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    The What If Guy (The Guys Who Got Away, #3) (eBook, ePUB)
    It should be an easy rule to follow - don't bang your boss…But I didn't know who he was when I met him.And the first time I saw him, our connection sounded like the stuff of romantic legends - that whole "their eyes locked across a crowded room" moment that turned into more.I didn't believe it. . . . until it happened to me.Fine, the charming, clever, sexy-as-sin guy in the tailored suit was only trying to buy the same Snoopy lunchbox (as a gift!), but still, our eyes totally locked, and my lady parts definitely tingled as we vied for the prize.Naturally, I did what any badass business woman would do. Negotiated for the lunchbox, then found my what-if guy online and made plans to see him the next night.One night only - that was the deal we made.But one fantastic night had us both changing our minds in the morning. And making plans for another.Until I walked into the office to learn he just bought my company.And here's the biggest rule of romantic legends - no matter what, don't bang your boss.Especially if you're already falling for him.THE WHAT IF GUY is a sexy standalone you can escape into!
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    Murder on the Floodways , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 540min
    Donald Ray “Hokey” Busby has a bit of the devil in him, but nobody thought he’d kill his best friend, Harry “Fats” Shell. Yet, one night on the Walker family farm, Hokey brutally shoots Fats down. Hours later, Hokey is found dying in a pool of blood from a single shotgun blast.The Walkers feared more bloodshed would come as family and friends gathered for the shocking double funeral of the murderer and victim and two preachers, like courtroom lawyers, vied for supremacy; one for God’s wrath, one for God’s mercy as a mother’s love, draped in grief, cried out.  Author Harold G. Walker recounts the life and times of growing up on a small cotton farm in Southeastern Missouri. Returning to the terrifying events of December 1957, he attempts to answer the questions that still haunt him today. Why did Hokey kill Fats? And more puzzling, was Hokey’s death an accidental suicide or murderous revenge? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Fria. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/224959/bk_acx0_224959_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Kill for Me: Victor the Assassin, Book 8 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 755min
    For years, two sisters have vied for the turf of their dead crime boss father. Across the streets of Guatemala City, bodies have piled up; the US Drug Enforcement Agency, operating far from its own borders, is powerless to stop the fighting.  But now one sister has a weapon that could finally win the war - a cold, amoral hitman known, fittingly, as 'Victor'.  Freed from previous employers the CIA and MI6, Victor is a killer for hire whose sense of self-preservation trumps all else. Yet as betrayal and counterbetrayal unspool in the vicious family feud, Victor finds himself at the centre of a storm even he could be powerless to stop. Acclaimed best seller Tom Wood blows the competition away with his twisting, relentless new thriller, perfect for fans of Gregg Hurwitz (Orphan X, The Nowhere Man), James Swallow (Nomad, Exile) and Terry Hayes (I Am Pilgrim, Day of the Locust). ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Noble. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/twuk/002043/bk_twuk_002043_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Morrigan's Bidding: Binding Words, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 522min
    Sean was just waiting for his best friend to show up at the bar so they could play some pool. It came as a shock when the tall blonde man accosted Sean and demanded that he change seats. His refusal would change his life.When the fight ended, Sean found himself in the strangest meeting of his life. Odin, Archangel Michael, Lucifer, and Morrigan all vied for his soul, each offering different deals. Sean had to choose, so he chose to go with the goddess of Fate, Death, and Battle.Placed on a new world, gifted with a new body crafted by the gods, and more gifts from other deities of the Tuatha De Danann, Sean now has the chance to live out a new life on a new world. Not everything will be sunshine and roses, however, in this world ruled by the Summer and Winter Queens. He learns quickly that words have power in this world, and that Agreements are binding. Sean has his work cut out for finding his place in this new world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrea Parsneau. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/131295/bk_acx0_131295_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Praetorian: The Rise and Fall of Rome's Imperial Bodyguard , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 698min
    A riveting account of ancient Rome's imperial bodyguard, the select band of soldiers who wielded the power to make - or destroy - the emperors they served. Founded by Augustus around 27 BC, the elite Praetorian Guard was tasked with the protection of the emperor and his family. As the centuries unfolded, however, Praetorian soldiers served not only as protectors and enforcers but also as powerful political players. Fiercely loyal to some emperors, they vied with others and ruthlessly toppled those who displeased them, including Caligula, Nero, Pertinax, and many more. Guy de la Bédoyère provides a compelling first full narrative history of the Praetorians, whose dangerous ambitions ceased only when Constantine permanently disbanded them. De la Bédoyère introduces Praetorians of all echelons, from prefects and messengers to artillery experts and executioners. He explores the delicate position of emperors for whom prestige and guile were the only defenses against bodyguards hungry for power. Folding fascinating details into a broad assessment of the Praetorian era, the author sheds new light on the wielding of power in the greatest of the ancient world's empires. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Malk Williams. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/030301/bk_adbl_030301_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Korean War and The Vietnam War: The United States at War Series, Hörbuch, Digital, 323min
