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  Books of Magic Volume 3

  Destined to become the most powerful magician in the universe, will Tim Hunter end up the greatest sorcerer the world has ever known? Or the greatest evil that the universe will need to stop?In the wake of October's The Sandman Universe Presents Hellblazer #1, John Constantine is loose in our world again--and unfortunately for Tim Hunter, he's convinced the only way for the human race to survive is if Tim is taken off the board. But from where Tim's standing, he's the only one with the power to save us all. Who's right? Who's wrong? And is there room in London for the both of them? The scribes of Books of Magic and John Constantine: Hellblazer square off to tell both sides of the tale!The Sandman Universe is a new series of books curated by Neil Gaiman for DC Vertigo. Conjuring epic storytelling and immersing readers in the evolving world of the Dreaming, the Sandman Universe begins anew with four new ongoing series, existing in a shared universe, building upon Gaiman's New York Times bestselling series that lyrically weaved together stories of dreams and magic.From acclaimed author Kat Howard (Roses and Rot, An Unkindness of Magicians) and artist Tom Fowler (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Hulk: Season One, Rick and Morty), Books of Magic picks up right where Neil Gaiman left off in 1991!Collects Books of Magic #14-18.

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  Long Gone Daddies , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 414min

  Some nights, we have the road to ourselves and the radio sings only for us. We play our shows and tear ass out. Tonight, it was this little dive bar in a town we took to calling East Motherless. But we play, no matter. We rock and then we roll. The soundcheck and the fury, the power chord and the glory. Then we load our gear into a muddy-brown Merc with a little trailer behind, and we're off. Slinging gravel, filling sky with road. All his life, Luther Gaunt has heard songs in his head, songs of sweet evil and blue ruckus, odes to ghosts, drinking hymns. In search of his past, he hits the road with his band, the Long Gone Daddies, and his grandfather's cursed guitar, Cassie.While his bandmates just want to make it big when they get to Memphis, Luther retraces the steps of his father and grandfather, who each made the same journey with the same guitar years earlier. Malcolm Gaunt could have been - Elvis that white man who could sing black - except his rounder's ways got him shot before he could strike that first note for Sam Phillips at Sun Records. At least that's what Luther's father, Malcolm's son, always told him before he made like smoke when fame came calling and disappeared down South, too. As Luther discovers the truth about the two generations of musicians that came before him, he must face the ghosts of history, the temptations of the road, and the fame cravings of a seriously treacherous woman named Delia, who, it turns out, can sing like an angel forsaken. Long Gone Daddies is lyrically written and accessible as a hook-filled song and proves that the people who struggle the most are invariably the most interesting - and the most noble whether they succeed or not. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Kudler. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/008260/bk_acx0_008260_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Better Angels of Our Nature , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1078min

  On the eve of Shiloh, one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, a mysterious visitor appears at General William Tecumseh Sherman's camp. Without family or home, with only a uniform and the name of Jesse, this prepossessing stranger is an intriguing mix of naiveté and wisdom, ignorant of the most basic conventions of warfare yet uncannily familiar with even the most intimate details of Sherman's personal life and career. Jesse, in turn, has only one desire: to remain by Sherman's side, for reasons only Jesse knows and isn't revealing. Initially unwilling to become a father figure to this beguiling visitor, Sherman is finally unable to resist such devotion and tenacity. He takes Jesse under his wing, determined to train this enigmatic creature in the art of war, and provide the strength and wisdom needed to survive its horrors. Resourceful and courageous, Jesse soon earns the respect of Sherman’s men, especially the compassionate but plain-talking surgeon, Seth Cartwright, and Thomas Ransom, a noble and handsome young infantry officer. No matter their destiny neither man can divert Jesse’s mission.But what is the truth? What is Jesse’s purpose and why has this fascinating youth appeared at this most crucial time in Sherman’s life and in the life of the bitterly divided nation? In the end we are forced to ask: Who is under whose wing? The Better Angels of Our Nature brilliantly re-creates the drama and brutality of America’s Civil War. Set in the momentous 14-month period spanning Shiloh and Vicksburg - a time that turned the tide of war and determined the nation’s fate - this harrowing, lyrically written novel is filled with unforgettable characters and wondrous twists that will give listeners pause to reconsider events familiar to us all. Meticulously researched and movingly written, this masterwork will remain with listeners long after the last sentence is savored. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cassandra Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bkot/000811/bk_bkot_000811_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Strings Attached: One Tough Teacher and the Gift of Great Expectations , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 613min

