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    We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 611min
    For a Kentucky rifleman who spent his tour trudging through Vietnam's Central Highlands, it was Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". For a "tunnel rat" who blew smoke into the Viet Cong's underground tunnels, it was Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze". For a black marine distraught over the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., it was Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools". And for countless other Vietnam vets, it was "I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die", "Who'll Stop the Rain", or the song that gives this book its title. In We Gotta Get Out of This Place, Doug Bradley and Craig Werner place popular music at the heart of the American experience in Vietnam. They explore how and why US troops turned to music as a way of connecting to each other and the World back home and of coping with the complexities of the war they had been sent to fight. They also demonstrate that music was important for every group of Vietnam veterans-black and white, Latino and Native American, men and women, officers and "grunts" - whose personal reflections drive the book's narrative. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Runnette. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/007779/bk_tant_007779_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Twitch , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 447min
    Twitch was born into the system: the system of Society members and lower designates. Unfortunately for her, she belongs to the latter group. Lower designates are tracked for a task and expected to do what they're told, when they're told, from birth on. Twitch has never known anything different. She lives her life from day to day, working at the Pre Ward, trudging home to the complex at night, following the rules because to defy them means imprisonment, or even death. Still, when her only real friend mysteriously disappears, Twitch asks one too many questions. She's caught in a trap from which she can't escape her fate in the hands of a mad man. But someone notices Twitch - someone cares enough to risk it all to save her. She discovers another world, where secret plans are being laid to overthrow the system and liberate the lower designates. And Twitch has a key role to play. Or does she? Who do you believe when your life is filled with lies? What is the truth? Twitch will have to trust someone. Or die trying. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nikki Devitt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/009595/bk_acx0_009595_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Real Shark's Tank: The Truth About Online Dating for Women , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 217min
    The Real Shark's Tank is a deft mix of the author's dates and research about online dating. Find out which websites have the least men, if more men or women lie while online dating, and if you're less likely to marry while you online date. L.V. Krause breezily exposes why online dating is so frustrating for so many women, from the weight online dating men prefer (anorexic), to the age most men prefer (10 years younger), to whether relationships that start online break up more often than those that start offline (they do). The Real Shark's Tank delves into fascinating psychological research about what makes players tick, how to avoid them, and why the dating websites are their personal safari kingdoms. The author offers up plenty of her own comic online dating life - including showing up for jury duty to find that the prosecutor was a past online date. She decided she needed her own Sex and the City group of girlfriends and emailed other women on the same dating website to form a supportive group in their beachside Florida city. As one of her dates laughingly complained, "You're unionizing!" After online dating for over a year, the author wanted to shout it from the rooftops to the women trudging through the online dating world: "It's not you, it's online dating!" ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Samantha Prescott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/027810/bk_adbl_027810_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Is This Seat Taken?: My New Lesbian Matinee Love , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 66min
    Who would have thought my first time exploring my hidden lesbian fantasies would have been like something straight out of the movies? I've always been a shyer girl, especially when it comes to matters of romance and intimacy. A freshman in college, I feel completely cut off from the people around me who party and rabble rouse, lesbians kissing at parties and dancers bumping and grinding.... It's just all too much for me to take. I more or less make it through my entire first semester without any real establishment of social or, certainly, romantic connections whatsoever. The winter break is a long and a cold one, and upon my return to campus I don't expect a damn thing to change. But then, one not-so-fine day, my Econ 101 class is cancelled due to extremely inclement weather. I decide to go and see a movie on campus instead of trudging all the way back to my dorm room through the snowstorm, and I'm astonished when, as I'm sitting there, a girl from my art history class on whom I have a massive crush sits down directly beside me, setting my entire body on edge with nerves. And things are only about to get a lot more skinematic from there, if you catch my drift.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Linda Shej. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/047544/bk_acx0_047544_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    End Time: The End Time Saga, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 677min
