135 Results for : guardianship
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Earl of Wainthorpe: Wicked Earls' Club, Book 3 (Seductive Scoundrels 8) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 293min
Could you ever love the unrepentant rake who won you in a wager? He didn’t gamble on losing his heart when he won her at the gaming tables. Pierce, the Earl of Wainthorpe has finally thwarted his worst enemy. Except he can’t revel in his victory after winning his foe’s ward in a winner-takes-all wager. If Pierce refuses to assume Bianca Salisbury’s guardianship, the fiery-haired beauty with a matching temper may very well find herself sold to the highest bidder. The shameful secret she guards makes it impossible to love a rogue. Desperate to escape her blackguard cousin, Bianca Salisbury ventures to London to find a husband or employment. Instead, she’s bartered to a notorious rakehell. She either risks being compromised and accepts The Earl of Wainthorpe’s protection, or flees him and her guardian. But without money and a place to go, she fears she’ll face the same tragic fate as her mother. Caution: This romance features a sexy, irredeemable scoundrel determined to thumb his nose at the haut ton, a saucy country miss unafraid to speak her mind but terrified of even a hint of scandal, a unlikely aristocratic matchmaker, a trio of busybody sisters you’ll adore, and a very pregnant calico that is convinced humans are only around for her convenience. For a pause-resisting historical romance novel brimming with Regency England’s rakish dukes and rapscallion lords, buy this passionate adventure sprinkled with suspense and humor. You won’t be able to put it down. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joff Manning. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/119517/bk_acx0_119517_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Club (eBook, ePUB)
"Wildly entertaining... as it unfolds, brutal truths about class and gender and violence emerge, take hold and shudder through the novel's final pages." -Megan Abbott, national bestselling author As a boy, Hans Stichler enjoys a fable-like childhood among the rolling hills and forests of North Germany, living an idyll that seems uninterruptable-until two disasters change his life forever. He falls into the guardianship of his eccentric English aunt Alex, who invites him to come to university at Cambridge, where she teaches art history. Alex will ensure his application to St. John's College is accepted, but in return Hans must help her investigate a secretive Cambridge institution known as the Pitt Club. The Club has existed at Cambridge for centuries, its long legacy of tradition, privilege, and decadence largely unquestioned. As Hans makes his best efforts to prove Club material, including training for the university boxing team, he is drawn into a glamorous world of debauchery and macho solidarity. And when he falls in love with fellow student Charlotte, the stakes of his deception are raised. For there are dark secrets in the Club's history, as well as in its present-and Hans soon finds himself in the inner sanctum of a dangerous institution, forced to grapple with the notion that sometimes one must do wrong to do right. "The Club starts out as a poignant coming-of-age tale and then morphs into an intelligent, fast-paced thriller that scrutinizes class divides and gender imbalance." -Minneapolis Star Tribune "A timely, beautifully paced novel about class and prestige in the #MeToo era." -Booklist- Shop: buecher
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The Second Half: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 628min
Best-selling author Lauraine Snelling shares a heartfelt story of a couple who put their plans for a peaceful retirement on hold to assume guardianship of their young grandchildren. Mona and Ken Sorenson are approaching the best years of their lives. Mona's greatest concern is that Ken will learn of the surprise party she's planning for his retirement from his job as dean of students at Stone University. They've already been making plans to travel and spend limitless hours in the garden, and Ken is looking forward to working on his woodworking and fishing with his grandchildren. It's what they deserve after years of careful planning. But things begin to unravel when Ken learns that office politics are about to destroy his department. Can he really just leave, abandoning the work he spent a lifetime achieving? Mona is eager to build her event planning business with Ken's help, but rather than supporting her, he expresses concern that the stress of the work will send her back into the depression she struggles with. Then, just days before Ken's last official day of work, their son, a Special Forces officer in the army, learns he's being immediately deployed on a six-month mission in Pakistan. Since his wife left him, the only people he trusts to care for his two young children are his parents. In an instant everything Ken and Mona spent their lives planning changes, and they will need to find strength, both physical and mental, to become parents once more. This is not the second half they wanted, and when their son fails to contact them as planned, they struggle to trust that it is God's plan, not theirs, that matters most. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joyce Bean. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/002636/bk_hach_002636_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Credence , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1015min
