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    Anna Hibiscus
    From acclaimed Nigerian storyteller Atinuke, the first in a series of chapter books set in contemporary West Africa introduces a little girl who has enchanted young readers. Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa, amazing Africa, with her mother and father, her twin baby brothers (Double and Trouble), and lots of extended family in a big white house with a beautiful garden in a compound in a city. Anna is never lonely—there are always cousins to play and fight with, aunties and uncles laughing and shouting, and parents and grandparents close by. Readers will happily follow as she goes on a seaside vacation, helps plan a party for Auntie Comfort from Canada (will she remember her Nigerian ways?), learns firsthand what it's really like to be a child selling oranges outside the gate, and longs to see sweet snow. Nigerian storyteller Atinuke's debut book for children and its sequels, with their charming (and abundant) gray-scale drawings by Lauren Tobia, are newly published in the US by Candlewick Press, joining other celebrated Atinuke stories in captivating young readers.
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    Anna Hibiscus
    From acclaimed Nigerian storyteller Atinuke, the first in a series of chapter books set in contemporary West Africa introduces a little girl who has enchanted young readers. Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa, amazing Africa, with her mother and father, her twin baby brothers (Double and Trouble), and lots of extended family in a big white house with a beautiful garden in a compound in a city. Anna is never lonely—there are always cousins to play and fight with, aunties and uncles laughing and shouting, and parents and grandparents close by. Readers will happily follow as she goes on a seaside vacation, helps plan a party for Auntie Comfort from Canada (will she remember her Nigerian ways?), learns firsthand what it's really like to be a child selling oranges outside the gate, and longs to see sweet snow. Nigerian storyteller Atinuke's debut book for children and its sequels, with their charming (and abundant) gray-scale drawings by Lauren Tobia, are newly published in the US by Candlewick Press, joining other celebrated Atinuke stories in captivating young readers.
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    Road to Nowhere: Pandemic Pandemonium: Senior Survival, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 331min
    Walt and Yoshi travel away from aunties farmstead to find an isolated island paradise allegedly not far off shore. Just one problem though, they don’t have a boat to get there once they get to the pier. Yoshi jealously guards and carries the “Juice”, a big gourd shaped stainless steel jug of herbal tonic that has taken months to create and is the best cure available for many sicknesses in this grid down world without doctors or pharmacies. Walt is called upon to play herbal medic more than once to his fellow apocalyptic survivors as food and medicine become ever scarcer. Things go from bad to worse as a hurricane rolls in and their vehicle and supplies are lost forever it seems, but they still have the “Juice” a life line and valuable barter tool for the disastrous days ahead. Word comes from a pair of traveling preppers in an RV that a dreaded mysterious pandemic approaches the beach. A corona like virus which seems to be carried by the wind and nick named the Fog threatens everyone’s existence.Will Walt’s botanical elixir offer a remedy or herbal cure for this ghost disease, or will it be an incurable slate wiper virus for the United States? Currently that is not he and Yoshi’s worry, just finding food and avoiding everyday violence is their most pressing concern. Southern charm, ancient traditional Chinese medicine and the wit and humor of an older surviving population looks to save the day in this prepper fiction tale of adventure and learning! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: T. David Rutherford. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/195818/bk_acx0_195818_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Night Too Dark: A Kate Shugak Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 602min
