In David Lodge's last novel, Thinks... the novelist Henry James was invisibly present in quotation and allusion. In Author, Author he is centre stage, sometimes literally.
The story begins in December 1915, with the dying author surrounded by his relatives and servants, most of whom have private anxieties of their own, then loops back to the 1880s, to chart the course of Henry's 'middle years', focusing particularly on his friendship with the genial Punch artist and illustrator, George Du Maurier.
By the end of the decade Henry is seriously worried by the failure of his books to 'sell', and decides to try and achieve fame and fortune as a playwright, at the same time that George Du Maurier, whose sight is failing, diversifies into writing novels. The consequences, for both men, are surprising, ironic, comic and tragic...
Every afternoon, after school, the children used to go and play in the Giant's yard. One day the Giant came back. He had been to visit his friend the Cornish ogre, and had stayed with him for seven years. After the seven years he had said all that he had to say, and he decided to return to his own castle. When he arrived he saw the children playing in the yard. So he built a high wall all round it, and put up a sign.
Nach der Schule schleichen die Kinder gern in den Garten des Riesen. Als der Riese jedoch entdeckt, dass sie in seinem Garten spielen, verbietet er den Kindern den Zugang und baut eine Mauer. Von nun an kehren auch Frühling und Sommer nicht mehr in den Garten zurück - es scheint für immer Winter zu bleiben. Doch eines Tages ereignet sich etwas Wundervolles.
Schauspielerin Anah Ruddin spricht einfühlsam und warm die Geschichten des glücklichen Prinzen und der aufopfernden Nachtigall, Gordon Griffin lässt den Hörer die innere Wandlung des bösen Riesen mitfühlen.
Die GoyaLiT-Reihe 'The Sound of the Language' präsentiert die beliebtesten Themen der englischsprachigen Literatur im Original. Englische Schauspieler interpretieren die ungekürzten Texte. Die Sammlung literarischer Perlen ermöglicht lebendiges Fremdsprachenlernen durch Hören. Eine Vokabelliste im Booklet erleichtert das Verständnis.
The short stories are about English persons, who are members of the ancient nobility, about the true love, inheritance and other interesting occurrences.
Die Kurzgeschichten berühmter Autoren erzählen von einer englischen Adelsfamilie, in der ein Kleptomane Verwirrung stiftet, von der wahren Liebe, die (in dieser Geschichte) nicht einmal als Illusion Bestand hat, vom richtigen Umgang mit Erbschaften und vielen weiteren Begebenheiten.
Die GoyaLiT-Reihe 'The Sound of the Language' präsentiert die beliebtesten Themen der englischsprachigen Literatur im Original. Englische Schauspieler interpretieren die ungekürzten Texte. Die Sammlung literarischer Perlen ermöglicht lebendiges Fremdsprachenlernen durch Hören. Eine Vokabelliste im Booklet erleichtert das Verständnis.
Inhalt: O. Henry: One Thousand Dollars - Saki: The Seven Cream Jugs - William S. Gilbert: Angela. An Inverted Love Story - Herman Melville: The Fiddler - Katherine Mansfield: The Sister of Baroness
C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris, who solves the mystery of the brutal murder of two women. Numerous witnesses heard a suspect, though no one agrees on what language was spoken. At the murder scene, Dupin finds a hair that does not appear to be human.
'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' has been claimed as the first detective story.
In Paris geschieht ein grauenhafter Mord an zwei Frauen. Die Polizei ist ratlos, denn es gibt keine Spuren, dafür aber jede Menge widersprüchliche Zeugenaussagen. Allein dem französischen Aristokraten Auguste Dupin gelingt es durch scharfsinnige Analyse, das skurrile, aber rational nachvollziehbare Rätsel zu lösen.
Die Kurzgeschichte 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' von 1841 ist der Prototyp der Detektivgeschichte. Ein Muss - nicht nur für Ermittler!
Die GoyaLiT-Reihe 'The Sound of the Language' präsentiert die beliebtesten Themen der englischsprachigen Literatur im Original. Englische Schauspieler interpretieren die ungekürzten Texte. Die Sammlung literarischer Perlen ermöglicht lebendiges Fremdsprachenlernen durch Hören. Eine Vokabelliste im Booklet erleichtert das Verständnis.
The little Alice has new adventures. This time she climbs behind a mirror, where the world is like a big chessboard. There she meets talking flowers, singing walrus and the grumpy Humpty Dumpty. But is everything just a dream?
'Through the Looking Glass' is the sequel to 'Alice´s Adventures in Wonderland'.
Die kleine Alice erlebt neue Abenteuer. Diesmal klettert sie hinter einen Spiegel, wo die Welt einem großen Schachbrett gleicht. Hier trifft sie sprechende Blumen, singende Walrosse und das schlechtgelaunte Riesenei Humpty Dumpty. Und schließlich wird sie selbst zur Königin gekrönt - oder ist alles nur ein Traum?
'Through the Looking-Glass' ist die Fortsetzung von 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. Marianne Graffam gestaltet mit ihrer Stimme alle Figuren lebendig aus und verleiht der Geschichte einen ganz besonderen Zauber.
'The Sound of the Language' präsentiert die beliebtesten Themen der englischsprachigen Literatur. Die Reihe ermöglicht neben elementarem Hörgenuss lebendiges Fremdsprachenlernen durch Hören. Englischsprachige Schauspieler und Sprecher interpretieren die Texte. Eine Wortschatzhilfe im Booklet erleichtert das Verständnis.
Doctor Felix Hoffmann is a seasoned physician at a Berlin hospital, respected by colleagues and devoted to his intelligent girlfriend, Celine. It's a life filled with medical work, televised soccer games, and the chill of German beer. And when a former patient shows up dead by causes unknown, curiosity and sheer medical devotion propel Hoffmann to investigate. But his autopsy order goes unfulfilled as the body is cremated and hospital records vanish. Soon, Hoffmann discovers a diagnosis of conspiratorial proportions, and he must risk everything to save not only himself but the hospital he's always loved.
For his entire adult life, ex-criminal Will Daniels has been running from his past. Now, in the wake of his son's gruesome death, he'll turn around and embrace it. After learning his boy got his head half blown off while helping a couple of punks rob a bank, Will tries - oh, how he tries - to just let the police handle the investigation. But as legal channels fall well short and Will's helpless fury mounts, it's only a matter of time before he dishes out a more personal brand of justice. Armed with a dark past and brutal skills, Will is perfectly equipped to hunt down his son's killers. Unfortunately, his violent quest for revenge may destroy him and everything he loves before it's over.
When a Muslim terrorist group called the al-Mujari kills Sasha Del Mira's husband, the former CIA agent comes out of retirement to avenge his death and help stop an Arab Spring uprising intended to overthrow the Saudi government. Out for revenge, Sasha is determined to hunt down the leader of the al-Mujari, a man named Saif Ibn Mohammed al-Aziz. He was once Sasha's ally in Saudi Arabia - and her lover. Saif's plot to overthrow the Saudi royals by using religious prophecies leads Sasha and her black-ops team to Islam's holiest site, the Grand Mosque in Mecca. Can Sasha stop a brutal, power-hungry terrorist and save the Middle East from a holy war? Or will she be forced to become the madman's wife? The third part of the Sasha Del Mira series, Arab Summer is an intense, intricate thriller that scrutinizes the depths of revenge, redemption, and the power of love.
