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  The Collected Poems of C. P. Cavafy

  C. P. Cavafy (1863-1933) has written some of the most powerful poems in history. His work uncannily translates history, the record of the many, into an individual personal document. Though Cavafy is wickedly satirical, many of his poems are located in a landscape of intimacy. Drawing on the spectrum of ancient Greek poetic tradition, his poetry is still internal, whether his speaker is a spoiled rich boy who plans to enter politics or a poor, ostracized, pure and beautiful young man destroyed by poverty and priggish social mores. In these glimmering and lyrical translations, with an introduction and scholarly endnotes cowritten with Willis Barnstone, Aliki Barnstone has been faithful to the original Greek, capturing both Cavafy's song and his vernacular in ways neglected in previous translations. Paying close attention to tone and diction, she has employed her well-tuned poet's ear, making Cavafy's verse breathe new music in English.

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  Life Sentence : Forlani Saga, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 782min

  Convicted of three murders, whistle-blower Willie Klein finds himself transported to a penal colony on Domremy where his unlikely job is to kill fellow colonists before they fall into the clutches of insectoid locals.His gruesome task is only relieved by the growing affection of Entara, an alien pleasure worker from a matriarchal world.Until, that is, their brief happiness is destroyed, as Entara is called home to an arranged marriage and Willie discovers he is still being stalked by the conspirators he tried to unmask.It turns out the fearsome claws of the locals are not the main danger either of them will have to face.When Entara’s priggish husband joins forces with the shadowy Earth corporations, the perils multiply, for the couple must learn whether they can trust belligerent space-going octopi, a primitivist human farmer cult, a mysterious medical team made up of robots and extraterrestrials, or even the bone-chilling locals themselves.Sacrifices have to be made all around, from planet-to-planet, as humans and non-humans define what the dignity of life means in an ever-shifting future threatened by war and personal exploitation. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrew Thacher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/162706/bk_acx0_162706_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  A Room with a View , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 436min

  “If Miss Honeychurch ever takes to live as she plays, it will be very exciting both for us and for her.”  Lucy Honeychurch is a young English girl abroad in Italy for the first time and is ready to experience all the beauty, art, and romance it has to offer. She is hampered by the oppressive attentions of her chaperone, her prim cousin Charlotte, as well as the presence of a substantial British expatriate and tourist community in Florence.  Yet when she meets the free-thinking Emersons and finds herself attracted to young George Emerson, she must decide whether the life that she has laid out for herself - including marriage to priggish Cecil Vyse - is what she really wants.  Cast:  Lucy Honeychurch: Amanda Friday Charlotte Bartlett: PJ Morgan Mr. Emerson/Sir Harry Otway: Peter Tucker George Emerson: Craig Franklin Rev. Mr. Beebe: Jeff Moon Miss Lavish/Minnie Beebe/Maid: Arielle Lipshaw Teresa Alan/Maid/Persephone: Maureen Boutilier Catharine Alan/Italian Lady/Mrs. Vyse: Linda Barrans Rev. Mr. Eager/Mr. Flack/Powell: Denis Daly Freddy Honeychurch/Italian Man/Phaethon: Ted Wenskus Cecil Vyse/Vicar: Russell Gold Mrs. Honeychurch/Cockney Signora: Cate Barratt Narrator: Elizabeth Klett  Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Craig Franklin, Amanda Friday, Russell Gold, Elizabeth Klett, Jeff Moon, P J Morgan, Peter Tucker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/002358/bk_mike_002358_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Nanny State

  Nanny State ab 10.49 € als epub eBook: How Food Fascists Teetotaling Do-Gooders Priggish Moralists and other Boneheaded Bureaucrats are Turning America into a Nation of Children. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Politikwissenschaft,

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  Tom Jones, Volume 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1134min

  Volume 1: Introduction and Books 1-6Tom Jones is a splendid Hogarthian panorama of 18th-century English life and morals, encompassing both city and country, and comprising some of the greatest comic characters in British literature. First published in 1749, it was an instant success and has gone on to become a classic of its genre. Quite simply, there has never been anything like it. This long, riotously hilarious novel begins in the country at the estate of Squire Allworthy. In a long, leisurely unwinding, we are introduced to all the characters and discover all the main plot elements. Tom has been adopted by the squire after being mysteriously discovered there as an infant. When he grows up, he falls in love with the beautiful Sophia Western from a neighboring estate.After the initial introductory sections, the novel begins to unwind furiously as our hero, Tom Jones, finds himself embroiled in one moral dilemma after another. Mr. Allworthy's nephew, Blifil, conspires to turn the good squire against him, and Tom is disinherited and kicked out. Meanwhile, Sophia's boorish father tries to force her to marry the priggish Blifil. She runs away at about the same time that Tom leaves home, and the rest of the novel essentially follows the adventures of Sophia and Tom as their stories join, separate, and intertwine repeatedly. The novel ends in London, where all the loose ends are tidied up and all the secrets are finally revealed. Tom Jones is essentially divided into three parts, with the first being set in the countryside, the second in various inns on the road to London, and the third entirely in London.Tom Jones continues in Volume 2 and concludes with Volume 3. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charlton Griffin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acon/000080/bk_acon_000080_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Flowers of War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 336min

