323 Results for : arduous
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The Day of the Pelican , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 260min
Meli Lleshi is positive that her drawing of her teacher with his pelican nose started it all. The Lleshis are Albanians living in Kosovo, a country trying to fight off Serbian oppressors, and suddenly they are homeless refugees. Old and young alike, they find their courage tested by hunger, illness, the long, arduous journey, with danger on every side.Then, unexpectedly, they are brought to America by a church group and begin a new life in a small Vermont town. The events of 9/11 bring more challenges for this Muslim family - but this country is their home now and there can be no turning back.A compassionate, powerful novel by a master storyteller. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tavia Gilbert. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/001896/bk_brll_001896_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Something to Love , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 397min
Beautiful, young nurse Christie Paige knows what it means to long for someone and to have that longing crushed. She goes to the children's clinic in the Austrian Alps to work at the side of Dr. Phillip Vereker, the man she plans to marry. Then her dream is shattered when Phillip marries one of his patients. After a painful interlude, the silent grandeur of the mountains, the brilliant star-jewelled sky - it all begins to work its magic. And inspired by powerful Maxwell Grant, the clinic's founder, her arduous work becomes a wonderful cure for misery. But always there is Phillip - Phillip... How would she forget at such close proximity? After him, can she ever feel the unswerving passion of everlasting love? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Karen Cass. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/002298/bk_isis_002298_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Mother's Courage , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 781min
When Eloise Cribb receives the news that her husband's ship has been lost at sea, she wonders how she is ever going to manage. With two young children, the rent overdue, and almost nothing to live on, she has no alternative but to turn to his estranged family for help. She sets off on the long and arduous journey to Yorkshire, but is met with hostility and soon realises she has little choice but to return to London. Virtually destitute and desperate, Eloise is faced with her worst nightmare: she must either go to the workhouse, or abandon her children at the Foundling Hospital. But she is determined to keep them safe and under her protective wing at all costs. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/001354/bk_rhuk_001354_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Strange Fruit and the Slender Man , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 131min
Chicago, 1957. Two sisters, the Haines sisters, have gone missing and the entire city is in an uproar. As word of their disappearance spreads across the country, two police detectives are assigned the arduous tasks of finding them alive or bringing their bodies home. However, as the two hardened cops begin to investigate, they soon find that things are not as cut and dry as they thought. This is not a simple kidnapping. Something ancient, primal, and utterly terrifying is at work here and nothing that they have ever known will ever be the same again. Something has lured them into a terrifying trap that will destroy their minds, take their souls, and leave the rest of the world baffled. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Odell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/083082/bk_acx0_083082_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Water-Babies , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 303min
A classic since its first publication in 1863, The Water-Babies is the story of a little chimney sweep named Tom and his magical adventures beneath the waves. The ill-treated Tom flees his dangerous toil and his cruel master, Grimes. When he jumps into a cool stream to clean the soot off himself, he becomes a water-baby, cleaner and happier than he has ever been, in a hidden fairy world. There, Tom meets haughty dragonflies, makes friends with a slow-witted lobster, and dodges hungry otters. Eventually, he meets the other water-babies and their clever rulers, Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid and Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby. After a long and arduous quest to the Other-end-of-Nowhere, young Tom achieves his heart’s desire. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Vance. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/004632/bk_blak_004632_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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To Dakar and Back: 21 Days Across North Africa by Motorcycle , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 699min
Recounting the three weeks of blood, sweat, and tearsthat make up a 7,000 mile journey from the glitzy streets of Paris to the hinterland of northwestern Africa, this incredible tale highlights the most arduous and notorious off-road motorsports event on the planet, the Paris-Dakar Rally. Since its inception in 1979, the rally has attracted more than 3,000 participants from all walks of life. Fully detailing what is considered by many to be one of the world's top five adventures, this book reveals amazing true tales of danger, from blinding sandstorms to endless vistas of towering dunes. Enduring these incredible hardships with perseverance, tenacity, ingenuity, and sometimes tragedy, the adventurers profiled here truly embody the triumphs of the human spirit. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Chamberlain. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/008100/bk_adbl_008100_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Thumbs Up A Hitchhiking Irishman and 25,000 Kilometres from Patagonia to the Arctic
"9.5 intense months after standing on the edge of Ushuaia with my thumb up - 9.5 months of intense loneliness and intense connection, intense indignation and intense brotherhood, intense fear and intense awe, intense appreciation and intense adventure - I completed my journey from south to north." Thumbs Up is an edge-of-your-seat adventure travel memoir that will allow you to vicariously experience some of the most remote and dangerous parts of our planet, hitchhiking from southern Argentina and ending nine arduous months and 25,000 kilometres later, on the shores of the frigid Arctic Ocean in northern Canada. Any traveller who has ever felt the irresistible attraction of wanderlust will love author and adventurer Thomas Kearney's recollections of the most profound moments on the road in this unforgettable travel journal of self-discovery, from misinterpreting hand signals as being gestures of friendship instead of threats on his life, to touching encounters with the best examples of humanity, who offered food, warmth and shelter to the tired hitchhiker. Travelling through bleak poverty-stricken villages to breathtakingly beautiful jungle, mountain and forest landscapes; from freezing nights in the Andes to blistering days in the desert - the author relives his amazing hiking adventures in this inspiring first-hand account of vivid American travel stories.- Shop: buecher
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The History of Chile: A Fascinating Guide to Chilean History , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 76min
Uncover the history of Chile, the South American country with a rich and tumultuous history.From the Atacama desert, the driest desert in the world, to the Andes mountain range, Chile is a country with incredible geography and an even more fascinating history. This book uncovers Chile's history, from the origins before colonization to the influence of Spain and the rest of Europe.Containing the history of the Mapuche people, along with the fight for independence and a slew of rebellions, Chile’s journey to its place in the modern world has been both long and arduous. From their political struggles, place in the world wars, and relationships with other countries, this book is a must-listen for anyone interested in the rich history of this amazing country.Buy now to discover Chile like never before! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Ayers. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/174038/bk_acx0_174038_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Forged by Flames: Dragon's Breath Series, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 556min
Ever since dragons invaded Earth, Bailey Monzac and other survivors have had to adjust to a new world order. But a new threat is emerging that could destroy everything they've been struggling to rebuild - for both man and beast. There's an artifact out there that can control dragons, and many would seek to possess it for dark purposes. It's going to be up to Bailey, her dragon shape-shifter ally Aidan, and their friends to embark on a long and arduous quest to recover the relic before it falls into the wrong hands. Relationships within the group will be tested in incredible ways that could mean the difference between success and failure. For they must work together - forging the tightest bonds - if they wish to survive this journey. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marguerite Gavin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/007088/bk_tant_007088_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Mitigation: Alaskan Undead Apocalypse, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 705min
Wet. Freezing. Hopeless. As the Alaskan autumn yields itself to the encroaching threat of winter, Neil, Jerry, Meghan, and Emma must fight for themselves and the survival of everyone else in their group, including the children Danny and Jules, against growing masses of flesh-hungry zombies. The undead menace continues to nip at their heels as they retreat down the Seward Highway and venture further into the unforgiving Alaskan wilderness. The horrors of Anchorage festering with prowling ghouls are behind them, but now new terrors threaten their every step on their arduous trek. The fiends and their appetite for human flesh are not the only thing to fear as the new world they all must navigate continues to challenge the one basic instinct to which they are all beholden: to survive. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Daniel May. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/016435/bk_adbl_016435_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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