113 Results for : cloned
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Night, Neon (eBook, ePUB)
From literary icon Joyce Carol Oates comes a brand new collection of haunting and, at times, darkly humorous mystery & suspense stories. These are tales of psyches pushed to their limits by the expectations of everyday life - from a woman who gets lost on her drive home to her plush suburban home and ends up breaking into a stranger's house, to a first-person account of a cloned 1940s magazine pinup girl being sold at auction and embodying America's ideals of beauty and womanhood. Taken as a whole, the collection forms a poignant tapestry of regular people searching for their place in a social hierarchy, often with devastating and disastrous results. Rendered with stylish, fresh writing from an author who continues to push the envelope, the stories deftly weave in and out of a stream-of-consciousness to reflect the ways we process traumatic experiences and impart that uncertainty and uneasiness to the reader. Originally appearing in publications as disparate as Harper's, Vice, and Conjunctions, the stories comprising Night, Neon showcase Oates' mastery of the suspense story - and her relentless use of the form to conduct unapologetically honest explorations of American identity. 'Embracing the twists and turns of everyday American life, the author's latest short story collection is playful, gripping and disturbing' Guardian- Shop: buecher
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Night, Neon
From literary icon Joyce Carol Oates comes a brand new collection of haunting and, at times, darkly humorous mystery & suspense stories.These are tales of psyches pushed to their limits by the expectations of everyday life - from a woman who gets lost on her drive home to her plush suburban home and ends up breaking into a stranger's house, to a first-person account of a cloned 1940s magazine pinup girl being sold at auction and embodying America's ideals of beauty and womanhood.Taken as a whole, the collection forms a poignant tapestry of regular people searching for their place in a social hierarchy, often with devastating and disastrous results. Rendered with stylish, fresh writing from an author who continues to push the envelope, the stories deftly weave in and out of a stream-of-consciousness to reflect the ways we process traumatic experiences and impart that uncertainty and uneasiness to the reader.Originally appearing in publications as disparate as Harper's, Vice, and Conjunctions, the stories comprising Night, Neon showcase Oates' mastery of the suspense story - and her relentless use of the form to conduct unapologetically honest explorations of American identity.'Embracing the twists and turns of everyday American life, the author's latest short story collection is playful, gripping and disturbing' Guardian- Shop: buecher
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The Ark Plan: Edge of Extinction #1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 452min
Jurassic World meets Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in this epic new middle grade series full of heart-pounding action and breathtaking chills! One hundred and fifty years ago, the first dinosaurs were cloned. Soon after, they replaced humans at the top of the food chain. The only way to survive was to move into underground compounds.... Five years ago, Sky Mundy's father vanished from North Compound without a trace. Now she has just stumbled on a clue that not only suggests his disappearance is just the tip of an even larger mystery but also points directly to the surface. To find her dad - and possibly even save the world - Sky and her best friend, Shawn, must break out of their underground home and venture topside to a land reclaimed by nature and ruled by dinosaurs. Perfect for fans of Brandon Mull, Lisa McMann, and Rick Riordan, this exhilarating debut novel follows two courageous friends who must survive in a lost world that's as dangerous as they've always feared but also unlike anything they could ever have imagined. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emma Galvin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/005191/bk_harp_005191_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Edge of Extinction: Edge of Extinction, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 484min
The beasts are back.... Dinosaurs have reclaimed the Earth, driving humans underground, and only a band of teens can save the world. Jurassic Park meets 'Indiana Jones' in this thrilling new action-adventure series. Two hundred years ago, the first dinosaur was successfully cloned. Soon after, the human race realized they'd made a colossal mistake.... The dregs of humanity have been driven into hiding, living in underground Compounds. Thirteen-year-old Sky Mundy's father was part of the inner circle of Compound leaders until five years ago, when he mysteriously disappeared. Now the time has come for Sky to try to track him down. Along with her best friend, Shawn, she steps out into the world above, a world of rampaging dinosaurs but also full of surprises, where Sky is about to learn that just about everything she's been taught has been a lie, and the dinosaurs might not be the most dangerous predators out there. Now Sky not only has to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance - she also has to save the world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Penelope Rawlins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/002403/bk_hcuk_002403_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Reflection: A Whitney Steel Novel, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 508min
Florida investigative reporter Whitney Steel has lived in the shadow of her legendary father long enough. To prove herself she needs to find the "big" story. She found it. Now it may kill her. After receiving a lead pointing to the world's first cloned human, now a small child, Whitney vows to unravel the truth. However, sifting through the facts proves to have dangerous results, including death threats and murder. When she's nearly killed, but is saved by undercover FBI Special Agent Blake Neely, he refuses to let her get in the way of his own objective - at least not right away. Whitney and Blake are caught in a lethal game between a billionaire obsessed with genetic perfection, his hit man's thirst for retribution, and a Colombian drug lord fresh out of prison determined to make Blake pay for his twin brother's death over a decade ago. Can they save an innocent child before it's too late? Faced with tough choices and deadly consequences for many, Whitney soon realizes that sometimes a story becomes more than just a story. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rebecca Hansen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/063683/bk_acx0_063683_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Funk Toast and the Pan-Galactic Prom Show , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 435min
