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  Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

  An approved textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since first publication, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an indispensable guide to the magical beasts of the wizarding world. Muggles who have seen the eponymous film or read the Harry Potter novels will be familiar with some of these beasts - the Niffler, the Thunderbird, the Hippogriff ... This new paperback edition features the recently revised 2017 text, which includes six curious new creatures that inhabit the North American continent, and a new foreword from Newt Scamander that sheds fascinating light on the events surrounding a serious breach in the International Statute of Secrecy which took place in New York in the 1920s. This paperback edition features gorgeously shimmery snakeskin detail on the foil effect jacket and line illustrations throughout by Tomislav Tomic. Newt Scamander's masterpiece has entertained wizarding families through the generations. Witches, wizards and Muggles of all ages will delight in discovering the extraordinary habits and habitats of magical beasts from across five continents.

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• Alberto Santos-Dumont

  Brazilian with French origins, Alberto Santos-Dumont was a pioneer of aeronautics. He achieved two firsts at the start of the 20th century: an airship tour around the Eiffel Tower and a measured airplane flight in the skies above Paris. The most famous man in 1901, he mingled with royalty without being of high society himself; was received at the White House and the Vatican despite being apolitical; and frequented fellow inventors Edison, Eiffel, and Michelin while eschewing industrial exploitation. A contributor to the transportation revolution, he was also a man of the world recognized for his elegance: he ushered in the two-piece suit, foregoing the vest, when Louis Cartier invented his eponymous wristwatch. Accompanied by photographs and previously unpublished documents, this biography shows the impact of Santos-Dumont on aeronautics and Parisian style, while also uncovering the thrilling life and extraordinary personality of a modern Icarus who takes his rightful place in the line of brilliant men who changed the world.

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  Middle Babylonian Literary Texts from the Frau Professor Hilprecht Collection, Jena (eBook, PDF)

  This volume contains editions of literary fragments from the Middle Babylonian period (ca. 1500-1000 BCE) kept in the Hilprecht-Collection in Jena. Presented in full are The Epic of GulkiSar (HS 1885+), a Mythological Narrative on Pa(p)nigara (HS 1886), a Ceremony in the Ekur (HS 1902), and the Games Text (HS 1893), with introductions, transliterations, translations, philological commentaries, hand copies and photographs. All texts are of special interest; The Epic of GulkiSar is a Middle Babylonian copy narrating the heroic deeds of its eponymous Sealand I king against Samsuditana, the last king of the First Dynasty of Babylon, the Mythological Narrative on Pa(p)nigara portrays the otherwise poorly known deity Pa(p)nigara, the Ceremony in the Ekur tells us of an hitherto unknown ceremony carried out at the Ekur temple in Nippur, and the Games Text is unique in the fact that it enumerates a great variety of children's games set in daily life Babylon.

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  Breathing Deeply in Faith, Hörbuch, Digital, 5min

  Breathing Deeply in Faith includes a reading of the eponymous prayer followed by beautiful piano music based on an original composition of Frederic Chopin. The piano composition includes Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1 - Larghetto, performed by Anton Kingsbury. This piece was the first of Chopin's works to be published in France, Germany and England. This nocturne was composed in part in Vienna and completed in Paris. This reflective work immediately confirms the character of the nocturne. The irregularity of the rhythmic patterns is a distinctive feature of Chopin's style of ornamentation that continues to find varied expression in all his nocturnal works. This piece is dedicated to Marie Pleyel, the wife of publisher and virtuoso pianist Camille Pleyel. Language: English. Narrator: Josh Verbae. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mxbo/000236/bk_mxbo_000236_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Faust, Hörbuch, Digital, 238min

