77 Results for : dervish
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Galileo Spirals Out of Control
Who is throwing melons and pumpkins from the highest tower in Pisa? It's the mad scientist Galileo Galilei, confounding the old ideas of the Greeks around Aristotle. The strange old fellow does science everywhere, even in the taverns, and when he meets a whirling dervish, he comes up with an outrageous idea: what if, against all appearances, the earth wasn't the center of the universe and everything revolved around the sun, around, around ... he thinks, and begins to feel dizzy.The latest book in the series Plato & Co. revolves around one of the philosophers who changed our view of the world like almost no one else.- Shop: buecher
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Thinkers of the East , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 252min
Thinkers of the East is a collection of anecdotes and "parables in action" illustrating the eminently practical and lucid approach of Eastern Dervish teachers. Distilled from the teachings of more than 100 sages in three continents, this material stresses the experimental rather than the theoretical - and it is that characteristic of Sufi study which provides its impact and vitality. The emphasis of Thinkers of the East contrasts sharply with the Western concept of the East as a place of theory without practice, or thought without action. The book's author, Idries Shah, says, "Without direct experience of such teaching, or at least a direct recording of it, I cannot see how Eastern thought can ever be understood." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Ault. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/080937/bk_acx0_080937_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Just Being Here: Rumi and Human Friendship, Hörbuch, Digital, 159min
What I had thought of before as God, I met today in a human being. Those were the words of the Persian mystic poet Rumi upon meeting the wild dervish Shams Tabriz. And out of their friendship bloomed many of Jelaluddin Rumi's most inspired verses. In Just Being Here, the acclaimed poet Coleman Barks joins master cellist David Darling in a celebration of friendship - some of Rumi's most memorable poems on the subject and five of Coleman's own - illuminated within the interplay of Coleman's inspired readings and David's music. Listen in and let them widen and deepen your senses, like a fresh breeze that invites you to breathe freely and surrender to love in all of its changing guises. Language: English. Narrator: Coleman Barks, David Darling. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/sp/true/000777/sp_true_000777_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Iron Cast , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 583min
It's Boston, 1919, and the Cast Iron club is packed. Onstage, hemopaths - whose "afflicted" blood gives them the ability to create illusions through art - Corinne and Ada have been best friends ever since infamous gangster Johnny Dervish recruited them into his circle. By night they perform for Johnny's crowds, and by day they con Boston's elite. When a job goes wrong and Ada is imprisoned, she realizes how precarious their position is. After she escapes, two of the Cast Iron's hires are shot, and Johnny disappears. With the law closing in, Corinne and Ada are forced to hunt for answers, even as betrayal faces them at every turn. An ideal next listen for fans of Libba Bray's The Diviners. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christine Marshall. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/027851/bk_adbl_027851_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Bliss , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 618min
Already an international best-seller, this lyrical and moving story embodies the sweep and contradictions of modern Turkey. In a rural Turkish village, young Meryem is raped by her uncle, a sheikh in a dervish order. Outcast for shaming her family, she is locked in the cellar, where she is expected to kill herself. But she is defiant.Her commando cousin, Cemal, with whom she grew up, has returned a hero from fighting terrorists in the mountains. It is he who is chosen to execute his cousin outside the town, telling her he is going to "take her to Istanbul".In Istanbul, a celebrity professor named Irfan leaves his wife and charters a boat to sail the Aegean. By chance, these three fugitives cross paths and embark on a journey that shows what unexpected things can happen in the space between wounded people. (Translation by Cigdem Aksoy Fromm.) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anna Fields. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/001925/bk_blak_001925_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Once Jilted, Twice Shy: A Midwinter's Scandal Novella , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 188min