    A Night Too Dark is New York Times best-selling writer Dana Stabenow’s latest, the 17th in a series chronicling life, death, love, tragedy, mischief, controversy, nature, and survival in Alaska, America’s last real frontier. In Alaska, people disappear every day. In Aleut detective Kate Shugak’s Park, they’ve been disappearing a lot lately. Hikers head into the wilderness unprepared and get lost. Miners quit without notice at the busy Suulutaq Mine. Suicides leave farewell notes and vanish. Not only are Park rats disappearing at an alarming rate, but so is life in the Park as Kate knows it. Alaska state trooper Jim Chopin’s workload has increased to where he doesn’t make it home three nights out of four; the controversial mine has seduced Johnny and his classmates with summer jobs and divided the Niniltna Native Association—the aunties are to a woman selling out—and a hostile environmental activist organization has embraced the Suulutaq Mine as their reason for being. It’s almost a relief when Kate finds a body. This she can handle. Until the identity of the body vanishes, too. In this latest Kate Shugak novel, the smart, sexy P.I., her wolf/husky hybrid Mutt, and Chopper Jim are only just beginning to realize the fallout from the discovery of the world’s second-largest gold mine in their backyard. “Mine change everything,” Auntie Vi said in Whisper to the Blood (the previous book in the series and the first to hit the New York Times best seller list). And it’s only just beginning. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marguerite Gavin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/001055/bk_aren_001055_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Ayesha at Last
    Winner of the Hearst Big Books Award, 2019 - Cosmopolitan's Book of the Year______________A big-hearted, captivating, modern-day Muslim Pride and Prejudice, with hijabs instead of top hats and kurtas instead of corsets.Ayesha Shamsi has a lot going on. Her dreams of being a poet have been overtaken by a demanding teaching job. Her boisterous Muslim family, and numerous (interfering) aunties, are professional naggers. And her flighty young cousin, about to reject her one hundredth marriage proposal, is a constant reminder that Ayesha is still single.Ayesha might be a little lonely, but the one thing she doesn't want is an arranged marriage. And then she meets Khalid... How could a man so conservative and judgmental (and, yes, smart and annoyingly handsome) have wormed his way into her thoughts so quickly?As for Khalid, he's happy the way he is; his mother will find him a suitable bride. But why can't he get the captivating, outspoken Ayesha out of his mind? They're far too different to be a good match, surely...'Enchanting, achingly funny and uplifting, Ayesha at Last is a must read!' Randa Abdel-Fattah, author of Does My Head Look Big in This?
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    Swift Fox All Along
    What does it mean to be Mi'kmaq? And if Swift Fox can't find the answer, will she ever feel like part of her family? When Swift Fox's father picks her up to go visit her aunties, uncles, and cousins, her belly is already full of butterflies. And when he tells her that today is the day that she'll learn how to be Mi'kmaq, the butterflies grow even bigger. Though her father reassures her that Mi'kmaq is who she is from her eyes to her toes, Swift Fox doesn't understand what that means. Her family welcomes her with smiles and hugs, but when it's time to smudge and everyone else knows how, Swift Fox feels even more like she doesn't belong. Then she meets her cousin Sully and realizes that she's not the only one who's unsure-and she may even be the one to teach him something about what being Mi'kmaq means. Based on the author's own experience, with striking illustrations by Maya McKibbin, Swift Fox All Along is a poignant story about identity and belonging that is at once personal and universally resonant.
