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To enjoy this immersive experience on binaural sound, we recommend you listen to this title through earphones. Looking for Notre Dame takes us into the mind of the young Victor Hugo as he begins his research before writing his "cathedral novel" Notre-Dame de Paris. The year is 1828. Victor Hugo is 26 years old. Notre-Dame was then a church in a dilapidated state. Its renovation by Viollet-le-Duc and Jean-Baptiste Lassus will only take place in 1843. Notre-Dame is dying and Hugo wants to resurrect it, bring it back to its past splendor.

Warum wir in deprimierenden Zeiten echte Mutmach-Geschichten brauchen? Das Leben kann einen manchmal ganz schön in die Defensive drängen. In diesem Mutmach-Buch des Inspirations-Trainers David Kadel erzählen 35 Persönlichkeiten wie Samuel Koch, Heiko Herrlich, Britta Hofmann, Andreas Adenauer, Thilo Kehrer, Yasmin Kwadwo, Matthias Ginter, Michael Herberger und viele andere ganz offen aus ihrem Leben - das in den meisten Fällen nicht immer so glatt gelaufen ist, wie sie es sich gewünscht hätten.

Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after the Greek mythological figure. In ancient Greek mythology, Pygmalion fell in love with one of his sculptures, which then came to life. The general idea of that myth was a popular subject for Victorian era British playwrights. Shaw's play has been adapted numerous times, most notably as the 1938 film Pygmalion, the 1956 musical My Fair Lady and its 1964 film version.

Man nannte ihn den "Herrn der Toten". Vor langer Zeit wurde er verbannt und begraben. Doch nun soll er wieder auferstehen. Und mit ihm die Toten. Björn Hellmark nimmt seine Spur auf - und geht in die Falle. Hilflos und allein ist er gefangen - im Leichenlabyrinth.

New South Wales struggled as a new British penal colony, facing drought, famine, social incoherence, and the development of an intransigent military cartel which did not lose any opportunity to exploit the circumstances. Together with an entrepreneurial landowner society led by John Macarthur, they made the task of the Governor, William Bligh (of The Bounty) very difficult.

Louis Esson is considered to be the first great Australian dramatist. The political comedy The Time is Not Yet Ripe was first produced in 1912 and is one of his best known works. Doris, daughter of the incumbent prime minister, Sir Joseph Quiverton, has news for her father - she has just become engaged. Much to Sir Joseph's dismay her fiancé is none other than an opposing candidate in the forthcoming general election - and a revolutionary socialist to boot. Is Sir Joseph in danger of losing both his reputation and his majority in parliament?

The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Theology of James, Peter, and Jude: Audio Lectures includes high-quality live recordings of college-level lectures that cover...

Louis Esson is considered to be the first great Australian dramatist. As with most of his work, these four plays depict life from the view of the common man and provide vivid presentations of life, both urban and rural, in Australia before the First World War.

It remains without question the most memorable and memorized speech in American history. On November 19, 1863, in 272 words delivered among the freshly dug graves of Union dead upon the country's bloodiest battlefield, Abraham Lincoln redefined American liberty and forever altered the course of...

Written in the dark days immediately following the author's deployment to Iraq, Death Letter is part memoir, part comic lament on his relationship with the three great subjects of our mythic imagination.

Finn Mackey is a firefighter by trade, and with a toddler at home, finding alone time with his wife is challenging. While he arranges for date night to start with a movie, he has much more exciting plans once the lights go down. He sets out to fulfill Allison's fantasy of sex in a public place, but the daring move just might fulfill his deeper needs as well.

Sigurd - der Stolz seines Vaters Eckbert von Eckbertstein. Selten sah man einen tollkühneren Helden. Kein Abenteuer ist dem jungen Ritter zu gefährlich, keine Aufgabe zu schwer. Erlebt in dieser Folge, wie aus erbitterten Feinden Freund fürs Leben werden. Wie Sigurd die Burg seines Vaters gegen den grausamen Eroberer Raos verteidigt. Werdet Zeuge der Errettung der holden Gerhild und begleitet Sigurd auf der atemberaubenden Suche nach König Ringangs Schatz.

Sigurd - der Stolz seines Vaters Eckbert von Eckbertstein. Selten sah man einen tollkühneren Helden. Kein Abenteuer ist dem jungen Ritter zu gefährlich, keine Aufgabe zu schwer. Erlebt in dieser Folge, den schier aussichtslosen Kampf gegen riesenhafte Monsterspinnen und andere Kreaturen. Staunt über die Entdeckung von König Ringans Schatz und werdet Zeuge, wie Sigurd von einem mörderischen Strudel mitgerissen wird - seinem sicheren Tod entgegen.

Three young women share an apartment in New York during the summers of 1967 and 1968. But as the Vietnam War begins to exact its toll on their generation, they must decide whether to stand for their country or their loved ones. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Barbara Bain, David Birney, Beth Broderick, Anthony Edwards, Megan Gallagher, Peter Gregory, Patricia Sill, and Wendell Sweda. Directed by Valerie Landsburg. Recorded before a live audience in November 1992.

In their own words and their own voices, these contributors prove that ordinary citizens can make a difference. They offer practical resources to turn inspiration into action. From effective online petitions to getting out informed voters, this empowering audio is an essential guide for being involved based on one criterion: a heartfelt desire to better our communities and country.

Prince Siegfried comes of age and celebrates his 21st birthday in the palace gardens. The next day he is to finally choose his future bride at the court ball. Near the castle, on the shores of Swan Lake, the beautiful swan girl Odette emerges from the water in the moonlight. She is actually a princess transformed by the magician Rothbart. Siegfried is overwhelmed by her beauty and immediately swears his eternal love and loyalty. The curse of the evil wizard Rothbart is now supposed to be broken, but he has his own plans for Odette.

"Hansel and Gretel" - a full cast audio play featuring famous melodies and beautiful arias. Experience Engelbert Humperdinck's world-renowned opera "Hansel and Gretel" as an audio play, performed by esteemed actors, complemented by intricate sound designs and effects as well as plenty of original opera music. Each act is introduced with interesting facts about the life of Engelbert Humperdinck (1854–1921).

Swan Lake - a full cast audio play featuring famous melodies and beautiful music. Swan Lake tells the love story of Prince Siegfried and Odette, who has been magically transformed into the queen of swans. Prince Siegfried comes of age and celebrates his 21st birthday in the palace gardens. The next day he is supposed to choose his future bride at the court ball. Near the castle, on the shores of Swan Lake, the beautiful swan girl Odette emerges from the water in the moonlight. She is actually a princess transformed by the magician Rothbart. Siegfried is overwhelmed by her beauty and immediately swears his love and loyalty.

Weihnachten - wie immer ein Fest! Neue lustige Geschichten über Weihnachten mit der buckligen Verwandtschaft: Wer hat eigentlich den Cousin dritten Grades eingeladen? Was hat Opa schon alles getrunken? Wo ist die Katze hin? Und wer, bitte, fährt die Schwiegereltern nach Hause? Weihnachten gleicht alle Jahre wieder einem Stresstest für die gesamte Familie. Erträglicher wird’s nur mit diesen Geschichten. Und komischer auf jeden Fall.

For the legendary mountain man Preacher, times are lean. Trapping is a thing of the past. Only a handful of men cling to the old ways, trading pelts to a market with little demand. Thus it is that Preacher, along with his old friends Three Sleeps Norris and Antoine Revier, grudgingly accepts a commission from the War Department to act as trail guide and scout for a regiment of Dragoons.