From New York Times best-selling author, Penelope Douglas, comes a new stand-alone! Three of them, one of her, and a remote cabin in the woods. Let the hot winter nights ensue....Tiernan de Haas doesn’t care about anything anymore. The only child of a film producer and his starlet wife, she’s grown up with wealth and privilege but not love or guidance. Shipped off to boarding schools from an early age, it was still impossible to escape the loneliness and carve out a life of her own. The shadow of her parents’ fame followed her everywhere. And when they suddenly pass away, she knows she should be devastated. But has anything really changed? She’s always been alone, hasn’t she? Jake Van der Berg, her father’s stepbrother and her only living relative, assumes guardianship of Tiernan who is still two months shy of 18. Sent to live with him and his two sons, Noah and Kaleb, in the mountains of Colorado, Tiernan soon learns that these men now have a say in what she chooses to care and not care about anymore. As the three of them take her under their wing, teach her to work and survive in the remote woods far away from the rest of the world, she slowly finds her place among them. And as a part of them.She also realizes that lines blur and rules become easy to break when no one else is watching.One of them has her.The other one wants her.But he....He’s going to keep her.*Credence is a full length, stand-alone romance suitable for listeners 18+. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sofia Willingham, Greg Tremblay, Carson Beck, Michael Pauley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/055957/bk_adbl_055957_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Will & Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 67min
HearTheWritings is pleased to announce the release of the unabridged audiobook of The Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Baha. This incredible document, from the pen of Abdu'l-Baha, is a cornerstone of the Administrative Order of the Baha'i Faith. Read by the acclaimed actor Phillip Hinton, this audiobook is a must-have for all Baha'i libraries.Shoghi Effendi referred to it as: “The Document establishing that Order, the Charter of a future world civilization, which may be regarded in some of its features as supplementary to no less weighty a Book than the Kitab-i-Aqdas; signed and sealed by ‘Abdu'l-Baha; entirely written with His own hand; its first section composed during one of the darkest periods of His incarceration in the prison-fortress of Akka, proclaims, categorically and unequivocally, the fundamental beliefs of the followers of the Faith of Baha'u'llah; reveals, in unmistakable language, the twofold character of the Mission of the Bab; discloses the full station of the Author of the Baha'i Revelation; asserts that 'all others are servants unto Him and do His bidding'; stresses the importance of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; establishes the institution of the Guardianship as a hereditary office and outlines its essential functions; provides the measures for the election of the International House of Justice, defines its scope and sets forth its relationship to that Institution; prescribes the obligations, and emphasizes the responsibilities, of the Hands of the Cause of God; and extolls the virtues of the indestructible Covenant established by Baha'u'llah.” (Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, P.238)Narrated by: Phillip HintonProduced & Directed by: Jon Rezin for HearTheWritings.comEngineered by Jarome Matthew @ Pro Soul Studios, Beijing, China – prosoul.comAudio Editing by: Will Ogilvie & Jon RezinMusic by: Sky ProductionsCD Cover / Graphic Design by: Jon RezinA Production o ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Phillip Hinton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/120643/bk_acx0_120643_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Guardian Angel: V. I. Warshawski, Book 7 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 890min