    The protests in front of the embassy aren't what they seem.... In the dark, primal jungles of the Congo Basin, something is ravaging the local population. When protests turn violent in front of the US embassy in Kinshasa, only the foreign policy experts paid attention. Civil war erupts, and people rip each other apart in the streets of the African capital. To avert disaster and preserve its self-image, an overwhelmed State Department dispatches a team of elite counterterrorism agents to bring their besieged people back alive. Mark Steele, a young agent within the division, and his team of gritty operatives are used to trudging through the worst society has to offer, all while operating from the shadows. But Steele's team is plunging headlong into a maelstrom of death so much worse than rebels in the streets. A highly contagious microbe is spreading unchecked, killing everyone in its wake only to bring them back again as the ravenous undead. Only a lone CDC virologist understands the extent of the outbreak at hand. He cowers among the embassy staff praying for extraction from the hands of death, fearing his part to play in the epidemic.  Follow this harrowing tale of survival, duty, love and horror as the living dead bring the world to its knees. The first installment of an epic series, End Time starts as a slow burn that turns into a breakneck-paced struggle for survival. Greene does an excellent job of depicting individual stories within the larger scope of the global epidemic. Enter the End Time. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Keith Szarabajka. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/011634/bk_blak_011634_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Women on the Move: The Forgotten Era of Women’s Bicycle Racing , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 606min
    The 1890s was the peak of the American bicycle craze, and consumers, including women, were buying bicycles in large numbers. Despite critics who tried to discourage women from trying this new sport, women took to the bike in huge numbers, and mastery of the bicycle became a metaphor for women’s mastery over their lives. Spurred by the emergence of the “safety” bicycle and the ensuing cultural craze, women’s professional bicycle racing thrived in the United States from 1895 to 1902. For seven years, female racers drew large and enthusiastic crowds across the country, including Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City, and New Orleans - and many smaller cities in between. Unlike the trudging, round-the-clock marathons the men (and their spectators) endured, women’s six-day races were tightly scheduled, fast-paced, and highly competitive. The best female racers of the era - Tillie Anderson, Lizzie Glaw, and Dottie Farnsworth - became household names and were America’s first great women athletes. In 1902 two racers died, and the sport’s seven-year run was finished - and it has been almost entirely ignored in sports history, women’s history, and even bicycling history. Women on the Move tells the full story of America’s most popular arena sport during the 1890s, giving these pioneering athletes the place they deserve in history.The book is published by University of Nebraska Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks."A much needed examination of a little-known aspect of American women’s history in general." (CHOICE)"Fans of sports, bike racing, and amazingly talented female athletes will delight in reading Women on the Move." (Missouri Historical Review)“A vivid portrait of the forgotten heroines of the bicycle boom. A delightful and inspiring revelation.” (David Herlihy, author of Bicycle: The History) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chaz Allen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/155996/bk_acx0_155996_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Ballgames to Boardrooms: Leadership, Business, and Life Lessons from Our Coaches We Never Knew We Needed , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 318min
    Millennials, and those leading Millennials, as today's front-line employees, entry-level managers, middle managers, and even some executives are caught in the proverbial hamster-in-a-wheel that is corporate America. A lack of inspiration and motivation looms over people who spend their days trudging through life as real-life "Eyeores". Many are okay with the sea of mediocrity that is their daily routines, but others, in fact, the majority, have a desire for more; better days and a more enjoyable, meaningful, fulfilling, and a more productive life - at work and at home. Yet, beautiful, smart, intelligent, creative, and really great people are simply stuck, dead in their tracks. In Ballgames to Boardrooms, Taylor Scott resurfaces what many have forgotten from those simple, yet profound, lessons we learned playing sports at a younger age. Our little league, high school, and college coaches taught us lessons, values, winning principles, and dropped pearl after pearl of wisdom we never knew we needed back then. Taylor is bringing them back to the forefront and inspiring anyone, and everyone, who wants a change in their day-to-day grind. The lessons we learned playing sports when we were younger can be applied today in the midst of our busy, frustrating, often demoralizing, and stressful corporate climb. Why can't we get up and go to work every day to have fun, put our talents to good use, be a part of a winning team, and achieve meaning and fulfillment now, just like we did when we played Little League?! This audiobook reminds listeners how to do just that and may very well be the encouragement you didn't know you needed to break through the demoralizing corporate corporateness of your daily grind. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Taylor Scott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/116727/bk_acx0_116727_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Wolf Around the Corner , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 447min
