305 Results for : conjures
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Illustrated Edition (Illustrated): Volume 2
Prepare to be spellbound by Jim Kay's dazzling full-colour illustrations in this stunning new edition of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Breathtaking scenes, dark themes and unforgettable characters - including Dobby and Gilderoy Lockhart - await inside this fully illustrated edition. With paint, pencil and pixels, award-winning illustrator Jim Kay conjures the wizarding world as we have never seen it before. Fizzing with magic and brimming with humour, this inspired reimagining will captivate fans and new readers alike, as Harry and his friends, now in their second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, seek out a legendary chamber and the deadly secret that lies at its heart .- Shop: buecher
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Eric: A Novel of Discworld
Discworld's only demonology hacker, Eric,is about to make life very difficult for the rest of Ankh-Morpork's denizens. This would-be Faust is very bad . . . at his work, that is.All he wants is to fulfill three little wishes:to live forever, to be master of the universe, and to have a stylin' hot babe. But Eric isn't even good at getting his own way. Instead of a powerful demon, he conjures, well, Rincewind, a wizard whose incompetence is matched only by Eric's. And as if that wasn't bad enough, that lovable travel accessory the Luggage has arrived, too. Accompanied by his new best friends, there's only one thing Eric wishes now—that he'd never been born!- Shop: buecher
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Paul Revere's Ride , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 6min
Listen, my children, and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul Revere,On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five;Hardly a man is now aliveWho remembers that famous day and year.So begins the verse narrative of the legendary Revolutionary war legend by celebrated American 19th century poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. With charging rhythm and clarion language, in 14 stanzas, the poet conjures the dramatic, moving images of the rousing and pivotal ride of the famed patriot. Rhapsode Bob Gonzalez performs this classic. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Gonzalez. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/002938/bk_mike_002938_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Little Is Left to Tell , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 695min
Listeners enter a narrative rabbit hole through bedtime stories that Mr. Fin, a man with dementia, conjures for his long-lost son. Virginia the Wolf writes her last novel to lure her daughter home. A rabbit named Hart Crane must eat words to speak, while passing zeppelins drop bombs. Mr. Fin tries to read the past in marginalia and to rebuild his son from boat parts. The haunting fables in this lyrical first novel trace the fictions that make and unmake us. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christian Carvajal. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/058046/bk_acx0_058046_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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On Keeping Women: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 715min
A complex masterpiece that reveals the mind of a contemporary woman beyond the confines of family, love, and duty to one’s self Lexie, a married woman with four children, undergoes a midlife crisis and questions her role as wife, mother, and lover. From within a Victorian house in the Hudson River Valley, Lexie dissects her life experiences in hopes of gaining a deeper understanding of her unhappiness. Through rich symbolism, lively dialogue, and acute commentary, Hortense Calisher conjures a cohesive map of Lexie’s personal awakening. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dominique Bernard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/014886/bk_adbl_014886_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Sin Incarnate , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 101min, (USK 18)
Forged in the fires of hell beauty becomes sin incarnate. Something malevolent grows in Lorna. When she conjures a dark lord and begs for irresistible beauty, he makes one demand; serve him as an underworld female who tests mortal men. Now, a millennia later, this is her last chance to find a man who can free her. But Lorna must learn to love if she's to save herself. Yet that won't save the two men who shared her body. One of them must be sacrificed. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jennifer J. Saucedo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/022900/bk_acx0_022900_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Fireworks , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 233min
'I started to write short pieces when I was living in a room too small to write a novel in.' So says Angela Carter of this collection, written during a period living in Toyko. These exotic, sensuous stories represent Carter's first major achievement in the short story form. Lush imaginary forests, a murderous puppet show and an expressionistic vision of Japan: each one instantly conjures an atmosphere, dark and luminous in turn, and from the recognisably daring imagination of one of the great 20th-century stylists. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Clare Corbett, Toby Longworth. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/031848/bk_adbl_031848_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Frozen Stiff in the Freezer at Fossalta: The Lake Garda Mysteries, Volume 19 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 181min
The Frozen Stiff in the Freezer at Fossalta: The Lake Garda Mysteries, Volume 19In this strange mystery, Kim is called in to help identify a corpse that has been discovered in a most unusual place. As usual, she applies her investigative skills and slowly tracks down exactly who the victim was. On the way, she enjoys some good times with her coterie of friends and lovers. And there are a few unexpected surprises that pop up. Finally, she conjures up a cunning stratagem to ensnare the prime suspect. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Claire Nicholls. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/212274/bk_acx0_212274_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Shell Collector , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 462min
The exquisitely crafted stories in Anthony Doerr's acclaimed debut collection take listeners from the African coast to the pine forests of Montana to the damp moors of Lapland, charting a vast physical and emotional landscape. Doerr explores the human condition in all its varieties - metamorphosis, grief, fractured relationships, and slowly mending hearts - and conjures nature in both its beautiful abundance and crushing power. Some of his characters contend with tremendous hardship; some discover unique gifts; all are united by their ultimate deference to the mysteries of the universe outside themselves. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Hakeem Kae Kazim. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/007282/bk_adbl_007282_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Jazz
In the winter of 1926, when everybody everywhere sees nothing but good things ahead, Joe Trace, middle-aged door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products, shoots his teenage lover to death. At the funeral, Joe's wife, Violet, attacks the girl's corpse. This passionate, profound story of love and obsession brings us back and forth in time, as a narrative is assembled from the emotions, hopes, fears, and deep realities of black urban life. "The author conjures up worlds with complete authority and makes no secret of her angst at the injustices dealt to black women." -The New York Times Book Review "Transforms a familiar refrain of jilted love into a bold, sustaining time of self-knowledge and discovery. Its rhythms are infectious." -People- Shop: buecher
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