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En 1848, le neveu de Napoléon Ier devient le premier président de la République. Quatre ans plus tard, il est couronné empereur sous le nom de Napoléon III. Sous son règne, la France connaît une période de prospérité et de progrès social. Découvrez la vie méconnue du monarque qui a profondément marqué l'histoire de France en la faisant entrer dans la modernité. Cette version sonore de ce récit est animée par dix voix et accompagnée de plus de trente morceaux de musique classique.

Le règne de Louis XIV est le plus long et le plus glorieux de l'histoire de France. Continuant l'œuvre de ses ancêtres, il agrandit le royaume au prix de nombreuses guerres. Du somptueux château de Versailles qu'il a fait construire, il encourage les arts et les lettres en soutenant, entre autres Lully, Molière et Racine. Cette version sonore de la vie extraordinaire de ce roi que l'on appela de son vivant le Roi Soleil est animée par dix voix et accompagnée de plus de trente morceaux de musique classique.

In 1847, 10-year-old Eliza Spalding is growing up with her missionary family as the first white girl to be born in the Oregon Territory. Eliza loves seeing the Nez Perce Indians come to know Jesus, and she prays the Cayuse tribe will believe as well. But, when an epidemic ravishes the Cayuse and tensions rise, Eliza finds herself witnessing the historical episode known as the Whitman Massacre. Told with rich detail and cultural appreciation for Native Americans, this adventure story will thrill young listeners and encourage them in their faith.

Jeska doesn't know why her mother keeps the curtains drawn so tightly every day. And what exactly is she trying to drown out when she floods the house with Mozart? What are they hiding from? When Jeska's grandmother accidentally calls her by a stranger's name, she seizes her first clue to uncovering her family's past, and hopefully to all that's gone unsaid. With the help of an old family photo album, her father's encyclopedia collection, and the unquestioning friendship of a stray cat, the silence begins to melt into frightening clarity.

A 70 ans, Voltaire est célèbre dans l'Europe entière et n'a plus rien à prouver. Il se passionne pour l'agriculture et emploie sa considérable fortune à mettre en valeur la seigneurie de Ferney près de Genève. Mais le vieux philosophe est plus pugnace que jamais lorsqu'il s'agit de combattre l'intolérance et l'injustice. Accusé d'avoir mutilé un crucifix de bois à Abbeville, le jeune chevalier de La Barre risque la torture et le bûcher. De sa lointaine retraite, Voltaire réussira-t-il à le sauver ?

Sam Kerr is an Aussie Rules fan through and through. When she’s excluded from her team she doesn’t know what to do. Netball? No thanks. Chess? Bleugh. Her best friends Dylan and Indi think she should flip from Aussie Rules to soccer – and it doesn’t seem so bad at first. The coach is okay. The team seems nice enough.... But with Chelsea the school bully on her case and the pressure of learning new rules weighing her down, will it all be too much? Will Sam give up – or will she make the flip?

Aspiring writer Aggie Morton is ready to enjoy a trip to a Yorkshire spa, where her widowed mother can take the waters and recover from a long mourning period. Having solved yet another murder and faced extreme peril with her best friend, Hector, over Christmas, Aggie’s Morbid Preoccupation is on alert when rumors abound about the spa's recently deceased former patient...and then another body appears under mysterious circumstances. Aggie and Hector take a closer look at the guests and staff of the Wellspring Hotel, and venture into the intriguing world of the local undertaker.

Die wahre Überlebensgeschichte eines jüdischen Mädchens. Tamar ist drei Jahre alt, als die Deutsche Wehrmacht im Juni 1941 in Litauen einmarschiert und ihre Heimatstadt Wilna (heute Vilnius) besetzt. Wenige Monate später, im September 1941, errichten die Deutschen einen abgeriegelten, bewachten Ghettobezirk, in dem alle Juden in großer Enge und unter schwierigsten Bedingungen leben müssen. Nach der Deportation des Vaters nach Estland folgen ihm Mutter und Tochter.

Inspired by the life and lyrics of David Bowie, author-illustrator Jami Gigot imagines the story of a lonely young boy enchanted by the music of the stars - yet no one else can hear the shimmy-shake rhythm that moves through his body. At first misunderstood and ignored, David ultimately finds the courage to be true to himself, sparking a dazzling revolution.

