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'Brasilien: Sagen, Märchen und Mythen' Audiobook

Gehen Sie auf eine sagenhafte Reise durch Brasilien und erfahren Sie mehr Uber die geschichtliche Entwicklung des fUnftgrOßten Landes der Erde. Marion von Stengel erzAhlt die schOnsten Sagen, MArchen und Mythen der Ureinwohner und vermittelt darUber hinaus zahlreiche Daten und Fakten. Das HOrbuch enthAlt Uber zwei Stunden Audio-Material sowie eine illustrierte Landkarte mit allen wichtigen Sagenorten Brasiliens. Sprecherin Marion von Stengel erzAhlt diese gekonnt und nimmt den HOrer mit auf eine Reise durch das sagenhafte Brasilien.

Patrick Wolfmar (Author), Marion Von Stengel (Narrator)

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100 Länder, 100 Frauen, 100 Räusche: Meine verrückte Reise um die Welt

Michael Berndt führt ein beschauliches Leben im ländlichen Sachsen. Er absolviert eine Metzgerlehre, nach der Arbeit trifft er sich gerne mit Freunden und Bekannten in der Kneipe, wo die Stammtischgespräche nicht selten in Unmut über die unerwünschten Fremden umschlagen, die einem ja doch nur die Arbeit wegnähmen. Michael Berndt sieht das anders, die kleinbürgerliche Engstirnigkeit frustriert ihn. Er langweilt sich, will raus aus dem Alltagstrott, was erleben, die Welt sehen! So bricht er mit 23 Jahren eines Tages ohne Vorbereitung und mit nur 700 Euro im Gepäck nach Australien auf. Dort landet er erst mal auf dem Boden der Realität. Die australische Hitze erträgt er nach dem deutschen Winter kaum, er spricht kein Wort Englisch und fremdelt mit der ungewohnten Kultur. Gutmütig und ahnungslos tappt er in unzählige Fettnäpfchen: Er schwimmt in einem mit Krokodilen verseuchten Gewässer, wird später auch überfallen und ausgeraubt, einmal auch verhaftet, weil er am Strand Sex hatte. Doch er reist weiter und kostet das Leben bis zum Äußersten aus, lässt sich tätowieren, nimmt allerlei Drogen und beschließt, in jedem Land mit einer anderen Frau zu schlafen. Ursprünglich geplant war ein halbes Jahr Auslandsaufenthalt - doch es werden 8 Jahre daraus, die ihn in 100 verschiedene Länder führen. Als er schließlich nach Deutschland zurückkommt, spricht er mehrere Sprachen fließend und ist ein weltoffener Mensch geworden, der weiß, dass Begegnungen mit anderen Menschen viel wertvoller sind als alles, was man mit Geld kaufen kann.

Michael Berndt, Rainer Schäfer (Author), Sebastian Pappenberger (Narrator)

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1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica

1912 was an incredible year, marking the height of the Heroic Age of Exploration. Curiosity about Antarctica was at fever pitch, and between 1910 and 1914 five teams of intrepid explorers embarked on the greatest race of the era, to travel beyond the edges of the known world and conquer this last great frontier. Pitted against each other were Captain Robert Falcon Scott for Britain, Roald Amundsen for Norway, Sir Douglas Mawson for Australasia, Wilhelm Filchner for Germany and Nobu Shirase for Japan. 'Conquest of the South Pole!' trumpeted the world's newspapers in March 1912. Amundsen had won. But behind all the headlines, there was a much bigger story. The exploits of these larger-than-life explorers, often narrated in their own words, thrilled and enthralled the world; the limits of our planet were pushed all the way to the South Pole and the door to Antarctica flung wide open. Drawing on his own polar experiences, Chris Turney reveals why 1912 witnessed the dawn of a new age in our understanding of the natural world. The tales of endurance, self-sacrifice and technological innovation that marked 1912 laid the foundation for modern scientific exploration and have continued to inspire future generations. 1912 is an awe-inspiring journey - part nail-biting adventure, part scientific history - through an ancient and fascinating land. Includes a PDF of photographs from these Antarctic expeditions.

