"It is Coronation Day, 1937. As the country celebrates, the new monarch must face one of the most difficult challenges he has ever encountered: the dreaded BBC Radio Broadcast to the Nation. Only one man can prepare the terrified king for his ordeal at the microphone Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue. With his unconventional methods such as tongue-twisters, breathing exercises, and Shakespearean quotations, and a variety of teachi ..."
"Die Königin des Kostüm-Dramas, Helena Bonham Carter, bekam in diesem exquisiten Film, der auf einer Novelle von Henry James basiert, endlich einmal die Gelegenheit, ihr Korsett nicht ganz so eng schnüren zu müssen. Doch keine Angst: Auch Die Flügel der Taube ist opulent ausgestattet (die Kostüme von Sandy Powell wurden 1999 für einen Oscar nominiert). Angesiedelt um die Jahrhundertwende (natürlich vom 19. zum 20. Jahrhundert), spielt di ..."
The American Boy by Andrew Taylor, AlexJennings Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5318-6919-9, ISBN: 1-5318-6919-X
"A Richard and Judy Book Club Selection. England, 1819. Two enigmatic Americans arrive in London and soon after, a bank collapses. A man is found dead on a building site; another goes missing in the teeming stews of Seven Dials. A deathbed vigil ends in an act of theft and a beautiful heiress flirts with her inferiors. A strange destiny links each of these events to the American boy Edgar Allen Poe, brought to England by his foster fathe ..."
"Twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Julian Barnes continues to reinvigorate the novel with his pyrotechnic verbal skill and playful manipulation of plot and character. In "Love, etc." he uses all the surprising, sophisticated ingredients of a delightful farce to create a tragicomedy of human frailties and needs. After spending a decade in America as a successful businessman, Stuart returns to London and decides to look up his ex-wif ..."
"In Talking it Over, Julian Barnes, acclaimed author of Flaubert's Parrot and Metroland, turns his attention to a peculiarly English ménage a trois. Stuart and Oliver have been friends since school. Stuart is painfully aware that "We're rather different, Oliver and me, Oliver impresses people", especially women, so when shy, awkward Stuart meets and marries the beautiful Gillian, an uneasy threesome develops between the two old friends a ..."
"A gripping BBC Radio 4 drama about King George VI's struggle to overcome his stammer and his chose working relationship with his speech therapist. It is Coronation Day, 1937. As the country celebrates, the new monarch must face one of the most difficult challenges he has ever encountered: the dreaded BBC Radio Broadcast to the Nation. Only one man can prepare the terrified King for his ordeal at the microphone—Australian speech therapis ..."
"From the seed of an actual attempt in 1894 to blow up the Greenwich Observatory, Conrad created this novel. It is about the world of the secret agent, of law and order and corrupt policemen. Repulsive characters and amoral caricatures collaborate to form a black satire on English society."
"Journeys to the end of the world, fantastic creatures, and epic battles between good and evil -- what more could any reader ask for? The lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, written in 1949 by Clive Staples Lewis, had all this and more. But Lewis did not stop there. Six more books followed, and together they became known as The Chronicles of Narnia.For the past fifty years, The Chronicles of Narnia have transcended the fantasy genre to bec ..."
This Was a Man (The Clifton Chronicles) by Jeffrey Archer, AlexJennings Audio, Published 2016 by Macmillan Digital Audio Audiobook, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5098-2321-5, ISBN: 1-5098-2321-2
"This Was a Man is the captivating final instalment of the Clifton Chronicles, a series of seven novels that has topped the bestseller lists around the world, and enhanced Jeffrey Archer's reputation as a master storyteller.This Was a Man opens with a shot being fired, but who pulled the trigger, and who lives and who dies? In Whitehall, Giles Barrington discovers the truth about his wife Karin from the Cabinet Secretary. Is she a spy or ..."
Cometh the Hour (The Clifton Chronicles) by Jeffrey Archer, AlexJennings Audio, Published 2016 by Macmillan Digital Audio Audiobook, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5098-1773-3, ISBN: 1-5098-1773-5
"The sixth novel in the epic The Clifton Chronicles, Cometh the Hour opens with the reading of a suicide note, which has devastating consequences for Harry and Emma Clifton, Giles Barrington and Lady Virginia. Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics and try to rescue Karin, the woman he loves, from behind the Iron Curtain. But is Karin truly in love with him, or is she a spy? Lady Virginia is facing bankruptcy, and can see ..."
"A History of the World in 10½ Chapters tells a series of apparently unconnected stories ranging from a woodworm’s-eye-view of the journey on Noah's Ark to an astronaut’s quest for its final resting place. There is pastiche and learned disquisition; there is heart-stopping documentary and heart-lifting revelation. But these stories are not separate. They are all linked by a complex weave of inquiry into history itself, into love, myth, a ..."
""Also sprach Zarathustra" was conceived and written by Friedrich Nietzsche during the years 1881-1885; the first three Parts were published in 1883 and 1884. The book formed part of his "campaign against morality," in which Nietzsche explored the ethical consequences of the "death of God." Heavily critical not only of Christian values but also of their modern replacements, "Thus spoke Zarathustra" argues for a new value-system based aro ..."
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson, AlexJennings Audio, Published 2015 by Blackstone Audiobooks Audiobook, Mp3_Audio ISBN-13: 978-1-4789-3465-3, ISBN: 1-4789-3465-4
"The stunning companion to Kate Atkinson s #1 bestseller "Life after Life""" He had been reconciled to death during the war and then suddenly the war was over and there was a next day and a next day. Part of him never adjusted to having a future. Kate Atkinson s dazzling "Life after Life" explored the possibility of infinite chances and the power of choices, following Ursula Todd as she lived through the turbulent events of the last cent ..."
"It is Coronation Day, 1937. As the country celebrates, the new monarch must face one of the most difficult challenges he has ever encountered: the dreaded BBC Radio Broadcast to the Nation. Only one man can prepare the terrified king for his ordeal at the microphone Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue. With his unconventional methods such as tongue-twisters, breathing exercises, and Shakespearean quotations, and a variety of teachi ..."
"It is Coronation Day, 1937. As the country celebrates, the new monarch must face one of the most difficult challenges he has ever encountered: the dreaded BBC Radio Broadcast to the Nation. Only one man can prepare the terrified king for his ordeal at the microphone Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue. With his unconventional methods such as tongue-twisters, breathing exercises, and Shakespearean quotations, and a variety of teachi ..."
"At dusk on the eve of Good Friday, Dante and Virgil embark on a journey that will lead Dante to Heaven where a contentment with God will be found and his beloved Beatrice awaits. But first, they must pass through the Gate of Hell and enter the underground world of sinners. The living man and his un-dead guide witness a succession of terrible punishments being inflicted on those who led ungodly lives before re-emerging into the world on ..."