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  Defiant: A Cinderella Retelling: Tales of Cinder, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 367min

  A dark, twisted Cinderella retelling that fans of Sarah J. Maas and Melanie Dickerson are sure to enjoy.Magic can have deadly consequences. When the sudden and suspicious death of Eloise’s mother points to forbidden magic, Eloise is determined to bring her mother’s murderer to justice. She will stop at nothing to find the killer...even if the clues lead right to the palace gates and the prince’s manservant Kaven. He is irrational, volatile, and prone to knocking women off horses. Given his personality, it should be easy to find the proof she needs to place him in irons.However, when dark magic is used, nothing is as it seems, and Eloise is about to learn that nightmares often hide behind fairy tale lives.Fans of the Beastly Tales will not want to miss this new addition to the same world. Filled with magic, unexpected foes, and brooding, impossible men, this Tale of Cinder is sure to leave you burning for more! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Victoria Boulton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/182780/bk_acx0_182780_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  You Think That's Bad: Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 470min

  Culling the vastness of experience-from its bizarre fringes and breathtaking pinnacles to the mediocre and desperately below average--like an expert curator, Jim Shepard populates this collection with characters at once wildly diverse and wholly fascinating. A "black world" operative can't tell his wife a word about his daily activities, but doesn't resist sharing her confidences. A young Alpine researcher is smitten by the girlfriend of his dead brother, killed in an avalanche he believes he caused. An unlucky farm boy becomes the manservant of a French nobleman who's as proud of having served with Joan of Arc as he's aroused by slaughtering children. A free spirit tracks an ancient Shia sect, becoming the first Western woman to travel the Arabian Deserts. From the inventor of the Godzilla epics to a miserable G.I. in New Guinea, each is complicit in his or her downfall and comes to learn that, in love, knowing better is never enough. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bronson Pinchot. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbca/000688/bk_bbca_000688_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec : Lone Wolf Howls, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 471min

  Think Raiders of the Lost Ark meets The Mummy....People who search for the lost Temple of Totec have a way of turning up dead....Ace Lone Wolf, a half-Apache gunslinger with a quick draw and a penchant for finding trouble, is about to be hanged for a murder he didn’t commit. Then Victoria, a beautiful English noblewoman, and her hulking manservant, Block, break him out of jail.Victoria’s father, a famed archaeologist from London, disappeared while searching for the lost temple of the bloodthirsty Aztec god Xipe Totec and she needs Ace's help to find him.Follow along as Ace and his new companions blaze a trail across the Old West. Along the way Ace tangles with everyone from Wyatt Earp to Geronimo and finally journeys into the depths of the mighty Sierra Madre Mountains to a temple wreathed in mystery.At once fast-paced, exciting and laugh-out-loud funny, The Lost Temple of Totec is an irreverent, darkly comic thrill ride. Rope your copy and join the adventure today! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alex Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/181321/bk_acx0_181321_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Victorian San Francisco Stories: Volume 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 216min

  This is a collection of four short stories from the Victorian San Francisco Mystery series. "Madam Sibyl's First Client" was written specifically for this collection and it finds Annie Fuller, the young widowed boarding house keeper, just starting her career as a pretend clairvoyant. In "Dandy Detects", the Boston terrier that lives in Annie Fuller's boarding house helps uncover a crime, and in "The Misses Moffet Mend a Marriage", two elderly boarders use their dressmaking skills to avert a domestic tragedy. Finally, in "Mr. Wong Rights a Wrong", a Chinese manservant from the first mystery in the series, "Maids of Misfortune", makes another appearance and helps Annie Fuller solve a serious problem. As a bonus, there is an essay, "Historical Tidbits", which provides insight into the historical research that went into these stories. This collection can be listened to as an introduction or a companion to the first three books in the series, Maids of Misfortune, Uneasy Spirits, and Bloody Lessons, as it permits some of the most beloved minor characters to have some fun by taking center stage. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alexandra Haag. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/021954/bk_acx0_021954_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Martin Chuzzlewit: Penguin English Library, Hörbuch, Digital, 324min

  Penguin Classics presents the audiobook adaptation of Martin Chuzzlewit, a tale of inheritance and destiny and the story Dickens considered his best. Read by John Wells. The greed of his family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious and misanthropic, leaving his grandson and namesake to make his own way in the world. And so young Martin sets out from the Wiltshire home of his supposed champion, the scheming architect Pecksniff, to seek his fortune in America. In depicting Martin’s journey - an experience that teaches him to question his inherited self-interest and egotism - Dickens created many vividly realized figures: the brutish lout Jonas Chuzzlewit, plotting to gain the family fortune; Martin’s optimistic manservant, Mark Tapley; gentle Tom Pinch; and the drunken and corrupt private nurse, Mrs Gamp. With its portrayal of greed, blackmail and murder, and its searing satire on America Dickens’ novel is a powerful and blackly comic story of hypocrisy and redemption. Part of a series of abridged, vintage recordings taken from the Penguin Archives. Affordable, collectable, quality productions - perfect for on-the-go listening. Language: English. Narrator: John Wells. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pauk/000223/bk_pauk_000223_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Pickwick Papers & Great Expectations , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2937min

