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    Pretty Waiter Girls: A Helena Brandywine Adventure , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 424min
    Some monsters are still human.  In magical 1899 San Francisco, the new millennium is quickly approaching. Of course, new inventions happen every day, some wondrous, some mundane, while the streets produce a new murder every night.  Set against this backdrop, a debutante goes missing, and socialite Helena Brandywine takes it upon herself, along with her trusted manservant, to discover what happened.  Did the woman run afoul of the Tongs in Chinatown? What horrors might she have exposed?  Discover this slice of the Gilded Age while Helena uncovers her family's secrets. The good and evil, where danger lurks around every corner.  Can Helena Brandywine be prepared for the monsters she will uncover? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alexa McKracken. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/118674/bk_acx0_118674_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Labors of Love: Complete Box Set , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 259min
    Daniel, a member of the southern gentry, soon learns the harsh realities of being poor. His father dies with a mountain of debt and leaves him very little. Daniel sells his mount in order to keep his manservant James. He and James are secretly lovers but must hide their feelings to meet society's expectations. Together they must work themselves to the bone to get their farm to pay. It's not long before their relationship is discovered by their nosy neighbor who bent on owning their land. They are separated, but it is forever? It's up to James, a man with few rights, to protect his master if he wants to keep their love alive. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Lowe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/087889/bk_acx0_087889_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Around the World in Eighty Days , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 458min
    Undoubtedly one of the most celebrated tales of all time, this is both high-octane thriller and fascinating travelogue. Phileas Fogg, intrepid Victorian gentleman about town, accepts a wager that he cannot travel around the world in 80 days. Naturally, he immediately sets off, accompanied by his French manservant, Passepartout. They are pursued by a police officer, Detective Fix, who is foolishly convinced that Fogg is a bank robber. Much hilarity ensues. On the way, Fogg bravely rescues Aouda, a beautiful Indian princess, from a ceremony of ritual sacrifice. Unexpectedly, our thriller becomes a love story. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Homewood. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/001320/bk_naxo_001320_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Heir of the King , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 55min, (USK 18)
    King Martin has a heart big enough to love men and women. Unfortunately, that's not enough to save him from the traitorous General Thelan. With rebels literally smashing their way into the castle, he makes a passionate farewell to his manservant. Once imprisoned in his own dungeon and chained to the wall awaiting execution, he has two beautiful female visitors. The king has no children, and some of his loyal followers do what they have to do to make sure there is someone to carry on his name. Can his last desperate act of passion be carried out in time? Set in a medieval age, this adult tale has a bisexual main character, a touch of woman-on-woman action, erotic choking, and bondage. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amanda Clair. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/082177/bk_acx0_082177_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Miss Hewitt Investigates the Return of the Ripper , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 139min
    It is London 1915 and Great Britain is at war with Germany. Stylish lady detective Miss Isabel Hewitt's manservant Clarke is away in Flanders serving in the Royal Medical Corps. Isabel is anxious for his safety.  On the Home Front she has become involved with the Women's Emergency Corps. Through this work she has met a tall, well-built young woman named Hattie Peach. Hattie is now her maid and driver. Isabel is coping with her new life and then someone murders two girls from the WEC.  These take place in Shoreditch and there are fears that Jack the Ripper may be back. Isabel is asked to investigate and she embarks on a journey which becomes both emotional and very dangerous indeed. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julia Eve. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/117760/bk_acx0_117760_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    After You with the Pistol , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 405min
    Kyril Bonfiglioli's wickedly fun mysteries featuring the Honorable Charlie Mortdecai, degenerate aristocrat, amoral art dealer, seasoned epicurean, unwilling assassin, and general knave-about-Picadilly, have been cult classics in the UK since their first publication there in the 1970s. Charlie's back in After You with the Pistol, along with his new bride, Johanna, and his thuggish manservant, Jock. He's also still drinking too much whiskey, and anything else he can get his hands on, which makes it all the more difficult to figure out what the beautiful and fabulously wealthy Johanna is up to when she tries to convince Charlie to kill the Queen. Suffice it to say that Johanna is not quite what she seems. Don't miss this brilliant mixture of comedy, crime, and suspense ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Prebble. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/001440/bk_blak_001440_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Amazing Screw-on Head And Other Curious Objects
    Mike Mignola has deservedly become one of the biggest names in comics for his creation of Hellboy. But when Mignola needs a short break from the Hellboy universe, he turns to diversions such as The Amazing Screw-On Head, winner of the Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication! When Emperor Zombie threatens the safety of all life on earth, President Lincoln enlists the aid of a mechanical head. With the help of associates Mr. Groin (a faithful manservant) and Mr. Dog (a dog), Screw-On Head must brave ancient tombs, a Victorian flying apparatus, and demons from a dimension inside a turnip. This new collection of oddball Mignola creations also includes "The Magician and the Snake" from Dark Horse Maverick: Happy Endings and nearly fifty pages of brand-new material, all as weird and hilarious as the beloved Screw-On Head. • The Amazing Screw-On Head won an Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication. • "The Magician and the Snake" won an Eisner Award for Best Short Story. • The Amazing Screw-On Head was the source for the cult animated short starring Paul Giamatti, David Hyde Pierce, and Patton Oswalt.
