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    Saints and Villains , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1218min
    In the charnel house that was Europe in the Second World War, there were few instances of shining moral courage, let alone secular sainthood. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian and Nazi resister, was the exception. This emblematic figure risked his life, and finally lost it, through his participation in a failed plot to assassinate Hitler and topple his regime. Saints and Villains gives us this exemplary life in a sweeping narrative that is bold in conception and utterly convincing in its power of imaginative reconstruction.Here is Bonhoeffer experiencing the awakening of his social conscience while witnessing racism in the United States during his studies at Union Theological Seminary; leading a breakaway church in Germany as the Nazis rise to power; entering a dangerous liaison with a Jewish woman; undertaking perilous clandestine meetings abroad under cover of official church and intelligence business; and living the dark night of the soul in prison after the plotters fail in their assassination attempt.Saints and Villains is a gripping and resonant novel that confronts the painful dilemmas that beset righteous men in times of great evil, when sin and necessity seem entwined. It is historical fiction of a very high order and of startling pertinence to our time. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan O'Malley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/001365/bk_blak_001365_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Thomas Culpepper: The Spymaster's Apprentice : The Culpepper Chronicles , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 497min
    Time is running out for Thomas Culpepper - he must become a spymaster, and fast.A murdered mother, missing father, and a plot to overthrow the Queen. Rescued and recruited by a mysterious spymaster, 14-year-old Thomas is thrust into the villainous world of Elizabethan espionage. Thomas must join the front line in this hidden war, fighting in the shadows, doing battle with double agents, and outwitting a circle of enemies as it closes in around him. But when his impossible mission merges with his own family mystery, Thomas begins to question the reasons behind his unlikely apprenticeship and the motivation of the mysterious spymaster he now serves.The fate of England rests on a knife-edge. If the queen is killed, thousands more will die alongside her. Can Thomas infiltrate the traitorous network in time? And will his new skills as a spy finally help him learn the truth about his murdered mother and missing father? The first book in the Culpepper Chronicles series, Thomas Culpepper: The Spymaster's Apprentice, is a pause-resisting adventure of thrills, treachery, and treason.Journey with Thomas on this adrenaline-filled quest, as he rises from the lowly life of a homeless vagabond to apprentice of the queen's spymaster - all whilst uncovering secret messages, decoding complex ciphers, and dodging death, as the plotters he seeks to expose close in around him. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jon Stanford. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/225018/bk_acx0_225018_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    State of Treason: William Constable Spy Thriller Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 634min
    William Constable Spy Thriller Series - Book 1 London 1578 - a cauldron of conspiracy, intrigue, and torture. The might of Spain and the growing influence of the Catholic League in France all threaten the stability of Queen Elizabeth and her state. William Constable, a physician and astrologer, is summoned to the presence of the Queen’s spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham. He is charged to assist a renowned Puritan, John Foxe, in uncovering the secrets of a mysterious cabinet containing an astrological chart and coded message. Together, these claim Elizabeth has a hidden, illegitimate child (an “unknowing maid”) who will be declared to the masses and serve as the focus for an invasion. Constable must uncover the identity of the plotters, unaware that he is also under suspicion. A connection to his estranged mentor, Doctor Dee, comes under scrutiny. Pressured into taking up a position as a court physician, Constable becomes a reluctant spy. Do the stars and cipher speak true, or is there some other malign intent in the complex web of scheming? Constable becomes an unwitting pawn, in a complex game of thrones and power. State of Treason is the first in a series of Elizabethan thrillers featuring William Constable.Recommended for fans of CJ Sansom, S J Parris and Rory Clements. Paul Walker is the author of the William Constable series of Elizabethan spy thrillers. He lives in London. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Edward Gist. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/234843/bk_acx0_234843_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Whisper the Guns , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 416min
    When Merritt Fury, a fiercely independent American entrepreneur, returns to Hong Kong on business, little does he know that he has become enmeshed in a conspiracy to confiscate his investment and render the Crown colony a dependency on the Mainland dictatorship to the north. While he suspects foul play by some of his business partners in Bluelist TungstenTrading, he also learns that he is the object of scrutiny by an underground group combating the conspiracy. He meets Amber Lee, a Eurasian beauty and government economist - and also a pistol-packing spy. As Fury fights for his life and pieces together the paradoxical conflict, he grasps that he is the linchpin of the schemes of conspirators and plotters alike, and that it is precisely his independence that is the key factor in their plans. This novel, the first of the Merritt Fury series, was completed in 1977, but only first published in 1992. It is up on Kindle and Nook as an ebook with the other two titles in the series, We Three Kings and Run From Judgment. What I forecast in 1977 about the fate of Hong Kong has come about. Mainland China is now governed by a fascist regime that has retained the trappings of Communism and is Communist in name only. It is certainly not "capitalist" as pundits like to claim. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: R.C. Bray. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/002107/bk_acx0_002107_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Traitor's Heart
