31 Results for : improbability
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Little America (Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 320min
Little America is for anyone who has ever considered just getting in the car and driving away. Here the ribbon of Western road is a metaphor for the heart's strange longings, providing hard, sometimes hilarious, lessons on the improbability of escape, the possibility of salvation, and the elusiveness of self-knowledge. In "Yukon River," young lovers with a seedy past risk everything to be purified in the Alaska outback; they encounter instead the ruthless opportunism and alluring corruption of oil boom Fairbanks. In "Suitcase," a modern "Heart of Darkness," the road meanders from California down through impoverished Mexico and then sinks into a deadly Guatemalan jungle where the idealism of an earlier era gently rots. "Roll” starts in a truck on a cliff top in Idaho, one wheel off the edge. "Little America" travels with grifters on the lam who choke up at the sight of an Oregon wheat field at sunrise; later, in Wyoming, they are made solemn by the grandeur of the world's biggest truck stop and pause to ponder: Why would anyone willingly stay in one place? With deadpan humor, perfect pitch voice, and keen love of place, Simmons's stories illuminate the abiding American desire to "light out" - if not necessarily for something better, at least for something new. The book is published by The Ohio State University Press. The Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rachel Stander. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/007982/bk_acx0_007982_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Borrowing Blue: A Made Marian Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 535min
Blue: When my ex walks into the resort bar with his new husband on his arm, I want nothing more than to prove to him that I've moved on. Thankfully, the sexy stranger sitting next to me is more than willing to share a few kisses in the name of revenge. It gets even better when those scorching kisses turn into a night of fiery passion. The only problem? Turns out the stranger's brother is marrying my sister later this week. Tristan: I have one rule: no messing with the guests at my vineyard resort. Of course, the one exception I make turns out to be the brother of the woman my brother's about to marry. Now we're stuck together for a week of wedding activities, and there's no avoiding the heat burning between us. So fine, we make a deal: one week. One week to enjoy each other's bodies and get it out of our system. Once the bride and groom say I do and we become family, it'll all be over between us. Right? Fair warning: Blue and Tristan's story contains smoking hot scenes of man parts touching, pee-in-pants descriptions of grannies cursing, and the sweet improbability of two strangers finding their happily ever after when they least expect it. Borrowing Blue is the first in the new Made Marian series. Each book tells the story of one of the Marian brothers' search for true love and can be listened to as standalone or as part of the series. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Dean. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/077241/bk_acx0_077241_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Princess of Wands , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 689min
Audie Award Nominee, Fantasy 2013 Special: distinguished by some unusual quality... Circumstances: a piece of evidence that indicates the probability or improbability of an event... Barbara Everette, a homemaker living in a small town in Mississippi, had the perfect life. Perfect husband, perfect children, perfect house, perfect Christian Faith. She cooked and cleaned perfectly and managed all of the chores of the modern suburbanite, toting the kids, running the PTA, teaching kung-fu in the local dojo... perfectly. But perfection has a price, and the day came when Barbara snapped. She simply had to have "one weekend off". God had to grant her that much. It said no where that she was a slave. Waving goodbye to her hapless, entirely undomestic husband, she set out on the quest for a weekend of peace and maybe some authentic Cajun food. Detective Sergeant Kelly Lockhart, New Orleans Homicide, had a perfect record on his latest case: not a single suspect. And there should be at least five or six, given the DNA traces on the many bodies. Furthermore, his sole really outstanding clue, a mysterious fish scale, had disappeared into the recesses of the FBI Crime Lab. But the old fortune-teller was sending him into the bayou, down in the land of authentic Cajun food, on the track of a mysterious pimp with the admonition to "watch for the Princess". Or die. Barbara and Kelly were heading to a rendezvous that might be fate and might reveal the hand of God. There was more cooking in the swamps than jambalaya. Unknown to either, the mystery of the Bayou Ripper had Special Circumstances. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Suzy Jackson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003720/bk_adbl_003720_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 489min
