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The League of Youth , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 215min

Often considered to be Ibsen's most popular play in his lifetime, The League of Youth caused fighting in the streets, with conservatives claiming it was an attack on their party and liberals claiming it was an attack on theirs! A thought-provoking comedy that's sure to feel shockingly familiar. Unusually for Ibsen, this play has a lot of humour and a more-or-less happy ending. Cast Stensgaard, a lawyer - Ben Lindsey-Clark Chamberlain Brattsberg, an ironmaster - John Burlinson Anders Lundestad, a farmer - Brett Downey Daniel Heire - Phil Benson Dr. Fjeldbo, the works' doctor - Peter Tucker Mons Monsen, of Storli, a landowner - Marty Kryz Aslaksen, a printer - Tovarisch Thora, Brattberg's daughter - K. G.Cross Mrs. Rundholmen, a tradesman's widow - Jennifer Fournier Bastian Monsen, Monsen's son - Chris Marcellus Erik Brattsberg, Brattsberg's son, a lawyer and business man - Ed Humpal Selma, Erik's wife - Maureen Boutiler Ragna, Monsen's daughter - Rebecca Thomas Helle, tutor at Storli - Jeff Moon Ringdal, works' manager - David Prickett A maidservant in the Chamberlain's household - Leanne Yau A waiter - Andrew Coleman A servant girl - Charlotte Duckett Stage directions read by Denis Daly Afterword read by K. G. Cross Audio edited by K. G. Cross Presented by The Online Stage ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ben Lindsey-Clark, Brett Downey, John Burlinson, Phil Benson, Peter Tucker, David Prickett, K. G. Cross. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/001786/bk_mike_001786_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Daffodils: The Katherine Wheel Saga, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 582min

Katy, a maidservant at Cheadle Manor, longs to escape her narrow life but events unfold slowly in her rural village. Finally, frustrated by personal tragedy and the shackles that continue to bind her, she becomes a mechanic in the WAAC as part of the British Expeditionary Force. Through the horrors of WW1 she discovers only love brings freedom. Note from the author For fans of historical fiction, Daffodils is part one of a true love trilogy, The Katherine Wheel Saga, set in Wiltshire, England at the time of the First World War. It starts slowly. Life changes little in Cheadle. Petty scandals, gossip, and the huge gap between the haves and those who serve them continue to dominate their small world. Daffodils follows the gallant women who provided the backbone for the army, not just the nurses, but the gender-defying mechanics and drivers who managed the vehicles and ambulances. But in essence, Daffodils is a love story whose tender heart is almost torn apart through this tumultuous time. Book Two of the Katherine Wheel Saga is called Peace Lily. Find out how these characters fared after the Armistice when they entered a new, modern age. A third book, Speedwell, completes the trilogy...for now...and takes the characters into the daring arena of motor racing in the 1920s. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alex Martin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/147348/bk_acx0_147348_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Beast to Beauty: A Fairy Tale Gender Swap Romance , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 128min

The most savage beast makes for the most delicate beauty....Prince Edward’s peculiar carnal desires are known far and wide throughout his kingdom, and the women of the nearby village live in fear that he may choose them next to join him in his castle for a night of unbridled passion. But when a goddess appears on his doorstep to punish him for his cruel ways, Edward’s days of being the strong, savage conqueror in his bedroom are over. Now, cursed to reside in the delicate body of exactly the type of young woman he would have once used for his entertainment, Edward must show that he has learned from his past mistakes. With the help of his beautiful maidservant Jessica and a strapping young man from the village named Hans, he sets out to experience life on the feminine side as “Lady Bella”, and the two of them show him how to have more fun with his new body than he ever could have imagined having as a man. But time grows short - when the last petal falls from a magic rose gifted to him by the goddess, if he has not yet proven that he is a changed man, he may be stuck as the lovely Bella forever.... Can he break the curse in time, or will he be trapped in the form of a young, helpless woman for the rest of his living days?Contains mature themes. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Juliana Solo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/141632/bk_acx0_141632_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Dread Murder , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 339min

In the court of King George IV, Major Mearns - an old dog of war and veteran of Willington's army - is the guardian of Windsor Castle. Some would call him a spy; he calls himself a "watcher." Working with his close friend, the resourceful Sergeant Denny, the pair maintain a cool facade behind which they go about their duties quietly and unnoticed. Unnoticed, that is, until the day Mearns receives a parcel containing a gruesome surprise: a pair of severed human legs. The legs belong to a fellow soldier. Casting aside official protocol, Mearns and Denny decide to investigate the murder themselves, also enrolling the help of a precocious young runaway, Charlie. But soon these maverick investigators find themselves up against all manner of obstacles and danger, not the least of which is the Crown Keepers of the Peace - a unit of former soldiers headed by Mearns' nemesis, Felix Ferguson. With more butchered body parts turning up in parcels and the number of deaths rising, our amateur investigators find themselves up to their necks in corruption and intrigue. Mearns struggles to keep Ferguson at bay, not only during the investigation, but also for the affections of the desirable Mindy, a maidservant in the castle. With the pressure on, can Mearns get to the bottom of the murders and win the heart of his ladylove? With Dread Murder, Gwendoline Butler delivers a cleverly cunning and old-fashioned mystery that hides a gruesome murder behind its charming facade. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gordon Griffin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/012949/bk_adbl_012949_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Mayhawk: Rising , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 338min

