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    Flight of the Wren , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 794min
    An impressive and intricate novel that’s rich in character and full of action. (Kirkus Reviews) A Booklife Editor's Pick: "Fox (the Grace Coffin series) enchants with his first Viking Age novel, a sweeping medieval saga that stretches across 11th-century Scandinavia... This exquisitely wrought medieval tale will appeal to fans of both fantasy and historical epics."In 1002 AD, a young shaman's apprentice returns home to find that Norsemen have razed her village. Hilja begins an impossible quest to redeem her tribe and must use all her courage and craft to survive.From the four corners of Scandinavia, Flight of the Wren weaves history with battles, magic, intrigue, and romance, sweeping the listener on a collision course with the end of an age. A broad and lavish saga that spans five novels and 30 years, we follow several threads that weave across the weft of history, filled out by the weave of mystery.In this first novel of the series, we witness the origins of Olav Haraldsson and the apprenticeship of Canute the Great under Thorkell. We meet the crafty Witch of Vestfold and her children, and watch as she shapes the future with her seidr magic.Thorkell's crew fights against vengeful Russians, as he sails to Uppsala to steal magical rune tiles for his wife, and all along, Hilja, our heroine, travels across the breadth of Scandinavia with her companion, "The Cursed Boy" in search of her lost tribe. A book with a huge heart, epic battles, and young heroes coming of age at the cusp of an era. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Winter Fox. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/214956/bk_acx0_214956_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Central Park: The History of New York City's Most Unique Landmark , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 86min
    I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that. - Barack Obama Of all the great cities in the world, few personify their country like New York City. As America's largest city and best known immigration gateway into the country, the Big Apple represents the beauty, diversity and sheer strength of the United States, a global financial center that has enticed people chasing the "American Dream" for centuries. Given that background, it's fitting that the city's most unique landmark, Central Park, sits at the heart of Manhattan and provides a stark contrast to the hustle and bustle surrounding it. As actor Haley Joel Osment once put it, "My favorite place is Central Park because you never know what you're going to find there. I also like that when I look out the windows of surrounding hotels, it's seems like I'm looking out over a forest." In 1811, an ambitious plan was laid out that would transform Manhattan's grid into 2,028 blocks, from Houston Street to 155th Street. Forests would be cut down, hills razed, ponds and streams filled. It took years to survey, and years to complete: at different points in time, one might have seen a long avenue laid out, unpaved, with a scattering of as-yet-unattached six-story buildings amid boulders yet to be cleared and soon-to-be-demolished shantytowns. Ironically, almost no parks were incorporated into the plan, and Central Park would not be built until the end of the 19th century. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ian H. Shattuck. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/034276/bk_acx0_034276_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Beginnings of Judaism, Hörbuch, Digital, 738min
    For thousands of years, Jews have looked to the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Old Testament by Christians, for their origins, and have located in them the tenets of their faith. However, much of what is recognized today as Judaism does not appear in the Bible. How did Judaism develop from its biblical roots to the highly developed system we know today? What has changed - and what has remained constant? In this series of 24 spirited and provocative lectures, Professor Gafni investigates how the Jewish faith struggled to continually redefine itself during the first thousand years after the completion of the last books of the Hebrew Bible, tenaciously clinging to existence through circumstances that might well have torn it asunder. The two landmark events that altered Jewish history forever were the two destructions of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. This sacred place was first destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 B.C.E., and, after having been rebuilt 70 years later, was razed once again by the Romans in 70 C.E., after the Jews waged a fierce uprising against Roman rule in the province of Judea. The events surrounding these destructions lie at the heart of understanding Judaism. As you explore the evolution of an ancient faith into a system of beliefs, practices, and laws recognizable today as Judaism, you'll discover a tradition of vigorous and joyous debate - where reinterpretation coexists with profound acceptance of the original instructions from God regarding the practice of faith. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Language: English. Narrator: Isaiah M. Gafni. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tcco/000039/bk_tcco_000039_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Greatest Battles in History: The Peloponnesian War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 92min
    Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, beginning at the moment that it broke out, and believing that it would be a great war and more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it. This belief was not without its grounds.... Indeed this was the greatest movement yet known in history, not only of the Hellenes but of a large part of the barbarian world - I had almost said of mankind. (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War) The Peloponnesian War, as the great historian Thucydides wrote in the introduction to his eponymous book, which has become one of the greatest historical treatises of antiquity, was an event of such calamitous magnitude that Greece had never witnessed its like in all of recorded history. Not the Trojan War, not the Dorian Invasion, not even the recent Persian invasions - which had devastated mainland Greece and seen Athens herself evacuated and put to the flame, the buildings on her Acropolis razed into dust - could compare to the scale of the devastation that engulfed all of Greece for almost three decades, causing the deaths of tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands. Entire populations were displaced, whole cities destroyed, and mountainous sums of money spent, all in order for Greece's two most famous city-states to establish who had dominion over Greece. Sparta, whose invincible armies had recently led the Greeks to victory against Xerxes' hordes at Plataea, was at the head of the Peloponnesian League. Their opponents were led by proud Athens, possessors of a fleet that virtually dominated the entire Mediterranean and decimated the Persian navy at Salamis and Mycale, at the head of the Delian League. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Doron Alon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/038418/bk_acx0_038418_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Church of the Holy Sepulchre: The History of Christianity in Jerusalem and the Holy City's Most Important Church , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 80min
