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The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 697min
A lush, sexy, evocative debut novel of family secrets and girls'-school rituals, set in the 1930s South. It is 1930, the midst of the Great Depression. After her mysterious role in a family tragedy, passionate, strong-willed Thea Atwell, age 15, has been cast out of her Florida home, exiled to an equestrienne boarding school for Southern debutantes. High in the Blue Ridge Mountains, with its complex social strata ordered by money, beauty, and girls' friendships, the Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls is a far remove from the free-roaming, dreamlike childhood Thea shared with her twin brother on their family's citrus farm - a world now partially shattered. As Thea grapples with her responsibility for the events of the past year that led her here, she finds herself enmeshed in a new order, one that will change her sense of what is possible for herself, her family, her country. Weaving provocatively between home and school, the narrative powerfully unfurls the true story behind Thea's expulsion from her family, but it isn't long before the mystery of her past is rivaled by the question of how it will shape her future. Part scandalous love story, part heartbreaking family drama, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls is an immersive, transporting pause resister - a vivid, propulsive novel about sex, love, family, money, class, home, and horses, all set against the ominous threat of the Depression - and the major debut of an important new writer. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Adina Verson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/002113/bk_peng_002113_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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May: Calendar Girl, Book 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 229min
Swimsuits, sun, surfing, and a sexy Samoan. I headed to the island of Oahu, Hawaii, to meet with cutting-edge swimsuit fashion designer Angel D'Amico, to serve as head model for the "Beauty Comes in All Sizes" swimsuit campaign. The designer wanted to show the world that beauty is not just a size two. My curves got me into this gig, and the moment I laid eyes on my modeling "partner" I'd never been happier with my buxom form. Tai Niko had everything the average man lacked. Height, broad shoulders, a nipped-in waist, square pecs, tree trunk thighs, and a look that rivaled The Rock. The part that made me drool and weakened my knees was the thick, intricate tribal tattoos running down the entire left side of his muscled frame from shoulder to ankle. The design was unlike anything I'd ever seen, and I couldn't wait to trace the tips of my fingers over every inch. In the fifth book of the Calendar Girl serial, Mia is sent to Oahu, Hawaii. Still on her mission to save her father, she embraces the model life to prove beauty really does come in all sizes. Each installment in the Calendar Girl serial will feature Mia's journey as an escort to twelve clients in twelve different locations. Warning: This book is designed for audiences 18+ due to language and graphic sexual content. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Summer Morton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/007988/bk_brll_007988_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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World War 2 Soldier Stories, Part V: True Soldier Stories from the African Front , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 224min
Long before Desert Storm, there was the African Front. Imagine the hottest day of your life and then multiply that by a thousand. That is only a fraction of what the men on the African Front faced during the perilous battles for Africa in WW II. Temperatures could easily reach 115 degrees or higher. Axis and Allied forces clashed in epic battles on this front that could drive a man insane and in some cases, did. There were tank battles that rivaled anything on the Hollywood screen that you see in modern movies. Who was the ingenious general who confused an entire army for no more than wood cutouts and props? Learn about the Italians whose soldiers were thrust somewhat unwillingly into a war that they disagreed with while the politicians sat in leisure. Find out what they did in order to escape the raging battles and inhuman treatment at the hands of their own country. Learn about the soldiers who fought valiantly, even against staggering odds. Find out more about the Desert Rats. Who were they? Where did they get that nick name? These men not only earned the name but relished it as well. They played a huge role in the overall efforts at the front.Not only will you learn about the Allied forces, aka the "good guys", but the author ventures into the German side of the story as well, presenting a fair accounting of both sides that many authors don’t dare to recount. This presents for a unique experience that you will be sure to enjoy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeff Lechtanski. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/171352/bk_acx0_171352_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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La Cucina , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 374min
