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    Name All the Animals, Hörbuch, Digital, 372min
    A luminous, true story, Name All the Animals is an unparalleled account of grief and secret love: the tale of a family clinging to the memory of a lost child, and a young woman struggling to define herself in the wake of his loss. As children, siblings Alison and Roy Smith were so close that their mother called them by one name: Alroy. But on a cool summer morning when Alison was 15, she woke to learn that Roy, 18, was dead. This is Smith's extraordinary account of the impact of that loss, on herself, on her parents, and on a deeply religious community. At home, Alison and her parents sleepwalk in shifts. Alison hoards food for her lost brother, hides in the back yard fort they built together, and waits for him to return. During the day, she breaks every rule at Our Lady of Mercy School for Girls, where the baffled but loving nuns offer prayer, Shakespeare, and a job running the switchboard. In the end, Alison finds her own way to survive: a startling and taboo first love that helps her discover a world beyond the death of her brother. Heartbreaking but hopeful, this is about the excitement and anguish of Alison's first love, about her parents' enduring romance, about a community's passion for its faith, and about a beautiful, well-loved boy who dies too young. Language: English. Narrator: Alison Smith. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/000502/bk_sans_000502_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Daughter of Dragons , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 962min
    Taziem is a magnificent dragon: sexy, powerful, intelligent. Like other dragons, she hoards diamonds, but unlike other dragons, she covets knowledge as well. So when the local villagers offer her one of their younglings as a sacrifice, she decides to take it home with her and study it so she might learn all there is to know about humans. If the youngling satisfies her curiosity, she’ll set it free eventually. If it disappoints, she’ll feed it to her soon-to-be-born dragonets. As it so happens, the youngling is fearless, clever, and dragon-smart. She quickly exceeds Taziem’s wildest expectations and winds up bonding with the newborns. Lathwi, The Soft One, they call her, and accept her as a tanglemate. As they live and grow and play together, Lathwi forgets that she was ever human. After a time though, Taqziem must banish Lathwi from her territory for her own safety. Forced into the human world again, Lathwi begins a journey of re-discovery, stumbling onto a plot to revive dragonkind’s ancient nemesis. She withstands sorcerous attacks and an onslaught of demons, but without her mother’s help, she knows she cannot defeat the evil that threatens to consume the world. The question is, can she return to Taziem’s mountain in time to prevent an apocalypse? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Shana M. Buck. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/101966/bk_acx0_101966_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Silver Rose: The Black Rose, Book 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 498min
    History called it the shimmering court. A palace of glass upon the water surrounded by silver roses. For a millennia it stood as a symbol of power and stability within the immortal realms. In a single night, it washed away in a sea of blood. Six hundred years ago, Mara, the immortal Captain of the Black Rose Guard, led her knights to their greatest victory: the annihilation of the Muir Court. For avenging a fallen princess, she was hailed a hero. Yet for Mara, the mirror reflected only a killer. Haunted by the slaughter carried out in the name of honor and duty, Mara hoped she had fought her last battle. But when knights of the Arum Court murdered her sub-captain, hope shattered and the blood roses began to bloom. Determined to avenge her fallen comrade and save the young woman for whom the long-dormant roses have awakened, Mara dons her ancient Arius blade, and prepares to once again lead her men into a fight from which they may never return. All the while, her enemies prepare to exploit her greatest weakness: the life of her only love, Edward. Deep in the heart of the Arum Court, King Mathew hoards secrets of his own as a voice whispers through the shadows: beware the silver rose. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sara Dunham. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/094385/bk_acx0_094385_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Driving Her Life Away (eBook, ePUB)
    Mickey's parents have three outdated ideas about pursuing a university degree: If a young woman isn't socially adept enough to find nice men to date, her parents should send her to college to get her "MRS" degree.People with trust funds might as well use them for higher education rather than wasting them on a debauched lifestyle.Leaving home to attend college is an acceptable way to prepare for a job if you live in Podunk, Montana. The problem is, Mickey lives in Chicago, doesn't have a trust fund, and never met a stranger. It appears she's stuck in a dead end job driving a senior citizens' bus. Is she doomed to a blue collar job while her best friend enjoys life on campus? Time marches on, and Mickey has a few awkward confrontations with several passengers: a man with an illicit side hustle, a woman who hoards newspapers--even her chihuahua Napoleon won't behave! Despite these complexities, she finds herself intuitively capable of helping those in distress. Could these skills contribute to the scholarship applications she continues to complete, despite her parents' indifference? Just when she's ready to scream in frustration, Mickey finds new purpose volunteering for a fundraising committee chaired by a handsome Ph.D student. But at the fundraiser's after-party a hopeful introduction to a potential mentor is interrupted by the appearance of her scofflaw passenger. Will her innate compassion and emotional intelligence lead to a university career, or will she just 'drive her life away?'
