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This exquisite, resonant novel by PEN/Faulkner winner James Salter is a brilliant portrait of a marriage by a contemporary American master. It is the story of Nedra and Viri, whose favored life is centered around dinners, ingenious games with their children, enviable friends, and near-perfect days passed skating on a frozen river or sunning on the beach.

This audio story retells the exciting events from Disney and Pixar’s animated feature film Lightyear.

Seventeen-year-old noble Will Arrex and her classmate Paige Tarrant were destined to be bitter rivals. Where Will is ice cold and painfully poised—everything an Arrex should be—Tarrant is a firecracker, unafraid to speak her mind. Every twenty-five years, students aboard the Eden Space Station are chosen by lottery to pilot the Laikas—a fleet of ships sent on exploratory missions, humanity's last hope to find a habitable world. As the only daughter of a powerful politician, Will was not supposed to be one of them.

A timeless story of breathtaking enchantment and fairy-tale romance. To save her beloved father, a beautiful young girl agrees to become the companion of a brutish and very unhappy beast. But as time passes, love works a miraculous change on both their lives.Beautifully narrated by Mia Farrow, and accompanied by an original classical score with 12-piece orchestra.

We've all heard the story of the great flood, the ark, and the animals marching two-by-two. Now, listen to this lyrical telling of the Biblical tale, narrated by the inimitable James Earl Jones.

Talib Mansfield and his first Mate, Waylon Series XI, both are Astronomers and Astrophysicists. They decide to travel through space to validate Talib’s theories of space exploration. Talib being a disgraced, lower level being on Earth. No matter how much he’s accomplished or designed. Waylon being Talib’s invention, becomes his co-pilot.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Brotherhood A Best Of pick and Most Anticipated Sci Fi and Fantasy novel, as selected by Goodreads Buzzfeed BookRiot The Portalist IO9 BookBub SheReads BiblioLifestyle Den of Geek GeekDad “A rich...

A New Scientist Best Popular Science Book of 2023 How seeing Earth through the eyes of an astronaut brings new wonder and meaning to life on our planet. One stifling summer night, the poet and journalist Marjolijn van Heemstra lay awake, unable to sleep—like so many of us feeling anxious and...

Attraversa lo spazio insieme a Buzz Lightyear: allacciati le cinture e preparati alla missione più difficile che Buzz abbia mai intrapreso. Verso l’infinito e oltre!Buzz Lightyear e la sua migliore amica, Alisha Hawthorne, sono space ranger che viaggiano nei luoghi più remoti della galassia. Ma quando si trovano bloccati su un pianeta ostile a causa di un errore commesso da Buzz, quest’ultimo farà di tutto per rimediare ai suoi sbagli. Anche combattere il malvagio robot Zurg insieme a una squadra di reclute!© Disney/Pixar. All rights reserved.© Disney/Pixar. All rights reserved.

Buzz Lightyear skal sørge for ro og orden på værelset, mens Bolette er på skovtur. Desværre går der kludder i hans indstillinger, så han er ikke helt sig selv. Mon hans venner når at få styr på det hele, før Bolette kommer hjem igen? En anden dag, hvor Bolette ikke er hjemme, holder legetøjet en talentkonkurrence. Alle finder på forskellige ting at optræde med. Men Buzz kan ikke vælge, hvilket talent han skal bruge for at imponere Jessie.

El de 1937 y el de 1938. Dos veranos inolvidables, a salvo bajo la dorada luz de Sussex, donde los días se consumen en una sucesión de juegos infantiles y pícnics en la playa. Tres generaciones de la acomodada familia Cazalet reunidas en su finca natal. Los quehaceres de dos abuelos, cuatro hijos, nueve nietos, innumerables parientes políticos, criados y animales domésticos que abarcan desde lo cotidiano hasta lo más trascendental.

Buzz Lightyear y su mejor amiga, Alisha Hawthorne, son guardianes especiales que viajan por los confines de la galaxia. Pero cuando se quedan varados en un planeta hostil por culpa de un error cometido por Buzz, éste hará lo que sea para enmendar sus errores, aunque eso signifique emprender una misión en solitario en la que no verá a sus amigos en años. Cuando Buzz por fin está completando su misión, ¡el robot gigante Zurg llega al planeta! Buzz debe unirse a un equipo de reclutas sin entrenamiento para enfrentarse al malvado robot. Pero Zurg no es lo que parece...

The Lead Trifect of planet Yanda gives Invasion Officer Morg a choice: deliver Joseph Conway safely to Earth, or lose everything. Botching this assignment would be catastrophic, and Conway has no intention of making the journey easy on Morg. After things go awry, they are forced to land on the ultimate vice planet in the universe. Trying to avoid arrest, conspiracies, deadly secrets, and biological threats, the unlikely duo battles to find their way to the ancient home of humanity.

Chris Rush was born into a prosperous, fiercely Roman Catholic New Jersey family. But underneath the gleaming mid-century house, the flawless hostess mom, and the thriving businessman dad ran an unspoken tension that, amid the upheaval of the late 1960s, was destined to fracture their precarious facade. His older sister, Donna, introduces him to the charismatic Valentine, who places a tab of acid on 12-year-old Rush’s tongue, proclaiming: “This is sacrament. You are one of us now.”

香港厭女情感的轉向：探究連登普及後的男性氣質 Misogyny in Transition: Different Faces of Masculinities along the Rise of LIHKG

This is a podcast about space, astronomy, and all sorts of science involving the cosmos!

Willkommen zu 37 Lightyears, dem Podcast, in dem wir, Stefan und Marco, uns auf eine Reise durch die kleinen und großen Augenblicke begeben, die unser Leben geprägt und bereichert haben. In jeder Folge stellen wir uns gegenseitig Aufgaben, sei es einen Film anzuschauen, ein Lied zu hören oder etwas völlig anderes, das uns in einem bestimmten Moment bewegt hat. Begleitet uns, während wir diese Geschichten teilen, lachen, nachdenken und gemeinsam wachsen. Lasst uns zusammen in Erinnerungen schwelgen, neue Erlebnisse entdecken und unsere Begeisterung für die Dinge, die uns am Herzen liegen,...

Before Hisako Saski is even born, her parents make a deal on her behalf. In exchange for a first-class education and a boost out of poverty, Hisako will marry Adem Sadiq, a maintenance engineer and self-styled musician who works the trade lanes aboard his family's sub-light starship, the Hajj. Hisako is not happy when she finds out about the plan. She has little interest in the broken branch of physics the deal requires her to study and is not keen on the idea of giving up her home and everything she knows to marry a stranger.

Podcast dedicated to taking a look at each series within the @StarTrek franchise on the road to the 60th anniversary.

Although mountains have been written and said about the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in the world, here, at last, the Rolling Stones have the opportunity to speak for themselves. In this one of a kind audiobook from music historian and author Geoffrey Giuliano, the very best of what the Stones have had to say over the past five decades is presented as an exciting audio collage for friends, fans, students, and scholars alike. A true Rolling Stones collectible!