  Faust is one of the pillars of Western literature. This classic drama presents the story of the scholar Faust, tempted into a contract with the Devil in return for a life of sensuality and power. Enjoyment rules, until Faust’s emotions are stirred by a meeting with Gretchen, and the tragic outcome brings Part 1 to an end. Part 2, written much later in Goethe’s life, places his eponymous hero in a variety of unexpected circumstances, causing him to reflect on humanity and its attitudes to life and death. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. Language: English. Narrator: Auriol Smith, Gunnar Cauthery, Stephen Critchlow, Hugh Dickson, Anne-Marie Piazza, Sean Barrett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/000724/bk_naxo_000724_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Emperor of Ocean Park , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1565min

  Set in the era of the Nixon and Reagan presidencies, this novel examines the American conscience while inviting us into the glittering world of the East Coast legal community. Stephen L. Carter's book follows black Ivy League law professor Talcott Garland as he investigates the death of his father, Judge Oliver Garland, the eponymous "Emperor." When Judge Garland received a Supreme Court nomination, a nationally televised humiliation forced his withdrawal, a scandal from which he never recovered. Now his sudden death hints at an even more terrible scandal that links this privileged Martha's Vineyard family to the shadowlands of crime. To follow the clues left by his father, Tal risks everything, and uncovers a tapestry of ambition, family secrets, and justice gone terribly wrong. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Allen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bkot/000200/bk_bkot_000200_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Phineas Finn: Palliser, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1699min

  Phineas Finn, a handsome young man of 23, comes to England to make his fortune in parliamentary politics. But despite all his aspirations, Finn is haunted by ethical questions as his personal convictions conflict with his duty towards his party. Loyalty versus honor, love versus money, and privacy versus prominence: our eponymous hero faces a variety of dilemmas as he navigates his way through the House of Commons. The second installment of Trollope's celebrated Palliser series, Phineas Finn is a delightful and humorous look at the complexity of human relationships and the politics surrounding the Second Reform Bill of the 1860s. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Shaw-Parker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/001379/bk_naxo_001379_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Second Son , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 337min

  It is the dawn of the Renaissance, a time when new ideas are just beginning to emerge. Alfred - the eponymous second son - comes of age in the enlightened court of his grandfather. Alfred is convinced that his life will be unremarkable, spent in diligent but mundane service to king and kingdom. His grandfather, however, foresees for him a special destiny. It is also a time when peace and stability are tenuous, and threats can arise from unexpected quarters. Taken captive while on a mission for the king, Alfred is held for ransom and taken ever farther away from his home. With his prospects dwindling, he must find a way to survive if he is ever to fulfill that mysterious destiny. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bryan Lisa. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/135564/bk_acx0_135564_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Vince Cosmos: Glam Rock Detective , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 90min

  It's 1972 and Vince Cosmos is all the rage. He's the enigmatic Glam Rock star who sings about being an alien and whose followers worship him. Poppy Munday is the secretary of his fan club - Sunderland chapter - and all her dreams are about to come truewhen she finds herself drwan into the strange orbit of the Seventies' most fabulous star. But what if Vince Cosmos really is an alien? One engaged in a secret battle with aliens already on Earth? Written by acclaimed novelist Paul Magrs (Never the Bride, Doctor Who), Vince Cosmos: Glam Rock Detective is a full-cast sci-fi adventure starring Julian Rhind-Tutt (Green Wing) as the eponymous stack-heeled hero. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julian Rhind-Tutt, Katy Manning, Lauren Kellegher, Margaret Cabourn Smith, Alex Lowe, David Benson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/cosm/000011/bk_cosm_000011_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Martin Chuzzlewit , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2013min

  The Chuzzlewits are a family divided by money and selfishness; even young Martin, the eponymous hero, is arrogant and self-centred. He offends his grandfather by falling in love with the latter’s ward, Mary, and sets out to make his own fortune in life, travelling as far as America - which produces from Dickens a savage satire on a new world tainted with the vices of the old. Martin’s nature slowly changes through his bitter experience of life and his enduring love for Mary. Martin Chuzzlewit is one of Dickens’s most humorous and satirical novels, and it contains two great comic creations: the hypocrite Pecksniff and the drunken nurse Sarah Gamp.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Barrett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/000579/bk_naxo_000579_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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