Mit der Hilfe von Old Wabble, dem "König der Cowboys", will Old Shatterhand den geheimnisvollen Westmann Old Surehand aus den Händen feindlicher Indianer befreien. Später gesellt sich Winnetou zu ihnen. Im "Llano Estacado" kommt es dann zu einer schicksalhaften Begegnung

Nach vielen spannenden Erlebnissen unter den Komantschen und in Kalifornien setzt die Erzählung vom Leben und Sterben des edlen Häuptlings dem ganzen indianischen Volk ein unvergängliches Denkmal. Der Bericht über das Testament des Apatschen beschließt das tragische Geschehen.

Die spannenden Abenteuer um den "Ehri" und den "Kiang-lu" geben ein farbiges Bild von der Südsee und vom Reich der Mitte. Nach einer Episode in Russland führt der Reiseweg nach Ceylon und in den Indischen Ozean.

Der große Apatschenhäuptling besteht mit seinem Blutsbruder Old Shatterhand weitere aufregende Abenteuer. Wir lernen berühmte Westmänner kennen, den Fährtensucher Old Death und den Trapper Old Firehand, und begegnen alten Bekannten: Sam Hawkens, Dick Stone und Will Parker.

"Krüger Bei" gehört zu Mays kauzigsten Gestalten und hat wirklich gelebt: Der Deutsche Krüger stand in den Diensten des Bei von Tunis als Oberst der Leibwache. Eine weitere Überraschung erwartet den Leser: Bei der Verfolgung der Meltons gelangt der Apatschenhäuptling Winnetou bis nach Afrika!

Charly, Karl Mays Alter Ego, kommt als Landvermesser in den Wilden Westen Amerikas, gerät mit einer Bande Strolche aneinander, lernt die Westmänner Sam Hawkens und das lustige 'Kleeblatt' kennen und schließt nach vielen lebensgefährlichen Abenteuern Blutsbrüderschaft mit Winnetou...

Die Felsenburg liegt hoch droben in den Bergen der Sonora und birgt ein grausiges Geheimnis, das einem deutschen Auswanderertreck zum Verderben...

Kapitän Kaiman heißt der gefährliche Seeräuber, von dessen üblen Machenschaften die Titelerzählung berichtet. In ihr gibt es zudem ein Wiedersehen mit Winnetou und den "Verkehrten Toasts". Die übrigen Geschichten schildern voller Spannung abenteuerliche Episoden aus dem Leben erprobter Westmänner.

Der Schatz im Silbersee mit seinen sagenhaften Reichtümern ist das Ziel einer Bande von Tramps unter Führung des berüchtigten "Roten Cornel"..

In den beiden Geschichten "Der Sohn des Bärenjägers" und "Der Geist des Llano Estacado" sind menschliche 'Geier' auf Beute aus...

Das Vermächtnis des Inka ist das Ziel des Rittes, zu dem "Vater Jaguar" und seine Gefährten in Buenos Aires aufbrechen. Sie folgen dem Stierkämpfer Antonio Perillo, der sich verbrecherisch in den Besitz des Geheimnisses gebracht hat, hinauf in die Anden. Wird in der finsteren "Mordschlucht" endlich die Gerechtigkeit siegen?

Im Sudan unterdrücken gewissenlose Ausbeuter die Dörfer der Eingeborenen, plündern und morden und verkaufen die Bewohner an ebenso gewissenlose Händler. Deutsche Forscher stoßen auf den schlimmsten aller Sklavenräuber, den "Vater des Todes". Gefährliche Abenteuer stehen ihnen bevor.

Kairo ist Ausgangspunkt dieser fesselnden Orient-Trilogie. Sie schildert eines der schlimmsten Kapitel der Weltgeschichte: das Problem des Sklavenhandels. Bis in die Nubische Wüste verfolgen Kara Ben Nemsi und sein Diener Ben Nil zusammen mit dem "Reis Effendina" einen Sklavenzug.

Scheik Mohammed Emin stirbt bei einem Kurden-Überfall, sein Sohn trennt sich von den Reisegefährten, um die Täter zu verfolgen...

Eines der schönsten Winnetou-Abenteuer jetzt auch als Hörbuch! Ein Weihnachtserlebnis aus der Jugend Old Shatterhands mit seinem Freund Carpio findet nach langen Jahren seine Fortsetzung im "Wilden Westen" bei seinem Blutsbruder Winnetou. Im winterlichen Schnee der Rocky Mountains erfüllt sich am Ende das Schicksal des armen Carpio.