  The Pickwick Papers was Dickens' first novel. Retired businessman and confirmed bachelor Mr. Samuel Pickwick, Esquire, embarks on a journey through the English countryside accompanied by three fellow "Pickwickians": Mr. Tupman, Mr. Snodgrass, and Mr. Winkle. It is a joy to hear of their misadventures in search of stories and characters of interest and the repeated efforts of the quick-witted Sam Weller (Mr. Pickwick's manservant) to rescue them all from disaster. With a host of unlikely and wonderful characters, this masterpiece of comic writing is still to this day one of literature's most beloved works. Great Expectations is arguably Dickens' finest work. Chapter one opens up in a lonely graveyard on the marshes in Southern England, where we first meet young Pip and witness a terrifying meeting with an escaped convict. The novel charts the life of Pip from boy to young man, during which Dickens treats us to array of unforgettable characters, from the lovable Joe and the servile Pumblechuck to the jilted Miss Havisham and the faithful Herbert Pocket. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tadhg Hynes. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bigh/000771/bk_bigh_000771_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Maker of Swans , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 660min

  It is no small matter, after all, to create something - to make it so only by setting down the words. We forget the magnitude, sometimes, of that miracle. Mr. Crowe was once the toast of the finest salons. A man of learning and means, he travelled the world, enthralling all who met him. Now Mr. Crowe devotes himself to earthly pleasures. He has retreated to his sprawling country estate, where he lives with Clara, his mysterious young ward, and Eustace, his faithful manservant. His great library gathers dust, and his once magnificent gardens grow wild. But Mr. Crowe and his extraordinary gifts have not been entirely forgotten. When he acts impetuously over a woman, he attracts the attention of Dr. Chastern, the figurehead of a secret society to which Crowe still belongs. Chastern comes to Crowe's estate to call him to account, and what follows will threaten everyone he cares for. But Clara possesses gifts of her own, gifts whose power she has not yet fully grasped. She must learn to use them quickly if she is to save them all. Read by Mike Grady and Imogen Wilde. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Grady, Imogen Wilde. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/orio/000916/bk_orio_000916_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Dark Tracks , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 461min

  Dive deep into the world of medieval legends and disentangle reality from fear in this powerful series from the internationally renowned author of historical fiction Philippa Gregory. Luca Vero is a member of the secret Order of Darkness, tasked by his master to uncover the truth behind strange happenings. Together with Lady Isolde, her friend and confidant Ishraq, Luca's manservant Freize, and Brother Peter, Luca travels across medieval Europe - seeking out the signs of the end of days, judging the supernatural and testing the new science. Trapped in a village possessed by a dancing madness, the group fights to keep their own sanity. When Isolde dances away in red shoes and Ishraq takes dramatic revenge on their covert assassin, the young people discover that the greatest danger is in the men who have come to their rescue. These are the truly dangerous madmen of Europe who carry a dark hatred that will last for centuries. Join the Order of Darkness in their quest to witness the end of the world in the fourth volume of Philippa Gregory's epic adventure series. Read by Nicola Barber. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nicola Barber. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/ssuk/000046/bk_ssuk_000046_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small (eBook, ePUB)

  A thrilling reimagining of a turning point in Irish, American and European history. Beautifully written - the rhythms are the rhythms of a revolutionary era - it wears the weight of its research lightly, and the headlong pace never falters. A masterwork from one of the most inventive artists of our day. 'A masterwork from one of the most inventive artists of our day' John Banville From multi-award-winning author and film director Neil Jordan comes The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small. This powerful new work of fiction brings Jordan's inimitable storytelling ability to the drama of real events and a long-forgotten chapter in Ireland's history. The tale is related by Tony Small, a runaway slave who becomes Lord Edward Fitzgerald's manservant and friend. While details of Lord Edward's life are well documented, little is known of Tony Small who rescued Fitzgerald after the Battle of Eutaw Springs during America's War of Independence and returned with him to Europe. In this gripping narrative his character considers the ironies of empire, captivity and freedom, mapping Lord Edward's journey from being a loyal subject of the British Empire to becoming a 1798 rebellion leader. The story embraces a rich cast of characters as action weaves from the Carolinas to London and Dublin, from the ferment of Paine and Robespierre's revolutionary Paris to Tournai and Hamburg, returning to Ireland for its tragic, inevitable denouement.

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  The Secret Mandarin , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 759min

  A disgraced woman. A faraway land. A forbidden love.... An unforgettable tale set in Victorian London and 1840s China from a shining, young historical talent. Desperate to shield her from scandal, Mary's brother-in-law, the ambitious botanist Robert Fortune, forces her to accompany him on a mission to China to steal tea plants for the East India Company. But Robert conceals his secret motives - to spy for the British forces, newly victorious in the recent Opium War. His task is both difficult and dangerous - the British are still regarded as enemies by the Chinese, and exporting tea bushes carries the death sentence. In these harsh conditions, Mary grieves for her London life and the baby she has been forced to leave behind while her fury at Robert intensifies. As their quest becomes increasingly treacherous, Robert and Mary disguise themselves as a mandarin and manservant. Thousands of miles from everything familiar, Mary revels in her new freedom and the Chinese way of life - and, when danger strikes, finds unexpected reserves of courage. The Secret Mandarin is an unforgettable story of love, fortitude and recklessness - of a strong woman determined to make it in a man's world and a man who will stop at nothing to fulfil his desires. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ana Clements. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/003154/bk_hcuk_003154_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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