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    All Present and Accounted For: The 1972 Alaska Grounding of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis and the Heroic Efforts that Saved the Ship , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 349min
    In November 1972, the Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis ran aground during a violent storm in Alaska, puncturing its hull, with a temporary patch applied to stop the flooding. The following day, enroute back to Honolulu, another, more vicious, storm struck; Jarvis now struggled with over 13 feet of water in their engine room and no power. The nearest ship that volunteered to assist was scheduled to arrive 30 minutes after the Jarvis officers estimated the ship would be destroyed on the rocky coastline. Wind gusts struck at 70 knots, hail and snow was falling, and at one time, Jarvis hit a swell at a 60-degree angle. This is the true story of the grounding and near-sinking of the Coast Guard's newest ship and the heroic efforts by the crew that saved the ship. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Goodrick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/178381/bk_acx0_178381_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Ashore: Staying Afloat, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 427min
    You can only put the past away for so long.This had never been truer for the crew of Matt’s ship, the Lady Lisa. Even as their engine suffers a critical malfunction and Matt scrambles to fund the costly repairs, Val, the ship’s reticent engineer, unexpectedly comes face-to-face with a deadly ghost from his past. Now it’s up to Matt, Ryce, and Tony to rescue him, even if it means breaking the law and striking an uneasy bargain with a local black-market kingpin - but what if this time their best efforts simply aren’t good enough?And it might be that Val isn’t the only crew member Matt risks losing when his budding relationship with Ryce unexpectedly runs aground. With their love and commitment put to the test, Matt and Ryce must rally to save their friend and to keep their ship afloat, but in a race so desperate there might not be any real winners. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Eckman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/192077/bk_acx0_192077_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Goliath: A Thriller , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 406min
    In the Bering Sea, Bennkah, the largest oil tanker ever built, newly commissioned in Vladivostock, Russia, is on a secret mission. On this maiden voyage, Captain Borodin is at the helm. He is the only one aboard aware of the mission. Soon an engineer discovers a defect - seemingly minor, but one with disastrous potential. Despite his attempts to correct the problem, a fire erupts, contained at first, then rapidly spreads out of control, consuming the behemoth ship. A Mayday call alerts Sonny Wade some 200 miles from the burning ship. This could be the lifeline that Sonny and his rag-tag crew need to save their failing salvage business. But Dan Sharp, Sonny's nemesis and former employer - the owner of the largest salvage business in northern Alaska - also hears the call. A brutal race is on to claim the burning ship before it sinks or runs aground, contaminating the entire north Pacific Rim - and not only with oil. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jack Clancy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/078711/bk_acx0_078711_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Years of Stone : The McDonnell Clan, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 510min
    When the man she loves is sent to prison in 1842, Deidre follows him to a world beyond the seas, Van Diemen’s Land in Australia. Their ship runs aground just as they reach the dreaded penal colony in Van Diemen’s Land (present-day Tasmania).  As Mac toils on a road gang, Deidre cobbles together a job. Befriended by Lady Franklin, the wife of world-famous explorer Sir John Franklin, Deidre finds a way to reassign Mac to Doc Morrell in Hobart Town. But Doc cannot help him once Mac fights with Constable Johnson. Mac must find a way to survive the prison at Port Arthur. Can Deidre and Mac build a new life for themselves in this rough and tumble penal colony?Years of Stone was a quarterfinalist in 2014’s Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA) competition. ABNA reviewers commented Years of Stone “grips from the beginning” and is “not to be missed”. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amanda Fugate-Moss. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/225050/bk_acx0_225050_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Kerrick: The Mavericks, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 428min, (USK 18)
    On the precipice of change...just not the way he’d expected....Kerrick is tagged to join a new elite group, where he’d have more say and less rules on missions. Working mostly alone, he’s to track down a kidnapped victim suspected of being in England, and likely she’s not the only one. This is his kind of job; finding out a longtime friend is his backup makes this mission a go.Amanda is snatched at the end of her workday while walking to her vehicle. Days later, she wakes to find she’s imprisoned, alone in a small cement cell. One rotting meal a day is provided, and that is it. Once she realizes someone else is here - a young boy - she’s even more determined to escape. And to take him with her. Running into Kerrick wasn’t the plan....Escaping is only one part of the puzzle as the truth drags them to Europe and beyond as they sort out how the two kidnappings are related, who’s behind it all and why..before they are run aground and imprisoned all over again.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jack Calihan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/190806/bk_acx0_190806_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Love on the Horizon: A Breaking the Rules Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 476min
