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A Tale of Two Cities sweeps listeners into the turmoil of the French Revolution, capturing both the grandeur and the horror of the era. Set between the contrasting cities of London and Paris, this historical masterpiece follows the lives of Charles Darnay, a French aristocrat who renounces his title, and Sydney Carton, a dissolute English barrister whose redemption lies in a profound act of sacrifice.

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity. I have been looking on, this evening, at a merry company of children assembled round that pretty German toy, a Christmas Tree.

From the high seas to high commands in Iraq, Kuwait, and Afghanistan, Sea Dog: A Seafaring Captain's Lessons in Leadership tells the tale of Charles L. Stuppard and his journey from growing up surrounded by poverty and violence to becoming a Navy Captain in charge of the US Navy's most technologically sophisticated warship.

In depth book at the koran’s depiction of biblical doctrines.

Want to raise an obedient and well-behaved dog without the stress and spending hundreds on expensive trainers? This audiobook will show you how—in just 10 minutes a day.

Brilliant, homeless and nearly invisible, a young man wanders through Boston, looking for meaning and hope. Extreme mood swings and an unusual outlook on life make it impossible for him to thrive in mainstream society. He finds comfort in laundromats, where he calms himself by watching clothes tumble round and round and round. And in the streets he finds other people like himself, below the radar, laboring to survive. Poignant and buoyant, Spin Cycles is a story of loss, discovery, and, just possibly, redemption.

Though both Japan and China modernized at the start of the 20th century and China far outweighed Japan in terms of men and materiel potential, the Japanese handily won the first modern war between the two sides, decisively defeating the Chinese in the First Sino-Japanese War. The conflict resulted in Japan’s short-term gains in the wake of victory, and the long-term disaster for both sides’ new roles in Asia, for with the end of Chinese dominance in East Asia came a new era for the region as a whole, an era whose consequences and horrors would not be fully realized for several more decades.

A classic coming-of-age narrative and part-autobiographical, David Copperfield details one man’s extraordinary life and adventures in Victorian England. Termed by Dickens as his ‘favourite child’, this novel was a turning point in Dickens’s career, considered one of his more mature works. The eponymous David Copperfield, born in rural Suffolk six months after his father passes away, undergoes a difficult childhood.

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. Cum arată viața cuiva care nu se simte protagonistul propriei existențe? Care sunt constrângerile unei astfel de vieți? Ce și până unde îi este permis să viseze? Willis Wu și-a dorit dintotdeauna să fie Tipul Care Se Pricepe La Kung Fu, dar până una alta, trebuie să se mulțumească cu a fi unul dintre miile de Bărbați Asiatici Generici care-și găsesc un rost pe platourile de filmare ale serialelor polițiste de la Hollywood. Își va îndeplini el visul, va reuși el să-și găsească locul în marea narațiune americană și dacă da, cu ce preț?

As a basic definition, it may be said that an Ice Age is simply a period of time during which thick ice sheets cover vast areas of land. These sheets have advanced and retreated, at times taking over the entire planet, and conversely disappearing nearly altogether. Glacial ice formed by this regularly occurring process does not sit in a state of inertia, but moves dynamically, reshaping the geological features of the continents.

Drake ist einer der Top-Rugbyspieler von England und verbringt seine Zeit am liebsten mit ... sich allein! Er ist ein Einzelgänger, der sich seit Jahren einredet, weder Freunde noch eine Frau noch eine Familie zu brauchen. Worauf er sich allerdings einlässt, sind Abenteuer für eine Nacht und in einer dieser Nächte landet er mit der feurigen Schottin Fiona im Bett. Danach ziehen beide weiter und Drake rechnet nicht mit einem Wiedersehen, bis sie Jahre später auf einmal vor seiner Tür steht. Fiona braucht Hilfe. Sie hat sich mit den Falschen angelegt.

The attitudes and aims of Charles Dickens as a novelist, and the underpinnings of his literary work, were founded on a faith in the moral creeds of Christianity. This beautifully written short rendition of the gospels, set down for his children, is illuminating for the listener interested in his literary outlook and Christians interested in the Unitarianism of Dickens.

Nick Gallows has one goal: prevent the Apocalypse. But time is running out faster than he can imagine, and the Forebears of Ingenga are closing in. To stand a chance, Nick must venture through the rift that unleashed unspeakable horrors upon his city. On the other side, he finds an arctic wasteland crawling with monsters and a fortress under siege—the stronghold of the elusive Black Witch that has haunted his dreams. Forced to fight through hundreds of thousands of savage creatures, Nick must decide if aiding the Witch is worth the risk.

In 2025, a simmering conflict in the South China Sea erupts into total war between the People’s Republic of China and the United States… World War III raged not only on land, at sea and in the air, but also in space and cyberspace. A war that narrowly avoided oblivion. It's been twenty years after the war which took the planet to the brink of annihilation, the map of the world has been redrawn. China has emerged as the dominant economic power, exerting its influence on every continent.

Charles Hood is on a boat, wearing at least two life jackets as he scans the sky for seabirds and plumbs the depths of his—and our—relationship with the vast Pacific Ocean. Winner of the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year for his collection of essays A Salad Only the Devil Would Eat: The Joys of Ugly Nature, Hood now brings his irrepressible curiosity to the lives of petrels, frigate birds, sea snakes, and flying fish.

On the cusp of what some have called the “New Age of Terrorism,” three brothers must come to terms with an unthinkable reality that invades their well-ordered existence. An ingenious, powerful, and untraceable stealth weapon, designed by a gifted and resourceful young man, is placed in the hands of a secretive and elite council comprised of some of the most powerful men and women in the world.

Dickens’s first novel, The Pickwick Papers was a huge success at the time of publication, and helped launch Dickens as the literary giant he is today. Originally serialised between 1836 and 1837, this comic and episodic tale follows the adventures of Samuel Pickwick and his companions. Together, they form the Pickwick Club, which aimed to gather scientific knowledge, investigating the curious customs of others and making general observations of their travels.

Based on a trip taken just short of his thirtieth birthday, American Notes for General Circulation is a dazzling travelogue of Charles Dickens’s adventures in North America in 1842. Travelling from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, St. Louis, Quebec and more, Dickens writes candidly about his time in America.

Nicholas Nickleby, a young man with a comfortable lifestyle in Devonshire, suddenly finds his life upturned when his father passes away after losing all his money in a poor investment. In the wake of his death, Nicholas, his mother and younger sister are forced to travel to London to seek refuge from their only living relative, but to no avail: Uncle Ralph despises Nicholas at first sight, and has no wish to help his family.

Famed for being Dickens’s last completed novel, Our Mutual Friend is a sophisticated social analysis and damning satire of wealth, and the greed and corruption it can bring. First published between 1864 and 1865, Our Mutual Friend revolves around the inheritance of a large fortune left by John Harmon Sr., owner of a huge estate. Once John passes, his wealth is left to his son, but only under one condition: that he marries Miss Bella Wilfer, a shallow young woman preoccupied with money.