Inhalt: Two families - the Belseys and the Kippses - live beautiful but seperate live in their own beautiful corners of America. Or they should until Jerome Belsey falls for Victoria Kipps, throwing the two families on a collision course where an infidelity, a death, and an unexpected legacy forces everyone to examine the assumptions underpinning their lives. Set on both sides of the Atlantic "On Beauty" is a brilliant take on family life, the institution of marriage, intersections of the personal and political, and an honest look at people's deceptions. It is also very funny indeed. Schlagworte:American English, Audiobook, Englisch gesprochene Literatur Systematik: Engl. CD Umfang: 3 CDs abridged Beteiligte:Smith, Zadie, Andoh, Adjoa Standort: Engl. CD Smi
Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend a major announcement¿the unveiling of a discovery that ¿will change the face of science forever.¿ The evening¿s host is Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old billionaire and futurist whose dazzling high-tech inventions and audacious predictions have made him a renowned global figure. Kirsch, who was one of Langdon¿s first students at Harvard two decades earlier, is about to reveal an astonishing breakthrough . . . one that will answer two of the fundamental questions of human existence. As the event begins, Langdon and several hundred guests find themselves captivated by an utterly original presentation, which Langdon realizes will be far more controversial than he ever imagined. But the meticulously orchestrated evening suddenly erupts into chaos, and Kirsch¿s precious discovery teeters on the brink of being lost forever. Reeling and facing an imminent threat, Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to escape Bilbao. With him is Ambra Vidal, the elegant museum director who worked with Kirsch to stage the provocative event. Together they flee to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirsch¿s secret. Navigating the dark corridors of hidden history and extreme religion, Langdon and Vidal must evade a tormented enemy whose all-knowing power seems to emanate from Spain¿s Royal Palace itself . . . and who will stop at nothing to silence Edmond Kirsch. On a trail marked by modern art and enigmatic symbols, Langdon and Vidal uncover clues that ultimately bring them face-to-face with Kirsch¿s shocking discovery . . . and the breathtaking truth that has long eluded us.
Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend a major announcement¿the unveiling of a discovery that ¿will change the face of science forever.¿ The evening¿s host is Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old billionaire and futurist whose dazzling high-tech inventions and audacious predictions have made him a renowned global figure. Kirsch, who was one of Langdon¿s first students at Harvard two decades earlier, is about to reveal an astonishing breakthrough . . . one that will answer two of the fundamental questions of human existence. As the event begins, Langdon and several hundred guests find themselves captivated by an utterly original presentation, which Langdon realizes will be far more controversial than he ever imagined. But the meticulously orchestrated evening suddenly erupts into chaos, and Kirsch¿s precious discovery teeters on the brink of being lost forever. Reeling and facing an imminent threat, Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to escape Bilbao. With him is Ambra Vidal, the elegant museum director who worked with Kirsch to stage the provocative event. Together they flee to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirsch¿s secret. Navigating the dark corridors of hidden history and extreme religion, Langdon and Vidal must evade a tormented enemy whose all-knowing power seems to emanate from Spain¿s Royal Palace itself . . . and who will stop at nothing to silence Edmond Kirsch. On a trail marked by modern art and enigmatic symbols, Langdon and Vidal uncover clues that ultimately bring them face-to-face with Kirsch¿s shocking discovery . . . and the breathtaking truth that has long eluded us.
Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend a major announcement¿the unveiling of a discovery that ¿will change the face of science forever.¿ The evening¿s host is Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old billionaire and futurist whose dazzling high-tech inventions and audacious predictions have made him a renowned global figure. Kirsch, who was one of Langdon¿s first students at Harvard two decades earlier, is about to reveal an astonishing breakthrough . . . one that will answer two of the fundamental questions of human existence. As the event begins, Langdon and several hundred guests find themselves captivated by an utterly original presentation, which Langdon realizes will be far more controversial than he ever imagined. But the meticulously orchestrated evening suddenly erupts into chaos, and Kirsch¿s precious discovery teeters on the brink of being lost forever. Reeling and facing an imminent threat, Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to escape Bilbao. With him is Ambra Vidal, the elegant museum director who worked with Kirsch to stage the provocative event. Together they flee to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirsch¿s secret. Navigating the dark corridors of hidden history and extreme religion, Langdon and Vidal must evade a tormented enemy whose all-knowing power seems to emanate from Spain¿s Royal Palace itself . . . and who will stop at nothing to silence Edmond Kirsch. On a trail marked by modern art and enigmatic symbols, Langdon and Vidal uncover clues that ultimately bring them face-to-face with Kirsch¿s shocking discovery . . . and the breathtaking truth that has long eluded us.
Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend a major announcement¿the unveiling of a discovery that ¿will change the face of science forever.¿ The evening¿s host is Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old billionaire and futurist whose dazzling high-tech inventions and audacious predictions have made him a renowned global figure. Kirsch, who was one of Langdon¿s first students at Harvard two decades earlier, is about to reveal an astonishing breakthrough . . . one that will answer two of the fundamental questions of human existence. As the event begins, Langdon and several hundred guests find themselves captivated by an utterly original presentation, which Langdon realizes will be far more controversial than he ever imagined. But the meticulously orchestrated evening suddenly erupts into chaos, and Kirsch¿s precious discovery teeters on the brink of being lost forever. Reeling and facing an imminent threat, Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to escape Bilbao. With him is Ambra Vidal, the elegant museum director who worked with Kirsch to stage the provocative event. Together they flee to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirsch¿s secret. Navigating the dark corridors of hidden history and extreme religion, Langdon and Vidal must evade a tormented enemy whose all-knowing power seems to emanate from Spain¿s Royal Palace itself . . . and who will stop at nothing to silence Edmond Kirsch. On a trail marked by modern art and enigmatic symbols, Langdon and Vidal uncover clues that ultimately bring them face-to-face with Kirsch¿s shocking discovery . . . and the breathtaking truth that has long eluded us.
Inhalt: Insp. John Rebus has just 10 days to solve the apparently motiveless murder of Alexander Todorov, an expatriate Russian poet, before he reaches 60 and mandatory retirement in Edgar-winner Rankin's rewarding 17th novel to feature the Edinburgh detective (after The Naming of the Dead). When the dogged Rebus and Det. Sgt. Siobhan Clarke look into the crime, they find an array of baffling conspiracies involving Russian businessmen, Scottish bankers and local politicians pushing for an independent Scotland. A second murder, of a man who'd taped one of Todorov's poetry readings, ensures the case gets extra resources, and Rebus's own interest is whetted by the possible involvement of Edinburgh crime boss Big Ger Cafferty. Clever, insightful prose more than compensates for the byzantine plot. There's an appropriately wistful tone to this final entry in the series. Fans will miss Rebus and wonder what on earth he'll do in retirement.
Inhalt: Insp. John Rebus has just 10 days to solve the apparently motiveless murder of Alexander Todorov, an expatriate Russian poet, before he reaches 60 and mandatory retirement in Edgar-winner Rankin's rewarding 17th novel to feature the Edinburgh detective (after The Naming of the Dead). When the dogged Rebus and Det. Sgt. Siobhan Clarke look into the crime, they find an array of baffling conspiracies involving Russian businessmen, Scottish bankers and local politicians pushing for an independent Scotland. A second murder, of a man who'd taped one of Todorov's poetry readings, ensures the case gets extra resources, and Rebus's own interest is whetted by the possible involvement of Edinburgh crime boss Big Ger Cafferty. Clever, insightful prose more than compensates for the byzantine plot. There's an appropriately wistful tone to this final entry in the series. Fans will miss Rebus and wonder what on earth he'll do in retirement.
Inhalt: Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhie, Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love - and its threatened loss - the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.
Inhalt: Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhie, Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love - and its threatened loss - the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.
Inhalt: When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited, he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evakes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life.
Inhalt: When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited, he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evakes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life.
Short Stories/Agatha Christie ; 4 (Hueber Hörbuch) The Lamp. The Case of the Missing Lady Short Stories Hueber Hörbuch, Ismaning (2004)
Standort: Engl. CD Chr
Inhalt: Kyle McAvoy possesses an outstanding legal mind. Good-looking and affable, he has a glittering future. Ha also has a dark secret that could destroy his dreams, his career, even his life. One night that secret catches up with him ...
Inhalt: Kyle McAvoy possesses an outstanding legal mind. Good-looking and affable, he has a glittering future. Ha also has a dark secret that could destroy his dreams, his career, even his life. One night that secret catches up with him ...
Inhalt: Kyle McAvoy possesses an outstanding legal mind. Good-looking and affable, he has a glittering future. Ha also has a dark secret that could destroy his dreams, his career, even his life. One night that secret catches up with him ...
It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.
Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist-books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.
It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.
Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist-books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.
It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.
Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist-books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.
