158 Results for : john’s
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The Making of John Lennon , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 830min
Despite the nearly universal fame of the Beatles, many people only know the fairytale version of the iconic group’s rise to fame. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of Liverpool, Francis Kenny reveals the real John Lennon who preceded the legend, showing how his childhood shaped his personality, creative process, and path to success, and how it also destroyed his mental health, leading to the downfall of one of the most confident and brilliant musicians of the past century. The Making of John Lennon is a must-listen for any Beatles fan. It explains how Lennon’s turbulent family background affected his relationships, why the true inspiration for “Strawberry Fields” could not be revealed, how Pete Best's college connection led to his removal from the group, and why class backgrounds were the real reason for the breakup of the legendary band. Offering a complex portrait of Lennon’s early life, The Making of John Lennon tells the true story behind the rise of the legendary icon. The book is published by Indiana University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks. "A carefully prepared examination of his early years, slowly examining the general picture that surrounded John’s life...." (Bill Harry, author of The John Lennon Encyclopedia) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Thomas Cassidy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/179270/bk_acx0_179270_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Dressed to Kill , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 74min
John the Baptist is one of the most peculiar people in Scripture. The Bible says that he wore camel’s hair and his diet consisted of locusts and wild honey. Before his arrival, Israel had not experienced any genuine words, dreams, or visitations of God for almost 400 years. John’s purpose was to be Christ’s forerunner, and as such, he definitely did not look the part.As the American church falls into greater moral and spiritual decay, history has a pattern of repeating itself as God is raising up another peculiar generation who will yet again wear camel’s hair and feast from the unusual diet of locusts and wild honey. John was the forerunner before Christ’s First Coming. The remnant of today, wearing camel’s hair, doesn’t fit in religion’s model of Christianity.There is a company of forgotten, sanctified "Bible Bandits" who have been rejected by the spiritual powers that be, and who have been living off of the biblical, discarded nourishment of locusts and wild honey. These mysterious, eccentric, unconventional Believers are about to come out of obscurity and have their day of reckoning on the world’s scene. This powerful company of men and women will be dressed to kill in camel’s hair. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Matthew Longmire. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/191081/bk_acx0_191081_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Proceed Sergeant Lamb , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 667min
The sequel to Sergeant Lamb of the Ninth. As British soldiers fought their own deserting countrymen and rebel Americans came face-to-face with faithful citizens, the American War of Independence proved to be the ultimate test of loyalty. Perhaps never more so than for Sergeant Lamb: a man who, having escaped imprisonment to return to his own lines, found his mistress and daughter had changed their allegiance to Lord Cornwallis, Lamb's commanding officer. Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English poet and novelist, scholar, translator and writer of antiquity, specialising in Classical Greece and Rome. During his long life he produced more than 140 works. Graves's translations and innovative analysis and interpretations of the Greek myths, the memoir of his early life, Good-bye to All That, and his speculative study of poetic inspiration, The White Goddess, have never been out of print. Graves earned his living by writing popular historical novels, including I, Claudius (for which he was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize), King Jesus, The Golden Fleece and Count Belisarius. He was elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford in 1961 and made an honorary fellow of St John’s College, Oxford, in 1971. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Barrett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/013406/bk_adbl_013406_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Isles of Unwisdom , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1034min
The Isles of Unwisdom is a historical novel based on the ill-fated expedition of General Álvero de Mendaña de Neirato, who set out from Peru in 1595 to pacify and colonise the Solomon Islands. When Mendaña died, his young widow Dona Ysobel Barreto assumed command of the fleet, exercising the absolute power bequeathed to her by her late husband. Graves tells the story with surprising twists, in which some characters turn out to be quite different from how they are first portrayed.... Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 - 7 December 1985) was an English poet and novelist, scholar, translator and writer of antiquity, specialising in Classical Greece and Rome. During his long life he produced more than 140 works. Graves's translations and innovative analysis and interpretations of the Greek myths, the memoir of his early life, Good-bye To All That, and his speculative study of poetic inspiration, The White Goddess, have never been out of print. Graves earned his living by writing popular historical novels, including I, Claudias (for which he was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize), King Jesus, The Golden Fleece and Count Belisarius. He was elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford in 1961 and made an honorary fellow of St John’s College, Oxford, in 1971. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Barnaby Edwards. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/014354/bk_adbl_014354_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Grave Too Many , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 473min
John Kruger is a commercial pilot long on the run from Afrikaner nationalists for smuggling Black activists out of Apartheid-era South Africa. As a flyer of old collectible planes, he now wants nothing more than to enjoy his hobby, party, and play the field. Then John discovers that World War I hero and flying ace Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor seems to be buried in two places 6,000 miles apart. Out of a sense of duty toward the man who inspired him to become a pilot, John begins a search for the truth. Records claim that, while practicing for an air display, Andrew lost control of his SE 5A and lost his life - or did he? And who is the mysterious old man who waves to Kruger as he flies overhead, only to demand to be left in peace when they meet on the ground? John and his latest girlfriend set off on a journey to uncover Andrew’s real whereabouts, but Andrew’s secrets aren’t the only ones threatening to be unearthed. As John’s own past catches up to him, the pair unwittingly lands in the crosshairs of a racist South African group with a sinister plot - forcing them to fight for their lives and for justice. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Beyer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/223812/bk_acx0_223812_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Christmas Hirelings , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 233min
