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Ungewöhnliche Perspektiven von bekannten Orten im Herzen New Yorks. Dieser Kalender ist ein Muss für alle New York Fans und solche, die es noch werden wollen. CALVENDO bietet Ihnen eine große Auswahl an Familienplanern mit den unterschiedlichsten Motiven - so findet jeder einen geeigneten Familienkalender! 14 Seiten bestehend aus 1 Cover 12 Monatsseiten 1 Indexseite Papprücken hinten Dieser erfolgreiche Kalender erscheint in neuer Auflage – mit denselben beliebten Motiven und aktualisiertem Kalendarium. Abbildungen: Januar: Blick auf das Chrysler Building Februar: Central Park März: Renaissance Central Park view April: Times Square Mai: Brooklyn Bridge View Juni: Manhattan und One World Juli: One World August: Manhattan September: Radio City Music Hall Oktober: 462 Park Avenue View November: Empire State Building Dezember: 462 Park Avenue bei Sonnenaufgang PRAKTISCH - übersichtlicher Familienkalender mit 5 Spalten für bis zu 5 Personen für mehr Struktur im Alltag - so bleiben alle Termine im Blick! ÜBERSICHTLICH – mit farblich getrennten Wochen- und Feiertagen. Die einzelnen Felder bieten genügend Platz für Eintragungen. So macht Organisieren Spaß! FANTASTISCHE BILDER - Dieser Planer ist nicht nur eine nützliche Hilfe im Alltag, sondern schmückt gleichzeitig Ihr Zuhause. FÜR ALLE STIFTE GEEIGNET – ganz egal, ob Sie lieber mit Kugelschreiber oder Bleistift schreiben. NACHHALTIG - deutliche Abfallreduzierung durch bedarfsgerechte Einzelstückfertigung, Produktion in Europa und klimabewusste Logistik. So außergewöhnlich wie der Big Apple, sind auch diese Bilder in schwarz weiss. von Autor(in): Robert Styppa

What do Michael Ondaatje, Gwendolyn MacEwen and V.D. Valgardson have in common? They are all recipients of a CBC Canadian Literary Award for fiction. Emergent Voices brings together recordings of eleven award-winning stories from the twenty-year history of the awards. Listeners will be delighted to hear Daphne Goldrick's reading of The Girl with the Bell Necklace, by Gail Anderson-Dargatz; Shauna Singh Baldwin's own reading of her story, Satya; and Seana McKenna's stirring interpretation of Hoodlums by Irena Friedman Karafilly; as well as stories by Janice Kulyk Keefer, Bill Gaston, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Ernst Havemann, W.D. Valgardson, Carol Windley, Gayla Reid, and Michael Ondaatje. Robert Weaver, the godfather of the modern Canadian short story, has organized the CBC Canadian Literary Awards since their inception in 1979. The readings included in this audiobook were originally produced for a variety of CBC Radio programs, including Anthology, Morningside, Between the Covers, and The Arts Tonight.

The quest to find a theory of quantum gravity that could potentially explain everything. Nearly 60 years ago, Nobel Prize-winners Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson stumbled across a mysterious hiss of faint radio static that was interfering with their observations. They had found the key to unravelling the story of the Big Bang and the origin of our universe. That signal was the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the earliest light in the universe, released 379,000 years after the Big Bang. It contains secrets about what happened during the very first tiny increments of time, which had consequences that have rippled throughout cosmic history, leading to the universe of stars and galaxies that we live in today. This is the enthralling story of the quest to understand the CMB radiation and what it can tell us of the origins of time and space, from bubble universes to a cyclical cosmos - and possibly leading to the elusive theory of quantum gravity itself.

'Elms is one of the greatest chroniclers of our age. He was born to write this book.' Dylan Jones'Fantastic! It is like time travel . . . [to] the most exciting, innovative, outrageous, wildest, most creative club ever.' Steve Dagger'Elms was not only in the room where it happened, he was at the very heart of it.' Gary Kemp'The perfect witness and commentator: open-minded, outward looking, and an expert and shrewd cultural analyst.' Lavinia Greenlaw'Sharp, funny and caked in two-day old eyeliner.' Jodie HarshA history of the club that set the '80s alight, by the much-loved presenter, writer and Blitz attendee Robert Elms.The short-lived Blitz club in London's Covent Garden was more than somewhere to hang out or be seen: it was a catalyst for cultural explosion, a counter-culture blast against everything Thatcher's leadership had ushered in by the dawn of the 80s. Tuesday nights boasted a ferocious, fearless cast - from Boy George and Spandau Ballet to Grayson Perry and Peter Doig, to Michele Clapton, Sade and John Galliano. This was the vanguard of a different England; socially liberal, loud, proud and diverse, fiercely individualistic and determined to succeed. Britain was black and white; the Blitz Kids switched on the colour.In Blitz, Elms reflects on a club night founded by working-class kids, one whose impact reverberated beyond its doors, through the worlds of Art, Literature, Fashion and Music, and into the present day.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Musik - Sonstiges, Note: 2,0, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (Institut für Musikwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Seminar. Hindemiths Schaffen in den 1920er Jahren., Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht das Musikalische Hörspiel "Sabinchen" von Paul Hindemith, das 1930 uraufgeführt wird und dem die alte Moritat "Sabinchen war ein Frauenzimmer" zugrunde liegt. Zunächst wird die Rahmensituation zur Entstehung des Hörspiels ergründet: In welchem Lebensabschnitt Hindemiths komponiert er "Sabinchen" und in welchem Zusammenhang?Anschließend folgt eine Analyse des Hörspiels. Dafür werden Text und Musik zunächst getrennt voneinander erforscht. Da der Text von Robert Seitz stammt und die Musik von Paul Hindemith komponiert wird, ist eine erste Aufgliederung sinnvoll. Die Autoren arbeiten zwar eng zusammen, doch lassen sich Einzelheiten in Text und Musik separat noch genauer klären. So zeigt sich jede Veränderung des ursprünglichen Textes sowie hinzugefügte Passagen und deren Auswirkungen auf den Inhalt. Bei der Untersuchung der Musik werden hauptsächlich die Einsätze von Geräuschen deutlich, die die erzählte Geschichte beleben und die Möglichkeiten der Gattung Musikalisches Hörspiel aufweisen. Das vierte Kapitel der Arbeit widmet sich Rezensionen des Stückes und der erreichten Hörerschaft. Dabei zeigt sich, dass obwohl das Medium Radio ein breit gefächertes Publikum bedient, "Sabinchen" gerade für seine Massentauglichkeit kritisiert wird. Im abschließenden Fazit werden die Ergebnisse der Untersuchung des Hörspiels zusammengefasst und ausgewertet.Zur Analyse des Notentextes dient die Partitur der Hindemith-Gesamtausgabe, die, gemeinsam mit dem Leihmaterial des Verlages, die einzige Edition des Stückes darstellt. Eine Kopie der Partitur befindet sich im Anhang der vorliegenden Arbeit (siehe Anhang 3). Eine Aufnahme des Hörspiels stellt die Website "Rundfunkschätze" zur Verfügung. Dort ist ein Mitschnitt der ersten Radioübertragung vom 22. Juni 1930 zu hören. Zwar dauert die Aufnahme nur knapp 14 Minuten, statt der 18 Minuten Aufführungsdauer, da scheinbar die Aufnahme der Takte 40 von Teil 3 bis Takt 13 von Teil 4 fehlen, doch bietet sie jedem Interessierten einen einfachen Zugang zu dem Hörspiel, von dem es bisher keine Aufnahme zu kaufen gibt. Eine CD ist laut Website jedoch in Vorbereitung.