Death, Resurrection, and Rock and Roll... Hundreds of alien creatures gather at the Collundrome, an asteroid party venue, for the Pan-Galactic Prom Show, the biggest bash in the known universe. Funk Toast, an Earth band, is slated to headline the event. But Knolar Jex, intergalactic pirate and terrorist, has his own nefarious plans for this year’s extravaganza. Meanwhile…Twana Burch and a few friends bring a cloned version of Bieber - the assassinated intergalactic pop idol - to the Collundrome party venue with the intention of putting him on stage before the Prom Show audience. With enough media attention, Twana hopes to resurrect Bieber’s career and rekindle the hearts of millions of teenage fans. Meanwhile… A special detachment of Ice Beetle soldiers from planet Hull also have their eyes on the Pan-Galactic Prom Show stage. Having left their planet at war and fearing the extinction of their species, they hope to solicit aid to their planet by delivering news of their ominous plight in the form of a rock and roll show. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Craig Nybo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/026872/bk_acx0_026872_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Brutes or Angels: Human Possibility in the Age of Biotechnology , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 546min
A guide to the rapidly progressing Age of Biotechnology, Brutes or Angels provides basic information on a wide array of new technologies in the life sciences, along with the ethical issues raised by each. With stem cell research, Dolly the cloned sheep, in vitro fertilization, age retardation, and pharmaceutical mind enhancement, humankind is now faced with decisions that it has never before had to consider. The thoughtfulness, or lack of it, that we bring to those decisions will largely determine the future character of the living world. Brutes or Angels will facilitate informed choice making about the personal use of biotechnologies and the formulation of public policies governing their development and use. Ten biotechnologies that impact humans are considered: stem cell research, embryo selection, human genomics, gene therapies, human reproductive cloning, age retardation, cognition enhancement, the engineering of nonhuman organisms, nanobiology, and synthetic biology. James T. Bradley introduces important biological principles and the basic procedures used in biotechnology. Various ethical issues - personhood, personal identity, privacy, ethnic discrimination, distributive justice, authenticity and human nature, and the significance of mortality in the human life cycle - are presented in a clear and unbiased manner. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Morgan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/052524/bk_acx0_052524_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Prime Infinity , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 249min
A miracle of science and medicine is achieved by Dr. Vincent Rivera in the development of Reincarbonation. His desperate attempts to save a child leapfrog science forward, but spell the beginning of mankind's demise. Death becomes optional as Reincarbonation transplants a patient's old soul into a new, healthy cloned body. The success of the operation leads to a worldwide cry for help creating the desperate need for funding. Vanity steps in and the desire of the rich to be young again provides the needed funds. Eventually Reincarbonation is militarized which starts the beginning of the end. What was started by the altruistic Dr. Rivera soon becomes the ruling corporation in the world, "The Board", which seizes control over all the re-soldiers - along with every nation on the globe. A resistance is born in hopes of overthrowing The Board. Enlisting the help of Dr. Rivera, who is afflicted with nightmares and flashbacks as he fights with the rebellious group to overthrow "The Board", the truth slowly unravels as the rebels makes one final, desperate attempt to bring the world back to sanity. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steve Castello. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/148903/bk_acx0_148903_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Something Rotten: Thursday Next, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 764min
Thursday Next, Head of JurisFiction and ex-SpecOps agent, returns to her native Swindon accompanied by a child of two, a pair of dodos and Hamlet, who is on a fact-finding mission in the real world. Thursday has been despatched to capture escaped Fictioneer Yorrick Kaine but even so, now seems as good a time as any to retrieve her husband Landen from his state of eradication at the hands of the Chronoguard. It’s not going to be easy. Thursday’s former colleagues at the department of Literary Detectives want her to investigate a spate of cloned Shakespeares, the Goliath Corporation are planning to switch to a new Faith based corporate management system and the Neanderthals feel she might be the Chosen One who will lead them to genetic self-determination. With help from Hamlet, her uncle and time-travelling father, Thursday faces the toughest adventure of her career. Where is the missing President-for-life George Formby? Why is it imperative for the Swindon Mallets to win the World Croquet League final? And why is it so difficult to find reliable childcare? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emily Gray. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hodd/000755/bk_hodd_000755_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Into the Abyss , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 489min
The real Violet Benson is dead. Scientists at the CCA have awakened the newest version of her, once again breathing life into her cloned body. The only thing missing? Every memory of all the Violet Bensons that came before. And that blank-slate mind, coupled with her super-human abilities, traps her as a valuable tool - one the president of the CCA intends to use in her fight against the other, brainwashed clones that plague the city of Haven. So long as Violet follows CCA orders, that artificial heart of hers can keep beating. But Violet has woken up in a city on the brink of war. A city full of houses burning. Children going missing. Families falling apart. And all of it linked to cloning. So when that turmoil in the city above suddenly makes its way into the CCA headquarters below, Violet finds herself caught in the middle, guilty by association and because of a violent past she can't even remember. Now, she'll have to overcome that past and find a way to make the fighting stop - or else give up any hope of a future. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Angela Dawe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/068858/bk_acx0_068858_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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