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    First Ladies: The Life and Legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 83min
    American presidents have shaped the course of global affairs for generations. But as the saying goes, behind every great man there's a great woman. While the first ladies often remain overshadowed by their husbands, some have carved unique niches in their time and left their own lasting legacy. Dolley Madison helped establish the role of the first lady in the early 1800s. Eleanor Roosevelt gave voice to policy issues in a way that made her a forerunner of first ladies like Hillary Clinton. And Jackie Kennedy created glamorous trends that made her more popular than her husband. In Charles River Editors' First Ladies series, listeners can get caught up on the lives and legacies of America's most famous first ladies in the time it takes to finish a commute. And they can do so while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. If Dolley Madison was instrumental in molding the role of first lady in the 19th century, credit can be given to Eleanor Roosevelt for revolutionizing the political nature of the role in the 20th and 21st centuries and making it possible for presidents like Bill Clinton to enlist their wives to handle political duties. At the same time, history might remember Eleanor more for what she did outside of the White House, as she became a critically acclaimed and world-famous international author, and an advocate of civil and women's rights. By the time she had finished working for the United Nations, and working on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, President Truman rightly called her "the first lady of the world". Eleanor is one of her country's most famous and admired first ladies, an ironic fact considering she was worried that being the wife of a successful politician would force her to take on what she considered to be irrelevant ceremonial roles. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Katherine Thompson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/035189/bk_acx0_035189_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Aunt Paradox: Reeves & Worcester Steampunk Mysteries, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 155min
    H. G. Wells has a problem. His Aunt Charlotte has borrowed his time machine and won’t give it back. Now, she’s rewriting history!Reggie Worcester, gentleman’s consulting detective, and his automaton valet, Reeves, are hired to retrieve the time machine and put the timeline back together. But things get complicated. Dead bodies start piling up behind Reggie’s sofa, as he finds himself embroiled in an ever-changing murder mystery. A murder mystery where facts can be rewritten, and the dead don’t always stay dead.This novella is the third installment in the Reeves and Worcester Steampunk Mysteries. The fourth installment, a novel - The Unpleasantness at Baskerville Hall - is also available."A fun blend of P.G. Wodehouse, steampunk and a touch of Sherlock Holmes. Dolley is a master at capturing and blending all these elements. More than fascinating, this work is also rip-roaring fun!" - SFRevu ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul J. Rose. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/108143/bk_acx0_108143_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Brewing Fine Fiction , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 447min
    Book View Cafe's members include international best-selling authors and winners of the National Book Award, the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and many others. Most have sold multiple novels to major publishers. Many have taught writing at workshops around the world. The knowledge of these professional authors is gathered into a volume that will help both new and experienced writers cope with the creative challenges and the nuts-and-bolts business issues of a career in writing fiction. Contributors include: Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Amy Sterling Casil, Brenda W. Clough, Lori Devoti, Chris Dolley, Laura Anne Gilman, Sue Lange, Ursula K. Le Guin, Vonda N. McIntyre, Nancy Jane Moore, Pati Nagle, Steven Harper Piziks, Irene Radford, Patricia Rice, Madeleine E. Robins, Deborah J. Ross, Sherwood Smith, Jennifer Stevenson, Judith Tarr, Gerald M. Weinberg, and Sarah Zettel. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Erin Bennett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/015778/bk_adbl_015778_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Shadow Conspiracy II , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 724min
    Shadow Conspiracy II revisits the shared Victorian world of transferable souls and intelligent machines. Judith Tarr’s irrepressible Emma Rigby prances through a new adventure with automata. Nancy Jane Moore brings us more missions for the mysterious warrior woman, Jane Freemantle. We have new characters to play with, too. Chris Dolley brings to life a wonderful parody reminiscent of P.G. Wodehouse. Then there are the historical characters who keep popping into our works of fiction. Amy Sterling Casil introduces us to insane artist Richard Dadd and makes us redefine madness. Irene Radford visits Dr. John McLaughlin and his wife Marguerite in the Oregon Country with some questions about when no government is too much government. Pati Nagle gives us some more insight into the life of mystical Marie LeVeau. And always, Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, hovers in the background along with her father, Lord Byron. Join in the fun, the gadgets, the adventure, and the Romance of steampunk in the second volume of Shadow Conspiracy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mia Chiaromonte. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/015782/bk_adbl_015782_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    What Ho, Automation! , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 289min
    A fun blend of P.G. Wodehouse, steampunk, and a touch of Sherlock Holmes. Dolley is a master at capturing and blending all these elements. More than fascinating, this work is also rip-roaring fun! (SF Revu) What Ho, Automaton! chronicles the adventures of Reggie Worcester, gentleman consulting detective, and his automaton valet, Reeves. Reggie, an avid reader of detective fiction, knows two things about solving crime: One, the guilty party is always the person you least suspect. And, two, the Murders in the Rue Morgue would have been solved a lot sooner had the detective the foresight to ask the witnesses if they’d seen any orangutans recently. Reeves needs all his steam-powered cunning and intellect to curb the young master’s excessive flights of fancy. And prevent him from getting engaged. This book contains two stories set in an alternative 1903 where an augmented Queen Victoria is still on the throne and automata are a common sight below stairs. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul J. Rose. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/015619/bk_adbl_015619_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    An Unsafe Pair of Hands , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 660min