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    The Pickwick Papers, Hörbuch, Digital, 175min
    When The Pickwick Papers first appeared in 1837, Charles Dickens rose to sudden fame as the English speaking public was seized by Pickwick mania. Nearly two centuries later, listeners continue to enjoy the vigorous humor and heartwarming optimism of Dickens' first great literary achievement. Scofield evokes all the warmth and laughter of the unlikely adventures of the immortal Samuel Pickwick, Esq., and the other members of the Pickwick Club. Abetted by Pickwick's faithful manservant, Sam Weller, the Pickwickians bumble through hilarious romantic, misadventures, and other twists of plot, encountering many delightfully Dickensian characters along the way. English stage and screen actor Paul Scofield, delivers an articulate performance which is quite superb. Scofield is regarded as one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of all time, and is best known for his Academy Award-winning performance as Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Scofield. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pnix/000681/bk_pnix_000681_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Don't Point That Thing at Me: A Charlie Mortdecai Mystery , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 390min
    A cult classic in the United Kingdom since its first publication there in the 1970s, Don't Point That Thing at Me is the first of a series of hilarious and dark-humored crime thrillers featuring the Honorable Charlie Mortdecai: degenerate aristocrat, amoral art dealer, seasoned epicurean, unwilling assassin, and acknowledged coward. With his thuggish manservant, the incomparably named Jock Strapp, Mortdecai endures all manner of nastiness involving stolen paintings, a vintage Rolls Royce, secret police, a whirlwind trip to the United States, a dead client, and a ravishing and wealthy young widow, all to make a dishonest living. He's not one to pass up a drink, and he prides himself on being stylishly dressed for whatever occasion may present itself, no matter how debauched. Don't miss this brilliant mixture of comedy, crime, and suspense. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Prebble. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/001372/bk_blak_001372_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Count Belisarius
    A dazzling historical novel set in the sixth century AD, from I, Claudius author Robert Graves, and with a new introduction by novelist Lydia Kiesling.The sixth-century Roman Empire is a dangerous place, threatened on all frontiers by invaders. But soon the attacking armies of Vandals, Goths, and Persians grow to fear and respect the name of one man, Belisarius: horseman, archer, swordsman, and military commander of genius. As Belisarius triumphs in battles from the East to North Africa, his success causes him to become regarded with increasing jealousy and suspicion. In his palace in Constantinople the Emperor Justinian, dominated by his wife Theodora, plots the great general's downfall. Written in the form of a biography by Belisarius's manservant, this epic historical novel portrays him as a lone man of honor in a corrupt world.Seven Stories' Robert Graves Project spans fourteen titles, and includes fiction and nonfiction, adult, young adult, and children's books, in a striking new uniform design, with new introductions and afterwords. Count Belisarius joins our recent re-publication of The Reader Over Your Shoulder, Lawrence and the Arabs, The Golden Fleece, and Homer's Daughter. Among the works still to come are Hebrew Myths, Wife to Mr. Milton, and The Isles of Unwisdom. The online partner for the Robert Graves Project is RosettaBooks.
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