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Award-winning jazz musician Michael Wolff’s journey nearly ended six years ago at Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital in lower Manhattan. After having been worked on by doctors and nurses for most of the night, Wolff, with the perfect timing only a world-class musician would have, regained consciousness just in time to hear one of the doctors ask his wife if he had a DNR. Before she could even ask what that was, Wolff used his last ounce of energy to gasp, “Resuscitate me!!”

Friedrich Schillers "Die Räuber" - REMIXED. More Drama, Baby! Schillers "Die Räuber" in völlig neuem Gewand - eingesprochen von Bandmitgliedern von Jupiter Jones, Knorkator, Ohrbooten, Der Fall Böse, Beatsteaks, Gleis 8 sowie Celina Bostic und Friedrich Liechtenstein. Als Schillers "Die Räuber" 1782 uraufgeführt wurde, verursachte es tumultartige Zustände im Theater. Das revolutionäre Drama bewirkte einen handfesten Skandal. Seitdem ist tonnenweise Kunstblut auf deutschen Bühnen geflossen und hunderte Bühnentode wurden gestorben. Bis heute ist Schillers Stück dank seines zeitlosen Kerns ein Klassiker.

A story of siblings and faith from short-story master Tobias Wolff. Frances has always been protective of her younger brother Frank. The children of a brutal father and a sick, defenseless mother, Frances fought to keep her brother safe. And throughout all of his adult failings – from drug addiction to near-fatal car crashes - she has stood by his side. Now Frank has found religion. Standing in his crisp white shirt and restrictive tie, he's eager to recount last Sunday's sermon to his older sister.

Three friends are leaving the suburbs of Spokane on a hunting trip. Kenny is the prankster, harsh and mean. Frank is laid-back and full of idealism. Tub is overweight, sensitive, and the brunt of everyone's jokes. Searching for tracks in the snow, the trio has little luck until they spot a set of deer prints heading into a nearby farm. Kenny, desperate for a token of their difficult journey, insists that they ask the farmer's permission to hunt on his land.

With his marriage on the rocks, a father takes his son skiing for the weekend. After insisting on staying just a bit longer - despite a growing blizzard - the boy's father finds they're snowed in at the resort, the road blockaded by state troopers. To what lengths will he go to keep his marriage intact?

Miller is unlucky. That's why he's in a foxhole with the rest of Bravo Company. That's why his dad is gone and his mother remarried. That's why his teeth are falling out. Then, when the first sergeant tells Miller his mother has passed away, Miller thinks he's finally gotten lucky. Surely it's another Miller's mother, and now he can get away from the battalion for a couple days thanks to the Army's error. But Miller knows the future rarely has happiness in store.

When Gold's daughter is viciously attacked by a neighbor'sdog and barely escapes with her life, Gold's world is torn open. Haunted by the incident and unable to convince local authorities to take action, he agrees to a friend's offer of retaliation. When he feels compelled to return the favor,one bad turn leads to another - and this time, Gold finds the repercussions much worse than he ever could have anticipated.

"Firelight" tells the story of a mother and her son who are spending the afternoon viewing apartments on a chilly day in Seattle, Washington. The two have no intention of renting one - they can only afford to live in a meager boarding house. Nevertheless, they spend every Saturday wandering through apartments and department stores, dreaming of a different life.

At the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, where the victorious Allied powers met to reenvision the map of Europe in the aftermath of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson's influence on the remapping of borders was profound. But despite his deep involvement in the region's geopolitical transformation, President Wilson never set eyes on Eastern Europe, and never traveled to a single one of the eastern lands whose political destiny he so decisively influenced.

Mord auf einem Fischtrawler vor Islands Küste und eine Aushilfsköchin, die um ihr Leben fürchtet. Auf einem Wertstoffhof bei Reykjavík werden menschliche Knochen gefunden. Wenige Wochen später eskaliert ein Nachbarschaftsstreit. Zeitgleich ist vor der Küste Islands ein Trawler unterwegs, dessen Schiffskoch erdrosselt aufgefunden wird. An Bord: Gunndís, die Aushilfsköchin. Kann all das mit einem Schiffsunglück in der Vergangenheit zusammenhängen, für das Gunndís Vater verantwortlich gemacht wurde? Die Polizisten Karó und Týr ermitteln wieder zusammen mit Gerichtsmedizinerin Iðunn.

