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Niamh O’Rourke Ahern knows she should feel shame. Regret. Remorse. Anything but the deep relief filling her to the depths of her soul. What kind of woman is she to rejoice at the death of her husband? What woman yearns for another’s touch as her husband’s casket is being lowered into the ground? In the end, she knows it doesn’t matter, for she will always be alone. No man will ever fully earn her trust again.

Ardan O’Rourke never thought to marry. Not after the heartbreak he suffered as a young man. Not after the years he helped raise his youngest siblings. He never expected to meet Deirdre Finnegan, a spirited woman with a past full of secrets. Deirdre Finnegan is not who she appears to be. A fine cook and a loner, she yearns for so much more. When Ardan and the O’Rourkes befriend her, she cannot deny her desire to be part of the large, wonderful family. Just when she begins to believe in a new future, her past returns to remind her of all she has lost.

In diesem spannenden Abenteuerhörspiel von Konrad Halver hört ihr: Gottes Freund und aller Welt Feind - Klaus Störtebeker; der Haifisch auf Kaperfahrt; Störtebekers tolldreistes Stück von Stralsund; Rostocks und Wismars Kaperbriefe; Die Vitalienbrüder, Schrecken der Ostsee; In aussichtsloser Lage vor Schwedens Küste; Störtebeker erobert Gotland; Der Pirat und die Königin; Der Kampf um Bergen in Norwegen; Störtebekers Bündnis mit dem Ostfriesenfürsten Keno tom Broke; Gottes Freund und aller Welt Feind; Verrat?!; Die letzte Schlacht.

Recounts the story of America’s last great newspaper war between the New York Daily News and the New York Post, as both papers’ long rivalry turned existential amid the rise of digital news. The story is told through the eyes of the reporters, or “runners”, and photographers who fought the war on the ground in cities across America.

Though Americans have seen plenty of news updates on the Iraq War since 2003, few know what it’s like to actually live through the harsh conditions on a daily basis. In his memoir, B.I.A.P.: Baghdad International Airport, two-tour Iraq War veteran Sergeant Brian L. Gordon shows readers the constant challenges soldiers face on the ground in the Middle East. Serving first in 2003, Gordon drives a truck delivering bulk fuel and must regularly dodge rocket-propelled grenades and IEDs. His unit also takes on heavy firefights and rocket launcher attacks while manning the water point at the Euphrates River.

Kevin Gandler erstarrte vor Schreck. Auch wenn die kleine Taschenlampe nur wenig Licht ausstrahlte, so erkannte er, dass ein Mensch rücklings im Schnee lag. Die Augen des Mannes waren unnatürlich weit aufgerissen und die Haut aschfahl. Das Gesicht erinnerte an eine versteinerte Maske. Kevin Gandler zitterte! Er erkannte die Wahrheit, und wusste in jenem Moment, als er hilflos auf seinen Kollegen blickte - er existierte nicht mehr. Vor ihm lag eine Leiche!

Die zwei Freunde waren wie gelähmt! Schweiß brach aus den Poren der jungen Männer und sie zitterten - zitterten aus Angst! Todesangst! Ihr Leben hing am seidenen Faden und im Grunde genommen war ihre Situation ausweglos... Die Tatsache, dass der mysteriöse Mann sie mit einem scharfen, rotglühenden Dolch bedrohte, machte deutlich: Das Ende war nah!

Christy Sheridan has come a long way from the physical and emotional wreck she used to be. She's made Alden her home and is happily engaged to a man who loves and accepts her for who she is - curves, quirks, and geekiness included. Life is good. Until mommy dearest blows into town to "help" her clueless daughter seal the deal.

I've always been pretty damn nervous around my boss Mr. Atkins, and understandably so. Although I'm sure everyone tends to get antsy around their employers, the case is especially severe in Mr. Atkins' presence.

