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BioCoder #6
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Beginner's Guide to Divination
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The Schoolmaster and Other Stories, E-bok
The Schoolmaster and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Anton Chekhov and was first published in English in 1921.Anton Chekhov, perhaps better known as a world famous classical playwright for works such as Uncle Vanya and The Cherry Orchard was also a prolific short story writer. The Schoolmaster and Other Stories is one of several of his collections. It's a compilation of 30 short stories.Some bizarre, some comical but all very interesting.Stories included are: The Schoolmaster, Enemies, The Examining Magistrate, Betrothed, From the Diary of a Violent-Tempered Man, In the Dark, A Play, A Mystery. Strong Impressions, Drunk, The Marshal's Widow, A Bad Business, In the Court, Boots, Joy, Ladies, A Peculiar Man, At the Barber's, An Inadvertence, The Album, Oh! The Public, A Tripping Tongue, Overdoing It, The Orator, Malingerers, In the Graveyard, Hush!, In an Hotel and In a Strange LandAnton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov had at first written stories only for financial gain, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations which have influenced the evolution of the modern short story. His originality consists in an early use of the stream-of-consciousness technique, later adopted by James Joyce and other modernists, combined with a disavowal of the moral finality of traditional story structure. He made no apologies for the difficulties this posed to readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them.
Introdus, Ljudbok
Året är 2074. Sedan ett decennium har teknologin för så kallad mind upload existerat. Den som vill, och har pengarna, kan nu få sin hjärna inscannad och medvetandet uppladdat till gridden, en virtuell, digital värld. Samhället är kluvet inför den nya tekniken, men Anders Helmemyr, en av förespråkarna för den transhumanistiska rörelsen, är hoppfull. Han drömmer om en dag då denna teknik är tillgänglig för alla. Men plötsligt skakas världen av ett förödande terrordåd, och inget verkar längre säkert. Tiina Björk, expertutredare vid säkerhetspolisen, dras in i en jakt på en mystisk hackare som de ryska och amerikanska säkerhetstjänsterna spårat till Sverige. Det är uppenbart att något stort är på gång - men allt är inte som det verkar.Introdus är andra fristående boken i trilogin Berättelsen om Människan.
The Death of the Lion, Ljudbok
The Death of the Lion is an 1894 short story by Henry James.This short novel is a black comedy about fame, manipulation, pretension, and surviving it all.The narrator, a reprehensible and seedy journalist, sets out to interview a minor author, and in his own quest for glory, turns the author into the celebrity of the day.The sudden and untimely death of the author, with his latest work unfinished, presents a troubling dilemma for the narrator, which he resolves with no more conscience than he had when he began his quest.This is the 1909 New York edition. Total Running Time (TRT): 1h, 41minHenry James, OM (Order of Merit) (1843-1916) was an American-born writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism.He is best known for a number of novels showing Americans encountering Europe and Europeans. His method of writing from a character's point of view allowed him to explore issues related to consciousness and perception, and his style in later works has been compared to impressionist painting. His imaginative use of point of view, interior monologue and unreliable narrators brought a new depth to narrative fiction.Henry James was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911, 1912, and 1916.
30 minuter semester- POOLEN, Ljudbok
Njuter du av att ligga vid poolen, höra kluckandet av vattnet och känna lugnet och värmen på din favoritsemester? Då kan den här guidade avslappningen vara något för dig. Sätt på dig hörlurarna, blunda och res iväg till din favoritplats i 30 minuter. Det här är ett nytt, skönt och kravlöst sätt att slappna av. Den guidade avslappningen går ut på att du tar fram dina egna bästa minnen och upplevelser av sköna semesterstunder. Med hjälp av en trygg och varm röst som reseguide, specialskriven musik och suggestiva ljudeffekter får du hjälp att minnas din favoritsemester i fjällen eller Alperna. Denna ljudbok ingår i en serie som består av två tidsformat och fem semesterplatser: 15 minuter är tänkt att användas mer i vardagen när du kanske sitter på bussen eller vill slappna av på lunchen. 30 minuter är tänkt att användas när du vill slappna av lite djupare, kanske på kvällen eller helgen. Platserna för våra semestrar är: • Stranden • Poolen • Fjällen • Skogen • Båten Välj ut din favoritsemester, sätt på hörlurarna och följ med på en guidad resa till stranden, poolen eller någon annan av de 5 semesterplatserna. Testa. Din semester är närmare än du tror.
