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The Rise of the Hotel Dumort: The Bane Chronicles, Book 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 71min
In 1920s Manhattan, Magnus Bane hobnobs with the elite at a glamorous Jazz Age hotspot. One of ten adventures in The Bane Chronicles. The immortal Magnus Bane is making the most of his time in the Roaring Twenties: He’s settled into New York society and is thriving among the fashionable jazz set. And there is nowhere better to see and be seen than the glamorous Hotel Dumort, a glittering new addition to the Manhattan landscape. But a different type of glamour may be at play… This standalone e-only short story illuminates the life of the enigmatic Magnus Bane, whose alluring personality populates the pages of the #1 New York Times bestselling series, The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices series. This story in The Bane Chronicles, The Rise of the Hotel Dumort, is written by Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephen Lunsford. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/006507/bk_sans_006507_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Real Monsters Vol. 2: Werewolves, Demons, Vampires and Sea Creatures, Hörbuch, Digital, 176min
In this fascinating second volume of Real Monsters, explore tales of strange beasts walking the land, stalking the lakes and seas, as well as flying high overhead. Encounter lake monsters, vampire devil dogs, demons, werewolves, man-beasts, rabid vampire people, and more. Creatures straight out of Jurassic Park and so terrifying they could be the result of some experiment gone awry, or are they monsters that have evolved within waterways and forests? These ominous creatures haunt our nightmares, yet appear to be as real as any other creature that populates our planet. Research continues on all of these monsters, and startling new evidence appears every year that supports their existence. More strange encounters and bizarre, often illogical, paranormal experiences are being reported than ever before. Credible eyewitness reports make us face the fact that the monsters we relegate to fairy tales have indeed been quite real all along. Prepare to take a journey into the unexplained. Language: English. Narrator: Charles Thompsen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/real/000451/rt_real_000451_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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You Think That's Bad: Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 470min
Culling the vastness of experience-from its bizarre fringes and breathtaking pinnacles to the mediocre and desperately below average--like an expert curator, Jim Shepard populates this collection with characters at once wildly diverse and wholly fascinating. A "black world" operative can't tell his wife a word about his daily activities, but doesn't resist sharing her confidences. A young Alpine researcher is smitten by the girlfriend of his dead brother, killed in an avalanche he believes he caused. An unlucky farm boy becomes the manservant of a French nobleman who's as proud of having served with Joan of Arc as he's aroused by slaughtering children. A free spirit tracks an ancient Shia sect, becoming the first Western woman to travel the Arabian Deserts. From the inventor of the Godzilla epics to a miserable G.I. in New Guinea, each is complicit in his or her downfall and comes to learn that, in love, knowing better is never enough. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bronson Pinchot. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbca/000688/bk_bbca_000688_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Shipping News, Hörbuch, Digital, 308min
A vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical portrait of the contemporary American family, The Shipping News shows why E. Annie Proulx is recognized as one of the most gifted and original writers in America today. When Quoyle, a 36-year-old, third rate newspaperman, learns that his two-timing wife has abandoned him and their two daughters, he returns to his ancestral home on the Newfoundland coast, where amongst locals and three generations of his family, he begins to rebuild his life. Newfoundland is a dreary rock in the north Atlantic beset by lousy weather. Proulx recreates this barren location in her vivid, distinctive prose and populates it with a cast of amusing, richly human characters. The transformation each of the characters undergoes following the move is profound. And Proulx creates a simple and compelling tale of Quoyle's psychological and spiritual growth as he confronts his private demons. Along the way, we catch a glimpse of the maritime beauty of what is probably a fading existence. Language: English. Narrator: Robert Joy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/000090/bk_sans_000090_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Reel Him In (White, Dark and In Between) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 68min, (USK 18)
A far from experienced woman. A lot of mishaps. A magnetic man. Lora Lee's career is doing just fine, although she has to deal with artistic temperaments on a daily basis. However, she has had a string of mishaps in her personal life. She's already reached the big 40 and she doesn't have too much to show for herself. She believes that Universe hates her when she repeatedly runs into a rude man who later on populates her night dreams and her fantasy during the day. Third time is a charm, they say, and yes, the third time Lora Lee runs into Jake, he decides to take matters in his hands and show her that her life can change. Enjoy the first book of the three-volume hot and steamy series of "White, Dark And In Between" which follows the path of Lora Lee and Jake’s encounter, as well as the evolution of their relationship from a booty call to something more meaningful. If you love a hot and steamy erotic romance with likable characters, then this is the book for you. Buy this erotic romance filled with sensuous heat today! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim Masters. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/101561/bk_acx0_101561_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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American Monsters: Werewolves, Wildmen and Sea Creatures, Hörbuch, Digital, 51min
Throughout the world legends of creatures have been handed down from antiquity. Tales of strange beasts walking the land, stalking the lakes and seas, as well as flying high overhead. Creatures so wondrous and terrifying, they are often called monsters! Legends of fantastic creatures abound in the literature of many cultures. Devil dogs, werewolves, various primates, and stories of man-beasts have been passed down in oral traditions and written in classic tales from around the world. Our lakes and oceans are filled with a myriad of strange creatures that tantalize the imagination as well. Could these creatures be the results of some experiment gone awry, or are they monsters that have evolved within the cesspool of our polluted waterways and forests? From lake monsters to land monsters and flying thunderbirds - the earth and sky are filled with mysteries. These ominous creatures haunt our nightmares yet appear to be as real as any other creature that populates our planet. Research continues on all of these monsters, and startling new evidence appears every year that supports their existence. Perhaps the day will come when we realize that all the monsters we relegate to fairy tales have indeed been quite real all along. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Hughes. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/real/000392/rt_real_000392_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1085min