We, as Americans, are some of the world's worst eaters. We fill ourselves with high-fat, high-carb, high-calorie, extra-sugary foods and drinks that we can't ever work off. And we end up with those extra pounds around our middles. Roughly half of the nation is obese. If we aren't careful, within the next 20 years the entire nation could succumb to being obese.

Mike Haddican, proud small-town gym owner and renowned karate instructor, is an all-around good guy. He's never needed much to be happy. Only his family, his friends, his girl. Especially his girl. So when that girl up and left him seven years ago to chase her dreams, she all but destroyed him.

Faith Greene decides to have her breasts enlarged with silicone implants. It is a mistake she will not live to regret. On December 10, 1990, popular TV host, Connie Chung, interviews several women with severe, debilitating diseases they claim are the direct result of silicone breast implants. Two medical experts on the panel confirm their claims. Shortly after the program airs, the lawsuits begin. First as a trickle, and then as a torrent. And then the brutal murders begin.

Er war einer der bedeutendsten Dramatiker Amerikas, seine Theaterstücke wie "Tod eines Handlungsreisenden" oder "Hexenjagd wurden weltberühmt." Die Ehe mit Marilyn Monroe katapultierte ihn in die Klatschspalten der Magazine. Dennoch behielt er seinen unbestechlichen Blick auf die amerikanische Gesellschaft, war einer ihrer schärfsten Kritiker und entlarvte den American Dream als Illusion.

At 14, Kit St. Denys brought down his abusive father with a knife. At 21, his theatrical genius brought down the house. At 30, his past and his forbidden love - nearly brought down the curtain for good. This is a compelling Victorian saga of two men whose love for each other transcends time and distance and the society that considers it an abomination.

Megan and Ally are thick as thieves, and can't wait to start partying it up the summer before college starts. But Mr. Smith, the tough disciplinarian, catches something fishy on both of their transcripts, threatening their upcoming graduation. Ally, head cheerleader and full of naughty ideas, suggests a compromise that Mr. Smith is unlikely to refuse...

Take one devastatingly handsome movie star.Add one outrageously sexy female private eye with a penchant for food-word obscenities.Mix in a dose of mistaken identity and a handful of Russian mobsters...And they're all In Deep Shitake.

Verbal abusers are highly intelligent people who tend to tell their victims what they want to hear in a caring way that allows the abuser to hide the true meaning of the message.

Am Strand einer Insel - als Insel der Utopie bezeichnet ein Sprecher den Ort des Geschehens - tummeln sich Rita und Oskar, Martha und der Barkeeper Toni, Marthas Tochter Agnes und ein Provinzadonis namens Roberto. Es wird geplappert und getrunken, banalste Lebensweisheiten kommen wie Sprechblasen daher; Eifersüchteleien und Flirts stehen ebenso auf dem Programm wie Hoffnungslosigkeit und trotzige Lebensgier. Die "Utopier" also wirken ganz alltäglich. Doch erweist diese Alltäglichkeit sich bald als eine gemachte, künstlich hergestellte Wirklichkeit.

Berlin am 20.07.1944. In einem Bunker des OKH in der Bendlerstraße tut der Obergefreite Hentig seinen Dienst als Telefonist. Er ist einer der Ersten, die von dem Attentat auf Hitler und dem geplanten Umsturz erfahren. Die Situation, der er sich unvermutet und unvorbereitet gegenübersieht, verlangt von ihm eine Entscheidung. Innerlich steht er seit langem auf seitens der Widerstandskämpfer. Andererseits aber weiß er, dass seine Angehörigen durch die zu erwartenden Aktionen aufs schwerste gefährdet sind, und dass sein Entschluss - gleichviel, wie er ausfällt - sich auf sie auswirken wird.

Recounts the story of America’s last great newspaper war between the New York Daily News and the New York Post, as both papers’ long rivalry turned existential amid the rise of digital news. The story is told through the eyes of the reporters, or “runners,” and photographers who fought the war on the ground in cities across America.