86 Results for : borrows
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A Dream Come True: Barbara Cartland's Pink Collection 40, Hörbuch, Digital, 262min
How could you, Mama? Papa has not even been dead a year!" When the beautiful Lucia Mountford's mother remarries less than a year after her father's death on the Titanic, she is shocked when the family's fortunes suddenly go into rapid decline and her mother becomes ill. Deeply in debt, her stepfather borrows a considerable sum of money from the handsome but roguish Lord Winterton. Horrified, Lucia discovers that not only has she been pressed into working for him as his secretary to repay the debt, but that she has been promised to Lord Winterton in marriage. To add further misery to her burden, her mother's condition worsens and her life hangs in the balance. In the meantime, Lucia is being secretly wooed by the staid but good-looking Edward de Redcliffe who is intent on making her his own. As Lucia struggles with herself over her growing attraction for her employer, events take a strange turn when the willful and beautiful Lady Shelley sets her sights on becoming Lady Winterton. How Lucia finds true love and what happens when Lord Winterton mysteriously disappears is all told in this intriguing novel by BARBARA CARTLAND. Language: English. Narrator: Anthony Wren. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lind/001700/bk_lind_001700_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Kaiser's Last Kiss , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 356min
A fictionalised account of the Kaiser Wilhelm's last years in Nazi-occupied Holland. It is 1940, and the exiled Kaiser is living in Holland, at his palace, Huis Doorn. The old German king spends his days chopping logs and musing on what might have been. When the Nazis invade Holland, the Kaiser's Dutch staff are replaced by SS guards, led by young, eager Untersturmfuhrer Krebbs, and an unlikely relationship develops between the king and his keeper. While they agree on the rightfulness of German expansion and on holding the country's Jewish population accountable for all ills, they disagree on the solutions. Krebbs' growing attraction and love affair with Akki, a Jewish maid in the house, further undermines his belief in Nazism. But as the tides of war roll around them, all three find themselves increasingly compromised and gravely at risk. This subtle, tender novel borrows heavily from real history and events but remains a work of superlative literary fiction. Through Judd's depiction of the Lear-like Kaiser and the softening of brutal Krebbs, the novel draws unique parallels between Germany at the turn of the 20th century and Hitler's Germany. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gibson Frazier. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/003151/bk_hcuk_003151_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Borrowed Man , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 572min
A Borrowed Man: a new science fiction novel from Gene Wolfe, the celebrated author of the Book of the New Sun series. It is perhaps a hundred years in the future, our civilization is gone, and another is in place in North America, but it retains many familiar things and structures. Although the population is now small, there is advanced technology, there are robots, and there are clones. E. A. Smithe is a borrowed person. He is a clone who lives on a third-tier shelf in a public library, and his personality is an uploaded recording of a deceased mystery writer. Smithe is a piece of property, not a legal human. A wealthy patron, Colette Coldbrook, takes him from the library because he is the surviving personality of the author of Murder on Mars. A physical copy of that book was in the possession of her murdered father, and it contains an important secret, the key to immense family wealth. It is lost, and Colette is afraid of the police. She borrows Smithe to help her find the book and to find out what the secret is. And then the plot gets complicated. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin T. Collins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/023545/bk_adbl_023545_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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...And a Silver Sixpence in Her Shoe: Aspen Grove , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 494min
Four women in Aspen Grove, Colorado will discover the extra blessing this old tradition brings when a silver sixpence appears to change each of their lives. Find out how each of them finds this special good luck promise of love. "Something Old" by Lorna Collins When Lexie Thomas returns to Aspen Grove, Colorado to visit her grandmother, she never expects to find an old wedding gown, and she could never imagine the journey she'll begin. But will it lead to love? "Something New" by Sherry Derr-Wille Dana Mathews thinks she's too old for love. That is until Sean Peters becomes her neighbor. Can this old gal learn a few new tricks? "Something Borrowed" by Cheryl Gardarian Carrie Roberts borrows her friend's heirloom diamond earrings for a special performance, but when one disappears, she finds herself accused of theft. In the process of clearing her name, can she also find love? "Something Blue" by Luanna Rugh When Shannon Delaney inherits her mother's house, she decides to repaint, and she definitely wants something blue for her bedroom. Will her painter turn out to be something more than just another tradesman? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jean Ruda Habrukowich. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/041065/bk_acx0_041065_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Marketing Fallacy: How Any Small Business Can Look like a Large Corporation, Without the Large Costs , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 111min
What if everyone thought your small business was a large corporation? How would this impact your opportunities, your sales, and your audience? Undoubtedly, it would catapult each of them. But how exactly does a small business accomplish that? Digital marketer and entrepreneur Joshua Littlejohn has the answer and will tell you how.The Marketing Fallacy: How Any Small Business Can Look like a Large Corporation, Without the Large Costs provides entrepreneurs and small business owners with a proven road to establish their company's image - without breaking the bank. From branding to client relations, Joshua borrows from his own story of starting his small business using a $500 savings withdrawal and structuring it to seem larger than it was. Through that, Joshua worked with top clients, including Fortune 500 companies, established an impressive professional network and earned a solid stream of income - all while still in college.Joshua knows that in a world dominated by companies like Google, Amazon, and Facebook, small businesses are gonna have to evolve if they are ever to compete or stay in business. The Marketing Fallacy will provide the knowledge needed to do just that, and supports each assertion using numerous marketing case studies, practical resources, and tools. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: D. Bruce Day. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/224397/bk_acx0_224397_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Third Wave: Nick Sullivan Thrillers, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 695min
