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Es ist das Frühjahr 1978. Raj und Angelika lernen sich in Berlin kennen. Er kommt aus Bangladesch, sie ist Berlinerin. Gemeinsam tauchen die beiden tief in die Geschichten ihrer Familien ein und so hören wir über Schicksale in zwei Kontinenten über eine Zeitraum von mehr als 100 Jahren.

Bristol, 1980. In the tight-knit neighbourhood of St. Pauls, 14-year-old Jabari is proud of his position as the only son of revered community leader Ras Levi. Raised in a world of sus laws and council neglect, Jabari finds hope in his Rastafari faith, which offers the comforting vision that one day he and his fellow believers will repatriate to the motherland, where they will at last be free from oppression and prejudice. But in St Pauls a local firebrand activist has been arrested, and violence soon overflows, pulling both father and son into its maelstrom.

Constantinople, A.D. 1203: a great army camps outside the City of Cities, and threatens it with conquest. Within the City, a Greek witch and a renegade monk who is also a white enchanter do their utmost to hold back the tides of war. But even their great powers may not be able to save Byzantium’s empire from the Western Crusade.

Long ago, after the Elder People deserted the place known as Witch World, a portal opened from another realm, bringing the people of Hallack to colonize the abandoned lands. But although the old inhabitants had gone, the Old Gods still existed to confound the new mortals beneath them.

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Rick Martin loved music, and the music loved him. He could pick up a tune so quickly that it didn't matter to the Cotton Club boss that he was underage,or to the guys in the band that he was just a white kid. He started out in the slums of LA with nothing, and he ended up on top of the game in the speakeasies and nightclubs of New York. But while talent and drive are all you need to make it in music, they aren't enough to make it through a life.

Rachel has an unusual problem: she can't die. Her recent troubles - widowhood, a failing business, an unemployed middle-aged son - are only the latest. She's already put up with scores of marriages and hundreds of children, over 2,000 years - ever since she made a spiritual bargain to save the life of her first son back in Roman-occupied Jerusalem. There's only one other person in the world who understands: a man she once loved passionately, who has been stalking her through the centuries, convinced they belong together forever.

In the early 1700s, the discovery of anti-gravity technology led to the development of the aeroship trade. But there is one area that no sky captain dares to venture, and that is the Grey Veil: an inhospitable fog threatening the lives and sanity of all who enter. With the Veil under a strict travel-ban, most level-headed pilots circumvent this treacherous place. Captain Rosanne Drackenheart, on the other hand, makes a pretty penny conducting her smuggling operation through the very edge of the mysterious fog.

As the Korean War ends, practical and well-mannered army nurse Corinne Ford returns stateside to live in the Mississippi town of Conroy with her new fiancé, Private First Class Elijah Dunne. She wonders if their love is strong enough to overshadow their differences, but upon her arrival to Elijah's backwoods stomping grounds, she understands that culture shock is the least of her worries.

Aged Mother Jilo is wise in the ways of magic...but once upon a time, she was just a girl. 1950s Georgia: King Cotton has fallen. Savannah is known as the "beautiful woman with a dirty face," its stately elegance faded by neglect, its soul withering from racial injustice and political corruption. Young Jilo - fiercely independent, intelligent, and ambitious, but thwarted by Savannah's maddeningly genteel version of bigotry - finds herself forced to embrace a dark power that has pursued her family for generations, an ancient magic that may prove her salvation.

Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer leads his 7th Cavalry into the Valley of the Little Big Horn, and into eternity in this truly spectacular audio dramatization of the events that took place on June 25th, 1876. It was a horrific battle, which saw no true victors. Custer's command lost their lives. The Plains Indians lost their way of life. With an exciting music score (using many themes from the actual 7th Cavalry song book), and thousands of sound effects, you will be right in the middle of the famous last stand on the Little Big Horn.

Lothian 1355. Tras la partida de Leonor, Tanarys contrae matrimonio con Evaleen, formando así una alianza entre los clanes más poderosos del sur. Consciente de la inminente invasión inglesa, marcha al norte en busca de aliados. Aunque regresa con el apoyo de otros clanes, es raptado en su propias tierras por mercenarios ingleses, entendiendo que entre sus filas del sur hay traidores. Cuando Tanarys cree que llega su final, el que aceptó a cambio de la marcha de Leonor, flechas y fuego arrasan a sus captores.

Uma releitura potente, ambiciosa e envolvente de um dos maiores mitos da Antiga Grécia: Ariadne, a princesa de Creta, desejada por homens e deuses... e irmã do temível Minotauro.

1421. A França parece prestes a perder a guerra contra a Inglaterra. Enquanto o país se afunda na lama de batalhas sangrentas, o povo passa fome... e o rei permanece escondido. Desse caos surge uma jovem capaz de mudar o rumo da guerra e liderar os franceses à vitória. E o nome dessa garota imprudente, obstinada e brilhante–uma heroína improvável–ecoará através dos séculos: a guerreira, a herética, a santa Joana D'Arc.

Der Hexenmörder aus dem Nebelwald Ein düsteres Mysterium, das den Atem raubt. Im dichten Nebelwald tauchen immer wieder die Leichen junger, rothaariger Frauen mit grünen Augen auf. Alle tragen dieselbe seltsame Hexenkleidung und eine mysteriöse Kette mit Hexagrammanhänger. In der Hand – ein rätselhafter Briefumschlag, dessen Inhalt viele Fragen aufwirft. Die Leichen hängen an Bäumen, um den Hals geschlungen ein Henkerstrick - aber das ist nicht die Todesursache. Unter den Opfern: ein zerbrochener Hexenbesen – und doch war keine dieser Frauen eine Hexe.