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    The Summons , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 527min
    Ray Atlee is a professor of law at the University of Virginia. He's 43, newly single, and still enduring the aftershocks of a surprise divorce. He has a younger brother, Forrest, who redefines the notion of a family's black sheep. And he has a father, a very sick old man who lives alone in the ancestral home in Clanton, Mississippi. He is known to all as Judge Atlee, a beloved and powerful official who has towered over local law and politics for 40 years. No longer on the bench, the Judge has withdrawn to the Atlee mansion and become a recluse. With the end in sight, Judge Atlee issues a summons for both sons to return home to Clanton, to discuss the details of his estate. It is typed by the Judge himself, on his handsome old stationery, and gives the date and time for Ray and Forrest to appear in his study. Ray reluctantly heads south, to his hometown, to the place where he grew up, which he prefers now to avoid. But the family meeting does not take place. The Judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret known only to Ray. And perhaps someone else. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Beck. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000181/bk_rand_000181_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Summons & The Brethren , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1221min
    Two from the master of the legal thriller: The Summons: Once Judge Atlee was a powerful figure in Clanton, Mississippi; a pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for 40 years. Now the judge is a shadow of his former self, a sick, lonely old man who has withdrawn to his sprawling ancestral home. Knowing the end is near, Judge Atlee has issued a summons for his two sons to return to Clanton to discuss his estate. The summons is typed by the judge himself, on his handsome old stationery, and gives the date and time for his sons, Ray and Forrest, to appear in his study. But the judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret. The Brethren: They call themselves the Brethren: three disgraced former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison. Meeting daily in the prison law library, taking exercise walks in their boxer shorts, these judges-turned-felons can reminisce about old court cases, dispense a little jailhouse justice, and contemplate where their lives went wrong. Or they can use their time in prison to get very rich, very fast. And so they sit, sprawled in the prison library, furiously writing letters, fine-tuning a wickedly brilliant extortion scam...while events outside their prison walls begin to erupt. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Frank Muller, Michael Beck. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000936/bk_rand_000936_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Biscuit Girls , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 512min
    Ivy, Dulcie, Barbara, Ann, Dorothy and Jean all had different reasons for applying to work at Carr’s biscuits, but once they had put on their overalls and walked through the factory gates they discovered a community full of life, laughter and friendship. To those who didn’t know, the biscuit factory that towered over Carlisle might look like just another slice of the industrial North, a noisy and chaotic place with workers trooping in and out at all hours. For the biscuit girls, it was a place where they worked hard but also where they gossiped, got into scrapes and made lifelong friends. Outside the factory walls, there might be difficult husbands or demanding kids and sometimes even heartbreak and tragedy, but they knew there would always be an escape from their troubles at Carr's. Some, like Barbara, only applied because they needed the extra cash until things got a bit easier at home. Her supervisor cross-examined her about who would be looking after the kids while she was at work but let her have the job. Like many of the women who joined up ‘temporary’, Barbara went on to stay at Carrs for 32 years. Beginning in the 1940s, these heartwarming and vividly remembered stories have all been told by the women themselves to Hunter Davies. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Janine Birkett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/002110/bk_rhuk_002110_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Fallen Girls: Detective Clara Jefferies, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 595min
    She didn’t notice the corn stalks shiver a few feet to her right. By the time she looked up, the man towered above her. In a single movement he wrapped one thick hand around her waist, the other he clamped over her mouth, muffling her screams.Detective Clara Jefferies has spent years running from her childhood in Alber, Utah. But when she hears that her baby sister Delilah has disappeared, she knows that the peaceful community will be shattered, her family vulnerable, and that that she must face up to her past and go home.Clara returns to find that her mother, Ardeth, has isolated her family by moving to the edge of town, in the shadow of the mountains. Ardeth refuses to talk to the police and won’t let Clara through the front door, believing she and her sister-wives can protect their own. But Clara knows better than anyone that her mother isn’t always capable of protecting her children.When Clara finds out that two more girls have disappeared, all last seen around the cornfields near her family’s home, she realizes it’s not just Delilah who’s in danger. And then she gets a call that a body has been found...Clara will have to dig deep into the town’s secrets if she’s going to find Delilah. But that will mean confronting the reason she left. And as she gets closer to Delilah, she might be putting her more at risk...Gripping and spine-chilling, listeners will love Detective Clara Jefferies, listening to The Fallen Girls deep into the night. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lisa Rost-Welling. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/197801/bk_acx0_197801_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Flames of Love: A Western Fireman Romance Novel (Firefighters of Long Valley Romance, Volume 1) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 457min