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    Zombies: The Recent Dead , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1203min
    You can't kill the dead! Like any good monster, the zombie has proven to be ever-evolving, monumentally mutable, and open to seemingly endless imaginative interpretations: the thralls of voodoo sorcerers, George Romero's living dead, societal symbols, dancing thrillers, viral victims, reanimated ramblers, video-gaming targets, post-apocalyptic permutations, shuffling sidekicks, literary mash-ups, the comedic, and, yes, even the romantic. Evidently, we have an enduring hunger for this infinite onslaught of the ever-hungry dead. Hoards of readers and listeners are now devouring zombie fiction faster than armies of the undead could chow down their brains. It's a sick job, but somebody had to do it: explore the innumerable necrotic nightmares of the latest, greatest, most fervent devotion in the history of humankind and ferret out the best of new millenial zombie stories: Zombies: The Recent Dead. Full author list: Kevin Veale, Michael Marshall Smith, Tim Lebbon, David Prill, Steve Duffy, Max Brooks, Nik Houser, Andy Duncan, David J. Schow, Joe R. Lansdale, Neil Gaiman, Alice Sola Kim, Gary A. Braunbeck, Francesca Lia Block, Tobias S. Buckell, David Wellington, Tim Waggoner, Kit Reed, Brian Keene, Kelly Link, Gary McMahon, and Scott Edelman. Full narrator list: Jonathan Davis, LJ Ganser, Victor Villar-Hauser, Marc Vietor, Josh Hurley, Bahni Turpin, Jeff Woodman, Elisabeth Rodgers, Edoardo Ballerini, Suzanne Toren, Kevin Pariseau, Khristine Hvam, Josh Hurley, and Jeff Woodman. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Davis, L J Ganser, Josh Hurley, Bahni Turpin, Marc Vietor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003272/bk_adbl_003272_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Unintended Consequences: The Chronicles of Bayou Savage, Guitar Ghost Fighter Book II , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 658min
    The Institute has successfully reanimated the body of Bayou Savage from his 200 year quantum suspension. The scientists, beleaguered by a wimpy, arrogant bureaucrat, have no idea of the unholy hell that is following Bayou into the year 2206. The opening of the portal paved an eight-lane highway for the banshees, ghosts and ghouls that spent the last 200 years in an Alcatraz dimension. The prison doors have opened and the miscreant souls are thirsty for blood and revenge. What's left of the world, from the Religious Wars of 2012, is about to be ravished by the Magi and his hoards from Hades. The only good news is that Leslie Quinn, a formidable psychic, unrestricted by conventional dimensions, has brought Razor Savage, Quirk and Mist to the battlefield. Bayou's famous ghostfighting father, the first director of The Institute and Bayou's daughter will be able to lend a hand in the ghost wars that are coming hard and fast on the heels of what appeared to be a harmless experiment in resuscitation. Follow us now into an unknown world of bloodthirsty phantoms, a mystical guitar talisman and the ghost warriors come to save the planet. Will they succeed?About the authors: Dean Russell and Chase Walker are authors and musicians attracted to a lifestyle which includes good music, good stories, good food, and better wines. They support their creative efforts with quality consulting and entrepreneurial adventures. Inauspicious circumstances introduced these kindred spirits a few years ago and a brotherhood began, leading to their collaboration in the Bayou Savage, Guitar Ghostfighter series. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chase Walker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/002421/bk_acx0_002421_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Target: Tinos: An Inspector Kaldis Mystery, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 485min
    In an isolated olive grove on the idyllic Aegean island of Tinos, revered by religious pilgrims around the world as the Lourdes of Greece, two bodies charred beyond recognition are discovered, chained together amid bits and pieces of an incinerated Greek flag. An enraged press screams for justice for the unknown victims, until the dead are identified as gypsies, after which the story simply fades away. Is it a gypsy clan war, a hate crime, or something else? With no one seeming to care, the government has no interest in resurrecting unwanted media attention by a search for answers to such ethnically charged questions and orders the investigation closed. However, Inspector Andreas Kaldis, feared head of Greece’s special crimes division, has other plans. He presses on in his inimitable, impolitic style to unravel a mystery that reveals even more dead, uncovers a modern secret society rooted in two-hundred-year-old traditions, and spawns a nagging suspicion that the answers lie in the sudden influx of non-Greeks and gypsies to Tinos. It is there, on Tinos, that Kaldis learns of priceless hoards of gold, silver, art, and precious gems quietly amassed over centuries out of the offerings of grateful pilgrims. He has found a motive for murder and an irresistible temptation for robbery. All that is left for Andreas to do is find the killers before more die, stop the robbery of the century, and get married in the process. Jeffrey Siger was born and raised in Pittsburgh. He practiced law until giving it up to write full time in Mykonos, Greece. His other home is a farm outside of New York City. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/005032/bk_blak_005032_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Reluctant Adventures of Fletcher Connolly on the Interstellar Railroad , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 751min
