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Commissario Guido Brunetti must question his own assumptions about culture, virtue, and class in order to solve a shocking case of rare book theft from a Venetian library. Donna Leon’s critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling Commissario Guido Brunetti series has attracted readers the...

“[Leon] offers a fresh, exhilarating take on that ambiguous city, with its labyrinthine alleyways and politics, its glamour, its grottiness. . . . An intelligent, satisfying crime novel.” —Sunday Times (UK) In Quietly in Their Sleep, the philosophical Venetian detective Commissario Guido...

“Goes a long way to confirming Donna Leon’s claim to have taken literary possession of Venice . . . A Noble Radiance finds her at the height of her power. It gives the reader a delightful foretaste of summer holidays to come, but it also offers much more than that.” —Independent on...

“Smuggling, sexual betrayal, high-class fakery and, of course, mafia money make for a rich brew.” —Sunday Times (London) As Venice braces for a winter tempest, Commissario Guido Brunetti, Donna Leon’s intrepid Italian sleuth, finds out that an old friend has been savagely beaten at the...

“This series has become one of the adornments of current crime fiction. A gem.” —The Scotsman Early one morning Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Police confronts a grisly sight when the body of a young man is fished out of a fetid canal. All the clues point to a violent mugging...

Join twins Merle and Wilbur as they navigate the chaos of life with their father Dave, a quintessential rolling stone always on the move. While they rely on each other for support, their bond is put to the test when the affluent Whipple family sets their sights on adopting one of the boys. Will their connection withstand the pressures of change? - Summary by Mark Leder

Empress Quarters is an intimate lifestyle podcast exploring life, love, fashion, food, and self-expression — all through a soulful, spiritual lens. This is a space for thoughtful conversations about everyday experiences and deeper reflections: relationships and heart matters, personal growth, confidence, creativity, style, nourishment, and the quiet wisdom found in daily life. Each episode invites listeners into grounded, honest dialogue that feels both comforting and expansive. With a gentle spiritual twist, Empress Quarters weaves intuition, awareness, and meaning into modern living — ...

When a prim and proper English valet finds himself in the untamed American West, he quickly becomes the center of attention among the locals, who are both charmed and bewildered by his refined manners and style. Will the allure of American freedom transform this stuffy gentleman, or will the rough-and-tumble Americans adopt a touch of his high-class polish? Prepare for a delightful romp filled with sharp social commentary reminiscent of P.G. Wodehouses beloved Jeeves and Wooster. - Summary by Carol Pelster

Join us for the AI Standards Stack podcast series, hosted by Professor Michael Mainelli (Z/Yen Group) and Adam Leon Smith (AIQI). This podcast series examines the latest developments in AI assurance, alignment, governance, and responsible innovation. Each session features expert guests from around the world who are shaping standards, ethics, regulation, and best practices for trustworthy artificial intelligence.

Four strangers are missing. Left at their last-known locations are birthday cards that read: Your gift is the game. Dare to play? The police aren’t worried – it’s just a game. But the families are frantic, and psychologist and private detective Dr Augusta Bloom is persuaded to investigate. As she delves into the lives of the missing people, she finds something that binds them all.

Ethan, the accidental Goblin King, faces his greatest challenge as the Goblin Emperor's army marches on Skrulgara. With war looming, he must forge alliances at a grand summit, uniting goblin tribes, elves, and dweorgar against a common foe. But diplomacy isn't Ethan's only battle. The brilliant inventor Cinda holds the key to Skrulgara's defenses, and Ethan's heart. Meanwhile, the goblin archivist Zirka harbors a secret that could change... everything.

In 1974, a federal judge ruled that Boston’s public schools were unconstitutionally segregated. The solution? A controversial experiment in desegregation known as “busing,” which would take children from majority-white schools and bus them to predominantly Black schools, and vice versa. In this dramatic audiobook full of surprising twists and fascinating characters, journalist Leon Neyfakh unpacks the history of busing in Boston and brings to life the human stories behind the headlines by talking to the people who saw what happened with their own eyes.

What does our future hold? Is it possible for humanity to exist indefinitely in a world overrun with wars, intolerance, and terrorism? Will our civilization that is steeped in centuries of violence eventually learn how to interact with one another in respectful and compassionate ways? The Evolving Peacemaker: A Commitment to Nonviolence seeks to address these issues by taking a compelling look at the timeless teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, one of the most respected and influential figures of the 20th century.

http://www.adfreebooks.com - 500+ audiobooks, all ad freeJean de La Bruyère famously characterized Versailles as "that region where joys were visible but false, and vexations hidden but real." In this witty and scholarly book, Baron Arthur-Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand explores the solar system of the Sun King with its planets, the women of the court, now orbiting in warm proximity to the monarch, now hurtling away under his glacial disfavor. Here are his neglected queen, Maria Theresa, his imperious mistress, Madame de Montespan, his illegitimate daughters, and his final consort, the pious and...

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"Ma vie" est l'autobiographie du révolutionnaire russe Léon Trotsky, écrite durant son exil et publiée en 1929. "Je ne puis nier que ma vie n'a pas été des plus ordinaires. Mais il faut en chercher les causes plutôt dans les circonstances de l'époque qu'en moi-même. Bien entendu, il fallait aussi qu'il existât certains traits personnels pour que j'aie rempli la tâche, bonne ou mauvaise, que j'ai remplie."

A successful walrus hunt means Anna and her beloved Kinauquak will soon be joined in marriage. But before they can seal their promise to one another, a tsunami wipes their village from the rugged shore ... everyone except Anna and her little sister, Iya, who are left alone to face the Alaskan wilderness. A stranger, a Civil War veteran with golden hair and blue eyes, wanders the untamed Aleutian Islands. He offers help, but can Anna trust him or his God? And if she doesn't, how will she and Iya survive?

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"Geronimo" lautete das Codewort, das die Männer vom Seals Team 6 durchgeben sollten, wenn sie Osama bin Laden finden. Jahrelang wurde erfolglos nach dem al-Qaida-Führer gefahndet, bis er in der Nacht zum 2. Mai 2011 bei der Erstürmung seines Anwesens in Pakistan von US-Soldaten erschossen wurde. Doch ist die spektakuläre Jagd nach dem meistgesuchten Mann der Welt wirklich so verlaufen, wie man uns glauben macht? Das hochspannende NDR-Hörspiel des Bestsellers von Leon de Winter erzählt eine atemberaubend andere Version der Geschichte - herausragend besetzt mit Sylvester Groth, Barbara Nüsse u.v.a.

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