"Die Wahrheit" der taz, die einzige Humor- und Satireseite einer Tageszeitung weltweit, wird dreißig und blickt aus diesem Anlass noch einmal auf ihr drittes Jahrzehnt zurück; zehn Jahre, die es in sich hatten und deren zweiter Vorname Krise war. – Ein Wahnsinnsbuch zum Irrsinn unserer Zeit. Menschen mit hohen moralischen Ansprüchen an die Vergangenheit oder Gegenwart, Schwangeren, Hygienikern, Germanophoben und Germanophilen sowie Mitgliedern jedweder communities wird von der Lektüre d...

Here are the stories of nine people whose energy, imagination, courage and determination changed the world. From Christopher Columbus, who set off into unknown seas in a small ship in the fifteenth century, to a young girl, Anne Frank, caught in the turmoil of the twentieth, who wrote a remarkable diary while in hiding in Amsterdam during the Second World War. Their personalities and their achievements make them heroes and heroines for our time also.

Listen to Plaisir D’Amour and step into a world of rich in sensuality. A World of illicit liaisons and secret rendezvous on tree lined boulevards and smoke filled cafes, of silk stockings and snatched glances, of bohemian bawdiness and haute monde decadence – where blissful afternoons are spent in half shuttered rooms and cognac and whispered propositions melt the will. Enter the intimate circle of Jeanne Verney, her brothers Maurice and Gerard, and their friends and lovers who all form an...

Oscar Wilde’s enduring masterpiece, this fable of innocence and corruption, purity and decay has become a true classic. The beautiful, narcissistic Dorian Gray, torn between the influence of cynical hedonist Lord Henry Wotton and tortured artist Basil Hallward, sells the beauty of his soul in exchange for external perfection. Ultimately, he cannot escape the disfigurement of sin. Wilde’s remarkable wit and memorable, epigrammatic lines dazzle in audiobook form!

Dance with a lobster, telephone an elephant or knock on a moonlit door this collection includes magical, macabre, dramatic, funny, bizarre, absurd, delightful, moving and charming poems by Lewis Carroll, A.A. Milne, Edward Lear, Hilaire Belloc, Kenneth Grahame and many others. Readers such as Anton Lesser, Simon Russell-Beale and Timothy West bring the lines beautifully to life and make this an ideal introduction to some of the best-loved children’s poetry.

Die Zukunft - trotz aller Errungenschaften so ungewiss wie nie zuvor. Im 22. Jahrhundert hat die Menschheit Raumstationen in der Unendlichkeit errichtet und erforscht das Sonnensystem - bemüht, im Weltall das zerbrechliche Gleichgewicht aufrechtzuerhalten, das auf der Erde zwischen den zwei Machtblöcken existiert: der "Union" und den "Republiken". Mark Brandis ist Testpilot und fliegt für die neutrale Venus-Erde Gesellschaft für Astronautik (VEGA). Als er mit dem neuen Prototyp Delta VII u...

The Scarlet Letter is one of the great classics of American literature, Set in the harsh Puritan environment of seventeenth century Boston, it describes the plight of Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman who stands alone against society. Having given birth to a child after an illicit affair, she refuses to name the father and is forced to wear the letter ‘A’ for Adulteress embroidered on her dress.

Here are sixty of the finest and most entertaining poems for younger listeners. There are nonsense poems (‘The Jumblies’) classic animal poems (‘The Snail’) stories of adventure (‘The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens’) and Robert Browning’s classic tale of adults getting their come-uppance The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Modern poetry also makes its contribution with wordplay (‘Zoe’s Ear-rings’) and images of nature (‘Weathers’). Though principally aimed at eight to thirteen-year-olds, this is a col...