Inhalt: Sir Derek Jacobi's gripping, suspenseful and hugely entertaining reading brings the stories of Holmes and Watson to life. This edition includes: The Adventure of the Illustrious Client, The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone, The Adventure of the Three Gables, The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire, The Adventure of the Three Garridebs, The Problem of Thor Bridge, The Adventure of the Creeping Man, The Adventure of the Lion's Mane, The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger, The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place and The Adventure of the Retired Colourman.
Inhalt: Sir Derek Jacobi's gripping, suspenseful and hugely entertaining reading brings the stories of Holmes and Watson to life. This edition includes: The Adventure of the Illustrious Client, The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone, The Adventure of the Three Gables, The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire, The Adventure of the Three Garridebs, The Problem of Thor Bridge, The Adventure of the Creeping Man, The Adventure of the Lion's Mane, The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger, The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place and The Adventure of the Retired Colourman.
Inhalt: Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home. Mickey puts his team into high gear to exonerate Lisa Trammel, even though the evidence and his own suspicions tell him his client is guilty. Soon after he learns that the victim had black market dealings of his own, Haller is assaulted, too--and he's certain he's on the right trail. Despite the danger and uncertainty, Haller mounts the best defense of his career in a trial where the last surprise comes after the verdict is in.
Inhalt: Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home. Mickey puts his team into high gear to exonerate Lisa Trammel, even though the evidence and his own suspicions tell him his client is guilty. Soon after he learns that the victim had black market dealings of his own, Haller is assaulted, too--and he's certain he's on the right trail. Despite the danger and uncertainty, Haller mounts the best defense of his career in a trial where the last surprise comes after the verdict is in.
Inhalt: A woman is found dead, apparently the victim of a tragic car crash. It's the first in a spate of seemingly inexplicable accidents in Tanumshede and marks the end of a quiet winter for detective Patrik Hedström and his colleagues. At the same time a reality TV show is being shot in the town. As cameras shadow the stars' every move, relations with the locals are strained to breaking point. When a drunken party ends with a particularly unpopular contestant's murder, the cast and crew are obvious suspects. Could there be a killer in their midst? As the country tunes in, the tension mounts up. Under the intense glare of the media spotlight, Patrik faces his toughest investigation yet...
Inhalt: A woman is found dead, apparently the victim of a tragic car crash. It's the first in a spate of seemingly inexplicable accidents in Tanumshede and marks the end of a quiet winter for detective Patrik Hedström and his colleagues. At the same time a reality TV show is being shot in the town. As cameras shadow the stars' every move, relations with the locals are strained to breaking point. When a drunken party ends with a particularly unpopular contestant's murder, the cast and crew are obvious suspects. Could there be a killer in their midst? As the country tunes in, the tension mounts up. Under the intense glare of the media spotlight, Patrik faces his toughest investigation yet...
Inhalt: A woman is found dead, apparently the victim of a tragic car crash. It's the first in a spate of seemingly inexplicable accidents in Tanumshede and marks the end of a quiet winter for detective Patrik Hedström and his colleagues. At the same time a reality TV show is being shot in the town. As cameras shadow the stars' every move, relations with the locals are strained to breaking point. When a drunken party ends with a particularly unpopular contestant's murder, the cast and crew are obvious suspects. Could there be a killer in their midst? As the country tunes in, the tension mounts up. Under the intense glare of the media spotlight, Patrik faces his toughest investigation yet...
Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder - and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family.
He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, truculent computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history.
Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder - and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family.
He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, truculent computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history.
Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder - and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family.
He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, truculent computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history.
'Alice had come halfway across the world to find that, yet again, she was considered wanting. Well, she thought, if that was what everyone thought, she might as well live up to it.'
England, late 1930s, and Alice Wright - restless, stifled - makes an impulsive decision to marry wealthy American Bennett Van Cleve and leave her home and family behind.
But stuffy, disapproving Baileyville, Kentucky, where her husband favours work over his wife and is dominated by his overbearing father, is not the adventure - or the escape - that she hoped for.
That is, until she meets Margery O'Hare, a troublesome woman - and daughter of a notorious felon - the town wishes to forget.
Margery's on a mission to spread the wonder of books and reading to the poor and lost - and she needs Alice's help.
Trekking alone under big open skies, through wild mountain forests, Alice, Margery and their fellow sisters of the trail discover freedom, friendship - and a life to call their own.
But when Baileyville turns against them, will their belief in one another - and the power of the written word - be enough to save them?
