44 Results for : outwits
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A Tale of the Great Plague , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 10min
Thomas Hood (1799-1845) was an English writer and great friend of Lamb, Hazlitt and De Quincey. Hood wrote regularly for The London Magazine, the Athenaeum, and Punch. He later published a magazine largely consisting of his own works. "A Tale of the Great Plague" is an ironic piece set in the time of the Black Death, about how an old man outwits a gang of ruthless cutthroats. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000589/bk_redd_000589_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Crocodile and Hen , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 9min
Crocodile is determined to eat fat and juicy-looking Hen!But when he opens his mouth wide to swallow her, Hen calmly says, "My brother, don't eat me," and Crocodile just can't do it. What does Hen mean? How can Crocodile be her brother? Does Hen know something Crocodile doesn't?Clever Hen outwits the confused and hungry Crocodile in this comic folktale from the Bakongo people of Africa. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: uncredited. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/001654/bk_harp_001654_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Monkey and the Crocodile , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 20min
Can anyone have more than one heart? Red Face the monkey seems to, as he outwits his ungrateful friend, Jagged Jaws the crocodile and his wicked wife. A story about friendship and loyalty in the animal kingdom.Voices: Shiv Subramaniam, Salim Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah; songs: 'Welcome to My Jungle': C. P. Viswanath, 'One Heart, Two Hearts': Vishal; Music: 3 Brothers & a Violin; background score: Prakash Shetty; music arrangements: Narayan Parasuram. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Naseeruddin Shah. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/kata/000015/bk_kata_000015_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Art of War: The Strategy of Sun Tzu , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 123min
The timeless original text; required listening for anyone interested in strategy. This is a work of subtlety and paradox that shows the way to a clean and aesthetic triumph. Sun Tzu insisted that a skilled warrior observes, calculates, outwits, and outmaneuvers an adversary, and in doing so averts the destruction of battle.Includes a soundtrack entitled "The Mysterious Sound of Wind in the Bamboo", a 43-minute 14-track collection of Zen-inspired Japanese music by the Matsu Take Ensemble. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jennifer Elkin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/trlk/000140/bk_trlk_000140_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Art of War: The Strategy of Sun Tzu , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 123min
The timeless original text; required listening for any business person or athlete interested in strategy. This is a work of subtlety and paradox that shows the way to a clean and aesthetic triumph. Sun Tzu insisted that a skilled warrior observes, calculates, outwits, and outmaneuvers an adversary, and in doing so averts the destruction of battle. Includes a soundtrack entitled "The Mysterious Sound of Wind in the Bamboo", a 43-minute 14-track collection of Zen-inspired Japanese music by the Matsu Take Ensemble. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Victoria Mcgee. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/trlk/000145/bk_trlk_000145_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Tan and Sandy Silence: A Travis McGee Novel, Book 13 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 524min
Travis McGee is the strikingly handsome and ever resourceful invention of John D. MacDonald. Born in the author's imagination in 1964, McGee drifted into the world on a 52-foot diesel-powered houseboat, the Busted Flush, which he has used as a base of operations through many adventures. In this book, the private eye outwaits and outwits a deranged killer as he searches for a missing wife on a remote Caribbean island, where he also tangles with a baby-faced businessman with a taste for murder. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robert Petkoff. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003149/bk_adbl_003149_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Enter the Saint (eBook, ePUB)
Simon Templar is the Saint - daring, dazzling, and just a little disreputable. On the side of the law, but standing outside it, he dispenses his own brand of justice one criminal at a time. In these three early adventures, the Saint's reputation starts to rise, as he tackles thieves, smugglers and killers. In The Man Who Was Clever he outwits Edgar Hayn, a drug smuggler who thinks he's smarter than everyone. In The Policeman with Wings he stays one step ahead of Inspector Teal in the hunt for diamonds on Dartmoor and in The Lawless Lady one of the Saint's gang helps him deal with sea-faring swindlers, only to fall in love.- Shop: buecher
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Te Hiakai Tangata (eBook, ePUB)
This is a story of a taniwha that lives beside a track between villages and menaces travellers and the surrounding iwi. When a chief's son is taken by the taniwha, Te Hiakai, the people devise many plans to trap and kill the taniwha, but each time Te Hiakai outwits them. In the end, Pohutukawa, a chief's daughter, speaks to the taniwha. Through her words a spell is broken, and the taniwha transforms into a young warrior, Te Haeata, who had been cursed by a tohunga long ago. Pohutukawa and Te Haeata fall in love and live out their lives together. But Te Haeata never quite shakes off the spell, and in old age, he transforms into an eel and becomes a guardian in the Rangitaiki river.- Shop: buecher
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Sherlock Holmes in 2012: Lord of Darkness Rising , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 239min
It's Sherlock Holmes like you've never seen him before. Between the classic Sherlock sleuth skills and the twist of time travel, Sherlock Holmes 2012 is a mystery that will have you turning the pages for more. He has solved the crimes of Britain but you will be amazed as he outwits terrorists and murderous foes on two continents and around the globe. Watch as the mind of Sherlock outsmarts the enemies of the 20th and 21st centuries and find out how he beats the greatest enemies of all time and how the bloodline of good old Watson has an intellect and brilliance that when matched with Sherlock is a force to be reckoned with. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amy Gramour. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/006403/bk_acx0_006403_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Ko Te Hiakai Tangata (eBook, ePUB)
This is the Maori language edition of Te Hiakai Tangata:The Taniwha of Tuara-Rangaia. This is a story of a taniwha that lives beside a track between villages and menaces travellers and the surrounding iwi. When a chief's son is taken by the taniwha, Te Hiakai, the people devise many plans to trap and kill the taniwha, but each time Te Hiakai outwits them. In the end, Pohutukawa, a chief's daughter, speaks to the taniwha. Through her words a spell is broken, and the taniwha transforms into a young warrior, Te Haeata, who had been cursed by a tohunga long ago. Pohutukawa and Te Haeata fall in love and live out their lives together. But Te Haeata never quite shakes off the spell, and in old age, he transforms into an eel and becomes a guardian in the Rangitaiki river.- Shop: buecher
- Price: 10.95 EUR excl. shipping