At three years of age Susan, who was very bright and quick, learned her letters and also some words, while on a visit at her grandmother’s. When she was a little older, she attended a district school, and then a private school conducted in the Anthony home. Susan was a very successful teacher, and often she grew indignant to see that men who did not do their work so well as she received four times as much pay. Equal pay for equal work was one of the rights that she began to demand for her fellow women from that time on.

When Flory's ancestors are forced to leave Spain during the time of the Spanish Inquisition, they take with them their two most precious possessions - the key to their old house and the Ladino language. When Flory flees Europe during World War II to begin a new life in the United States, she carries Ladino with her, along with her other precious possessions - her harmoniku and her music. But what of the key?

From the number-one New York Times best-selling author and creator of The Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday comes one of the most incredible stories in all of history. A young boy, out of nowhere, is chosen to be the emperor of most of the known world. What he learns, what he does, who he is, will echo in eternity.

Inspired by a true story, Kafka and the Doll recounts a remarkable gesture of kindness from one of the world's most bewildering and iconic writers. In the fall of 1923, Franz Kafka encountered a distraught little girl on a walk in the park. She'd lost her doll and was inconsolable. Kafka told her the doll wasn't lost, but instead, traveling the world and having grand adventures! And to reassure her, Kafka began delivering letters from the doll to the girl for weeks.

A te che questo tempo ha appena portato ad ascoltare questo audiolibro. Devo dirti una cosa importante: ti prego, fa' attenzione. In questo audiolibro, non troverai nessun supereroe e nemmeno parole come "mantello" o "e dalla lampada uscì", no, niente di tutto questo. Qui troverai una vita vera, una vita che esiste, e le vite vere che esistono sono fragili, delicate, forti ma piene di cuore e di spaventi che ci portiamo dentro da anni e anni o, forse, da tantissime vite. Ci sono dentro coraggio e amore e amici, e c'è il mare, e un parco giochi incastrato nel centro della città.

Everyone makes mistakes, and brilliant scientist Harry Coover is no different. But Harry keeps making the same extra-sticky mistake, and he begins to wonder whether it's such a mistake after all....

Raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the heart of Jim Crow, Dovey Johnson Roundtree felt the sting of inequality at an early age and made a point to speak up for justice. She was one of the first Black women to break the racial and gender barriers in the US Army when women were barely allowed to serve; a fierce attorney in the segregated courtrooms of Washington, DC; and a minister in Black churches, where women had never before had the chance to speak.

For Carrie and her best friend, Zora, Eatonville - America’s first incorporated Black township - has been an idyllic place to live out their childhoods. But when a lynch mob crosses the town’s border to pursue a fugitive and a grave robbery resuscitates the ugly sins of the past, the safe ground beneath them seems to shift.

Before he was a household name, Cassius Clay was a kid with struggles like any other. Kwame Alexander and James Patterson join forces to vividly depict his life up to age seventeen in both prose and verse, including his childhood friends, struggles in school, the racism he faced, and his discovery of boxing. Readers will learn about Cassius' family and neighbors in Louisville, Kentucky, and how, after a thief stole his bike, Cassius began training as an amateur boxer at age twelve.

In her debut book, Misty Copeland tells the story of a young girl - an every girl - whose confidence is fragile and who is questioning her own ability to reach the heights that Misty has reached. Misty encourages this young girl's faith in herself and shows her exactly how, through hard work and dedication, she, too, can become Firebird.

Wzruszająca opowieść o Januszu Korczaku i o wychowankach sierocińca, który stworzył z myślą o dzieciach. "Na ulicy Krochmalnej 92 był wielki, biały budynek z tablicą "Dom Sierot". I tam Frania po raz pierwszy zobaczyła Panadoktora. Stał przed głównym wejściem i czekał na dzieci, żeby się z nimi przywitać. Babcia, gdy to opowiada, a lubi tę część, mówi: "Pandoktor się do nas uśmiechał. Jak tylko go zobaczyłam, to wiedziałam, że Pandoktor to dobry człowiek". I mówi "Pandoktor" tak, jakby to był jeden wyraz.