114 Results for : »curio«
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Fantastic Fables of Foster Flat: More Suspenseful Tales with a Twist: Fantastic Fables Series, Volume 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 303min
Enter into Orrin Jason Bradford's imagination with these brilliant short stories.Fantastic Fables of Foster Flat returns to the mysterious town of Foster Flat with eight of Bradford's best short stories. While some of the stories are lighthearted and fun, others are hauntingly on the edge of horror. There is a curio in these pages for every listener - a burned-out writer waiting for her muse to strike, a curious museum of masks where things are not as they seem, and a Chinese restaurateur with a head-scratching dilemma, are just a few of what you're going to discover in this collection.Here are the stories you'll enjoy in this collection:"Ellenore Loses Her Muse""Goldcraft""Mask Museum""Fortune Cookie Futures""The Apothecary""Gift Returned""Fragrance of Christmas""Divine Discontent""Bear Footing"...and more!Delightfully amusing and thought-provoking, you are certain to find your favorite. With a sharp eye for detail and a sixth sense for relatable humor, listeners will appreciate Bradford's unique style and enjoy the unexpected twists in the stories. In Bradford's exquisite storytelling, every word packs a punch and is masterfully assembled. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Meg Price. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/141689/bk_acx0_141689_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Gossamer Ghost , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 587min
Carmela Bertrand knows that Halloween in New Orleans means a week of rabble-rousing, costumed craziness - and she can't wait to get the party started. But when a local antiques dealer turns up dead, Carmela suddenly finds herself in a real-life danse macabre.… An evening's work deciding on the class schedule for her scrapbooking shop has put Carmela in the mood to kick up her heels. But after some strange noises draw her into Oddities, the neighboring antiques shop, Carmela's night is abruptly put on hold when a bloody body falls out of a curio cabinet - and into her arms. While shop owner Marcus Joubert was known for being an eccentric with a penchant for eclectic merchandise, Carmela never thought he was the kind of man who could inspire the passion required to kill. But when Marcus' assistant - and fiancée - Mavis reveals that a priceless death mask was also stolen, it becomes clear that murder wasn't the culprit's sole intention. Carmela can't resist the urge to investigate the growing mystery, but as the list of suspects increases, she realizes it'll take every trick in the book to unmask the killer thief before there's another night of murderous mischief… ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Danielle Ferland. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/008117/bk_reco_008117_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Anatomy Lesson: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 550min
Commissioned by the Amsterdam Surgeons’ Guild, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp was the first major Rembrandt work to catapult the young painter to international fame. Taking this painting as its inspiration, Nina Siegal’s novel The Anatomy Lesson opens on the morning of the medical dissection and follows several characters as they prepare for the evening’s big event: we meet Aris the Kid, a one-handed coat thief who is awaiting his turn at the gallows; Flora, the woman who is pregnant with his child and who hopes to save him from the executioner; Jan Fetchet, a curio collector who also moonlights as an acquirer of medical cadavers; René Descartes, who will attend the dissection in the course of his quest to understand where the human soul resides; and the twenty-six-year-old Dutch master himself, who feels a shade uneasy about this assignment. And in the twenty-first century, there is Pia, a contemporary art historian who is examining the painting. As the story builds to its dramatic and inevitable conclusion, the events that transpire throughout the day sway Rembrandt to make fundamental changes to his initial composition. Bringing to life the vivid world of Amsterdam in 1632, The Anatomy Lesson offers a rich slice of history and a textured story by a young master. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nina Siegal, Bruce Mann, Emma Jayne Appleyard, Gildart Jackson, Steve West, Adam Alexi-Malle, Peter Altschuler, Hannah Curtis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003786/bk_rand_003786_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Promise Me a Rainbow , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 770min
