Ergebnis für "Freizeit" in Literatur & Belletristik

Hinter Franziska liegen zwei Jahre in Paris und eine auf erwachsene Art beendete Beziehung. In Sachen Selbstverwirklichung steht sie gut da – abgeschlossenes Studium, solides Einkommen, gesundes Sozialleben, untrügliches Stilempfinden – und doch scheint etwas zu fehlen. Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Leichtigkeit sitzt sie in Cafés, arbeitet Aufträge ab, treibt Sport und trifft ihre Freund:innen. Um sie herum prallen Lebensentwürfe aufeinander, Stadtflucht und reflektierter Drogenkonsum, authentische Social-Media-Profile und künstlich beschworene Zwischenmenschlichkeit.

Neil Josten is out of time. He knew when he came to PSU he wouldn't survive the year, but with his death right around the corner he's got more reasons than ever to live. Befriending the Foxes was inadvisable. Kissing one is unthinkable. Neil should know better than to get involved with anyone this close to the end, but Andrew's never been the easiest person to walk away from. If they both say it doesn't mean anything, maybe Neil won't regret losing it, but the one person Neil can't lie to is himself.

Erstlinge. Kein Stück Wild prägt sich so sehr ein wie das ersterlegte einer Wildart. Graf von Quadt erzählt von seinen Anfängen und ersten Jagden auf Sau, Rehbock, Hochwild und Gams. Bertram Graf von Quadt liest aus eigenen Werken. Der bekannte Jagdautor ist nicht nur mit der Feder, sondern auch mit der Stimme ein begnadeter Erzähler. Die bildreiche Sprache seiner Bücher ruft Gedanken wach, die zum Mit-und Nacherleben der Geschehnisse anregen. Als Hörfunkjournalist hat Graf von Quadt eine geschulte Stimme, mit der er seine Erzählungen zu noch intensiverem Leben erweckt.

János bácsi. Ein alter, starker Keiler: für den Autoren ein unvergessliches Jagderlebnis. Die Missratenen Was wäre das Leben ohne die liebevolle Tyrannei schlecht geführter, aber tief geliebter Hunde? Bertram Graf von Quadt liest aus eigenen Werken. Der bekannte Jagdautor ist nicht nur mit der Feder, sondern auch mit der Stimme ein begnadeter Erzähler. Die bildreiche Sprache seiner Bücher ruft Gedanken wach, die zum Mit- und Nacherleben der Geschehnisse anregen.

Als im Jahre 1336 Francesco Petrarca den südfranzösischen Mont Ventoux bestieg, war dies eine Zeitenwende: Zum ersten Mal wurde ein Berg bestiegen um des Bergsteigens willen. Oben angekommen, wurde Petrarca klar, dass das Leben in dieser Welt nicht nur trostlose Durchgangsstation ist auf dem Weg ins Jenseits - nein, er sah, dass die Welt und das Leben SCHÖN sind! Ein kleines, kurzes Hörbuch - und doch voller Wahrheit.

The goals of the budo - the martial arts and ways of Japan - lie in refining the body and spirit. These goals are not always the obvious ones - and are learned only through the guidance and direction of great teachers. The techniques, methods, and rituals of the sensei can serve as guides to a well-lived life - and provide invaluable lessons for today's martial artists.

David Le Breton mezcla en Elogio del caminar a Pierre Sansot y a Patrick Leigh Fermor, pero también hace que Bashô y Stevenson dialoguen sin preocuparse por el rigor histórico, pues el propósito de este exquisito libro no radica ahí, se trata solamente de caminar juntos, de intercambiar impresiones, como si estuviéramos en torno a una mesa en un albergue al borde del camino, por la tarde, cuando el cansancio y el vino nos hacen hablar.

In 1898, the British were building a railway line between Mombasa in Kenya and Uganda. At the Tsavo River in Kenya where a bridge needed to be built, the project was suddenly interrupted by two man-eating lions that targeted the camps of the workers. Over a period of nine months, the lions killed scores of people. These lions were deliberately hunting people, preferring humans over any other prey, and they seemed to have supernatural abilities in evading all attempts to stop them. Colonel J.H. Patterson, the chief engineer in charge of the project, finally managed to eliminate them.

Quenton Cassidy thought he had left his athletic career far behind as he built a successful professional career in south Florida. But as several personal tragedies and the wear and tear of life began to weigh upon him, he wonders if perhaps he hasn't given up a special part of his life too soon. His return to the world of competitive running is dramatic and revelatory to both the protagonist and the listener, as is his desperate, all-out attempt to make on last Olympic team.

