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Die Brüder Grimm würden staunen: Statt Hänsel und Gretel verirren sich bei Walter Moers die zwei Fhernhachen-Geschwister Ensel und Krete im Großen Wald (einer der touristischen Hauptattraktionen Zamoniens). Nach zwielichtigen Buntbären, Laubwölfen, unsterblichen Sternenstaunern und Stollentrollen treffen sie schließlich auch auf die Hexe (Warnung: Hexen stehen immer zwischen Birken!). Und was Ensel und Krete da widerfährt, ist selbst für zamonische Verhältnisse ungeheuerlich.

If art imitates life then Ashley Walters is living proof. From his explosive performance as the drug dealer Dushane in Top Boy to his turn as an undercover detective in Bulletproof, to his time as a member of one of Britain's most notorious music collectives, So Solid Crew, Ashley's career has always explored the same conflicting forces that have governed his life. Good and evil. Honour and shame. Failure and success. Happiness and despair.

Dame Harriet Walter, renowned for her wonderful portrayals in Succession and Killing Eve, among others, is one of Britain's most esteemed Shakespearean actors. Now, having played most of Shakespeare's female characters, audaciously, she lets them speak their minds. With new parts for thirty Shakespearean women, written in 'Shakespearean' verse and prose, Harriet Walter goes between the lines of the plays to let us hear what she imagines - sometimes playfully and sometimes searchingly - these women were really thinking.

Prince John is plotting to seize the throne from his brother, Richard the Lion-Hearted, and Robin Hood and his merry band are making fools out of the Sheriff of Nottingham. Wilfred, knight of Ivanhoe, the son of Cedric the Saxon, is in love with his father’s ward, Rowena. Cedric, however, wishes her to marry Athelstane, a descendant of the royal Saxon line, whom Cedric hopes will restore the Saxon succession.

The average person can keep a secret for forty-seven hours. Babs Walters held the worst kind of secret for nearly 70 years. Beginning at the age of 11, Babs suffered childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her father. His edict, “Children should be seen and not heard,” defined her childhood and groomed her to silence. Desperate to be loved and seeking approval, the good little girl absorbed both the responsibility and the shame that was not hers to begin with.

Zu ihrem Entsetzen müssen Nikola Tesla, Theodora Sachs und Bastien Lavache feststellen, dass ihnen Merlins Mantel und die Haut der Riesenschlange gestohlen wurden. Die Suche nach den Gegenständen gestaltet sich schwieriger als angenommen. Und gerade als Tesla und die anderen Zirkelmitglieder denken, am Ziel zu sein, geraten sie in eine lebensgefährliche Situation. Robur und Killjoy gelingt es weiterhin unbemerkt, in dem stillgelegten Elektrizitätswerk alle Vorbereitungen für den großen Blackout zu treffen.

Moriarty triumphiert, da es ihm gelungen ist, Irene Adler, Oscar Wilde und Sherlock Holmes mit einem Sender auszustatten, mit dessen Hilfe er stets über den Aufenthaltsort der Sonderermittler der Krone informiert ist. Die drei Ermittler, die nicht ansatzweise ahnen, in welcher Gefahr sie schweben, versuchen indessen immer noch herauszufinden, aus welchem Grund die Mitglieder des Zirkels die Brandanschläge verübt haben.

Georges Lorant, der Polizeipräfekt von Paris, will weiterhin alles daransetzen, Arsène Lupin hinter Schloss und Riegel zu bringen. Dieser hat inzwischen den Auftrag erhalten, das Bild „Die Trauerweide" von Monsieur Chalot zu stehlen. Doch vor dessen Haus erfährt er, dass Monsieur Chalot vor kurzem gestorben ist und sein Haus bereits von dem zwielichtigen Gebrauchtwarenhändler Monsieur Andronicus entrümpelt wurde. Lupin macht sich auf den Weg in das Viertel mit den Gebrauchtwarenhändlern.

Privatdetektiv Gerhard Selb, 68, wird von einem Chemiekonzern beauftragt, einem Hacker das Handwerk zu legen...

How often have you promised yourself that you’ll start working on your side hustle in January only to have thrown in the towel by February? Or perhaps you need to lose weight but can’t seem to stop eating the foods that make you pile on the pounds. Does this sound familiar? Not to worry, it doesn’t have to be like this. There’s a solution—I promise.