    Frank's family taught him that his wolf was dangerous, unwanted. Now his best friend's brother wants him in bed and on stage. But giving into his wolf's need for love could risk the quiet life Frank has created for himself - and his heart. Settled in the small town of Waycroft Falls, Frank is content to be a lone wolf among the white picket fences and dollar book bins until he finds himself sniffing his best friend's brother. Tom smells like hot apple pie and his Broadway smile has Frank lolling his tongue. But when the visiting actor learns Frank's secret and plies him with hot kisses to get him to star in his play, Frank can't help but wonder if Tom is only acting. Tom ran away from family obligations to be a Broadway star. If he could make it there, he could make it anywhere...but he didn't. Trudging home to Waycroft Falls to open his sister's new performance space brings him face to face with a werewolf - a werewolf that would be perfect for Tom's shoestring production of Beauty and the Beast. Staying in Tiny Town USA would be worth it if he can somehow convince the sexy wolf to expose his furry condition on stage and howl privately in Tom's bed. Wolf Around the Corner, a paranormal semi-finalist in Passionate Ink's 2017 Sexy Scribbles Contest, is a full-length fairytale romance with a side of wolf shifter. If you like your romance with gorgeous men, humor, and small-town magic, you'll love Wolf Around the Corner! Buy your copy now and settle in to watch the drama unfold! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Guy Veryzer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/127889/bk_acx0_127889_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Kilimanjaro Diaries: Or, How I Spent a Week Dreaming of Toilets, Drinking Crappy Water, and Making Bad Jokes While Having the Time of My Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 407min
    When expat blogger and mother of four Eva Melusine Thieme first harbors the idea of ringing out her three years in Africa on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, it sounds easy. In fact, it has all the trappings of a dream vacation: no cooking, no fighting kids, and an army of porters to lug everything up the mountain. What can go wrong? Tag along as Eva takes you on her journey up the slopes of Kilimanjaro together with her teenage son and a group of hilarious South African friends. From planning the trip to shopping for supplies to trudging uphill wishing with all her heart for an ice cold sip of water untainted by chlorination tablets, you will follow her step by step on her quest to scale the world's highest free-standing mountain. But the list of challenges is long: sub-zero temperatures, blistered feet, long drop toilets (of which, you may learn, the drops are not nearly as long as they had once been, if you get the drift), and the ever-threatening altitude sickness no one can quite escape from. Eva's climb turns into the most difficult test she has ever faced, and ultimately she must make a fateful decision on that mountain. Thieme's debut travel memoir is equally poignant and laugh-out-loud funny. Part guide book, part travel memoir, and part history lesson, her story will keep you hooked - whether you're a seasoned hiker nodding your head in recognition, an aspiring Kilimanjaro trekker searching for tips, or an armchair traveler reveling in adventure stories from the comfort of your home. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Vanessa Johansson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/013101/bk_tant_013101_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Paper Wasp , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 449min
    An electrifying debut novel from the acclaimed author of The Wonder Garden, The Paper Wasp is a riveting knife-edge story of two women’s dark friendship of twisted ambition set against the backdrop of contemporary Hollywood.In small-town Michigan, Abby Graven leads a solitary life. Once a bright student on the cusp of a promising art career, she now languishes in her childhood home, trudging to and from her job as a supermarket cashier. Each day she is taunted from the magazine racks by the success of her former best friend, Elise, a rising Hollywood starlet whose life in pictures Abby obsessively scrapbooks. At night Abby escapes through the films of her favorite director, Auguste Perren, a cult figure known for his creative institute the Rhizome. Inspired by Perren, Abby draws fantastical storyboards based on her often premonitory dreams, a visionary gift she keeps hidden.When Abby encounters Elise again at their high school reunion, she is surprised and warmed that Elise still considers her not only a friend but a brilliant storyteller and true artist. Elise’s unexpected faith in Abby reignites in her a dormant hunger, and when Elise offhandedly tells Abby to look her up if she’s ever in LA, Abby soon arrives on her doorstep. There, Abby discovers that although Elise is flourishing professionally, behind her glossy magazine veneer she is lonely and disillusioned. Ever the supportive friend, Abby becomes enmeshed in Elise’s world, even as she guards her own dark secret and burning desire for greatness. As she edges closer to Elise, the Rhizome, and her own artistic ambitions, the dynamic shifts between the two friends - until Abby can see only one way to grasp the future that awaits her.The Paper Wasp is a thrilling, unexpected journey into the psyche and imagination of a woman determined to fulfill her destiny from one of our most unique and incisive writers. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Natasha Soudek. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/052585/bk_adbl_052585_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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