In a small town in Illinois during the Great Depression, five-year-old Richard receives an assignment that will change his life: learn everything about baseball and report each Cardinals game to his father, who can no longer follow them himself. This mission becomes more than just a pastime, it becomes a sacred duty and the foundation of Richard’s identity. Through box scores, radio broadcasts, and neighborhood games, Richard grows up with a bat in one hand and a scorecard in the other.

Josephine Rossi has recovered from a broken heart, but has vowed that she's all about the desserts now as a recipe tester for Bake It! magazine. Cheesecake never breaks your heart. Unless it cracks on the top, but still, it tastes amazing if you bake it just right. She knows what to do in the kitchen as far as making luscious desserts. Men? Apparently she's not so good at figuring them out, so she refuses to bother. Josephine knows it is safer to stay in the kitchen than to take another chance with her heart.

Ein Hörbuch zur Fußball-Fankultur und den wahren Gründen für den Titelgewinn der Fußball-WM in Brasilien 2014. Gewidmet ist das Werk "allen friedlich gemeinsam feiernden Fans dieser Welt". Vier Fußball-Fans auf einem wundervollen Road-Trip - wenn da nicht immer eine Frau dazwischen kommen würde... Die Freunde Michel, Norberto, Herrmann und Osvaldo wollen unbedingt in Rio de Janeiro unmittelbar vor dem größten Stadion der Welt, dem legendären Maracana, schwenken. Saarländer tun das schließlich überall. Das Problem: Osvaldos Frau. Sie kommt "ihrem" Osvaldo ständig in die Quere und bringt das Vorhaben arg in Bedrängnis.

In The Ancient Wisdom of Baseball, author Christian Sheppard interweaves Homer’s epics with glorious stories from the green fields of America’s pastime, celebrating Achilles’ courage and Odysseus’ cunning along with the virtues of Hall of Fame players such as Jackie Robinson and Babe Ruth and of great teams such as the 2004 Red Sox and the 2016 Cubs. Along the way, Sheppard humorously recollects trying to raise his baby daughter true to the teachings of ancient myth and his beloved game.

En La clave Mendes, a través de más de 100 entrevistas exclusivas, el agente desvela su apasionante vida, sus inicios, sus aciertos y sus éxitos. A partir del relato de los grandes protagonistas, el oyente descubrirá secretos, anécdotas y fichajes que nunca sucedieron y que podrían haber cambiado la historia del fútbol y, por supuesto, la fórmula del éxito de uno de los hombres más poderosos del fútbol actual, para el que nada es imposible.

Of all the sports played across the globe, none has more curses, superstitions, or supernatural events like baseball, America's national pastime. While some of these can easily be explained, there are just as many that cannot. Field of Fantasies delves right into that superstition with short stories written by several key authors about baseball and the supernatural.

La historia del Barça, desde aquel día de otoño de 1899 en que fue fundado en una sala del gimnasio Solé de Barcelona, hasta los éxitos planetarios de Messi, Neymar y Luis Suárez, está jalonada de suculentos detalles y anécdotas cuyos protagonistas, tanto famosos como anónimos, desfilan por este audiolibro.

1989. Pro wrestling reaches the summit of its golden era. Kids of all ages watch, bowls of sugar cereal in hand, as psychedelic heroes battle big bad villains on Saturday morning television. But the true soap operas begin after the cameras stop rolling.

Jack “Dagger” Moore is the only golfer to ever make 18 birdies in a round of golf. But after a lackluster career as a professional golfer, 50-year-old Jack is down on his luck. A series of remarkable events reunites Jack with his childhood golf coach, Billy Coker, whose timeless wisdom reinvigorates Jack’s game. Then, Billy convinces Jack to take one last shot at glory and enter the US Open.

In an America ravaged by the Great Depression, a talented but ragtag baseball team sets out to change the world. Barnstorming the back roads and dusty ballparks of the Midwest, the Racine Robins rally fans to the populist cause, raising money for soup kitchens and strike funds even as they thrill small-town crowds and dazzle opponents on the field. Yet winning the hearts and minds of the people turns out to be easier for the players than facing the twin seductions of love and money, conflicting desires that threaten to derail everything they are fighting to achieve.

In "one of the funniest and most heartfelt baseball stories in recent memory" (Publishers Weekly), Howard Frank Mosher returns to Kingdom Common, Vermont, to spin a touching coming-of-age tale in an America that has almost disappeared. From this remote village, noted for its fervent devotion to the Red Sox, comes Ethan “E. A.” Allen, a young man with a chance to change baseball history. Homeschooled, fatherless, and living on the wrong side of the tracks, E. A. is haunted by a dark mystery in his family’s past until a drifter named Teddy arrives in his life, determined to teach E. A. everything he knows about baseball.