Inspired by a remarkable true story, The Giver of Stars features five incredible women who will prove to be every bit as beloved as Lou Clark, the unforgettable heroine of Me Before You. Schlagworte:30er Jahre, Auswanderer, Bibliothekarin, Dreißiger Jahre, Freundschaft, Kentucky, Mobile Bibliothek Systematik: Engl. CD Umfang: ca. 14h ; ungekürzte Lesung ; 11 CDs Beteiligte:Moyes, Jojo, Whelan, Julia Standort: Engl. CD Moy ISBN: 978-1-4059-4239-3
'Alice had come halfway across the world to find that, yet again, she was considered wanting. Well, she thought, if that was what everyone thought, she might as well live up to it.'
England, late 1930s, and Alice Wright - restless, stifled - makes an impulsive decision to marry wealthy American Bennett Van Cleve and leave her home and family behind.
But stuffy, disapproving Baileyville, Kentucky, where her husband favours work over his wife and is dominated by his overbearing father, is not the adventure - or the escape - that she hoped for.
That is, until she meets Margery O'Hare, a troublesome woman - and daughter of a notorious felon - the town wishes to forget.
Margery's on a mission to spread the wonder of books and reading to the poor and lost - and she needs Alice's help.
Trekking alone under big open skies, through wild mountain forests, Alice, Margery and their fellow sisters of the trail discover freedom, friendship - and a life to call their own.
But when Baileyville turns against them, will their belief in one another - and the power of the written word - be enough to save them?
Inspired by a remarkable true story, The Giver of Stars features five incredible women who will prove to be every bit as beloved as Lou Clark, the unforgettable heroine of Me Before You. Schlagworte:30er Jahre, Auswanderer, Bibliothekarin, Dreißiger Jahre, Freundschaft, Kentucky, Mobile Bibliothek Systematik: Engl. CD Umfang: ca. 14h ; ungekürzte Lesung ; 11 CDs Beteiligte:Moyes, Jojo, Whelan, Julia Standort: Engl. CD Moy ISBN: 978-1-4059-4239-3
'Alice had come halfway across the world to find that, yet again, she was considered wanting. Well, she thought, if that was what everyone thought, she might as well live up to it.'
England, late 1930s, and Alice Wright - restless, stifled - makes an impulsive decision to marry wealthy American Bennett Van Cleve and leave her home and family behind.
But stuffy, disapproving Baileyville, Kentucky, where her husband favours work over his wife and is dominated by his overbearing father, is not the adventure - or the escape - that she hoped for.
That is, until she meets Margery O'Hare, a troublesome woman - and daughter of a notorious felon - the town wishes to forget.
Margery's on a mission to spread the wonder of books and reading to the poor and lost - and she needs Alice's help.
Trekking alone under big open skies, through wild mountain forests, Alice, Margery and their fellow sisters of the trail discover freedom, friendship - and a life to call their own.
But when Baileyville turns against them, will their belief in one another - and the power of the written word - be enough to save them?
Inspired by a remarkable true story, The Giver of Stars features five incredible women who will prove to be every bit as beloved as Lou Clark, the unforgettable heroine of Me Before You. Schlagworte:30er Jahre, Auswanderer, Bibliothekarin, Dreißiger Jahre, Freundschaft, Kentucky, Mobile Bibliothek Systematik: Engl. CD Umfang: ca. 14h ; ungekürzte Lesung ; 11 CDs Beteiligte:Moyes, Jojo, Whelan, Julia Standort: Engl. CD Moy ISBN: 978-1-4059-4239-3
Inhalt: Special Agent Will Robie left his hometown in Mississippi when he was a teenager.Its residents remember him as a wild sports star and girl-magnet. He left a lot of hearts broken, and a lot of people angry.
Now, over twenty years later, he's back. His estranged father, Dan, who is the local judge, has been arrested for murder and Will wonders if it's time to try to heal old wounds. A lot of bad blood has flowed between father and son, but Robie's fellow agent, Jessica Reel, persuades him to stick around and confront his demons.
Then another murder changes everything, and stone-cold killer Robie will finally have to come to grips with his toughest assignment of all. His family.
Inhalt: Special Agent Will Robie left his hometown in Mississippi when he was a teenager.Its residents remember him as a wild sports star and girl-magnet. He left a lot of hearts broken, and a lot of people angry.
