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    The Hotel Years
    The hotel that I love like a fatherland is situated in one of the great port cities of Europe, and the heavy gold Antiqua letters in which its banal name is spelled out shining across the roofs of the gently banked houses are in my eye metal flags, metal bannerets that instead of fluttering shine out their greeting.In the 1920s and 30s, Joseph Roth travelled extensively in Europe, leading a peripatetic life living in hotels and writing about the towns through which he passed. Incisive, nostalgic, curious and sharply observed - and collected together here for the first time - his pieces paint a picture of a continent racked by change yet clinging to tradition. From the 'compulsive' exercise regime of the Albanian army, the rickety industry of the new oil capital of Galicia, and 'split and scalped' houses of Tirana forced into modernity, to the individual and idiosyncratic characters that Roth encounters in his hotel stays, these tender and quietly dazzling vignettes form a series of literary postcards written from a bygone world, creeping towards world war.
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    The Time of Their Lives , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 956min
    Each month best friends Claudia, Sal, Ella and Laura meet for drinks, celebrating 45 years of friendship. Sal had spent a lifetime building her career, but she hadn't banked on the one thing over which she had no control. Claudia loved her urban existence. But, as many women will know, other people's needs always seem to come first. Ella is ready to try something different. But she hadn't bargained on quite such a radical change. And Laura succumbed to the oldest cliché in the book. But it didn't make it any easier to accept. Outside of the supportive world of their friendships, they find their lives are far from what they expected - they didn't bargain on getting old. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jilly Bond. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/002924/bk_isis_002924_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Love in the Stars: Lambourne Legacy, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 463min
    Archer Humphrey Lambourne, third son to the Marquis of Daventry, had always longed to fill his life with culture and travel across the exotic world. His love of knowledge, prompted by a fond mentor, has him yearning for more at every turn until a chance meeting has him questioning his nomadic existence. Cassiopeia Grainger, the daughter of a university professor, finds herself trapped in a world where her brilliant mind and naturally-inherent knowledge has gone unnoticed. With nowhere to express her strong opinion, she finds herself trapped in the tide of a patriarchal society, stunted and silent until an old adversary returns to reignite a fire she had thought long banked. When a Fellowship dinner brings them to the same point under the stars, long held emotions of longing and betrayal stir the heavens until there is no place for them to hide from their obvious attraction. It will take an extraordinary event to align their hearts on this stellar path. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Hugh Bradley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/097580/bk_acx0_097580_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Not All Cowboys Are Cruel: A Baxter Homestead Romance: The Baxter Homestead Romances, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 240min
    When life has taken all you have, will there be enough left over to love?Grace Isabella Lee is a woman on the run - from the past, from the lies, and from the ever-growing sense that she just ain't good enough to love. Matthew is a cowboy with a secret, who knows without doubt that anyone he loves will be taken from him, just as was his wife. When Grace falls upon ruffians intent on defiling her, she all but gives up. But Matthew is her guardian angel, and soon becomes much more. Working together on the Baxter homestead, they will discover new truths - about themselves, about each other, and about the world itself.Together, they reignite the fires of once-banked loves. Together, Grace and Matthew will find their way to safety, to happiness, and to love. Grace will teach him that he is more of a man than he ever thought, and Matthew will teach her that she can love again...because not all cowboys are cruel. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Allyson Voller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/152543/bk_acx0_152543_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Osiris Ritual , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 549min
    Welcome to the bizarre and dangerous world of Victorian London, a city teetering on the edge of revolution. Its people are ushering in a new era of technology, dazzled each day by new inventions. Airships soar in the skies over the city, whilst ground trains rumble through the streets and clockwork automatons are programmed to carry out menial tasks in the offices of lawyers, policemen and journalists. But beneath this shiny veneer of progress lurks a sinister side.For this is also a world where lycanthropy is a rampant disease that plagues the dirty whorehouses of Whitechapel, where poltergeist infestations create havoc in old country seats, where cadavers can rise from the dead and where nobody ever goes near the Natural History Museum.Sir Maurice Newbury, Gentleman Investigator for the Crown, imagines life can be a little quieter from now on after his dual success in solving The Affinity Bridge affair. But he hasn't banked on his villainous predecessor, Knox, hell bent on achieving immortality, not to mention a secret agent who isn't quite as he seems...So continues an adventure quite unlike any other, a thrilling steam-punk mystery and the second in the series of "Newbury & Hobbes" investigations. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Philip Bird. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/004353/bk_adbl_004353_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Kidnapped by the Royal Dragons: A Dragon Shifter Romance , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 125min
