Hören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos bei https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 674303 Titel: Europa und die Marsianer Autor: Detlef B. Linke, Klaus Sander Erzähler: Detlef B. Linke Format: Unabridged Spieldauer: 01:08:07 Sprache: Deutsch Veröffentlichungsdatum: 09-26-10 Herausgeber: Bookwire Kategorien: Non-Fiction, Psychology, Philosophy Zusammenfassung: 'Was macht denn den Menschen aus, aus Sicht der Neurobiologie heute - nicht nur gegenüber Außerirdischen, sondern auch in Abgrenzung tierischer Lebensformen? Wie sichern wir die Einheit der Menschheit? Denken wir an Europa, so haben wir ja auch die Fragen der Abgrenzung vor uns, diesmal innerhalb der Menschheit, aber nicht ohne Virulenzen wie bei allen anderen Abgrenzungsfragen auch.' Nach der gemeinsamen Produktion der CD Die Zeiten des Gehirns (supposé 2004), auf der er von Krankheit schon schwer gezeichnet erscheint, ist es in den Tagen vor seinem Tod der Wunsch Detlef Linkes, uns eine Art von Vermächtnis zu diktieren. Daheim, vom Krankenbett aus, nur auf das Notwendige noch bedacht, redet er sich von der 'Seele', was ihn drängt und nicht ruhig werden läßt. Erscheint manches plaudernd, fast intim formuliert, ist dieser Ton doch auch der Ökonomie geschuldet: Mit der sprichwörtlich letzten Kraft und schon angegriffener Stimme, entwirft er für uns noch einmal das Panorama seines Denkens, macht es lebendig, beschwört - wenn uns alles zu entfallen droht, die Welt aus den Fugen gerät - den bleibenden Horizont, die Hoffnung eines jeden Menschen: die Gegenwart des Anderen... Inhalt: - Kommunikation mit Außerirdischen - Hölderlin als Logiker - Auserwähltheit - Europa Kontakt: info@hotaudiobook.com

Hören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos bei https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 478949 Titel: Stories from Paolino's Tapes: Private Recordings 1984-1993 Autor: Paul Feyerabend Erzähler: Paul Feyerabend Format: Unabridged Spieldauer: 01:07:29 Sprache: Deutsch Veröffentlichungsdatum: 02-19-19 Herausgeber: Bookwire Kategorien: Biography & Memoir, History & Culture Zusammenfassung: 'All the material is excerpted from personal tapes Paul sent to me. It was never meant to be edited or listened to by anyone else. I agree with releasing it for this edition as I believe Paul tells marvelous tales, which can be enjoyed by more people than I alone. He conveys beautifully his love of opera, theatre, cinema and the respect, compassion, admiration and sense of wonder he felt for many people.' (Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend) 01 The Threepenny Opera A tiny commentary on the wrong rendition in English of a piece from this opera, describing how he was impressed by a single line in Brecht's libretto. 02 Falstaff On Verdi's opera after Shakespeare. 03 Fury The story of Fritz Lang's movie. 04 Schroedinger Description of what kind of person the physicist Erwin Schroedinger was and Feyerabend's relationship with him. 05 Macbeth Feyerabend reads Verdi's thoughts on Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking scene: una macchia. 06 Xenophanes Some Xenophanes fragments, read by Feyerabend in his own translation, attempting to respect the original metric rhythm. 07 Paul Robeson, Joe Louis, Max Schmeling Feyerabend explains a lullaby sung by Paul Robeson, describes the life of this American football star and also a bit of the story of Joe Lewis and Max Schmeling. Kontakt: info@hotaudiobook.com

Hören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos bei https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 440316 Titel: Drei Frauen Autor: Robert Musil Erzähler: Christoph Waltz, Otto Sander Format: Unabridged Spieldauer: 03:35:16 Sprache: Deutsch Veröffentlichungsdatum: 01-01-14 Herausgeber: Tacheles! Kategorien: Fiction & Literature, Classics Zusammenfassung: 'Drei Erzählungen vom Großmeister der literarischen Moderne, in denen drei Frauen im Mittelpunkt stehen: die Bäuerin Grigia, die portugiesische Aristokratin und die Verkäuferin Tonka. Drei Frauen war die letzte schriftstellerische Vorstufe, bevor sich Musil sich auf sein monumentales Romanwerk Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften konzentrierte.' Kontakt: info@hotaudiobook.com

Hören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos bei https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 430360 Titel: Bambi Autor: Felix Salten Erzähler: Joost Siedhoff, Tim Elstner Format: Unabridged Spieldauer: 01:22:07 Sprache: Deutsch Veröffentlichungsdatum: 11-21-14 Herausgeber: Der Audio Verlag GmbH Hörspiele Kategorien: Kids, Classics Zusammenfassung: Ein Rehkitz erobert die Herzen Entdecken Sie die Geschichte des weltbekannten Rehkitz neu: Tim Engel, der junge Frank Elstner, brilliert in der Rolle des kleinen Bambi. Er macht diese anrührende und charmante Produktion des SWR durch sein unverstellt kindliches und intensives Spiel zu einem zauberhaften Hörspielerlebnis! Großes Erzählkino. Kontakt: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 162367 Title: Barnaby Rudge Author: Charles Dickens Narrator: Sean Barrett Format: Abridged Length: 07:20:00 Language: English Release date: 03-01-09 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics Summary: Barnaby Rudge, one of only two historical novels by Dickens, deals with the 'Popery' riots of 1780. Read here by one of Britain's most popular readers, Sean Barrett, (his reading of Bleak House was widely praised) in a useful 6CD abridgement. The recording is part of the extended Dickens collection offered in both abridged and unabridged form by Naxos AudioBooks. The only available version of the novel on audiobook. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 135385 Title: Great Poets Author: Robert Browning Narrator: David Timson Format: Unabridged Length: 01:17:00 Language: English Release date: 05-25-10 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry Summary: Robert Browning's popular poems The Pied Piper of Hamelin and How They Brought the Good News are often anthologised, but it is in his dramatic lyrics such as My Last Duchess and the chilling Porphyria's Lover that his poetic genius shines. Browning, with his unusual use of language, can be a challenging poet, but one who is always rewarding. This selection shows the many imaginative facets of this often neglected Victorian poet. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 162423 Title: History of the World Cup Author: Brian Glanville Narrator: Bob Wilson, Nicolas Soames Format: Unabridged Length: 05:02:00 Language: English Release date: 04-27-10 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Sports & Recreation, Other Summary: This lively history of the world's greatest sporting event outside the Olympics is told by veteran football journalist and historian Brian Glanville, and read by the former Arsenal goalkeeper Bob Wilson. There is a full account of each of the Finals since the first event in 1922 - the goals, the controversies, the rivalries - with the national anthems of each host country setting the scene to the 2002 event in Japan and Korea. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 161825 Title: History of English Poetry Author: Peter Whitfield Narrator: Derek Jacobi Format: Unabridged Length: 08:07:00 Language: English Release date: 09-29-09 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: History, Fiction & Literature, Poetry, Europe Summary: Great poetry can indeed outlast stone and the glory of princes, and the English poetic tradition is perhaps the richest in the world. This audiobook tells the story of that tradition through its towering figures - Spenser and Shakespeare, Milton and Dryden, Wordsworth and Tennyson, Whitman, Dickinson and Eliot - and through scores of other poets. Clear and accessible, blending criticism with imagination and illustrated with scores of quotations, this new history will delight all who care about the past and the future of English poetry. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 101437 Title: Lost World Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Narrator: Glen McCready Format: Abridged Length: 03:58:00 Language: English Release date: 01-09-11 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics Summary: The precursor of Jurassic Park. Somewhere in South America, there is a plateau; and roaming in its forests are dinosaurs. Only one man has ever been there, and his reports are so astonishing that no-one is prepared to believe him; except the extraordinary Professor Challenger. He decides to take a trip to prove beyond doubt that this lost world really exists. With the daredevil journalist Edward Malone, meticulous, sceptical Professor Summerlee and the professional adventurer Lord John Roxton, Challenger sets out on a mission as dangerous as it is thrilling. Inspiring endless imitations, The Lost World is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic adventure of discovery. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 161819 Title: Master and Margarita Author: Mikhail Bulgakov Narrator: Julian Rhind-Tutt Format: Unabridged Length: 16:52:35 Language: English Release date: 11-17-09 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Modern, Classics Summary: The Devil comes to Moscow; but he isn't all bad. Pontius Pilate sentences a charismatic leader to his death, but yearns for redemption; and a writer tries to destroy his greatest tale, but discovers that manuscripts don't burn. Multi-layered and entrancing, blending sharp satire with glorious fantasy, The Master and Margarita is ceaselessly inventive and profoundly moving. In its imaginative freedom and raising of eternal human concerns, it is one of the world's great novels. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 161821 Title: Poison Belt Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Narrator: Glen McCready Format: Unabridged Length: 03:37:00 Language: English Release date: 07-28-09 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Classics Summary: The sequel to The Lost World, Arthur Conan Doyle's Poison Belt reunites the ever-popular Professor Challenger, intrepid journalist Edward Malone, dashing Lord John Roxton and the querulous Professor Summerlee for yet another adventure. When a sinister poison envelops the earth, the entire human race teeters on the brink of destruction, forcing the comrades to implement a desperate plan for survival. A cryptic telegram, a mysterious airborne poison and an eerie journey around post-apocalyptic London, this is vintage Conan Doyle. Glen McCready's exhilarating reading brings all the tension and excitement of this classic tale vividly to life. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 135383 Title: Road Home Author: Rose Tremain Narrator: Juliet Stevenson, Nigel Palmer Format: Abridged Length: 07:57:00 Language: English Release date: 02-01-09 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics Summary: Winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2008, The Road Home is the best-selling story of Lev, a middle-aged migrant from Eastern Europe, who moves to London in search of work after losing his wife and job. Lev's London is awash with money, celebrity and complacency. The world Tremain creates is both convincing and poignant. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 161817 Title: Dragon Tales Author: Edith Nesbit, Kenneth Grahame Narrator: Bertie Carvel, Emma Gregory Format: Unabridged Length: 02:18:00 Language: English Release date: 02-01-09 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Juvenile & Children's, Classics, Fiction, Kids, Mystery & Fantasy Summary: Here is a collection of four delightful dragon stories by two master writers for children: The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame and The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, The Fiery Dragon and The Last Dragon by Edith Nesbit. Presented with lively music and even the occasional amusing sound effect. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 134914 Title: Haydn: His Life and Works Author: Jeremy Siepmann Narrator: Jeremy Siepmann Format: Unabridged Length: 04:47:00 Language: English Release date: 03-09-11 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Biography & Memoir, History & Culture Summary: Symphonies, quartets, concertos and keyboard works poured from the pen of Joseph Haydn, making him one of the most important figures in classical music. Jeremy Siepmann tells the story of the man and his work in this lively autobiography, enhanced by numerous examples of the music itself, taken from the Naxos catalogue. There is no better programme with which to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer's death. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Hören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos bei https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 426641 Titel: Transit Autor: Anna Seghers Erzähler: Peter Lieck Format: Unabridged Spieldauer: 01:32:16 Sprache: Deutsch Veröffentlichungsdatum: 11-09-15 Herausgeber: Der Audio Verlag GmbH Hörspiele Kategorien: Fiction & Literature, Classics Zusammenfassung: Frankreich im Jahr 1940. Der Norden des Landes ist von deutschen Truppen überrollt, Südfrankreich bleibt unbesetzt. Hier sammeln sich die vor dem Hitlerregime geflohenen Antifaschisten, die Nazigegner, die rechtzeitig davongekommenen Juden. Marschall Petains Gendarmen sperren die Flüchtlinge in Lager und liefern sie an die Gestapo aus, wenn sie nicht Visa oder Transits vorweisen können, die sie zur Einreise in ein sicheres Land berechtigen. Kontakt: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 135289 Title: Third Policeman Author: Flann O'Brien Narrator: Jim Norton, Malcolm Blackmoor Format: Abridged Length: 03:38:00 Language: English Release date: 06-01-09 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics Summary: Flann O'Brien's most popular and surrealistic novel concerns an imaginary, hellish village police force and a local murder. Weird, satirical, and very funny, it is read by Irish master reader Jim Norton. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 135377 Title: Tristram Shandy Author: Laurence Sterne Narrator: Anton Lesser, Malcolm Blackmoor Format: Unabridged Length: 19:03:58 Language: English Release date: 07-28-09 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics Summary: Laurence Sterne's most famous novel is a biting satire of literary conventions and contemporary eighteenth-century values. Renowned for its parody of established narrative techniques, Tristram Shandy is commonly regarded as the forerunner of avant-garde fiction. Tristram's characteristic digressions on a whole range of unlikely subjects (including battle strategy and noses!) are endlessly surprising and make this one of Britain's greatest comic achievements. A cast of strange characters populate this strangest of novels: gentle Uncle Toby, sarcastic Walter and of course, the pompous, garrulous Tristram himself. This edition is read by Anton Lesser in a tour de force performance. