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Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century, and when they're gone, it will be forever. Ross Perlin, a linguist and codirector of the Manhattan-based non-profit Endangered Language Alliance, is racing against time to map little-known languages across the most linguistically diverse city in history: contemporary New York.

Exclusively from Audible. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' So begins Charles Dickens' most famous historical drama: a gripping tale of war, social injustice and the choice between darkness and light. After being unjustly imprisoned for 18 years, French doctor Manette is released from the Bastille jail in Paris and embarks upon a journey to London in the hope of finding the daughter he never met.

'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times'; so the recording begins and ends with some of Dickens's best-known words, and between those lines is every Briton's view of the worst excesses of the French Revolution. Set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution, the audiobook tells the story of a French doctor who is imprisoned for 18 years in the Bastille in Paris. Upon his release, he moves to London with his daughter, Lucie, whom he had never met.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Julian Rhind-Tutt, star of Green Wing, also known for his roles in The Madness of King George and Tomb Raider. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Richard Maxwell. After eighteen years as a political prisoner in...

After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the ageing Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil roads of London, they are drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror, and they soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine.

“For more than forty years Roger Cohen has ventured to every corner of the earth to chronicle the great upheavals of our age, but he’s never lost sight of what really matters: love, hope, and all the mysteries of the human heart. Here, in this collection of columns that will take you from...

Get ready for a one-of-a-kind audio experience: discover Rome through intimate, guided audio walking tours of the city's most historic and enchanting quarters. There are four guided tours for you to listen to as you walk through Rome, plus essential Italian words and phrases that every traveler wants to know.

In der Ausgabe 5/2025 von Spotlight Audio besuchen Sie mit uns die wunderbar eigenwillige Stadt Seattle, das Juwel des pazifischen Nordwestens. Üben Sie, sich am Arbeitsplatz höflich auszudrücken, und lernen Sie eine Arzthelferin kennen, die in Anchorage, Alaska, arbeitet.

“One lifetime is not enough for Rome,” the famous saying goes, and anyone who’s ever been there knows these words to be true. In City of the Soul, William Murray begins to show us why. Growing up in Rome and spending much of his life in the city, William Murray is an expert guide as he...

“One lifetime is not enough for Rome,” the famous saying goes, and anyone who’s ever been there knows these words to be true. In City of the Soul, William Murray begins to show us why. Growing up in Rome and spending much of his life in the city, William Murray is an expert guide as he...

Diesen Monat machen Sie einen Spaziergang durch die Straßen New Yorks und lernen die "Stadt, die niemals schläft" aus der Insider-Perspektive...

The Marquis lay there, like stone, with a knife pushed into his heart. On his chest lay a piece of paper, with the words: Drive him fast to the grave. This is from JACQUES. ’The French Revolution brings terror and death to many people. But even in these troubled times people can still love and be kind. They can be generous and true-hearted . . . and brave. An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Charles Dickens original by Ralph Mowat.

In dieser Ausgabe 9/24 von Spotlight Audio: Unternehmen Sie eine persönliche Tour durch das Broadway-Theaterviertel in New York City. Treffen Sie eine Hochzeitsplanerin aus Reno, Nevada, die über Herausforderungen und Erfolge bei der Planung der perfekten Hochzeit berichtet. Lernen und üben Sie die Verwendung von Konditionalsätzen im Arbeitsleben.

New York City wurde vom Coronavirus schwer getroffen, aber Big Apple kämpft dagegen an. In dieser Ausgabe 3/2021 von Spotlight Audio hören Sie von New Yorkern etwas über ihr Leben und wie sich vieles in der Stadt, die niemals schläft, verändert hat. Ebenfalls in dieser Ausgabe: In der dreiteiligen Kurzgeschichte gibt es in einem englischen Landhaus ein Geheimnis zu lösen. Agile Project Management wird in der modernen Arbeitswelt immer beliebter. In English at Work lernen Sie das Vokabular, auf das es ankommt. Englisch lernen mit "Spotlight Audio".

In der November-Ausgabe 2016 von Spotlight Audio geht es nach Dublin, um die dunklere und unheimliche Seite der irischen Hauptstadt zu erforschen. Ein weiteres großes Thema dieser Ausgabe: Es gibt viele Arten, eine Präsentation zu beenden, manche gut, manche weniger gut. Sie bekommen Tipps, wie Sie es schaffen, dass Ihre Zuhörer gut informiert und gebührend beeindruckt nach Hause gehen. Englisch lernen mit "Spotlight Audio".