty Years by O. Henry Mary Postgate by Rudyard Kipling A Newspaper Story by O. Henry The Leather Case by Walter S. Masterman Bats in the Belfry by Harry Graham A Skinful of Trouble by Arthur Morrison The Penance by Saki Ways of Escape by J. D. Beresford Mrs. Scarr by Elinor Mordaunt. Plus 30 more enthralling stories. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/001043/bk_redd_001043_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Kipps , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 847min

This wonderful comedy about orphan and innocent Arthur Kipps was the means by which Wells satirized what he saw as a gross stupidity and blight upon English society: the pretensions of and obsession with class. Humble drapers' assistant Arthur unexpectedly inherits his grandfather's fortune and is instantly propelled into a higher social stratum with the subsequent problems of attaining the required behaviour of a 'gentleman'. Wells gets much comic mileage from Arthur's desperate attempts to win the approval of his 'betters' and the hand of his goddess, the ambitious, would-be London bohemian Helen, but there is pathos in his inevitable fall from grace and reunion with Ann, his childhood sweetheart. Wells, the revolutionary, makes some serious political comment and with great foresight predicts the world's citizens as 'one body', in the words of the jaundiced socialist Masterman. A joyous, thought-provoking tale with an ingenious twist in the final moments. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Joyce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/assm/000078/bk_assm_000078_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Leather Case , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 49min

Walter Sydney Masterman (1876 - 1946) was an English author of mystery, fantasy, horror and science fiction novels and stories. The Leather Case is an adventure story about a young man who has just reached Paris after five years working in India as an engineer. While in Paris, he is startled by seeing a young woman whose face seems remarkably familiar, although it is impossible that he can have ever met her before. Moreover, the companion of the girl - apparently an uncle - seems to be going out of his way to engage the young engineer in a mysterious project in Silesia. Eventually the young man remembers an incident in the trenches during the great war when he saved an enemy officer who was bleeding to death. The Prussian officer had given him a leather case containing two photographs - and one of them is a dead ringer for the mystery woman in Paris. But who are these people that are now trying to entice him to a remote part of Silesia - and what can they really want with him? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/001013/bk_redd_001013_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Wrong Box , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 450min

Victorian humour generally doesn't translate well across time. The Wrong Box is one of the exceptions. The plot revolves around the supposed death of Joseph Finsbury, who, as a youth, with his brother Masterman, joined a tontine - a scheme whereby each entrant pays a fixed amount and the sum total, with interest, is given to the one who lives the longest. At the beginning of the story, there are three survivors and then two - the Finsbury brothers. Joseph is guardian to two boys and a girl, Morris, John and Julia. He was responsible for the boys' legacy of £30,000 and invested it unwisely in his failing leather business. The money has all but disappeared, and on reaching adulthood they want their inheritance back! Uncle Joe must be kept alive at all costs. Then there is a train crash.... The novel was either ignored or strongly criticised when first published, not least one suspects because of the irreverent attitude to death and its attendant rituals, subjects which commanded huge respect and veneration almost amounting to obsession from the Victorians. It is, however, a hugely entertaining story with a convoluted, complicated plot that can defy comprehension - but it is of no matter! A cast of gloriously eccentric characters certainly had a comic effect on one notable literary figure of the period. "I laughed over it dementedly when I read it. That man [Stevenson] has only one lung but he makes you laugh with your whole inside." (Rudyard Kipling) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Newcombe Joyce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/assm/000121/bk_assm_000121_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Scrap Kings - Alles Schrott! Staffel 4 Folge 1

Andy Booth und Gavin Nicholas schaffen im Norden von Wales Platz für einen neuen Supermarkt. Die Männer sprengen in Wrexham eine Polizeistation aus den Siebzigerjahren mit 67 Arrestzellen. Vor dem großen Knall stellen die Abriss-Experten sicher, dass der 43 Meter hohe Turm des Gebäudes in die gewünschte Richtung fällt. Denn das Grundstück ist von Wohnhäusern, einer Tankstelle und einem Gemeindehaus umgeben. Alan Masterman und Tony Croshaw zerlegen unterdessen auf einem Schrottplatz in der englischen Grafschaft Berkshire einen TV-Übertragungswagen.

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Australian rugby league biography Introduction

Australian rugby league biography Introduction ab 25.99 € als Taschenbuch: Darryl van der Velde Jeff Masterman Wally O'Connell Brian Smith Bobby Banks Greg Brentnall Mark Sargent Ricky Walford Dick Dunn Andrew Farrar Dane Sorensen Jerry Brien Ron Roberts Rod Reddy Matthew Elliott Don McKinnon. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, English, International, Englische Taschenbücher,

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