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Rhetorik Training: Die Kunst der Kommunikation lernen. Mit gezielten rhetorischen Techniken selbstbewusst und schlagfertig Reden, Kommunizieren und Überzeugen. (Ausstrahlung, Gestik, Mimik, Körpersprache, Stimme, Überzeugungskraft, Kommunikation) Vor Publikum zu sprechen ist nicht immer einfach. Viel zu oft sind wir unsicher, ob der Vortrag beim Publikum so ankommt, wie wir uns das vorstellen. Leiden Sie auch an dieser und ähnlichen Ängsten?

Gibt es eine skrupellose Macht im Hintergrund, die illegale Experimente an uns Menschen durchführt? Wenn dem so ist, müssen wir etwas gegen diese Verbrechen tun. Doch die Zeit ist unser gnadenloser Feind. Wenn wir zu lange zögern und die Wahrheit nicht sehen wollen, hat unser letztes Stündlein bereits geschlagen. Öffnen wir jedoch die Augen und erkennen die Wahrheit, so besteht noch Hoffnung. Doch wir müssen uns beeilen. Der Countdown läuft!

3 x 3 = endlose Gelassenheit! Glaubst du etwa, dass mehr Gelassenheit und weniger Stress im Alltag für dich nur schwierig zu erreichen sind? Dass dein Leben jeden Tag an dir vorbeizieht, während du dich abstrampelst und immer mehr verlierst? Dann denkst du wie die meisten Menschen. Dabei erfordert eine spürbar positive Veränderung in deinem Leben gerade mal 3x3 Minuten täglich.

Classic short stories featuring favourites from the animal world.

A classic collection of holiday short stories for children featuring a kidnapped Santa, busy elves and a brave tin soldier, amongst others.

Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish poet and novelist who was also a collector of folk and fairy tales. 'The House of Strange Stories' is the tale of an evening after dinner when the various members of a house party take turns to relate a ghost story which they have experienced themselves. The stories become stranger and stranger as the evening goes on.

A young novelist is in the process of serialising a racy novel in the Fleet Street Magazine. It tells the story of a Duchess who murders her husband by giving him cheap sherry, in the knowledge that his constitution will not stand such rough liquor. The author is surprised to find a mysterious advertisement in the personal column of The Times which addresses the author of the sherry story and exhorts him to contact a certain firm of solicitors. On making enquiries, the author is invited to a remote stately home to stay with a genuine mysterious duchess who also harbours a guilty secret.

A fascinating collection of some of the great - but less well known - fairy tales of all time.

'East of the Sun and West of the Moon' is a fairy tale from Norway. A poor family is visited one night by a white bear who promises to make them rich if they will give him their youngest daughter. At first the girl refuses, but over several days she is persuaded to go with the bear. She is carried away on his back to a marvellous castle, where she learns that the bear turns into a prince at night.

'The Bronze Ring' is a story in which a princess falls in love with the son of the palace gardener, although her father wishes her to marry the son of his Prime Minister. The King devises a quest for the two suitors and attempts to engineer the situation so that the rich youth will win. But the gardener's son does a good deed to an old woman, who in return helps him win a magic ring which will grant wishes. But the youth's adventures are not over when he marries the princess. The ring is stolen, and he must enlist the aid of some very clever mice to get it back.

'The Donkey Skin' is a strange fairy tale of a princess who escapes an unwanted marriage by running away from the palace dressed in a donkey skin, to a hard life of poverty as a hen-wife. When a young prince happens to catch a glimpse of her without her donkey skin, he falls in love with her. But how is he to find the beautiful maiden again?

Three princes are sent on a quest by their father, to find who it is who steals the golden apples from the King's tree. The youngest son befriends a wolf who is in reality a magician. From the wolf he learns that a magical golden bird is the thief. In attempting to steal the golden bird, the prince is captured by its owner, the Emperor. The latter agrees to spare the prince's life if he can steal the golden horse from the ruler of the neighbouring kingdom. In attempting to do this the prince is again captured.

'The Enchanted Knife' is the story of a young man who seeks to marry the princess. Her father sets him an impossible task to perform before he will grant the suit - but with the aid of the cunning princess and a magic knife, the youth is able to win his bride.

His ex-wife’s family are less than subtle when it comes to leaving messages, especially when they’re spelled out in blood. Now they’re leaving a trail of bodies in their wake, which means his long list of enemies just got longer. Even though he’s used to high risk situations, the stakes take a sharp turn when his daughter is drawn into the fray with absolutely no clear way out. With all that he holds dear hanging in the balance, he must make impossible choices. Each one brings him closer to the answers he’s sought about his past.

After living through a bloody encounter with the mysterious Cult of Fenrir 20 years ago, Viktor returns to New Orleans, hoping to forget the horrors he endured. He keeps busy dealing with unusual cases as head of a global security firm specializing in paranormal threats. For once in his long life, everything seems to have fallen into balance. But Fate has a funny way of catching up with a person. And this time it’s bringing his past - and possibly the end of the world - along for the ride.

When I crashed on this planet 15,000 years ago, I thought that my friend - the living spaceship Sleipnir - was destroyed. But it turns out the mysterious signal I’ve been receiving for the past nine years is his cry for help. It’s led me back to Romania, back to the mountain I almost died on, and - just maybe - back to the legendary being who once saved my life.

Jeder in Nicholas' Familie besitzt sie: die magische Gabe der Fabelmacht, mit der man die Wirklichkeit umschreiben kann. Nicholas sehnt sich danach, dass sie endlich auch in ihm erwacht. Dieser Wunsch führt immer wieder zu Streit, denn sein Vater hält die Fabelmacht für gefährlich und setzt alles daran, Nicholas vor ihr zu schützen. Nach einer besonders heftigen Auseinandersetzung beginnt Nicholas allen Warnungen zum Trotz zu schreiben - über sich selbst und ein Mädchen namens Mila. Und über ihre unsterbliche Liebe zueinander. Doch er hat keine Ahnung, wie gefährlich die Fabelmacht wirklich ist.

The Stonecutter is a fairy tale Lang collected in Japan. A stonecutter sees how rich people live when he is delivering a gravestone one day. From that day on he is dissatisfied with his own lot and wishes to be rich. His wish is granted by the spirit that lives in the mountain...but the stonecutter is still not satisfied with his life and makes further wishes, each taking him a little further on his quest for happiness.

The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground is the tale of a king who goes to extreme lengths to safeguard his daughter from potential suitors unworthy of her hand. But one cunning young lad manages to outwit the king by disguising himself as a sheep.

The Frog is a variant on the Frog Princess. Three brothers are told by their mother to set specific tasks for their sweethearts to complete, to see whether they will make suitable brides. The youngest lad does not know any girls, but a mystery frog proves amazingly adept at all the trials set her by her future mother-in-law.