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Der 5-jährige Gabriel hat viele freche Freunde. Aber keine sind so frech wie die Totenkopfäffchen! In diesem deutsch-englischen Hörbuch kannst du dabei sein, wenn der kleine Gabriel seine lustigen Freunde im Zoo besucht und dabei immer wieder eine Überraschung erlebt! Also pass gut auf deine Sachen auf, sonst könnte es sein, dass sie auf mysteriöse Weise verschwinden.

Fiabe dei fratelli Grimm è un audiolibro proposto da Alfaudiobook. Antonio Gramsci tradusse, con l'intenzione di mandarle ai suoi nipoti, alcune favole dei fratelli Grimm mentre si trovava in carcere. Pubblicate oggi per la prima volta in versione audio, le famose favole di Cappuccetto Rosso, La bella addormentata nel bosco, Biancaneve e Cenerentola, sono non solamente un'incantata raccolta per bambini ma, grazie alla traduzione dell'autore, una suggestione per gli adulti, un'opera paragonabile per valore simbolico ai racconti di Hoffmann e di Poe.

"Hören sie, drehen sie um! Sie fahren in die falsche Richtung!"
Privatdetektiv Kant ermittelt weiterhin im Fall "Kassandras Kinder". Noch immer bekommen Leute mysteriöse Einladungen: Sie sollen durch das Erzählen einer Geschichte Unheil abwehren. Und Kant will bei dem nächsten Treffen dabei sein. Doch gerade das scheint jemand verhindern zu wollen. Doch wer profitiert von dem Unglück anderer?

Der Brief war einfach da. Ohne Absender, ohne Briefmarke, ohne Poststempel. Eine Einladung zu einem Treffen. Um eine Geschichte zu erzählen. Dieser Termin ist wichtig, unendlich wichtig. Denn das Erzählen der Geschichte ist der Schlüssel. Und die einzige Möglichkeit, das bevorstehende Unheil abzuwenden.

This combined volume brings together both parts of the Wild Siren story which starts with the slave committing a grievous sin and forcing her master to punish her severely. Her master is caught between knowing she needs boundaries and discipline in order for her love for him to sustain and the internal discomfort he feels at punishing her physically. Part two sees the relationship restored and the slave is offered a treat in the form of the delicious Danielle which she eagerly accepts.

Eleven-year-old math prodigy Ada Lovelace, daughter of the famous and infamous poet Lord Byron, is a genius. Isolated, awkward and socially inept - but a genius. Mary Godwin, age 14, daughter of radical philosopher William Godwin and feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft, is a romantic. It has been arranged for Mary and Ada to be tutored by the young man who calls himself Percy B. Snagsby, a nervous fellow who may or may not be a spy.

On a rainy afternoon on Killiney Hill, a young man walking, without his overcoat, happens upon a woman gazing out over Dublin bay, standing perilously close to the edge. From their testy encounter develops a remarkable friendship which will enable each to face afresh their very different, damaged pasts, and to look, however tentatively, toward the future.

Rudger is Amanda's best friend. He doesn't exist, but nobody's perfect. Only Amanda can see her imaginary friend - until the sinister Mr. Bunting arrives at Amanda's door. Mr. Bunting hunts imaginaries. Rumour says that he eats them. And he's sniffed out Rudger. Soon Rudger is alone, and running for his imaginary life. But can a boy who isn't there survive without a friend to dream him up?

This warm, nuanced, hilarious story about friendship, fortitude - and dancing is impossible not to fall in love with. Jenny's voice is fresh and convincing, and she handles both darker and lighter elements of the story with equal panache.

In Verona, a city ravaged by plague and political rivalries, a mother mourning the death of her day-old infant enters the household of the powerful Cappelletti family to become the wet-nurse to their newborn baby. As she serves her beloved Juliet over the next fourteen years, the nurse learns the Cappellettis’ darkest secrets. Those secrets - and the nurse’s deep personal grief - erupt across five momentous days of love and loss that destroy a daughter, and a family.