Now, over twenty years later, he's back. His estranged father, Dan, who is the local judge, has been arrested for murder and Will wonders if it's time to try to heal old wounds. A lot of bad blood has flowed between father and son, but Robie's fellow agent, Jessica Reel, persuades him to stick around and confront his demons.
Then another murder changes everything, and stone-cold killer Robie will finally have to come to grips with his toughest assignment of all. His family.
When ninety-nine-year-old heiress Josephine Bettendorf Warrick summons attorney Brooke Trappnell to her 20,000-acre barrier island home, Brooke is puzzled. Everybody in the South has heard about the eccentric millionaire mistress of Talisa island, but Brooke has never actually met her. In a cryptic phone call, Josephine says she wants to discuss an important legal matter - but why enlist Brooke instead of the prestigious Atlanta law firm she has used for years? Brooke travels to Shem... and meets the cagey Josephine, whose home is a crumbling pink mansion at the edge of the turquoise sea. Over the course of a few meetings, Josephine spins a tale of old friendships, dark secrets, betrayal and a long-unsolved murder. To fulfill the dying woman's wishes, Brooke must find and bring together the woman's oldest friends and their descendants for a farewell, and to put right the mistakes of the past. But in doing so, Brooke unleashes the makings of a scandal that could make someone rich beyond their wildest dreams ... or cause them to be in the crosshairs of a murderer. Schlagworte:Alter, Audiobook, Englisch gesprochene Literatur, Erben, Geheimnis, Strand, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl. CD Umfang: ca. 17 Stunden ; ungekürzte Lesung ; 4 CDs Beteiligte:Andrews, Mary Kay, McInerney, Kathleen Standort: Engl. CD And ISBN: 978-1-4272-9717-4
When ninety-nine-year-old heiress Josephine Bettendorf Warrick summons attorney Brooke Trappnell to her 20,000-acre barrier island home, Brooke is puzzled. Everybody in the South has heard about the eccentric millionaire mistress of Talisa island, but Brooke has never actually met her. In a cryptic phone call, Josephine says she wants to discuss an important legal matter - but why enlist Brooke instead of the prestigious Atlanta law firm she has used for years? Brooke travels to Shem... and meets the cagey Josephine, whose home is a crumbling pink mansion at the edge of the turquoise sea. Over the course of a few meetings, Josephine spins a tale of old friendships, dark secrets, betrayal and a long-unsolved murder. To fulfill the dying woman's wishes, Brooke must find and bring together the woman's oldest friends and their descendants for a farewell, and to put right the mistakes of the past. But in doing so, Brooke unleashes the makings of a scandal that could make someone rich beyond their wildest dreams ... or cause them to be in the crosshairs of a murderer. Schlagworte:Alter, Audiobook, Englisch gesprochene Literatur, Erben, Geheimnis, Strand, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl. CD Umfang: ca. 17 Stunden ; ungekürzte Lesung ; 3 CDs Beteiligte:Andrews, Mary Kay, McInerney, Kathleen Standort: Engl. CD And ISBN: 978-1-4272-9717-4
When ninety-nine-year-old heiress Josephine Bettendorf Warrick summons attorney Brooke Trappnell to her 20,000-acre barrier island home, Brooke is puzzled. Everybody in the South has heard about the eccentric millionaire mistress of Talisa island, but Brooke has never actually met her. In a cryptic phone call, Josephine says she wants to discuss an important legal matter - but why enlist Brooke instead of the prestigious Atlanta law firm she has used for years? Brooke travels to Shem... and meets the cagey Josephine, whose home is a crumbling pink mansion at the edge of the turquoise sea. Over the course of a few meetings, Josephine spins a tale of old friendships, dark secrets, betrayal and a long-unsolved murder. To fulfill the dying woman's wishes, Brooke must find and bring together the woman's oldest friends and their descendants for a farewell, and to put right the mistakes of the past. But in doing so, Brooke unleashes the makings of a scandal that could make someone rich beyond their wildest dreams ... or cause them to be in the crosshairs of a murderer. Schlagworte:Alter, Audiobook, Englisch gesprochene Literatur, Erben, Geheimnis, Strand, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl. CD Umfang: ca. 17 Stunden ; ungekürzte Lesung ; 4 CDs Beteiligte:Andrews, Mary Kay, McInerney, Kathleen Standort: Engl. CD And ISBN: 978-1-4272-9717-4
When ninety-nine-year-old heiress Josephine Bettendorf Warrick summons attorney Brooke Trappnell to her 20,000-acre barrier island home, Brooke is puzzled. Everybody in the South has heard about the eccentric millionaire mistress of Talisa island, but Brooke has never actually met her. In a cryptic phone call, Josephine says she wants to discuss an important legal matter - but why enlist Brooke instead of the prestigious Atlanta law firm she has used for years? Brooke travels to Shem... and meets the cagey Josephine, whose home is a crumbling pink mansion at the edge of the turquoise sea. Over the course of a few meetings, Josephine spins a tale of old friendships, dark secrets, betrayal and a long-unsolved murder. To fulfill the dying woman's wishes, Brooke must find and bring together the woman's oldest friends and their descendants for a farewell, and to put right the mistakes of the past. But in doing so, Brooke unleashes the makings of a scandal that could make someone rich beyond their wildest dreams ... or cause them to be in the crosshairs of a murderer. Schlagworte:Alter, Audiobook, Englisch gesprochene Literatur, Erben, Geheimnis, Strand, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl. CD Umfang: ca. 17 Stunden ; ungekürzte Lesung ; 4 CDs Beteiligte:Andrews, Mary Kay, McInerney, Kathleen Standort: Engl. CD And ISBN: 978-1-4272-9717-4
Inhalt: One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be more than he can cope with. Sadly, however, the weekend has only just begun, and the Galaxy is a very strange and startling place.