Have you lost desire for your partner but still love them deeply? There is nothing wrong with you. This is completely common.I'm Lauren Wolff, Registered Psychotherapist and sex therapist specializing in women's desire and intimacy in long-term relationships. After working with hundreds of women who thought their desire was gone forever, I have seen the same patterns again and again. And I know what actually brings it back.In this Podcast, I share honest, shame-free guidance on: → Why desire disappears in loving marriages → The difference between responsive and spontaneous desire →...

The author of the genre-defining memoir This Boy’s Life, the PEN/Faulkner Award–winning novella The Barracks Thief, and short stories acclaimed as modern classics, Tobias Wolff now gives us his first novel. Determined to fit in at his New England prep school, the narrator has learned to...

Every dress has a history. And so does every woman. In Isabel Wolff’s captivating A Vintage Affair, a treasured child’s coat becomes a thread of hope connecting two very different women. Her friends are stunned when Phoebe Swift abruptly leaves a plum job at the prestigious...

When Joe Reed was a teenager, he fell so deeply in love with Mary Claude Moore that his parents threatened to send him away. Decades later, he's living a normal life with his wife and their two children; yet in the thirty years since he's last seen Mary Claude, he hasn't stopped thinking of her. With recent news of her in hand, Joe begins to understand the reasons for which he has never stopped loving her - and just how pivotal that time in his life had been.

Two drugged-out couples contemplate life and morality in "Leviathan", a classic short story by the masterful Tobias Wolff. For Helen's 30th birthday party, her husband decides tothrow her a small party. Armed with booze and three grams of cocaine, the four partyers - Helen, her husband, and another couple - spend the night and the next morning in a drug-induced stupor. As their talk turns to past misdeeds and shameful acts, the couples begin to wonder if it's not the bad decisions in life that bring happiness and meaning.

Penelope Weaver hat sich ihr ganzes Leben lang darauf vorbereitet, die Anaximander-Akademie zu besuchen, wo die griechische Mythologie zum Leben erweckt wird. Penelope weiß, dass sie eine Athena ist – wie alle klugen, praktischen und regeltreuen Mädchen, die an bedeutenden Mythen beteiligt sind. Aber als Penelope und ihr Zwillingsbruder Paris an der Akademie ankommen, geht schief, was nur schiefgehen kann. Penelope wird nicht bei Athena untergebracht, sondern bei Aphrodite, die alles andere als praktisch veranlagt ist.

Puoi seguire il tuo cuore pur facendo soffrire chi ami? Jaxon o Hudson, questo è il problema. E Grace non sa proprio come venirne a capo. I due fratelli vampiri sono affascinanti, letali e irresistibili, ciascuno a modo suo: se Jaxon le piace perché è ombroso e sempre pronto a proteggerla da tutto e da tutti, Hudson la attira perché è irriverente e disposto a lasciare che lei testi la propria forza.

We live in a complex and ever-changing world. To navigate the vortex we must adapt to change quickly, think critically, and make sound decisions. Lucy Marcus & Stefan Wolff talk about business, politics, society, culture, and what it all means. www.navigatingthevortex.com

Growing Up Fast is a practical audiobook about how to implement an agile process in modern business to create the necessary collaboration between marketing and innovation for business success. The first half of the audiobook covers the philosophical underpinnings of complementary opposites in nature, human interaction, and the workplace.

April's father, a psychology professor, has had a breakdown and has landed in the Alta Vista State Hospital. Her stepmother, Claire, is just waiting for him to get out so she can leave on a trip to Italy - a trip April is worried Claire won't come back from. She needs Claire, at least until she finishes high school. She needs her not just as a companion but as a worldly woman who can tell April about men and their desires…men far different from her boyfriend, Stuart.