Two lonely people, scarred by betrayal and tragedy, believe that love is lost to them forever.... Deserted by her husband because she couldn't have children, Catherine Holben has thrown herself into her job counseling pregnant teens. Catherine is still recovering from the pain of her divorce, but her life is changed forever when she makes a purchase in a quaint curio shop. She meets handsome, hardworking Joe D'Amaro, a widower and father of three, and his daughter, Fritz. But Joe needs help with Fritz, a seven-year-old dynamo. She's a precocious but headstrong little girl who's impossible to resist., and he is too proud to admit it. Joe and Catherine are cautious about making a commitment to each other. They both know the joy and heartache of falling in love, but are they willing to risk being together despite their misgivings? Neither can ignore the love that quickly blossoms between them. Maybe they can have a wonderful life together...if only Joe's still-grieving older daughter, Della, will accept a new woman in her father's life. True love versus reality. Can Catherine handle his ready-made family? Or is there more in store for her than she thinks? A four-time Rita winner and a three-time Rita finalist, Cheryl Reavis is the author of acclaimed romance novels including A Crime of the Heart, which was condensed in Good Housekeeping magazine. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Beth A. McIntosh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/083801/bk_acx0_083801_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Twelfth Night , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 155min
Presented by the Online Stage. This play, which bears an alternate title of What You Will, was written in about 1602. The plot consists of three basic strands: The separation and eventual meeting of the identical twins Sebastian and Viola, each of whom believes the other to have perished The triangular love relationship involving Olivia; her unsuccessful suitor, Duke Orsino; and Viola, masquerading as the duke's male attendant under the name of Cesario A cruel and humiliating deception played upon Olivia's pompous steward, Malvolio, by Sir Toby Belch, Olivia's drunken uncle, and Maria, her maid The inevitable confusion is eventually resolved by marriage contracts between Olivia and Sebastian, Orsino and Viola, and Sir Toby Belch and Maria while Malvolio storms off, swearing revenge on all the conspirators in his humiliation. Twelfth Night has always been one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, and many adaptations have been made for film and musical theatre. Cast Viola - Arielle Lipshaw Olivia - Elizabeth Klett Maria - Maureen Boutilier Sir Toby Belch - Marty Kryz Sir Andrew Aguecheek - Ron Altman Malvolio - Ben Lindsey-Clark Fool - Alan Weyman Fabian - K. G.Cross Sebastian - Brett Downey Antonio - John Burlinson Duke Orsino/Servant - Denis Daly Valentine/First Officer/Captain - Bob Neufeld Curio/Second Officer/Priest - Joseph Tabler Narrator - Michele Eaton Audio edited by Denis Daly The script for this recording was kindly provided by playshakespeare.com. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arielle Lipshaw, Elizabeth Klett, Brett Downey, Marty Kryz, Ron Altman, Ben Lindsey-Clark, Maureen Boutilier. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/001732/bk_mike_001732_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Window Dressing: A Collection of Four Erotic Stories, Hörbuch, Digital, 74min, (USK 18)
A collection of four erotic stories with mixed and varied themes, including: 'Window Dressing' by Anya Wassenberg: She walks to work every day through the streets of New York. Somehow she hasn't ever noticed the basement curio shop before - or the blonde guy who works there. The next day she finds herself lingering in front of the low-level window, from where he has an excellent view right up her short skirt. If she goes back, will he be there? And will she dare to show him more? 'The Sex Therapist' by Dee Dawning: Since Bobby's cheating wife left him, he's been struggling to find his mojo. Gary reckons his friend Loretta might be just the woman to help him get over his shyness around women. On an overnight stay, Loretta shows him her specially decorated bedroom. She takes him in hand and teaches him the fastest way to forget his ex-wife. Bobby may be young, but he's a fast learner. 'Educating Master Tom' by Kitti Bernetti: Newly widowed, Miss Canning arrives at Harestone Manor with a grave sense of foreboding. She's to be governess to the young Master Tom - 19 years old and entirely uneducated in affairs of the flesh. Tempted by fabulous wages and silk dresses, Miss Canning agrees to don the turquoise corset that signals her acceptance. If only she were putting it on for the Lord of the Manor, rather than the feeble young Tom - surely the leering old man would know better how to satisfy a lusty woman? 'Thrill Ride' by Lynn Lake: The legendary Lolliewood is just a rumour among theme park addicts. So when an old tramp offers her a pass, she’d do anything to get her hands on it, and once she's there, she’d do anything to find a companion for the night. Because Lolliewood is an adult theme park - a sexual cornucopia of horny thrills and wild erotic rides that she never wants to end. Language: English. Narrator: Katy Anderson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/summ/000280/bk_summ_000280_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Dr. Yen Sin: May-June 1936, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 333min
