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  An Antarctic Mystery; or, The Sphinx of the Ice Fields: A Sequel to Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym' , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 528min

  During his twilight years, the French author Jules Verne (1828-1905) wrote two original sequels to books that had fired his own youthful imagination but which he felt to be incomplete: Johann Wyss's Swiss Family Robinson and Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Arthur Gordon Pym (1845) was only one of many Poe stories which Verne admired; no other single author had more impact on his writing. Verne acknowledged this debt in his only major piece of literary criticism, a detailed 1864 article entitled "Edgard [sic] Poe and His Work". Poe (1809-1849) was just emerging on the French literary scene in translation as Verne was writing his first plays and short stories. Verne was familiar with a broad range of Poe's works, the well-remembered stories as well as many that are obscure today. What is to be admired in Poe, Verne wrote, "are the novelties of his situations, the discussion of little-known facts, the observations of the unhealthy faculties of Mankind, the choice of subject-matter, the ever-strange personality of his characters, their nervous, sickly temperaments, their ways of expressing themselves by bizarre interjections. And yet, among all these improbabilities, exists at times a verisimilitude that grips the credulity of the reader." This edition is a newly revised and modernized translation and features a new introduction by Brian Taves. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Gerard Reynolds. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/004150/bk_acx0_004150_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The American Miracle: Divine Providence in the Rise of the Republic , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 922min

  Best-selling author and radio host Michael Medved recounts some of the most significant events in America's rise to prosperity and power, from the writing of the Constitution to the Civil War. He reveals a record of improbabilities and amazements that demonstrate what the Founders always believed: that events unfolded according to a master plan, with destiny playing an unmistakable role in lifting the nation to greatness. Among the stirring, illogical episodes described here: A band of desperate religious refugees find themselves blown hopelessly off course, only to be deposited at the one spot on a wild continent best suited for their survival George Washington's beaten army, surrounded by a ruthless foe and on the verge of annihilation, manages an impossible escape due to a freakish change in the weather A famous conqueror known for seizing territory, frustrated by a slave rebellion and a frozen harbor, impulsively hands Thomas Jefferson a tract of land that doubles the size of the United States A weary soldier picks up three cigars left behind in an open field and notices the stogies have been wrapped in a handwritten description of the enemy's secret battle plans - a revelation that gives Lincoln the supernatural sign he's awaited in order to free the slaves When millions worry over the nation losing its way, Medved's sweeping narrative, bursting with dramatic events and lively portraits of unforgettable, occasionally little-known characters, affirms America as "fortune's favorite", shaped by a distinctive destiny from our beginnings to the present day.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Medved. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/004838/bk_rand_004838_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Roland Yorke

  Roland Yorke - 'The greatest improbabilities appear as consistent realities'': ab 5.99 €

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  Johnny Ludlow - Sixth Series

  Johnny Ludlow - Sixth Series - 'The greatest improbabilities appear as consistent realities'': ab 5.99 €

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  Johnny Ludlow - First Series

  Johnny Ludlow - First Series - 'The greatest improbabilities appear as consistent realities'': ab 1.49 €

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  The Improbabilities of Probabilities: A Guidebook to the Universe

  The Improbabilities of Probabilities: A Guidebook to the Universe - Haystacks in Wheat Fields: ab 9.99 €

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  The Great Einstein Relativity Hoax and Other Science Questions Hypotheses and Improbabilities

  The Great Einstein Relativity Hoax and Other Science Questions Hypotheses and Improbabilities: ab 9.99 €

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