When mystery author D. B. Ziegler is late delivering her book, Abi Schore steps in to help. Surely she can give her favorite author moral support over the holiday break and get the manuscript to her boss at Tea & Sympathy Publishing in time for the new year. When Abi shows up on Ms. Ziegler’s doorstep bearing holiday treats, she’s met by the author’s handsome grandson Dov, who reveals a startling plot twist. His grandmother isn’t able to finish the book and Dov promised he’d complete it so fans won’t be disappointed—a task that’s harder than he ever imagined.

Two little girls stand with their heads bowed in my living room. I’m told they’re my granddaughters. Daisy is nine, and Alice seven. Daisy is the spitting image of her mother. This is the first time I’ve met them since my daughter and I fell out after she married that waste of space, Vince. They’ve come to live with me because their mother — my daughter — was murdered. In her own home while they slept close by. I think Vince killed her. But the police can’t prove it. I’ve always known he was no good. He treated my daughter like dirt. I said he’d cheat on her — but she wouldn’t listen.

There's no place like home for the holidays ... especially for Lesley Carver. Life in the big city just wasn't her jam and now she's back in Hickory Falls, working at the family diner and helping her mom after she took a tumble. Lesley longs to build a life here, working at the cafe, selling her handmade ornaments and ... er, apparently reviving her high school crush on her best friend’s older brother. Only one problem, her mom wants her to leave Hickory Falls far behind.

First published in 1843, it tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and unpleasant man who dislikes people generally and Christmas especially. One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come and given a glimpse of the many homes and lives which Scrooge has touched in his wretched life to date. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

A Signature Performance: Tim Curry rescues Charles Dickens from the jaws of Disney with his one-of-a-kind performance of the treasured classic. Our listeners loved this version so much that it inspired our whole line of Signature Classics.

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

Clark Griswold was onto something...at least with his annual holiday meltdown. And since the last three weeks of my life have been riddled with humbug—another breakup, a broken toe, an office promotion I deserved and didn’t get—I’m not at all in the mood to celebrate nor have the happ, happ, happiest Christmas EVER.

My fiancé brought me tea and scrambled eggs in bed that morning, and we snuggled together, talking about buying our rings, and about our perfect wedding next year. Then we headed into town. He held my hand and gazed at the ring I liked best, a smile spreading slowly over his face. Then a glass of bubbly to celebrate. I felt flushed, excited and ready for the rest of my life with the man I loved. We race to get on the train home. It screams to a halt and I run towards its open doors. Made it. I think he’s right behind me — but when I turn around, he’s gone.

Academy Award nominee Rachel McAdams stars in Mary Jane, a poignant and intimate drama following a single mother’s journey caring for her chronically ill young son. Set in New York City, the play unfolds in two parts—Mary Jane's small Queens apartment and a pediatric hospital. With unflinching honesty and unexpected humor, we witness Mary Jane's tireless devotion, her interactions with medical professionals, and her struggle to maintain her sense of self.

When Heather McKinley dreamed of becoming a doctor, she imagined curing sick kids and sporting pink stethoscopes. She never anticipated the sleepless nights, grueling exams, and endless labs. And she certainly never knew that her medical school earned the nickname Dead Med thanks to the tragic history of students overdosing on illegal drugs. But Heather would never consider doing anything like that. That is, until her longtime boyfriend dumps her, she finds herself failing anatomy, and her world starts to crumble.

Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

Johnnie Rico never really intended to join up—and definitely not the infantry. But now that he’s in the thick of it, trying to get through combat training harder than anything he could have imagined, he knows everyone in his unit is one bad move away from buying the farm in the interstellar war the Terran Federation is waging against the Arachnids. Because everyone in the Mobile Infantry fights. And if the training doesn’t kill you, the Bugs are more than ready to finish the job.

After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm’s length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn’t been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before.

The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.

As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, Halloween approaches. Come, brave listener, pull up a chair, and spend some time with master storyteller Stephen Fry as he tells us some of his favourite ghost stories of all time, in truly terrifying spatial audio. From the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow to the tortured spirits of M.R. James, from Edgar Allan Poe’s terrifying tale of a doppelganger to Charlotte Riddell’s Open Door that should definitely stay shut, join Stephen as he tells you some truly terrifying tales.