El Caballero de la armadura oxidada no es un libro... es una experiencia que expande nuestra mente, que nos llega al corazón y alimenta nuestra alma. Sus profundas enseñanzas éticas son de una sencillez y humildad tal que se consiguen interiorizar naturalmente y la riqueza de su prosa nos inunda de belleza. El protagonista, un caballero deslumbrado por el brillo de su propia armadura, a pesar de ser bueno, generoso y amoroso, no consigue comprender y valorar con profundidad lo que tiene, descuidando "sin querer" las cosas y las personas que le rodean. Su armadura se va oxidando hasta que deja de brillar y, cuando se da cuenta, ya no puede quitársela. Prisionero de sí mismo, emprende entonces un viaje al final del cual, gracias a la ayuda de diversos personajes, logra deshacerse de la armadura que le ha imposibilitado abrirse al mundo. Este libro nos enseña, con un sutil sentido del humor, que debemos liberarnos de las barreras que nos impiden conocernos y amarnos a nosotros mismos para poder ser capaces de dar y recibir amor en abundancia. ROBERT FISHER ha escrito para los mejores cómicos norteamericanos de su época (Bob Hope, Groucho Marx, Jack Benny, Lucille Ball, etc.). Coautor de más de mil programas de radio y de varias series de televisión, ha estrenado numerosas obras de teatro y dos películas en Hollywood.

El Caballero de la armadura oxidada no es un libro... es una experiencia que expande nuestra mente, que nos llega al corazón y alimenta nuestra alma. Sus profundas enseñanzas éticas son de una sencillez y humildad tal que se consiguen interiorizar naturalmente y la riqueza de su prosa nos inunda de belleza. El protagonista, un caballero deslumbrado por el brillo de su propia armadura, a pesar de ser bueno, generoso y amoroso, no consigue comprender y valorar con profundidad lo que tiene, descuidando "sin querer" las cosas y las personas que le rodean. Su armadura se va oxidando hasta que deja de brillar y, cuando se da cuenta, ya no puede quitársela. Prisionero de sí mismo, emprende entonces un viaje al final del cual, gracias a la ayuda de diversos personajes, logra deshacerse de la armadura que le ha imposibilitado abrirse al mundo. Este libro nos enseña, con un sutil sentido del humor, que debemos liberarnos de las barreras que nos impiden conocernos y amarnos a nosotros mismos para poder ser capaces de dar y recibir amor en abundancia. La famosa escritora Terry Linn Taylor ha declarado: "Si necesitas que te recuerden la importancia de amarte a ti mismo, Por favor lee El Caballero de la Armadura Oxidada. Cuando hayas llegado a la última página sabrás que la vida es buena, que eres amor, que eres maravilloso..." Robert Fisher ha escrito para los mejores cómicos norteamericanos de su época (Bob Hope, Groucho Marx, Jack Benny, Lucille Ball, etc.). Coautor de más de mil programas de radio y de varias series de televisión, ha estrenado numerosas obras de teatro y dos películas en Hollywood

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week A Financial Times Book of the Year 2025 A Times and Telegraph Best Book of the Summer 2026 'AN EXCEPTIONAL BOOK.' Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland 'A BOLD, BEAUTIFUL, CONFRONTING JOURNEY.' Isabella Tree, author of Wilding 'LOVELY ... FULL OF INCIDENT, COLOUR AND NUGGETY FACTS.' Robbie Millen, The Times From the winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award comes an epic walk across the Alps in the footsteps of a wolf, throwing unique light on Europe's mountainous hinterlands at a moment of political and environmental change. In 2011, a young wolf named Slavc set out from Slovenia. Traced by GPS, he travelled a thousand miles through the Alps, arriving four months later on the Lessinian plateau, north of Verona. There had been no wolves in northern Italy for a century, but here he crossed paths with a female wolf on a walkabout of her own. A decade later and there are more than a hundred wolves back in the area, the result of their remarkable meeting. In Lone Wolf, Weymouth walks Slavc's path, examining the changes facing these wild corners of Europe. Here, the call to rewild meets the urge to preserve culture; nationalism and globalisation pull apart; climate change is radically changing lives; and migrants, too, are on the move. The result is a multifaceted account of a region caught in a moment of kaleidoscopic flux, from an award-winning writer with a uniquely perceptive eye for detail.