Paris in the 1920s: It is a city of intoxicating ambition, passion, art, and discontent, where louche jazz venues like the Chameleon Club draw expats, artists, libertines, and parvenus looking to indulge their true selves. It is at the Chameleon where the striking Lou Villars, an extraordinary athlete and scandalous cross-dressing lesbian, finds refuge among the club's loyal denizens, including the rising photographer Gabor Tsenyi, the socialite and art patron Baroness Lily de Rossignol, and the caustic American writer Lionel Maine.

When her father, Robert the Bruce, becomes King of Scotland, Marjorie Bruce becomes a princess. But Edward Longshanks, the ruthless King of England, has set his sights on Robert and his family. Marjorie is captured and imprisoned in a wooden cage in the center of a town square, exposed to wind, rain, the taunts of the townspeople, and the scorn of Longshanks himself. Marjorie knows that despite her suffering and pain, she is the daughter of noble Robert the Bruce and she will make her father, and her country, proud. For a true princess is a princess, whether in a castle or in a cage.

A Christmas gift for fans of the Dream Doctor Mysteries....

Just in time for the holidays — spend your vacation with Betty and Howard Barnes as they go on a "dream" European trip.

You'll see a whole new side to two of the unsung heroes of the Dream Doctor Mysteries in this fun and lighthearted romantic adventure, narrated by Doctor Who star Nicola Bryant!

Hope is in short supply, but courage runs deep as the Salamancan hunters recover from a devastating loss. Jenn knows she must rally her team against the Cursed Ones, but her focus is shattered. She’s torn between passion for Antonio, who once fought by her side, and hate for the bloodthirsty vampire he’s become. His volatility is tearing apart their team...and Jenn’s trust.

When Timothy Curwen’s check bounces, Dido Hoare is amazed. Curwen had been a good customer, spending freely at her antiquarian bookshop. The morning paper says that Curwen committed suicide, but the police soon suspect murder. When Dido sets out either to retrieve the book or to obtain payment of it, her quest leads her down a twisted trail of cover-up and betrayal surrounding Tim’s death.

Just before Danny Cadogan's 14th birthday, his father leaves. Having drunkenly run up a gambling debt he cannot pay, Big Dan Cadogan takes the easy way out. Leaving behind his wife and children to face the wrath of the men sent to collect the debt. Determined to protect his mother, brother, and sister, something changes in Danny and, overnight, he turns into a young man set on making his way in a violent and dangerous world.

When Dido Hoare, antiquarian bookseller and single mother, receives a frantic call for help in the middle of the night, she rushes to her friend (and nanny's) side. Dido has no idea that she is about to enter a world where no one is what they appear to be and there is danger all around. Dido arrives at Phyllis's apartment building to find that the lights in the hallway have all been shattered and that the apartment has clearly been burglarized.

A year after the events that killed her sister and turned her into a siren, Vanessa is desperately trying to put her family back together and reclaim a “normal” life. But no matter how many times she swims, or how much salt water she drinks, she can feel herself getting weaker and weaker. She has no idea how to survive as a siren and she doesn’t want to know the truth about her newly discovered identity. It’s just too horrifying.

There once was a princess lost in a forest, terribly distraught, who stumbled upon a talking iron stove in the middle of the forest. The stove told the princess he could direct her back to her father's kingdom if she promised one thing - that she would return and marry him. She was scared, but agreed, and made her way back to her father. Her father did not want his only daughter to marry an iron stove, so they tried to trick the stove by sending first the miller's daughter, and then the swineherd's daughter. He was not tricked, so soon the king relented and sent his daughter.

A psychological thriller about love and identity by Ben Lewis. Karen's counting down the days to her wedding. But when a scrawny-looking stranger turns up, her happy life begins to fall apart. Starring Nicola Stapleton as Karen, with Samuel Roukin as Vinnie, Freddy White as Stuart, Catherine Shepherd as Siobhan, Sandra Voe as Jean, and Ben Lewis as Dave. Director: Kirsty Williams.