54 Results for : nightstand
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The Lost Village , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 576min
1945: Two sisters give birth to two little girls on the same night, huddled under blankets, deep in the black woods that surround their village. They hold their babies close as footsteps approach. If they make even the slightest sound, the German soldiers will find them....2006: Luce Nardini clutches a plane ticket to Italy in her trembling hands. Since her only child left home, and with her estranged husband more distant than ever, she’s been overwhelmed with loneliness. She never knew her father, or the reason why her mother cut all contact with her family in the little village of Bosconero. Lost and unravelling fast, uncovering her roots feels like Luce’s last and only hope.As Luce searches the maze of cobbled streets, a house with a faded blue door draped in perfect white roses stops her in her tracks. Inside is the grandmother she never knew, who - with a longing look at an ornate wooden box on her nightstand - begins to tell the heart-wrenching story of a little village ravaged by war, and why Luce’s mother fled home and swore never to return.Surrounded by new friends and faded frescoes of saints, Luce is just starting to feel like she belongs when the unthinkable happens: an earth-shattering disaster that shakes the little village of Bosconero to its core. Could it be that the secrets of Luce’s past have been buried forever?Frightened, hopeless, and feeling more alone than ever before, will the surprise arrival of the husband she thought she’d lost help sew Luce’s family back together or tear it apart for good? One thing is certain: She must find the little wooden box among the rubble of the village and return it to her grandmother. But nothing will have prepared Luce for the devastating betrayal she finds inside....A historical romance about the secrets we keep to protect the ones we love by the author of million-copy Amazon number one best seller Watch Over Me. Perfect for anyone who loves ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Daniela Acitelli. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/224061/bk_acx0_224061_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Of Shame and Joy (Collection of Classic Erotica) (Volume 11) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 282min, (USK 18)
O Rose thou art sick. /The invisible worm, /That flies in the night /In the howling storm: /Has found out thy bed /Of crimson joy: /And his dark secret love / Does thy life destroy. Those eight lines constitute the complete text of “The Sick Rose,” published by William Blake in Songs of Experience in 1794. I took to Blake early on, and thought Of Crimson Joy would make a dandy title. I accordingly fastened it on this novel when I sent the manuscript to Harry Shorten at Midwood. Someone there changed the title to Of Shame and Joy, and while I was a tad annoyed at the time, I have to say they made the right call. Of Shame and Joy's not only a better title, it’s a damn good one. I remember where and when I wrote the book, although I can’t say I recall much of the writing, or indeed of the book itself. It would have been in the late summer or fall of 1959. I’d gone to New York in July, settling in at the Hotel Rio on West 47th Street, planning to stay there until it was time to return to Antioch College for my final year. What I soon learned was that I’d already had my final year at Antioch, at least as far as the school was concerned. I’d written Campus Tramp, my first book as Andrew Shaw just before they informed me of this decision, and then I went to work on something else, and a bad morning led me to pack a bag and move back to my parents’ home at 422 Starin Avenue in Buffalo. And, back in Buffalo, I set up my typewriter on the little maple desk on which I’d written Strange Are the Ways of Love and Carla, and resumed writing books for Harry Shorten at Midwood, - and for Bill Hamling at Nightstand, who’d liked Campus Tramp enough to want more. For the next eight months or so I wrote books on that desk. My routine was an interesting one; I’d join my mother at the kitchen table for a cup of coffee around midnight, then write all night, then have breakfast with my dad around seven - and then go to bed. I ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Barbara Nevins Taylor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/133350/bk_acx0_133350_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Petites Inspirations
Originally, the goal of this album was to create music where each individual piece would represent something in a child's room. However, my heart and emotions have more power over me than I could ever explain. As soon as I entered into a relationship, my music shifted immediately, expressing in sounds what I could not express in words. I began my summer of 2009 writing several child related pieces. "Rêverie d'enfant," begins by setting the atmosphere of what it's like to be in a child's world and thoughts. "Le carrousel," as you can guess, materializes a colorful carrousel that one might find on the nightstand. "Petite danseuse" animates a dancing ballerina who comes to life. And finally, "Sur l'eau, petit bateau" depicts a serene painting of a little boat on it's own journey in calm waters. A transitioning piece, "De longues heures," brings me in an altered state where I am transported in time. I feel as if I have control over the clock's hands, making them spin faster and faster in order to make time appear to be moving as quickly as possible. "L'attente" portrays that uneven feeling you get when anxiously waiting to see someone. While all afore mentioned pieces were written at home, it wasn't until I arrived in France that I faced my true suppressed feelings. The relationship I was in was not the one in which my heart wanted to be in. Aching for someone else, my music painted those internal hidden emotions. "Un manque" underlines that feeling of missing something. "Mon secret" is an attempt to hide the amount of hurt within, while unwrapping some sweetness and vulnerability near the end, as if to ask for someone to recognize my pain. The bittersweet sound of "Nostalgie" continues by sharing this sadness aloud, while softening this hurt with it's legato nature. "A tire-d'aile" imitates a bird, stuck in a cage, symbolizing my desperate search for an escape. "Coups de coeur" mirrors my heart beating a million miles an hour, which is the effect I get when talking to this special someone. "Douce nuit" is the sound of my heart resting in peace. And last but not least, "Voyage" is my final work written in France, mixing sounds of uneven feelings with certainty and motion. I was finally ready to return home and make things right again, being honest with others, myself, and most importantly, my heart. Before I end, there's one special piece that I want to dedicate to my favorite aunt, Anne DeChezelles. "Larmes d'amour" meaning Tears of Love, expresses the hurt I hold in regards to her situation. She has had much difficulty holding her own child, and if there's anyone who is a more loving, giving, and deserving person when it comes to being a mother, it's her. I will end this by telling you that my music is my diary. Hence, sharing it with you, while putting me in a vulnerable position, truly brings me nothing more than heartfelt joy and honor. Thank you again for all those who have supported my first album, Cascade, and even more so, my music in general. It is with long awaited excitement that I am absolutely thrilled to finally share this second album with you! Tara O'Brien.- Shop: odax
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