    The most famous church in Jerusalem for nearly 2,000 years, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, often called the Church of the Resurrection, was built in the era of St. Constantine, and the church as a structure has no history separable from the city of Jerusalem and its environs. It is venerated as being on the site where Jesus was crucified and buried, and naturally, making it a crucial pilgrimage site for Christians, and it is now the home of the Greek Orthodox Jerusalem Patriarchate. Moreover, it was the site of many important councils, some of which altered Christian history forever. In short, the Sepulchre was and is synonymous with Jerusalem, and it was essentially the nodal center of the city. Naturally, the Church has had a turbulent history just as Jerusalem has. Under the Emperor Vespasian, Jerusalem was attacked and depopulated by Roman forces in 70 CE, and from 131-134, the Jewish revolt invited another Roman reprisal. Over and over again, Jerusalem has been decimated, sacked and razed. In 135, Hadrian rebuilt the city as a Roman outpost and called it "Aelia Capitolina" (Sicker, 2-3), and even the era of St. Constantine provided no respite from wars and dislocation. The Emperor Hadrian also removed Jews from the city upon its renovation (Sicker, 2-4). In 313, Constantine the Great converted the Roman Empire and stopped the persecution of Christians, but the problems were far from over in Jerusalem. Jerusalem at the time was a center of pagan worship, with the emperor's main sanctuary being the temple of "Jupiter Capitolinus". The persecution had ended, but the hostility between Christians and non-Christians continued. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kenneth Ray. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/098949/bk_acx0_098949_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    (Short) Stories from Nigeria - Voices from the African Continent. Unterrichtsmodelle
    Themenschwerpunkte: Voices from the African Continent, Globalisation, Postcolonialism und The Individual and Society.Dieses Unterrichtsmodell bezieht sich auf folgende Textausgabe: (Short) Stories from Nigeria - Voices from the African Continent, ISBN 978-3-14-127467-7Nigeria - a heap of contradictions: Ein Land mit großem Potenzial, eine der größten Volkswirtschaften Afrikas, reich an Bodenschätzen, einer vielfältigen Kulturlandschaft und Millionen von jungen, ambitionierten Menschen mit großen Zielen und Träumen.Aber auch ein Land, das vom Kolonialismus, von Bürgerkrieg, Korruption, Gewalt und scheinbar nicht enden wollenden politischen Wirren und Unruhen geprägt ist.Die Kurzgeschichten dieses Bandes wollen diesen unterschiedlichen Aspekten Rechnung tragen. Geschrieben wurden sie von großen und berühmten nigerianischen Schriftstellern wie Chinua Achebe, Ben Okri und Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, aber auch von literarischen Newcomern wie Chika Onigwe und Soji Cole.Die Kurzgeschichten sind einsetzbar im Unterricht der Jahrgangsstufen Q1 und Q2 (G8) und 12 und 13 (G9). Die Short Stories sind sprachlich auch für einen Grundkurs zu bewältigen und eignen sich daher für die Bearbeitung in allen Kursen der Sekundarstufe II.Über das Unterrichtsmodell:Das vorliegende Unterrichtsmodell zielt nicht zwingend auf eine sukzessive Bearbeitung der Stories ab. Die Themen aus den Bereichen Reminiscences of the past, Hopes, promises and delusions und Challenges in a westernized world können je nach Reihenverlauf in das Curriculum eingearbeitet werden. Die einzelnen Components können also modular und unabhängig voneinander eingesetzt werden.Component 1 - Reminiscences of the pastHintergrundinformationenChinua Achebe, Civil PeaceChika Unigwe, The Day Independence CameNigeria: a country of contrastsComponent 2 - Reminiscences of the past (2)HintergrundinformationenSoji Cole, My Little StreamChinua Achebe, The Sacrificial EggWeb quest: African traditionsComponent 3 - Hopes, promises, delusions (1)HintergrundinformationenChimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The American EmbassyOvo Adagha, HomelessRemi Adekoya: Lagos Slums are Being Razed to Make Way for Luxury Properties. That's NigeriaComponent 4 - Hopes, promises, delusions (2)HintergrundinformationenE.C. Osondu, Voice of AmericaTransatlantic slave tradeNigerian migration Component 5 - Challenges in a westernized world (1)HintergrundinformationenBen Okri, Converging CityOkey Chigbo, The Housegirl
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    Take Your Breath Away (eBook, ePUB)
    A missing woman. A husband suspected. The truth will . . .TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAYFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First and Elevator Pitch comes a gripping psychological thriller about a formerly missing woman who has suddenly returned under mysterious circumstances.One weekend, while Andrew Mason was on a fishing trip, his wife, Brie, vanished without a trace. Most everyone assumed Andy had got away with murderit's always the husband, isn't it?but the police could never build a strong case against him. For a while, Andy hit rock bottomhe drank too much to numb the pain, was abandoned by all his friends save one, nearly lost his business, and became a pariah in the place he once called home.Now, six years later, Andy has finally put his life back together. He sold the house he once shared with Brie and moved away. To tell the truth, he wasn't sad to hear that the old place was razed and a new house built on the site. He's settled down with a new partner, Jayne, and life is good.But Andy's peaceful world is about to shatter. One day, a woman shows up at his old address, screaming, Where's my house? What's happened to my house? And then, just as suddenly as she appeared, the womanwho bears a striking resemblance to Brieis gone. The police are notified and old questionsand dark suspicionsresurface. Could Brie really be alive after all these years? If so, where has she been? It soon becomes clear that Andy's future and the lives of those closest to him depend on discovering what the hell is going on. The trick will be whether he can stay alive long enough to unearth the answers.
