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Der amerikanische Marinesoldat Pinkerton vertreibt sich die Zeit seines Aufenthaltes in Nagasaki mit der jungen Japanerin Butterfly...

Cho-Cho San (Butterfly), a young Japanese girl, marries Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, a young US Navy lieutenant and is denounced by her family for forsaking their ancestral religion. When he leaves her to return to his world, Butterfly confidently and patiently awaits his homecoming. Three years later, Pinkerton’s ship finally anchors in the harbor again, but Butterfly does not get the happy ending she was hoping for.

Ein Klassiker der Weltliteratur über eine junge Frau auf der vergeblichen Suche nach Glück und Liebe.Die schöne junge Emma heiratet den Landarzt Charles Bovary, doch das Landleben und ihr Mann langweilen sie schon bald und erste Anzeichen einer Depression zeichnen sich ab. Sie flüchtet in die Literatur und teure Käufe, die ihr immer mehr zum Verhängnis werden. Dann beginnt sie eine Affäre mit dem Grundbesitzer Rodolphe, doch der Abwärtsstrudel ist auf lange Sicht nicht aufzuhalten.

http://www.adfreebooks.com - 1000+ audiobooks, all ad free!Step into the poignant world of "Madame Butterfly," a tale that unfolds like a delicate blossom of emotions and cultural clashes. Follow the journey of Cho-Cho San, a young Japanese girl whose heart is entwined with that of a fickle American naval officer, leading her down a path of love and heartache. As she embraces an unexpected marriage that isolates her from her own kin, her heart brims with anticipation for her beloved husband's return. Yet, when he finally graces the harbor with his presence, the echoes of destiny resound in ...

Beautifully read by Kristin Atherton. A spellbinding, muligenerational story set between the 1950s and the present, The Butterfly Room is an enchanting tale of heartbreaking secrets from Lucinda Riley, international bestselling author of the Seven Sisters series. 'Captivating . . . poignant yet...

Near an isolated mansion lies a beautiful garden. In this garden grow luscious flowers, shady trees...and a collection of precious “butterflies” - young women who have been kidnapped and intricately tattooed to resemble their namesakes. Overseeing it all is the Gardener, a brutal, twisted man obsessed with capturing and preserving his lovely specimens.

When there really did seem to be more stars in Hollywood than in heaven, Hollywood Stage had them performing films as radio plays - on the sponsor's dime, of course. Classic films now become audiobooks, with many featuring the original stars from way back when. Here's Madame Butterfly starring Cary Grant and Grace Moore.

Madama Butterfly runs the gamut of operatic emotions. The title heroine has a fragility wonderfully expressed in her entry music, deep sexual instincts as shown in the love duet, and immense tragic stature in her last hours. The fate of Madama Butterfly - married to an American sailor and then abandoned - engages our emotions to a degree equaled by few other opera heroines. The oriental setting and the exquisite orchestral and choral writings are treasured bonuses.

Federica is moved from Chile to Cornwall when her parents separate, and all she has left of the relationship she cherished with her father is a wooden box, which has a secret beauty hidden within. Swiftly embraced into the eccentric Appleby family, it isn’t long before Federica falls for her friend’s older brother, Sam, who barely notices the little girl until it is too late. Years later, from the sanctuary of a seemingly perfect marriage, Federica embarks on a painful journey of self-discovery. Will she finally learn the true lesson of the butterfly box?

"Being a refugee is not a choice. Our choice is to die at home or risk death trying to escape." - Yusra Mardini Yusra Mardini fled her native Syria to the Turkish coast in 2015 and boarded a small dinghy full of refugees bound for Greece. When the small and overcrowded boat's engine cut out, it...

Madame le Commissaire: Diesen Fall löst Maigret zusammen mit seiner Frau. Madame Maigret will zum Zahnarzt und ist zu früh dran. Vor der Praxis wird sie von einer jungen Frau gebeten, auf deren kleinen Sohn achtzugeben. Kaum ist sie wieder aufgetaucht, verschwindet sie auch schon wieder ohne Erklärung und braust mitsamt dem Kind in einem Taxi davon. Madame Maigret ist klar: Irgendwas ist hier faul. Ihr Mann macht sich auf die Suche nach der "Freundin" seiner Frau. Und Madame Maigret betätigt sich als Amateurdetektivin.

Seanan McGuire’s New York Times-bestselling and Hugo Award-nominated InCryptid series continues with the fifteenth book following the Price family, cryptozoologists who study and protect the creatures living in secret all around us. "Emily Bauer's narration of this contemporary ghost story is...

This “smart, confident, and necessary” (Shea Serrano, New York Times bestselling author) first cultural biography of rap superstar and “master of storytelling” (The New Yorker) Kendrick Lamar explores his meteoric rise to fame and his profound impact on a racially fraught...

Savy got burnt when she gave those careless boys her heart. She flew from her cage and built a new one made from fire so no one can hurt her again. She's writing her own story now and they won't be a part of it, her book is closed to them. Her men will do anything to get her back but when fire meets fire it causes an inferno that might turn them all to ash.

Whilst suffering from a condition whereby he was unable to speak and his only movement was the blinking of an eyelid, Jean-Dominique Bauby devised a code for each letter of the alphabet and dictated this book about his experiences and feelings. He died just after it was published. This moving...

Once, I would never have imagined myself here. But I’m settled now. In a place I love, in a home I renovated, spending time with new friends I adore, and working a job that fulfills me. I am reconciling the past and laying the groundwork for the future. Then Garrett Frost moves in next door. He’s obstinate and too bold, a raging force of nature that disrupts the careful order of my life. I recognize the ghosts that haunt him, the torment driving him.

Manchmal fliegt das Herz dorthin zurück, wo es einst gebrochen wurde. Als sich Emilia und Liam begegnen, fühlt sich alles leicht und richtig an — bis ein Missverständnis sie auseinanderreißt. Jahre später treffen sie erneut aufeinander. Diesmal ist alles anders. Und doch so gefährlich vertraut. Können sie einander glauben, obwohl die Vergangenheit zwischen ihnen steht? Oder ist es schon zu spät für einen Neuanfang?

In The Charisma Myth, Olivia Fox Cabane offered a groundbreaking approach to becoming more charismatic. Now she teams up with Judah Pollack to reveal how anyone can train their brain to have more eureka insights. The creative mode in your brain is like a butterfly. It's beautiful and erratic...

Edward is a hit man. He specialises in monsters. Vampires, shape-shifters, anything and everything. There are people like me, Anita Blake, who do it legally, but Edward doesn't sweat the legalities or, hell, the ethics. He is an equal opportunity killer. I may be one of the few friends that Edward has, but it's like being friends with a tame leopard. It may curl on the foot of your bed and let you pet its head, but it can still eat your throat out ...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton offers a sexy, suspenseful novel of human—and inhuman—passions, as vampire hunter Anita Blake must repay a favor to a man almost as dangerous as the ancient evil she's about to face. . . . Edward is a hit man, specializing in monsters...