The Beast in the Jungle, Ljudbok
The Beast in the Jungle is a 1903 novella by Henry James, first published as part of the collection, The Better Sort. Almost universally considered one of James' finest short narratives, this story treats appropriately universal themes: loneliness, fate, love and death. John Marcher, the protagonist, is reacquainted with May Bartram, a woman he knew ten years earlier, who remembers his odd secret: Marcher is seized with the belief that his life is to be defined by some catastrophic or spectacular event, lying in wait for him like a "beast in the jungle." May decides to buy a house in London with the money she inherited from a great aunt, and to spend her days with Marcher, curiously awaiting what fate has in store for him.The parable of John Marcher and his peculiar destiny has spoken to many readers who have speculated on the worth and meaning of human life.James placed The Beast in the Jungle at the head of volume 17 of the New York Edition (1907–1909) of his fiction, along with another insightful examination of life and death, The Altar of the Dead. Critics have almost unanimously agreed with the author's own high opinion of the tale, with some going so far as to put the story among the best short narratives in any literature.Total Running Time (TRT): 2h, 18minHenry James, OM (Order of Merit) (1843-1916) was an American-born writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism.He is best known for a number of novels showing Americans encountering Europe and Europeans. His method of writing from a character's point of view allowed him to explore issues related to consciousness and perception, and his style in later works has been compared to impressionist painting. His imaginative use of point of view, interior monologue and unreliable narrators brought a new depth to narrative fiction.Henry James was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911, 1912, and 1916.
15 minuter semester - FJÄLLEN, Ljudbok
Älskar du att vara i fjällen eller alperna på din semester? Och blir du helt lugn och lycklig av att blicka ut över de milsvida, vita snötäckta bergen...? Då kan den här guidade avslappningen vara något för dig. Sätt på dig hörlurarna, blunda och res iväg till din favoritplats i 15 minuter. Det här är ett nytt, skönt och kravlöst sätt att slappna av. Den guidade avslappningen går ut på att du tar fram dina egna bästa minnen och upplevelser av sköna semesterstunder. Med hjälp av en trygg och varm röst som reseguide, specialskriven musik och suggestiva ljudeffekter får du hjälp att minnas din favoritsemester i fjällen eller Alperna. Denna ljudbok ingår i en serie som består av två tidsformat och fem semesterplatser: 15 minuter är tänkt att användas mer i vardagen när du kanske sitter på bussen eller vill slappna av på lunchen. 30 minuter är tänkt att användas när du vill slappna av lite djupare, kanske på kvällen eller helgen. Platserna för våra semestrar är: • Stranden • Poolen • Fjällen • Skogen • Båten Välj ut din favoritsemester, sätt på hörlurarna och följ med på en guidad resa till stranden, poolen eller någon annan av de 5 semesterplatserna. Testa. Din semester är närmare än du tror.
SYND - De sju dödssynderna tolkade av Stefan Wallner, Ljudbok
Dödssynderna har sina rötter i bibeln och delas vanligen upp i de dödliga (mortalia) och de förlåtliga (venialia). De dödliga synderna är så allvarliga att de endast kan försonas genom botens sakrament.De sju dödssynderna formulerades på 600 talet av påven Gregorius den store och har under snart femtonhundra år varit lika aktuella i den mänskliga moralens värderingar.En bra grund för författare att med fantasins hjälp, eller ur händelser hämtade från det verkliga livet, gestalta dödssynderna högmod, girighet, lust, avund, frosseri, vrede, lättja och försätta olika karaktärer i de mest nutida vardagliga och prekära situationer.I denna ljudbok tolkar Stefan Wallner dödssynderna i sju fristående noveller, inlästa av Emil Rehnström.Glöm inte att ta del av de andra böckerna i SYND-serien.