Ich bin der Samen, der den Baum wachsen liess, benannt nach der ersten Zeile von Judith Nicholls' Gedicht 'Windsong', ist eine üppig illustrierte Sammlung von 366 Naturgedichten – eines für jeden Tag des Jahres, einschliesslich Schaltjahre. Gefüllt mit vertrauten Favoriten und neuen Entdeckungen, verfasst von einer Vielzahl von Dichtern, darunter John Agard, William Blake, Emily Brontë, Charles Causley, Walter de la Mare, Emily Dickinson, Carol Ann Duffy, Eleanor Farjeon, Robert Frost, Thomas Hardy, Roger McGough, Christina Rossetti, William Shakespeare, John Updike, William Wordsworth und vielen mehr, ist dies das perfekte Buch für Kinder (und Erwachsene!), um es zu Beginn oder am Ende des Tages zu teilen oder einfach nur darin zu blättern. Es war einmal vor langer, langer Zeit, als Fiona Waters in Edinburgh geboren wurde und seitdem ihre Nase in einem Buch hat. Als sie etwa sieben Jahre alt war, hörte sie Gabriel Woolf im Radio 'Die Dame von Shalott' lesen und von diesem Moment an war sie für immer von der Poesie gefesselt. Fiona hat ihr ganzes Leben lang mit Kinderbüchern gearbeitet, als Buchhändlerin, Verlegerin, Autorin, Rezensentin und zuletzt als Editorial Director von Troubadour, wo sie die Bücher für Buchmessen in Schulen auswählte. Jetzt im Ruhestand reist sie zu all den Märchenorten, von denen sie als Kind träumte, wie Russland und Japan, liest noch mehr Bücher mit ihren zwei Katzen und hat immer noch viel Freude daran, Anthologien zusammenzustellen. Franns erstes Bilderbuch, 'Die Reise nach Hause', wurde 2012 veröffentlicht und war für den Waterstones Children's Prize sowie den Cambridgeshire 'Read it Again' Buchpreis nominiert. 2011 wurde sie die erste britische Empfängerin des 'Sendak Fellowship' und verbrachte einen Monat damit, mit Maurice Sendak zu leben und von ihm zu lernen. Sie ist ein Fünftel der Designgruppe Zombie Collective, die sich auf Workshops und Pop-up-Galerien spezialisiert hat. Sie haben mit Kunden wie Tate Britain, dem House of Illustration, dem Design Museum, der British Library und dem UCL Hospital zusammengearbeitet und Workshops für Erwachsene und Kinder erstellt.

Paris, 1942. Two years into the Nazi occupation of their city, the citizens are bone-tired and starving. Every day is dominated by curfews and barricades. In such desperate times every secret can be used as currency.When twins Camille and Marie Bardet are recruited to join the resistance by a mysterious figure under the nom de guerre Jean, their eyes are opened to another Paris; a world of forgers, bomb makers, wireless operators and field agents. After a series of bombings sparks a vicious German reprisal, merely carrying messages isn't enough and 'Jean' proposes a new, more dangerous assignment that will change the sisters' lives forever.On the German side, the Wehrmacht's top spy catcher in France Major Hugo Spreicher, must stamp out the resistance, outmanoeuvre his rivals in the Gestapo and skim enough profit from the occupation to ensure a comfortable retirement – or an escape plan. But after a chance meeting with a stranger on Bastille Day, Spreicher's careful schemes will begin to unravel.In a city where war blasts apart old ties and forges new bonds, everyone must choose who they dare to trust. But, more importantly, they must also decide who they dare to betray.The Last Murder in Paris envelopes you in the secrets and lies of occupied Paris, where trusting others is as necessary as it is dangerous. Perfect for fans of Robert Harris, Jane Thynne and Mick Herron.

Mary hears on the radio that the British warship her husband is on has sunk, leaving few survivors. Waiting for daybreak to bring news, Mary escapes into memories of her past. Sincere and engaging - a 'hot-water bottle' novel - Mariana by Monica Dickens is full of sharply remembered detail: childhood holidays, the heartbreak of first love, making friends, growing up.At eleven, Mary Shannon is sprightly and observant. She adores leaving London to spend holidays with her family at Charbury House in Somerset. Playing with her cousins means time with Denys, who she loves best of all. When she joins a secondary school, Mary knows no one, but salvation comes in the form of Angela Shaw, and together they move on to acting college. The ups of studying with Angela are outnumbered by the downs, so Mary drops out after various humiliating run-ins with a cruel teacher. Next Mary moves to Paris, learns to design dresses, and is swept off her feet by the immensely wealthy Pierre. But will this be enough for her?Mariana is part of the Persephone Audiobook Collection, a series of forgotten classics including neglected fiction and non-fiction by women writers. First published in 1940, this edition includes a preface by Harriet Lane and is narrated by Sophie Roberts.