    Western romance series - USA Today best-selling contemporary romance author.A Wounded HeroAs a firefighter, Jaxson Anderson is well acquainted with danger. He’s charged into burning buildings to rescue men and women, young and old. He’s scaled ladders that towered over blistering infernos, and defied blazes that terrified lesser men.Fire? He understands. Women? Not so much. Now there’s some real danger. He should know. He’s been burned before. He’s not interested in romance, or the perils that come with it. His priority is caring for his two small boys, and making his mark as the new fire chief of Sawyer, but everything changes the day he catches sight of Sugar, the pretty girl who works at the local bakery. Sugar is exactly what he wants: A fun, no-strings distraction. A friends-with-benefits arrangement that won’t break what’s left of his heart.A Battered HeartOn the heels of an abusive marriage, Sugar Stonemyer is done with men. But when Jaxson Anderson strolls into the bakery with a very wicked offer, she can’t resist. One look at the fireman, and Sugar knows the Sawyer rumor mills haven’t exaggerated. Jaxson’s tall, dark, and smokin’ hot. He wants an arrangement, nothing more, and that’s perfect. Or so she thought. With each slow seduction, Sugar falls a little more. She has only herself to blame. She didn’t want either of them to have feelings, but that’s not how the game is played....Flames of Love is the first novel in the Firefighters of Long Valley series, although all books in the Long Valley world can be listened to as stand-alones. It has some strong language, and oh my, sexy times. Enjoy! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Beth Roeg. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/233744/bk_acx0_233744_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Tower Bridge: The History and Legacy of London's Most Iconic Bridge , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 76min
    London Bridge is falling down, Falling down, falling down London Bridge is falling down, My fair lady." For most people, this playful child's rhyme conjures up visions of the tall, majestic, two-towered bridge spanning the River Thames near the Tower of London, with its high footpath providing one of the best views available of the city. The only problem is, this vision is wrong, for the London Bridge of modern times is neither tall nor majestic. Indeed, it is not at all memorable for any reason except for its ability to get the city's commuters back and forth to work each day. In fact, the tall bridge that symbolizes not just the city but the nation is Tower Bridge, and while it is among the oldest major bridges in London, it is hardly the first to have been built on the Thames, or even on that spot. In actuality, the first men to build a bridge on that spot probably spoke Latin as their first language. As time passed, technology changed, and with it, the nature of bridge building. Wood gave way to stone, which in turn gave way to iron and steel. At the same, London grew on both land and water, with more people living in and near the city, and more people plying the river in bigger and bigger ships. The people on land needed to get across the river, and the people on the river needed to be able to move along without too much interference. It was obvious that the city needed a new bridge, but years passed before the right design for one came along. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim D Johnston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/084352/bk_acx0_084352_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Brooklyn Bridge: The History of New York City's Most Famous Bridge , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 72min
    Includes descriptions of the bridge's construction by workers and officials; a bibliography for further reading; a table of contents. "Spring and fall in New York are the best seasons here to get out and about. I like the little park in Dumbo between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridge. I like Prospect Park...." (Paul Dano) New York City has countless landmarks and tourist spots, but few are as old or as associated with the city as the Brooklyn Bridge, the giant suspension bridge that spans nearly 1,600 feet as it connects lower Manhattan to Brooklyn. Indeed, the bridge is so old that Manhattan and Brooklyn represented the largest and third-largest cities in America at the time of its construction, and the East River posed a formidable enough challenge that taking a ferry across could be dangerous. Originally known as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge and then later as the East River Bridge, the iconic bridge wasn't formally dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge until about 30 years after it was completed in the early 1880s. As the first steel suspension bridge built in America, it represented an enormous engineering feat that claimed the lives of several workers, including its original designer, but by the time it was finished the Brooklyn Bridge towered nearly 300 feet above the water at over 80 feet wide. With those dimensions, it was over 50 percent larger than any suspension bridge to date. From its inception, the Brooklyn Bridge has been celebrated as one of the things that makes New York City unique. President Chester Arthur attended its opening, and P. T. Barnum famously walked Jumbo the Elephant across the bridge as a publicity stunt. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ian H. Shattuck. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/033713/bk_acx0_033713_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Lesbian: First Timers , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 16min, (USK 18)
