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A vivid love story and adventure tale,Oroonokois a heroic slave narrative about a royal prince and his fight for freedom. The eponymous hero, Oroonoko, deemed royalty in one world and slave in another, is torn from his noble status and betrayed into slavery in Surinam, where he is reduced to chains, fetters and shackles. But his high spirit and admirable character will not be suppressed… The book was groundbreaking at the time and is considered to be one of thefirst novels written in English (by one of the first English women to earn her living by writing). Its condemnation of slavery and Europeans, and striking portrayal of sexuality and violence, shrouded Behn's name in controversy for years after it was published.
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Découvrir conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur naxos audiobooks the decline and vendu 40.9 € , ce produit est placé dans la catégorie Noten, fabriqué par Naxos Audiobooks et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire has always maintained its initial appeal to both the general public and scholars alike. Its sheer scale is daunting, encompassing over a millennium of history, covering not merely the Western Empire from the days of the early emperors to its extinction in AD 476, but also the Eastern Empire, which lasted for another thousand years until the Turks vanquished it in 1453. But Gibbon's style, part historical fact and part literature, is enticing, and the sheer honesty of the man, who endeavours to be scrupulously impartial in his presentation, endears him to the reader. In this recording, David Timson incorporates the most salient of Gibbon's footnotes. In Volume II (Chapters XVI-XXVI), Gibbon continues his powerful history of the Empire, shining the spotlight on some of the best-known figures and their impact on the growing influence of Christianity, including Nero and, three centuries later, Constantine, whose establishment of Constantinople resulted in the division of the Empire into East and West. Gibbon also presents a sympathetic portrait of Julian, whose wisdom, courage and clarity bore the hallmarks of the great emperor that Rome needed.
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Trouver conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur naxos audiobooks the decline and il est vendu 53.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Noten; ce produit appartient à Naxos Audiobooks et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire has always maintained its initial appeal to both the general public and scholars of subsequent ages. The sheer scale of the subject is daunting, encompassing a millennium and a half of history, covering not merely the Western Roman Empire from the days of the early emperors to its extinction in A.D. 476, but also the Eastern (Byzantine) Empire, which lasted for another thousand years until it was vanquished by the Turks in 1453. But Gibbon's style, part historical scholar, part sensational story-teller, part historical fact and part literature, is enticing, and the sheer honesty of the man, who, writing in the age of reason, endeavours to be scrupulously impartial in his presentation, endears him to the reader. It is meticulously planned, and charts the fall and rise of Western mankind from the dust of the Empire into the modern nations of Europe. The work consists of 71 chapters, 2,136 paragraphs, some one million and a half words, and close to 8,000 footnotes: a magnum opus indeed by anyone's standards.
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Trouver conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur naxos audiobooks the council of il est vendu 19.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Noten; ce produit appartient à Naxos AudioBooks et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
The Four Just Men, in this second of Wallace's ingenious series of thrillers, pit themselves against The Red Hundred, an organisation dedicated to international anarchy, led by the charismatic, mysterious and beautiful assassin, the Woman of Gratz. As always, the avengers' methods are meticulously planned and ruthlessly executed.
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Découvrir conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur naxos audiobooks the birth of vendu 23.9 € , ce produit est placé dans la catégorie Noten, fabriqué par Naxos AudioBooks et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
One of Nietzsche's earliest works, The Birth of Tragedy (1872) is a remarkable source of inspiration. It is here that the philosopher expresses his frustration with the contemporary world and urges man to embrace Dionysian energy once more. He refutes European culture since the time of Socrates, arguing that is is one-sidedly Apollonian and prevents man from living in optimistic harmony with the sufferings of life. It is argued that the healthier culture can be perceived in the traditions of ancient Greece as the spectators of the tragic plays experienced Dionysus and Apollo in perfect harmony. However, Nietzsche has great faith in the human soul and presents a laudatory portrayal of Wagner, contending that his artistic spirit is the savior of Europe; Wagner's music has sown the seeds for a period of liberating rebirth.
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Trouver informations, conseils et prix pour naxos audiobooks the decline and il est vendu 36.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Noten, ce produit est fabriqué par Naxos Audiobooks et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire has always maintained its initial appeal to both the general public and scholars alike. Its sheer scale is daunting, encompassing over a millennium of history, covering not merely the Western Empire from the days of the early emperors to its extinction in AD 476, but also the Eastern Empire, which lasted for another thousand years until the Turks vanquished it in 1453. But Gibbon's style, part historical fact and part literature, is enticing, and the sheer honesty of the man, who endeavors to be scrupulously impartial in his presentation, endears him to the listener. In this recording, David Timson incorporates the most salient of Gibbon's footnotes. In Volume V (Chapters XLVII-LVI), Gibbon further explores the influence of Christianity on the fall of the Roman Empire. He looks at the growth of the worship of Christian images and the resulting persecution by Leo III, emperor of the East. The conflict is intensified as a split develops between the Eastern and Western churches, a weakness that encourages attacks from Lombardy. Gibbon then moves to the foundation of the Moslem religion and the attempts of the Arabs to besiege Constantinople.