As breathtaking today as when it was completed, Hoover Dam ranks among America's greatest achievements. The story of its conception, design, and construction is the story of the United States at a unique moment in history: when facing both a global economic crisis and the implacable elements of nature, we prevailed. The United States after Hoover Dam was a different country from the one that began to build it, going from the glorification of individual effort to the value of shared enterprise and communal support. The dam became the physical embodiment of this change. A remote regional construction project was transformed from a Republican afterthought into a New Deal symbol of national pride. Hoover Dam went on to shape not only the American West but the American century. Michael Hiltzik populates the epic tale of the dam's construction with larger-than-life characters, such as Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, William Mulholland, and the dam's egomaniacal architect, Frank Crowe. Shedding real light on a one-of-a-kind moment in 20th-century American history, Hiltzik combines exhaustive research, trenchant observation, and a gift for unforgettable storytelling in a book that is bound to become a classic in its genre. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Norman Dietz. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/001444/bk_tant_001444_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Shield and Crocus , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 677min
In a city built among the bones of a fallen giant, a small group of heroes looks to reclaim their home from the five criminal tyrants who control it. The city of Audec-Hal sits among the bones of a Titan. For decades it has suffered under the dominance of five tyrants, all with their own agendas. Their infighting is nothing, though, compared to the mysterious "Spark-storms" that alternate between razing the land and bestowing the citizens with wild, unpredictable abilities. It was one of these storms that gave First Sentinel, leader of the revolutionaries known as the Shields of Audec-Hal, power to control the emotional connections between people - a power that cost him the love of his life. Now, with nothing left to lose, First Sentinel and the Shields are the only resistance against the city's overlords as they strive to free themselves from the clutches of evil. The only thing they have going for them is that the crime lords are fighting each other as well - that is, until the tyrants agree to a summit that will permanently divide the city and cement their rule of Audec-Hal. It's one thing to take a stand against oppression, but with the odds stacked against the Shields, it's another thing to actually triumph. In this stunning, original tale of magic and revolution, Michael R. Underwood creates a cityscape that rivals Ambergris and New Crobuzon in its depth and populates it with heroes and villains that will stay with you forever. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Luke Daniels. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/006172/bk_brll_006172_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 649min
The oldest daughter of revered composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein offers a rare look at her father on the centennial of his birth in a deeply intimate and broadly evocative memoir. The composer of On the Town and West Side Story, chief conductor of the New York Philharmonic, television star, humanitarian, friend of the powerful and influential, and the life of every party, Leonard Bernstein was an enormous celebrity during one of the headiest periods of American cultural life, as well as the most protean musician in 20th-century America. But to his eldest daughter, Jamie, he was above all the man in the scratchy brown bathrobe who smelled of cigarettes; the jokester and compulsive teacher who enthused about Beethoven and the Beatles; the insomniac whose 4 a.m. composing breaks involved spooning baby food out of the jar. He taught his daughter to love the world in all its beauty and complexity. In public and private, Lenny was larger than life. In Famous Father Girl, Bernstein mines the emotional depths of her childhood and invites us into her family’s private world. A fantastic set of characters populates the Bernsteins’ lives, including: the Kennedys, Mike Nichols, John Lennon, Richard Avedon, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins, and Betty (Lauren) Bacall. An intoxicating tale, Famous Father Girl is an intimate meditation on a complex and sometimes troubled man, the family he raised, and the music he composed that became the soundtrack to their entwined lives. Deeply moving and often hilarious, Bernstein’s beautifully written memoir is a great American story about one of the greatest Americans of the modern age. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jamie Bernstein. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/007482/bk_harp_007482_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Karma's a Killer: A Downward Dog Mystery , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 559min
When Seattle yoga teacher Kate Davidson agrees to teach doga (yoga for dogs) at a fundraiser for a local animal shelter, she believes the only damage will be to her reputation. But a few downward-facing dogs are the least of Kate’s problems when an animal rights protest at the event leads to a suspicious fire and a drowning. The police arrest Dharma, a woman claiming to be Kate’s estranged mother, and charge her with murder. To prove Dharma’s innocence, Kate, her boyfriend, Michael, and her German shepherd sidekick, Bella, dive deeply into the worlds of animal activism and organizational politics. As they investigate the dangerous obsessions that drive these groups, Kate and her sleuthing team discover that when it comes to murder, there’s no place like hOMe. Praise: "Weber's clever assemblage of suspects is eliminated one by one in her entertaining novel." (RT Book Reviews) "[Weber's] characters are likeable and amusing, the background is interesting, and the story is ultimately satisfying." (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine) "A wonderful story for dog lovers, with the other human characters being just as likeable." (Suspense Magazine) "Weber keeps readers guessing and populates the action with plenty of kooky characters." (Mystery Scene) "Karma's a Killer continues Tracy Weber's charming series." (The Seattle Times) "Crazy, quirky critters and their odd, yet utterly relatable human counterparts, make Karma's a Killer an appealing story. But when you add the keep-you-guessing mystery with both laugh out loud one liners and touching moments of pure poignancy the result is a truly great book!" (Laura Morrigan, national best-selling author of the Call of the Wilde mystery series) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anne James. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/111015/bk_acx0_111015_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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