    I remember our first time together like it was yesterday. Both of us were extremely shy when we were younger and had decided to wait to make sure that what we were going through wasn’t a phase or a minor infatuation. They were, of course, neither. We snuck away from our homes in the middle of the night, meeting in a cluster of mangrove which towered above our heads and swayed with a gentle wind. We gently kissed, our tongues brushing against one another as I slowly striped her of her gauzy summer white dress, her pale porcelain skin trembling under my touch as I knelt in front of her kissing and sucking at the pink nipples of her small breasts. I kissed down her stomach slowly, her body shaking with anticipation as my mouth finally reached the hairless expanse of her swollen vulva. Her moans of pleasure tore through the calm night air, sending flocks of birds blasting into the darkness as I greedily lapped at her clitoris and pushed my fingers into the welcoming dampness of her c--t. With each thrust her body rocked and swayed with the rhythm of our bodies. Suddenly, I felt her small, delicate fingers grasp two handfuls of my hair and press my face deep inside of her and she erupted with a hot, intense orgasm, her juices exploding thick and wondrous down my chin. After she had calmed herself, she stared down at me, her green eyes shimmering with tears.“I love you, Sara,” She whispered.WARNING - This book contains steamy romance scenes and is suitable for 18+ only. Click the “BUY NOW” button above to get started listening now! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tina Fredrick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/138107/bk_acx0_138107_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Mick Jagger , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1445min
    A supreme achiever to whom his colossal achievements seem to mean nothing.... A supreme extrovert who prefers discretion..... A supreme egotist who dislikes talking about himself.... Philip Norman has long towered above other rock biographers with his definitive studies of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Buddy Holly, and John Lennon - legends whom the world thought it knew, but who came to life as never before through the meticulousness of Norman's research, the sweep of his cultural knowledge, and the brilliance of his writing. Now Norman turns to a rock icon who is the most notorious yet enigmatic of them all. Throughout five decades of fronting the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger has been seen as the ultimate arrogant, narcissistic superstar, whose sexual appetite and cavalier treatment of women rival Casanova's and whose supposed reckless drug use touched off the most famous scandal in rock history. Now a grandfather nearing 70 and a British knight of the realm, he still creates excitement at the mere mention of his name; still remains the model for every young rock singer who ever takes the stage. Norman shows Jagger to be a character far more complex than the cold archseducer of myth: human, vulnerable, often impressive, sometimes endearing. Here at last is the real story of how the Stones' brilliant first manager, Andrew Oldham, transformed a shy economics student named Mike Jagger into a modern Antichrist...of Jagger's vicious show trial and imprisonment on minuscule drug charges in 1967...his remarkable feat at the Stones' Hyde Park concert in making a quarter of a million people keep quiet and listen to poetry...his unpublicized heroic role at the Altamont festival that brought the sunny sixties to a horrific end...the cavalcade of beautiful women from Chrissie Shrimpton to Jerry Hall, whom he has bedded but not always dominated... the enduring but ever-fraught partnership with his "Glimmer Twin", Keit ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Langton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/003137/bk_harp_003137_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Missing Ring: How Bear Bryant and the 1966 Alabama Crimson Tide Were Denied College Football's Most Elusive Prize , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 814min
    The Missing Ring is more than a football book. It is both a story of a changing era and of an extraordinary team on a championship quest.Very few institutions in American sports can match the enduring excellence of the University of Alabama football program. Across a wide swath of the last century, the tradition-rich Crimson Tide has claimed twelve national championships, captured 25 conference titles, finished 34 times among the country's top ten, and played in 53 bowl games.Especially dominant during the era of the legendary Paul "Bear" Bryant, the larger-than-life figure who towered over the landscape like no man before or since, Alabama entered the 1966 season with the chance to become the first college football team to win three consecutive national championships. Every aspect of Bryant's grueling system was geared around competing for the big prize each and every year, and in 1966 the idea of the threepeat tantalized the players, pushing them toward greatness. Driven by Bryant's enthusiasm, dedication, and perseverance, players were made to believe in their team and themselves. Led by the electrifying force of quarterback Kenny "Snake" Stabler and one of the most punishing defenses in the storied annals of the Southeastern Conference, the Crimson Tide cruised to a magical season, finishing as the nation's only undefeated, untied team. But something happened on the way to the history books.The Missing Ring is the story of the one that got away, the one that haunts Alabama fans still, and native Alabamian Keith Dunnavant takes readers deep inside the Crimson Tide program during a more innocent time, before widespread telecasting, before scholarship limitations, before end-zone dances. Meticulously revealing the strategies, tactics, and personal dramas that bring the overachieving boys of 1966 to life, Dunnavant's insightful, anecdotally rich narrative shows how Bryant molded a diverse group of young men into a powerful ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jay Snyder. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/016842/bk_adbl_016842_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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