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  Sing the Four Quarters: Quarters, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 953min

  The Bards of Shkoder hold the country together. They, and the elemental spirits they Sing - earth, air, fire, and water - bring the news of the sea to the mountains, news of the mountains to the plains. They give their people, from peasant to king, a song in common. Annice is a rare talent, able to Sing all four quarters, but her brother, the newly enthroned King Theron, sees her request to study at the Bardic Hall as a betrayal. To his surprise, Annice accepts his conditions, renouncing her royal blood and swearing to remain childless so as not to jeopardize the line of succession. She walks away from political responsibilities, royal privilege and her family. Ten years later, Annice has become the Princess Bard and her real life is about to become the exact opposite of the overwrought ballad her fellow students at the Bardic Hall wrote about her. Now, she's on the run from the Royal Guards with the Duc of Ohrid, the father of her unborn child, both of them guilty of treason - one of them unjustly accused. To save the Duc's life, they'll have to cross the country, manage to keep from strangling each other, and defeat an enemy too damaged for even a Bard's song to reach. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/009731/bk_brll_009731_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Purity - A Novel, by Jonathan Franzen: Summary & Analysis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 38min

  Preview: A young woman unravels the mystery of her birth and learns about love and forgiveness in Purity, a coming-of-age saga that also takes a hard look at 21st-century investigative journalism and the cult of personality. At 23, Purity "Pip" Tyler is working in phone sales and struggling to pay back $130,000 in student loans. She has few friends and often tangles with her overbearing and overwrought mom, Penelope. Penelope frustrates her by refusing to identify Pip's father. Pip has searched for clues to her mother's past online and in their cabin in the mountains near Santa Cruz, California, but finds nothing. Pip lives in Oakland in a foreclosed house belonging to Dreyfuss, a schizophrenic, and his roommates. Among the roommates are a couple of itinerant German activists and Stephen, a married Occupy movement activist. Pip has a crush on Stephen and loosely follows his politics.... Please note: This is a summary and analysis of the book and not the original book. Inside this Instaread summary and analysis of Purity: Summary of book Introduction to the important people in the book Analysis of the themes and author's style About the author: With Instaread, you can get the summary and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read, summarize, and analyze every chapter for your convenience. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Gilboe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/045198/bk_acx0_045198_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Decade After: Surviving Thriving After Divorce , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 190min

  After nine years of marriage, Toyin M. Falusi, MD, a specialist in infectious diseases, found herself divorced and raising two young children. It was a trying, stressful time, but rather than accept the hackneyed stereotype of the miserable and overwrought single mom, Falusi chose to embrace her new existence.Twelve years later, she’s still leading a happy, successful life. In The Decade After: Surviving Thriving After Divorce, she shares what she’s learned along the way.While this is not a self-help manual, much inside will resonate with recently divorced women. It is also not exactly an advice book, although Falusi does offer tips and tactics to help you adjust to life after marriage breakdown and separation. Rather, this is an informal, often funny conversation, with Falusi expounding on such topics as raising well-adjusted kids, working with - not against - your ex-spouse, building a support system, and taking care of yourself.Life does not end after divorce, nor does it have to plunge into stress, loneliness, and despair. Take it from Falusi - 12 years later, she’s still going strong. While she remains willing to entertain the possibility of a new serious relationship, she’s quite happy as she is - self-reliant, successful, and fulfilled!#getbetternotbitter #thrivingafterdivorce This book empowers women of all ages to celebrate their awesomeness and to grow daily. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sheryl Mebane. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/123631/bk_acx0_123631_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Imaginary Lines , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 535min

  Kyle Conway is about to make a breakthrough for Conway Brothers Construction Co. - a long sought-after opportunity for a major real estate score. His wife and two boys will prosper, his brother-partner will do the same. And the Conways are delighted that friend and business colleague Mauricio Solares will have the chance to rise higher in society than other Mexican immigrants trying to realize the American dream. Yes, Kyle, -a bit rough around the edges but a good guy at heart - is happy for Mauricio, but his proclivity for careless, insensitive remarks about or in front of his Mexican friend causes Cynthia Conway to chastise him repeatedly, a fact that leads to frequent verbal clashes between them. He bristles at suggestions of mistreatment. She wants to enlighten her husband and to preserve the warm friendship that the Conways have enjoyed with the Solares family. Is there a legitimate cause - perhaps beneath the surface - for tension, or is it a result of imaginations being overwrought? That question becomes critical when a vacation visit to Mexico intended to offer the Conways an opportunity for celebration and a strengthening of their marriage turns into a horror show, one that compounds suspicions and tension. Their journey south of the border turns relaxation and optimism into terror and the possibility for tragedy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Herb Isaacs. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/033939/bk_acx0_033939_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Vacant MC: The Nighthawks MC, Book 11 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 410min