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Trouver conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur naxos audiobooks at the moutains il est vendu 19.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Noten; ce produit appartient à Naxos AudioBooks et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
At the Mountains of Madness first appeared in 1936, in the February, March and April editions of the American magazine Astounding Stories. One of HP Lovecraft's most chilling works, it draws on Edgar Allan Poe's Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, as well as Lovecraft's deep fascination with the Antarctic. The sinister discoveries made by a group of explorers in At the Mountains of Madness are testament to the author's enormous powers of imagination.
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In Volume VI (Chapters LVII - LXXI), Gibbon ends his masterful history by charting the rise of the Turkish nation and the birth of the Ottoman Empire, which becomes an unstoppable force as it eventually captures the remains of the Eastern Empire. Weakened under the continuing schism of the Greek and Latin Christians, the strategically important site of Constantinople becomes an easy target for Sultan Mohammed II much to the consternation and apathy of the West.
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Découvrir informations, conseils et prix pour naxos audiobooks the return of vendu 42.9 € , est placé dans la catégorie Noten; ce produit est fabriqué par Naxos AudioBooks et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
In the remote wildness of Egdon Heath, the crossed love affairs and marriages of a small group of people are played out against the background of nature's beauty and indifference to mankind. Through a series of vivid incidents and encounters, The Return of the Native moves in a relentless drive towards tragedy, as the plans and dreams of the lovers miscarry, defeated by chance, or destiny or self-deception. In their unhappy stories, Hardy gives us a powerful dramatization of his bleak philosophy, his belief in man's helplessness before the malevolence of the universe.
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Découvrir conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur naxos audiobooks the hunchback of vendu 46.9 € , ce produit est placé dans la catégorie Noten, fabriqué par Naxos AudioBooks et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
In the grotesque bell-ringer Quasimodo, Victor Hugo created one of the most vivid characters in classic fiction. Quasimodo's doomed love for the beautiful gipsy girl Esmeralda is an example of the traditional love theme of beauty and the beast. Yet, set against the massive background of Notre Dame de Paris and interwoven with the sacred and secular life of medieval France, it takes on a larger perspective. The characters come to life; the poet Gringoire, the tormented priest Claude Frollo, the fun-loving captain Phoebus and above all Quasimodo and Esmeralda themselves. It is a tale peppered with humor but fuelled by the anguish which unfolds beneath the bells of the great cathedral of Paris.
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Trouver conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur naxos audiobooks seven pillars of il est vendu 41.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Noten; ce produit appartient à Naxos AudioBooks et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
Although T. E. Lawrence, commonly known as "Lawrence of Arabia", died in 1935, the story of his life has captured the imagination of succeeding generations. Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a monumental work in which he chronicles his role in leading the Arab Revolt against the Turks during the First World War. A reluctant leader, and wracked by guilt at the duplicity of the British, Lawrence nevertheless threw himself into his role, suffering the blistering desert conditions and masterminding military campaigns which culminated in the triumphant march of the Arabs into Damascus.
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Trouver conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur naxos audiobooks the moonstone unabridged il est vendu 42.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Noten; ce produit appartient à Naxos AudioBooks et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
Upon inheriting the Moonstone, a huge and priceless diamond, Rachel Verinder's delight turns to dismay when the gem suddenly disappears. But this is no ordinary theft. Sergeant Cuff of Scotland Yard is called in and immediately suspects an intricate plot. However, not even his powers of detection can penetrate fully the mysteries surrounding the diamond. And as we listen to each character's version of the events, layer upon layer of drama and suspense build to the final and astonishing denouement of this magnificent, classic English detective novel.
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Découvrir informations, conseils et prix pour naxos audiobooks the warden unabridged vendu 27.9 € , est placé dans la catégorie Noten; ce produit est fabriqué par Naxos Audiobooks et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
The first novel in Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire, The Warden is a compassionate portrait of the gentle, thoughtful warden and precentor of Barchester Cathedral, Mr Septimus Harding. Loved and appreciated by all with whom he works, Harding lives an ordered, regular life in his protected religious environment. Then one day, a young reformer feels he has uncovered a mismanagement of funds and Harding is held to blame. The accusation comes as a shock not only to Harding himself but also to the cathedral community. It then comes to wider notice when the cause is taken up by a national newspaper. Trollope's insight into character, his abundant imagination, and his sheer narrative skill are at their peak in The Warden.