Dit verhaal gaat over het meisje Veerle, dat de dieren kan verstaan. Ze is bevriend met een biggetje dat Wilbur heet. Wilburs beste vriendin is Charlotte, een beeldschone grote grijze spin. Ze wonen, samen met de andere dieren, in de schuur van de boerderij. Als Wilbur in levensgevaar is, bedenkt Charlotte een slim plan dat ze met de hulp van de rat Tommel ten uitvoer brengt. De vraag is of het ze lukt om hem te redden van het lot dat de meeste dikke biggen boven het hoofd hangt... Charlottes web is verfilmd in de traditie van Babe, een prachtige feel-goodmovie met een mix van live-action en animatie. Met (de stemmen van) Julia Roberts, Dakota Fanning, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey en Robert Redford. In de Nederlandse versie oa. Astrid Joosten, Peer Mascini, Viggo Waas en Peter Heerschop. Charlottes Web wordt voorgelezen door Anton de Goede. Anton de Goede is programmamaker bij VPRO-radio. Inhoudsopgave Charlottes web Hoofdstuk 1: Voor het ontbijt Hoofdstuk 2: Wilbur Hoofdstuk 3, deel 1: De ontsnapping Hoofdstuk 3, deel 2: De gans hoorde het kabaal Hoofdstuk 4: Eenzaamheid Hoofdstuk 5, deel 1: Charlotte Hoofdstuk 5, deel 2: Al gauw verscheen Gijs Hoofdstuk 6: Zomer Hoofdstuk 7: Slecht nieuws Hoofdstuk 8: Een gesprek in de keuken Hoofdstuk 9, deel 1: Wilbur schept op Hoofdstuk 9, deel 2: Langzaam verspreidde Hoofdstuk 10, deel 1: De ontploffing Hoofdstuk 10, deel 2: Ze klommen over het hek Hoofdstuk 11: Het wonder Hoofdstuk 12: Een vergadering Hoofdstuk 13, deel 1: Het gaat goed Hoofdstuk 13, deel 2: Toen hij terugkwam Hoofdstuk 14: Dokter Dorian Hoofdstuk 15: De krekels Hoofdstuk 16, deel 1: Naar de jaarmarkt Hoofdstuk 16, deel 2: De rat aarzelde geen moment Hoofdstuk 17: Oom Hoofdstuk 18: De avondkoelte Hoofdstuk 19, deel 1: De eiercocon Hoofdstuk 19, deel 2: Om negen uur reed de truck Hoofdstuk 20: Een groots moment Hoofdstuk 21, deel 1: De laatste dag Hoofdstuk 21, deel 2: Waar is Tommel? Hoofdstuk 22, deel 1: Een warme wind Hoofdstuk 22, deel 2: Hallo allemaal, zei hij

From Robert Charles Wilson, the author of the Hugo-winning Spin, comes Burning Paradise, a new tale of humans coming to grips with a universe of implacable strangeness. Cassie Klyne, nineteen years old, lives in the United States in the year 2015-but it's not our United States, and it's not our 2015. Cassie's world has been at peace since the Great Armistice of 1918. There was no World War II, no Great Depression. Poverty is declining, prosperity is increasing everywhere; social instability is rare. But Cassie knows the world isn't what it seems. Her parents were part of a group who gradually discovered the awful truth: that for decades-back to the dawn of radio communications-human progress has been interfered with, made more peaceful and benign, by an extraterrestrial entity. That by interfering with our communications, this entity has tweaked history in massive and subtle ways. That humanity is, for purposes unknown, being farmed. Cassie's parents were killed for this knowledge, along with most of the other members of their group. Since then, the survivors have scattered and gone into hiding. Cassie and her younger brother Thomas now live with her aunt Nerissa, who shares these dangerous secrets. Others live nearby. For eight years they have attempted to lead unexceptional lives in order to escape detection. The tactic has worked. Until now. Because the killers are back. And they're not human.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER This breathtaking, inspiring little book teaches us how to find precious moments of silence - whether we are crossing the Antarctic, climbing Everest, or on the train at rush hour. 'Quietly, wisely, Silence makes a case for dumbing the din of modern life, and learning to listen again' Robert Macfarlane What is silence? Where can it be found? Why is it more important than ever? Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge once spent fifty days walking solo across Antarctica, his radio broken. In this charming, quietly life-changing book - now an international publishing phenomenon - he takes us on a journey to unlock the power of silence. And he shows us how to find perfect silence in our daily lives, however busy we are. 'A bestseller on why finding inner silence is the key to happiness . . . bound to hit our sweet spot for wanting to unplug and disconnect from the world' Evening Standard 'Fascinating' The Times 'As an explorer Erling Kagge is world class; as a writer he is equally gifted. This breathtaking, inspiring little book teaches us how to find precious moments of silence - whether we are crossing the Antarctic, climbing Everest, or on the train at rush hour' Sir Ranulph Fiennes 'Erling Kagge is a philosophical adventurer - or perhaps an adventurous philosopher' New York Times

WATERSTONES AND FOYLES BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER 2026 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARD FOR FICTION 2026 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WINSTON GRAHAM PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026 LONGLISTED FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2026 LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026 A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK A BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2025 FOR THE GUARDIAN, THE OBSERVER, THE HERALD AND THE BBC 'Crackles with creative rebellion' DOUGLAS STUART 'immersive, intelligent, immensely sensual' ELIF SHAFAK 'A tender and evocative act of resurrection ' JAMES CAHILL, SPECTATOR 'The greatest and truest story of two male lovers I have ever read' RUSSELL T DAVIES 'Deeply affecting . . . vivid and moving' PETER PARKER, THE TIMES He will stay like this forever, Robert's arm draped round him. They will be forever twenty. Scotland, 1933. Bobby MacBryde is off to the Glasgow School of Art. On his first day he will meet another Robert, a quiet man with loose dark curls - and never leave his side. With the world on the brink of war, their unrivalled talent takes them all over Europe, partying, loving, fighting, painting. The pair become stars as the bombs fall in this stunningly re-imagined true story of devotion and obsession, art and class.

THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, BBC CULTURE, THE MIRROR AND RADIO TIMES The Sunday Times number one bestselling author returns to Ancient Rome in his latest thriller. 'A persuasive portrait of rivalry in Ancient Rome' SAM LEITH, GUARDIAN 'A fascinating study of how power corrupts' THE TIMES Julius Caesar is dead, and the lives of two teenaged boys are about to be changed forever. One is Caesar's 17-year-old nephew, Octavius, whom he has made his heir. The other is Octavius's closest friend, Agrippa. To claim Octavius's inheritance, they must fight the giant figures of the Roman Empire - and, against all odds, they win. Octavius becomes the Emperor Augustus. For twenty years, they rule the world together. Now Agrippa is fifty. Ailing and alone, betrayed by his wife's infidelity, he takes refuge in his house on the Bay of Naples and begins to write his memoirs. Yet to stir up the past can be dangerous. From his earliest meetings with Julius Caesar, through the epic conflict with Mark Antony and Cleopatra, the great naval battle of Actium and the endless wars to expand the empire, he describes how one man has dominated his life: the cunning, ruthless, unknowable Octavius. When it comes to power, does friendship exist at all? PRAISE FOR ROBERT HARRIS 'A master storyteller' OBSERVER 'The king of the page-turning thriller' i PAPER 'Harris's cleverness, judgment and eye for detail are second to none' SUNDAY TIMES 'Harris writes with a skill and ingenuity that few other novelists can match' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A master of historical fiction ' TLS Agrippa was a number one Sunday Times bestseller w/c 25.08.2026

Nach den ersten Jahrgangs-CDs über die Jahre 1945-1960 hat es sich herumgesprochen: Diese Serie ist die ultimative, alles ist grandios ausgestattet und makellos neu gemastert. Kurz: Genau so, wie man es von Bear Family erwartet - und noch besser! Jack Clement, der Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Waylon Jennings, Don Williams, Charley Pride und viele andere produziert hat, erklärte: 'Dies ist die beste Country-Serie aller Zeiten, keine Frage.' Robert Hilburn schrieb in der 'Los Angeles Times': 'Ein unbezahlbares Projekt, das den Fans einen Zeitsprung zurück erlaubt, um wie am Radio Musik zu hören, wie es Elvis Presley, Ray Charles und Bob Dylan getan haben.' Und der Produzent Allen Reynolds (Garth Brooks, Emmylou Harris und andere) nahm Richard Weize von Bear Family in der Country Music Hall of Fame zur Seite und beglückwünschte ihn zu dieser Serie. - Jetzt wird die Serie mit den Jahren 1961-1965 fortgeschrieben. Jedes der umfangreichen Booklets ist randvoll mit seltenen Fotos und Illustrationen sowie mit Hintergrundinformationen zu allen Songs! Die Hits werden ergänzt um Raritäten, die die Country Music beeinflussten - und generell die Musik der folgenden Jahre. Diese Serie wurde geschaffen, um neuen Zuhörern das Beste zu präsentieren, das die Country Music anzubieten hat und um kenntnisreiche Fans zu unterhalten. Jede einzelne Folge ist eine Zeitreise. Dies ist die Musik, die die White Stripes, Gillian Welch, Gram Parsons, Nick Cave und viele andere beeinflusste. Diese Musik machte den kalifornischen Country Rock erst möglich, sie brachte die Beatles und viele andere maßgebliche Bands in die Spur. Mit anderen Worten: Dies ist die wahre, ungeschönte Geschichte der Country Music. All das, was man einfach gehört haben muss, Jahr für Jahr und so, wie es sich zugetragen hat. - Wir machen weiter mit den Jahren 1961 bis 1965. Dieses neue Song-Paket enthält die Originalversionen klassischer Hits sowie unterbewertete, spätere Klassiker und Beinahe-Hits wie Claude Grays 'I'll Just Have A Cup Of Coffee' (von Bob Marley schon 1962 gecovert!), Wynn Stewarts 'Big Big Love' (inzwischen ein TV-Werbesong), Anita Carters Originalfassung von 'Ring Of Fire', die australische Originalversion von 'I've Been Everywhere', Loretta Lynns 'Success' (gecovert von Sinead O'Connor), Billy Walkers Original von 'Funny (How Time Slips Away)', den ungekürzten Ray-Price-Klassiker 'Nite Life' (von Willie Nelson), Billy Grammars Originalfassung von 'Detroit City' (mit dem Titel 'I Wanna Go Home'), Johnny Cashs kontroverses 'Ballad Of Ira Hayes' plus das dazugehörige Original von Peter LaFarge. - Damit nicht genug! Jede CD enthält ein extrem detailliertes 72-Seiten-Booklet mit den Geschichten hinter den Songs, mit seltenen Fotos, Labelabbildungen und vollständigen discographischen Informationen.

** NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES STARRING EDDIE REDMAYNE ** 'As gripping now as it was 50 years ago' The Times 'Masterful suspense . . . The Day of the Jackal changed the shape of popular fiction from the moment it was finished' Ben Macintyre 'In a class by itself. Unputdownable' Sunday Times ________________ One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, The Day of the Jackal is the exhilarating story of the struggle to catch a killer before it's too late. 1963. An anonymous Englishman is hired by the Operations Chief of French terrorist organisation O.A.S. to murder the French president, General Charles de Gaulle. A failed attempt in the previous year means the target will be nearly impossible to reach. Only one man could do the job: an assassin of legendary talent known only as The Jackal. This remorseless and deadly killer must be stopped. But he is a man without a name, without an identity; a lethal spectre. How can you stop an assassin nobody can identify? The task falls to the best detective in France - and the price of failure is unthinkable . . . ________________ Readers can't stop reading The Day of the Jackal . . . ***** 'I loved, loved, loved this book which is in a category that I don't usually read.' ***** 'A very remarkable and memorable thriller - while the other novels of this sort are usually forgotten too soon this book has stuck in my head for good.' ***** ' Still Amazing the Second Time Around - 5 Stars!' ***** ' This book is one of the best books in its genre . Haven't found a book which can be at par with The Day of the Jackal.' ***** ' This is, without question, the best thriller I have ever read.' ________________ More love for The Day of the Jackal . . . 'Very clever and immensely entertaining ' Daily Telegraph 'A perfect example of the adventure story . . . well written, entirely believable, with this intriguing, enigmatic character at its centre' Robert Harris 'A year-zero, game-changing thriller, one of the most significant of all time' Lee Child 'Wonderful and way ahead of its time' James Patterson 'An extraordinary book' NICK ROBINSON, BBC RADIO 4 TODAY PROGRAMME 'A masterpiece ' MARCUS SCRIVEN, MAIL ON SUNDAY 'I was spellbound . . . riveted by this chilling story' GUARDIAN

