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    The Brave
    Perfect for fans of Rain Reign, this middle-grade novel The Brave is about a boy with an OCD issue and his move to a reservation to live with his biological mother. Collin can't help himself-he has a unique condition that finds him counting every letter spoken to him. It's a quirk that makes him a prime target for bullies, and a continual frustration to the adults around him, including his father. When Collin asked to leave yet another school, his dad decides to send him to live in Minnesota with the mother he's never met. She is Ojibwe, and lives on a reservation. Collin arrives in Duluth with his loyal dog, Seven, and quickly finds his mom and his new home to be warm, welcoming, and accepting of his condition. Collin's quirk is matched by that of his neighbor, Orenda, a girl who lives mostly in her treehouse and believes she is turning into a butterfly. With Orenda's help, Collin works hard to overcome his challenges. His real test comes when he must step up for his new friend and trust his new family.
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    Quirk: Brain Science Makes Sense of Your Peculiar Personality , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 636min
    Who are you? It’s the most fundamental of human questions. Are you the type of person who tilts at windmills, or the one who prefers to view them from the comfort of an air-conditioned motorcoach? Our personalities are endlessly fascinating - not just to ourselves but also to our spouses, our parents, our children, our co-workers, our neighbors. As a highly social species, humans have to navigate among an astonishing variety of personalities. But how did all these different permutations come about? And what purpose do they serve? With her trademark wit and sly humor, Hannah Holmes takes readers into the amazing world of personality and modern brain science. Using the Five Factor Model, which slices temperaments into the major factors (Extraversion, Neuroticism, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Openness) and minor facets (such as impulsive, artistic, or cautious), Holmes demonstrates how our genes and brains dictate which factors and facets each of us displays. Are you a Nervous Nelly? Your amygdala is probably calling the shots. Hyperactive Hal? It’s all about the dopamine. Each facet took root deep in the evolution of life on Earth, with Nature allowing enough personal variation to see a species through good times and bad. Just as there are introverted and extroverted people, there are introverted and extroverted mice, and even starfish. In fact, the personality genes we share with mice make them invaluable models for the study of disorders like depression, schizophrenia, and anxiety. Thus it is deep and ancient biases that guide your dealings with a very modern world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Denaker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002547/bk_rand_002547_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    You Never Can Tell, Hörbuch, Digital, 101min
    You Never Can Tell was originally born out of a bet that Shaw couldn't write a "seaside comedy" (a popular theatrical genre at that time). The result is perhaps the most surprising of Shaw's plays, complete with marital mayhem, tangled romance, and even doubtful dentistry. Despite the play's lighthearted tone, it's really another of Shaw's brilliantly observed social treatises, this time in the guise of a light comedy. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording featuring: James Callis, Siobhan Hewlett, Nicholas Hormann, Martin Jarvis, Christopher Neame, Moira Quirk, Susan Sullivan, Simon Templeman, and Matthew Wolf. Directed by Rosalind Ayres and recorded before a live audience. Language: English. Narrator: James Callis, Siobhan Hewlett, Nicholas Hormann, Martin Jarvis, Christopher Neame, Moira Quirk. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/pf/latw/000405/pf_latw_000405_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Castle Rackrent (eBook, ePUB)
    The author has taken a serious subject in the history of Ireland and as always masterfully presented it in a funny, ironic and entertaining way. This historical novel is a story of four generations of Rackrent heirs told in the voice of their longtime steward, Thady Quirk. The story gives us a satirical view of the decline and fall of a noble Irish house into poverty through drinking, extravagant living and a wild passion for loosing cases at law. Through the stories of different generations of the same family, each presents an example of the irresponsible Irish gentry.