  The Fine Art of Tough Love If you're lucky, somewhere in your past is that one person who changed your life forever. The one who pushed you to dream bigger and to reach higher, and who set you straight on what matters in life. Perhaps it was a coach, or a professor, or a family friend. For Joanne Lipman and Melanie Kupchynsky, that person was a public-school music teacher, Jerry Kupchynsky, known as Mr. K - a Ukrainian-born taskmaster who yelled and stomped and screamed, and who drove his students harder than anyone had ever driven them before. Through sheer force of will, he made them better than they had any right to be. Strings Attached tells the inspiring, poignant, and powerful story of this remarkable man, whose life seemed to conspire against him at every turn and yet who was able to transform his own heartache into triumph for his students. Lyrically recounted by two former students - acclaimed journalist Joanne Lipman and Mr. K's daughter, Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Melanie Kupchynsky - Strings Attached takes you on a journey that spans from his days as a forced Nazi laborer and his later home life as a husband to an invalid wife, to his heart-breaking search for his missing daughter, Melanie's sister. This is an unforgettable tale - a captivating narrative that is as absorbing as fiction - about the power of a great teacher, but also about the legacy that remains long after the last note has faded into silence: lessons in resilience, excellence, and tough love. Strings Attached is for anyone indebted to a mentor and for those devoted to igniting excellence in others. 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: Kathleen McInerney, Eliza Foss. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hype/000117/bk_hype_000117_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Merchant of Venice (eBook, ePUB)

  Tackling The Merchant of Venice? Easily understand every line and quickly master Shakespeare's tale of love and revenge. Does Shakespeare's 400-year-old language often leave you confused? Do you wish there was an easier way to get to the heart of the story without tedious cross-referencing? Award-winning Shakespearean author James Anthony unlocks each line of The Merchant of Venice via a modern, versified retelling alongside the brilliant original, empowering you to excel at this formidable text. In this book, you'll discover:What each line of the complete original text means via a retelling printed directly below it.The precise meaning of each character motive, plot twist, convoluted phrase and befuddling reference.The rhythm and pacing Shakespeare uses to drive this classic story forward.How to form your own views by understanding the hidden subtleties of Shakespeare's verse.How to sail through exams by quickly and easily transforming your knowledge of the text. Buy this Shakespeare Retold book today and enjoy The Merchant of Venice as you quickly learn this timeless masterpiece! PRAISE FOR SHAKESPEARE RETOLD"Schools and colleges will stamp and cheer with unrestrained gratitude and delight." - STEPHEN FRY "Tackling Hamlet for The Royal Shakespeare Company is arguably the most daunting role for any actor. For me, learning the words was the easy part; interpreting the nuances of the language and breathing life into the performance was brutally tough. James Anthony's Shakespeare, Retold would have helped me immensely. For every line, I'd have had a lyrically identical modern-day translation that I precisely understood, helping reveal the emphasis and punch of each moment of my stage performance. Every actor would benefit from this compelling translation." - PAAPA ESSIEDU

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  Rachel Carson: The Sea Trilogy (Loa #352): Under the Sea-Wind / The Sea Around Us / The Edge of the Sea

  Pioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson explores the wonders of the Earth's oceans in these classics of American science and nature writing. Rachel Carson is perhaps most famous as the author of Silent Spring, but she was first and foremost a "poet of the sea" and the three books collected in this deluxe Library of America volume are classics of American science and nature writing. Under the Sea-Wind (1941), Carson's lyrical debut, offers an intimate account of maritime ecology through the eyes of three of the ocean's denizens, the individual lives of sanderling, mackerel, and eel dramatically intertwined in the enduring ebb and flow of the tides. The Sea Around Us (1951)-a winner of the National Book Award-draws on a wealth of oceanographic, meteorological, biological, and historical research to present its subject on a grand, biospheric scale, revealing not only many mysteries of the still-unfathomed depths, but a reverence for the sea as a source of global climate and of life itself. Concluding Carson's "sea trilogy," The Edge of the Sea (1955) explores the habits of the many small creatures that live on shorelines and in tidepools accessible to any beachcomber: part identification guide, part hymn to ecological complexity, it is a book that conveys the "sense of wonder" in nature for which Carson is justly celebrated. At a moment when overfishing, pollution, and global warming are causing catastrophic changes to marine environments worldwide, Carson's lyrically detailed accounts of these environments offer a timely reminder of their beauty, fragility, and immense consequence for human life. Series Overview: This volume, #352 in the Library of America series, is a companion to Rachel Carson: Silent Spring & Other Writings on the Environment, volume #307.

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  Portrait of a Thief

  TARGET CONSUMER: For fans of contemporary, millennial perspectives and of authors such as Susie Yang, Charles Yu, Nancy Jooyoun Kim, and Kevin Kwan. Pitched as The Farewell meets Ocean's Eleven, PORTRAIT OF A THIEF is a lyrically written heist novel based on a true story of Chinese art vanishing from Western museums; about diaspora, unlikely friendships, the colonization of art, and the complexity of the Chinese American identity. Will Chen, a Chinese American art history major at Harvard, has spent most of his life learning about the West-its art, its culture, all that it has taken and called its own. Despite this, he believes art belongs with its creators, so when a Chinese corporation offers him a (very illegal) chance to reclaim five priceless sculptures China lost centuries ago, it's surprisingly easy to say yes. Will's crew, fellow students chosen out of his boundless optimism for their skills and loyalty, aren't exactly the experienced criminals from Ocean's Eleven, but he's cast them into their respective heist archetypes anyway to help him execute the plan. Irene, Will's sister, and a public policy major at Duke who can talk her way out of anything serves as the conman; Daniel, a pre-med student with steady hands and a FBI Agent father whose specialty is FBI Art Crimes, as the thief; Lily, an engineering student with a slick smile who races cars in her spare time as thier getaway driver; and Alex, an outlier, ex of Will's and MIT dropout turned Silicon Valley software engineer, as the hacker tasked with getting them safely in and out each museum they must rob. Each student has their own complicated relationship with China and the identities they've cultivated as Chinese Americans, but they all have something in common: when Will asks them, they won't say no. Because if they succeed? They earn an unfathomable ten million each, and a chance to make history. If they fail, they lose everything…and the West wins again. With poetic prose, a fun, commerical hook, a diverse cast of characters and a plot that travels across the globe as they steal back artifacts taken long ago, PORTRAIT OF A THIEF is a cultural heist and an ode to the complexity of Chinese American identity and the damning effects of colonialism that readers won't want to miss. Story Locale: Southern California, China, New York, Norway

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  The Urban Picnic

  The Urban Picnic - Being an Idiosyncratic and Lyrically Recollected Account of Menus Recipes History Trivia and Admonitions on the Subject of Alfresco Dining in Cities Both Large and Small: ab 21.99 €

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  TALK ABOUT HIM

  TALK ABOUT HIM - Spoken Lyrically but Literally Inspirational Poems: ab 8.99 €

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  Clouds

  Published on the Musea label in the year 2011, ''Time Machine'' is the fourth solo album of Argos' drummer Ulf Jacobs. Lyrically, it's about the fascination of time travelling, freely adapted from the famous novel by Herbert George Wells. Musically speaking, the album sounds like classical Progressive rock, with lots of Mellotron, Moog, Hammond organ and poulent drumming in the style of the Golden Seventies. ''Clouds'' is the fifth solo album by Argos drummer Ulf Jacobs and it's his second relea

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