Inhalt: One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be more than he can cope with. Sadly, however, the weekend has only just begun, and the Galaxy is a very strange and startling place.
Amerika hat Feinde - skrupellose Menschen, die weder Polizei, FBI noch das Militär aufhalten können. In diesen Fällen wendet sich die Regierung an Will Robie, einen Auftragskiller, der sein Ziel stets trifft. Doch der hat gerade den ersten - und vielleicht letzten - Fehler seiner Karriere begangen. Denn Will hat die Zielperson, die er eigentlich eliminieren sollte, laufen lassen, weil ihm irgendwas an diesem Auftrag seltsam erschien. Nun wird der Killer selbst zum Ziel. Auf der Flucht vor seinen eigenen Leuten kommt Will einer unglaublichen Verschwörung auf die Spur. Will Robie arbeitet als Auftragskiller für die US Regierung. Bei einem seiner Aufträge stößt er auf eine junge Ausreißerin, die sein Interesse erweckt. Die Eltern des Mädchens sind spurlos verschwunden und es scheint, dass sehr einflussreiche Personen dafür verantwortlich sind.
America has enemies - ruthless people that the police, the FBI, even the military can't stop. That's when the U.S. government calls on Will Robie, a stone cold hitman who never questions orders and always nails his target. But Will Robie may have just made the first - and last - mistake of his career ...
It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But something about this mission doesn't seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable. He refuses to kill. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and must escape from his own people. Fleeing the scene, Robie crosses paths with a wayward teenage girl, a fourteen-year-old runaway from a foster home. But she isn't an ordinary runaway-her parents were murdered, and her own life is in danger. Against all of his professional habits, Robie rescues her and finds he can't walk away. He needs to help her. Even worse, the more Robie learns about the girl, the more he's convinced she is at the center of a vast cover-up, one that may explain her parents' deaths and stretch to unimaginable levels of power. Now, Robie may have to step out of the shadows in order to save this girl's life ... and perhaps his own.
Amerika hat Feinde - skrupellose Menschen, die weder Polizei, FBI noch das Militär aufhalten können. In diesen Fällen wendet sich die Regierung an Will Robie, einen Auftragskiller, der sein Ziel stets trifft. Doch der hat gerade den ersten - und vielleicht letzten - Fehler seiner Karriere begangen. Denn Will hat die Zielperson, die er eigentlich eliminieren sollte, laufen lassen, weil ihm irgendwas an diesem Auftrag seltsam erschien. Nun wird der Killer selbst zum Ziel. Auf der Flucht vor seinen eigenen Leuten kommt Will einer unglaublichen Verschwörung auf die Spur. Will Robie arbeitet als Auftragskiller für die US Regierung. Bei einem seiner Aufträge stößt er auf eine junge Ausreißerin, die sein Interesse erweckt. Die Eltern des Mädchens sind spurlos verschwunden und es scheint, dass sehr einflussreiche Personen dafür verantwortlich sind.
America has enemies - ruthless people that the police, the FBI, even the military can't stop. That's when the U.S. government calls on Will Robie, a stone cold hitman who never questions orders and always nails his target. But Will Robie may have just made the first - and last - mistake of his career ...