    Peter Shand is the 'safe pair of hands' - a high-flying police administrator seconded to a quiet rural CID team to gain the operational experience he needs for promotion. On his second day he's thrust into a high-profile murder case. A woman's body is discovered in an old stone circle - with another woman buried alive beneath her. The pressure on Shand is enormous.The media is clamoring for answers, but everything about the case is baffling. Then a local journalist singles out Shand as the reason for the lack of progress, and goads him at a press conference. Shand responds by inventing a lead, andkeeps on lying - to the press, his boss, his team - telling himself that he'll solve the case before anyone finds out. And then another murder occurs. And had there been a third? Shand begins to doubt his ability. He's desperate, increasingly unpredictable, pursued by an amorous psychic, and somehow gaining a reputation for arresting livestock. Which will break first? The case, or Shand? Chris Dolley is a New York Times best-selling author. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: George Orlando. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/015617/bk_adbl_015617_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Secret Lives of the First Ladies: What Your Teachers Never Told you About the Women of The White House , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 736min
    Scandals, Seduction, Addiction, Adultery, Horrific Fashions...And the White House?! Your high school history teachers never gave you a book like this one! Secret Lives of the First Ladies features outrageous and uncensored profiles of the women of the White House - complete with hundreds of little-known, politically incorrect, and downright wacko facts. You’ll discover that: Dolley Madison loved to chew tobacco Mary Todd Lincoln conducted séances on a regular basis Eleanor Roosevelt and Ellen Wilson both carried guns. Jacqueline Kennedy spent $121,000 on her wardrobe in a single year Betty Ford liked to chat on CB radios - her handle was “First Mama” Hillary Clinton dreamed of being an astronaut . With chapters on every woman who’s ever made it to the White House, Secret Lives of the First Ladies tackles all of the tough questions that other history books are afraid to ask: How many of these women owned slaves? Which ones were cheating on their husbands? And why was Eleanor Roosevelt serving hot dogs to the King and Queen of England? American history was never this much fun in school! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Teresa DeBerry. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/015279/bk_adbl_015279_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Mad Science Café , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 500min
    From the age of steam and the heirs of Dr. Frankenstein to the asteroid belt to the halls of Miskatonic University, the writers at Book View Café have concocted a beakerful of quaint, dangerous, sexy, clueless, genius, insane scientists, their assistants (sometimes equally if not even more deranged, not to mention bizarre), friends, test subjects, and adversaries. Table of Contents: "The Jacobean Time Machine", by Chris Dolley; "Comparison of Efficacy Rates", by Marie Brennan; "A Princess of Wittgenstein", by Jennifer Stevenson; "Mandelbrot Moldrot", by Lois Gresh; "Dog Star", by Jeffrey A. Carver; "Secundus", by Brenda W. Clough; "Willie", by Madeleine E. Robins; "One Night in O'Shaughnessy's Bar" by David D. Levine; "Revision" by Nancy Jane Moore; "Night Without Darkness" by Shannon Page and Mark J. Ferrari; "The Stink of Reality" by Irene Radford; "Value For O", by Jennifer Stevenson; "The Peculiar Case of Sir Willoughby Smythe", by Judith Tarr; "The Gods That Men Don't See" by Amy Sterling Casil. Read by Aaron Abano, Tess Van Horn, Paula Hoffman, Christopher Price, J. Paul Guimont, Corey Gagne, Eric Pollins, Kymberly Dakin, Marguerite Vine, Christine Marshall. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paula Hoffman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/019479/bk_adbl_019479_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    James Madison: A Son of Virginia and a Founder of the Nation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 547min
    James Madison is remembered primarily as a systematic political theorist, but this bookish and unassuming man was also a practical politician who strove for balance in an age of revolution. In this biography, Jeff Broadwater focuses on Madison’s role in the battle for religious freedom in Virginia, his contributions to the adoption of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, his place in the evolution of the party system, his relationship with Dolley Madison, his performance as a wartime commander-in-chief, and his views on slavery. From Broadwater’s perspective, no single figure can tell us more about the origins of the American republic than our fourth president. In these pages, Madison emerges as a remarkably resilient politician and an unlikely wartime leader who survived repeated setbacks in the War of 1812 with his popularity intact. Yet Broadwater shows that, despite his keen intelligence, the more Madison thought about one issue - race - the more muddled his thinking became, and his conviction that white prejudices were intractable prevented him from fully grappling with the dilemma of American slavery. Jeff Broadwater is professor of history at Barton College and author of George Mason, Forgotten Founder. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Johnny Heller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/005392/bk_blak_005392_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    How Possession Can Help You Lose Weight , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 54min
    I lost so much weight I could float above my bed! —Lida Blair The hilarious new spoof diet book from New York Times best-selling author Chris Dolley. It's a fun, quick listen, covering everything from "the science of possession" to "Crapper Clinic's Demon Dating Service", while ensuring "clients" are possessed by the demon most compatible with their slimming needs. This is the diet book that everyone is talking about. Some of you may have read about the clinical trials undertaken by Stepford University - one of the leading universities on the PLANET, with more likes on Facebook than Harvard and six times that of Stanford! Or maybe you watched Chelsee Chambers test the diet on Extreme Celebrity Weight Loss. Or caught the Projectile Vomiting video on YouTube.... The Possession Diet is the ONLY diet guaranteed 110% effective by the FDA (Federal Demon Association) - and it's ALMOST NEVER FATAL! Listen to the testimonials. Hear about Astral Exercising and Head Spinning. Try the recipes.... If you want to know how to lose OVER THIRTY POUNDS in ONE day (without using a chainsaw) this is the book for you! Brick Crapper has seven doctorates, awarded by the Internet's leading universities, and is a judge on America's Idlest Loser. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Coppola. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/015618/bk_adbl_015618_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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