47 Results for : automatons
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Prince of Hearts: Elders and Welders Chronicles, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 643min
London: 1896. Airships rule the skies, and automatons run the tracks at Ascot. Since the Great Exhibition of 1851, Her Majesty's Empire has been powered by the Steam Revolution and welding science. It is a time of glorious innovation and dangerous civil unrest.But Miss Aline Finch, prim, plain career girl, has more important things on her mind than the state of the Empire. After her employer, the handsome but insufferable criminologist, Professor Romanov, hares off for parts unknown in a slightly-illegal dirigible, stranding her in France, she has finally had enough. In a fit of pique, she decides to marry her long-time and very proper suitor, quitting Romanov for good. The last thing the Professor expects to come home to is his secretary's mutiny. Finch's timing couldn't be any more inconvenient, for a serial murderer from Romanov's past has set his sights on her. Romanov must keep her close if he has any chance of protecting her life - and the dangerous secrets the murderer threatens to expose. For the Professor is much, much more than he seems, and the secrets that he keeps are centuries old - and hidden deep in his heart.When the Professor discovers Finch is to wed, however, he is forced to confront the truth of the matter: he doesn't just want his secretary back to protect her. He wants her in his bed. Forever.Aline fights Romanov's seduction, but she's no match for her own unruly desires, or the truth of her own heart. But when the Professor's true identity is exposed, destroying the very foundations of Aline's conception of reality, will the Professor lose her forever? Or will the murderer succeed in his evil plot to destroy them both before they can find their happy ending?Warning: This sensual romance will put the steam in steampunk. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elizabeth Darsham. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/136527/bk_acx0_136527_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Fire and Movement: The British Expeditionary Force and the Campaign of 1914 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1119min
The dramatic opening weeks of the Great War passed into legend long before the conflict ended. The British Expeditionary Force fought a mesmerizing campaign, outnumbered and outflanked but courageous and skillful, holding the line against impossible odds, sacrificing themselves to stop the last great German offensive of 1914. A remarkable story of high hopes and crushing disappointment, the campaign contains moments of sheer horror and nerve-shattering excitement, pathos and comic relief, occasional cowardice and much selfless courage - all culminating in the climax of the First Battle of Ypres. And yet, as Peter Hart shows in this gripping and revisionary look at the war's first year, for too long the British part in the 1914 campaigns has been veiled in layers of self-congratulatory myth: a tale of poor unprepared Britain, reliant on the peerless class of her regular soldiers to bolster the rabble of the unreliable French Army and defeat the teeming hordes of German troops. But the reality of those early months is in fact far more complex - and ultimately, Hart argues, far more powerful than the standard triumphalist narrative. Fire and Movement places the British role in 1914 into a proper historical context, incorporating the personal experiences of the men who were present on the front lines. The British regulars were indeed skillful soldiers, but as Hart reveals, they also lacked practice in many of the required disciplines of modern warfare, and the inexperience of officers led to severe mistakes. Hart also provides a more accurate portrait of the German Army they faced - not the caricature of hordes of automatons, but the reality of a well-trained and superlatively equipped force that outfought the BEF in the early battles - and allows listeners to come to a full appreciation of the role of the French Army, without whom the Marne never would have been won. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying referen ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Gerard Reynolds. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/021447/bk_adbl_021447_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Nephele Ship: The Trilogy Collection: A Steampunk Adventure , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 184min
The complete collection of The Nephele Ship series! This boxed set includes all three volumes. Follow the crew of the Nephele Ship through: Volume One - The Frozen Workshop: After a catastrophe that covered half the world in inhospitable ice, a team of treasure hunters finds a lead about a mysterious workshop said to contain miraculous and wondrous inventions that could be worth fortunes. When the rival guild of archaeologists known as Antimony Eye turns their attention on the same workshop and will do anything it takes to get there first, Captain Austin Strallahan and his crew must think quickly and act even quicker to assure their arrival at the workshop before the Eyes, who seem to know something more about this stash than the captain does... Will the Nephele Ship reach the treasure in time? Volume Two - The Fire-Beasts: Captain Strallahan and the crew of the Nephele have arrived at the mythical workshop, but when they go inside, they will find much more than just dolls! Steam-powered automatons, human-sized dolls, and even something that might not belong to this world, all await them in the bowels of this madman's sanctuary. Will they be able to escape with the greatest treasure - their lives? Will the Nephele and its crew survive? Volume Three - The New Capital: Captain Austin Strallahan of the airship Nephele is not a hero, under normal circumstances. Faced with a disaster that could wipe life off the planet, though, he has no choice but to take his crew and meet it head-on! In the frozen workshop they met the fire-beasts, who have caused the whole problem. With a little help from an enemy and the appearance of an unexpected ally, they might just succeed in saving the world. But, will they live to tell the tale? Find out in the finale of the Nephele Ship trilogy! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steve Williams. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/030719/bk_acx0_030719_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Amazi Book 1 Automatons for Peace (Complete)
Amazi Book 1 Automatons for Peace (Complete) - Amazi Chronicle Series: ab 2.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Aussergewöhnliche Automatons
Aussergewöhnliche Automatons: ab 2.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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The Girl With All the Gifts
In a world ravaged by a plague turning mankind into cannibalistic automatons, a British army compound houses researchers looking for an answer... and they're seeking it through rare children like Melanie (Sennia Nanua) who-though infected-retain their capacities for thought and reason. When the base is overrun by "hungries," however, Melanie joins the few survivors on a flight to haven in London... which may end prematurely if she can't keep her impulses in check. Effective thinking man's zombie flick co-stars Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Paddy Considine, Mike Carey adapted his novel for the screen. 111 min. Widescreen, Soundtrack: English.- Shop: odax
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