It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But something about this mission doesn't seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable. He refuses to kill. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and must escape from his own people. Fleeing the scene, Robie crosses paths with a wayward teenage girl, a fourteen-year-old runaway from a foster home. But she isn't an ordinary runaway-her parents were murdered, and her own life is in danger. Against all of his professional habits, Robie rescues her and finds he can't walk away. He needs to help her. Even worse, the more Robie learns about the girl, the more he's convinced she is at the center of a vast cover-up, one that may explain her parents' deaths and stretch to unimaginable levels of power. Now, Robie may have to step out of the shadows in order to save this girl's life ... and perhaps his own.
Amerika hat Feinde - skrupellose Menschen, die weder Polizei, FBI noch das Militär aufhalten können. In diesen Fällen wendet sich die Regierung an Will Robie, einen Auftragskiller, der sein Ziel stets trifft. Doch der hat gerade den ersten - und vielleicht letzten - Fehler seiner Karriere begangen. Denn Will hat die Zielperson, die er eigentlich eliminieren sollte, laufen lassen, weil ihm irgendwas an diesem Auftrag seltsam erschien. Nun wird der Killer selbst zum Ziel. Auf der Flucht vor seinen eigenen Leuten kommt Will einer unglaublichen Verschwörung auf die Spur. Will Robie arbeitet als Auftragskiller für die US Regierung. Bei einem seiner Aufträge stößt er auf eine junge Ausreißerin, die sein Interesse erweckt. Die Eltern des Mädchens sind spurlos verschwunden und es scheint, dass sehr einflussreiche Personen dafür verantwortlich sind.
America has enemies - ruthless people that the police, the FBI, even the military can't stop. That's when the U.S. government calls on Will Robie, a stone cold hitman who never questions orders and always nails his target. But Will Robie may have just made the first - and last - mistake of his career ...
It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But something about this mission doesn't seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable. He refuses to kill. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and must escape from his own people. Fleeing the scene, Robie crosses paths with a wayward teenage girl, a fourteen-year-old runaway from a foster home. But she isn't an ordinary runaway-her parents were murdered, and her own life is in danger. Against all of his professional habits, Robie rescues her and finds he can't walk away. He needs to help her. Even worse, the more Robie learns about the girl, the more he's convinced she is at the center of a vast cover-up, one that may explain her parents' deaths and stretch to unimaginable levels of power. Now, Robie may have to step out of the shadows in order to save this girl's life ... and perhaps his own.
Amerika hat Feinde - skrupellose Menschen, die weder Polizei, FBI noch das Militär aufhalten können. In diesen Fällen wendet sich die Regierung an Will Robie, einen Auftragskiller, der sein Ziel stets trifft. Doch der hat gerade den ersten - und vielleicht letzten - Fehler seiner Karriere begangen. Denn Will hat die Zielperson, die er eigentlich eliminieren sollte, laufen lassen, weil ihm irgendwas an diesem Auftrag seltsam erschien. Nun wird der Killer selbst zum Ziel. Auf der Flucht vor seinen eigenen Leuten kommt Will einer unglaublichen Verschwörung auf die Spur. Will Robie arbeitet als Auftragskiller für die US Regierung. Bei einem seiner Aufträge stößt er auf eine junge Ausreißerin, die sein Interesse erweckt. Die Eltern des Mädchens sind spurlos verschwunden und es scheint, dass sehr einflussreiche Personen dafür verantwortlich sind.
America has enemies - ruthless people that the police, the FBI, even the military can't stop. That's when the U.S. government calls on Will Robie, a stone cold hitman who never questions orders and always nails his target. But Will Robie may have just made the first - and last - mistake of his career ...
It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But something about this mission doesn't seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable. He refuses to kill. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and must escape from his own people. Fleeing the scene, Robie crosses paths with a wayward teenage girl, a fourteen-year-old runaway from a foster home. But she isn't an ordinary runaway-her parents were murdered, and her own life is in danger. Against all of his professional habits, Robie rescues her and finds he can't walk away. He needs to help her. Even worse, the more Robie learns about the girl, the more he's convinced she is at the center of a vast cover-up, one that may explain her parents' deaths and stretch to unimaginable levels of power. Now, Robie may have to step out of the shadows in order to save this girl's life ... and perhaps his own.
Inhalt: After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day¿s journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby¿s cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby.
Tom, who keeps meticulous records and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. But Isabel insists the baby is a ¿gift from God,¿ and against Tom¿s judgment, they claim her as their own and name her Lucy. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. Their choice has devastated one of them.
