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As in the original novel, the story follows two relationships: the tragic adulterous romance of Anna Karenina and Count Alexei Vronsky, and the much more hopeful marriage of Nikolai Levin and Kitty Shcherbatskaya. These four, yearning for true love, live in a steampunk-inspired 19th century of...

The Industrial Revolution has escalated into all-out warfare. Sixteen years have passed since the Heterodyne Boys, benevolent adventurers and inventors, disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Today, Europe is ruled by the Sparks, dynasties of mad scientists ruling over - and terrorizing - the hapless population with their bizarre inventions and unchecked power, while the downtrodden dream of the Heterodynes’ return. At Transylvania Polygnostic University, a pretty, young student named Agatha Clay seems to have nothing but bad luck.

Life doesn't pick winners and losers. That's for the corporations to decide. And they picked Liam Argyle for a carefree life of fame and fortune as host of the world's most popular reality show competition. After two seasons of parading about the world's biggest victims on The Grass Is Greener, he's been forced to put a happy face on one tragedy too many - and he won't turn a blind eye to the horrors of the corporate dystopian world of the 2070s any longer. Now, Liam is out to destroy the very people who made him a star.

Erleben Sie H. G. Wells’ faszinierende Erzählung "Der Mann, der Wunder wirken konnte", eindrucksvoll gelesen von Alexander Wohnhaas. In dieser humorvollen und zugleich nachdenklichen Geschichte erhält ein gewöhnlicher Mann plötzlich die Fähigkeit, jedes Wunder zu wirken, das er sich vorstellt. Doch mit großer Macht kommt auch große Verantwortung – und nicht alle Wünsche führen zu den gewünschten Ergebnissen. Wells’ Meisterwerk ist eine zeitlose Reflexion über Menschlichkeit, Macht und die Konsequenzen unserer Wünsche.