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If I Fall
'Fresh, compelling and compassionate' AMANDA JENNINGS'An unusually gripping and authentic police procedural.' SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB, selected for Paperback of the Week __________________________A gritty, heart-stopping crime thriller that will have you utterly obsessed.We were told to meet at a rooftop bar.Four friends, bound by one terrible secret.No one knew why we were there.Then we saw a woman, watched as she fell from the edge and plunged to her death.The police think it's suicide, but I know better.Someone is sending a message.Now they're coming for us.__________________________Praise for Merilyn Davies:'A breath-taking, page-turning read' CLARE MACKINTOSH'Assured, fresh, engrossing' MEL SHERRATT'Compassionately, confidently and beautifully written' STEVE MOSBY- Shop: buecher
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Friends and Heroes (eBook, ePUB)
Four young preteen boys form a strong bond of friendship that carries them through adulthood. The bond is unusually strong because the boys are individually so different and yet understand and appreciate their differences as well as the sameness in their motivations, their goals, their achievements, and their loyalties. Readers will identify their own childhood as the four make friends and enemies, heroes and mentors along their path of adventure and misadventures. A page-turner of the first order, the reader will feel an active participant in this fast-moving roller-coaster ride of the coming-of-age of Conner, Mark, Herbert, Mike, and Snake-eyes.- Shop: buecher
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Ringstones , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 312min
One of Sarban's first published works, Ringstones helped establish him among critics and readers as a writer of unusually evocative power. Originally published in 1951, the story is set on the Northumberland moors, where Daphne Hazel appears to cross the boundaries of time, becoming involved with terrifying personalities from the mysterious past. Sarban is truly a master of his craft. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/007103/bk_blak_007103_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Latecomers , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 437min
Hartmann was a German, Fibich an orphan of World War II.... A novel about human relationships, focusing, unusually for Brookner, on two male characters. Hartmann and Fibich met at school and 40 years later they can no more think of living apart than of divorcing their wives. This book deals with their gradual coming to terms with the emotional gaps in their lives. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrew Sachs. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/005116/bk_bbcw_005116_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Sleeping Beauties: A Riveting Mystery , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 451min
The sleepy town of Barksdale, Louisiana, isn’t known for much - except for its unusually high rate of disappearances.When the daughter of a prominent businessman and a wealthy debutante vanishes, Reese Lindley returns to her hometown to cover the case for her podcast. Confronted by the past and her estranged family, Reese learns that the quiet town has more secrets to hide than she ever could have imagined. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ramona Master. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/165292/bk_acx0_165292_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Un-Cabaret Stories: Big House, Hörbuch, Digital, 8min
Sherri Shepherd goes to the Big House. Yes, really.SHERRI SHEPHERD is a gifted comic actress know for her work on Friends, Less Than Perfect, Suddenly Susan and Everybody Loves Raymond, and her appearances guest hosting The View.This piece was recorded at the Un-Cabaret, featuring great comedy writer-performers telling unusually honest stories in a stand-up setting.ADVISORY: Some material may not be appropriate for minors. Language: English. Narrator: Beth Lapides, Sherri Shepherd. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/pf/cabc/000056/pf_cabc_000056_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Lord of the Isles: Lord of the Isles, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1192min
With Lord of the Isles, David Drake returns to fantasy with a towering and complex epic of heroic adventure in an extraordinary and colorful world where the elemental forces that empower magic are rising to a thousand-year peak. In the days following an unusually severe storm, the inhabitants of a tiny seaport town travel toward romance, danger, and astonishing magic that will transform them and their world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Page. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/008649/bk_adbl_008649_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Un-Cabaret Stories: Two Fags Ranch, Hörbuch, Digital, 11min
Terry Sweeney tries to flee Hollywood for the rural life.TERRY SWEENEY was the first openly gay performer on network TV, on Saturday Night Live. He also wrote for SNL and Mad-TV, and co-wrote the feature Shag.This performance was recorded at the Un-Cabaret at LunaPark in Los Angeles. Un-Cabaret features unique writer-performers telling unusually honest stories.ADVISORY: Some material may not be appropriate for minors. Language: English. Narrator: Beth Lapides, Terry Sweeney. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/pf/cabc/000058/pf_cabc_000058_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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After Beowulf
* For fans of the creative translations of Mary Jo Bang and Kathy Acker * For readers of classic literature who enjoy playful, loose retellings of classic books in the tradition of Jack Spicer's After Lorca and James Joyce's Ulysses * This version of Beowulf fits in well with the trend of modern, feminist translations such as Emily Wilson's The Odyssey and Maria Dahvana Headley's Beowulf: A New Feminist Translation of the Epic Poem * Markotic offers a contemporary take on Beowulf's language and, more unusually, the culture and character of the hero of this foundational text. * Classic poetry continues to find new readers with the help of modernized translations, such as Mary Jo Bang's recent translations of Dante's Divine Comedy. * Blurbs forthcoming- Shop: buecher
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Introduction to Calculus and Analysis I
From the reviews: "Volume 1 covers a basic course in real analysis of one variable and Fourier series. It is well-illustrated, well-motivated and very well-provided with a multitude of unusually useful and accessible exercises. (...) There are three aspects of Courant and John in which it outshines (some) contemporaries: (i) the extensive historical references, (ii) the chapter on numerical methods, and (iii) the two chapters on physics and geometry. The exercises in Courant and John are put together purposefully, and either look numerically interesting, or are intuitively significant, or lead to applications. It is the best text known to the reviewer for anyone trying to make an analysis course less abstract. (...)" - The Mathematical Gazette (75.1991.471).- Shop: buecher
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