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Schließen Sie die Augen und genießen Sie eine spannende Nacht mit Gänsehaut für die Ohren! Wie gewohnt befinden sich Storys der weltbesten Horror-Autoren auf diesem Hörbuch. Jede Geschichte wird von einer anderen bekannten Stimme aus Film und TV vorgetragen. Lauschen Sie den Meistern der Angst und entfliehen Sie dem Alltag!

Generoso Pope, Sr., an Italian immigrant, arrived in New York in 1906 with only pennies in his pocket. He got a job shoveling sand, but through his intelligence, he worked his way up to become the biggest provider of cement, just as it was becoming the key material for building. Gene Pope, Jr., was his father’s choice to inherit and run the business, but Gene’s mother and two brothers forced him out, and he found himself penniless and on his own. With a loan from his godfather, mobster Frank Costello, Gene bought the New York Enquirer. He renamed it the National Enquirer.

Watched: Poems contains a collection of poems that dives into the Big Brother ethos of the 21st century. It seems like there are surveillance cameras everywhere. People are being monitored in subway (underground) stations, public buildings, university lecture buildings, and God-knows-where. David Paul Folyant expertly captures the spirit of fear that results from such an environment. Folyant further pushes the envelop to ponder the possible consequences of today's surveillance culture.

Here are tales of adventurers, gifted and determined, who enriched our lives as they lived theirs with spirit and grit: Francis Scott Key, who turned glorious patriot as he saw Fort McHenry's defenders bombed but not bowed; Amelia Earhart, who became a famous pilot before she could fly, slaves William and Ellen Craft, who ran a thousand miles for freedom using audacity and ingenious disguise, and many more. Discover the true stories about the people you only thought you knew.

Fun, bright, and playful, power pop is a sometimes adored, sometimes maligned, often misunderstood genre of music. From its heyday in the '70s and '80s to its resurgence in the '90s and '00s, power pop has meant many things to many people. In Go All the Way, today's best and brightest writers go deep on what certain power pop bands and songs mean and have meant to them. Whether they love or hate it, Go All the Way is a dive into the Beatles-inspired pop rock of the last five decades.

When 15-year-old Jack Sligo runs away from his loving Boston-Irish family, he hopes to get a summer job on a cruise ship. His dream becomes a nightmare when two strangers give him mysterious drinks in a waterfront saloon. Jack wakes up, far at sea, shanghaied aboard an African freighter. The ship’s first call is a remote jungle port in Venezuela where there’s plenty of thieves, rum and women, but no opportunity for escape.

Drs. Meier and Henderson teach listeners how to face painful struggles head-on in a way that allows them to grow and mature emotionally and spiritually. In this timely book, they explore the seven most common life challenges Injustice, Rejection, Loneliness, Loss, Discipline, Failure, and Death.

Sherlock Holmes —the name immediately brings to mind an image of the great detective sitting in his rooms in 221B Baker street, his fingers steepled before his hawkish nose, his sharp grey eyes focused on the client who has brought a little puzzle for him to solve. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said when one reads the names of the other literary detectives of the time period, sometimes referred to as the rivals of Sherlock Holmes.

In this book, we will explore simple proven strategies to combat insomnia so you can gain natural, drug-free rest when you need it most. Imagine the joy of sleeping so deeply you wake up feeling rested and rejuvenated. Find the relief you need with these proven strategies so you feel restored and more alive to look forward to sleeping each night.

After a bicycle accident makes Bailey's daddy nervous about the road and cars, Bailey’s daddy decides to try to train him to be a service dog to help him through some hard times. In this story, Bailey gets more and more curious about the world around him as he grows up. Bailey’s daddy tries to train Bailey to sit quietly in noisy places and how to be friendly to all the new people he meets, including a baby! Bailey enjoys learning his new manners mostly when he can help his daddy relax.

Living among Northern California’s giant redwoods, fifteen-year-old Affinity Blending is fine with being a half-assed witch. She’s been on the run for years, no time for witchcraft, just trying to stay ahead of the witch-hunting demon who imprisoned her mother in Hell. If she could just be a normal teenager and attend the same school for more than like, two seconds? That’d be amazing.

If animals said “I love you, Mama," Wombat would work long and hard on his Thank-You-for-Being-My-Mama card. Kookaburra would busily bake Mama’s beloved beetle-bug cake. Wallaby and Mama would go for a walk, speaking of love in their hisssss-hiss talk. Each animal would show Mama love in their own special way.

Tired of feeling stuck? The Path to a New You offers real transformation, not empty promises. Discover powerful stories of people who overcame life's toughest challenges and crafted a life they love.

Wie klingt eigentlich Oshiwambo, die Sprache, die von der Mehrheit der Menschen in Namibia gesprochen wird? Welche Sicherheitsvorkehrungen solltest du auf deiner Namibiareise treffen? Wann ist in diesem Land eigentlich die Regenzeit und in welchen Gebieten? Welche Entstehungsmythen stecken hinter dem Etosha Nationalpark oder dem Fish River Canyon? Wie war das eigentlich nochmal genau mit der Befreiung der letzten Kolonie des afrikansichen Kontinents und was dürfen Reisende, vor allem aus Deustchland, auf keinen Fall über den Genozid an den Ovaherero und Nama vergessen?

Get ready to experience a new level of terror with Paramnesia, the first of four horror anthologies from Grendel Press. Featuring a collection of original short stories from a diverse range of talented writers, this book will take you on a journey through the depths of the human psyche, exploring the darkest corners of the mind and the horrors that lurk within. Each tale is expertly crafted to keep you on the edge of your seat, with twists and turns that will leave you gasping for breath.

Would you like to take a family vacation to a place that you have never been to before? With Kids on Earth, you can travel around the world, going to new places and learning all about the culture, cuisine, animals, plants, and so much more!

In these two volumes are 24 stories examining the best-known villains–Professor Moriarty, for instance, and Colonel Moran, and Dr. Grimesby Roylott–and some others who might not be quite as famous, but who were just as vexing to the detective and doctor: names like Culverton Smith, Baron Maupertuis, and Abe Slaney. Discover their histories and find out the events behind the stories that you think you know. Settle back for an exceptional Holmes anthology and a walk along the dark side of the canon....

Avec le temps, notre Dieu devient parfois petit, distant, pas très impressionnant à nos yeux... Nous perdons le sens de l’émerveillement face à la splendeur de la gloire de Dieu. Nous partons donc constamment à la recherche de petits bonheurs de substitution, des petits bonheurs qui, nous l’espérons, pourront nous procurer un certain sentiment d’émerveillement dont nous avons tant besoin.

I welcome you, my intelligent and curious listener, to journey with me as I share my stories, thoughts, and insights of living with a subtle and quiet kind of unconscious prejudice, I call Invisible Inequity. Over decades, my perspectives on unconscious prejudice emerged from having a White family, a Black family, and being Jewish, from birth. I invite you to discover what may be some of the lesser-known historical facts and theories of unconscious prejudice’s unspoken origins with me and come to your own conclusions.

Bailey prepares for his first flight on an airplane, but the day of departure bound for Costa Rica doesn't go as planned. Bailey falls in love with seeing the ocean for the first time and looks forward to new adventures with his family!