Racine Avenue is going upscale — bad news for hand-to-mouth residents like V. I. Warshawski. As tax bills skyrocket, newcomers pressure old inhabitants into fixing up their homes or moving out. To the yuppies on the block the worst eyesore belongs to old Hattie Frizell, whose yard is “returning to native prairie, complete with hubcaps.” Their block club wants her and her five dogs gone.V. I. and Hattie have a relationship of sorts: one of those five dogs gave V. I.’s dog Peppy an unwelcome litter. When Hattie slips in her bath and is rushed unconscious to the hospital, V. I. feels compelled to get involved. But neighboring lawyer Todd Pichea and his wife, Chrissie, act swiftly to get the courts to make them Hattie’s legal guardians. V. I. returns from a business trip to find they’ve put the old woman’s dogs to sleep. Furious, V. I. starts poking around in the Picheas’ affairs, hoping to turn up something scandalous enough to make them lose their guardianship. Hattie isn’t the detective’s only worry. When her downstairs neighbor’s oldest friend disappears, Mr. Contreras persuades V. I. to investigate. As she probes both problems, V. I. uncovers a scandal linking one of Chicago’s oldest industrial families to union fraud and a politically connected bank. Her investigation takes her into the depths of the steamy Sanitary Canal and brings her eyeball-to-eyeball with her ex-husband, Dick Yarborough. When her dear friend Lotty Herschel and her own lawyer turn against her, V. I. is left alone to struggle with the most serious case of her career. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Ericksen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/004357/bk_brll_004357_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Songline of the Heart
Traveling internationally for the past 12 years as a professional Dowsing Master and speaker, Shelley Darling synthesizes her knowledge of Emotional Integration, Heart Resonance and Feng Shui with Dowsing, which evokes an energetic "quickening" in the field, uplifting the home, land, and business environment. Shelley's dedication to Love as a practical pathway, combined with her understanding of Conscious Evolution, delivers a dynamic whole-systems model which speaks to Evolutionary Dowsing as a transformational journey whose vision is to restore personal power, prosperity aligned with purpose and planetary peace. Shelley currently lives where the eagles soar at the delta of Merrymeeting Bay in Maine, USA. From the Author: Dowsing came into my life serendipitously, seemingly out of left field. As I dowsed my clients' homes, I found myself in complete awe of how quickly my clients themselves evolved. They became enthusiastic and developed profound confidence and trust in their personal internal guidance systems, often in ways that had previously seemed unimaginable to them. Through Dowsing... I began to experience a more powerful connection with the voice of the land. Each dowsing seemed to support an empowered awareness of the land with a conscious recognition of one's personal power and appropriated guardianship of the land by the Ancestors. The personal transmissions that occur through each dowsing deliver messages to the individual and their families, awakening and renewing their relationships with each other, while simultaneously restoring and harmonizing the energy of the land. My experience has since continued to support these findings, with the strength and conviction of a power and unfolding wisdom, which opens the "Heart Field" through Dowsing. This connection with the Quantum or Unified Field, transforms and uplifts children, families and their communities, as shared in their personal stories. -Shelley Darling- Shop: buecher
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The Midnight Witch , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 933min
Midnight is the most bewitching hour of them all.… From Paula Brackston, the New York Times best-selling author of The Witch’s Daughter and The Winter Witch, comes a magical tale that is as dark as it is enchanting. Set in high-society Edwardian England, The Midnight Witch is the story of a young witch who faces the choice between love and loyalty to her coven.… "The dead are seldom silent. All that is required for them to be heard is that someone be willing to listen. I have been listening to the dead all my life." Lady Lilith Montgomery is the daughter of the sixth Duke of Radnor. She is one of the most beautiful young women in London and engaged to the city’s most eligible bachelor. She is also a witch. When her father dies, her hapless brother Freddie takes on his title. But it is Lilith, instructed in the art of necromancy, who inherits their father’s role as Head Witch of the Lazarus Coven. And it is Lilith who must face the threat of the Sentinels, a powerful group of sorcerers intent on reclaiming the Elixir from the coven’s guardianship for their own dark purposes. Lilith knows the Lazarus creed: Secrecy and silence. To abandon either would put both the coven and all she holds dear in grave danger. She has spent her life honoring it, right down to her engagement to her childhood friend and fellow witch Viscount Louis Harcourt. Until the day she meets Bram, a talented artist who is neither a witch nor a member of her class. With him, she must not be secret and silent. Despite her loyalty to the coven and duty to her family, Lilith cannot keep her life as a witch hidden from the man she loves. To tell him will risk everything. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marisa Calin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/001762/bk_aren_001762_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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StormWolfe: Sons of de Wolfe: De Wolfe Pack, Book 13 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 747min
