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The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
1883. Thaniel Steepleton returns home to his tiny London apartment to find a gold pocket watch on his pillow. Six months later, the mysterious timepiece saves his life, drawing him away from a blast that destroys Scotland Yard. At last, he goes in search of its maker, Keita Mori, a kind, lonely immigrant from Japan. Although Mori seems harmless, a chain of unexplainable events soon suggests he must be hiding something. When Grace Carrow, an Oxford physicist, unwittingly interferes, Thaniel is torn between opposing loyalties. The Watchmaker of Filigree Street is a sweeping, atmospheric narrative that takes the reader on an unexpected journey through Victorian London, Japan as its civil war crumbles long-standing traditions, and beyond. Blending historical events with dazzling flights of fancy, it opens doors to a strange and magical past.- Shop: buecher
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Counterclockwise: A Science Fiction Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 757min
When 57-year-old Ethan Zachary is ravaged by mysterious ball lightning, he starts growing progressively younger. As the condition begins to take hold, he realizes the end result will eventually kill him, ruining his plans to run for Congress - as well as his marriage. He does find a few compensations: his new youth and vigor attract a Cuban refugee reporter and a young lady lawyer, and his libido has been magically restored. Then a reclusive billionaire snatches "EZ" to use him as a medical guinea pig. But EZ's internal clock is reverse-aging him inexorably, with the pace accelerating exponentially. As he navigates through the maze of his personal problems and political intrigue, his biological timepiece keeps winding backwards, tick, tick, tick - until all he knows is that the hours are running out, any way you count them. There's just one more thing he can try! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Todd McLaren. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/001210/bk_acx0_001210_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Watchmaker of Filigree Street , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 610min
It's 1883. Thaniel Steepleton returns home to his tiny London apartment to find a gold pocket watch on his pillow. Six months later the mysterious timepiece saves his life, drawing him away from a blast that destroys Scotland Yard. At last he goes in search of its maker, Keita Mori, a kind, lonely immigrant from Japan. Although Mori seems harmless, a chain of unexplainable events soon suggests he must be hiding something. When Grace Carrow, an Oxford physicist, unwittingly interferes, Thaniel is torn between opposing loyalties. The Watchmaker of Filigree Street is a sweeping, atmospheric narrative that takes the listener on an unexpected journey through Victorian London, Japan as its civil war crumbles longstanding traditions, and beyond. Blending historical events with dazzling flights of fancy, it opens doors to a strange and magical past. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Thomas Judd. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/024613/bk_adbl_024613_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Rose of No Man's Land: A Timepiece Novel, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 79min
Rosie is in trouble at school again, just because she struggles with reading. When she picks up an old watch in an antique shop, it transports her to a World War I Red Cross hospital. As a nurse Rosie listens to the men’s stories and meets Edith Cavell - who helps soldiers to escape from the Germans. When Rosie learns of Edith Cavell's arrest, she has to make a tricky decision. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julia Barrie. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/001504/bk_howe_001504_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Getting Your Voice to Shake: A Practical Guide to Intercultural Communication , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 54min
Have you ever wondered why some people just can't seem to be on time? Or maybe you're the one who is always being teased for being late, and you've wondered: "What's the big deal about time, anyway?"It may not be that your clock is messed up...in fact, there's a good chance the source of conflict can be traced to culture, not a timepiece. Our culture affects much of who we are, influencing our relationships with other people, our perception of time, and even the way we perceive authority.If you've ever tried to communicate with someone from another culture and have been frustrated by the lack of connection (even if you are both fluent in the same language!), Getting Your Voice to Shake will be an eye-opening resource that will introduce you to ways to bridge - and, more importantly, to understand - the culture gap and become a much more effective communicator for today's global society. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin Walker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/171710/bk_acx0_171710_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Watches: A Guide by Hodinkee
Over a short ten-year time-span, Hodinkee has positioned itself as the preeminent and most distinguished destination for modern and vintage wristwatch enthusiasts. Exiting a career in finance, Ben Clymer decided to fuse his horological and writing passions in order to start a blog discussing everything from new products to vintage wristwatch auctions. Titling his endeavor after the Czech word hodinky, which means 'little watch,' Clymer sought to create a platform that was casual and accessible to all levels of enthusiasts-within a few years The New York Times dubbed him the "High Priest of Horology." What started as a humble blog quickly transformed into a full-fledged magazine and e-comm hub for some of the world's leading watch brands. Celebrating the decade milestone since Hodinkee's founding, this book captures the storied expertise of the world's leading experts on time. With chapters breaking down chronographs, dive watches, high design, and horological icons, this book is a connoisseur's compendium for the timepiece veterans and novices alike.- Shop: buecher
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Sweet and Low: Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 462min
Named one of the most anticipated books of summer 2018 by O Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, New York Post, The Millions, Southern Living, POPSUGAR, The Wall Street Journal, and Chicago Review of BooksPraised by the Washington Post as"Tennessee Williams...transposed to the twenty-first-century South," Nick White returns with a stunning short-story collection that tackles issues of masculinity, identity, and place, with a sharp eye for social commentary and a singular handling of character.At first glance, the stories in Sweet and Low seem grounded in the everyday: They paint pictures of idyllic Southern landscapes, characters fulfilling their roles as students, wives, boyfriends, sons. But they are not what they seem. In these stories, Nick White deconstructs the core qualities of Southern fiction, exposing deeply flawed and fascinating characters - promiscuous academics, aging podcasters, woodpecker assassins, and lawnmower enthusiasts, among others - all on wildly compelling quests. From finding an elusive bear to locating a prized timepiece to making love on the grave of an iconic writer, each story is a thrilling adventure with unexpected turns. White's honest and provocative prose will jolt listeners awake with its urgency. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Crouch. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/004008/bk_peng_004008_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Marie Antoinette's Watch: Adultery, Larceny, & Perpetual Motion , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 467min
Marie Antoinette's Watch is a wonderful book. - William Gibson, author of Neuromancer Across continents and into and out of the hands of royalty, revolutionaries, smugglers, thieves, and the world's greatest tech engineers, was Marie Antoinette's watch, the "160" worth an estimated $40 million in today's dollars. Perhaps the most sought after personal technology device of the last 200 years, the timepiece, designed by the legendary Abraham-Louis Breguet, is the launching point for a thrilling and fluidly woven set of narratives that are, in part, forbidden love story, historical document, and police procedural. Marie Antoinette's Watch also deftly lays out the history of horology and the 18th Century engineering feats attained in Paris's answer to Silicon Valley, the Ile de la Cite, that made the watch the most intricate and prized personal device of its time - something that's come full circle today. In the hands of Techcrunch's East Coast Editor, John Biggs, Marie Antoinette's Watch is by turns edifying and lurid, historical and utterly modern. Culminating in a heist in a Tel Aviv antiquities museum in the 1980s, Biggs tells the story of how one object can transform countries, cultures, high technology, and time itself. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rick Barr. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/096250/bk_acx0_096250_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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