Kashtanka, Ljudbok
Kashtanka is a short story by Anton Chekhov, first published in English 1922, as part of the collection The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories.Kashtanka, a shaggy-dog story penned by Anton Chekhov in seven parts and first published in 1887, relates the experiences of its eponymous heroine, a fox-faced, reddish dachshund-mix, whose name means 'little chestnut.'After her detestation of music causes her to become separated from the carpenter with whose family she had been living, Kashtanka finds herself taken up by an unusual vaudevillian and goes to live among an assortment of other intelligent animals, each of whom is observed with the characteristic empathy and humor that stamp Chekhov's work. Total Running Time (TRT): 48 min.Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics.Chekhov had at first written stories only for financial gain, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations which have influenced the evolution of the modern short story. His originality consists in an early use of the stream-of-consciousness technique, later adopted by James Joyce and other modernists, combined with a disavowal of the moral finality of traditional story structure. He made no apologies for the difficulties this posed to readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them.
Brother Jacob, Ljudbok
Brother Jacob is a short story by George Eliot, first published in 1860.In Brother Jacob, George Eliot explores the relationship between the selfish, self-centred and ambitious David Faux and his idiot brother, Jacob.Unabridged, full text version. Totalt running time (TRT): 1 hour, 45 min.Mary Anne Evans (1819-1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, journalist and translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She is the author of seven novels, including Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Middlemarch (1871-72), and Daniel Deronda (1876), most of them set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight.In December 2015, BBC Culture polled book critics outside the UK, to give an outsider’s perspective on the best in British literature. Out of 100 listed novels, Middlemarch by George Eliot listed as #1 and Daniel Deronda listed as #70.
The Schoolmaster and Other Stories, Ljudbok
The Schoolmaster and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Anton Chekhov and was first published in English in 1921.Anton Chekhov, perhaps better known as a world famous classical playwright for works such as Uncle Vanya and The Cherry Orchard was also a prolific short story writer. The Schoolmaster and Other Stories is one of several of his collections. It's a compilation of 30 short stories.Some bizarre, some comical but all very interesting.Stories included are: The Schoolmaster, Enemies, The Examining Magistrate, Betrothed, From the Diary of a Violent-Tempered Man, In the Dark, A Play, A Mystery. Strong Impressions, Drunk, The Marshal's Widow, A Bad Business, In the Court, Boots, Joy, Ladies, A Peculiar Man, At the Barber's, An Inadvertence, The Album, Oh! The Public, A Tripping Tongue, Overdoing It, The Orator, Malingerers, In the Graveyard, Hush!, In an Hotel and In a Strange LandAnton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics.Chekhov had at first written stories only for financial gain, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations which have influenced the evolution of the modern short story. His originality consists in an early use of the stream-of-consciousness technique, later adopted by James Joyce and other modernists, combined with a disavowal of the moral finality of traditional story structure. He made no apologies for the difficulties this posed to readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them.
Collaboration, Ljudbok
Collaboration is a short story by Henry James, first published in 1893.The story takes place in Paris sometime after the Franco-Prussian War (1870--Germany won--the French Second Republic collapsed--France embittered).A French poet and a German composer come to admire one another's work and decide to collaborate on an opera. There are costs to pay.Total Running Time (TRT): 57minHenry James, OM (Order of Merit) (1843-1916) was an American-born writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism.He is best known for a number of novels showing Americans encountering Europe and Europeans. His method of writing from a character's point of view allowed him to explore issues related to consciousness and perception, and his style in later works has been compared to impressionist painting. His imaginative use of point of view, interior monologue and unreliable narrators brought a new depth to narrative fiction.Henry James was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911, 1912, and 1916.