    Graduating from college is supposed to come with a promise of excitement and limitless possibilities. But for unemployed Rebecca Stanton, the highlight of her day is sitting in her parents' home with a pint of Chunky Monkey while watching The Bachelor. Desperate for change and inspired by a late-night commercial, she stumbles onto a job opportunity with a new cruise line, packs her bags, and sets sail toward her new destiny. Life is full of an endless supply of exciting possibilities for Marco Puglia. The tall, dark, handsome Italian cruise director with Sunset Cruise Lines is practically a celebrity in the cruising industry. When Marco adds Rebecca to his staff, he soon discovers it is both the best and worst decision he's ever made. The beautiful siren has captured his attention and ensnared his heart. An intense attraction like theirs doesn't follow the rules, even one that forbids a boss-employee relationship. Will their blatant mutiny force their newly found love aground, or will Rebecca and Marco find love on their horizon? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim McCabe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/059161/bk_acx0_059161_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Longitude , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 260min
    An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, Longitude is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd. It is also a captivating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking. During the great ages of exploration, "the longitude problem" was the gravest of all scientific challenges. Lacking the ability to determine their longitude, sailors were literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Ships ran aground on rocky shores; those traveling well-known routes were easy prey to pirates. In 1714, England's Parliament offered a huge reward to anyone whose method of measuring longitude could be proven successful. The scientific establishment--from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton--had mapped the heavens in its certainty of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution--a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had been able to do on land. And the race was on.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kate Reading, Neil Armstrong. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/001825/bk_rand_001825_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Sanctuary , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 840min
    A stunning portrait of love, hope and survival on an isolated island off Western Australia. In Judy Nunn's latest compelling novel, compassion meets bigotry, hatred meets love, and ultimately despair meets hope on the windswept shores of Australia. On a barren island off the coast of Western Australia, a rickety wooden dinghy runs aground. Aboard are nine people who have no idea where they are. Strangers before the violent storm that tore their vessel apart, the instinct to survive has seen them bond during their days adrift on a vast and merciless ocean. Fate has cast them ashore with only one thing in common...fear. Rassen the doctor, Massoud the student, the child Hamid and the others all fear for their lives. But in their midst is Jalila, who appears to fear nothing. The beautiful young Yazidi woman is a mystery to them all. While they remain undiscovered on the deserted island, they dare to dream of a new life...but 40 kilometres away on the mainland lies the tiny fishing port of Shoalhaven. Here everyone knows everyone, and everyone has their place. In Shoalhaven things never change. Until now.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Derum. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/boli/003309/bk_boli_003309_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Canvas Flying, Seagulls Crying: From Scottish Lochs to Celtic Shores , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 432min
    After Justin and Linda Tyers lost everything in a devastating house fire, they rebuilt their lives by building a classic wooden yacht from scratch - starting by felling the trees. This story was told in their first book, Phoenix from the Ashes. This sequel follows their voyage from the Scottish Islands across to Ireland, down the Irish Sea to Cornwall and thence to Brittany, meeting interesting, curious and larger-than-life characters along the way. Justin has an unceasing ability to attract the nearest eccentric wherever he goes, a brilliant eye for natural humour in any situation, as well as a wonderful, lyrical turn of phrase. The audiobook is peppered with amusingly told anecdotes of everyday cruising life and packed with the kind of inevitable dramatic incidents that happen when you have two inexperienced sailors trying to man a yacht that’s really too big for them: running aground, losing a guest overboard and almost being shipwrecked - more than once. This is not a tale of intrepid on-the-edge sailing; it is a gentle, endearing and frequently amusing account of the sort of voyaging most cruisers can relate to and will greatly appreciate. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alex Bloch. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/020353/bk_adbl_020353_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Zero Day: A Jeff Aiken Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 579min
    A technothriller for the malware and Stuxnet era An airliner’s controls abruptly fail mid-flight over the Atlantic. An oil tanker runs aground in Japan when its navigational system suddenly stops dead. Hospitals everywhere have to abandon their computer databases when patients die after being administered incorrect dosages of their medicine. In the Midwest, a nuclear power plant nearly becomes the next Chernobyl when its cooling systems malfunction. At first, these random computer failures seem like unrelated events. But Jeff Aiken, a former government analyst who quit in disgust after witnessing the gross errors that led up to 9/11, thinks otherwise. Jeff fears a more serious cyber terrorism attack targeting the United States computer infrastructure is already under way. And as other menacing computer malfunctions pop up around the world, some with deadly results, he realizes that there isn’t much time if he hopes to prevent an international catastrophe. Written by a global authority on cyber security, Zero Day presents a chilling “what if” scenario that, in a world completely reliant on technology, is more than possible today - it’s a cataclysmic disaster just waiting to happen. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Johnny Heller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/001493/bk_aren_001493_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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