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Münchhausens Ritt auf der Kanonenkugel, sein Entenfang durch eine Leine mit Speckstücken samt darauf folgender Luftfahrt oder aber seine spektakuläre Befreiung aus dem Sumpf durch das Herausziehen an seinem eigenen Zopf: Wenn Baron von Münchhausen im kleinen Kreise seiner Freunde seine abenteuerlichen und phantastischen Geschichten zum Besten gibt, biegen sich die Balken. Zu Recht wird er schließlich auch der Lügenbaron genannt.

Carter Ash should be a celebrated hero, instead he’s leading a doomed mission on a backwater moon, wondering what went wrong. His assignment is impossible—take over the whole moon with a handful of soldiers fresh out of Basic Training. It’s the kind of thing that takes an army, and his commanders won’t give him one. But Humanity’s position in the great galactic Game is worse off than ever, and they need the resources this colony could provide, so Carter isn’t going to sit idly by. He’ll have to fight an army of zombie aliens, plane sized vultures, and worse. Even alone, if he has to.

Wenn man die originale Sprache Bürgers hört, der diese tolldreisten Lügengeschich­ten be­rühmt ge­macht hat...

Walking home from a party, a demon attacks him. Instead of dying from shock at the sight of a beast that shouldn’t exist, Ace discovers that he is the last in a line of divinely chosen demon hunters. But now the demons know too, and he’ll have to fight for his survival while learning on the fly. And even worse — an ancient horror sets plans in motion that could end the world. Luckily, an enchanting witch is there to help him learn to control his new magic and powers. They’ll have to work together to save everyone they love.

If you're fat and fail every diet, if you're thin but can't get thin enough, if you lose your job, if your child dies, if you are diagnosed with cancer, if you always end up with exactly the wrong kind of person, if you always end up alone, if you can't get over the past, if your parents are...

Wenn man die originale Sprache Bürgers hört, der diese tolldreisten Lügengeschich­ten be­rühmt ge­macht hat...

Eine Brunnennymphe schenkt der jungen Mathilde einen Apfel, der ihr drei Wünsche erfüllen soll. So erhält sie ein prunkvolles Kleid und kostbare Juwelen und kann das Herz eines Ritters erobern. Doch währt das junge Liebesglück nicht lang, denn schon bald wird Mathilde des Mordes an ihren Kindern bezichtigt und soll in einem heißen Bad verbrennen. Im letzten Moment rettet der Apfel das Mädchen aus der Not.

"Das tapfere Schneiderlein" und "Der Schatzgräber" - zwei Märchenhörspiele nach den Gebrüdern Grimm und Johann Karl August Musäus.

Jack Jenkins is a normal college student living in a world filled with super powered beings. Until one fateful day in the library throws his whole life into chaos. An ancient and beguiling cosmic visitor bonds with him, granting him extraordinary abilities. The only catch: he has to earn his powers like he was in a video game. And he has to learn on the fly.

Auf der Suche nach den großen Antworten des Seins, des Lebens und aller Existenz erforscht der Ich-Erzähler wissenschaftliche und religiöse Disziplinen, prominente und weniger bekannte Teilgebiete derselbigen und stößt kontinuierlich auf unerklärliche Wunder und faszinierende Rätsel. Dämonen manifestieren sich, Ängste brechen aus, Erklärungen werden im Mantel dieser und jener Fachbereiche formuliert. Gleichzeitig versucht er Gold zu produzieren. Ist es Schicksal, dass sich mysteriöse Ereignisse in regelmäßigen Abständen ereignen oder nur eine Aneinanderreihung unbedeutender Zufälle?

The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir from Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors, now a Major Motion Picture! Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist, a dead-ringer for Santa and a...

Fighting demons and saving the world wasn’t in his life plan—but Ace Winters heard the call and stepped up. As the Chosen of a Goddess, he is one of the few people standing between the normal world and the demonic. But as he’s still learning exactly what he can do, Ace is set upon by powerful new demons with abilities they shouldn’t have. They have strong, strange magic and push him to his limits.

Bu podcast serisinde okumuş olduğum kitapları (genellikle bilimkurgu) hakkında konuşuyorum. Hem kitabı okuyanlar hem de okumayı düşünenler için yararlı olabileceğini düşündüğüm konsept. Burada tamamen arkadaş ortamındaki gibi okuduğum kitaplar hakkında yorumlama yapıyorum. Ayrıca konsept dışı yayınlarla da farklı bakış açıları hedefliyoruz. Boş muhabbet alanımız bile var. Telaffuzlar, dil sürçmeleri, size daha uzak gelen yorumlar ve benzeri hatalar olabilir. Şimdiden affola. P.S. Bölümlerin kalitesi ilerledikçe daha iyiye gidiyormuş.

Jack Jenkins, aka the Boxer, and his superteam the Knuckleheads are getting a chance to prove themselves. If they can step up to the challenge then they will become a City Level team, with all the prestige and rewards that entails.

Jack Jenkins is dying for some action. After surviving the attack of the Iron Count, he and his superteam, the Knuckleheads, are basking in their success. Things at the University are quiet once again. Maybe too quiet.

Arlo Finch is a newcomer to Pine Mountain, Colorado, a tiny town of mystery and magic, but he has already attracted the attention of dark and ancient forces. At first he thinks these increasingly strange and frightening occurrences are just part of being in Rangers, the mountain scouting troop where he learns how to harness the wild magic seeping in from the mysterious Long Woods. But soon Arlo finds himself at the center of a dangerous adventure, where he faces obstacles that test the foundations of the Ranger's Vow: Loyalty, Bravery, Kindness, and Truth.

I am not a famous person, but I have been called a king maker. I own the most important talent agency in the world. Music is my life, and no one knows the industry better than I do. But I’m also a Townsend and the Townsends made their money off of the city of Los Angeles itself, which is why I’ve also inherited the ownership of a Major League Baseball team—The L.A. Flames.

I may be struggling as an artist in New York, but I'm a great doorman. Is it the easiest job in the city? Probably. And it gives my mind all the time it needs to wander. Sometimes to my current project or muse, but more often to the one who got away. I was the one he used to reach for in the middle of the night when the nightmares came. My adopted brother, once not much more than a stranger, became my closest friend during one of the most difficult times of his life.

In Fräulein Julie, einer der berühmtesten Tragödien August Strindbergs, treffen gesellschaftliche Hierarchie, unterdrückte Begierden und psychologische Machtspiele aufeinander. Das Drama entfaltet sich in der Nacht des Mittsommers – zwischen der adeligen Julie und dem Diener Jean entsteht ein Spiel aus Anziehung, Stolz und Demütigung. Obwohl Julie sozial über Jean steht, kehrt sich die Machtbalance zunehmend um – mit unausweichlichen Konsequenzen. Ein intensives Kammerspiel über Geschlechterrollen, soziale Spannungen und emotionale Abgründe.

The fusion of distributed artificial intelligence with highly autonomous military systems ushers in a type of lightning-quick conflict that has never been seen before. Yet this is more than a revolution in military affairs; it is a revolution in human affairs that will transform the 21st century defense and security environment. Advances in AI will fundamentally change the human condition, and with it, a profoundly human undertaking war.