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Harry Potter: A History of Magic

An Audio Documentary

by Pottermore Publishing, Ben Davies ...

Narrated by Natalie Dormer ...

Unabridged

11 hours 39 min

The history of magic is as long as time and as wide as the world. In every culture, in every age, in every place and, probably, in every heart, there is magic.Harry Potter: A History of Magic reveals some of the hidden stories behind real-world magic and explores some of J.K. Rowling's magical inventions alongside their folkloric, cultural and historical forebears.Narrator Natalie Dormer and a ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

The history of magic is as long as time and as wide as the world. In every culture, in every age, in every place and, probably, in every heart, there is magic.Harry Potter: A History of Magic reveals some of the hidden stories behind real-world magic and explores some of J.K. Rowling's magical inventions alongside their folkloric, cultural and historical forebears.Narrator Natalie Dormer and a
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The Science of Jurassic World

The Dinosaur Facts Behind the Films

by Mark Brake, Jon Chase ...

Narrated by David Doersch ...

Unabridged

7 hours 35 min

A tale of some of the most amazing creatures ever to grace this tiny planet—unearth how the science fiction of the Jurassic World franchise inspired the evolution of dinosaur science.It all began in 1993. Jurassic Park was a movie landmark in the development of computer-generated imagery and animatronic visual effects. Jurassic Park became the highest-grossing movie of that year, and the highest ... Read more

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A tale of some of the most amazing creatures ever to grace this tiny planet—unearth how the science fiction of the Jurassic World franchise inspired the evolution of dinosaur science.It all began in 1993. Jurassic Park was a movie landmark in the development of computer-generated imagery and animatronic visual effects. Jurassic Park became the highest-grossing movie of that year, and the highest
... Read more
Audiobook

A PhD Is Not Enough!

A Guide to Survival in Science

by Peter J. Feibelman ...

Narrated by Peter J. Feibelman ...

Unabridged

3 hours 5 min

Everything you ever need to know about making it as a scientist.Despite your graduate education, brainpower, and technical prowess, your career in scientific research is far from assured. Permanent positions are scarce, science survival is rarely part of formal graduate training, and a good mentor is hard to find.In A Ph.D. Is Not Enough!, physicist Peter J. Feibelman lays out a rational path to a ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

Everything you ever need to know about making it as a scientist.Despite your graduate education, brainpower, and technical prowess, your career in scientific research is far from assured. Permanent positions are scarce, science survival is rarely part of formal graduate training, and a good mentor is hard to find.In A Ph.D. Is Not Enough!, physicist Peter J. Feibelman lays out a rational path to a
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Stephen Hawking Genius at Work

by Roger Highfield ...

Narrated by Roger Highfield ...

Unabridged

7 hours 47 min

An intimate exploratory tour of Stephen Hawking's office, providing a unique insight into the mind of a genius, the things that inspired him and explanations of his seminal theories.A behind-the scenes tour of the inner sanctum of one of the world's most prominent scientific thinkers.In 2021, the Science Museum made a once-in-a-lifetime acquisition of the contents of Stephen Hawking's office. This ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

An intimate exploratory tour of Stephen Hawking's office, providing a unique insight into the mind of a genius, the things that inspired him and explanations of his seminal theories.A behind-the scenes tour of the inner sanctum of one of the world's most prominent scientific thinkers.In 2021, the Science Museum made a once-in-a-lifetime acquisition of the contents of Stephen Hawking's office. This
... Read more
Audiobook

Grosse Ideen der Wissenschaft Teil 2

Vorlesung

by Ernst Peter Fischer ...

Narrated by Ernst Peter Fischer ...

Series Audiobook 2 - uni auditorium
Abridged

1 hour 17 min

Die überragende Qualität der Wissenschaft von der Natur besteht darin, ihr Wissen in grundlegende Begriffe verpacken zu können, von denen einige sehr berühmt sind und die viele Menschen beschäftigen. Die genannten Ideen werden auf ebenso prägnante wie elegante Weise vorgestellt, wobei deutlich wird, dass die Naturwissenschaften zugleich grandios sind, aber auch geheimnisvoll bleiben. DIE GENE Gene ... Read more

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Die überragende Qualität der Wissenschaft von der Natur besteht darin, ihr Wissen in grundlegende Begriffe verpacken zu können, von denen einige sehr berühmt sind und die viele Menschen beschäftigen. Die genannten Ideen werden auf ebenso prägnante wie elegante Weise vorgestellt, wobei deutlich wird, dass die Naturwissenschaften zugleich grandios sind, aber auch geheimnisvoll bleiben. DIE GENE Gene
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Audiobook

Apocalypse 2012

A Scientific Investigation into Civilization's End

by Lawrence E. Joseph ...

