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  Hard Rain Falling , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 661min

  Don Carpenter's Hard Rain Falling is a tough-as-nails account of being down and out, but never down for good - a Dostoyevskian tale of crime, punishment, and the pursuit of an ever-elusive redemption. The novel follows the adventures of Jack Levitt, an orphaned teenager living off his wits in the fleabag hotels and seedy pool halls of Portland, Oregon. Jack befriends Billy Lancing, a young black runaway and pool hustler extraordinaire. A heist gone wrong gets Jack sent to reform school, from which he emerges embittered by abuse and solitary connement. In the meantime Billy has joined the middle class - married, fathered a son, acquired a business and a mistress. But neither Jack nor Billy can escape their troubled pasts, and they will meet again in San Quentin before their strange double drama comes to a violent and revelatory end. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elijah Alexander. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/002635/bk_adbl_002635_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  What of Terry Conniston? , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 415min

  A lawyer tracks a gang of amateur kidnappers across the southwestern desert By the time Carl Oakley gets to Soledad, the town is an empty shell. But the lawyer isn’t looking for the city; he wants to find Terry Conniston. A tire track proves that her sports car passed through not long ago, but Carl doubts Terry was driving. Likely it was Floyd Rymer behind the wheel. With his brother and two other drug-addled thugs, Floyd fronts a second-rate jazz combo whose chief accomplishment, up until now, was a string of steady gigs in fleabag venues up and down the West Coast. Eighteen hours ago, he and his band graduated to kidnapping. In exchange for Terry, the musicians demand a half million dollars. Some would pay the money; some would call the FBI. Carl Oakley goes hunting. If Terry Conniston is going to die, Carl wants to pull the trigger. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Nelson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/006214/bk_adbl_006214_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  In at the Deep End

  'Fleabag-level dirty jokes, Eleanor Oliphant-levels of empathy' Grazia'Fresh and funny' Guardian'Every woman should own a copy of this book' Erin KellyUntil recently, Julia hadn't had sex in three years.But now:- a one-night stand is accusing her of breaking his penis;a sexually confident lesbian is making eyes at her over confrontational modern art;and she's wondering whether trimming her pubes makes her a bad feminist.Julia's about to learn that she's been looking for love - and satisfaction - in all the wrong places...'Frank, funny and fabulously filthy' (Erin Kelly), In at the Deep End is a warm, brilliantly observed debut from a major new talent.#ImInAtTheDeepEnd

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  Galveston , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 444min

  From the creator of the hit HBO series True Detective comes a powerful, gleaming-dark thriller rich with Southern atmosphere. Roy Cady is by his own admission 'a bad man'. With a snow flurry of cancer in his lungs and no one to live for, he's a walking time-bomb of violence. Following a fling with his boss' lover, he's sent on a routine assignment he knows is a death trap. Yet after a smoking spasm of violence, Roy's would-be killers are mostly dead and he is mostly alive. Before Roy makes his getaway, he finds a beaten-up woman in the apartment, and sees something in her frightened, defiant eyes that causes a crucial decision. He takes her with him on the run from New Orleans to Galveston, Texas, permanently entwining their fate along a highway of seedy bars and fleabag hotels, a world of treacherous drifters, pick-up trucks, and ashed-out hopes, with death just a car-length behind. Nic Pizzolatto's highly acclaimed, Edgar Award-nominated thriller announces the arrival of a major new talent for fans of Dennis Lehane, James Lee Burke, and Breaking Bad. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Kramer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/twuk/000841/bk_twuk_000841_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Hot Mess , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 552min

  Hot Mess [n.] - someone who is often in a state of disarray while remaining attractive in spite of their flaws and repeatedly finds themselves in uncomfortable predicaments. Ellie Knight is just like you. Her life isn't turning out the way she thought it would. Some people might say she's a hot mess, but then who really has their s--t together before they're 30? It's Valentine's Day, and Ellie Knight finds herself eating Nutella in the bar stock after a no-show date. But single doesn't have to be the loneliest number, does it? She goes back home to her flatshare and weird flatmates. It's okay there's black mould everywhere, right? With a hangover from hell, she goes to the office job she thought she would have quit by now. Doesn't everyone hate their job? Maybe Ellie isn't following the official life plan, but perfect is overrated. For fans of Fleabag and Girls, this is a fresh and funny coming-of-age story with a single-girl heroine that everyone will relate to - a modern Carrie Bradshaw meets Bridget Jones. Read by Elisabeth Hopper. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elisabeth Hopper. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/orio/001138/bk_orio_001138_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Hotel Destiny: A Ghost Noir , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 367min

  What if you, as a ghost, had to solve your own murder?From internationally acclaimed and New York Times best-selling author Raymond Benson comes a novel that is a ghost story with a distinctive noir sensibility mixed with David Lynchian surrealism.The year is 1985. Manhattan’s Times Square area is sleazy, and the streets are full of what Coleman Sackler calls “New York Street Skunk”. Cole is the night manager and self-proclaimed hotel detective for the transient Hotel Destiny, which has been plagued with scandals over the century, including several murders, gangster occupation and ownership, and fleabag status during the 1960s and '70s. Five recent slayings in the building have been attributed to - the police believe - one killer.During the gala grand reopening Halloween party, Cole Sackler himself is murdered by a masked man. But hold on! Cole “awakes” and is still in the hotel - as a ghost. Prior to his death, a mysterious woman had told him that hidden portals located throughout the building can lead one to other time periods, and that the key to Cole’s destiny is in the hotel’s past and embedded in its many secrets.Thus, Cole’s spirit sets out to solve his own murder by dropping in on living characters throughout Hotel Destiny’s history and observing and/or interacting with them. His goal is to discover the identity of his killer, as well as learn the ironic truth about his own family, his heritage, and himself! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stuart W. Howard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/213701/bk_acx0_213701_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Männer ohne Möbel

