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    From Colony to Superpower: US Foreign Relations Since 1776 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2441min
    A finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, this prize-winning and critically acclaimed history uses foreign relations as the lens through which to tell the story of America's dramatic rise from 13 disparate colonies huddled along the Atlantic coast to the world's greatest superpower. Robert Fass narrates George C Herring’s stunning history of successes and sometimes tragic failures with calm engagement, capturing the fast-paced narrative that illuminates the central importance of foreign relations to the existence and survival of the nation, and highlights its ongoing impact on the lives of ordinary citizens. From Colony to Superpower is the most recent volume in the peerless Oxford History of the United States, which was described by the Atlantic Monthly as “state of the art” and “the most distinguished series in American historical scholarship.” Please note: The individual volumes of the series have not been published in historical order. From Colony to Superpower is number XII in The Oxford History of the United States. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robert Fass. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/002659/bk_adbl_002659_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Trick: Master's Boys, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 143min, (USK 18)
    Wade is a throwaway, forced into prostitution at 14 and living on the mean streets of Los Angeles. Nearly four years later, and now calling himself Trick, he's still struggling to survive. While huddled in a doorway on a cold, rainy morning, he thanks his lucky stars when an expensive Mercedes pulls up and rolls down a window. Phoenix, known as Master P, may be a big intimidating Dom, but he has a soft spot for vulnerable young men. When he sees a homeless kid trembling in the cold, he has to stop and pick him up. What he finds is a boy with a naturally submissive nature and a damaged soul. As he begins to train the boy at the online BDSM club where he's employed, DOMZ.com, they form a fast and explosive combination. When Trick begins to fall for his big Dom, Phoenix is forced to tell him that this is only play. The resulting fallout will shake Phoenix to his very core. Is this chance encounter doomed for failure, or can the two men find a balance? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter B. Brooke. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/038312/bk_acx0_038312_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Orphans of Bliss: Tales of Addiction Horror (eBook, ePUB)
    Why do we crave that which is killing us? Addiction is the perpetual epidemic, where swarms of human moths flutter to the flames of hell. Because that warm blanket of a heroin high, that joyful intoxication of a pint of vodka, that electric energy from a line of cocaine, over time leaves you with a cold loneliness and a bitter heart. Relationships destroyed, bodies deteriorate, loved ones lost, yet the craving continues for that which is killing us-living, as the title suggests, like an Orphan of Bliss. Welcome to the third and final fix of addiction horror and the follow up to the Shirley Jackson Award Finalist, Lullabies For Suffering. A diverse table of contents has been brought together for an explosive grand finale-an unflinching look at the insidious nature of addiction, told with searing honesty but compassion for those who suffer. The table of contents includes: KEALAN PATRICK BURKE-You Wait For It, Like It Waits For You Bram Stoker Award winning author of Turtle Boy, Kin, and Sour Candy. Kealan's work is the lead story in all three anthologies, each existing within the same universe. He's done nothing less than create an addiction-fueled, fever dream mythos. SA COSBY-One Last Blast The New York Times best-selling author of Razorblade Tears and Blacktop Wasteland. His unmistakable, powerful voice, tells a story of a powerful new blend of meth that overruns a rural town. CASSANDRA KHAW-What We Name Our Dead USA Today Best-Selling writer of Nothing But Blackened Teeth. Khaw's amazing prose is on full display in her story about an adult child haunted by the ghost of her substance abusing father. JOHN FD TAFF-Huddled Masses, Yearning to Breathe free Two-time Bram Stoker Award finalist, Taff has been the backbone for the addiction horror series. In Huddled Masses, a heroin addict puts down the needles but his character defects pile high in his cellar. You've never seen a hoarder's episode like this. CHRISTA CARMEN-Through the Looking Glass and Straight Into Hell Carmen's debut story collection won the Indie Horror Book Award for Best Debut Collection. Readers are in for a shock when they follow an addict down the rabbit hole in a treatment center. One of the best stories of the series. GABINO IGLESIAS-Holding On Author of Coyote Songs and nominated for a Bram Stoker award for his work in Lullabies for Suffering. This time, he's created a dystopian world where a drug called Gravedust impacts the most disenfranchised. A super-charged story that only Gabino could write. SAMANTHA KOLESNIK-Buyer's Remorse Splatterpunk Award-winning author of the novel True Crime which took readers by storm. Her tale is about a character who constantly craving a new identity with perpetual consumption to fill her empty spaces. JOSH MALERMAN-A Solid Black Lighthouse on a Pier in the Cryptic New York Times Best Selling writer of Bird Box. His story is a King Midas type tale for those who can never seem to drink enough. KATHE KOJA-Singularity Author of the legendary novel, The Cipher. Koja's short, mystical, piece captures the obsessive nature of addiction in her trademark shocking, speculative style MARK MATTHEWS-My Soul's Bliss The editor of all three anthologies, his story is the funeral of sorts to this addiction horror theme-but then again, in horror, nothing stays dead forever.