  Here is the powerful Chinese novel about love and war on which Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) has based his latest film, starring Christian Bale, to be released in 2012. This moving short novel is based on true events that took place during the Nanjing Massacre in 1937, when the Japanese invaded the Chinese city, slaughtering not only soldiers but raping and murdering the civilian population as well. It tells the story of an American missionary who, for a few terrifying days, finds himself sheltering a group of schoolgirls, prostitutes, and wounded Chinese soldiers in the compound of his church. American priest Father Engelmann is one of the small group of Westerners who have remained in Nanjing, despite the approach of the Japanese. America is not yet in the war and so his church compound is supposedly neutral territory. However, his confidence in his ability to look after the Chinese schoolgirls left in his care is shaken when 13 prostitutes from the floating brothel on the nearby Yangtze River climb over the compound wall and demand to be hidden. The situation becomes even more intense when some wounded Chinese soldiers appear. Meanwhile, Engelmann is becoming increasingly aware of the barbaric behaviour of the Japanese outside the compound walls. It is only a matter of time before they knock on the door and find the people he is protecting. Like Irène Némirovsky's Suite Française, this poignant audiobook looks at the effect upon individuals of large-scale war and tragedy. The characters are beautifully observed. From the naive schoolgirls, the brazen prostitutes, and the frightened soldiers to the slightly priggish priest and his resentful Chinese entourage. As the Japanese circle ever closer, the barriers of hatred and prejudice that separate the characters dissolve, and they perform unexpected and moving acts of heroism. Geling Yan, an important Chinese writer, reveals her ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Samantha Quan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002896/bk_rand_002896_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Victoria: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 745min

  This program includes an interview with the author, Daisy Goodwin, who is the writer and creator of Victoria, the Masterpiece presentation on PBS. Anna Wilson-Jones, who plays Lady Portman on the show, narrates. "The research is impeccable, the attention to details - from protocol to petticoats - perfect, and it brings the formidable figure of Victoria to sparkling life." (Sunday Mirror) "Victoria is an absolutely captivating novel of youth, love, and the often painful transition from immaturity to adulthood. Daisy Goodwin breathes new life into Victoria's story, and does so with sensitivity, verve, and wit." (Amanda Foreman, New York Times best-selling author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire and A World on Fire, and 2016 chair of the Man Booker Prize) Early one morning, less than a month after her 18th birthday, Alexandrina Victoria is roused from bed with the news that her uncle William IV has died, and she is now queen of England. The men who run the country have doubts about whether this sheltered young woman, who stands less than five feet tall, can rule the greatest nation in the world. Surely she must rely on her mother and her venal advisor, Sir John Conroy, or her uncle, the Duke of Cumberland, who are all too eager to relieve her of the burdens of power. The young queen is no puppet, however. She has very definite ideas about the kind of queen she wants to be, and the first thing is to choose her name. Everyone keeps saying she is destined to marry her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, but Victoria found him dull and priggish when they met three years ago. She is quite happy being queen with the help of her prime minister, Lord Melbourne, who may be old enough to be her father but is the first person to take her seriously. Drawing on Victoria's diaries, which she first started reading when she was a student at Cambridge University, as well as her o ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anna Wilson-Jones. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/002339/bk_aren_002339_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Nanny State

  Nanny State - How Food Fascists Teetotaling Do-Gooders Priggish Moralists and other Boneheaded Bureaucrats are Turning America into a Nation of Children: ab 8.49 €

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  The Homecoming

  In North London, an all-male beehive of inactivity is ruled with a foul mouth and an iron fist by the abusive Max (Paul Rogers) and his brother, the priggish palace eunuch Sam (Cyril Cusack). Rounding out The Homecoming's "situation tragedy" are the sons: [punch-drunk demolition man Joey (Terence Rigby) and the pimp-smart Lenny, played by the magnificent Ian Holm (Alien, The Sweet Hereafter). When the prodigal son Teddy (Michael Jayson) brings his wife Ruth (Vivien Merchant) home to meet the family, it unleashes a tangled web of Freudian dread, venal family values, and naked neediness that could only come from the mind of Harold Pinter. Special Features: Interview with cinematographer David Watkin / Interview with Edie Landau / "Ely Landau: In Front of the Camera, " a promotional film for the American Film Theatre / Gallery of trailers for the American Film Theatre.

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