14 Results for : avuncular
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Nyandom ni ba-'yandom
Nyandom ni ba-'yandom ab 39.99 € als Taschenbuch: A study of avuncular relationships among the Basaa people of Cameroon. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Wissenschaft, Politikwissenschaft,- Shop: hugendubel
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Bar-20: A Hopalong Cassidy Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 374min
Clarence Mulford's classic Western introduces the legendary Hopalong Cassidy and other colorful cohorts from the Bar-20 ranch. While the Hopalong Cassidy of film and TV (portrayed by the silver-haired, avuncular William Boyd) was clean-cut and polished, Mulford's original Cassidy is rough-and-tumble and foul-mouthed, thriving on brawls and gun-fights. Bar-20 depicts Cassidy as he was originally conceived, fierce and free-wheeling, and matches the cowboy hero up against Slim Travennes, the violent head of a vigilante gang. Filled with hard characters and gritty gun-play, Bar-20 is a Hopalong Cassidy story from the golden days of the Western that is not to be missed. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: R.C. Bray. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/drms/000179/bk_drms_000179_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Walt Disney: The Man behind the Mouse , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 12min
Biographical profile of Walter Elias Disney, the man who built an empire on the back of a mouse. Imbued with an iron-like drive to succeed, Disney pushed, prodded, and pressed those around him, as he did himself, to succeed. He was always on the edge of vision and technology. An unmitigated risk taker, Disney constantly flirted with financial ruin, seemingly bent on a mission to remain in debt while his brother Roy's ambition was to harness Walt's financial excesses. Walt was not the avuncular man he appeared on the screen; he was profane, under the whip of some inner demon, but above all he was an extraordinary success. Award-winning author and syndicated columnist Daniel Alef, who has written more than 300 biographical profiles of America's greatest tycoons, brings out the story of Disney and his remarkable life of ups, downs, and achievements. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Baron Ron Herron. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/deka/000003/bk_deka_000003_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Reagan's Journey: Lessons from a Remarkable Career , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 397min
Today, the name Ronald Reagan is synonymous with great leadership. He led by example at a time when few thought it possible, and against the advice of experts, he went to the Berlin Wall and demanded it be torn down.He worked at keeping up the morale of his fellow citizens in honoring the sacrifices at Pointe du Hoc in Normandy, relighting the Statue of Liberty, and giving a magnificent speech for America's children on the occasion of the Challenger disaster. In the face of a tremendous personal crisis, he maintained a positive attitude. The world watched in wonder and amazement as he joked his way through the assassination attempt that very nearly killed him. And above all else, in his signature style - friendly, avuncular, easygoing - from the Oval Office, in auditoriums large and small, and on his Saturday radio programs, he communicated with us. Please join me in exploring Reagan’s journey. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrew Pond. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/174595/bk_acx0_174595_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Blood of Tyrants , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 592min
A crowded restaurant in Washington, D.C. A powerful Congressman is lunching with a wealthy contributor who suddenly rises and shoots the Congressman dead in front of a hundred witnesses. Quietly, he resumes his seat, placing the gun on the table as he awaits the authorities. Thus begins 10 days of terror, 10 days in which the nation teeters on the brink of anarchy. Inadvertently drawn into this murderous conspiracy is Paul Castle, a once-promising newspaper reporter, now the host of a third-rate cable show that deals in sleaze and scandal. Castle suddenly finds himself a pawn in a series of bizarre murders that have gripped the nation in fear. Secretly aided by an avuncular New York homicide detective and hounded by an ambitious FBI agent, Castle seeks to get to the bottom of the mystery and in the process, regain his lost self-respect. With the future of the country at stake, he knows he cannot afford to fail. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ernest "Ernie" Sprance. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/021868/bk_acx0_021868_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Beyond Our Ken: Series One, Hörbuch, Digital, 396min
Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Ron Moody star in the surviving 13 episodes from the very first series of the classic weekly show, the forerunner to Round the Horne. Between 1958 and 1964, Beyond Our Ken lit up the airwaves. A madcap mix of sketches and songs, it remains as funny today as when it was first broadcast. Full of witty wordplay, larger-than-life characters, comic catchphrases and sublimely silly humour, the show introduced regulars such as Rodney and Charles, countryman Arthur Fallowfield and roving reporter Cecil Snaith. Enjoy regular documentary feature 'Hornerama', plan a break with 'Kenneth Horne's Holiday Bureau', listen to Parisian caberet artist Maurice Chandelier, and meet Felicity and Ambrose - the happiest couple in Great Britain. With episodes written by Eric Merriman and Barry Took, and musical interludes from The Malcolm Mitchell Trio and The Fraser Hayes Four, join avuncular host Kenneth Horne and friends in this hilarious precursor to Round the Horne. Language: English. Narrator: Hugh Paddick, Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/002308/bk_rhuk_002308_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Little Book of Language , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 442min