Narrated by Feodor Chin ...

Unabridged

9 hours 42 min

Don’t look upIt won’t help. You can’t get out of the way, you can’t dig a hole deep enough to hide. The end is coming, and there’s nothing you can do about it.So why read this book?Because you can’t look away when not just the religious fanatics are saying we’re all going to be destroyed but the scientists are in on the act too. Here’s what they’re saying:We’re a million years over due for a mass ... Read more

$44.99 CAD

Don’t look upIt won’t help. You can’t get out of the way, you can’t dig a hole deep enough to hide. The end is coming, and there’s nothing you can do about it.So why read this book?Because you can’t look away when not just the religious fanatics are saying we’re all going to be destroyed but the scientists are in on the act too. Here’s what they’re saying:We’re a million years over due for a mass
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आवर्त सारणी के सभी तत्वों के बारे में रोचक तथ्य

चलो जाने उन सभी तत्वों के बारे में जिन्होंने ये ब्रह्मांड बनाया!

by Jitendra Singh Sandhu ...

Narrated by डिजिटल वॉइस Jitendra Singh Sandhu E ...

Unabridged

इस ऑडियोबुक को डिजिटल वॉइस में रिकॉर्ड किया गया है.Sochiye, agar Aavart Sarani ek bore topic na rehkar ek thrilling adventure ban jaaye to?Bilkul wahi anubhav lekar aati hai yeh anokhi Hindi audiobook — “Aavart Sarani ke Sabhi Tatvon ke Baare Mein Rochak Tathya” — jisme science sirf padhaa nahi jaata, balki ek kahani ki tarah jeeya jaata hai.Is romanchak safar mein aap milenge un sabhi 118 tatvon ... Read more

$2.99 CAD

इस ऑडियोबुक को डिजिटल वॉइस में रिकॉर्ड किया गया है.Sochiye, agar Aavart Sarani ek bore topic na rehkar ek thrilling adventure ban jaaye to?Bilkul wahi anubhav lekar aati hai yeh anokhi Hindi audiobook — “Aavart Sarani ke Sabhi Tatvon ke Baare Mein Rochak Tathya” — jisme science sirf padhaa nahi jaata, balki ek kahani ki tarah jeeya jaata hai.Is romanchak safar mein aap milenge un sabhi 118 tatvon
... Read more
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Casanova, der Autor seines Lebens (Ungekürzt)

by Thilo Koch ...

Narrated by Thilo Koch ...

Unabridged

2 hours 40 min

Der Name Casanova ist den Menschen sehr wohl bekannt, denn er wird mit einem bestimmten Typus männlicher Selbstdarstellung verbunden. Giacomo Casanova schrieb seinerzeit seine Biographie auf und erregte mit den beschrieben erotischen Abenteuern viel Aufsehen. Doch leichtfertige Verfälschungen des Textes haben das literarische Ereignis Casanova zu einer billigen Operette gemacht. In diesem Werk ... Read more

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Der Name Casanova ist den Menschen sehr wohl bekannt, denn er wird mit einem bestimmten Typus männlicher Selbstdarstellung verbunden. Giacomo Casanova schrieb seinerzeit seine Biographie auf und erregte mit den beschrieben erotischen Abenteuern viel Aufsehen. Doch leichtfertige Verfälschungen des Textes haben das literarische Ereignis Casanova zu einer billigen Operette gemacht. In diesem Werk
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Audiobook

Verfall und Wiederaufbau der Kultur (Ungekürzt)

by Albert Schweitzer ...

Narrated by Hans Eckardt ...

Unabridged

2 hours 34 min

"Verfall und Wiederaufbau der Kultur" bildet den ersten Teil der kulturphilosophischen Schriften des großen Theologen, Arztes und Musikers Albert Schweitzer. Dem Band liegen Gastvorlesungen Schweitzers an der Universität Uppsala im Frühjahr 1920 zugrunde, er ist aber auch heute, fast hundert Jahre später, noch immer von zeitloser Aktualität. Unter Überschriften wie "Die Schuld der Philosophie an ... Read more

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"Verfall und Wiederaufbau der Kultur" bildet den ersten Teil der kulturphilosophischen Schriften des großen Theologen, Arztes und Musikers Albert Schweitzer. Dem Band liegen Gastvorlesungen Schweitzers an der Universität Uppsala im Frühjahr 1920 zugrunde, er ist aber auch heute, fast hundert Jahre später, noch immer von zeitloser Aktualität. Unter Überschriften wie "Die Schuld der Philosophie an
... Read more
Audiobook

Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena & Non-Human Intelligence: A Compelling Historical Compendium, Volume 1, Antiquity - 1979

by James L. Ryave ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Martin G ...

