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    Male Tears
    'One of the most singular, moving and crucial voices of our times' David Peace In Male Tears, a debut collection of stories that brings together over fifteen years of work, Benjamin Myers lays bare the male psyche in all its fragility, complexity and failure, its hubris and forbidden tenderness. Farmers, fairground workers and wandering pilgrims, gruesome gamekeepers, bare-knuckle boxers and ex-cons with secret passions, the men that populate these unsettling, wild and wistful stories form a multi-faceted, era-spanning portrait of just what it means to be a man.
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    Propeller One-Way Night Coach , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 47min
    An 8-year-old boy turns his dearest dream into reality when he flies cross-country by Propeller One-Way Night Coach. The fable affirms a timeless truth: with a wish, and a lot of work, you can have anything your heart desires. Celebrated actor John Travolta reads the warm, wise, and wistful tale that he originally wrote for his son. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Travolta. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/time/000099/bk_time_000099_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Dill Pickle , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 18min
    Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. A Dill Pickle is a wistful love story about a couple who meet again six years after their break-up, and for a moment the old passions, positive and negative, resurface in the course of a short, intense conversation. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000564/bk_redd_000564_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    My Visits with MGM, Hörbuch, Digital, 86min
    A wistful look back at a young Hispanic woman’s “MGM”, which stands for “My Grandmama”. The narrator often channels “MGM” for advice as she tries to succeed as a second-generation American. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Yolanda Lloyd, Tony Plana, Rose Portillo, Ruben Sierra and Renée Victor. Directed by Peggy Shannon. Recorded before a live audience in June 1992. Language: English. Narrator: Yolanda Lloyd, Tony Plana, Rose Portillo, Ruben Sierra, Renée Victor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/pf/latw/000340/pf_latw_000340_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Somewhere over the Rainbow , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 537min
    Once upon a time in what was then reasonably Great Britain, there was a world in which the not too serious business of politics was practised without those people known today, nonsensically, as spin doctors, and without whispers against those who were supposed to be friends, but who were in fact blockages on the ladder of ambition. This audiobook is a wistful recollection of those days. None of it actually happened. But it would be nice to think that it might have. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Keeble. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/002883/bk_isis_002883_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Diamond for a Duke: Seductive Scoundrels, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 165min
    A dour duke and a wistful wallflower - an impossible match until fate intervenes one enchanted night. A dour duke.... Jules, the Sixth Duke of Dandridge disdains Society and all its trappings, preferring the country's solitude and peace. Already jaded and cynical since the woman he loved died years ago, he's become even more so since unexpectedly inheriting a dukedom's responsibilities and finding himself the target of every husband-hunting vixen in London. A wistful wallflower.... Forever in her stunning sister's shadow, Jemmah Dament has adored Jules from afar for years - since as children they were the best of friends. She daren't dream she can win a duke's heart any more than she hopes to escape the life of servitude imposed on her by an uncaring mother. Jemmah knows full well, Jules is too far above her station. Besides, his family has already selected his perfect duchess: a poised, polished, exquisite blueblood. But one enchanted night.... A chance encounter reunites Jules and Jemmah, resulting in a passionate interlude neither can forget. Jules realizes he wants more - much more - than Jemmah's sweet kisses or her warming his bed. He must somehow convince her to gamble on a dour duke. But can Jemmah trust a rogue promised to another? One who's sworn never to love again? Caution: This historical regency romance contains a duke who literally thumbs his nose at society, a sweet and intelligent wallflower with a secret dream, a villainess worthy of a fairy tale, and two delightful match-making dowagers. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stevie Zimmerman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/102554/bk_acx0_102554_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Sure of You: Tales of the City Series, Volume 6, Hörbuch, Digital, 179min
    Inspiration for the Netflix Limited Series, Tales of the CityThe sixth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin's best-selling San Francisco saga.A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. Caught in the middle is their longtime friend, a gay man whose own future is even more uncertain. Wistful and compassionate yet subversively funny, Sure of You is the pitch-perfect sixth novel in Armistead Maupin's legendary Tales of the City series. Language: English. Narrator: Armistead Maupin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/002011/bk_harp_002011_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Procession , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 53min
    A collection of insightful and powerful writings by one of Eastern philosophy’s most prolific thinkers. Kahlil Gibran’s reflections on the wistful beauty, lofty majesty, and abiding peace of Eastern wisdom revolutionized Arab literature. This collection of dramatic poems uses the dialogue between age and youth as a platform to discuss deep subjects such as freedom, death, and the eternal soul. From “Of Life and Sorrow” to “Of Science and Knowledge”, Gibran’s vision transcends boundaries of religion and culture, finding beauty and wisdom in the universal struggles of everyday life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Apollo Dukakis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/009063/bk_adbl_009063_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Sure of You: Tales of the City, Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 411min
    Inspiration for the Netflix Limited Series, Tales of the CityThe sixth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. Caught in the middle is their longtime friend, a gay man whose own future is even more uncertain. Wistful and compassionate yet subversively funny, Sure of You is the pitch-perfect sixth novel in Armistead Maupin’s legendary Tales of the City series.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eric McCormack. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/003336/bk_harp_003336_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Pair of Silk Stockings , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 11min
    Kate Chopin is a widely considered a forerunner to the feminist authors of the twentieth century. Focusing on themes of race andgender, her short stories largely center on life in rural Louisiana. In "A Pair of Silk Stockings," a young woman unexpected finds herself with fifteen dollars.Inspired by her newfound wealth, she ignores her natural impulses and indulgesin a day of luxurious abandon. A wistful rumination on loss and the illusion ofcontrol, "A Pair of Silk Stockings" is Chopin at her absolute best. Proceeds from sale of this title go to Reach Out and Read, an innovative literacy advocacy organization. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arielle DeLisle. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/006053/bk_blak_006053_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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