149 Results for : pompous
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House of Living Stones , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 604min
The first book in the Anthems of Zion series! In the small Illinois town of Bradbury, change doesn't come often, and it certainly doesn't come easily. So when Pastor Fletcher hires Emily Duke as the new choir director at Zion Lutheran Church, he unknowingly sets in motion a chain of events that turns the life of his congregation upside down. The crusty church secretary, Mrs. Scheinberg, must learn to adjust her curmudgeonly ways. Zion's talented but pompous organist, Evan Ebner, must recognize his shortcomings. Emily must come to terms with her past. Even Pastor Fletcher must face reality when his world is shaken by the baggage Emily brings and by the handsome Zachary Brandt who pursues her. With its host of lovable and relatable characters, House of Living Stones will find a special place on your bookshelf and in your heart. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Katie Schuermann. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/055612/bk_acx0_055612_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Styx and Stones: Daisy Dalrymple, Book 7 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 450min
Unflappable flapper and Town & Country scribe Daisy Dalrymple searches for a killer whose vicious pen matches a murderous heart in this delightful installment of Dunn's cozy mystery series. In the 1920s, in post - World War I England, the Honorable Daisy Dalrymple, newly engaged to Detective Inspector Alec Fletcher, is asked by her brother-in-law to discreetly investigate a series of poisoned pen letters that many of the local villagers have been receiving. When the pompous and unbearable brother of the local vicar is killed by a very large rock, dropped on his head from a great height, it seems clear to all that this campaign of gossip has escalated to murder. With the help of her husband, who'd rather she not get involved, Daisy tries to uncover who wrote the letters and who that person has driven to murder before the killer strikes again. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mia Chiaromonte. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/006417/bk_blak_006417_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Bone Idle , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 496min
This is the third novel featuring the Rev Oughterard, vicar of St Botolph's and genteel murderer of parishioner Mrs Elizabeth Fotherington. So far eluding arrest (but with fears of imminent exposure), he is in the grasp of his blackmailing pal, the shady Nicholas Ingaza, who forces him to steal a valuable figurine of a prancing pig from collector Claude Blenkinsop. Naturally the project backfires and the hapless vicar is plunged into further skulduggery during which someone is murdered.The Rev's despairing efforts to distance himself from the crime and additional police interest lead to embarrassing complications both for himself and his bishop, the pompous Horace Clinker. Things come to a head when Oughterard's own life is put at risk. Once again it is up to his world-weary cat, Muarice and intrepid mongrel, Bouncer, to save the Reverend's bacon. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Hurst, Suzette A Hill, John Beresford Frye. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/joyf/000006/bk_joyf_000006_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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See Me After Class , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 752min
Did you have relations with my brother? Good question. I’d like to preface this by saying it was never my intention to ever get involved in a workplace romance, let alone get involved with the most surly, agitating, and pompous man I’ve ever met who just so happens to be my new friend’s brother. My intentions were to show students how English and reading books could actually be fun and make a new life for myself in the suburbs of Chicago. But so far, I’ve managed to be called into the principal’s office; I've been coerced into participating in the teacher's badminton league; and I've instigated passionate fights with Arlo Turner over education and decorum while losing my underwear at the same time. Known as Mr. Turns Me On, he’s the reason I might get fired from my first ever teaching job. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Zachary Webber, Erin Mallon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/228336/bk_acx0_228336_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Arranged to Darcy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 276min
After Elizabeth overheard Mr. Darcy call her too plain, she dismissed him as being pompous and proud. But then, at the Netherfield Ball, Mr. Bennet announced to everyone that Elizabeth was going to be arranged to marry Mr. Darcy. Even though this caught Elizabeth by surprise, she knows she has no choice and accepts this is her fate. As the days go by, she gets more and more furious at her situation of marrying Mr. Darcy. But she will need to fall in love with Mr. Darcy in order to live a happy life after marriage. Mr. Darcy will need to gain her trust and her love in order for them overcome any prejudices and misunderstandings with each other and live in harmony. Arranged to Darcy is a full-length clean and sweet romance novel that tells another Pride and Prejudice retelling between Darcy and Elizabeth. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tanya Brown. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/104301/bk_acx0_104301_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Calendar Quest: A 5,000 Year Trek Through Western History with Father Time , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 379min
