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This collection of fiction includes six of Gabriel García Márquez’s short stories and a novella, Innocent Eréndira, in which a young girl dreams of freedom after her vicious and avaricious grandmother sells her into prostitution.

With about 1.7 billion members and growing, Islam is the second largest religion in the world. The relationship between Muslim and Christian theology is complex and often misunderstood. In this illuminating audio series, you will examine the ways Islam addresses Christian teaching and come to a fuller understanding of Islam in its own right.

Lawrence was having a shitty day after he found out his girlfriend and best friend were cheating on him, together. Then a legendary Native American god, Coyote, to be exact, sent him back in time to 1400's North America. Now he's living in the past, kicking ass, and taking names. Rejoin Moon Flower, Freak, Billy, Patty, and the rest of the crew, as they save history, by rewriting it.

Planet Earth has “last days” fever. Israel is back on the map. Satellites orbit the globe. Humans fly through the air. Mark of the Beast technology exists. Is the world as we know it about to end? The answer is an overwhelming - yes! We are approaching the bimillennial (2,000 year) anniversary of Jesus Christ’s death on the cross, and God has prophesied over and over again in His Word that that would be the year of His Son’s return to Earth! Gabriel Ansley Erb received this shocking message from God back in 2008, and it is now contained in this book.

The terror and purges of Stalin's Russia in the 1930s discouraged Soviet officials from leaving documentary records, let alone keeping personal diaries. A remarkable exception is the unique diary assiduously kept by Ivan Maisky, the Soviet ambassador to London between 1932 and 1943. This selection from Maisky's diary grippingly documents Britain's drift to war during the 1930s, appeasement in the Munich era, negotiations leading to the signature of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact....

Con este libro, Gabriel García Márquez se descubrió a sí mismo como un narrador. Sin embargo, la intención primera era escribir un reportaje sobre un hombre, Luis Alejandro Velasco, que estuvo diez días a la deriva en una balsa mecida por el mar Caribe. El futuro Nobel de Literatura y entonces joven reportero que era García Márquez escuchó el relato de los hechos de boca de su protagonista y los transformó, tal vez sin pretenderlo, en un prodigioso ejercicio literario, una narración escueta y vigorosa donde late el pulso de un gran escritor.

Klassische Musik und Sprache erzählen "Schmetterlingsküsschen" Eine Produktion von Ute Kleeberg und Uwe Stoffel für Klarinette, Bratsche, Klavier und eine Erzählerin. … "Das habe ich für dich gemalt." Es ist das dritte Mal, dass Emil mit ihr spricht. Emilie rollt das Bild auf, es ist wunderschön. Sie kann gar nichts sagen und schaut ihm direkt in die Augen. Emil schaut zurück. Dann senken beide gleichzeitig ihren Blick.

Der gestiefelte Kater Klassische Musik und Sprache erzählen ein Märchen von Charles Perrault. »… Als der Müller starb, erhielt der älteste Sohn die Mühle, der zweite bekam einen Esel und der dritte den Kater.

Als Londoner Kanalarbeiter stießen wir auf die Leiche eines wohlhabenden Geschäftsmannes und standen vor einem Rätsel: Wie war er gestorben und woher kamen seine Bisswunden? Hatte seine blutjunge Ehefrau etwas damit zu tun, die für ihre wilden Parties bekannt war? Suko und ich mischten uns unter die Gäste. Doch wie sollten wir Carinas Todesparty überleben?

If you had 90 days to build a list that prints money—would you know where to start? Grow a profitable email list—even if you're starting from scratch. Double your email revenue—without sounding salesy or spamming your list.

Deputy fire chief Oliver Wolfe had everything he ever wanted. A beautiful wife, two adorable (if rambunctious) sons, a job he loved, a comfortable home, and family and friends in his hometown of St. Caroline, Maryland…until the day he had to stand by helplessly and watch his wife’s unconscious body get cut from the mangled wreckage of her car.

Jared Connor lost his innocence at the age of 10 when his father poured gasoline around the family home and left his two young sons to die in the flames. Now an adult, he's carefully crafted a pretend life where he can hide his scars and his death row father behind the disguise of a caretaker's pickup truck and a pair of gardening shears. But when a beautiful woman with scars of her own barges into his quiet, solitary life, Jared finds it increasingly difficult to hide from what he really wants.

Sci-fi writer Elizabeth Bear joins Gabriel Fleming in the Audible Studios to talk about her work.

Sara Summers Stanton has raised three children and works as a high school teacher at the same school she attended growing up. Her 25-year marriage is showing cracks in the facade and now she's dealing with breast cancer. In a rare moment of taking care of herself instead of everyone else, Sara takes a sabbatical and goes on the trip to Italy she has always dreamed of taking. This search for a more authentic life leads to Julia, a friend she hasn't seen since they were inseparable as girls, nearly 30 years earlier. They reunite in Florence and their friendship continues where they left off, resulting in an unexpected attraction....

A town held together with secrets. A wealthy widow looking for an heir. One choice could shame high society into submission. Eighty-year-old Southern aristocrat Iris Temple’s health may be failing, but her wit is as sharp as ever. Before she joins her ancestral ghosts, she must pick an heir to take over her sprawling estate - and the book of secrets that's kept her family in power for generations. This audiobook includes two novels in one volume: Temple Secrets and Gullah Secrets.

Bem, muita das vezes nos deixamos levar em decepções, tristezas e processos que a vida nos impõe, mas esquecemos que tudo que passamos certifica a nossa existência.

Hola, soy Pachi y ¡tengo el récord de hacer preguntas raras! Por suerte mi papá es científico y me las contesta casi todas. Para este episodio, mi selección será: ¿Por qué pican los mosquitos? (grrrr) ¡Por qué hay animales que hibernan! ¿Sienten sed los peces? ¿Por qué los murciélagos salen de noche? Entre otras preguntas igual de geniales (ejem, ejem). ¡No cambien de canal!

Berlin, 1927: Während Marlene nach dem Tod ihres Vaters die Kanzlei übernimmt, kämpfen ihre Mitstreiterinnen weiter für Veränderung. So auch Sophie Maytrott, Abgeordnete der Zentrumspartei, gefangen in einer Ehe mit einem reichen, aber ungeliebten Mann. Mit seinem Geld setzt sie sich für die Kirchen und das Sozialwesen ein, da sie selbst als Kind an Polio erkrankte und von katholischen Nonnen gesundgepflegt wurde.

La muerte es un arte, y Durzo Blint lo ejecuta a la perfección, sea en una callejuela oscura o en las grandes estancias de palacio. Incluso el poderoso Sa'kagé, la organización criminal que mueve los hilos y los intereses en la ciudad de Cenaria, lo respeta.

Una fotógrafa comprende algo que hubiera preferido no comprender. Un veterano de la guerra de Corea se enfrenta a su pasado durante un encuentro que parecía inofensivo. Tras el hallazgo por internet de un libro de 1887, un escritor acaba descubriendo la vida de una mujer apasionante.