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With the possible exception of Mozart, Verdi is the most popular opera composer who ever lived. Quite early in his career his tunes were being cranked out by barrel organs throughout Europe and were well known to many who may never even have heard his name. But the complex man behind them remains elusive and puzzling. In this portrait-in-sound, Jeremy Siepmann and a group of distinguished actors take an in-depth look behind the popular image of a man who was, and perhaps remains, the most enduring national hero in Italian history and a colossus in the history of music itself.

The life of Franz Schubert has been a gift to romantically inclined biographers: the beautiful, brilliant, modest boy who sprang to fully fledged genius at the age of sixteen; the quintessential ‘artist in a garret’, entirely consumed by his art and living a hand-to-mouth existence in Vienna (home of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven); the gentle, cheerful, convivial young man who prized friendship almost as highly as music itself; the unworldly poet from whom great music poured like water from a fountain; the unrecognized master who died almost penniless at the age of 31.

While the notion of jealousy is often associated with sin, Simpson reveals how God's jealousy over His people can be a righteous and transformative force. Drawing from biblical teachings, Simpson unravels the connection between idol worship and the jealousy of God. He highlights how idolatry, which extends beyond physical objects to encompass desires that supersede our devotion to God, grieves His heart. As the New Testament expands the definition of idolatry to include covetousness, Simpson empowers listeners to identify and overcome the idols that hinder their relationship with the Almighty.

This book is about prayer AND spiritual growth. It is not another book on a special formula to snatch some blessings from God through prayer. It is a powerful recipe for success when you combine spiritual growth alongside effective praying.

The Anointing of the Holy Spirit has both power and pitfalls that we will examine. Thank God that we all can learn how to “be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.” With the armour of God and the anointing He gives, we are able to stand against all the wiles of the devil and come out victorious!

1839, and Bow Street Runner Pip Shepherd is out of a job. The Runners have been disbanded, merged with Sir Robert Peel's new Metropolitan Police - and there's no way Pip's signing up with them. But when he befriends 'Peeler' Thomas Tedman, and hears about an upcoming detective division, he has second thoughts, and soon the duo are investigating their first cases together.

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast production of one of the earliest plays by Alan Bennett. The 1970s are a time of change, but Labour MP George Oliver feels stuck in one place: distrusting the ‘mawkish mentality’ of the young and fearing the encroaching life of the middle-aged, with little to look forward to but the imminent end of a not-very-interesting road.

Like a Jay Ward cartoon in audio, The Adventures of Tea Man, Volume Two is a hilarious, wacky collection of radio theater written and performed by Mitchell Pearson and the DQD Theater of Philadelphia and produced by Joe Bevilacqua. Get ready for two hours of comedy entertainment!

This is a story from the Canterbury Tales II: Modern Verse Translation collection.

Four more delightful tales from one of the most entertaining storytellers of all time. Though writing in the thirteenth century, Chaucer’s wit and observation comes down undiminished through the ages, especially in this accessible modern verse translation. The stories vary considerably from the uproarious Wife of Bath’s Tale, promoting the power of women to the sober account of patient Griselda in the Clerk’s Tale.

London, 1853, and the sedate religious publishing house of Spavin and Spavin is about to experience a radical shake-up. Vivacious actress Cordelia is on the hunt for a husband and has her eye on Gerald, one of the firm's partners, while her son, Primus, has ambitions to take over the firm. And when he does, it'll be out with the Bibles and in with the best sellers - starting with Charlotte Brontë's latest blockbuster.

Edgar Allan Poe und Auguste Dupin haben gerade mit der Suche nach dem Grimoire begonnen, als Georges Lorant sie darum bittet, die Suche für einen Augenblick zu unterbrechen und in einem Entführungsfall zu ermitteln. Gemeinsam mit Irene Adler und Sherlock Holmes folgen Dupin und Poe einer Spur, die sie in das kleine Dorf Saint Manon in der Nähe von Paris führt.

Obwohl die Sonderermittler nach wie vor noch unter dem Eindruck von Mycroft Holmes_ Tod stehen, müssen sie sich direkt zwei neuen Fällen widmen. Oscar Wilde und Sherlock Holmes gehen einer mysteriösen Brandserie in Edinburgh nach. Währenddessen stellen Irene Adler und Mr. Wu in einem kleinen Dorf in Irland Ermittlungen an. Eine alte Legende, die von einem Hexendiadem, dem Diadem der Macht, handelt, scheint tödliche Realität zu werden. Und plötzlich befinden sich nicht nur die Dorfbewohner, sondern auch Irene Adler und Mr. Wu in Lebensgefahr.

The first book introducing loveable dog detective Monty! You might think that dogs can't understand us...but you'd be wrong. Apart from an obsession with cheese, Monty is a perfectly rational animal. So when his beloved master is stabbed to death, Monty decides to use his formidable nose to track the killer down. Luckily he manages to find a home with Rose Sidebottom, the young policewoman who's investigating the case.

Bei einem Einbruch im Britischen Museum wird nicht nur der mysteriöse schwarze Spiegel des Magiers John Dee gestohlen, sondern auch ein Wachmann getötet. Ein überlebender Zeuge spricht von einer weißen Bestie, die den Mann umgebracht haben soll. Phileas Fogg nimmt sich des Falls an und beschließt, das gestohlene Artefakt wieder aufzuspüren und nebenbei den Mord aufzuklären. Eine heiße Spur führt zu dem in London gastierenden Zirkus Riccotelli. Die dortige Hauptattraktion sind zwei weiße Panther, die zu der attraktiven Dompteurin Amber Quinn gehören.

The Bosom of the Father is the place prepared for us! Beloved, perhaps you’ve never yet been told, but the Scriptures reveal the liberating truth that for those of us who are in Christ, we’re now in the bosom of our heavenly Father! The dawning of this reality will help us experience the immeasurable love of God.

Django wird von einem alten Freund gebeten, nach dessen Sohn Jacob zu suchen, der in New Orleans an die falschen Leute geraten ist. In der heißen, von schwarzer Magie geschwängerten Atmosphäre dieses Hexenkessels erwarten den sonst so hartgesottenen Helden allerlei tödliche Gefahren, denn er zieht den Zorn des gefürchteten Voodoo-Priesters Ledoux auf sich, der seine Feinde nicht einfach tötet, sondern ihre schlimmsten Albträume zum Leben erweckt. Ledoux ist der heimliche Herrscher der Totenstadt, der über dem Gesetzt zu stehen scheint.

Eine rätselhafte Karte führt Phileas Fogg und seine Freunde nach Frankreich, wo sie weitere Spuren der Halbgöttin Isais vermuten. In England macht Sherlock Holmes in der Zwischenzeit eine beunruhigende Entdeckung. Er bittet die Sonderermittler Irene Adler und Oscar Wilde um Mithilfe bei der Aufklärung eines Mordfalls. Dieser bestätigt Holmes' schlimmste Befürchtungen: Fogg und seine Begleiter schweben in größter Gefahr, von der sie nicht das Geringste wissen.