A USA Today Bestseller!The 'little' de Wolfe Brother, Thomas, is no longer little. The de Wolfe cub has become a big, powerful Wolfe all his own....1291 A.D. - Thomas de Wolfe, commander of Wark Castle, an outpost for Castle Questing, his father's powerful fortress, has come out from the shadow of his mighty father and brothers. Now, he is known as StormWolfe for his fearlessness and cunning. Where Thomas de Wolfe goes, storms are sure to gather.Thomas is rightly feared along the borders just as his father was, because there is no Sassenach knight more courageous or deadly than a de Wolfe. But along with the qualities that make him fearsome, he is also know for being highly intelligent and more than a match for the reivers that run raids along the borders. In the fight against the reivers, Thomas leads the charge.But he has a weakness....Lady Maitland “Mae” de Ryes Bowlin is the sister of Thomas’ good friend. A widow, she has committed herself to a life of servitude with the church and has been assigned the guardianship of a foundling home. Unfortunately, the foundling home has been devastated by mismanagement and the children are starving. It’s Mae to the rescue and Thomas is fascinated by this strong, industrious woman. In fact, he’s quite taken with her, but there’s one problem....He’s betrothed to a madwoman.Thomas is betrothed to the heiress to the Earldom of Northumbria. Marrying her will make him one of the largest landowners in the north. But Adelaide is hiding a dark and terrible secret, one that threatens the very security of the House of de Wolfe. She wants Thomas and she wants him badly enough to kill. When Thomas realizes Adelaide’s true motives, it may be too late to save himself...and Mae.It’s another action-packed de Wolfe Pack novel that is sure to leave you breathless!The de Wolfe Pack Series is Le Veque's flagship Medieval series with 14 novels. They are stand alones and can ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brad Wills. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/155800/bk_acx0_155800_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Laconics of Cult , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 134min
There is but one form of human enslavement more villainous and more detestable than the chains of the tyrant or the shackles of the despot, and that is the enslavement of the human mind under ecclesiastical tyranny, whose cowering and crouching victims at the crack of the priestly lash are driven from the cultivation of their own intelligence, from the custody of their own thoughts, from the guardianship of their own souls, and who, like whipt dogs, trembling and whining in abject submission at the feet of the oppressor, lick the very hand that wields the lash. I’m well aware what a thankless task it is to attack the established order of things, theological, political, or ethical, for in my long life I have often heard raised the old cry in different form: Great is Diana of the Ephesians! But I make no excuse or apology for my little book.If it shall turn a single man or woman away from the old path of Superstition, for so many centuries beaten hard and smooth by the tread of millions of poor tired human feet pressing forward in the dust of outworn ecclesiastical “props” that line the way in search of something they never can find, I will be satisfied.I owe this dear country something for my enjoyment all these years of the priceless privilege of liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and this be my gift to my countrymen, for I set no copyright upon it; it belongs to anybody who can use it, and if the clerics, theologs, sacerdotes, et id omne genus, can’t bless it - which I should hardly expect, let them use it as a remedy for torpid liver and heartily curse it.I have only one favor to ask of any man or woman who may pick it up, and that is: Listen to it through before you pass judgment upon it.I’m entitled to that much consideration, anyway. If monarchs only had the time to read the petitions tremblingly handed up to them, there would be more justice done in the world.- Ingersoll Lockwood ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Henry Schrader. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/224052/bk_acx0_224052_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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