Out of fog-bound Washington, D.C., much as the dark London streets of Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu novels, comes a creature of consumate evil - Dr. Yen Sin. This sinister head of an international spy network known as the Invisible Empire is a master of the cunning art of diabolical death. Battling him and his fiendish devices, such as death rays and blow guns, is Michael Traile, who works with the cooperation of the federal government. Only three issues of this magazine were published. A fourth Dr. Yen Sin novel, The Case of the Faceless Man, was announced, but never published. Table of Contents: "A Smashing Complete Novel of Oriental Menace, The Mystery of the Dragon's Shadow" by Donald E. Keyhoe - Out of the teeming turbulent East had come Dr. Yen Sin - saffron-skinned wizard of crime - bringing to the Capital of the West all the ancient Devil's-lore at his command - and a horde of Asian Hell-born to help him spawn it. But Michael Traile - The Man Who Never Slept - had crammed into his own keen brain the means to cope with the sinister doctor. For he knew even the secrets of the Dragon's Shadow and how to penetrate the yellow murder fog that had descended on the capital to mingle its blood-wisps with the mist from the Potomac. "Slant-Eyed Satan - A Chinatown Murder Thriller" by Frank Gruber - Inspector Burke thought Sun Ti was a fool when he handed that hundred-thousand-dollar emerald to the first half-caste dock-rat that came along. He didn't know it would start a blood-circuit that would lead it, inevitably, back to the fat little Oriental's Curio-shop, in the hands of a walking corpse. "The Night of Ka-Sam - A Chinatown Murder Thriller" by Archie Oboler - Captain Don Wells, late of the Chinese Army, thought that body-guard assignment was a lead-pipe cinch - until his employer was knifed by the little yellow man. Then he began to learn all about Oriental torture from a past-master. "The Ring of the Re ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael C. Gwynne. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/002926/bk_acx0_002926_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Golden Bowl , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1299min
Published in 1904, The Golden Bowl is the last completed novel of Henry James. In it, the widowed American Adam Verver is in Europe with his daughter Maggie. They are rich, finely appreciative of European art and culture, and deeply attached to each other. Maggie has all the innocent charm of so many of James' young American heroines. She is engaged to Amerigo, an impoverished Italian prince; he must marry money, and as his name suggests, an American heiress is the perfect solution. The golden bowl, first seen in a London curio shop, is used emblematically throughout the novel. Not solid gold but gilded crystal, the perfect surface conceals a flaw; it is symbolic of the relationship between the main characters and of the world in which they move. Also in Europe is an old friend of Maggie's, Charlotte Stant, a girl of great charm and independence, and Maggie is blindly ignorant of the fact that she and the prince are lovers. Maggie and Amerigo are married and have a son, but Maggie remains dependent for real intimacy on her father, and she and Amerigo grow increasingly apart. Feeling that her father has suffered a loss through her marriage, Maggie decides to find him a wife, and her choice falls on Charlotte. Charlotte's affair with the prince continues, and Adam Verver seems to her to be a suitable and convenient match. When Maggie herself finally comes into possession of the golden bowl, the flaw is revealed to her, and, inadvertently, the truth about Amerigo and Charlotte. Fanny Assingham (an older woman, aware of the truth from the beginning) deliberately breaks the bowl, and this marks the end of Maggie's innocence. She is no pathetic heroine-victim, however. Abstaining from outcry and outrage, she instead takes the reins and maneuvers people and events. She still wants to be with Amerigo, but he must continue to be worth having and they must all be saved further humiliations and indignities. To be a wife she must cease to be a ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Prebble, Katherine Kellgren. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/002738/bk_adbl_002738_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Thadeusz und die Visionäre 3: Jörg Thadeusz im Gespräch mit Neil MacGregor, Prof. Dr. Claudia Kemfert und Prof. Dr. Gabriel Curio
Sie erfinden Roboter, die die Gedanken gelähmter Menschen lesen können, sie gründen Museen, in denen die Besucher neue, bisher unbekannte Einblicke in die globalen Fragen der Menschheit gewinnen können: Jörg Thadeusz trifft auf außergewöhnliche Persönlichkeiten aus Wissenschaft, Kultur und Gesellschaft und spricht mit ihnen über ihre visionären Lösungen für die immer rasanter wachsenden Herausforderungen unserer Zukunft.- Shop: Audible
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The Curio Cabinet: A Collection of MIniature Stories
The Curio Cabinet: A Collection of MIniature Stories: ab 2.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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