Richard Armitage modernizes a classic hidden gem of Christmas Past… Sir John Penlyon is planning to spend Christmas at his estate with his niece and his friend Danby, the closest thing he has to family since disowning his daughter years ago. (She eloped with the parson, who was, of course, penniless.) Danby suggests that at Christmastime the estate needs the presence of small children, and offers to find some - the “hirelings” - despite Sir John’s skepticism. Three children duly arrive, and the youngest, precocious four year-old Moppet, quickly endears herself to Sir John. The season takes flight with merriment, warmth, and even affection, until Moppet - as young children are wont to do in Victorian holiday tales - falls deathly ill. With her life hanging by a tinsel-thin thread, how will the makeshift family cope? Listeners who smile ironically at the antiquated juxtaposition of The Christmas Hirelings might be surprised by the contemporary feel of a blended family, income inequality, and the power of togetherness to heal past sorrows. Richard Armitage’s stellar voice makes each scene as rich as a plum pudding dotted with the raisins of tradition (party favors, carols, and more!), and the entire performance feels like a trip to bygone England…just in time for the end of this year. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Armitage. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/051710/bk_adbl_051710_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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High School Dropout to Harvard: My Life with Dyslexia , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 156min
School was a struggle for John D. Rodrigues. He knew he was smart, but teachers and classmates didn’t believe him. All they saw was a kid who wore freakish orthopedic shoes, couldn’t sit still in class, and struggled miserably with reading. At age 16, John had had enough. He dropped out, certain he’d never return to school. Thanks to a chance encounter, John discovered ice sculpting. Here, finally, was something the young man was good at, and he took to it passionately. His talent for releasing beauty from massive blocks of ice led to jobs working in famous hotels and on cruise ships. He was happy, but his failure to graduate tugged at the back of his mind. The failure, as it turned out, wasn’t John’s. It was the fault of the school system that had never diagnosed his dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Armed with strategies that played to his strengths, John passed remedial classes in community college and then went on to study at Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley. In High School Dropout to Harvard, John candidly recounts his inspirational journey and dispenses hard-won, practical advice for others who may be facing similar challenges. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Morgan Ingraham. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/114481/bk_acx0_114481_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Gentleman's Madness , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 376min
Two men imprisoned. One in body, the other in mind. Caught in the throes of passion with another man, scholar John Gilliam agrees to asylum treatment for perversion at the request of his worried parents. He intends to fake a cure then return to his normal life, but an attack on his person leads him down a darker path. Transferred to another facility, he is denied any devices by which he might harm himself - even books and writing materials. Half crazed by isolation John finds an unexpected friend in his caretaker, Sam Tully. Tully feels sorry for the patient everyone calls “the professor”, but he must keep his head down and perform his duties. His family relies on his earnings. He refuses to acknowledge the stirring of excitement inside him every time he is in Gilliam’s presence. Thirst for the knowledge the scholar offers wars with the carnal hunger he must deny. In John’s small cell, learning and mental freedom blossom as the two forge a friendship. Forbidden attraction evolves into physical action. But in the asylum there is more than curative treatment taking place. The pair uncover a terrible secret and must fight not only for their freedom but their very lives. A Rainbow Award winner. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark James. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/146422/bk_acx0_146422_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Jumping from Helicopters: A Vietnam Memoir , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 334min
In 1967, at age 19, John Stillman - refusing to wait for the draft - voluntarily enlisted in the Army to aid his fellow countrymen in one of the most opposed involvements in our nation’s history: the Vietnam War. Quickly falling in love with the rush of being a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne, he believed his service would honorably help the South Vietnamese protect their country from the ruthless communist North and their Southern allies. But once in the volatile jungles of Vietnam, the merciless hunting and killing of the enemy, constant threat of landmines and booby traps, ambushes that could easily backfire, and deaths of his comrades made Stillman question how any man - if he survived - could ever return to his life as he’d known it. Written with John’s daughter, Lori Stillman, Jumping from Helicopters is a vivid and moving memoir that unearths 50 years of repressed memories with stunning accuracy and raw details. Interwoven with the author’s own journal entries, it is a story that will open your eyes to what these brave young men witnessed and endured and why they returned facing a lifetime of often unspoken unrest, persistent nightmares, and forced normalcy, haunting even the strongest of soldiers. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Miller, Sarah Sampino. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/145324/bk_acx0_145324_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Easy Reading for ESL Students – Book 2: Twelve Short Stories for Learners of English , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 57min
This audiobook is for everybody who wants to improve their English. It’s fun to learn English by listening to interesting stories.A young woman is looking for her diamond ring. She can’t find it. Then she remembers meeting a homeless man. Did he take her ring and disappear? A pack of trained wolf-like creatures are chasing a man in the forest. The man is trying to cross the border illegally. Suddenly they stop and refuse to attack him. Why? It’s a mystery since they have never let anybody pass before. There are thousands and thousands of Turkish soldiers around King John’s castle. They want to starve people out and overtake the castle. The king asks a witch who is in prison for help. Will she help him?A mountain climber finds an egg on the edge of a volcano. He takes it home. He wants to find out what is inside. It might be better for him not to know! And many more…The text of these stories is included with this audiobook as a free PDF download.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elizabeth White. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/open/000092/bk_open_000092_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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