Unabridged

12 hours 11 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This nonfiction book contains the most important information available about the current body of knowledge regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) and Non-Human Intelligence (NHI), and the most compelling documented historical encounters. Volume I covers the time period from antiquity through 1979. ... Read more

$20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This nonfiction book contains the most important information available about the current body of knowledge regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) and Non-Human Intelligence (NHI), and the most compelling documented historical encounters. Volume I covers the time period from antiquity through 1979.
... Read more
Audiobook

What Einstein Didn't Know

Scientific Answers to Everyday Questions

by Robert L. Wolke ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

8 hours 23 min

How does soap know what's dirt? How do magnets work? Why do ice cubes crackle in your glass . . . And how can you keep them quiet?They are the questions that torment all of us. Now Robert L. Wolke, professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh, provides definitive—and amazingly simple—explanations for the mysteries of everyday life. Shattering myths (such as the common belief ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

How does soap know what's dirt? How do magnets work? Why do ice cubes crackle in your glass . . . And how can you keep them quiet?They are the questions that torment all of us. Now Robert L. Wolke, professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh, provides definitive—and amazingly simple—explanations for the mysteries of everyday life. Shattering myths (such as the common belief
... Read more
Audiobook

Scientific Methods

by Introbooks Team ...

Narrated by Andrea Giordani ...

Unabridged

38 min

Science is the essence of almost everything which is present in the world. Basically, science is a very systematic and a logical manner in order to discover how certain things are taking place in the universe and how some things work. Science is also about the knowledge and discoveries which are so much related to the universe and the solar system. Science is basically the knowledge with which is ... Read more

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Science is the essence of almost everything which is present in the world. Basically, science is a very systematic and a logical manner in order to discover how certain things are taking place in the universe and how some things work. Science is also about the knowledge and discoveries which are so much related to the universe and the solar system. Science is basically the knowledge with which is
... Read more
Audiobook

Universe: The Solar System and Beyond

by My Ebook Publishing House ...

Narrated by Matt Montanez ...

Unabridged

43 min

Experience the cosmos as never before with UNIVERSE: The Solar System and Beyond.Beginning with a fascinating overview and then organized by planet, this book takes us on a trip across time and space that includes a front-row seat to the explosive birth of the solar system, a journey to (and then deep inside) each of its eight planets, and even an in-depth exploration of asteroids and comets. With ... Read more

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Experience the cosmos as never before with UNIVERSE: The Solar System and Beyond.Beginning with a fascinating overview and then organized by planet, this book takes us on a trip across time and space that includes a front-row seat to the explosive birth of the solar system, a journey to (and then deep inside) each of its eight planets, and even an in-depth exploration of asteroids and comets. With
... Read more
Audiobook

Die Nachtseite der Wissenschaft

Wissenschaftsgeschichte

by Ernst Peter Fischer ...

Narrated by Ernst Peter Fischer ...

Series series uni auditorium
Abridged

1 hour 8 min

Wer fragt, wie die Wissenschaft vorankommt, wird gewöhnlich auf eine Logik der Forschung verwiesen, bei der es um Hypothesen geht, die in Experimenten überprüft werden. Wissenschaft scheint rational und systematisch an ihr Ziel zu kommen. Aber das ist bestenfalls die halbe Wahrheit. Revolutionäre Neuerungen kommen nicht logisch zustande. Sie zeigen sich in den Forschern als Offenbarungen und lösen ... Read more

$16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Wer fragt, wie die Wissenschaft vorankommt, wird gewöhnlich auf eine Logik der Forschung verwiesen, bei der es um Hypothesen geht, die in Experimenten überprüft werden. Wissenschaft scheint rational und systematisch an ihr Ziel zu kommen. Aber das ist bestenfalls die halbe Wahrheit. Revolutionäre Neuerungen kommen nicht logisch zustande. Sie zeigen sich in den Forschern als Offenbarungen und lösen
... Read more
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The Science Book

Big Ideas Simply Explained

by DK ...

Narrated by Leighton Pugh ...