With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant. In this charming volume, a narrative history written explicitly for a young audience, expert linguist David Crystal proves why the story of language deserves retelling. From the first words of an infant to the peculiar modern dialect of text messaging, A Little Book of Language ranges widely, revealing language's myriad intricacies and quirks. In animated fashion, Crystal sheds light on the development of unique linguistic styles, the origins of obscure accents, and the search for the first written word. He discusses the plight of endangered languages, as well as successful cases of linguistic revitalization. Much more than a history, Crystal's work looks forward to the future of language, exploring the effect of technology on our day-to-day reading, writing, and speech. Through enlightening tables, diagrams, and quizzes, as well as Crystal's avuncular and entertaining style, A Little Book of Language will reveal the story of language to be a captivating tale for all ages. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Derek Perkins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/002052/bk_acx0_002052_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Coming Home: Dusty and the Cowboy, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 193min
Cowboy rides his big horse, Dusty, back to Atascosa after finding the answers he was seeking on that long journey. To reach the home place, he must first make amends to the one man he wronged years earlier. They meet by accident in an unexpected small town. What transpires there changes Cowboy's life forever. In a poignant reunion, Cowboy keeps his promise to the young girl he met on the way up the trail. Her gratitude at this small gesture cements their avuncular relationship, and leaves Cowboy with a lightened heart. Her new husband offers Cowboy the first meaningful work he's had in more than a year. But Cowboy knows that reaching home must take precedent. And where would Cowboy be if he did not help someone out on the trail? A pair of newcomers from the city are about to starve to death on an inherited homestead. In return for a barn to sleep in, Cowboy shows them what they need to make it through the winter. This bounty is contrast to the unexpected gift Cowboy received but did not discover until he was down the trail weeks later. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Moby. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/084926/bk_acx0_084926_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Story of Charlotte's Web: E. B. White's Eccentric Life in Nature and the Birth of an American Classic , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 446min
As he was composing what was to become his most enduring and popular book, E. B. White was obeying that oft-repeated maxim: "Write what you know." Helpless pigs, silly geese, clever spiders, greedy rats - White knew all of these characters in the barns and stables where he spent his favorite hours. Painfully shy his entire life, "this boy", White once wrote of himself, "felt for animals a kinship he never felt for people." It's all the more impressive, therefore, how many people have felt a kinship with E. B. White. With Charlotte's Web, which has gone on to sell more than 45 million copies, the man William Shawn called "the most companionable of writers" lodged his own character, the avuncular author, into the hearts of generations of readers. In The Story of Charlotte's Web, Michael Sims shows how White solved what critic Clifton Fadiman once called "the standing problem of the juvenile-fantasy writer: how to find, not another Alice, but another rabbit hole" by mining the raw ore of his childhood friendship with animals in Mount Vernon, New York. Translating his own passions and contradictions, delights and fears, into an all-time classic. Blending White's correspondence with the likes of Ursula Nordstrom, James Thurber, and Harold Ross, the E. B. White papers at Cornell, and the archives of HarperCollins and The New Yorker into his own elegant narrative, Sims brings to life the shy boy whose animal stories - real and imaginary - made him famous around the world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nick Sullivan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbca/000815/bk_bbca_000815_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Vaughan Williams (eBook, PDF)
A new biography of which paints the most well-rounded and factually accurate portrait of the composer to date Ralph Vaughan Williams ranks among the most versatile, influential, and enduringly popular British musicians of his era. Throughout his wide-ranging career-as composer, conductor, editor, scholar, folksong collector, teacher, author, administrator, and philanthropist-Vaughan Williams worked tirelessly to improve the standards and quality of British musical life. His dedicated work ethic and fastidious attention to musical detail helped him forge a compelling and original expressive idiom grounded in a profound understanding of musical history and tradition, popularized in concert staples like the Tallis Fantasia, The Lark Ascending, A London Symphony, the Songs of Travel, and the Serenade to Music. Drawing upon both recent scholarship and newly accessible scores and correspondence, author Eric Saylor interweaves in Vaughan Williams an exploration of the composer's life - including new insights about his early career, military service in the Great War, and relationships with the women he loved and married - with chapters surveying his enormous body of music, spanning hymn tunes to operas, keyboard etudes to solo concerti, wind band music for amateurs to perhaps the finest symphonic cycle of the twentieth century. The resulting portrait reveals Vaughan Williams's complex artistry and dynamic personality, a portrayal often at odds with the avuncular persona of "Uncle Ralph" familiar to the public. This contemporary reassessment of the composer's life and works provides a concise and engaging overview of both, positioning Vaughan Williams as an artist of rare skill, sensitivity, and human insight.- Shop: buecher
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