하루가 끝났어요. 빛이 사그라들고, 어둠이 다가오면, 작은 이들은 잠자리에 들 시간이죠. 어머니와 아버지는 요람 옆에 앉아 그걸 부드럽게 흔들며 조용히 노래를 불러줘요. 눈이 감기고 잠이 옵니다. 하루가 또 끝난 거예요. 이 전통적인 장면은 전세계적으로 많은 작곡가들과 음악가들에게 영감을 주어왔어요. 이 세상 모든 나라에는 자장가가 있고, 클래식 음악 작곡가들에게도 아이일 때의 기억이나, 부모로서의 느낌을 바탕으로 자장가에 대한 개인적인 경험이 있지요. 그래서 노래부르고, 연주하고, 낮게 흥얼거릴 수 있는 음악을 작곡합니다. 때로 특별히 잠자리를 위한 것이기도 하고요; 때로 약간 콘서트 홀 느낌이 나는 것도 있지요; 때로 무대에서 이야기를 하기 위한 목적으로 쓰기도 합니다 - 발레나 오페라에서 말이에요. 하지만 이 음악의 특징은 분명해요: 조용히 흔들리는 듯한 리듬 위에 따스한 멜로디가 있고, 안전하고 포근한 느낌이죠. 여기 제일 유명하고 효과적인 자장가 몇 가지 모음집이 있습니다. 낭독자: 구자형 KBS 23기 성우로 '꼬꼬마 텔레토비', '뽀롱뽀롱 뽀로로' 해설 역할로 잘 알려져 있다. 그 외에도 대표작은, '포켓몬스터'의 웅 역, '유희왕'의 유희 역, '슬램덩크'의 정대만 역, '카우보이 비밥'의 스파이크 역 등 다수가 있다. 최근에는 오디오북 내레이셔도 적극적으로 하고 있으며 '북텔러'라 불리길 원한다. 낙소스 음반사 소개: 낙소스(NAXOS)는 1987년에 설립, 현재 전세계 16개 국에 지사를 두고 있는 세계적인 음반사로, 특유의 제작/마케팅 전략과 디지털 서비스로 단기간에 세계 클래식 음반계를 재정비하였습니다. 낙소스는 잘 알려지지 않은 젊고 재능 있는 연주자들과 레코딩을 시작하였습니다. 화려한 스타 연주자를 통한 막대한 프로모션 비용 대신 음악의 질적인 부분에 중점을 둔 마케팅과 새로운 레퍼토리 레코딩으로 큰 성공을 거두었으며, 낙소스 레이블의 우수함을 인식한 많은 저명한 아티스트들이 낙소스와의 레코딩에 참여하고 있습니다. 낙소스는 클래식 음반계에서는 독보적으로 매달 다수의 새로운 레코딩을 끊임없이 지속하고 있으며 이로 인해 현재 가장 방대한 레퍼토리를 보유하고 있습니다. 낙소스 자체 타이틀 외에 Marco Polo, 덴마크 레이블인 Dacapo도 포함하고 있으며, 클래식 이외에도 재즈, 월드뮤직 등의 다양한 장르의 개발에도 주력하고 있습니다. 또한 영어 오디오북(Naxos AudioBooks)을 통해 영어로 된 문학 작품, 연극 등과 같은 영어 교육적인 목적을 지닌 레코딩도 계속해 나가고 있습니다. 수록곡 정보: TR 1 ( 00:02:12 ) 5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 4. Wiegenlied (Lullaby) (arr. for orchestra) Composer: Brahms, Johannes Performer: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Breiner, Peter TR 2 ( 00:06:26 ) A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M13, Act III: Nocturne Composer: Mendelssohn, Felix Performer: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Bramall, Anthony TR 3 ( 00:02:43 ) Kinderszenen (Scenes of childhood), Op. 15: VII. Träumerei (Dreaming) Composer: Schumann, Robert Performer: Jandó, Jenő TR 4 ( 00:05:21 ) Berceuse, Op. 16 Composer: Fauré, Gabriel Performer: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Clark, Keith TR 5 ( 00:06:12 ) Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2 Composer: Chopin, Fryderyk Performer: Biret, Idil TR 6 ( 00:04:26 ) Chanson de nuit, Op. 15, No. 1 Composer: Elgar, Edward Performer: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Judd, James TR 7 ( 00:04:25 ) Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Op. 54: No. 4.

As heard on BBC Radio 4 Start the WeekA New Scientist Best Book of the YearA Next Big Ideas Club Book of the Year'Excellent' – Geoffrey Hinton, the 'godfather of AI' and Nobel laureate in Physics'An indispensable guide to both ourselves and the coming age of AI' – Mustafa Suleyman, bestselling co-author of The Coming WaveWritten by experts at the forefront of cognitive science and artificial intelligence, The Emergent Mind is an essential read for anyone captivated by the mysteries of human intelligence or the transformative rise of AI.Have you ever wondered how our minds work – how we think, feel, and act? How is this different from artificial intelligence? And with AI advancing so rapidly, how are these two worlds beginning to intersect?In this groundbreaking book, leading scientists Gaurav Suri and Jay McClelland answer these urgent questions by exploring a powerful idea called 'emergence' – the concept that complex systems can form from the interaction of simple parts. By applying this to both the human brain and AI, they reveal how mind-like abilities take shape.By using the concept of neural network – the same framework inspired by the human brain that powers today's AI – this book offers a clear and engaging guide to understanding intelligence. The Emergent Mind offers a fascinating tour of our minds, showing how we make decisions, why we change our minds and how our thoughts are shaped by our experiences. It's a groundbreaking look at how a data-driven neural network can create thoughts, emotions, and ideas – a mind – in both humans and machines.'Fascinating' – Lisa Feldman Barrett, author of How Emotions Are Made'Deeply stimulating and disarmingly accessible' – Robert Sapolsky, author of Determined'Lucid, invaluable' – Steven Pinker, author of Rationality

LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2025 AND A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A dazzlingly inventive work of literature' Robert Macfarlane, author of The Old Ways 'A wonderful, epic braiding of history, geography and personal memoir' James Rebanks, author of English Pastoral _____________________________________________________________________ At the heart of this book is a highway. The A1; The Great North Road. A 400-mile multiplicity of ancient trackway, Roman road, pilgrim path, coach route and motorway that has run like a backbone through Britain for the last 2,000 years. In this genre-defying and profoundly personal book, Cowen follows this ghost road from beginning to end on a journey through history, place, people and time. Weaving his own histories and memories with the layered landscapes he moves through, this is the story of an age, of coming to terms with time past and time passing, and the roads that lead us to where we find ourselves. Written in kaleidoscopic prose, The North Road is an unforgettable exploration of Britain's great highway. __________________________________________________________________________ 'This is an astonishing book in its scope and vitality. It's one to relish and revisit.' The Telegraph 'A remarkable, post-Covid, post-Brexit state of the nation literary archaeology.' Financial Times 'Stunning and utterly unique. The North Road sits in a genre of one' Benjamin Myers, author of The Gallows Pole 'A dazzling, dogged, layered account of one road's passage through place, time and an ordinary family's history, The North Road truly is a trip' Melissa Harrison, author of All Among The Barley 'Thought-provoking and beautiful' Matt Gaw, author of Under The Stars 'A beautifully woven and mesmerising book' Tom Bullough, author of Sarn Helen 'Sweeping, sensitive and enduring' Tristan Gooley, author of How To Read A Tree

'WONDERFUL. ONE NEVER MESSES WITH THE FAERIES' Melanie Reid, The Times 'AN ABSOLUTE TRIUMPH' Sarah Haywood, author of The Cactus 'EXTRAORDINARILY VIVID' Michelle Gallen, author of Big Girl Small Town A spellbinding novel combining Scottish folklore with hidden history, by the Sunday Times bestselling author Sally Magnusson. Loch Katrine waterworks, 1856. A Highland wilderness fast becoming an industrial wasteland. No place for a lady. Isabel Aird is aghast when her husband is appointed doctor to an extraordinary waterworks being built miles from the city. But Isabel, denied the motherhood role that is expected of her by a succession of miscarriages, finds unexpected consolations in a place where she can feel the presence of her unborn children and begin to work out what her life in Victorian society is for. The hills echo with the gunpowder blasts of hundreds of navvies tunnelling day and night to bring clean water to diseased Glasgow thirty miles away - digging so deep that there are those who worry they are disturbing the land of faery itself. Here, just inside the Highland line, the membrane between the modern world and the ancient unseen places is very thin. With new life quickening within her again, Isabel can only wait. But a darker presence has also emerged from the gunpowder smoke. And he is waiting too. Inspired by the mysterious death of the seventeenth-century minister Robert Kirke and set in a pivotal era two centuries later when engineering innovation flourished but women did not, The Ninth Child blends folklore with historical realism in a spellbinding narrative. *PRAISE FOR THE SEALWOMAN'S GIFT* 'I enjoyed and admired it in equal measure' Sarah Perry 'An extraordinarily immersive read' Guardian 'Richly imagined and energetically told' Sunday Times 'An epic journey' Zoe Ball Book Club

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKBessie Smith: singer, icon, pioneer.Scotland's National Poet Jackie Kay brings to life the tempestuous story of the greatest blues singer who ever lived.'A gem of a book . . . beautiful.' BERNARDINE EVARISTO'A wonderful writer on a magnificent singer.' ROBERT WYATT'Kay's book is the amplifier that Smith's voice deserves.' SUNDAY TIMES'The most vivid evocation of Bessie Smith I have ever read.' IAN CARR, BBC MUSICBESSIE SMITH was born in Tennessee in 1894. Orphaned by the age of nine, she sang on street corners before becoming a big name in travelling shows. In 1923 she made her first recording for a new start-up called Columbia Records. It sold 780,000 copies and made her a star. Smith's life was notoriously difficult: she drank pints of 'bathtub gin', got into violent fist fights, spent huge sums of money and had passionate love affairs with men and women. She once single-handedly fought off a cohort of the Ku Klux Klan.As a young black girl growing up in Glasgow, Jackie Kay found in Bessie someone with whom she could identify and who she could idolise. In this remarkable book Kay mixes biography, fiction, poetry and prose to create an enthralling account of an extraordinary life.'Biographies don't usually bring the subject to life again. This one did. I finished the book then started it again immediately.'PEGGY SEEGER'What a life! What gulpable storytelling! Exactly the kind of writing about music we need: personal, ardent, playfully confrontational, questioning, undogmatic. A love song to a complicated idol.'KATE MOLLESON'Pure joy: one trailblazing woman pays tribute to another. Jackie Kay finds the music in the short, dazzling, capricious life of Bessie Smith.'HELEN LEWIS

THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, BBC CULTURE, THE MIRROR AND RADIO TIMES The Sunday Times number one bestselling author returns to Ancient Rome in his latest thriller. 'A persuasive portrait of rivalry in Ancient Rome' SAM LEITH, GUARDIAN 'A fascinating study of how power corrupts' THE TIMES Julius Caesar is dead, and the lives of two teenaged boys are about to be changed forever. One is Caesar's 17-year-old nephew, Octavius, whom he has made his heir. The other is Octavius's closest friend, Agrippa. To claim Octavius's inheritance, they must fight the giant figures of the Roman Empire - and, against all odds, they win. Octavius becomes the Emperor Augustus. For twenty years, they rule the world together. Now Agrippa is fifty. Ailing and alone, betrayed by his wife's infidelity, he takes refuge in his house on the Bay of Naples and begins to write his memoirs. Yet to stir up the past can be dangerous. From his earliest meetings with Julius Caesar, through the epic conflict with Mark Antony and Cleopatra, the great naval battle of Actium and the endless wars to expand the empire, he describes how one man has dominated his life: the cunning, ruthless, unknowable Octavius. When it comes to power, does friendship exist at all? PRAISE FOR ROBERT HARRIS 'A master storyteller' OBSERVER 'The king of the page-turning thriller' i PAPER 'Harris's cleverness, judgment and eye for detail are second to none' SUNDAY TIMES 'Harris writes with a skill and ingenuity that few other novelists can match' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A master of historical fiction ' TLS Agrippa was a number one Sunday Times bestseller w/c 25.08.2026

THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, BBC CULTURE, THE MIRROR AND RADIO TIMES The Sunday Times number one bestselling author returns to Ancient Rome in his latest thriller. 'A persuasive portrait of rivalry in Ancient Rome' SAM LEITH, GUARDIAN 'A fascinating study of how power corrupts' THE TIMES Julius Caesar is dead, and the lives of two teenaged boys are about to be changed forever. One is Caesar's 17-year-old nephew, Octavius, whom he has made his heir. The other is Octavius's closest friend, Agrippa. To claim Octavius's inheritance, they must fight the giant figures of the Roman Empire - and, against all odds, they win. Octavius becomes the Emperor Augustus. For twenty years, they rule the world together. Now Agrippa is fifty. Ailing and alone, betrayed by his wife's infidelity, he takes refuge in his house on the Bay of Naples and begins to write his memoirs. Yet to stir up the past can be dangerous. From his earliest meetings with Julius Caesar, through the epic conflict with Mark Antony and Cleopatra, the great naval battle of Actium and the endless wars to expand the empire, he describes how one man has dominated his life: the cunning, ruthless, unknowable Octavius. When it comes to power, does friendship exist at all? PRAISE FOR ROBERT HARRIS 'A master storyteller' OBSERVER 'The king of the page-turning thriller' i PAPER 'Harris's cleverness, judgment and eye for detail are second to none' SUNDAY TIMES 'Harris writes with a skill and ingenuity that few other novelists can match' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A master of historical fiction ' TLS Agrippa was a number one Sunday Times bestseller w/c 25.08.2026

THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, BBC CULTURE, THE MIRROR AND RADIO TIMES The Sunday Times number one bestselling author returns to Ancient Rome in his latest thriller. 'A persuasive portrait of rivalry in Ancient Rome' SAM LEITH, GUARDIAN 'A fascinating study of how power corrupts' THE TIMES Julius Caesar is dead, and the lives of two teenaged boys are about to be changed forever. One is Caesar's 17-year-old nephew, Octavius, whom he has made his heir. The other is Octavius's closest friend, Agrippa. To claim Octavius's inheritance, they must fight the giant figures of the Roman Empire - and, against all odds, they win. Octavius becomes the Emperor Augustus. For twenty years, they rule the world together. Now Agrippa is fifty. Ailing and alone, betrayed by his wife's infidelity, he takes refuge in his house on the Bay of Naples and begins to write his memoirs. Yet to stir up the past can be dangerous. From his earliest meetings with Julius Caesar, through the epic conflict with Mark Antony and Cleopatra, the great naval battle of Actium and the endless wars to expand the empire, he describes how one man has dominated his life: the cunning, ruthless, unknowable Octavius. When it comes to power, does friendship exist at all? PRAISE FOR ROBERT HARRIS 'A master storyteller' OBSERVER 'The king of the page-turning thriller' i PAPER 'Harris's cleverness, judgment and eye for detail are second to none' SUNDAY TIMES 'Harris writes with a skill and ingenuity that few other novelists can match' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A master of historical fiction ' TLS Agrippa was a number one Sunday Times bestseller w/c 25.08.2026

LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2025 AND A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A dazzlingly inventive work of literature' Robert Macfarlane, author of The Old Ways 'A wonderful, epic braiding of history, geography and personal memoir' James Rebanks, author of English Pastoral _____________________________________________________________________ At the heart of this book is a highway. The A1; The Great North Road. A 400-mile multiplicity of ancient trackway, Roman road, pilgrim path, coach route and motorway that has run like a backbone through Britain for the last 2,000 years. In this genre-defying and profoundly personal book, Cowen follows this ghost road from beginning to end on a journey through history, place, people and time. Weaving his own histories and memories with the layered landscapes he moves through, this is the story of an age, of coming to terms with time past and time passing, and the roads that lead us to where we find ourselves. Written in kaleidoscopic prose, The North Road is an unforgettable exploration of Britain's great highway. __________________________________________________________________________ 'This is an astonishing book in its scope and vitality. It's one to relish and revisit.' The Telegraph 'A remarkable, post-Covid, post-Brexit state of the nation literary archaeology.' Financial Times 'Stunning and utterly unique. The North Road sits in a genre of one' Benjamin Myers, author of The Gallows Pole 'A dazzling, dogged, layered account of one road's passage through place, time and an ordinary family's history, The North Road truly is a trip' Melissa Harrison, author of All Among The Barley 'Thought-provoking and beautiful' Matt Gaw, author of Under The Stars 'A beautifully woven and mesmerising book' Tom Bullough, author of Sarn Helen 'Sweeping, sensitive and enduring' Tristan Gooley, author of How To Read A Tree

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