Series series DK Big Ideas
Unabridged

15 hours 26 min

Exploring more than 80 of the world's most scientific theories and big ideas across the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, geology, and math, this book offers a fascinating look at the history of science.Discover how Galileo worked out his scientific theories of motion and inertia, why Isaac Newton gets the credit for them, and what the discovery of DNA meant.All the big scientific ... Read more

$33.99 CAD

Exploring more than 80 of the world's most scientific theories and big ideas across the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, geology, and math, this book offers a fascinating look at the history of science.Discover how Galileo worked out his scientific theories of motion and inertia, why Isaac Newton gets the credit for them, and what the discovery of DNA meant.All the big scientific
... Read more
Audiobook

La théorie des mèmes

Pourquoi nous nous imitons les uns les autres

by Susan Blackmore ...

Narrated by Irène Anatole ...

Unabridged

13 hours 49 min

Qu’est-ce qui distingue les hommes des animaux ? Le langage ? La raison ? La conscience ? La créativité ? Et s’il ne s’agissait là que de leurres ? Et si la spécificité de l’homme, c’était avant tout son incroyable capacité à imiter ses semblables ? Nous sommes, déclare Susan Blackmore, des machines mimétiques contagieuses. Tandis que les gènes utilisent le corps humain dans leur lutte pour la ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Qu’est-ce qui distingue les hommes des animaux ? Le langage ? La raison ? La conscience ? La créativité ? Et s’il ne s’agissait là que de leurres ? Et si la spécificité de l’homme, c’était avant tout son incroyable capacité à imiter ses semblables ? Nous sommes, déclare Susan Blackmore, des machines mimétiques contagieuses. Tandis que les gènes utilisent le corps humain dans leur lutte pour la
... Read more
Audiobook

How to Speak Science

Gravity, Relativity, and Other Ideas That Were Crazy until Proven Brilliant

by Bruce Benamran ...

Narrated by Braden Wright ...

Unabridged

13 hours 11 min

As smartphones, supercomputers, supercolliders, and AI propel us into an ever more unfamiliar future, How to Speak Science takes us on a rollicking historical tour of the greatest discoveries and ideas that make today’s cutting-edge technologies possible.Wanting everyone to be able to “speak” science, YouTube science guru Bruce Benamran explains—as accessibly and wittily as in his acclaimed videos ... Read more

$32.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

As smartphones, supercomputers, supercolliders, and AI propel us into an ever more unfamiliar future, How to Speak Science takes us on a rollicking historical tour of the greatest discoveries and ideas that make today’s cutting-edge technologies possible.Wanting everyone to be able to “speak” science, YouTube science guru Bruce Benamran explains—as accessibly and wittily as in his acclaimed videos
... Read more
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The Canon

A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science

by Natalie Angier ...

Narrated by Nike Doukas ...

Unabridged

13 hours 16 min

From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Woman, a playful, passionate guide to the science all around us. The Canon is an ebullient celebration of science that stands to become a classic.Drawing on conversations with hundreds of the world’s top scientists and on her own work as a Pulitzer Prize–winning writer for the New York Times, Natalie Angier creates a thoroughly entertaining ... Read more

$31.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Woman, a playful, passionate guide to the science all around us. The Canon is an ebullient celebration of science that stands to become a classic.Drawing on conversations with hundreds of the world’s top scientists and on her own work as a Pulitzer Prize–winning writer for the New York Times, Natalie Angier creates a thoroughly entertaining
... Read more
Audiobook

Is This Wi-Fi Organic?

A Guide to Spotting Misleading Science Online

by Dave Farina ...

Narrated by Dave Farina ...

Unabridged

6 hours 44 min

Is This Wi-Fi Organic? is about science that affects us all. Science is the study of everything around us. But one impressive scientific breakthrough, the internet, has pervaded and encapsulated popular culture, and it is also making it harder and harder to know what is true—and what is not.Learn how to separate internet fact from fiction. We live in the information age, giving us access to every ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Is This Wi-Fi Organic? is about science that affects us all. Science is the study of everything around us. But one impressive scientific breakthrough, the internet, has pervaded and encapsulated popular culture, and it is also making it harder and harder to know what is true—and what is not.Learn how to separate internet fact from fiction. We live in the information age, giving us access to every
... Read more
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This Book Will Blow Your Mind

Journeys at the Extremes of Science

by New Scientist ...

Narrated by David Thorpe ...