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 135292 Title: Hound of the Baskervilles Author: Arthur Conan Doyle Narrator: David Timson, Nicolas Soames Format: Abridged Length: 03:34:00 Language: English Release date: 02-01-09 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Classics, Teen, Mystery & Thriller Summary: The 'Young Adult Classics' series continues with The Hound of the Baskervilles, the most popular Sherlock Holmes story. It is a chilling tale of a slavering dog on the moor that will excite listeners of any age. The popular classics, presented in an abridged form, are brilliantly brought to life by master Holmes reader David Timson and enhanced with atmospheric music. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 135381 Title: Great Poets Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes Narrator: Peter Marinker Format: Unabridged Length: 01:18:00 Language: English Release date: 03-01-09 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry Summary: Though by profession a doctor (he coined the word anesthesia) Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) was one of the leading 19th century American poets and a member of the famous Saturday Club with Emerson, Longfellow and Lowell. 2009 is the 200th anniversary of his birth. Here are his major poems, including Old Ironsides and The Last Leaf in a rare audiobook collection read affectingly by Peter Marinker. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 101142 Title: Robert Burns Author: Robert Burns Narrator: Forbes Masson Format: Unabridged Length: 01:17:00 Language: English Release date: 01-09-11 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry Summary: The 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns (1759–1796), one of the most popular of poets, is celebrated in 2009. A pioneer of the Romantic movement, works such as A Red, Red Rose, A Man's a Man for a' That and the ubiquitous Auld Lang Syne, have made him an international figure. Naxos AudioBooks' popular Great Poets series marks the anniversary with a CD bringing together all the key works. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 161815 Title: Elidor Author: Alan Garner Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Length: 03:58:00 Language: English Release date: 09-29-09 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Kids, Mystery & Fantasy Summary: Part folklore, part adventure and part fantasy, Alan Garner's Elidor is a modern children's classic. When Roland opens a door in a derelict church, he unleashes the wonders of Elidor and the grave challenges that this troubled world presents. Drawing on Welsh, Irish and English mythology, the book chronicles the trials and hardships of a group of young teenagers as they attempt to fulfill a prophecy from another world, and fight a terrible evil. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 120639 Title: The Innocence of Father Brown, Vol. 1 Author: G. K. Chesterton Narrator: David Timson Format: Unabridged Length: 04:39:00 Language: English Release date: 01-06-09 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Classics Summary: Father Brown is an eccentric priest with his own particular ways of dealing with crime. David Timson, having completed the whole of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes canon, a remarkable achievement, turns his hand to the genial but certainly not innocent priest! This collection contains a group of stories from the Innocence of Father Brown, told unabridged. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 161813 Title: Canterville Ghost Author: Oscar Wilde Narrator: Rupert Degas Format: Unabridged Length: 01:18:00 Language: English Release date: 10-27-09 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Classics Summary: A terrifying ghost is haunting the ancient mansion of Canterville Chase, complete with creaking floorboards, clanking chains and gruesome disguises - but the new occupants seem strangely undisturbed by his presence. Deftly contrasting the conventional gothic ghost story with the pragmatism of the modern world, Wilde creates a gently comic fable of the conflict between old and new. Rupert Degas's hilarious reading brings the absurdity and theatricality of the story to life. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 135373 Title: Restoration Author: Rose Tremain Narrator: Rupert Degas Format: Abridged Length: 06:52:00 Language: English Release date: 08-25-09 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics Summary: The award-winning Restoration is one of Rose Tremain's most popular works, and showcases her remarkable talent for capturing historical settings and personalities. Set during the English Restoration in the decadent court of King Charles II, the novel weaves a story of corrupted innocence, betrayal, love and hope against a fascinating historical backdrop. Written in the first person, the fortunes of the fallible but charismatic courtier Robert Merivel are utterly compelling. Restoration lyrically evokes the rich tapestry of seventeenth-century London life. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 161810 Title: French Revolution - In a Nutshell Author: Neil Wenborn Narrator: Roy McMillan Format: Unabridged Length: 01:20:00 Language: English Release date: 11-17-09 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: History, Europe Summary: The fifth in the new Naxos AudioBooks series 'In a Nutshell', The French Revolution is a short and accessible introduction to one of the most important periods in European history. It brings vividly to life the implacable Robespierre, the frightened Marie Antoinette and the iconic image of the guillotine. But it also demonstrates the key role the Revolution played in the development of European politics. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Hören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos bei https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 430364 Titel: Nanga Parbat Autor: Kai-Uwe Kohlschmidt Erzähler: Arta Adler, Wolfgang Wagner Format: Unabridged Spieldauer: 01:01:20 Sprache: Deutsch Veröffentlichungsdatum: 11-21-14 Herausgeber: Der Audio Verlag GmbH Hörspiele Kategorien: Politics, History Zusammenfassung: Das Hörspiel 'Nanga Parbat' ist eine Reise auf den neunthöchsten Berg der Erde und erzählt die Geschichte von fünf Künstlern, die sich einer Bergsteigerexpedition angeschlossen haben, um inmitten der gewaltigen Landschaft in die seltsame Welt der Extrembergsteiger einzutauchen. Kai-Uwe Kohlschmidt schrieb Tagebuch, machte zahlreiche O-Ton-Aufnahmen, zeichnete den Funkverkehr auf und führte Interviews mit den Bergsteigern. Mit diesem umfangreichen Material inszenierte er ein packendes und intensives Hörspiel, dessen hochauthentische Athmosphärik, wunderbare Musik und lakonische Poesie den Hörer mit auf eine ungewöhnliche Reise nimmt, an dessen Ende ein tragischer Unfall steht. Kontakt: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 120641 Title: Great Poets Author: Lord Alfred Tennyson Narrator: Michael Pennington Format: Unabridged Length: 01:08:00 Language: English Release date: 08-25-09 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry Summary: The 200th anniversary of the birth of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892), one of the most popular of poets, is celebrated in 2009. Works such as The Charge of the Light Brigade, Crossing the Bar and Tears, idle tears have made him an internationally famous figure, and the second most quoted writer of all time (after Shakespeare). Tennyson's poetic works encompass a great range of styles, settings and personae, and are known for their emotional resonance and powerful imagery. Naxos AudioBooks's popular 'The Great Poets' series marks the anniversary with a CD bringing together all the key works, read by veteran reader Michael Pennington. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 162369 Title: Body Snatcher and Other Stories Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Narrator: Nicolas Soames, Roy McMillan Format: Unabridged Length: 02:27:00 Language: English Release date: 10-27-09 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics Summary: A dark night, a graveyard and the suspicion of murder... The Body Snatcher is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's most chilling tales. After many years, a chance encounter between two former medical students forces them to recall their sinister past and foul play that was better left buried. Perfect for long winter nights, these stories have been specially selected to create an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty. Read by Roy McMillan, with Naxos AudioBooks's trademark of carefully chosen music. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 135283 Title: Dombey and Son Author: Charles Dickens Narrator: David Timson, Malcolm Blackmoor, Ross Burman Format: Abridged Length: 11:17:58 Language: English Release date: 09-29-09 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics Summary: Dombey and Son is vintage Dickens and explores the classic themes of betrayal, cruelty and deceit. The novel follows the fortunes of Dombey, a businessman par excellence, who craves a son to inherit his enterprises. His family, and especially his daughter, the sweet and good-natured Florence, bear the brunt of his frustrations. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 135370 Title: Picture of Dorian Gray Author: Oscar Wilde Narrator: Greg Wise Format: Unabridged Length: 09:16:00 Language: English Release date: 09-29-09 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics Summary: Oscar Wilde's enduring masterpiece, this fable of innocence and corruption, purity and decay has become a true classic. The beautiful, narcissistic Dorian Gray, torn between the influence of cynical hedonist Lord Henry Wotton and tortured artist Basil Hallward, sells the beauty of his soul in exchange for external perfection. Ultimately, he cannot escape the disfigurement of sin. Wilde's remarkable wit and memorable, epigrammatic lines dazzle in audiobook form! Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 134918 Title: Prisoner of Zenda Author: Anthony Hope Narrator: Andrew Pugsley Format: Unabridged Length: 05:29:00 Language: English Release date: 06-10-11 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics Summary: The ultimate escapist adventure story, The Prisoner of Zenda transports the listener into a bygone era, awash with swashbuckling heroism, cunning plots and courtly love. The popularity of Hope's tale of intrigue was such that it spawned an entirely new genre known as the 'Ruritanian romance'. When the King of Ruritania is kidnapped, the onus falls on a British tourist, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the King, to stand in for him and to avert disaster by coming to his rescue. The frequent replays of the film with Ronald Colman and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. testify to the continuing popularity of this evergreen adventure. Andrew Pugsley's reading captures the excitement and the momentum. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 135365 Title: Good Soldier Author: Ford Madox Ford Narrator: Kerry Shale, Malcolm Blackmoor Format: Unabridged Length: 07:58:47 Language: English Release date: 02-23-10 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics Summary: Two couples, two marriages; both seemingly perfect, both falling apart. Beneath the surface gentility of the American John Dowell with his wife Florence and the landed grace of Edward and Leonora lie fictions and deceit. There are secret desires, hidden power-games, suicides and madness. Everyone is hiding something; even the narrator can't be trusted. Brilliantly inventive, tragic and ironic, The Good Soldier is one of the great novels of the twentieth century. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 134924 Title: Cossacks Author: Leo Tolstoy Narrator: Jonathan Oliver Format: Unabridged Length: 07:04:00 Language: English Release date: 02-10-11 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics Summary: Dissolute, disenchanted Dmitri Olénin decides to join the Army as a cadet and is despatched to the Caucasus. There, he is transformed by seeing how the indigenous people live in harmony with nature, how their lives have more meaning than those of the superficial social elite in Moscow, and he finds a new sense of self and purpose. But nothing is ever quite that simple. Love and loyalty are tested to the very limits in this semi-autobiographical novella, which is one of Tolstoy's best-loved works. Translated by Aylmer and Louise Maude. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 134925 Title: Mrs Dalloway Author: Virginia Woolf Narrator: Juliet Stevenson Format: Unabridged Length: 07:08:00 Language: English Release date: 04-10-11 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics Summary: It is a June day in London in 1923, and the lovely Clarissa Dalloway is having a party. Whom will she see? Her friend Peter, back from India, who has never really stopped loving her? What about Sally, with whom Clarissa had her life's happiest moment? Meanwhile, the shell-shocked Septimus Smith is struggling with his life on the same London day. Luminously beautiful, Mrs Dalloway uses the internal monologues of the characters to tell a story of inter-war England. With this, Virginia Woolf changed the novel forever. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 129809 Title: North and South Author: Elizabeth Gaskell Narrator: Clare Wille Format: Unabridged Length: 18:38:00 Language: English Release date: 02-10-11 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics Summary: When Margaret Hale moves with her father from the comfort of the south of England to the industrial north, she is at first repulsed by what she sees; and then when she discovers the conditions under which the workers are forced to live, she is outraged. But this throws her into direct conflict with the powerful young mill-owner, John Thornton. Using personal passions to explore deep social divisions, North and South is a great romance - and one of Elizabeth Gaskell's finest works. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 133418 Title: Heart of Darkness Author: Joseph Conrad Narrator: David Horovitch, Malcolm Blackmoor, Nicolas Soames Format: Unabridged Length: 04:40:00 Language: English Release date: 03-30-10 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics Summary: '...he seemed to stare... with that wide and immense stare embracing, condemning, loathing all the universe. I seemed to hear the whispered cry, "The horror! The horror!"' Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Hören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos bei https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 430366 Titel: Der Joker Autor: Edgar Wallace Erzähler: Horst Frank, Wolfgang Reinsch Format: Unabridged Spieldauer: 01:33:07 Sprache: Deutsch Veröffentlichungsdatum: 11-21-14 Herausgeber: Der Audio Verlag GmbH Hörspiele Kategorien: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories Zusammenfassung: Er fährt einen schwarzen Jaguar und hinterlässt bei seinen Mordopfern eine Jolly-Joker-Karte. Die Methode des Täters, genannt der Joker, ist so einfach wie skrupellos: von jedem erfolgreichen Gangstercoup erwartet er einen Anteil. Bleibt dieser aus, bezahlt der Ganove mit seinem Leben. Ein Fall für Chefi nspector Higgins und Superintendant Barbara Lane von Scotland Yard, die dem Verbrecher das Handwerk legen sollen. Kontakt: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 120643 Title: Watsons, Sanditon Author: Jane Austen Narrator: Anna Bentinck, Malcolm Blackmoor Format: Unabridged Length: 04:31:00 Language: English Release date: 07-27-12 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics Summary: One abandoned, one unfinished, these short works show Austen equally at home with romance (a widowed clergyman with four daughters must needs be in search of a husband or two in The Watsons) and with social change (a new, commercial seaside resort in Sanditon). Typically touching, funny, charming and sharp. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 131369 Title: Venice Author: Jan Morris Narrator: Sebastian Comberti Format: Unabridged Length: 13:04:00 Language: English Release date: 05-25-10 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: History, Europe, Travel Summary: Venice stands, as she loves to tell you, on the frontiers of the east and west, half-way between the setting and the rising sun. Goethe calls her 'the market-place of the Morning and the Evening lands'. Certainly no city on earth gives a more immediate impression of symmetry and unity, or seems more patently born to greatness. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 134898 Title: Life and Works of Chopin Author: Jeremy Siepmann Narrator: Jeremy Siepmann Format: Unabridged Length: 04:59:00 Language: English Release date: 02-10-11 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Biography & Memoir, History & Culture Summary: Fryderyk Chopin is the pianist-composer par excellence. Regarded as one of the most mesmeric performers of his day, he lives on in his music - his waltzes, mazurkas, études, preludes, nocturnes, three piano sonatas, two piano concertos and much more. Here, his life, from his birth in Poland, his famous affair with the French writer George Sand, and his death at the age of 49 in Paris, is told with his music featuring prominently. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 126036 Title: Venice Author: Jan Morris Narrator: Patrick Phillips, Sarah Butcher, Sebastian Comberti Format: Unabridged Length: 05:18:00 Language: English Release date: 05-01-10 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Travel, Guidebooks & Tours Summary: Venice stands, as she loves to tell you, on the frontiers of the east and west, half-way between the setting and the rising sun. Goethe calls her 'the market-place of the Morning and the Evening lands'. Certainly no city on earth gives a more immediate impression of symmetry and unity, or seems more patently born to greatness. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 101436 Title: North and South Author: Elizabeth Gaskell Narrator: Clare Wille Format: Abridged Length: 07:20:00 Language: English Release date: 02-10-11 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics Summary: When Margaret Hale moves with her parents from the comfort of the south of England to the industrial north, she is at first repulsed by what she sees; and then when she discovers the conditions under which the workers are forced to live, she is outraged. But this throws her into direct conflict with the powerful young mill-owner, John Thornton. Using personal passions to explore deep social divisions, North and South is a great romance - and one of Elizabeth Gaskell's finest works. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 162421 Title: Walden / Civil Disobedience Author: Henry David Thoreau Narrator: Malcolm Blackmoor, Nicolas Soames, Rupert Degas, Timothy Clark Format: Unabridged Length: 11:45:00 Language: English Release date: 07-27-10 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Biography & Memoir, Literary Summary: In 1845 Henry David Thoreau, one of the principal New England Transcendentalists, left the small town of Concord for the country. Beside the lake of Walden he built himself a log cabin and returned to nature, to observe and reflect - while surviving on eight dollars a year. From this experience emerged Walden, one of the great classics of American literature, and a deeply personal reaction against the commercialism and materialism that Thoreau saw as the main impulses of mid-19th-century America. Here also is Civil Disobedience, Thoreau's essay on just resistance to government which not only challenged the establishment of his day but has been used as a flag for later campaigners from Mahatma Ghandi to Dr Martin Luther King. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 131233 Title: Religions of the World Author: Neil Wenborn Narrator: Adrian Grove Format: Unabridged Length: 02:40:00 Language: English Release date: 03-10-11 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Kids, Religious & Inspirational, Classics Summary: Religion is central to the lives of millions of people around the globe. But how did the great religions begin, and what do their followers believe? Religions of the World tells the remarkable story of some of the faiths which have helped to shape the way we live today. Aimed at younger listeners, it introduces the history and scriptures, beliefs and customs of some of humanity's most enduring religious traditions, and looks at their place in the lives of men, women and children across the world. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 131232 Title: Great Rulers of Ancient Rome Author: Hugh Griffith Narrator: Benjamin Soames Format: Unabridged Length: 02:28:00 Language: English Release date: 03-10-11 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Kids, Historical, Classics Summary: The common view of the Romans is that they were only interested in watching gladiators hack one another to pieces, and in lying on couches while they stuffed large meals down their throats. But of course they were a busy and clever people, who built up a great empire to prove it, with fine cities and harbours, bath houses and roads, laws and good government. In this audiobook you can hear the stories of the great Roman emperors and the enduring legacy that they left for later generations. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 126421 Title: Four Short Stories Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Narrator: Carl Rigg, Perry Keenlyside Format: Unabridged Length: 02:35:00 Language: English Release date: 05-11-95 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Short Stories Summary: In these stories, Conan Doyle draws the listener in to experience drama, suspense and, ultimately, the shock of surprise. Here is a unique combination of a famous analytical intellect telling spine-tingling tales against a background of turn-of-the-century England. Nothing is quite as it seems. What is the secret of Lot No. 249? What lies in wait for an aviator in the stratosphere? And what lies inside The Sealed Room? The master story teller builds up layers of tension... Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 126034 Title: Cousin Phillis Author: Elizabeth Gaskell Narrator: Joe Marsh, Mike Shah Format: Unabridged Length: 03:58:00 Language: English Release date: 05-25-10 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics Summary: Cousin Phillis - a miniature masterpiece - is set in the 1840s, when the coming of the railway was changing the face of England, and quiet rural communities, coming into contact with the outside world, were changed for ever. The story focuses on the effect these changes have on a nave country girl, Phillis, as she encounters love, with all its pains and pleasures, for the first time. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Hören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos bei https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 430369 Titel: Peter Voss, der Millionendieb Autor: Ewald G. Seeliger Erzähler: Arno Assmann, Günter Pfitzmann Format: Unabridged Spieldauer: 04:10:55 Sprache: Deutsch Veröffentlichungsdatum: 11-21-14 Herausgeber: Der Audio Verlag GmbH Hörspiele Kategorien: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories Zusammenfassung: Millionendieb auf der Flucht! Retro-Kult: Spitzenproduktion des BR Peter Voss täuscht einen Millionenraub vor, um das Bankhaus seines Freunds Stockes zu retten. Voss will seine Frau Polly einweihen, doch Privatdetektiv Bobby Dodd weicht ihr nicht mehr von der Seite. Eine wilde Jagd beginnt. Millionen verfolgten im Radio die aufregende Suche nach Peter Voss. Im Retro-Sound sorgen diese Kulthörspiele auch heute noch für Spannung, Spaß und Unterhaltung. Sie hören Arno Assmann als Peter Voss, Ingrid Pan als Polly und Günter Pfitzmann als Bobby Dodd in diesem Straßen - feger der Extraklasse. Kontakt: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 126033 Title: Kreutzer Sonata Author: Leo Tolstoy Narrator: Jonathan Oliver Format: Unabridged Length: 03:57:00 Language: English Release date: 06-29-10 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics Summary: One of Tolstoy's most important shorter works, The Kreutzer Sonata presents a problematic view of the relationship between the sexes and promotes abstinence as the solution. Pozdnyshev jealously observes the intimacy that emerges between his wife and a violin player. Haunted by 'The Kreutzer Sonata' over which they bonded; it plays round and round in Pozdnyshev's head driving him to distraction and to an unquenchable rage. The Kreutzer Sonata is a psychologically fascinating novella, offering interesting insights into the power play between the sexes. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 135276 Title: Martin Chuzzlewit Author: Charles Dickens Narrator: Mike Shah, Ross Burman, Sean Barrett Format: Abridged Length: 09:14:00 Language: English Release date: 04-27-10 Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics Summary: The Chuzzlewits are a family divided by money and selfishness; even young Martin, the eponymous hero, is arrogant and self-centred. He offends his grandfather by falling in love with the latter's ward, Mary, and sets out to make his own fortune in life, travelling as far as America - which produces from Dickens a savage satire on a new world tainted with the vices of the old. Martin's nature slowly changes through his bitter experience of life and his enduring love for Mary. Martin Chuzzlewit is one of Dickens's most humorous and satirical novels, and it contains two great comic creations: the hypocrite Pecksniff and the drunken nurse Sarah Gamp. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com