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    Take Your Breath Away
    A missing woman. A husband suspected. The truth will . . . TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY From the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First and Elevator Pitch comes a gripping psychological thriller about a formerly missing woman who has suddenly returned under mysterious circumstances. One weekend, while Andrew Mason was on a fishing trip, his wife, Brie, vanished without a trace. Most everyone assumed Andy had got away with murder?it's always the husband, isn't it??but the police could never build a strong case against him. For a while, Andy hit rock bottom?he drank too much to numb the pain, was abandoned by all his friends save one, nearly lost his business, and became a pariah in the place he once called home. Now, six years later, Andy has finally put his life back together. He sold the house he once shared with Brie and moved away. To tell the truth, he wasn't sad to hear that the old place was razed and a new house built on the site. He's settled down with a new partner, Jayne, and life is good. But Andy's peaceful world is about to shatter. One day, a woman shows up at his old address, screaming, ?Where's my house? What's happened to my house?? And then, just as suddenly as she appeared, the woman?who bears a striking resemblance to Brie?is gone. The police are notified and old questions?and dark suspicions?resurface. Could Brie really be alive after all these years? If so, where has she been? It soon becomes clear that Andy's future and the lives of those closest to him depend on discovering what the hell is going on. The trick will be whether he can stay alive long enough to unearth the answers.
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    Take Your Breath Away
    A missing woman. A husband suspected. The truth will . . . TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY From the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First and Elevator Pitch comes a gripping psychological thriller about a formerly missing woman who has suddenly returned under mysterious circumstances. One weekend, while Andrew Mason was on a fishing trip, his wife, Brie, vanished without a trace. Most everyone assumed Andy had got away with murder?it's always the husband, isn't it??but the police could never build a strong case against him. For a while, Andy hit rock bottom?he drank too much to numb the pain, was abandoned by all his friends save one, nearly lost his business, and became a pariah in the place he once called home. Now, six years later, Andy has finally put his life back together. He sold the house he once shared with Brie and moved away. To tell the truth, he wasn't sad to hear that the old place was razed and a new house built on the site. He's settled down with a new partner, Jayne, and life is good. But Andy's peaceful world is about to shatter. One day, a woman shows up at his old address, screaming, ?Where's my house? What's happened to my house?? And then, just as suddenly as she appeared, the woman?who bears a striking resemblance to Brie?is gone. The police are notified and old questions?and dark suspicions?resurface. Could Brie really be alive after all these years? If so, where has she been? It soon becomes clear that Andy's future and the lives of those closest to him depend on discovering what the hell is going on. The trick will be whether he can stay alive long enough to unearth the answers.
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    Take Your Breath Away
    A missing woman. A husband suspected. The truth will . . .TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAYFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First and Elevator Pitch comes a gripping psychological thriller about a formerly missing woman who has suddenly returned under mysterious circumstances.One weekend, while Andrew Mason was on a fishing trip, his wife, Brie, vanished without a trace. Most everyone assumed Andy had got away with murder-it's always the husband, isn't it?-but the police could never build a strong case against him. For a while, Andy hit rock bottom-he drank too much to numb the pain, was abandoned by all his friends save one, nearly lost his business, and became a pariah in the place he once called home.Now, six years later, Andy has finally put his life back together. He sold the house he once shared with Brie and moved away. To tell the truth, he wasn't sad to hear that the old place was razed and a new house built on the site. He's settled down with a new partner, Jayne, and life is good.But Andy's peaceful world is about to shatter. One day, a woman shows up at his old address, screaming, "Where's my house? What's happened to my house?" And then, just as suddenly as she appeared, the woman-who bears a striking resemblance to Brie-is gone. The police are notified and old questions-and dark suspicions-resurface. Could Brie really be alive after all these years? If so, where has she been? It soon becomes clear that Andy's future and the lives of those closest to him depend on discovering what the hell is going on. The trick will be whether he can stay alive long enough to unearth the answers.
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