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    The Shunned House, Hörbuch, Digital, 69min
    The Shunned House is a horror fiction novelette by American author H.P. Lovecraft, written on October 16-19, 1924. It was first published in the October 1937 issue of Weird Tales.For many years, the narrator and his uncle, Dr. Elihu Whipple, have nurtured a fascination with an old abandoned house on Benefit Street. Dr. Whipple has made extensive records tracking the mysterious, yet apparently coincidental, sickness and death of many who have lived in the house for over one hundred years. They are also puzzled by the strange weeds growing in the yard, as well as an unexplained foul smell and whitish phosphorescent fungi growing in the cellar. There, the narrator discovers a strange, yellowish vapour in the basement, which seems to be coupled with a moldy outline of a huddled human form on the floor. The narrator and his uncle decide to spend the night in the house, investigating the possibility of some supernatural force. They set up both cots and chairs in the cellar, arm themselves with military flamethrowers, and outfit a modified Crookes tube in the hopes of destroying any supernatural presence they might find. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Coates. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/edel/014479/bk_edel_014479_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Fog Island Mountains: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 362min
    Huddled beneath the volcanoes of the Kirishima mountain range in southern Japan - also called the Fog Island Mountains - the inhabitants of small town Komachi are waiting for the biggest of the summer’s typhoons. South African expatriate Alec Chester has lived in Komachi for nearly 40 years. Alec considers himself an ordinary man, with common troubles and mundane achievements - until his doctor gives him a terminal cancer diagnosis and his wife, Kanae, disappears into the gathering storm. Kanae flees from the terrifying reality of Alec’s diagnosis, even going so far as to tell a childhood friend that she is already a widow. Her willful avoidance of the truth leads her to commit a grave infidelity, and only when Alec is suspected of checking himself out of the hospital to commit a quiet suicide, does Kanae come home to face what it will mean to lose her husband. Narrated by one of the town's oldest and most peculiar inhabitants, this haunting and beautiful audio reinterpretation of the Japanese kitsune folktale tradition (also available in print, eBook, and unabridged audio CD) is about the dangers of actions taken in grief, and an exploration of storytelling as a form of healing. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jennifer Ikeda. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/019731/bk_adbl_019731_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Crash: Book One: A Dark Post-Apocalyptic Tale , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 206min
    Chris's life of luxury is gone, devastated by the collapse of the European economy. Huddled in a small room with his petrified ten-year-old son, Chris made the decision to stay in his lavish and once cherished home. Gas, water, and electricity are all cut off; his wife and daughter have gone, and food is running out. Driven by the need to survive, Chris has decided to keep secrets from his son. Secrets that will make everything else up until this point seem trivial. Secrets that—one way or another will come out before the day is done. Cowering in his home, he watches as his neighbors are dragged into the street and brutally executed by a small army of psychotic scavengers hell-bent on making the formerly privileged pay. As they methodically purge each home, Chris realizes that staying was the worst decision of his life. Secrets or not, he has to act fast; the murderous pack only has one more house before they reach his… Crash - A post-apocalyptic/dystopian thriller. WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS SCENES OF BRUTAL VIOLENCE. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steve Barnes. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/041950/bk_acx0_041950_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Aden , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 311min
    Abandoned at a truck stop...with nothing.... Aden, a handsome young nurse, is destitute after his new boyfriend rumbles away in his semi with everything Aden owns in the back. He has no money, no clothes, and no car. Nothing. Maybe his boyfriend really didn't intend to take him to California to live happily ever after. Dr. Dare O'Roarke has everything.... Dare has the perfect life - a lovely home, nice things, a fulfilling job as a surgeon in a New Mexico community where his services are desperately needed. He has it all...but someone to share it with. The young man huddled at the side of the road needs help. And Dare is happy to provide assistance in reclaiming his belongings and offers his guesthouse to rent...and a job recommendation. But someone is after Aden.... Someone terrifyingly determined wants to take him away from his happy life and the growing attraction between Aden and Dare. Soon, the sheriff's department, the FBI, Aden's mother, and two new dogs and cats are trying to protect Aden. Will it be enough to protect Aden and Dare from a madman? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeff Griffin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/052725/bk_acx0_052725_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Hideaway