Charles Morgan is small operator in the vast computer technology industry, but he has big ambitions. He borrows heavily from the Mafia to finance his dreams of becoming a big player, but when he fails to make the expected profit, they are quick to demand their money back. Desperate to save his own skin, he hatches a plan that will cripple the competition and propel his new product into the ranks of market leader. Bryony Elliot is a brilliant but naive British student who has the skills he needs to bring his plans to fruition, but she is refusing to cooperate. With time running out and his creditors’ threats becoming increasingly vicious, Morgan gives up on persuasion and employs deceit instead. Unaware of the true situation, Bryony launches a catastrophic virus attack on society. When she discovers that she has been used, she frantically attempts to stop the carnage she has wrought, but she is up against violent men who are intent on stopping her. Bryony must dig deep into her mental reserves to stay alive and reverse the damage, but first she must conquer the fears and demons that rule her life. For Bryony has dark secrets of her own.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Craig Bowles. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/137152/bk_acx0_137152_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Valiant Woman: The Virgin Mary in Nineteenth-Century American Culture , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 562min
Nineteenth-century America was rife with Protestant-fueled anti-Catholicism. Elizabeth Hayes Alvarez reveals how Protestants nevertheless became surprisingly and deeply fascinated with the Virgin Mary, even as her role as a devotional figure who united Catholics grew. Documenting the vivid Marian imagery that suffused popular visual and literary culture, Alvarez argues that Mary became a potent shared exemplar of Christian womanhood around which Christians of all stripes rallied during an era filled with anxiety about the emerging market economy and shifting gender roles. From a range of diverse sources, including the writings of Anna Jameson, Anna Dorsey, and Alexander Stewart Walsh and magazines such as the Ladies' Repository and Harper's, Alvarez demonstrates that Mary was represented as pure and powerful, compassionate and transcendent, maternal and yet remote. Blending romantic views of motherhood and female purity, the virgin mother's image enamored Protestants as a paragon of the era's cult of true womanhood, and even many Catholics could imagine the Queen of Heaven as the Queen of the Home. Sometimes Marian imagery unexpectedly seemed to challenge domestic expectations of womanhood. On a broader level, The Valiant Woman contributes to understanding lived religion in America and the ways it borrows across supposedly sharp theological divides. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tamara Marston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/008675/bk_blak_008675_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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2 Busy 4 Love , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 592min
A handsome stranger almost makes up for a lost phone in a comedy of errors across New York City. Christy prides herself on her efficiency as a personal assistant, fueled by her ever-present iPhone. When she loses the phone on the train on the day of her sister’s engagement party, Christy is sure the day is ruined - until she borrows a phone to reach Will, the cute guy who picked up hers for safe keeping. Dealing with family emergencies of his own, he can’t meet her until the evening, but maybe there’s still hope. Christy enlists Will as her own personal assistant, feeding her addresses and schedules throughout the day. Determined to meet the high expectations of her clients, not to mention the preparations for the engagement party, Christy dashes back and forth across New York City saving spoiled dogs from impatient groomers, shoving oriental rugs into too-small cabs, and carefully avoiding Twitter-obsessed socialites, all with Will’s calming voice in her ear guiding the way. Juggling his own misadventures with his cantankerous father and his flighty assistant, Will begins counting the hours until he can be properly introduced to the woman who has drawn him in with nothing more than a sexy voice and an overly complicated phone. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amy Rubinate. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/014985/bk_adbl_014985_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Secret Life (eBook, PDF)
An uncanny and eye-opening journey into a mysterious building, adapted from a short story by Jeff VanderMeer To the west: trees. To the east: a mall. North: fast food. South: darkness. And at the centre is The Building, an office building wherein several factions vie for dominance. Inside, the walls are infiltrated with vines, a mischief of mice learn to speak English, and something eerie happens once a month on the fifth floor. In Secret Life, Theo Ellsworth uses a deep-layered style to interpret Nebula award-winning author Jeff VanderMeer's short story. What emerges is a mind-bending narrative that defamiliarizes the mundanity of office work and makes the arcane rituals of The Building home. When his manager borrows his pen for a presentation, a man is driven to unspeakable acts as he questions the role the pen has played in his workplace success. The despised denizens of the second floor develop their own tongue, incomprehensible to everyone else in The Building. A woman plants a seed of insurgency that quickly permeates every corner of the building with its sweet, nostalgic perfume. With deft insight, Secret Life observes the sinister individualism of bureaucratic settings in contrast with an unconcerned natural world. As the narrative progresses you may begin to suspect that the world Ellsworth has brought to life with hypnotic visuals is not so secret after all; in fact, it's uncannily similar to our own.- Shop: buecher
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Millionaires for the Month
How would you spend five million dollars in 30 days? A billionaire's wallet, a bizarre challenge, and an unlikely friendship send two kids on a wild adventure. From the author of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl. Felix Rannells and Benji Porter were never supposed to be field-trip partners. Felix is a rule follower. Benji is a rule bender. They're not friends. And they don't have anything to talk about. Until . . . They find a wallet. A wallet that belongs to tech billionaire Laura Friendly. They're totally going to return it-but not before Benji "borrows" twenty dollars to buy hot dogs. Because twenty dollars is like a penny to a billionaire, right? But a penny has value. A penny doubled every day for thirty days is $5,368,709.12! So that's exactly how much money Laura Friendly challenges Felix and Benji to spend. They have thirty days. They can't tell anyone. And there are LOTS of other rules. But if they succeed, they each get ten million dollars to spend however they want. Challenge accepted! They rent cool cars, go to Disney World, buy pizza for the whole school-and that's just the beginning! But money can't buy everything or fix every problem. And spending it isn't always as easy and fun as they thought it would be. . . . As smart as it is entertaining, Millionaires for the Month is a thought-provoking story about friendship, privilege, and the value of a penny.- Shop: buecher
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