    An Irishman in space. Hoards of alien technological treasures to be discovered. What could go wrong? Don't answer that.... Fletcher Connolly hasn't got a lot to lose. Since he and half the galaxy signed on to the rat race of the technological relics trade, Fletch has come to terms with the idea that he will join the ranks of unlucky explorers that perish light years from home without a dime to his name. But bankruptcy is a great motivator. With friends and family counting on him to strike it rich, Fletch embarks on an unwilling quest for alien treasure. His decrepit exploration ship, the Skint Idjit, and her successor, the Intergalactic Bogtrotter, plunge disastrously through the wildest regions of the Interstellar Railroad...from an uninhabited planet appropriately named Suckass...to a deliberately misnamed mafia-run planet known as Arcadia...to a rogue planet inhabited by aliens resembling cuddly teddy bears...to a moon covered with giant cacti...and, ultimately, to the supermassive black hole in the center of the galaxy, where Fletch's terrible judgment comes back to bite him in the rear for the last time. Epic catastrophes and belly laughs pile up breathlessly in this delightful comic sci-fi adventure, a worthy successor to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. This complete edition of The Reluctant Adventures of Fletcher Connolly on the Interstellar Railroad contains all four episodes of Fletch's unlucky career: Skint Idjit Intergalactic Bogtrotter Banjaxed Ceili Supermassive Blackguard Felix R. Savage is the NYT, WSJ, and USAT best-selling author of the Earth's Last Gambit Quartet and many other books. This is by far the funniest one. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nick Podehl. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/podm/000502/bk_podm_000502_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Hoarding: Digital Hoarding, Animal Hoarding and Junk Hoarding: When Our Belongings Grow into an Obsession: Transcend Mediocrity, Book 118 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 22min
    Many people enjoy collecting things. But what happens when their "collections" grow out of control? People who have a psychological disorder called hoarding may let their teddy bear collections or garbage collections take over their entire homes! Their obsessive and compulsive acquiring of junk, collectibles, and everyday items may result in their homes becoming uninhabitable. Many hoarders' homes are even condemned! Hoarding is a big problem! It is said that there are 300 million hoarders in the United States. Many people may have no idea that they live next to a hoarder. Hoarders are often embarrassed with the state their lives are in because of their illness, but they often feel helpless to stop their compulsive behaviors. Some hoarders are aware that their issues are problematic, whereas others are prone to a sort of "clutter blindness". They cannot readily see the stacks of trash and belongings that they are tripping over as they walk through their homes. Hoarding causes injuries, pest infestations, disease, and death. It makes all of the useful areas of a house completely unusable, such as the bathroom, kitchen, and bedrooms. There are many types of hoarders who collect many different types of things. Hoarders can hoard animals. Many "pack rat" hoarders even collect digital items they will never use (photo files, music, software, porn, and movies), which is not as problematic as collecting physical items. What Is Hoarding? According to UrbanDictionary.com, hoarding is defined as "to keep and collect things that may or may not have value". A person who hoards may have large collections of comic books, nostalgic items, and antiques. He or she may collect pets or animals. Or a hoarder may fill his or her house with garbage, newspapers, artwork, or even an earwax collection. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Katherine Thompson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/053478/bk_acx0_053478_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Wicked Academia: Lost Stars (eBook, ePUB)
    There is something wicked about the Greywick triplets. Vivian, Marion, and Timothée Greywick's father told them one thing before he died: stay away from the Celestial Academy for Fallen Stars. And they've done just that, becoming perfectly respectable members of society, with no use for star magic. Never mind that Vivian has a mysterious affliction that her siblings call an illness and she calls a curse. Never mind that Marion works at a leech shop and hoards blood for…some reason. Never mind that Timothée looks exactly like an ancient god who tormented the world thousands of years ago.​Never mind that on moonless nights, the Greywick siblings glow.When the triplets accidentally save the future king from a vampire attack, they're not just the Greywicks anymore. They're the Lost Stars: descendants of the gods, harbouring unforetold magic. Now they're bound for the Celestial Academy for Fallen Stars, whether they like it or not.A school in the sky. Clouds that rain starlight. Students with terrible magic and worse intentions. The Academy will test not only the triplets' ability to survive, but their loyalty to each other. Vivian falls for a prince…and keeps trying to kill him.Marion discovers a plot that can topple kingdoms and unseat even a god's power…if she claims it for herself.And Timothée delves into magic so dark, it's been forbidden for thousands of years. As the triplets unravel the secrets of the Celestial Academy, they begin to realize their father didn't want to protect them from the Academy. He wanted to protect the Academy from them.​One will become a monster. The other, a queen. The last, a god. ​Anything is possible at the Celestial Academy for Fallen Stars. Please be aware Wicked Academia is a new adult fantasy and contains mature themes. It is intended for adult audiences.
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