  So, what is real love? Is it the desert sun kissing the horizon, a pair of lovers rubbing one another's feet after a long day? Or is it the kind advice you get from a friend, leaning in to let you use their shoulder to cry on? The Nighthawks have plenty of love in their well-loved community, and everyone is thriving well, in one way or another. Wraith decides to change tact after her body gets put through the wringer again...but will Saber follow her lead, too? Sigrun and Wraith discover that they want something more, but what on earth could it be? They were already more than happy. Meanwhile, Gregory and Bannon have their work cut out for them in their security business, and Gregory has become a hero of sorts. The clock is always ticking, but they have a wonderful proposition to make.... Henry's farm is thriving, with adults and teens who love their lives. Robert and Triesta find comfort in the community that is now their new home base, for work and camaraderie in its community. Callie and Ivy work hard and wonder how on earth mothers like Katya do it so well. They feel exhausted and overwrought with so many things. Kiya, Aiden, work, Damia, and Grace...and there's not much time left for anything else. "Being a Nighthawk is tough work, but being a mother, well, that's magician's work!"   ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julia Turnbull. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/115998/bk_acx0_115998_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  21 Easy Tips for Better Time Management: Astute Guides , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 74min

  21 Easy Tips for Better Time Management has been created to give a thought-provoking, informative, and easy-to-digest summary of the subject of managing your time better. We are all simply too busy these days. Whether we are busy chasing a career, managing a family, or studying for exams, we can all become easily overwrought with the sheer amount of "stuff" that has to be done on a day-to-day basis. Compounded in this day and age with the demands of living life on the internet and with the ever increasing demands of social media, when do we actually get the chance to "switch off"? This book tries to handle the basics of time management, whether that's simply saying "no" to unnecessary demands, ensuring that goal-setting is completed properly, or simply just trying to stop multi-tasking. What do Bill Gates from Microsoft, Zuckerberg from Facebook, Beyonce, or Usain Bolt have in common with a mom on a school run or someone running a small business? They all have 1,440 minutes in a day. Its how they manage their time and what they do with their time that dictates how well their day goes. We cannot all afford personal assistants and staff, but understanding the complexities that life throws at us and knowing how to better manage time will surely make life easier for us all. It's all about quality - not quantity. 21 Easy Tips for Better Time Management seeks to explain 21 principles in simple, plain English without too much depth. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eddie Delag. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/143672/bk_acx0_143672_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Twisted City , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 338min

  Cataclysmic events rock the world, bringing with it a wave of panic and destruction civilization has never seen. Cities tear themselves apart, governments crumble, countries wither and die, and to add to the catastrophe, a deadly virus, simply referred to as the "New Disease", follows in the wake. Many survivors adopt a resilient ruthlessness to equalize their modern nature with that of the world of today, for the sake of survival. But there are still those who dwell within the remnants of yesteryear, desperately holding on to a thread of hope for a better tomorrow. Claxton, once known as the city of cities, has divided itself into two opposing sides. The north side, now named the Pinnacle, has rebuilt itself to nearly economic perfection within its concrete and steel environment, with fully operational farms and gardens and a perpetual supply of purified water. The south side, Maddick, named for the man who leads them, is infested with all walks of madness and criminals from what was spat from the bowels of the old world, and they are all overwrought with bloodlust and envy. Pinnacle is barricaded within high walls. The front gate is the only access. Armed guards walk these walls and gate around the clock, but Pinnacle has been breached before, and with the right instrument, it can be breached again. And then, a stranger to the city shows up in a pristine vehicle loaded with food and weapons. But the mysterious stranger hasn’t come to battle nor to barter with either side. The reason for his sudden presence runs much deeper than anyone can imagine, and he will do whatever it takes to fulfill that reason. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Zach Nesmith. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/181573/bk_acx0_181573_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Irishman (Movie Tie-In): Frank Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 912min

  ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS I HEARD YOU PAINT HOUSES New York Times Best Seller Now a major motion picture directed by Academy Award® winner Martin Scorsese, starring Academy Award® winners Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Anna Paquin, and Academy Award® nominee Harvey Keitel, and written by Academy Award® winner Steven Zaillian.The Irishman “gives new meaning to the term ‘guilty pleasure.’’’ (Bryan Burrough, author of Public Enemies, in The New York Times Book Review)“Told with such economy and chilling force as to make The Sopranos suddenly seem overwrought and theatrical.” (New York Daily News)“A terrific read.” (Kansas City Star)The Irishman is an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked for legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th Century. Spanning decades, Sheeran’s story chronicles one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history, the disappearance of legendary union boss Jimmy Hoffa, and it offers a monumental journey through the hidden corridors of organized crime: its inner workings, rivalries, and connections to mainstream politics. Sheeran would rise to a position of such prominence that in a RICO suit against The Commission of La Cosa Nostra, the US Government would name him as one of only two non-Italians in conspiracy with the Commission. Sheeran is listed alongside the likes of Anthony “Tony Pro” Provenzano and Anthony “Fat Tony” Salerno. In the course of nearly five years of recorded interviews, Sheeran confessed to Charles Brandt that he handled more than 25 hits for the mob, and Brandt turned Sheeran’s story into a pause-resisting true crime classic.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Brick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/001675/bk_rand_001675_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Jurgurthine War & The Conspiracy of Cataline , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 556min

  A bloody revolt by a North African prince and a plot to seize control of Rome are the subjects of two short masterpieces of ancient history by the illustrious Roman chronicler, Sallust. The Jugurthine War tells the story of the crafty Numidian, Jugurtha, his brutal lunge for power beginning in 118 B.C. and his capture and execution in 106 B.C. It is a tale of pitched battles and savage guerilla warfare, failed peace conferences and corrupt officials, treachery and heroism. The Conspiracy of Cataline is a gothic tale of revenge, violence, and naked aggression in the pursuit of power. Its most famous participants are Cicero, the young Julius Caesar, and Lucius Sergius Cataline. Cataline is described by Sallust as "a guilt-stained soul at odds with gods and men, who found no rest either waking or sleeping, so cruelly did conscience ravage his overwrought mind". Hear the peculiar power in the dramatic prose which Sallust employs in these two great works. They are not only a magnificent example of the gravitas of the Latin language in the hands of a master, but also a valuable source for the speeches of some of history's most famous leaders. Translated by Handford, Lord, and Blackistone. Also included on this volume:With Cataline himself present in the Roman senate chamber near the end of 63 B.C., Cicero hurled at him one of the most superb examples of oratory ever known, the famous First Oration Against Cataline which was memorized by schoolboys for a thousand years. As the speech continued, the senators who were seated in the vicinity of Cataline quietly got up one by one and moved away from him, leaving him alone on one side of the senate chamber staring at the floor. Upon its completion, with applause for Cicero still ringing in his ears, Cataline walked out of the senate building and left Rome. Listen as this spine tingling example of oratorical bravura engulfs Cataline! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charlton Griffin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acon/000037/bk_acon_000037_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Teach Your Children Well: Parenting for Authentic Success , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 657min

  Psychologist Madeline Levine brings together cutting-edge research and thirty years of clinical experience to explode once and for all the myth that good grades, high test scores, and college acceptances should define the parenting endgame. Parents, educators, and the media wring their hands about the plight of America's children and teens - soaring rates of emotional problems, limited coping skills, disengagement from learning and yet there are ways to reverse these disheartening trends. Teach Your Children Well acknowledges that every parent wants successful children. However, until we are clearer about our core values and the parenting choices that are most likely to lead to authentic, and not superficial, success, we will continue to raise exhausted, externally driven, impaired children who believe they are only as good as their last performance. Real success is always an inside job, argues Levine, and is measured not by today's report card but by the people our children become 15 or 20 years down the line. Refusing to be diverted by manufactured controversies such as "tiger moms versus coddling moms," Levine confronts the real issues behind the way we push some of our kids to the breaking point while dismissing the talents and interests of many others. She shows us how to shift our focus from the excesses of hyperparenting and the unhealthy reliance on our children for status and meaning to a parenting style that concentrates on both enabling academic success as well as developing a sense of purpose, well-being, connection, and meaning in our children's lives. Teach Your Children Well is a call to action. And while it takes courage to make the changes we believe in, the time has come, says Levine, to return our overwrought families to a healthier and saner version of themselves. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cassandra Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/003036/bk_harp_003036_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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