Once Upon a Crime... Nancy Hunter and her grandmother Jane Hunter run the Dedley Endings Bookshop, selling crime, thriller and mystery books, in a small, quiet Cotswold village where nothing ever happens… That is, until the wealthy and reclusive Roth family open up their mansion for the first time in thirty years, inviting the people of Dedley End to a lavish engagement party.

Ivanhoe is the perfect novel for any listener who loves an action-packed adventure based on the mythology and legends of Medieval times in England. Set in the 12th century, Ivanhoe is the story of a young man who joins up with Richard the Lion Hearted during a dark time where England is split between the Normans and the Saxons, pitting friends and family against each other through the conquering of land and the changing seats of the Royal Family.

Walter Moers' Bestseller: Hildegunst von Mythenmetz reist in die magische Welt der Bücher Das Manuskript eines unbekannten Autors treibt den jungen Dichter Hildegunst von Mythenmetz nach Buchhaim. Wenn er dem Geheimnis des Verfassers irgendwo auf die Spur kommen kann, dann hier in den labyrinthischen Katakomben dieser buchverrückten Stadt. Der Geruch von Druckerschwärze durchzieht die Straßen, Bibliothek reiht sich an Bibliothek. Belesene Buchlinge und Bücherjäger stürzen sich auf alles, was Buchstaben hat. Als Mythenmetz nach unzähligen Abenteuern den Schattenkönig von Buchhaim trifft, scheint er am Ziel... Produktion: Hessischer Rundfunk 2005

Detective Inspector Alec McKay is drawn into a chilling hunt for a serial killer. But first he must face the demons of his own past… Still grieving the tragic loss of his daughter, McKay becomes obsessed with a seemingly cold missing persons case—until bodies start turning up across the Black Isle. Each victim is surrounded by roses and candles, leaving McKay and his team to untangle the disturbing ritual behind the murders. As they struggle to crack the killer’s cryptic pattern, McKay’s own life begins to unravel.

Kaelin knows an alien when she sees one. The trick, given her eyesight, is actually getting close enough to see them. She might as well wish upon a falling star! Against all odds, one just walked right up to her and introduced himself as Roger. He's on a mission from Molly, the friend she's traveled halfway across the country to see, with news of her alien ever after and a shopping list. When their hands touch, everything changes. Kaelin has a chance to become everything she ever wished she could be...but it will cost her everything she currently is.

When a string of fatal accidents on the notorious A9 road catches the attention of DI Alec McKay, he uncovers something far more sinister than just bad luck. As the body count rises, McKay stumbles onto a decades-old conspiracy involving corruption and a murder case that should’ve been buried a long time ago.

Bitter enemy of the newborn church . . . until a blinding encounter with the risen Christ transformed him into Paul the apostle, ambassador of Jesus to the Gentiles.Master storyteller Walter Wangerin Jr. sweeps you into the life and times of the man who brought Christianity to the world. Here is...

Basándose en las miles de páginas de los cuadernos manuscritos de Leonardo y nuevos descubrimientos sobre su vida y su obra, Walter Isaacson teje una narración que conecta el arte de Da Vinci con sus investigaciones científicas, y nos muestra cómo el genio del hombre más visionario de la historia nació de habilidades que todos poseemos y podemos estimular, tales como la curiosidad incansable, la observación cuidadosa y la imaginación juguetona. Su creatividad, como la de todo gran innovador, resultó de la intersección entre la tecnología y las humanidades.

Half-breed werewolf Sage Gallagher can't shift, but he's a member of the Salvation Pack and a wolf where it counts. When he finds who he thinks is a lost hiker while camping in the Great Smoky Mountains, he's surprised to find she's a full-blooded wolf who ignites in him the instinct to take her home to where he and his pack can protect her, no matter how skeptical and untrusting she is of his offer. After Rina rejects her parents' choice for a mate, she's exiled from her pack. That's a dangerous position for any wolf to be in, and now she has a human hunter on her trail.

Josiah is facing the ultimate showdown against his powerful enemy, but the stakes have never been higher. If he fails, he'll lose not only Alex but also his freedom. As he finally solves Elliot Dacre's murder, he also uncovers the devastating secret Alex has hidden from everyone. An explosive showdown forces them to confront the truth about each other, but will it shatter their bond beyond repair?