285 Results for : clashing
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Kitchen Chinese: A Novel About Food, Family, and Finding Yourself , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 682min
Kitchen Chinese, Ann Mah's funny and poignant first novel about a young Chinese-American woman who travels to Beijing to discover food, family, and herself, is a delight, complete with mouthwatering descriptions of Asian culinary delicacies, from Peking duck and Mongolian hot pot to the colorful, lesser known ants in a tree, that will delight foodies everywhere. Reminiscent of Elizabeth Gilbert's runaway best seller Eat, Pray, Love, Mah's tale of clashing cultures, rival siblings, and fine dining is an unforgettable, unexpectedly sensual listening experience - the story of one woman's search for identity and purpose in an exotic and faraway land. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/006222/bk_harp_006222_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Winning Arguments: What Works and Doesn't Work in Politics, the Bedroom, the Courtroom, and the Classroom , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 360min
A lively and accessible guide to understanding rhetoric by the world-class English and law professor and best-selling author of How to Write a Sentence. Filled with the wit and observational prowess that shaped Stanley Fish's acclaimed best seller, How to Write a Sentence, Winning Arguments guides listeners through the "greatest hits" of rhetoric. In this clever and engaging guide, Fish offers insight and outlines the crucial keys you need to win any debate, anywhere, anytime - drawn from landmark legal cases, politics, his own career, and even popular film and television. A celebration of clashing minds and viewpoints, Winning Arguments is sure to become a classic. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Barrett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/005316/bk_harp_005316_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Final Flight of the Ranegr , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 829min
A deepening crisis aboard a deep-space colonisation vessel has forced most of its crew to evacuate to the nearest planet.During the evacuation, a ship, carrying three young friends to safety, malfunctions and strands them in interstellar space.It's not long before the Ranegr - a drifting ship of outlaws - salvages their derelict pod.Put to work in the reactor core by a captain with conquest on his mind, and stalked by bizarre creatures in the shadows, the children's bid to escape and return home is just one thread in a web of ambition and clashing desires, bringing them ever nearer to an ancient mystery lurking in the cosmos. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: C. S. Cooper. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/156911/bk_acx0_156911_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Ivanhoe , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1231min
Prince John has assembled a collection of avaricious nobles to take control of England while Richard the Lionhearted is imprisoned in Austria. This threatens to bring the country to civil war between the Norman nobles and the conquered Saxons. Standing above it all is Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a disinherited Saxon knight who has fought in the Holy Land. Now returned, he wishes to wed the fair Rowena, the highborn Saxon noble, in spite of the seemingly insurmountable obstacles that stand in his way. With dozens of colorful characters, clashing swords, burning castles, kings in disguise and damsels in distress, Ivanhoe remains Scott's best-loved novel of historical romance. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: B.J. Harrison. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harr/000077/bk_harr_000077_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Killing in the Café , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 401min
When the owner of Polly's Cake Shop announces her retirement, the Fethering residents start to worry about the loss of this popular amenity. Alarmed by rumours that the café might become a Starbucks, a group clubs together to form an action committee. The plan is that Polly's should become a community venture managed and run by volunteers from the village. Roped in to help, Jude finds the committee meetings fraught with petty power struggles, clashing personalities and monstrous egos. Matters take a turn for the worse when she and Carole come across a badly decomposed body on Fethering beach - and uncover a link to Polly's. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Brett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/002617/bk_isis_002617_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Sword of the White Horse (eBook, ePUB)
A Celtic warrior defending her people from Viking raiders infiltrates an ancient sect to save her homeland, in this gripping original saga set in the world of Assassin's Creed® Valhalla Mercia, 878. Witch-warrior Niamh discovers a new order called the Hidden Ones is seeking to establish a foothold in Lunden. Her land is already scarred by Viking raiders, bloody wars, and clashing cultures. Determined to protect what remains of her homeland, she infiltrates this new group to discover whether they stand with her… or against her. Yet when Niamh learns the Hidden Ones have stolen an artifact sacred to her people, her own loyalties are challenged. Casting aside newfound alliances and friendships, Niamh soon discovers that betrayal comes with a heavy price and it will take everything in her power - her gods willing - to survive.- Shop: buecher
