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After the shame of Lydia’s unforgivable elopement with Mr. Wickham, the Bennet family is plunged into the depths of disgrace. Elizabeth, certain that the scandal has irrevocably severed any possibility with Mr. Darcy, travels to London where her father is engaged in a desperate, fruitless search.

This podcast is for you if you're a member of the next generation of a family connected to wealth. Not one of those who created it, but one of those who will one day inherit responsibility for it. It is based on the session notes of mentoring sessions I recently shared with a remarkable young woman, Clara, heiress to a substantial european enterprise, as she prepared herself to take more responsibility.If you have grown up around a family enterprise, significant capital, or a well known name, like she did, you may already have a sense that your life will be shaped by something you did not ...

An Essay on Criticism was the first major poem written by the English writer Alexander Pope (1688-1744). However, despite the title, the poem is not as much an original analysis as it is a compilation of Pope's various literary opinions. A reading of the poem makes it clear that he is addressing not so much the ingenuous reader as the intending writer. It is written in a type of rhyming verse called heroic couplets. (Summary from Wikipedia)

The title, An Essay on Criticism hardly indicates all that is included in the poem. It would have been impossible to give a full and exact idea of the art of poetical criticism without entering into the consideration of the art of poetry. Accordingly Pope has interwoven the precepts of both throughout the poem which might more properly have been styled an essay on the Art of Criticism and of Poetry. - Summary from the Gutenberg text

Mord in der Modewelt: Als die Polizei bei einer Verkehrskontrolle in Santa Croce eine Leiche im Kofferraum entdeckt, führt die Spur direkt in das glamouröse Imperium eines Florentiner Stardesigners. Das originellste Ermittlerteam der Toskana um Giulia Ferrari, den blinden Polizisten Enzo und Luigi, den Barista mit Kripo-Vergangenheit, stürzt sich in einen brisanten Fall voller Intrigen, Affären und Erpressung – während die Commissaria zugleich um ihre totgeglaubte Schwester kämpft, die nach zwanzig Jahren plötzlich wieder in ihr Leben tritt.

Patel und Pardoe ermitteln in ihrem ersten Fall. Eine junge Frau übergießt sich mit Schwefelsäure. Ein liebender Ehemann zerstückelt seine Frau. Eine Schulleiterin stößt ihre Schüler aus dem Fenster. Wer oder was treibt die Menschen zu solch grausamen Taten? Jerry Pardoe und Jamila Patel...

“The Federalist Papers” are a collection of 85 linked essays that explain the construction of the U.S. government and why it was built that way. The Papers are regarded as the best pipeline into understanding the U.S. Constitution and the founding principles of the government it would establish. I have endeavored here to present these essays, not as articles in a newspaper, but as you might have experienced them if you had sat in a comfortable tavern with a tankard in hand, and listened while these ardent men ranged in front of a friendly fireplace as they attempted to convince you of ...

From the bestselling author of The Vanishing of Margaret Small and The Lost Past of Billy McQueen comes The Librarian's Secret - a sweeping and compulsive dual-timeline mystery about the secrets that bind us and the courage required to face the truth. Perfect for fans of Laura Pearson, Evie...

Ein Wissenschaftler aus einer anderen Welt. Ein Magier auf der Suche nach tödlichem Wissen. Eine Macht, die ein Imperium zu Fall bringen könnte. Nathans Leben bestand aus Laborarbeit und Vorlesungen, bis ein Erzmagier ihn nach Davrar holte und ihm ein verlockendes Angebot machte: die Magie zu meistern – im Austausch gegen das wissenschaftliche Wissen der Erde. Doch Nathan wird das Gefühl nicht los, dass sich hinter diesem Versprechen etwas Dunkleres verbirgt.

eSports-Legende Alexander "Bono" Rauch und Gaming-Urgestein Steve "Stevinho" Krömer versuchen, Euch in diesem Podcast in WM-Stimmung zu versetzen. Hört unbedingt mal rein, denn hier bekommt Ihr spannende Infos, die Ihr nirgendwo sonst bekommt.

Auf einer entlegenen Waldstraße wird eine Frau angefahren und stirbt. Die Krankenschwester hatte einen gewalttätigen Ehemann, der sofort ins Visier von Commissaire Luc Verlain gerät. Doch schon bald wird klar: Die mutige Frau ermittelte im Fall einiger verdächtiger Todesfälle an alten Menschen, die in den kleinen Strandorten entlang der Côte d'Argent, der Silberküste, ihren Lebensabend verbrachten. Lucs Team muss kurz vor Weihnachten alle Register ziehen – die Spur führt sie in ein Kloster im Landesinneren, in dem ein sehr charmanter Priester seine Fäden zieht.

Im Frühsommer 1940 trieb die Wehrmacht Flüchtlinge durch Westeuropa. Wer es nicht nach England schaffte, suchte Zuflucht in Lissabon: Tausende warteten im neutralen Portugal auf ein Schiff. Britische Spione und deutsche Agenten belauerten sich, Rohstoffeinkäufer suchten große Mengen an Sardinen für Hitlers Heer zu kaufen und wichtiger noch: das seltene und nicht zu ersetzende Wolfram für Panzerstahl.

George de Clare is broke, charming, and completely unable to decide between four men and at least two career paths. New York is not helping. The British Mirage is the fourth act of The George Files: a gay British literary expat romance set across one sweltering Manhattan May, in rowing clubs...

Your window into the world of green solutions. Your host invites some of the worlds cutting edge solutions to make earth greener and greater.

This LibriVox collection is the second volume in a series of New Testament Apocrypha. - Summary by KevinS

Black Art Fully Exposed. A complete and practical guide to drawing-room and stage magic for professionals and amateurs, including a complete exposure of the black art. (Summary by Prof. Herrmann)

This issue of Them Days Magazine includes the eulogy of John A. Broomfield; stories about trapping and fishing; as well as a few unique articles such as an old Alphabet Song and excerpts from a trapper's diary. This is the final issue from Them Days' first year of publication...

To provide youth with a genuine sense of self-worth and belonging, parents, educators, and other caregivers must show up authentically in the world. In For Real, Alexander Kopelman, co-founder and CEO of Children’s Arts Guild in New York, lays out a creative, compassionate pathway for guiding children to explore their true selves, so that they flourish in the art of growing up.

Escaping war-torn Eastern Europe through bullets, Nazi's, politics and chaos. Smuggling and black market were used to survive. Don't miss out on this thrilling read!

This LibriVox collection is first in a series of writings from the ante-Nicene Fathers' works. This first collection includes all the so-called Infancy narratives from the New Testament Apocrypha. - Summary by KevinS