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Der kleine Hogarth hat eine blühende Phantasie, aber diesmal bildet er sich wirklich nichts ein: Der Gigant, den er im Wald findet - eine Art Riesenroboter aus dem All - ist ganz real! Von nun an hat Hogarth einen großen Freund, der aber immer wieder für Schwierigkeiten sorgt. Denn obwohl der Riese im Grunde harmlos ist, sind die Bürger des nahen Städtchens erschrocken und glauben sich in Gefahr. Ein von der Regierung geschickter Agent soll Ab...

Katie Lapp hat das karge Amish-Leben hinter sich gelassen und das Erbe ihrer biologischen Mutter angetreten. Nun ist sie die Herrin von Mayfield Manor. In dieser neuen Welt findet sie Trost im Gedenken an ihre Mutter und Stärke durch ihre Liebe zu Justin Wirth, dem Direktor ihrer Stiftung. Doch als ihre totgeglaubte große Liebe, der Amish Daniel Fischer, wieder in ihr Leben tritt, werden die Erinnerungen an ihr altes friedvolles Leben bei Ihre...

Based on the popular website, the Grandiloquent Dictionary, this book contains over 3000 of the most interesting and obscure words in the English language. Some are useful, most are not, but they are all real. A great reference book for any logophile.

Based on the popular website, the Grandiloquent Dictionary, this book contains over 3000 of the most interesting and obscure words in the English language. Some are useful, most are not, but they are all real. A great reference book for any logophile.

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Das Buch zum Kino-Highlight im Sommer 2023 Oppenheimer wird eines der großen Kino-Highlights im Sommer 2023 sein. Das biografische Thriller-Drama über den »Vater der Atombombe« J. Robert Oppenheimer wartet mit einem beeindruckenden Hollywood-Cast auf: Oscar-Preisträger Casey Affleck, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Cillian Murpy, Gary Oldman und viele andere sind dabei. Der Film, bei dem Christopher Nolan für Regie und Drehbuch verantwortlich ze...

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The printed version of the popular website, The Grandiloquent Dictionary, containing over 3000 of the most interesting and obscure words in the English language.

Excerpt from Drama of the ApocalypseThe Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to shew unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John° who bare witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, even of all things that he saw. Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things which are written ...

To dowse, " says the author of this definitive study of the divining art, "is to search with the aid of a handheld instrument such as a forked stick or a pendular bob on the end of a string - for anything: subterranean water flowing in a narrow underground fissure, a pool of oil or a vein of mineral ore, a buried sewer pipe or electrical cable, an airplane downed in a mountain wilderness, a disabled ship helplessly adrift in a gale, a lost wal...

Le piante sono molto importanti per la nostra esistenza e qualità della vita, influenzano positivamente il nostro umore perché anche loro hanno un'anima. Una lunga tradizione di studi e ricerche dimostra che provano emozioni come noi, comunicano attraverso i profumi e i colori, entrano in contatto con l'uomo grazie a una misteriosa percezione extrasensoriale. Come in un romanzo, Peter Tompkins racconta gli studi, le sorprendenti scoperte, si a...

A printed version of the popular online Grandiloquent Dictionary, featuring over 3000 rare and obscure words. A must-have for any logophile.

In the last thirty years of the Soviet Communist project, Viktor Koretsky's art struggled to solve an enduring riddle: how to ensure or restore Communism's moral health through the production of a distinctively Communist vision. In this sense Koretsky's art demonstrates what an "avant-garde late Communist art" would have looked like if we had ever seen it mature. Most striking of all, Koretsky was pioneering the visual languages of Benetton an...

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Seeing himself through the recorded memories of his adversaries gives Daniel a unique, nearly omniscient perspective. No tragedy, comedy, or embarrassment is lost to his memory or hidden from sight. Despite being culturally distinct from his neighbors, Daniel does everything in his power to be near them. His self-hating behavior and the inevitable rejection he suffers at the hands of those from whom he seeks approval ends in violence. The even...

Excerpt from Drama of the Apocalypse The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to shew unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John° who bare witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, even of all things that he saw. Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things which are writte...

Originally published in 1836.Sheppard Lee, Written By Himself is a work of dark satire from the early years of the American Republic. Published as an autobiography and praised by Edgar Allan Poe, this is the story of a young idler who goes in search of buried treasure and finds instead the power to transfer his soul into other men's bodies. What follows is one increasingly practiced body snatcher's picaresque journey through early American pur...

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