    "Reading Hideaway is like a mini vacation, as Roberts transports you from the sun-drenched mountains of Big Sur to the rolling hills of Ireland to the bustling streets of New York City." - Associated Press A family ranch in Big Sur country and a legacy of Hollywood royalty set the stage for Nora Roberts' emotional new suspense novel, Hideaway. Caitlyn Sullivan had come from a long line of Hollywood royalty, stretching back to her Irish immigrant great-grandfather. At nine, she was already a star-yet still an innocent child who loved to play hide and seek with her cousins at the family home in Big Sur. It was during one of those games that she disappeared. Some may have considered her a pampered princess, but Cate was in fact a smart, scrappy fighter, and she managed to escape her abductors. Dillon Cooper was shocked to find the bloodied, exhausted girl huddled in his house-but when the teenager and his family heard her story they provided refuge, reuniting her with her loved ones. Cate's ordeal, though, was far from over. First came the discovery of a shocking betrayal that would send someone she'd trusted to prison. Then there were years spent away in western Ireland, peaceful and protected but with restlessness growing in her soul. Finally, she would return to Los Angeles, gathering the courage to act again and get past the trauma that had derailed her life. What she didn't yet know was that two seeds had been planted that long-ago night-one of a great love, and one of a terrible vengeance...
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    Earthquake: Earthbound, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 628min
    Tavia Michaels has discovered that she's an Earthbound - a fallen goddess with the power to remake the Earth - and that a rival faction of Earthbounds, the Reduciata, has created a virus that is literally wiping swaths of the planet out of existence. Tavia is captured and imprisoned before she can act on this information, along with her eternal lover, Logan. Huddled in a claustrophobic cell, they lose track of the days, their attempts to escape proving as ephemeral as Tavia's newly gestating powers. But then Tavia and Logan are mysteriously rescued. They're brought to the underground headquarters of the Curatoria, another group of Earthbounds that Tavia doesn't fully trust. There, she's told that she can save the Earth before it disappears. She agrees. Tavia quickly realizes that she isn't like other Earthbound, and as her abilities continue to awaken, they begin to threaten her centuries-long relationship with Logan. When Benson - Tavia's former best friend and romantic interest - appears at Curatoria headquarters, Tavia will again have to make a choice about who to be with even as she tries to stop the virus that is destroying the world and uncover the truth about the two Earthbound organizations that have her tangled up in their webs. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Hallie Cooper-Novack. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/002406/bk_peng_002406_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Anxious People
    **NOW A NETFLIX TV SERIES** 'A brilliant and comforting read' MATT HAIG 'Funny, compassionate and wise. An absolute joy' A.J. PEARCE 'A surefooted insight into the absurdity, beauty and ache of life' GUARDIAN 'I laughed, I sobbed, I recommended it to literally everyone I know' BUZZFEED 'Captures the messy essence of being human' WASHINGTON POST The funny, touching and unpredictable No. 1 New York Times bestseller from the 15 million copy internationally bestselling author of A Man Called Ove _______ It's New Year's Eve and House Tricks estate agents are hosting an open viewing in an up-market apartment when an incompetent bank robber rushes in and politely takes everyone hostage. For Anna-Lena and Roger, busy buying-up apartments to fill the hole in their marriage, it's something else to talk about. For Julia and Ro, panicky parents-to-be, it's yet another worry. Lonely bank manager Zara only came here for the view. While 87-year-old grandmother Estelle seems rather pleased by the company . . . As the police gather outside, the anxious strangers huddled within try to make the best of a very sticky situation - but could it be that they have a whole lot more in common than meets the eye? _______ Readers are loving Anxious People! 'Backman never disappoints . . . heartwarming and multi layered' 5***** READER REVIEW 'As always Backman manages to delight . . . a really satisfying ending that makes you feel better about the world' 5***** READER REVIEW 'A wonderfully unusual tale, told with flair and finesse that is so wonderful it is sure to cure everything that ails you. Don't miss out on this beautiful book' 5***** READER REVIEW 'This novel is about humanity at its most raw and at its most wonderful and I LOVED it!' 5***** READER REVIEW
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