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When it comes to the wild Kingdom of Alaska, in a reality where Russia never sold the territory to the United States, a Rodinov has always protected the Baranov royal family. And Jeffrey, born and raised to be the next in the long and illustrious line of protectors, is not about to let the tradition fail with him. But Princess Nicole isn't exactly the easiest charge: an expert at hunting who's sharp as nails, stubborn as a bull, and completely convinced she doesn't need anyone watching her back. Even worse, she's got the most kissable lips Jeffrey has ever seen.

Alaska is a rough, beautiful country ruled by a famously eccentric royal family, including oldest daughter, Princess Alexandria, whose acid wit and bad case of insomnia have turned her into a tabloid darling, a palace problem, and overall...Marine biologist Dr. Shel ("Never Sheldon") Rivers has a problem. Some princess expects him to wait on her, hand and dimpled foot. His boss is taken with the royal redhead, and nobody realizes that he just wants to be left alone in his lab.

Five hundred years ago, Jack made a deal with the devil. It's difficult for him to remember much about his mortal days. So he focuses on fulfilling his sentence as a Lantern - one of the watchmen who guard the portals to the Otherworld, a realm crawling with every nightmarish creature imaginable. Jack has spent centuries jumping from town to town, ensuring that nary a mortal - or not-so-mortal - soul slips past him. That is, until he meets beautiful Ember O'Dare. Seventeen, stubborn, and a natural-born witch, Ember feels a strong pull to the Otherworld. Undeterred by Jack's warnings, she crosses into the forbidden plane.

On December 16, 2019, Jerrold Nadler, Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives, and the full Committee on the Judiciary released an updated version of the Impeachment Report. Now officially titled Impeachment of Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, Report of the Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives, this document serves as the latest government-issued report from the Democrat-led House.

Mit Kalle Blomquist auf Verbrecherjagd. Kalle Blomquist, der Meisterdetektiv, kommt jedem Verbrechen auf die Spur! Und schon steckt er wieder mitten in einem neuen Fall: Der kleine Rasmus und sein Vater, ein berühmter Erfinder, werden entführt, und Kalle und seine Freunde Anders und Eva-Lotta sind Zeugen. Eva-Lotta gerät sogar selbst in die Fänge der Entführer! Ob es Kalle Blomquist gelingen wird, sie zu befreien? Der NDR-Hörspielklassiker ist eine echte Rarität. Dieses NDR-Hörspiel aus dem Jahr 1955 ist ein absoluter Hörspielklassiker aus der Glanzzeit des Radios.

Verna Lind expects Christmas of 1952 to be the best holiday she’s had since the war ended. But as she’s leaving the bank, a frigid wind off Lake Erie catches her hard-earned Christmas club savings, whisking the bills into the busy streets of downtown Cleveland and devastating her plans. Strangers come to her aid, though no one anticipates the power of their chance encounter or the seeds of happiness Verna’s lost money will sow.

Vlad is not looking forward to his vampire cousin, Lupus, coming to stay. Lupus is supposed to teach Vlad how to be a proper vampire, but all Vlad can think about is how to stop Lupus from following him to human school! Soon, Lupus has all the humans charmed, too, and Vlad is in despair. But the school play auditions show who really has talent and who is the one with true friends. Vlad may be in for a surprise....

As Elio lies stricken under a powerful curse, the only way his friends Thanis, Alish, Kiri and Kaspar can cure him is to venture into the Forest of the Ancients. Rumour tells of a race of healers who dwell there, the mysterious tree-folk known as the Sylvaneth, but are they allies or enemies...?

I’m an occultist living in a haunted brownstone in upstate New York. The building is a ghostly double-image of itself, like a picture painted brightly over an older, weirder picture. It’s an equinox place, my mother once said, where dark and light things are equally in power. I want to tell you, dear strangers, why I was there and what I found.

Laura is an aspiring playwright and director. Living off sheer ambition and the odd bit of praise, she struggles more and more to justify her own life choices. After being accepted onto an accessibility scheme, she is given the opportunity to work with her hero, Louis Sherman, but what she encounters behind the scenes defines her career and life forever.

In Olio Live - a very special one-night performance recorded live at the Minetta Lane Theater in February 2019 - poet Tyehimba Jess introduces listeners to his 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, Olio. A stellar cast of actors, accompanied by pianist Jeremy Gill, performs a selection of poems from the collection, all of which reinterpret the lived experience of real historical figures.

Rouen, 1890. Nach einem Spaziergang an der Seine kehrt der junge Vicomte de Folieson in seltsamer Unruhe zurück auf sein Anwesen. Ein rätselhaftes Fieber, eine unerklärliche Unruhe erfasst ihn, die ihm den Schlaf und seine Kräfte zusehends raubt. Nach einer Kur scheint er genesen, jedoch bald nach seiner Rückkehr fällt er in das alte Leiden zurück.

Alastair has found the perfect partner in husband Steven. Together they've built a successful life, had a beautiful child, and still behave like newlyweds long since the day he carried her over the threshold. But all of that changes in an instant thanks to a thoughtless deed that has lifelong repercussions. With secrets bubbling to the surface, the pair find their American dream life suddenly in jeopardy, and neither one of them are willing to let go at any cost.

The adventure begins.... Raised as a slave, Kiri dreams of one day living a better life. That day comes when her barbarian captors are attacked by the noble Stormcast Eternals. Seizing her chance, Kiri flees through a mysterious Realmgate to the fabled city of Lifestone. There she meets a special group of children: Thanis the fighter, Alish the inventor, Kaspar the sneak and Elio the healer. Together they must lift a terrible curse and save the city from darkness.

Ein abgelegenes Haus, Winternacht: Noelle leistet ihrer Freundin Jenna übers Wochenende Gesellschaft, da sie ihre kranke Tante versorgen soll. Im Fernsehen wird von einem entflohenen Mörder berichtet und kurz darauf versucht jemand mit aller Gewalt ins Haus einzudringen, zu den Mädchen zu gelangen. Ein gnadenloses Katz-und-Maus-Spiel entbrennt, das schon bald sein erstes Opfer fordert. Wer wird die Nacht des Schreckens überleben?

Mit Ertaunen und Verwunderung sehen die bärtigen Seeleute, wie ein seltsames Schiff im Hafen von Monte Video vor Anker geht. Sie sind rauhbeinig, hart und haben vieles auf den Weltmeeren gesehen, aber eine Frage beschäftigt sie mit großer Furcht: Ist das mysteriöse Schiff das des "Roten Piraten", vor dem die ganze Welt zittert?

Kalles Kuh trifft ihre neuen Freunde, und dabei ist ihr kein Weg zu weit. Sie streift durch Steppen und Regenwälder, taucht in die Tiefen der Weltmeere und liebt es ihre gefiederten Freunde in der Luft zu bewundern ...

Wie wird das Schaffell zur Wolle? Warum legen Hennen Eier? Und warum kräht der Hahn...

Karl Burgsdorf wünschte sich als kleiner Junge einen großen Löwen, der mit ihm durch die Straßen geht, und alle Menschen sollten ihn dann bewundern...

Um 1641 versucht der Kapitän eines niederlädischen Schiffes, das Kap der Guten Hoffnung zu umfahren. Es herrscht ein unbarmherziger Sturm, die See ist seit Wochen rau und tosend. Nach 16 Wochen vergeblichen Kampfes meutert die Mannschaft.