Unabridged

11 hours 12 min

What's the nature of reality? Does the universe ever end? What is time and does it even exist? These are the biggest imagination-stretching, brain-staggering questions in the universe - and here are their fascinating answers.From quantum weirdness to freaky cosmology (like white holes - which spew out matter instead of sucking it in), This Book Will Blow Your Mind takes you on an epic journey to ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

What's the nature of reality? Does the universe ever end? What is time and does it even exist? These are the biggest imagination-stretching, brain-staggering questions in the universe - and here are their fascinating answers.From quantum weirdness to freaky cosmology (like white holes - which spew out matter instead of sucking it in), This Book Will Blow Your Mind takes you on an epic journey to
... Read more
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Krieg ist der Feind

Die Verantwortung des Wissenschaftlers

by Klaus Sander, Klaus Sander, Joseph Weizenbaum, Joseph Weizenbaum ...

Narrated by Joseph Weizenbaum ...

Unabridged

1 hour 55 min

Joseph Weizenbaum, geboren 1923 in Berlin und 1936 in die USA emigriert, studierte Mathematik und lehrte seit 1963 als Professor für Computerwissenschaften am MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Durch sein berühmt gewordenes Sprachanalyseprogramm "Eliza" selbst zu einem Pionier der Computergeschichte avanciert, ist Weizenbaum immer auch die warnende, prophetische Stimme eines Prozesses, der den ... Read more

$28.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Joseph Weizenbaum, geboren 1923 in Berlin und 1936 in die USA emigriert, studierte Mathematik und lehrte seit 1963 als Professor für Computerwissenschaften am MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Durch sein berühmt gewordenes Sprachanalyseprogramm "Eliza" selbst zu einem Pionier der Computergeschichte avanciert, ist Weizenbaum immer auch die warnende, prophetische Stimme eines Prozesses, der den
... Read more
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Science Matters

Achieving Scientific Literacy

by Robert M. Hazen, James Trefil ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

11 hours 16 min

A science book for the general reader that is informative enough to be a popular textbook and yet well-written enough to appeal to general readers. “Hazen and Trefil [are] unpretentious—good, down-to-earth, we-can-explain-anything science teachers, the kind you wish you had but never did.”—The New York Times Book ReviewKnowledge of the basic ideas and principles of science is fundamental to ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

A science book for the general reader that is informative enough to be a popular textbook and yet well-written enough to appeal to general readers. “Hazen and Trefil [are] unpretentious—good, down-to-earth, we-can-explain-anything science teachers, the kind you wish you had but never did.”—The New York Times Book ReviewKnowledge of the basic ideas and principles of science is fundamental to
... Read more
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The Science of Superwomen

An Evolution from Wonder Woman to WandaVision

by Mark Brake ...

Narrated by Shaun Grindell ...

Unabridged

5 hours 57 min

Celebrate the rise of superwomen and discover the science behind the abilities of Wonder Woman, Scarlet Witch, Black Widow, Catwoman, and more!Superhero fiction has been with us for almost a century; high-octane tales crammed with concepts and contrasting themes, from superpowers and the post-human, to masked vigilantes and immortality. In that time, superwomen have evolved from comic book ... Read more

$36.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Celebrate the rise of superwomen and discover the science behind the abilities of Wonder Woman, Scarlet Witch, Black Widow, Catwoman, and more!Superhero fiction has been with us for almost a century; high-octane tales crammed with concepts and contrasting themes, from superpowers and the post-human, to masked vigilantes and immortality. In that time, superwomen have evolved from comic book
... Read more
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Das kleine Buch der Tugenden - Der Glaube, die Hoffnung und die Liebe (Ungekürzt)

by Anselm Grün ...

Narrated by Ulrich Ritter ...

Unabridged

2 hours 7 min

Das Gute mit Freude tun! Das ist Tugend. Das Christentum kennt drei Grundtugenden: Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe. Anselm Grün greift sie auf, macht sie zu leuchtenden Perlen der Lebenskunst. Wer Glauben sucht, lernt zu vertrauen und wird stark gegen Misstrauen und Lebensangst. Wer Hoffnung sucht, baut für sich und andere an der Zukunft. Und wer die Liebe sucht, findet ein Mittel gegen den Tod. Die ... Read more

$11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Das Gute mit Freude tun! Das ist Tugend. Das Christentum kennt drei Grundtugenden: Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe. Anselm Grün greift sie auf, macht sie zu leuchtenden Perlen der Lebenskunst. Wer Glauben sucht, lernt zu vertrauen und wird stark gegen Misstrauen und Lebensangst. Wer Hoffnung sucht, baut für sich und andere an der Zukunft. Und wer die Liebe sucht, findet ein Mittel gegen den Tod. Die
... Read more

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