    Winter, 1952: Leningrad's icy streets are haunted by a murderer. The name is whispered everywhere - Koshchei has returned, the people say, Koshchei the Immortal. Koshchei, named after a sinister figure from Slavic folklore, is an invisible killer who cuts out the tongue of his victims and replaces it with a scroll of paper containing a few lines of what seems to be Italian verse.Three thousand kilometres away in a labour colony above the Arctic Circle, threatened by the Thieves who rule the camp, former militia lieutenant Revol Rossel is close to death. As helicopter blades whip the snow into hallucinatory flurries, Rossel watches the arrival of a saviour he hates: Major Nikitin, the man who once cut off the former virtuoso violinist's fingers.Along with skilled aviator Tanya 'Vassya' Vasilievna, the two men must hunt Koshchei down. On the trail, they uncover more riddles, including one centred on the ruins of Hitler's bunker, the Fuhrer's own copy of a Renaissance manual for tyrants, and secret code hidden within that leads to a weapon of unimaginable power. A weapon coveted by the scheming plotters of Stalin's Kremlin.What Rossel and Nikitin do not know is that the mystery and the murderer are inextricably linked. And to save themselves they must not only catch Koshchei but also uncover the identity of another ghost - a ghost hiding among the remnants of Hitler's once all-powerful Third Reich.
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    The Serpent of Venice: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 634min
    New York Times best-selling author Christopher Moore channels William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe in this satiric Venetian gothic featuring the irresistibly mischievous Pocket, the eponymous hero of Fool. Venice, a really long time ago: Three prominent Venetians await their most loathsome and foul dinner guest, the erstwhile envoy from Britain who also happens to be a favorite of the Doge: The rascal-Fool Pocket. This trio of cunning plotters have lured Pocket to a dark dungeon, promising a spirited evening. Their invitation is, of course, bogus. These scoundrels have something far less amusing planned for the man who has consistently foiled their quest for power and wealth. But this Fool is no fool.… Once again, Christopher Moore delivers a rousing literary satire: A dramedy mash-up rich with delights, including (but not limited to): Foul plots; counterplots; true love; jealousy; murder; betrayal; revenge; codpieces; a pound of flesh; occasional debauchery; and water (lots of water). Not to mention a cast Shakespeare himself would be proud of: Shylock; Iago; Othello; a bunch of other guys whose names end in o; a trio of comely wenches; the brilliant Fool; his large sidekick, Drool; Jeff, the pet monkey; a lovesick sea serpent; and a ghost (yes, there’s always a bloody ghost). Wickedly witty and outrageously inventive, The Serpent of Venice pays cheeky homage to the Bard and illuminates the absurdity of the human condition as only Christopher Moore can. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Euan Morton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/003913/bk_harp_003913_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    World War 2 History: Stories of the Failed Assassination Attempts on Adolph Hitler's Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 73min
    Stories of the Failed Assassination Attempts on Adolf Hitler's Life. The most celebrated attempt at the führer's life, is believed to be the one carried out by Clause von Stauffenberg, in Hitler's Wolf's lair headquarters. The explosion killed four, but Hitler survived. The attempted conspiracy was documented in a feature film The Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise as Clause von Stauffenberg. What is interesting to note, is that the motivation of almost all the assassins and conspirators greatly varied. While some wanted to take over his position as the leader of Germany, there were some who wanted to put an end to the Second World War - they didn't want to be part of the losing side a second time after World War I, especially since Germany was beginning to flounder against the Allied Powers. The question then arises - how did one man survive against the attempts of so many? Hitler was the prime target of his own officials and deputies. To add to the list, were the millions around the world who had been deeply scandalized by his actions and decisions during the Nazi regime. This audiobook takes a look into the lives of the people who dared to try and assassinate the leader of Nazi Germany. The audiobook also carefully includes the reactions of the public, and Hitler towards the conspirators and plotters. Here is a preview of what's inside: Operation Sparks The Working Class Assassin The 20th July Plot and Operation Valkyrie The Swiss Assassin Hitler as a Target Other Noteworthy Attempts on Hitler's Life Much, much more! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bob D. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/093513/bk_acx0_093513_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Code Name: Caleb , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 566min