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    The Quirks: Welcome to Normal , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 196min
    Molly and her family have moved around for years. Every time they think they've found the perfect home, one of the Quirks slips up and sends them packing - because the Quirk family is a bit, well, quirky. Each family member has a magical power that makes them unique and highly unusual. Mom can control minds; Grandpa twists time; Molly's twin sister Penelope has an all-too-real imagination; Finn is the pesky kid brother, who happens to be invisible. Then there's Molly...the most unusual Quirk of all. Molly is completely, utterly normal. Molly's greatest desire is to fit in, and she thinks she's finally found the spot: Normal, Michigan. With its cookie-cutter houses, welcoming committees, and all-town competitions, it seems like just the place for an ordinary new life. But the Quirks aren't known for fitting in - especially in a place like Normal. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Erin Soderberg Downing. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/157356/bk_acx0_157356_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Hour I First Believed: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1509min
    When high-school teacher Caelum Quirk and his wife, Maureen, move to Littleton, Colorado, they both get jobs at Columbine High School. In April 1999, while Caelum is away, Maureen finds herself in the library at Columbine, cowering in a cabinet and expecting to be killed. Miraculously, she survives. But when Caelum and Maureen flee to an illusion of safety on the Quirk family's Connecticut farm, they discover that the effects of chaos are not easily put right. While Maureen fights to regain her sanity, Caelum discovers five generations' worth of diaries, letters, and newspaper clippings in his family's house. As unimaginable secrets emerge, Caelum grapples with the past and struggles to fashion a future from the ashes of tragedy. His quest for meaning is at once mythic and contemporary, personal and quintessentially American. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: George Guidall. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/001757/bk_harp_001757_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 652min
    During the height of the blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals off the Massachusetts coast. The Coast Guard dispatched a patrol boat, but was soon in as much trouble as the tanker. Then pilot boat captain Frank Quirk, hearing of the Coast Guard's troubles on his radio, decided to act. He gathered his crew of four, readied his 49-foot steel boat, the Can Do, and entered the maelstrom of the blizzard that was to become known as the "Storm of the Century". Encountering one of the most monstrous seas ever recorded, Quirk struggled through the night to keep his boat from being driven to the depths of the sea, maintaining contact with a local ham-radio operator through his hand-held battery-powered radio. We know that the Can Do stayed afloat past three a.m. Then there was silence. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Barrett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/001466/bk_blak_001466_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    My Beautiful Genome
    My Beautiful Genome ab 7.49 € als epub eBook: Exposing Our Genetic Future One Quirk at a Time. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Biographien & Autobiographien,
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    Look Back in Anger, Hörbuch, Digital, 125min
    Jimmy Porter barely ekes out a living running a candy stall by day and playing jazz trumpet by night. Although he usually takes his frustrations out on his emotionless wife, Jimmy's scathing tongue and self-loathing seem destined to destroy everything. Set in the UK at the dawn of the '60s social unrest, this savage morality tale spawned the phrase “angry young man". Original music performed by Elliott Caine on the trumpet.Includes an interview with Dan Rebellato, author of 1956 and All That: The Making of Modern British Drama. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA, in March of 2012.   Directed by Rosalind AyresProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergSteven Brand as CliffMoira Quirk as Alison Simon Templeman as Jimmy James Warwick as Colonel Redhorn Joanne Whalley as Helena Recording Engineer/Sound Designer/Editor: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood Trumpet: Elliot Caine Sound Effects Artist: Tony Palermo Music Supervisor: Scott Willis   Language: English. Narrator: Steven Brand, Moira Quirk, Simon Templeman, James Warwick, Joanne Whalley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/pf/latw/000347/pf_latw_000347_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Henceforward..., Hörbuch, Digital, 142min
    Starring Anne Heche and Jared Harris, the hilarious Henceforward... is one of Alan Ayckbourn’s most unusual works. In the near-future, a composer with creative block tries to reunite with his estranged wife and daughter, hoping their reconciliation will free his mind to create his greatest musical masterpiece. But his own erratic impulses hinder his journey to creative freedom. Includes an interview with playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in August 2010. Lead funding for this production is provided by the Sidney E. Frank Foundation. Director: Martin Jarvis Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg Jack Davenport as Mervyn Jared Harris as Jerome Anne Heche as Corrina/Nan (Act I)Paula Jane Newman as Geain Moira Quirk as Zoe/Nan (Act II) Darren Richardson as Lupus Associate Producers: Jennifer Brooks and Christina Montaño Recording Engineer/Sound Designer/Editor: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood Music Supervisor: Scott Willis Original music composed by Mark Holden and Michael Lopez  Language: English. Narrator: Jared Harris, Anne Heche, Jack Davenport, Paula Jane Newman, Moira Quirk, Darren Richardson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/pf/latw/000275/pf_latw_000275_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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