Chris Turney (Author), James Millar (Narrator)

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A Bird on My Windowsill

In Manav’s world, memories are like little birds perched upon the windowsill of time. In his world there are no boundaries between thoughts and reality. In his world the past and the present form a mirror that disintegrates into the memory of a single day…Known for writing silences and articulating dreams, in this book Manav sifts through the past, delves into the present and talks about all the creative impulses, writing, directing theatre and acting that have made him who he is. Through his poetry and prose, he creates vignettes of his life, a long-lost love, his interactions with people as he travels, his favourite authors and their writings, almost as if he’s trying to weave a world for the reader as well.Beautifully symbolic, this book is a rich tapestry of thoughts and feelings, of todays and tomorrows, of being alone and seeking loneliness.

Manav Kaul (Author), Luke Kenny (Narrator)

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A Castle in Spain

The downloadable abridged audiobook edition of Matthew Paris' charming tale, A Castle in Spain, read by the author himself. Walking in the Pyrenees, twenty years ago, Matthew Parris and his sister came upon a magnificent medieval house. It had crests and a date - 1559 - chiselled into the stone: its walls and foundations were intact but the ancient oak ridge timber supporting the roof had split and was ready to collapse into the rotten floors beneath. Renovation would be an epic undertaking - a massive investment of time, money and emotion. And, the locals warned, nobody ever left L'Avenc with any money. A few years ago, Matthew (with his family's help) went back and bought the place. Astonishing and arguably idiotic, his decision resulted in a phenomenal amount of hard work, and this hugely enjoyable audiobook. Inspirational, instructional and utterly irresistible, this is the story of one man's dream to turn a forgotten ruin into his very own Castle in Spain.

Matthew Parris (Author), Matthew Parris (Narrator)

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A Cat Abroad

From the incomporable Peter Gethers comes true-life adventure featuring the author and his Scottish Fold feline, Norton'seasoned world-traveler and renowned ice-cream critic. Whether it is the trademark flattened ears of his breed or the personality quirks individual to Norton, this cat has an uncanny knack for attracting celebrity attention. Norton's feline adventures in France are a must for the consummate cat-lover, but also great fun for those not enamored of anything feline.

Peter Gethers (Author), David Laundra (Narrator)

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A Country Between: Making Home Where Both Sides of Jerusalem Collide

When American writer Stephanie Saldana finds herself in an empty house at the beginning of Nablus Road, the dividing line between East and West Jerusalem, she is a new wife trying to navigate a fragile terrain, both within her marriage and throughout the country in which she has chosen to live. Pregnant with her first child, Stephanie struggles to protect her family, their faith, and herself from the cracks of Middle Eastern conflict that threaten to shatter the world around her. But as her due date approaches, she must reconcile herself with her choice to bring a child into a dangerous world. Determined to piece together life from the brokenness, she sets out to uncover small instances of beauty to balance the delicate coexistence between love, motherhood, and a country so often at war. In an urban valley in Jerusalem, A Country Between captures the fragile ecosystem of the Middle East and the difficult first years of motherhood in the midst of a conflict-torn city. What unfolds is a celebration of faith, language, family, and love that fills the space between what was shattered, leaving us whole once more.

Stephanie Saldana, Stephanie Saldaña (Author), Justine Eyre (Narrator)

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A Hard Place to Leave: Stories from a Restless Life

“Intrepid and empathetic, gifted with the dispassionate gaze of a born observer…a harmonious collage of worldview and character, a wunderkammer of experiences in a life fully lived.” —Melissa Febos, The New York Times “DeSanctis encounters spies and love interests, but it’s her lushly polished writing that makes this book a joy to read.” —The Washington Post Restless to leave, eager to return: this memoir in essays captures the unrelenting pull between the past and the present, between traveling the world and staying home. Starting in a dreary Moscow hotel room in 1983, weaving back and forth to rural New England, and ending on a West Texas trail in 2020, Marcia DeSanctis tells stories that span the globe and half a lifetime. With intimacy and depth, over quicksand in France, insomnia in Cambodia, up a volcano in Rwanda, spinning through the eye of a snowstorm in Bismarck, and atop a dumpster in her own backyard, this New York Times bestselling author, award-winning essayist and journalist for Vogue and Travel + Leisure immerses us in places waiting to be experienced and some that may be more than we’re up for. She encounters spies, angels, leopards, shoes, the odd rattlesnake, a random head of state, and many times over, the ghosts of her past. Each subsequent voyage leads to revelations about her search for solitude, a capacity for adventure, and always, a longing for home.