    Young and penniless Johnny Madigan lied about his age to become a Union Soldier. And after surviving serious injury on the Civil War's most notorious and blood-soaked killing fields, was recruited to work under cover to infiltrate Confederate spy rings. In this sequel to the acclaimed Ballad of Johnny Madigan, Johnny - older than his years, but much younger than believed by the army, battle-hardened and a master of espionage - is sent back to New York to penetrate an underground counterfeiting gang supplying forged US currency to the enemy South. His assignment takes him to Canada where a murderous Confederate spy ring is plotting an armed uprising to take over New York City and hold it hostage. Johnny's dream is to return to childhood sweetheart, Deidre, who kept him alive as a destitute youth in the city's slums, but there is more than the daily risk of sudden death keeping him from her as he enters the very heart of the conspiracy. Suspected by some plotters, he is seduced by a beautiful woman - herself a key member of the gang - whose orders are to expose him. Will the war-toughened, but still romantically naïve, Johnny see through sexy Letitia's love ploy to complete and survive his vital mission and to be re-united with Deidre, or can the conspirators lower his guard with Letitia's wily help, make their bold, history-changing plan succeed...and see Johnny dead? John Bray's immaculately researched and race-paced Code Name: Caleb thrusts the listener into the murky depths of intrigue, plot and counter-plot that became the dark underside of the War Between the States. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeff T. Nicoll. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/098693/bk_acx0_098693_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Operator Down: A Pike Logan Thriller , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 866min
    A New York Times Best SellerFormer Special Forces Officer and New York Times best-selling author Brad Taylor delivers a heart-pounding thriller where Pike Logan's search for a Mossad agent and ally puts him on a collision course with a ruthless military coup in Africa - and tests his loyalties to the Taskforce. It was to be a simple mission. Nothing more than assessing whether a merchant in the fabled Israeli Diamond Exchange was involved in a scheme that could potentially embarrass the state of Israel. But nothing is ever simple in the world of intelligence, as Aaron Bergman - a former leader of an elite direct action team under the Mossad - should have known. Executing the operation as a contractor, a cutout that gave the State of Israel plausible deniability, he disappears without a trace. Pike Logan and his team know none of this, but he's tracking an American arms dealer in Tel Aviv who may - or may not - be attempting to sell sensitive nuclear weapons components to the highest bidder. When Pike's team breaks up an attempt at killing Shoshana, Aaron's partner, they stumble upon much more than they expected - a concerted conspiracy to topple a democratic African country. Beginning to untangle a web that extends through both the American and Israeli intelligence community, Pike is forced to choose between his Israeli friends and his Taskforce mission, even as the execution of the coup begins to form. At the heart of it is Aaron, and his disappearance is the one mistake the plotters made. Because Shoshana is the greatest killing machine the Mossad has ever produced, and she will stop at nothing to help Aaron, even if it means killing Pike Logan.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rich Orlow, Henry Strozier. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/003302/bk_peng_003302_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Church of Spies: The Pope's Secret War Against Hitler , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 605min
    The Vatican's silence in the face of Nazi atrocities remains one of the great controversies of our time. History has accused wartime pontiff Pius the Twelfth of complicity in the Holocaust and dubbed him "Hitler's Pope". But a key part of the story has remained untold. Pius ran the world's largest church, smallest state, and oldest spy service. Saintly but secretive, he skimmed from church charities to pay covert couriers and surreptitiously tape-recorded his meetings with top Nazis. When he learned of the Holocaust, Pius played his cards close to his chest. He sent birthday cards to Hitler - while secretly plotting to kill him. Church of Spies documents this cloak-and-dagger intrigue in shocking detail. Gun-toting Jesuits stole blueprints to Hitler's homes. A Catholic book publisher flew a sports plane over the Alps with secrets filched from the head of Hitler's bodyguard. The keeper of the Vatican crypt ran a spy ring that betrayed German war plans and wounded Hitler in a briefcase bombing. The plotters made history in ways they hardly expected. They inspired European unification, forged a US-Vatican alliance that spanned the Cold War, and challenged Church teachings on Jews. Yet Pius' secret war muted his public response to Nazi crimes. Fearing that overt protest would impede his covert actions, he never spoke the "fiery words" he wanted. Told with heart-pounding suspense, based on secret transcripts and unsealed files, Church of Spies throws open the Vatican's doors to reveal some of the most astonishing events in the history of the papacy. The result is an unprecedented audiobook that will change perceptions of how the world's greatest moral institution met the greatest moral crisis in history. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Fred Sanders. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/004345/bk_rand_004345_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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