  »Männer ohne Möbel« heißt dieses Buch, weil die Männer in Ellies Leben Angst vor richtigen Restaurants haben und Erdbeermilch trinken und auf Matratzen ohne Bettgestell schlafen. Es könnte aber auch »Zwischen uns ist alles gut« heißen, wie Alvaro sagt, der esoterische Argentinier, der Ellie ohne Erklärung nach einem halben Jahr verlässt. Oder»In Italien ist das nicht anders«? Weil auch in Italien, einer Kneipe am Neuköllner Landwehrkanal, alle nur Liebe wollen, egal ob sie sich für Marlon Brando halten oder ihrem Bier von einer Frau erzählen, von der sonst keiner glaubt, dass es sie gibt. Und Ellie? Besucht unter dem Titel »Mein Happy End bin ich!« einen Schreibkurs an der Volkshochschule. Dort lernt sie sich als Romanfigur zu betrachten und macht aus ihrem Leben ein Lieblingsbuch. Es endet in Italien, im richtigen - und mit einer Überraschung.Irgendwo zwischen Fleabag und Loriot, zwischen Herr Lehmann und Herr der Ringe erzählt dieses Buch mit Tempo und Lakonie von der Liebe in Zeiten von Codes und offenen Türen, von Lebensfreude-Duschgels und Tastentelefonen. Ein Buch für jede Young Fun Person - und für alle anderen noch viel mehr.

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  All Grown Up (eBook, ePUB)

  'Hilarious, courageous and mesmerising' Maria Semple'Think BBC's Fleabag set in Brooklyn' Stylist 'I'm alone. I'm a drinker. I'm a former artist. I'm a shrieker in bed. I'm the captain of the sinking ship that is my flesh.'Andrea is a single, childless 39-year-old woman who tries to navigate family, sexuality, friendships and a career she never wanted, but battles with thoughts and desires that few people would want to face up to. Gut-wrenchingly honest and shimmering with rage and intimacy, All Grown Up questions what it means to be a 21st century woman: - What if I don't want to hold your baby?- Can I date you without ever hearing about your divorce?- What can I demand of my mother now that I am an adult?- Is therapy pointless?- At what point does drinking a lot become a drinking problem?- Why does everyone keep asking me why I am not married? Powerfully intelligent and wickedly funny, All Grown Up delves into the psyche of a flawed but mesmerising character. Readers will recognise themselves in Jami Attenberg's truthful account of womanhood, though they might not always want to admit it.

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  Reputation

  'If Bridgerton and Fleabag had a book baby, it would be Reputation. I inhaled it in one sitting' Sarra Manning'I had so much fun reading Reputation. It's a total blast' Louise O'Neill'Razor sharp and funny. I absolutely loved it' Laura Kay'Fierce, fresh and feminist' Cressida McLaughlinThe hilarious debut novel. A classic romcom with a Regency-era twist, for fans of Mean Girls, Julia Quinn and Jane Austen.Abandoned by her parents in favour of a sea view, middle class Georgiana Ellers has moved to a new town to live with her dreary aunt and uncle. At a particularly dull dinner party, she meets the enigmatic Frances Campbell, a wealthy socialite and enchanting member of the in-crowd.Through Frances and her friends, Georgiana is introduced to a new world of wild parties, drunken debauchery, mysterious young men with strangely alluring hands, and the sparkling upper echelons of Regency society.But high society isn't all it's cracked up to be, and the price of entry might be more than Georgiana is willing to pay . . .This witty romcom about status, friendship, and first loves explores sex and consent in a time when reputation was absolutely everything, and feminism in a time when women's rights were a completely different story. It's full of lavish parties, handsome men on horseback and a sense of humour that would have given Austen herself a chuckle.

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  Astrid Sees All

  This "vivid portrait of a seedy, edgy, artsy, and seething New York City that will never exist again" (Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author)—the glittering, decadent downtown club scene of the 1980s—follows a smart, vulnerable young woman as she takes a deep dive into her dark side. Essential reading for fans of Sweetbitter, Fleabag, and books by Patti Smith. New York, 1984: Twenty-two-year-old Phoebe Hayes is a young woman in search of excitement and adventure. But the recent death of her father has so devastated her that her mother wants her to remain home in Baltimore to recover. Phoebe wants to return to New York, not only to chase the glamorous life she so desperately craves but also to confront Ivan, the older man who wronged her. With her best friend Carmen, she escapes to the East Village, disappearing into an underworld haunted by artists, It Girls, and lost souls trying to party their pain away. Carmen juggles her junkie-poet boyfriend and a sexy painter while, as Astrid the Star Girl, Phoebe tells fortunes in a nightclub and plots her revenge on Ivan. When the intoxicating brew of sex, drugs, and self-destruction leads Phoebe to betray her friend, Carmen disappears, and Phoebe begins an unstoppable descent into darkness. "A new wave coming-of-age story, Astrid Sees All is a blast from the past" (Stewart O'Nan, author of The Speed Queen) about female friendship, sex, romance, and what it's like to be a young woman searching for an identity.

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