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    Jude the Obscure
    "Jude Fawley, an intelligent and sensitive young Wessex schoolboy, dreams of studying at the famous university in Christminster, Hardy's fictional representation of Oxford. He embarks on years of private study, but his plans are thrown into disarray when he is deceived into marriage and then deserted by the duplicitous Arabella Donn. Jude, still hoping to earn a place at the university, travels to Christminster to work as a stonemason. Here, he falls for his freethinking cousin Sue, but with the pair living together out of wedlock, the pressures of poverty and social disapproval soon threaten to ruin their lives.Full of passion, anger, fatalism and tragedy, Jude the Obscure attacks the inequalities and hypocrisies inherent within Victorian society's attitudes towards marriage, social mobility, education and the role of women. The novel, which caused an immediate uproar on its publication, is now widely considered to be one of the great works of the nineteenth century, and the apotheosis of Hardy's fiction."
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    A Midsummer Night's Fudge
    After a summer celebration on Michigan's Mackinac Island ends in murder, hotel and fudge shop owner Allie McMurphy puts on her sleuthing hat . . . THERE'S NO SUGARCOATING A KILLER'S SCHEME During the Midsummer Night's Festival, Allie decides to take her bichonpoo, Mal, home to spare her furry little ears from the sounds of fireworks. But on her way back, Allie spots a body in the lake. Just minutes ago, Winona Higer was crowning the event's Queen-could the competition have really been that deadly? While she ponders the mystery the next morning, Allie prepares her favorite dark chocolate cherry fudge recipe. But she's soon recruited to sub for the late Winona and serve as parade float judge, among other duties. As she hears rumors and gossip, and learns of mean pranks and threatening notes, her instincts kick in-despite her boyfriend the cop's disapproval. Now, between managing a new hire and keeping the tourists filled with fudge, she's dealing with a case that's boiling over . . .
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    As Far as You'll Take Me
    Marty arrives in London with nothing but his oboe and some savings from his summer job, but he's excited to start his new life--where he's no longer the closeted, shy kid who slips under the radar and is free to explore his sexuality without his parents' disapproval. From the outside, Marty's life looks like a perfect fantasy: in the span of a few weeks, he's made new friends, he's getting closer with his first ever boyfriend, and he's even traveling around Europe. But Marty knows he can't keep up the facade. He hasn't spoken to his parents since he arrived, he's tearing through his meager savings, his homesickness and anxiety are getting worse and worse, and he hasn't even come close to landing the job of his dreams. Will Marty be able to find a place that feels like home? Acclaim for The Gravity of Us An IndieNext List Pick An Amazon Best Book
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    The Dark Side of the Heart , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 391min
    When Jean Sinclair's parents are killed in an accident she travels from the US to Scotland to trace her family roots, despite the disapproval of her fiancé, Don. There she meets Adam Crawford, a handsome but arrogant landowner and, despite her initial dislike, has a tempestuous physical union with him at a glamorous highland ball. Devastatingly, and cruelly, he immediately rejects her. Broken-hearted, she flies back to Texas, only for Don to treat her with a sudden and terrifying harshness. Adam follows her to America, where the two men confront each other and Jean has to face the fact that her parents' deaths might not have been accidental, and that brutality and fear might well force her into a loveless future. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Penelope Freeman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/001961/bk_isis_001961_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Now Let's Dance , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 269min
    Marguerite had been living a comfortable but dull existence in a suburban town with her straitlaced lawyer husband. When he dies, she realises that life has passed her by. Marcel had been in a loving relationship with Nora since they left Algeria 60 years before. Now that he has lost her, he has lost his way. Marguerite and Marcel live in two very different worlds - one rich, one poor. They never should have met. And yet their paths cross at a retreat, and a connection forms.... But will they manage to overcome the disapproval of their friends and families as well as their own misgivings? Or have they left it too late to really follow their hearts' desires? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joan Walker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/orio/001147/bk_orio_001147_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Light in the Piazza , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 151min
    The Light in the Piazza takes place in Italy in the summer of 1953. Margaret Johnson and her beautiful, twenty-six-year-old daughter, Clara, are touring the Tuscan countryside. While sightseeing, Clara meets a good-looking young Italian man, Fabrizio, and quickly embarks on a whirlwind romance with him, despite her mother's stern disapproval. Margaret, extremely protective of her daughter, attempts to keep Clara and Fabrizio apart, not only because of the cultural differences between the young lovers but also because of a family secret that would be revealed: Clara is not quite all that she appears. Considering whether to inform Fabrizio and his family of the truth about Clara, Margaret realizes that it could possibly spoil her daughter's one true chance for happiness. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Hillary Huber. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/001110/bk_blak_001110_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dragon's Debt: The Dragon and the Scholar, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 332min
    Scholar Shannon Macaulay and the Dragon-Prince Ewan have been traveling together for a year when their blissful companionship is interrupted by a cryptic message from their friend Martin. "Come to Westshire. Edmond needs you." Drawn to his brother's aid, Ewan finds himself hunting an elusive monster: a winged beast kidnapping young women and stealing their memories. Its latest victim is the Princess Brighid of Westshire, the very girl Edmond has recently fallen for, to the disapproval of her temperamental father, King Riley, and stoic brother, Prince Ryan. Ewan is determined to rescue his brother's beloved, no matter what the cost. But when Ryan's eyes fall upon Shannon, the dragon realizes the cost might be greater than he is willing to pay. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mary Ann Weathers. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/077443/bk_acx0_077443_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Deep Waters , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 694min
    In a celebrity-obsessed society, baby Muffin's death is big news. Was it cot death, or something more sinister? The bereaved parents, celebrity couple Jodee and Chazz, live in curate Callie Anson's parish, and Callie becomes involved with the funeral arrangements in the spite of the disapproval of the vicar. Detective Inspector Neville Stewart is called away from his honeymoon to investigate the case, with disastrous personal results, and journalist Lilith Noone's professional future is put on the line. Meanwhile, for police family liaison officer Mark Lombardi, the death of baby Muffin is eclipsed by another fatality, much closer to home. He finds himself in an impossible position, torn between loyalty to his family and a growing love for Callie. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nicolette McKenzie. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/000989/bk_isis_000989_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Dangerous Deceit , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 563min
    February, 1927: The remains of a man are found in the grounds of Maxtead Court, home of the wealthy Scroope family. Meanwhile, Margaret Rees-Talbot is preparing for her wedding to the Rev Symon Scroope - to the disapproval of some residents of Folbury, who think it's too soon after the death of her father, Osbert, found drowned in his bath a few months previously. Before he died, Osbert had been writing an account of his experiences as a soldier during the Second Boer War. But what really happened in South Africa back in 1902? Then a second death occurs. And it becomes increasingly clear to the investigating DI Herbert Reardon that at least one Folbury resident has a shocking secret to hide. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gordon Griffin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/002112/bk_isis_002112_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Tangled Threads, Hörbuch, Digital, 196min
    Eveleen Hardcastle loves her life on Pear Tree Farm in Lincolnshire with her parents Mary and Walter and brother, Jimmy. Although the work is hard, the attentions of young Master Stephen Dunsmore - the son of the Hardcastles' employer - provide Eveleen with a welcome distraction. Mary's disapproval of the unsuitable match drives the young lovers to meet in secret. But it seems deception has a cruel price when Walter is found dead from a heart attack. The final blow comes with Stephen's callous rejection of Eveleen, and as the Hardcastles are forced to leave Lincolnshire, she resolves never to allow love to enter her heart again - until a stunning discovery about Mary's past causes her to reassess her mother and herself. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Jameson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/macm/000265/bk_macm_000265_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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