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Trouver conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur naxos audiobooks the pickwick papers il est vendu 27.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Noten; ce produit appartient à Naxos Audiobooks et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
In The Pickwick Papers, his first novel, Dickens displays the talents and skills that became his trademark; observational humour, pathos and social comment abound as we follow Mr Pickwick and Sam Weller, his sharp-tongued cockney servant, travelling around England with his friends in search of adventure and knowledge. Brilliantly comic scenes at the Eatanswill election, and the trial of Mrs Bardell vs Pickwick contrast with the horrors of the debtors prison. It was Thackeray who described the novel as 'that great contemporary history’; and it presents a nostalgic view of England just before the coming of the railway.
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Trouver conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur naxos audiobooks the fugitive unabridged il est vendu 28.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Noten; ce produit appartient à Naxos AudioBooks et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
The Fugitive is the sixth of seven volumes. The Narrator's obsessive feelings of possession for Albertine have forced her to flee. It comes as a terrible shock and is followed by further destabilising news about other friends.
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Découvrir conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur naxos audiobooks the third round vendu 27.9 € , ce produit est placé dans la catégorie Noten, fabriqué par Naxos AudioBooks et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
In The Third Round, the third of Sapper's Bulldog Drummond stories, Hugh Drummond has lost none of his trademark wit, charm, and confidence. In investigating the mysterious death of Professor Goodman, who holds the key to a formula for creating diamonds, he uncovers a menacing plot involving the Metropolitan Diamond Syndicate and, inevitably, his seemingly indestructible enemy, the sinister Carl Peterson. Unexpected twists and turns are rife, and the climax sees a thrilling boat chase that makes for fantastic listening. Roy McMillan's narration is sparkling and witty, the perfect match for Sapper.
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Découvrir conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur naxos audiobooks the man in vendu 36.9 € , ce produit est placé dans la catégorie Noten, fabriqué par Naxos Audiobooks et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
The Man in the Iron Mask continues the adventures of the dauntless heroes of The Three Musketeers - Aramis, Athos, Porthos and d'Artagnan. In old age their swashbuckling ought to have been replaced by a more gentle way of life, but the veteran warriors find themselves at the center of a plot in which both hearts and heads are broken, and the very throne of France is at stake.
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Trouver informations, conseils et prix pour naxos audiobooks a dog s il est vendu 12.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Haustierzubehör, ce produit est fabriqué par Naxos Audiobooks et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
When a respected surgeon decides to transplant human body parts into a stray dog, he creates a monster - drunken, profligate, aggressive and selfish. It seems the worst aspects of the donor have been transplanted as well. As his previously well-regulated home descends into riotous chaos, the doctor realises he will have to try to reverse the operation; but the dog isn’t so keen... Wild, uproarious and deliriously comic, Bulgakov’s short novel is at once a comment on the problems of 1920s Russia and a lasting satire on human nature.
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Découvrir informations, conseils et prix pour naxos audiobooks the name of vendu 68.9 € , est placé dans la catégorie Noten; ce produit est fabriqué par Naxos AudioBooks et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
This hugely engaging story of murder, superstition, religious politics and drama in a medieval monastery was one of the most striking novels to appear in the 1980s. The Name of the Rose is a thrilling story enriched with period detial and laced with tongue-in-cheek allusions to fictional characters, the most striking of which is the Francicscan friar William of Baskerville, who displays many characteristics of Sherlock Holmes. Although he looks at the past through a postmodern lens, Eco catapults his listeners into the dark medieval world as Brother William tries to discover why people are dying inexplicably and nastily in the monastery. There is something not altogether right within the library that is the pride of the establishment... The old man Adso, who was an impressionable novice at the time, tells the story.
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Découvrir conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur naxos audiobooks the castle of vendu 18.9 € , ce produit est placé dans la catégorie Lautsprecher & Subwoofers, fabriqué par Naxos Audiobooks et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
The Castle of Otranto is regarded as the first Gothic novel. The son of Manfred, Prince of Otranto, is mysteriously killed on his wedding day by a huge helmet. The event leads to a fast-paced story of jealous passion, intrigue, murder, and supernatural phenomena unfolding in an atmosphere of thunderclaps, moonlight, and dark castle walls mirroring the inner turmoil of the characters themselves. Horace Walpole's tale, an immediate success when it first appeared in 1764, is a classic of its genre.
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