Inhalt: After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day's journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby's cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby.
Tom, who keeps meticulous records and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. But Isabel insists the baby is a gift from God, and against Tom's judgment, they claim her as their own and name her Lucy. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. Their choice has devastated one of them.
Inhalt: After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day's journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby's cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby.
Tom, who keeps meticulous records and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. But Isabel insists the baby is a gift from God, and against Tom's judgment, they claim her as their own and name her Lucy. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. Their choice has devastated one of them.
Inhalt: Suppose your life sucks. Your husband has done a vanishing act, your stepson is being bullied and your daughter has a once in a lifetime opportunity ... that you can't afford to pay for. A novel by the brilliant Jojo Moyes, author of "Me before you".
Einmal angenommen, dein Mann hat sich aus dem Staub gemacht. Du schaffst es kaum, deine Familie über Wasser zu halten. Deine hochbegabte Tochter bekommt eine einmalige Chance. Und du bist zu arm, um ihren Traum Wirklichkeit werden zu lassen. Plötzlich liegt da ein Bündel Geldscheine. Du weißt, dass es falsch ist. Aber auf einen Schlag wäre dein Leben so viel einfacher. Und einmal angenommen, du strandest mitten in der Nacht mit deinen Kindern am Straßenrand und genau der Mann, dem das Geld gehört, bietet an, euch mitzunehmen. Würdest du einsteigen? Würdest du ihm irgendwann während eures verrückten Roadtrips gestehen, was du getan hast? - Und kann das gutgehen, wenn du dich ausgerechnet in diesen Mann verliebst?
Inhalt: Suppose your life sucks. Your husband has done a vanishing act, your stepson is being bullied and your daughter has a once in a lifetime opportunity ... that you can't afford to pay for. A novel by the brilliant Jojo Moyes, author of "Me before you".
Einmal angenommen, dein Mann hat sich aus dem Staub gemacht. Du schaffst es kaum, deine Familie über Wasser zu halten. Deine hochbegabte Tochter bekommt eine einmalige Chance. Und du bist zu arm, um ihren Traum Wirklichkeit werden zu lassen. Plötzlich liegt da ein Bündel Geldscheine. Du weißt, dass es falsch ist. Aber auf einen Schlag wäre dein Leben so viel einfacher. Und einmal angenommen, du strandest mitten in der Nacht mit deinen Kindern am Straßenrand und genau der Mann, dem das Geld gehört, bietet an, euch mitzunehmen. Würdest du einsteigen? Würdest du ihm irgendwann während eures verrückten Roadtrips gestehen, was du getan hast? - Und kann das gutgehen, wenn du dich ausgerechnet in diesen Mann verliebst?
Inhalt: Suppose your life sucks. Your husband has done a vanishing act, your stepson is being bullied and your daughter has a once in a lifetime opportunity ... that you can't afford to pay for. A novel by the brilliant Jojo Moyes, author of "Me before you".
Einmal angenommen, dein Mann hat sich aus dem Staub gemacht. Du schaffst es kaum, deine Familie über Wasser zu halten. Deine hochbegabte Tochter bekommt eine einmalige Chance. Und du bist zu arm, um ihren Traum Wirklichkeit werden zu lassen. Plötzlich liegt da ein Bündel Geldscheine. Du weißt, dass es falsch ist. Aber auf einen Schlag wäre dein Leben so viel einfacher. Und einmal angenommen, du strandest mitten in der Nacht mit deinen Kindern am Straßenrand und genau der Mann, dem das Geld gehört, bietet an, euch mitzunehmen. Würdest du einsteigen? Würdest du ihm irgendwann während eures verrückten Roadtrips gestehen, was du getan hast? - Und kann das gutgehen, wenn du dich ausgerechnet in diesen Mann verliebst?
The President Is Missing confronts a threat so huge that it jeopardizes not just Pennsylvania Avenue and Wall Street, but all of America. Uncertainty and fear grip the nation. There are whispers of cyberterror and espionage and a traitor in the Cabinet. Even the President himself becomes a suspect, and then he disappears from public view . . .
The President Is Missing confronts a threat so huge that it jeopardizes not just Pennsylvania Avenue and Wall Street, but all of America. Uncertainty and fear grip the nation. There are whispers of cyberterror and espionage and a traitor in the Cabinet. Even the President himself becomes a suspect, and then he disappears from public view . . .
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