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    The annals of a baby
    The annals of a baby ab 24.49 € als Taschenbuch: how it was named; how it was nursed; how it was a tyrant; and how its nose got out of joint. Also few words about its aunties its grandfathers grandmothers and other important relations. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Ratgeber,
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    Dark Dawn: An Emely Navarro Mystery, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 220min
    She never knew what was waiting for her...Retired FBI evidence specialist Emely Navarro has the kind of busy but docile life she’s always wanted. It’s enough for her to be the wife of hot-headed Maui detective Mak Navarro and devoted mom to their two rambunctious kids. Running a birthday luau business with her best friend gives her enough drama and the capacity to handle anything. Or so she thinks. One rainy morning, tragedy strikes. Emely’s aunty Keke and her three-year-old daughter Anuhea vanish. Emely is distraught since Keke raised her and her brother Keo. Where does she start looking for? Emely’s instincts lead her to Keke’s twin sister, the often difficult Nalani, a constant nightmare with her history of drug and alcohol addictions and a recent period of homelessness. Unfortunately, Mak can’t stand her, so Emely is often left to deal alone with her aunt. Even Keke despairs of her, but now, Nalani seems to finally have her life on track. Could she have anything to do with her sister being missing? Nalani claims to have no knowledge of her whereabouts. Mak is working hard on an international smuggling case and doesn’t have time to deal with the aunties’ nonsense. He suggests if Keke is really missing, to file a police report. Though hurt by her husband’s indifference, Emely takes the first steps by going to Keke’s house searching for clues. There, she discovers some shocking things about her favorite aunty. Joining forces with Mak’s frequent partner, Jericho Garcia, Emely uncovers a secret plot so sinister it shocks her, and there’s nobody to help her. Her life now at risk, Emely digs deep to save her aunty and herself. But is she too late? They say it’s darkest before dawn, but for Emely, dawn just seems to get darker and darker. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tiffany Walker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/184362/bk_acx0_184362_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Collection of Sayings of Mama 'Nem: The Wit and Wisdom of Mama, Muhdear and Othermothers , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 141min
    A Collection of Sayings of Mama 'Nem: The Wit and Wisdom of Mama, Muhdear and Othermothers is an intergenerational collection of folk expressions (or sayings) that heralds moral lessons, discipline, wisdom, and love of women (sometimes referred to as village elders), whose sayings and teachings were designed to press into our psyches rich lessons they knew we would need as we came of age and beyond. Mama 'Nem is a timeless treasure that will have you sitting on the edge of your seat - laughing and at times close to tears - as you muse these stories and their impactful lessons and recall those of your own mama, muhdear, and othermother. Mama 'Nem is a folk dialect derived from the shortening of Mama and them to refer to our mother circle, be they grandmothers, aunties acting on behalf of our biological mothers, caring teachers, mentors, church mothers, or women within the community. At times, sayings and lessons were even gleaned from the wino down the street. These mothers and mother-type figures, aka othermothers, imparted folk wisdom in ways as colorful as their characters. Sayings such as "Every tub must stand on its own bottom," "Root, pig, or die," "A cow needs its tail more than one fly season," and "I'm going to tell you up front so you don't stick out behind," are timeless treasures that speak to strength, discernment, purpose, and correction. The promise of this audiobook is that listeners across multiple backgrounds, ethnicities, classes, and cultures will draw strength from the sayings for decades to come. We believe the listener will enjoy visiting the cultures, communities, and home places of these village mothers. Their hospitality of mind and spirit awaits you. You are invited to sit back as if you've just stopped by to have a glass of lemonade. Fill up. Quench your thirst with the sayings of Mama 'Nem and be blessed beyond measure. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sharell Palmer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/119420/bk_acx0_119420_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Go Back to Where You Came From
    This is just one of the many warm, lovely, and helpful tips that Wajahat Ali and other children of immigrants receive on a daily basis. Go back where, exactly? Fremont, California, where he grew up, but is now an unaffordable place to live? Or Pakistan, the country his parents left behind a half-century ago? Growing up living the suburban American dream, young Wajahat devoured comic books (devoid of brown superheroes) and fielded well-intentioned advice from uncles and aunties. ("Become a doctor!") He had turmeric stains under his fingernails, was accident-prone, suffered from OCD, and wore Husky pants, but he was as American as his neighbors, with roots all over the world. Then, while Ali was studying at University of California, Berkeley, 9/11 happened. Muslims replaced communists as America's enemy #1, and he became an accidental spokesman and ambassador of all ordinary, unthreatening things Muslim-y. Now a middle-aged dad, Ali has become one of the foremost and funniest public intellectuals in America. In Go Back to Where You Came From, he tackles the dangers of Islamophobia, white supremacy, and chocolate hummus, peppering personal stories with astute insights into national security, immigration, and pop culture. In this refreshingly bold, hopeful, and uproarious memoir, Ali offers indispensable lessons for cultivating a more compassionate, inclusive, and delicious America.
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