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A Kingdom of Dreams (eBook, ePUB)
The #1 New York Times bestselling author continues her evocative Westmoreland Dynasty Saga with this romance following two defiant hearts clashing over a furious battle of wills in the glorious age of chivalry. Abducted from her convent school, headstrong Scottish beauty Jennifer Merrick does not easily surrender to Royce Westmoreland, Duke of Claymore. Known as "The Wolf," his very name strikes terror in the hearts of his enemies. But proud Jennifer will have nothing to do with the fierce English warrior who holds her captive, this handsome rogue who taunts her with his blazing arrogance. Boldly she challenges his willuntil the night he takes her in his powerful embrace, awakening in her an irresistible hunger. And suddenly Jennifer finds herself ensnared in a bewildering web…a seductive, dangerous trap of pride, passion, loyalty, and overwhelming love.- Shop: buecher
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In the Company of the Dead : The Sundered Oath, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1009min
Only a fool crosses a god, but Ellaeva and Lyram will do anything to get what they want.Chosen as a five-year-old orphan to be the Left Hand of Death, Ellaeva has nothing to call her own - nothing except a desire to avenge her murdered parents. Her duties leave her no time to pursue the man responsible, until both her work, and revenge lead to the same place - the lonely castle where Lyram Aharris is serving out his exile for striking his prince.Lyram is the son of a duke and third in line for the throne. Hell bent on drowning his grief for his murdered wife in a whiskey bottle, Lyram is ill-equipped to deal with the arrival of a mysterious army. When the castle comes under siege, he believes his prince is behind it, only to have his fears dismissed as the paranoia of a grief-stricken drunkard by those closest to him. He dare not even voice aloud his suspicions of the prince’s involvement in his wife’s murder.Ellaeva’s arrival brings hope, until she reveals she has not come for the siege, but instead she hunts the castle for a hidden necromancer dedicated to the dark god of decay - a necromancer with a personal interest in using Lyram for his own nefarious purposes.As the siege lengthens, and with the identity of the necromancer unknown, Lyram finds his faith in those closest to him undermined by treachery and sabotage. Not knowing who he can trust, he turns to the one person whose honesty is unimpeachable - the Left Hand of Death herself.Caught up in their pursuit of vengeance, and desperately trying to save themselves from both political machinations and clashing gods, Ellaeva and Lyram must fight to save themselves from political machinations and clashing gods. But as the siege lengthens, the greatest threat comes from an unexpected quarter. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Linda Kutzer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/142829/bk_acx0_142829_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Her Sister's Tattoo , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 555min
Rosa and Esther march through downtown Detroit in August 1968 to protest the war in Vietnam. When a bloodied teenager reports that mounted police are beating protesters a few blocks away, the young women hurry to offer assistance. They try to stop the violence, but an officer is injured and the sisters are arrested. Rosa sees an opportunity to protest the war in court. Esther has an infant daughter and wants to avoid prison, which means accepting a plea bargain and testifying against her sister. Told from multiple points of view and through the sisters’ never-mailed letters, Her Sister’s Tattoo explores the thorny intersection of family loyalty and clashing political decisions. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mary Beth Garber. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/199267/bk_acx0_199267_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Renegade: Archer of the Heathland, Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 624min
When you’re a renegade in a foreign land, every stranger could be an enemy, every breath could be your last.Brion is trapped in a hopeless search for his mentor and friend Redmond, who has disappeared in a kingdom on the brink of civil war. When he falls afoul of the regent Lady Adelaide, Brion finds himself beyond the bounds of the law, pursued by assassins, and accused of kidnapping the boy-king of Morcia.Now, he must pluck Redmond out of a thousand square miles of enemy territory while evading clashing armies and keeping his friends alive. How far will he go to save one friend? How much will he sacrifice? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brian James Twiddy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/226857/bk_acx0_226857_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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