In the dark winter of Orkney, King Lot's wife delivers a stillborn daughter. In the lonely desperation that follows, she begs her husband for a single boon, to allow her sister, Morgan, to come to her, promising in return that Morgan can guarantee them a son. Ignoring the advice of his kinsman, Elóil, Lot agrees. Morgan predicts that Margaise will conceive the son she wants, but warns her that the boy will kill his father and destroy his kingdom. She plays upon her sister's desire for Lot's love, and when Margaise agrees to drown her son, Morgan arranges to see it done. Gawain is spared by the bravery of the young maidservant, Ragnell, and Merlin, who prophesies that the prince has been touched by darkness, and only by strength of heart will he bear up against it and serve his Fate. Ten years pass, the High King, Uther Pendragon, dies, and the remaining kings and clan lords go to war, each contesting for the vacant throne until Merlin issues a mysterious challenge, a decisive act that will reveal the true King, but the kings must submit to truce, and they must bring their heirs with them to Uther's court at Caerleon. Gawain, though eager to test his fledgling skill in a real adventure, is apprehensive. Will the crown rest on his father's head, then on his, in years to come? Or will another claim Britain? And what do the strange, recurring dreams of a red-gold dragon, summoning a ring of light, really mean? His test has only begun. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mil Nicholson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/012320/bk_acx0_012320_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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A Man Without a Mistress: The Penningtons, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 497min

A man determined to atone for the past...For seven long years, Sir Peregrine Sayre has tried to assuage his guilt over the horrifying events of his 21st birthday by immersing himself in political work - and by avoiding all entanglements with ladies of the ton. But when his mentor sends him on a quest to track down purportedly penitent prostitutes, the events of his less-than-innocent past threaten not just his own political career....A woman who will risk anything for the future... Raised to be a political wife, but denied the opportunity by her father’s untimely death, Sibilla Pennington has little desire to wed. To delay her brothers’ plans to marry her off as soon as her period of mourning is over, Sibilla vows only to accept a man as politically astute as was her father - and, in retaliation for her brothers’ amorous peccadillos, only one who has never kept a mistress. Surely, there can be no such man in all of London. When Sibilla’s attempt to free a reformed maidservant from the clutches of a former procurer throw her into the midst of Per’s penitent search, she is inextricably drawn to the cool, reserved baronet. But as the search grows ever more dangerous, Sibilla’s penchant for taking risks cannot help but remind Per of the shames he’s spent years trying to outrun. Can Per continue to hide from the guilt and ghosts of his past without endangering his chance at a passionate future with Sibilla? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alex Wyndham. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/233121/bk_acx0_233121_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Library of Legends

"The Library of Legends is a gorgeous, poetic journey threaded with mist and magic about a group from a Chinese university who take to the road to escape the Japanese invasion of 1937 - only to discover that danger stalks them from within. Janie Chang pens pure enchantment!" -Kate Quinn, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Alice Network and The HuntressFrom the author of Three Souls and Dragon Springs Road comes a captivating historical novel-the third in a loosely-connected trilogy-in which a young woman travels across China with a convoy of student refugees, fleeing the hostilities of a brutal war with Japan."Myths are the darkest and brightest incarnations of who we are..."China, 1937: When Japanese bombs begin falling on the city of Nanking, nineteen-year-old Hu Lian and her classmates at Minghua University are ordered to flee. Lian and a convoy of more than a hundred students, faculty, and staff must walk a thousand miles to the safety of China's western provinces, a journey marred by hunger, cold, and the constant threat of aerial attack. And it is not just the student refugees who are at risk: Lian and her classmates have been entrusted with a priceless treasure, a 500-year-old collection of myths and folklore known as the Library of Legends. Her family's past has made Lian wary of forming attachments, but the students' common duty to safeguard the Library of Legends forms unexpected bonds. Lian finds friendship and a cautious romance with the handsome and wealthy Liu Shaoming. But after one classmate is murdered and another arrested, Lian realizes she must escape from the convoy before a family secret puts her in danger. Accompanied by Shao and the enigmatic maidservant Sparrow, Lian makes her way to Shanghai, hoping to reunite with her mother. On the journey, Lian learns of the connection between her two companions and a tale from the Library of Legends, The Willow Star and the Prince. Learning Shao and Sparrow's true identities compels Lian to confront her feelings for Shao. But there are broader consequences too, for as the ancient books travel across China, they awaken immortals and guardian spirits to embark on an exodus of their own, one that changes the country's fate forever.Based on true events, rich in Chinese history and lore, The Library of Legends is both an illuminating exploration of China's recent past and an evocative tale of love, sacrifice, and the extraordinary power of storytelling.

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