    Karina Mattheson was born into her coven with such promise. The eldest daughter of the coven’s high priestess, born auspiciously on all hallows eve, it was foretold that she would one day end the war between witches and dragons.Unfortunately, on the cusp of being officially accepted into the coven on her 18th birthday, Karina feels like a failure as a witch. No powers have made themselves known, and she can’t even cast a spell.Silas is a massive Red Dragon who has other plans to end the war. He kidnaps the daughter of the high priestess and plans to hold her for ransom until peace can be reached. He never banked on the raven-haired, green-eyed beauty bewitching him.Taken from her coven by a powerful dragon and held prisoner in his lair in the mountains, Karina never expected to find true freedom or true love.As Karina and Silas find unexpected passion flaring between them, they surrender to their bodies and trust their hearts. However, outside the fragile peace can’t last. Will they be able to find a way to bring an end to the war that has raged for centuries or are they destined to be torn apart before their love can fully blossom? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Piper Ivanov. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/199053/bk_acx0_199053_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Christmas Showdown , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 82min
    High-class madam Katherine Winter caters to wealthy men and vows nobody in her Kansas bordello will suffer the abuse she endured in the horrific marriage she escaped. She can choose her lovers, but longs for one who can match her in bed and out. Her senses tell her Daniel Creed is that man, a man with a dark secret like herself, a man who would do anything to protect what is his. But he is a lawman, and dallying with him is playing with fire. Sheriff Daniel Creed has known Katherine Winter is the husband-killer on the wanted poster since she came to his town. The reward he would get for turning her in would make him rich, but something about the aloof beauty stirs longing inside him. There is no future for a half-breed gunslinger hiding behind a badge and a wanted woman, except life on the run. So he keeps his mouth shut, figuring the most he can ever hope for is to love the lady from afar and protect her. He never banked on the bounty hunter from his past hunting down Katherine, then setting the town ablaze; all to force Daniel into a fiery showdown that may kill them all. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Verle Luthy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/035361/bk_acx0_035361_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Price of Gold: The Toll and Triumph of One Man's Olympic Dream , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 424min
    The harrowing, triumphant tale of a cyclist's journey to Olympic victory and the price he paid to achieve greatness. Marty Nothstein, one of the greatest cyclists of all time, arrived at the 1996 Olympic Games a heavy favorite. In the match sprint at the Atlanta Olympics, an event akin to prizefighting on a bicycle, he raced around a banked, oval track. Nothstein lost by a hair's width on the finish line and vowed to win the gold at the next Olympics, saying, "I didn't come here for a silver medal." In The Price of Gold, Marty Nothstein eloquently and honestly tracks his journey to the games in Sydney and the events that molded him into the world's fastest man on a bicycle - from his tough-love upbringing in a blue-collar, split home, to the "borderline outlaw" cast of cycling characters who helped guide him through the ranks. "I had to become the worst, to become the best," Nothstein says of the single-minded determination that turned him into a veritable monster on his bike, but often forced him to neglect his own family. Sure to become a sports classic, this audiobook examines what it takes to win the gold. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Fleet Cooper. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/014495/bk_adbl_014495_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    100% Kiwi Business: 9 Kiwi Success Navigators , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 833min
    100% Kiwi Business is an inspiring guide for New Zealanders growing their business or starting a new one. Packed with intriguing and illuminating interviews, the book explains:How Olympic medal winner and Sileni Estate CEO Nigel Avery practiced the psychology for success.How tech start-up founder Jenene Crossan pivoted Flossie and unlocked new business value.How serial entrepreneur Steve Nathan sold his New Zealand payroll business to MYOB and the negotiation tactics he banked on.How Mitre 10 CEO Graeme Ricketts turned a family business into a Kiwi household name.Learn what's working for Kiwi business owners and the questions to ask, and unlock your own success.What Interviewing 100 Business Leaders Was LikePersonally interviewing 100 businesspeople was always going to be a challenge. The first interview was released on January 12, 2016 and the 100th and final episode released on June 18, 2017, taking 523 days. It felt like doing a real-life MBA degree, so this book is all of those insights concentrated into an eight-hour listen.What I Learned Along the WayTo be a business hero and lead a tribe of people through the unknown, it takes courage, determination, and passion, and those are the character attributes of the people that came through from the questions and answers on the podcast. While every moment of courage shared was different and the length of determination varied, the passion was unwavering. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ryan L. Jennings. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/153043/bk_acx0_153043_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Naked Empire: Sword of Truth, Book 8 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1350min
    'You knew they were there, didn't you?' Kahlan asked in a hushed tone as she leaned closer. Against the darkening sky, she could just make out the shapes of three black-tipped races taking to wing, beginning their nightly hunt. That was why he'd stopped. That was what he'd been watching as the rest of them waited in uneasy silence. "'Yes,' Richard said. He gestured over his shoulder without turning to look. "There are two more, back there." Kahlan briefly scanned the dark jumble of rock, but she didn't see any others. Lightly grasping the silver pommel with two fingers, Richard lifted his sword a few inches, checking that it was clear in its scabbard. A last fleeting glimmer of amber light played across his golden cape as he let the sword drop back, in place. In the gathering gloom of dusk, his familiar tall, powerful contour seemed as if it were no more than an apparition made of shadows. "Just then, two more of the huge birds shot by right overhead. One, wings stretched wide, let out a piercing scream as it banked into a tight gliding turn, circling, once, in assessment of the five people below before stroking its powerful wings to catch its departing comrades in their swift journey west. This night they would find ample food." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim Bond. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/000044/bk_brll_000044_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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