Marcia Desanctis (Author), Marcia Desanctis (Narrator)

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A House in Fez: Building a Life in the Ancient Heart of Morocco

When Suzanna Clarke and her husband bought a dilapidated house in the Moroccan town of Fez, their friends thought they were mad. Located in a maze of donkey-trod alleyways, the house - a traditional riad - was beautiful but in desperate need of repair. Walls were in danger of collapse, the plumbing non-existent. While neither Suzanna nor her husband spoke Arabic, and had only a smattering of French, they were determined to restore the building to its original splendour, using only traditional craftsmen and handmade materials. But they soon found that trying to do business in Fez was like being transported back several centuries in time and so began the remarkable experience that veered between frustration, hilarity and moments of pure exhilaration. But restoring the riad was only part of their immersion in the rich and colourful life of this ancient city. A House in Fez is a journey into Moroccan culture, revealing its day-to-day rhythms, its customs and festivals; its history, Islam, and Sufi rituals; the lore of djinns and spirits; the vibrant life-filled market places and the irresistible Moroccan cuisine. And above all, into the lives of the people - warm, friendly, and hospitable. Beautifully descriptive and infused with an extraordinary sense of place, this is a compelling account of one couple's adventures in ancient Morocco.

Suzanna Clarke (Author), Jacqueline Tong (Narrator)

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A Line in the World: A Year on the North Sea Coast

Dorthe Nors's first nonfiction book chronicles a year she spent traveling along the North Sea coast-from Skagen at the northern tip of Denmark to the Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea. In fourteen expansive essays, Nors traces the history, geography, and culture of the places she visits while reflecting on her childhood and her family and ancestors[ ties to the region as well as her decision to move there from Copenhagen. She writes about the ritual burning of witch effigies on Midsummer's Eve; the environmental activist who opposed a chemical factory in the 1950s; the quiet fishing villages that surfers transformed into an area known as Cold Hawaii starting in the 1970s. She connects wind turbines to Viking ships, thirteenth-century church frescoes to her mother's unrealized dreams. She describes strong waves, sand drifts, storm surges, shipwrecks, and other instances of nature asserting its power over human attempts to ignore or control it. Through a deep, personal engagement with this singular landscape, A Line in the World accesses the universal. Its ultimate subjects are civilization, belonging, and change: changes within one person's life, changes occurring in various communities today, and change as the only constant of life on Earth.

Dorthe Nors (Author), Ann Richardson (Narrator)

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A Russian Journal

Steinbeck and Capa's account of their journey through Cold War Russia is a classic piece of reportage and travel writing. Just after the Iron Curtain fell on Eastern Europe, Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune. This rare opportunity took the famous travelers not only to Moscow and Stalingrad - now Volgograd - but through the countryside of the Ukraine and the Caucasus. Hailed by the New York Times as "superb" when it first appeared in 1948, A Russian Journal is the distillation of their journey and remains a remarkable memoir and unique historical document. What they saw and movingly recorded in words and on film was what Steinbeck called "the great other side there ... the private life of the Russian people." Unlike other Western reporting about Russia at the time, A Russian Journal is free of ideological obsessions. Rather, Steinbeck and Capa recorded the grim realities of factory workers, government clerks, and peasants, as they emerged from the rubble of World War II-represented here in Capa's stirring photographs alongside Steinbeck's masterful prose. Through it all, we are given intimate glimpses of two artists at the height of their powers, answering their need to document human struggle. This edition features an introduction by Steinbeck scholar Susan Shillinglaw.

John Steinbeck (Author), Richard Poe (Narrator)

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A Russian Journal

Brought to you by Penguin. Just after the iron curtain fell on Eastern Europe John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer, Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune. This rare opportunity took the famous travellers not only to Moscow and Stalingrad - now Volgograd - but through the countryside of the Ukraine and the Caucasus. A RUSSIAN JOURNAL is the distillation of their journey and remains a remarkable memoir and unique historical document. Steinbeck and Capa recorded the grim realities of factory workers, government clerks, and peasants, as they emerged from the rubble of World War II. This is an intimate glimpse of two artists at the height of their powers, answering their need to document human struggle. © John Steinbeck 1948 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

John Steinbeck (Author), Richard Poe (Narrator)

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