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    Royal Visitors , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 12min
    Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his evocative and beautifully narrated ghost stories. 'Royal Visitors' is a humorous story set at Trinity College, Cambridge, and tells the story of a revenge prank by the undergraduate nicknamed 'The Babe' on his tutor, Mr. Stewart, who at short notice had withdrawn a lunch invitation to dine with visiting foreign royals. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000944/bk_redd_000944_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    To the Best of Our Knowledge: Writing Truth and Lies (English), Hörbuch, Digital, 51min
    We all tell stories about our lives: funny stories, happy stories, sad stories. But are they true stories? In an age of "alternative facts" and "fake news," we're all thinking harder about why truth matters – not just in politics, but in our personal lives.A biographer, a poet, a memoirist and a filmmaker describe the moral struggle and personal cost involved in telling not just the truth, but the whole truth. [Original Broadcast Date: November 10, 2018] Language: English. Narrator: Anne Strainchamps. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/tbon/190093/rt_tbon_190093_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Amandine , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 742min
    Marlena de Blasi, best-selling memoirist of A Thousand Days in Venice, makes her remarkable fiction debut with this poignant tale. Deemed an illegitimate child by her royal Polish family, Amandine is abandoned as a baby at a French convent. As she grows, Amandine struggles to accept her orphaned state. She longs to put together the missing pieces of her identity, but as World War II engulfs Europe, her time to find answers may be running short. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John McDonough. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/004066/bk_reco_004066_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Terror by Night , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 18min
    Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his masterly and uncanny ghost stories. The Terror by Night describes a strange and uncanny haunting which is simultaneously experienced by multiple different witnesses in entirely separate ways... each of them receiving a part of the whole picture, but none able to understand its import individually. When the various pieces are put together, the meaning is terrifying. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000497/bk_redd_000497_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    To the Best of Our Knowledge: Writing Truth and Lies (English), Hörbuch, Digital, 51min
    We all tell stories about our lives: funny stories, happy stories, sad stories. But are they true stories? In an age of “alternative facts” and “fake news,” we’re all thinking harder about why truth matters – not just in politics, but in our personal lives. A biographer, a poet, a memoirist and a filmmaker describe the moral struggle and personal cost involved in telling not just the truth, but the whole truth. [Broadcast Date: November 14, 2018]  Language: English. Narrator: Anne Strainchamps. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/tbon/181114/rt_tbon_181114_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Outside the Door , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 19min
    Edward Frederic Benson (1867 - 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known as the true master of the gothic ghost story. Outside the Door is a strange tale illustrating how terrible deeds from the past can imbue the rooms in which they happened with the spirit of the events which happened there. In this case, a dreadful murder which is re-enacted at night in the old manor. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000491/bk_redd_000491_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Dust-Cloud , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 34min
    Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his evocative and beautifully narrated ghost stories. "The Dust-Cloud" tells the story of a very unusual ghost. The apparition is a reconstruction of a dreadful car accident in which a child is run over and the driver subsequently crashes and is killed. But what actually happened that night? And could it have been something more sinister than a simple accident? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000467/bk_redd_000467_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Bus Conductor , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 22min
    Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his masterly and uncanny ghost stories. One of the most famous of these is "The Bus Conductor". It is a deceptively simple tale of a mysterious apparition which comes into view on an ordinary London street under most peculiar circumstances. The chilling catchphrase spoken by the mysterious figure: "Just room for one inside, Sir" takes on an altogether sinister meaning. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000462/bk_redd_000462_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    They Like Me. They Really like Me. , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 58min
    When one of her college boyfriends ended up becoming a movie star, Anna David became fixated on finding another famous boyfriend. But jobs at celebrity magazines and intimate encounters with boldfaced names ultimately left her clear that no red carpet embrace or award show acknowledgment would bring her what she was ultimately seeking. The novelist, memoirist, and author of the best-selling Kindle Single Animal Attraction examines our society's relationship with fame from one of its most obsessive perspectives: her own. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anna David. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/021979/bk_adbl_021979_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Caterpillars , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 21min
    Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his evocative and beautifully narrated ghost stories. Caterpillars is the story of a strange visit to the mysterious Villa Cascana, where one bedroom is inexplicably always kept empty. The visitor feels uneasy immediately on arriving, although there is no obvious reason why he should. And then the nightmares begin. Or are they nightmares? Surely the sinister, terrifying caterpillars which infest the empty room cannot be more than just a bad dream.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000476/bk_redd_000476_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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