Lady Juliette Trent has spent the months since becoming London's most notorious jilted bride in virtual isolation. When the impromptu Frost Fair on the Thames finally draws her out of her self-imposed confinement, the last person she expects to see is the very man who left her standing at the altar. But things aren't always what they seem, and when Sebastian Holmes, Earl of Haverstan, reveals his true reason for abandoning her, Juliette is determined to right the wrong that was done to them both - even if it means causing a scandal the ton won't soon forget. This novella is complete at 29,000 words. This story was originally released with Heather Snow's Loving Lady Dervish in a limited time novella 'duet' called A Midwinter's Scandal. The set is no longer available, but I highly recommend listening to Heather's complementary story as well in order to enjoy the world to its fullest. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charlotte Wright. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/032042/bk_adbl_032042_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Pure Water: Poetry of Rumi, Hörbuch, Digital, 68min
A 2009 Nautilus Gold Award Winner, Pure Water is Coleman Barks’ inspired live performance of the poetry of Jellaludin Rumi (1207-1273) - with Sufi stories and jokes, accompanied with music by Bach, O’Carolan, Friesen and others. The performance captured in this recording recalls the essence of the communal celebrations of poetry, stories, jokes, prayer, and music in which Rumi’s work was first uttered, but presents it in a distinctive contemporary setting. Coleman’s words combine with the cello of Grammy Award-winner Eugene Friesen, carrying the language directly into the heart of the listener with a diverse menu of world folk melodies, Bach, and improvisation. As Rumi wrote: "What is the soul? Consciousness. The more awareness, the deeper the soul, and when such essence overflows, you feel a sacredness around. It’s so simple to tell one who puts on a robe and pretends to be a dervish from the real thing. We know the taste of pure water...." Language: English. Narrator: Coleman Barks, Eugene Friesen (cello). Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/005129/bk_brll_005129_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Termination Shock
'Stephenson's reputation as a sci-fi titan is deserved' Sunday Times'His most visionary, and timely, book yet' Chicago Review of Books'Absorbing speculative fiction' Guardian'Brilliantly entertaining... at science fiction's cutting edge' SFX'Ingenious and sometimes prophetic' TelegraphNeal Stephenson's sweeping, prescient new novel transports readers to a near-future world where the greenhouse effect has inexorably resulted in a whirling-dervish troposphere of superstorms, rising sea levels, global flooding, merciless heat waves, and virulent, deadly pandemics.One man has a Big Idea for reversing global warming, a master plan perhaps best described as "elemental." But will it work? And just as important, what are the consequences for the planet and all of humanity should it be applied?As only Stephenson can, Termination Shock sounds a clarion alarm, ponders potential solutions and dire risks, and wraps it all together in an exhilarating, witty, mind-expanding speculative adventure.- Shop: buecher
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Termination Shock
'Stephenson's reputation as a sci-fi titan is deserved' Sunday Times 'His most visionary, and timely, book yet' Chicago Review of Books 'Absorbing speculative fiction' Guardian 'Brilliantly entertaining... at science fiction's cutting edge' SFX 'Ingenious and sometimes prophetic' Telegraph Neal Stephenson's sweeping, prescient new novel transports readers to a near-future world where the greenhouse effect has inexorably resulted in a whirling-dervish troposphere of superstorms, rising sea levels, global flooding, merciless heat waves, and virulent, deadly pandemics.One man has a Big Idea for reversing global warming, a master plan perhaps best described as "elemental." But will it work? And just as important, what are the consequences for the planet and all of humanity should it be applied?As only Stephenson can, Termination Shock sounds a clarion alarm, ponders potential solutions and dire risks, and wraps it all together in an exhilarating, witty, mind-expanding speculative adventure.- Shop: buecher
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Jabberwock , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 37min
A squad of soldiers takes a ride out to the middle of nowhere, thinking they're being punished for posting pictures of the Lieutenant's old lady. But in an empty stretch of desert lives a cave where they stumble across a man whose presence they can't explain...who speaks in riddles and seems to know them. Before they can figure out what he wants, they're already marked men.~ Other Works ~If you are a fan of urban fantasy or paranormal romance and want to read an in depth series with a gritty, alternate history of Earth and a complicated, romantic love story, try the Allie's War books:** Rook: Allie's War, Book One** Shield: Allie's War, Book Two** Sword: Allie's War, Book Three** New York: Allie's War, Early YearsAlso by the same author:** The Slave Girl Chronicles - YA science fiction, akin to The Hunger Games.** Jack Dervish, Super Spy - Middle Grade fiction, for those who like Artemis Fowl. ** Maya Papaya - Middle Grade fiction about the adventures of a girl with a tail. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: DJ Holte. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/013435/bk_acx0_013435_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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