What do bald men in skirts, ancient Greeks, pompous popes, and bickering bishops have in common? They all took part in shaping the calendar that hangs on your wall. Together with a host of famous and not-so-famous others, they adjusted, fine-tuned, and tinkered around with what would eventually become the western world's most popular tool for keeping track of time. When a crotchety, down-on-his-luck old man turns up as a temporary employee in Lindsie's father's bookshop, she and her friend Evan feel sorry for him. But after they follow him to his makeshift home, Mr. S. Kronos (aka Father Time) drags them on a wild ride through 5,000 years of hilarious history, insisting they meet the calendar's creators. Lindsie and Evan will never take the calendar for granted again. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lloyd James. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/001496/bk_blak_001496_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Great Expectations , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1071min
Audie Award, Classic, 2009Considered by many to be Charles Dickens's finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book's narrator, the orphan Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character. From its famous dramatic opening on the bleak Kentish marshes, the story abounds with some of Dickens's most memorable characters. Among them are the kindly blacksmith Joe Gargery, the mysterious convict Abel Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Havisham and her beautiful ward Estella, Pip's good-hearted roommate Herbert Pocket, and the pompous Pumblechook. As Pip unravels the truth behind his own "great expectations" in his quest to become a gentleman, the mysteries of the past and the convolutions of fate through a series of thrilling adventures serve to steer him toward maturity and his most important discovery of all - the truth about himself. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Vance. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/000935/bk_tant_000935_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Head and Shoulders , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 53min
This short story first appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in 1920, and later became part of Flappers and Philosophers. Fitzgerald was the master of exposing the underbelly of the aristocracy and the pompous, and here, Horace the prodigy falls in love with Monica the dancer. Horace puts his lofty goals on hold to pursue a more lucrative career as an acrobat, while Monica writes a book. The title "Head and Shoulders" doesn't make a lot of sense until you begin to listen to the story and find that Monica tells Harold they are like head and shoulders, he being the head and she the shoulders. That moniker sticks with them, although it is turned around at the end of the story. "But when you opened your door at the rap of life you let in many things." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Vendetti. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/000111/bk_mike_000111_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Eagle Eye: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 387min
Hortense Calisher’s complex exploration of the journey of a young man whose intelligent observations cannot help him figure out his own direction. Returning home to New York from Europe on his twenty-first birthday, draft-dodging narrator Bunty Bronstein is frustrated with his increasingly pompous businessman father and his disaffected mother, who no longer shows the flame she once possessed. Equipped with an incisive view of bourgeois lifestyles in New York, Bunty observes the shifting sensibilities of his family members, and yet has difficulty apprehending his own place in the world. Preoccupied with emerging computer technology, yet unsure of his future and alienated from his once-comfortable family, Bunty remains a compelling, wandering soul. A male companion piece to Hortense Calisher’s equally expert, yet campier, Queenie, Eagle Eye explores the mind of a relatable young man facing dilemmas that are at once universal and singular. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tristan Morris. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/014885/bk_adbl_014885_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Passion Becomes Her (eBook, ePUB)
"A fast plot packed with clever twists keeps the action and passion blazing" in this intriguing Regency romance from the New York Times-bestselling author (Publishers Weekly). Forced to resort to a life of crime in order to support his siblings, Asher Cordell is now ready to walk the straight and narrow path. But when an old rival, the Marquis of Ormsby, infuriates him with his insipid arrogance, Asher cannot resist stealing the pompous fool's famous diamond. However, he's shocked to discover he isn't the only intruder in Ormsby's library. The culprit is none other than his beautiful neighbor, Juliana Greeley. Asher has known Juliana since childhood and has always harbored a secret affection for her. When she asks Asher to steal letters Ormsby is using to blackmail her sister, he's happy to oblige. Embarking on a bold scheme that gives way to an equally fiery passion, the adventurous pair discover a love neither can live without . . . Praise for Shirlee Busbee and Scandal Becomes Her "A walloping good story. Don't miss it!" -Catherine Coulter "A delightful romance-altogether a wonderful book." -Roberta Gellis "A scandalously delicious read that left me wanting more!" -Bertrice Small "Busbee is back and better than ever!" -Julia Quinn- Shop: buecher
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