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Legendary editor, Maxim Jakubowski, delivers another chilling anthology collecting stories of cold-blooded murder, revenge and crimes-gone-wrong from the best of the best in crime fiction. Spine-chilling and gripping, these tales will grip you with their devious narrators and crafty twists.

Conrad Black, bestselling author of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom and Richard M. Nixon: A Life in Full, turns his attention to his "friend" President Donald J. Trump and provides the most intriguing and significant analysis yet of Trump's political rise. Ambitious in intellectual scope, contrarian in many of its opinions, and admirably concise, this is surely set to be one of the most provocative political books you are likely to listen to this year.

Although Heart of Darkness was one of the first literary texts to provide a critical view of European imperial activities, it was initially read by critics as anything but controversial. While the book was generally admired, it was typically seen either as a condemnation of a certain type of adventurer who could easily take advantage of imperialism’s opportunities, or else as a sentimental novel reinforcing domestic values: Kurtz’s Intended, who appears at the novella’s conclusion, was roundly praised by turn-of-the-century reviewers for her maturity and sentimental appeal. A classic.

Seven legendary unproduced screenplays, resurrected and reinvented for BBC Radio 4 The annals of movie history are full of lost treasures – spectacular scripts from world-renowned writers that could have been classics, had they only been made. Now, for the first time, some of these forgotten...

When Titus refuses to deny his Christian faith, Roman persecution destroys his family and condemns him to a brutal life in the copper mines of northern Italy. Underground, surrounded by despair and danger, he must choose between hatred and hope, revenge and redemption. From a mine collapse to an emperor’s audience hall, Titus’s journey spans the Roman Empire during Constantine’s transformative reign. Alongside Tribune Felix, he discovers that true freedom comes through forgiveness, not force.

Adeline has invested years in burying her mistakes with good causes, but questions from the past haunt her. Gannon’s surprising answers offer the first real hope she’s felt in ages. Unfortunately, the closer she gets to him and the reporters that hound him, the more she risks the carefully curated life that's finally brought her a measure of peace.

Helene Fischer weiß schon früh, dass sie später einmal auf der großen Bühne stehen will. Der samstägliche Putztag wurde in ihrem Elternhaus stets durch die Komödie "Hurra", die Schule brennt aufgelockert. An diesen Tagen steht Helene begeistert vor dem Fernseher und singt leidenschaftlich alle Lieder mit. Mit Anfang 20 ist sie selbst das erste Mal im Fernsehen zu sehen. In einem orange glänzenden Abendkleid schreitet sie gemeinsam mit Florian Silbereisen auf die Bühne der Show "Das Hochzeitsfest der Volksmusik" und singt im Duett mit ihm ein ungarisches Medley.

Award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti reads this Joseph Conrad classic tale of two white traders, Carlier and Kayerts, comical and pathetic, who move from polite society to the Congo, where they hope to become wealthy on the "Dark Continent" by spreading commerce and civilization to black Africa. But as was often the case, the longer they are away from civilization, the more the refinements of civilization slip away, along with their sanity.

In diesem Hörbuch sind acht Abenteuergeschichten berühmter Autoren vereint - in diesem Paket noch billiger als einzeln gekauft! Geschichten von Seeräubern, Hexen, einsamen Inseln, gefährlichen Räubern und noch viel mehr werden von Meistern der Dichtkunst wie Joseph Conrad, Daniel Defoe, Klabund, Jack London, Karl May, Robert Louis Stevenson und Jules Verne beschrieben...

Of the billion or so Catholics in the world, the members of Opus Dei constitute almost a hundredth of one percent. Though their numbers might be relatively minuscule, their reputation is many orders of magnitude greater. While the guiding lights of the Church have taken a more genial, modern approach to religion in the last century, the members of Opus Dei have stuck rigidly to the traditions of old. In doing so, they have become known as the hardcore.

"La folie et le désespoir ! Qu'on me donne cela comme levier, et je ferai bouger le monde". Verloc, espion infiltrant le milieu anarchiste, se voit sommé de commettre un attentat retentissant, sous peine de se voir retirer ses rétributions. Mais personne dans son entourage, à commencer par sa femme, ne sait rien de ses activités parallèles. Tout se gâte réellement lorsque Stevie, le frère attardé mental de la femme de M. Verloc, s'intéresse aux agissements de son beau-frère.

This work set the style for a whole class of literature, a work that the critic Morton Dauwen Zabel calls an example of Conrad's "central theme...the grip of circumstances that enforce self-discovery and its cognate, the discovery of reality and truth...." It is a novel about a man's lifelong efforts to atone for an act of instinctive cowardice.

Czy w kazdym z nas drzemie prawdziwe zlo? Gdzie leza granice ludzkiego okrucienstwa? Autobiograficzna powiesc Josepha Conrada o jego podrózy do Kongo, która doczekala sie dwóch adaptacji filmowych. Prosta z pozoru fabula staje sie tlem do ukazania prawdziwego oblicza kolonializmu przelomu XIX i XX wiek, w którym nie chodzilo o niesienie przyslowiowego kaganka oswiaty ludom Afryki, lecz o ich wyzysk i zniewolenie.

Vom Mount Everest über das Challenger-Deep im Marianengraben und minus 50 Grad in der Antarktis bis zur Hölle des Outbacks in Australien

When Life Hands You Pain, You Still Get to Choose Who You BecomeWe all face moments that break us or build us. For Casey Conrad, her mother’s addiction was a quiet force shaping her life—one she didn’t fully recognize until the final days of Hospice. In Bitter or Better, Casey shares a story that is raw, honest, and unexpectedly hopeful. Through moments of heartbreak, humor, and clarity, she reveals how even the hardest relationships can become profound teachers—and how reframing the past can change who you become.

Nostromo is a sweeping novel of political turmoil, revolution, and greed in the fictional South American country of Costaguana. As corruption and chaos ensue, Nostromo, a trusted worker, is tasked with safeguarding a fortune in silver—only to become entangled in a struggle between power and morality.

Small towns have long memories, and generations of dysfunction burned Blaze’s reputation before her own faults could. Twenty-six and guardian to her preteen sister, Blaze is determined to give her sister the stability she never had. Her church is a big part of that plan, until a run-in with an uptight youth pastor derails their progress. Blaze goes toe-to-toe with a man who looked down on her back in high school—and volunteers for his team of youth leaders.

In "Einwurf – der Sportpodcast“ sprechen die beiden Moderatoren Sebastian Conrad und Olivia Best seit rund drei Jahren hintergründig mit Managern, Top-Athleten, Trainern und Sportfunktionären über ihre Karrieren, geplatzte Olympia-Träume, sportliche Ziele und vieles mehr. Der Sportpodcast - powered by Reservix - erscheint aktuell im zweiwöchentlichen Rhythmus (freitags) mit interessanten Gästen aus den unterschiedlichsten Bereichen.

Did you see something strange in the sky? Do you want to tell all your friends about how amazing it was? Well - a few words from the Men in Black and you may never speak of it again!

This wide-ranging collection comprises the following six short stories by Joseph Conrad: Youth: A Narrative (1902); Karain: A Memory (1898); An Outpost of Progress (1898); The Lagoon (1898); Amy Foster (1909); The Anarchist - A Desperate Tale (1903). 'Youth: A Narrative' is an epic tale of a perilous voyage under sail to Bangkok, with a cargo of coal, narrated by Charles Marlow.