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Five friends, one university creative writing course, one weekend away to celebrate. Nobody expected it to end in disaster. Ten years ago, promising young writer Keith Brooks fell to his death during a weekend getaway with his university friends. The official story? A tragic accident. But when disgraced journalist Phoebe Black stumbles upon conflicting accounts from Keith's surviving friends, she uncovers a web of lies that suggests something far more nefarious happened on that fateful night.

In the hilarious mystery series 'Aunties,' writer Kevin Yee introduces three unassuming Chinatown shopkeepers who become their community's unlikely guardians. Starring Wai Ching Ho, Rosalind Chao, and Lauren Tom, this series follows Mei, Patricia, and Lian as they transform from everyday merchants into unexpected heroes. By day, they run their shops and practice tai chi; by night, they defend their neighborhood from gentrification, crime, and corruption with surprising combat skills and razor-sharp wit.

Own five of history's most influential books on strategy, power, war, and leadership in one complete audiobook. Together, these classics have shaped the thinking of military commanders, political leaders, entrepreneurs, executives, and strategists for centuries. Their lessons extend far beyond the battlefield, offering enduring insights into leadership, negotiation, competition, preparation, decision making, and human nature.

Acknowledged as one of the greatest religious teachers of this or any other age, the late J. Krishnamurti was a visionary whose ideas are still ahead of his time. New Dimensions host Michael Toms was fortunate to capture this philosopher's penetrating wisdom in 1983, just a few years before his death at the age of 90.

Krishnamurti addresses love, greed, violence, separation, time, death, conflict, and fear, discussing them all with a clarity and insight that makes the entire spiritual landscape appear newly visible and replete with possibilities. Krishnamurti also has much to say about the source of our problems, both personal and planetary, with appropriate comments on how to resolve them.

Father of cyberpunk William Gibson’s original script for Alien III, written in 1987 as a sequel to Aliens, never made it to our screens, although it went on to achieve cult status among fans as the third instalment that might have been after being leaked online. This terrifying, cinematic multicast dramatisation - directed by the multi-award-winning Dirk Maggs - is the chance to experience William Gibson’s untold story and its terrifying, claustrophobic and dark encounters between humans and aliens, as a completely immersive audio experience.

Capra relates his personal journey of meeting and interacting with some of the leading contemporary thinkers and visionaries. What emerges is a wisdom-packed dialogue about new ways of thinking and being. From Krishnamurti's spiritual insight to Gregory Bateson's intellectual prowess, Capra weaves an intricate and informative web of influences on his own pioneering work of bridging science and spirit. For anyone interested in the future, this is a conversation not to be missed.

The oldest human quest serves as the central focus for this wonderful exploration into how truth is revealed. Learning to listen to the inner voice, living in relationship, suffering and liberation, finding providential help along the way and much more are covered by Needleman as he speaks to the depth and breadth of the spiritual search. He emphasizes the power of the oral tradition and the need to be open and receptive to truth when it appears.

Here Wayne Dyer tells his personal story as never before in a moving and poignant manner, and shares insights gleaned from his vigorous pursuit of aliveness and joy.

Drunk with the Divine, Rumi wrote 20,000 poems of mystical, ineffable love of God. "There is a ferocity in his longing that maybe we don't understand," says Barks. Listen in and understand a little better. A wondrous, exhilarating look at the exultant poetry of Jelaluddin Rumi, the 13th century Sufi poet, with Coleman Barks.

One of the foremost theoretical physicists in the world, the late David Bohm, tells why science has become specialized and fragmented at the cost of its soul. He describes his theory of the implicate order and goes on to explore its implications for human consciousness.

The awesome potential of the human brain can only be tapped by providing the best possible learning environment at the earliest possible age. Scientific research has shown that television damages the full neural development of children's brains, crippling their capacity for symbol and metaphor. Pearce envisions a society in which our brains and spirits can develop to their highest potential.

Topics explored in this dialogue include: how you can address the greatest challenge of our times, the role of the arts in deep ecology, how the shift from linear thinking to systems thinking in the sciences affects us now and in the future, understanding the complexity of living systems and life itself, why creativity is the driving force of evolution, what religion and deep ecology have in common, what's really behind the information age, and the mathematics of complexity.

"The whole job of learning how to produce miracles for yourself is to convince yourself that you already have this power," says Wayne Dyer. He describes the "real magic" available in every life as the undeveloped powers existing within each of us.

Best-selling motivational author and lecturer Wayne Dyer ignites your inspiration to be all you can be. "The danger is not that your hopes are too high and you fail to reach them, but that they are too low and you do."

Der November neigt sich dem Ende zu – doch keine Schneeflocken weit und breit, denn der Winter hält noch Sommerschlaf. Da bitten Petronellas Schwestern, die Wetterhexen, sie um Hilfe: Nur gemeinsam kann es gelingen, den Winter endlich zu wecken. Widerwillig begibt sich Petronella auf die Reise – nicht ahnend, welches Abenteuer vor ihr liegt. Auf dem Mühlteich treibt ein Floß voller Grimmbärte.

Der fliegende Schwamm (1) + (2). SpongeBob ist mal wieder beim Quallenfischen. Er grübelt nach und muss zugeben, dass er am liebsten mit den Quallen davon schweben würde. Aber Schweben und Fliegen wollen erst einmal gelernt sein. Gemeinsam mit Patrick probiert er jede nur erdenkliche Form des Fliegens aus. Zum Beispiel konstruieren die beiden ein Flugzeug. Auch an einem Drachen versuchen sie sich. Doch alle Versuche bleiben erfolglos. Bob will seinen Plan schon aufgeben, da gerät sein Föhn durch Zufall in seine Hose.

Zwangsurlaub. Mr. Krabs soll ein Bußgeld bezahlen, weil er seine Mitarbeiter äußerst unfair behandelt. So kommt zum Beispiel endlich heraus, dass SpongeBob in all den Jahren, in denen er in der Krossen Krabbe arbeitet, nicht einen Tag Urlaub bekommen hat. Daraufhin gibt Krabs seinem Angestellten Nummer 1 spontan einen ganzen Tag frei. Doch dieser Tag wird für SpongeBob zum absoluten Albtraum. Ohne seinen Lieblingsplatz, der zugleich auch sein Arbeitsplatz ist, kann er einfach nicht leben.

Die Krossen Knochenbrecher. Im Rahmen eines Wrestling-Events winkt demjenigen, der den bislang ungeschlagenen Schwergewichts-Champions besiegt, eine Million Dollar in bar. Mr. Krabs schickt sofort SpongeBob und Patrick als Die Krossen Knochenbrecher in den Ring - doch die nehmen die Sache von der heiteren Seite... Die Karte. Beim Kauf von Meerjungfraumann-Sammelkarten wird SpongeBob auf eine wertvolle, seltene Spezialkarte aufmerksam gemacht - die sich natürlich in der einzigen Packung findet, die Patrick ersteht.

Wo die Liebe hinfällt. Mr. Krabs' Mutter sieht sich nach langer Zeit mal wieder nach einem passenden Ehepartner um. Als Krabs erfährt, mit wem sie sich trifft, ist er hellauf entsetzt: Es ist ausgerechnet sein Erzfeind Plankton! Natürlich ist er sofort davon überzeugt, dass Plankton wieder nur hinter dem Geheimrezept für seine Krabbenburger her ist - und tut alles, um Planktons Pläne zu entlarven... Meerjungfraumann und Blaubarschbube. Spongebob und Patrick sind außer sich vor Freude: Endlich kommt der neue Film mit ihren Idolen Meerjungfraumann und Blaubarschbube in die Kinos!