    Following World War II, the United States and Soviet Russia vied for dominance around the world in an intense contest called the Cold War. Both Korea and Vietnam felt the full brunt of this conflict, and each was divided into two ideologically opposed sectors; to the north, the Communists dominated, while to the south, the United States prevailed. In both countries, America would face her worst nightmare: a land war in Asia. It began in Korea but continued in Vietnam, where more than 58 thousand Americans would die. During the course of the Vietnam War, one American president was assassinated, another declined to seek reelection, and a third was discredited. Just as the fabric of society in Vietnam was torn to shreds by the continued political upheaval, so too was our own world powerfully reshaped. The United States at War series is a collection of presentations that review the political, economic, and social tensions that have erupted in military conflict and examine how the conflict resolved, or failed to resolve, those tensions. Language: English. Narrator: George C. Scott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/005148/bk_blak_005148_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Ninja's Illusion: A Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mystery, Book 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 550min
    A fabled illusion performed by a stage magician who claims to possess real supernatural powers. A treasure from the colonial era in India when international supremacies vied for power. A phantom trading ship lost over 200 years ago. And a ninja whose murderous intentions in present-day Japan connect the deeds of a long-dead trader who was much more than he seemed.... When Jaya travels from San Francisco to Japan with her stage magician best friend Sanjay - a.k.a. The Hindi Houdini - for his Japanese debut, she jumps at the chance to pursue her own research that could solve a tantalizing centuries-old mystery. With the colorful autumn leaves of historic Kyoto falling around her, Jaya soon loses sight of what's real and what's a deception. A mysterious ninja attempts sabotage on Sanjay's trick, along with Japan's most controversial magician, Akira. Ancient folklore blurs the lines between illusion and reality when a magician's assistant appears to be a kitsune, a mythical fox spirit. As tricks escalate to murder, Jaya and her friends must unravel secrets hidden in the ancient capital of Japan, before one of their own becomes the next victim. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Allyson Ryan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/008527/bk_tant_008527_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    American Civil Wars: The United States, Latin America, Europe, and the Crisis of the 1860s , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 538min
    American Civil Wars takes listeners beyond the battlefields and sectional divides of the US Civil War to view the conflict from outside the national arena of the United States. Contributors position the American conflict squarely in the context of a wider transnational crisis across the Atlantic world, marked by a multitude of civil wars, European invasions and occupations, revolutionary independence movements, and slave uprisings - all taking place in the tumultuous decade of the 1860s. The multiple conflicts described in these essays illustrate how the United States' sectional strife was caught up in a larger, complex struggle in which nations and empires on both sides of the Atlantic vied for the control of the future. These struggles were all part of a vast web, connecting not just Washington and Richmond but also Mexico City, Havana, Santo Domingo, and Rio de Janeiro and - on the other side of the Atlantic - London, Paris, Madrid, and Rome. American Civil Wars creates new connections between the uprisings and civil wars in and outside of American borders and places the United States within a global context of other nations. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Johnny Heller, Jo Anna Perrin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/007587/bk_tant_007587_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Great Victorian Detective Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 674min
    During the last part of the nineteenth century, the detective story took off as a popular genre as literary magazines vied with each other to draw in readers with gripping page-turners by the likes of Arthur Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton, Guy Boothby and Wilkie Collins. This collection brings together some of the great detectives of the Victorian era, from the master sleuth himself, Sherlock Holmes, to the mild mannered Father Brown, to the feisty J. G. Reeder.The Invisible Man by G. K. Chesterton The Wedding Guest by Guy Boothby The Magic Casket by R. Austin Freeman The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Diamond Cut Diamond by F. Britten Austin The Game Played in the Dark by Ernest Bramah Murder under the Microscope by William Russell The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe The Hammer of God by G. K. Chesterton Who killed Zebedee by Wilkie Collins The Treasure Hunt by Edgar Wallace The Shadow of the Shark by G. K. Chesterton The Red Headed League by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Story of Baelbrow by E & H Heron ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000521/bk_redd_000521_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Last Englishmen: Love, War and the End of the Empire , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 847min
    John Auden was a pioneering geologist of the Himalayas. Michael Spender was the first to survey the northern approach to the summit of Mount Everest. While their younger brothers - W. H. Auden and Stephen Spender - achieved literary fame, they vied for a place on an expedition that would finally conquer Everest, a quest that had become a metaphor for Britain’s efforts to maintain power over India. To this rivalry was added another: in the summer of 1938 both men fell in love with a painter named Nancy Sharp. Her choice would determine each man’s wartime loyalties. From Calcutta to prewar London to the snowy slopes of Everest, The Last Englishmen tracks a generation obsessed with a romantic ideal. As political struggle rages in Spain, the march to war with Germany seems inevitable, Communist spies expand their ranks and the fight for Indian independence enters its final bloody act, writers and explorers, Englishmen and Indians must pick their cause. The Last Englishmen is an engrossing story that traces the end of empire and the stirring of a new world order. It encourages us to look again at our national story, to seek out the viewpoints of those on the other end of unchecked power and to question our own mythologies. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cameron James Stewart. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/050294/bk_adbl_050294_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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