A 2016 Grammy nominee for Best Spoken Word Album Dick Cavett is back, sharing his reflections and reminiscences about Hollywood legends, American cultural icons, and the absurdities of everyday life. In Brief Encounters, the legendary talk show host Dick Cavett introduces us to the fascinating characters who have crossed his path, from James Gandolfini and John Lennon to Mel Brooks and Nora Ephron, enhancing our appreciation of their talent, their personalities, and their places in the pantheon. We tag along as Cavett spends an afternoon with Stan Laurel at his modest apartment in Los Angeles, spars with Muhammad Ali at his training camp, and comes to know a young Steve Jobs - who woos him to be Apple's first celebrity pitchman. He also offers piquant commentary on contemporary politics, the indignities of travel, the nature of comedy writing, and the utter improbability of being alive at all. On his talk show, Cavett welcomed the leading figures from film, music, theater, literature, comedy, sports, and politics and engaged them in conversation that made viewers feel that the discussion was taking place in their own living rooms. Jimmy Fallon, the new host of The Tonight Show, has called him "a legend and an inspiration" and has written a foreword that makes clear the debt that today's talk show hosts owe to Dick Cavett. Brief Encounters opens the door on how Cavett's mind works and what it is like to live in his world. To spend a few minutes or an hour or even a whole evening with Dick Cavett is an experience not to be missed, and now there's no reason to deny yourself. Settle in, and enjoy the conversation! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dick Cavett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/001874/bk_aren_001874_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Pandora's Box , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 139min
Pandora’s Box: A Tragedy in Three Acts by Frank Wedekind. Play translated by Samuel A. Eliot Jnr. Prologue translated by Leanne Yau and Alan Weyman and rendered into verse by Charlotte Duckett. Presented by The Online Stage. This play is the sequel to "Earth Spirit", in which the adventurous and manipulative Lulu marries and rids herself of three husbands, only to be arrested for the murder of the third. In "Pandora’s Box", Lulu escapes from prison only to be forced in the life of a courtesan. Reduced to desperate poverty, she meets her end at the hands of murderous customer in London. In Wedekind’s sordid morality tale, all Lulu’s main associates suffer premature and unnatural deaths, except for the degenerate Schigolch, who is one of the most unpleasant characters in the European drama. In Wedekind's dark world, virtue is a practical improbability and vice, although often punished, continues to thrive. In the prologue, which has been specially translated for this production, Wedekind pillories the forces of censorship and critical approval, against which he contended almost continuously throughout his writing career. Full cast of narrators includes: The Enterprising Publisher - John Burlinson The Ordinary Reader - K.G.Cross The Bashful Author - Joseph Tabler The Attorney General - Alan Weyman Play Rodrigo Quast - Ron Altman Lulu - Charlotte Duckett Countess Geschwitz - Leanne Yau Schigolch Marty Kryz Alva Schön - Brett Downey Count Casti Piani - John Burlinson Detective and Jack - Garrison Moore Heilmann and Dr. Hilti – Joseph Tabler Puntschu and Kungu Poti- Alan Weyman Alfred Hugenberg and Kadidia - Chyanne Donnell Bianetta and Magelone - K.G.Cross Ludmilla Steinherz and Bob - P.J. Morgan Stage directions read by Denis Daly. Audio edited by De ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ron Altman, Charlotte Duckett, Marty Kryz, Brett Downey, John Burlinson, Alan Weyman, Leanne Yau. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/002419/bk_mike_002419_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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56: Joe Dimaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 819min
Seventy baseball seasons ago, on a May afternoon at Yankee Stadium, Joe DiMaggio lined a hard single to left field. It was the quiet beginning to the most resonant baseball achievement of all time. Starting that day, the vaunted Yankee center fielder kept on hitting - at least one hit in game after game after game. In the summer of 1941, as Nazi forces moved relentlessly across Europe and young American men were drafted by the millions, it seemed only a matter of time before the U.S. went to war. The nation was apprehensive. Yet for two months in that tense summer, America was captivated by DiMaggio's astonishing hitting streak. In 56, Kostya Kennedy tells the remarkable story of how the streak found its way into countless lives, from the Italian kitchens of Newark to the playgrounds of Queens to the San Francisco streets of North Beach; from the Oval Office of FDR to the Upper West Side apartment where Joe's first wife, Dorothy, the movie starlet, was expecting a child. In this crisp, evocative narrative Joe DiMaggio emerges in a previously unseen light, a 26-year-old on the cusp of becoming an icon. He comes alive - a driven ballplayer, a mercurial star and a conflicted husband - as the tension and the scrutiny upon him build with each passing day. DiMaggio's achievement lives on as the greatest of sports records. Alongside the story of DiMaggio's dramatic quest, Kennedy deftly examines the peculiar nature of hitting streaks and with an incisive, modern-day perspective gets inside the number itself, as its sheer improbability heightens both the math and the magic of 56 games in a row. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin T. Collins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/012694/bk_adbl_012694_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Poietry
Poietry - Challenging Solitude and the Improbability of Communication: ab 49.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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The Improbability Principle
The Improbability Principle - Why Coincidences Miracles and Rare Events Happen Every Day: ab 12.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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The Improbability Principle
The Improbability Principle - Why coincidences miracles and rare events happen all the time: ab 9.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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The Improbability of Love
The Improbability of Love - SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016: ab 9.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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