Since childhood, Rosa Fiore - daughter of a sultry Sicilian matriarch and her hapless husband - found solace in her family's kitchen. La Cucina, the heart of the family's lush estate, was a place where generations of Fiore women prepared sumptuous feasts and where the drama of extended family life was played out around the age-old table. When Rosa was a teenager, her own cooking became the stuff of legend in this small community that takes pride in the bounty of its landscape and the eccentricity of its inhabitants. Rosa's infatuation with culinary arts was rivaled only by her passion for a young man, Bartolomeo, who, unfortunately, belonged to another. After their love affair ended in tragedy, Rosa retreated first into her kitchen and then into solitude, as a librarian in Palermo. There she stayed for decades, growing corpulent on her succulent dishes, resigned to a loveless life. Then, one day, she meets the mysterious chef, known only is I'Inglese, whose research on the heritage of Sicilian cuisine leads him to Rosa's library, and into her heart. They share one sublime summer of discovery, during which I'lnglese awakens the power of Rosa's sensuality, and together they reach new heights of culinary passion. When I'Inglese suddenly vanishes, Rosa returns home to the farm to grieve for the loss of her second love. In the comfort of familiar surroundings, among her growing family, she discovers the truth about her loved ones and finds her life transformed once more by the magic of her cherished Cucina. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lisa Passero. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhau/000061/bk_rhau_000061_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Readymade Thief , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 865min
An addictive literary puzzle that introduces an unforgettable young heroine plunged into the twisted world of a secret society with a dark agenda. Lee Cuddy is 17 years old and on the run, alone on the streets of Philadelphia. After taking the fall for a rich friend, Lee reluctantly accepts refuge in the Crystal Castle - a cooperative of homeless kids squatting in an austere derelict building. But homeless kids are disappearing from the streets in suspicious numbers, and Lee quickly discovers that the secret society's charitable façade is too good to be true. She finds an unexpected ally in Tomi, a young artist and hacker whose knowledge of the Internet's black market is rivaled only by his ability to break into and out of buildings. From abandoned aquariums to highly patrolled museums to the homes of vacationing Philadelphians, Tomi and Lee can always chart a way to the next perfect hideout. But the harder Lee tries to escape into the unmapped corners of the city, the closer she unwittingly gets to uncovering the disturbing agenda of the very men who pull the strings of the secret society she's hoped to elude, a group of fanatics obsessed with the secrets encoded in the work of early 20th-century artist Marcel Duchamp. What these men want is more twisted than anything Lee could've imagined, and they believe Lee holds the key to it all. The Readymade Thief heralds the arrival of an astoundingly imaginative and propulsive new voice in fiction for fans of Marisha Pessl and Ernest Cline. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emily Rankin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/003115/bk_peng_003115_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Tommy Black and the Staff of Light , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 506min
With the world on the brink of World War Two, a young hero discovers his magical legacy. New York. 1938. Living in the quiet apartment of his overprotective grandfather, 14-year-old Tommy Black knows little about a world on the brink of war. But when he and his grandfather are attacked by ominous shadow creatures on a Saturday afternoon walk, Tommy learns not just about the trouble in Europe, but that magic exists, his grandfather is a great archmage, and he is heir to his grandfather's magical staff - a staff he has no idea how to control. With his grandfather captured, Tommy barely escapes with his family's magic staff. Desperately trying to figure out to use the staff, Tommy learns what he can as he and family friend Mister Ali fight golems, shadow creatures, magicians, and Djinn on their way to the world's center of magic - the great Citadel of London. But it's when escaping on an enchanted train that Tommy faces his biggest challenge: The beautiful and wild young magician Naomi, whose talent with magic is only rivaled by her ability to insult Tommy in creative ways. With the world seemingly arrayed against him, can Tommy discover the secret of the Staff of Light in time to save his grandfather? For fans of young heroes struggling to discover their role in a familiar yet mysterious new world, Tommy Black evokes Harry Potter and Percy Jackson only with the 20th century backdrop of a world hurtling toward World War Two. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Justin Blankenship. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/054627/bk_acx0_054627_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Knot the Ex: Howling Hills Heat, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 233min
Alpha Grayson McNally is one of Howling Hills' hottest bachelors - or at least, he would be if he weren't still grieving for the ex who left him behind five years ago. He's learned to hide his loneliness behind smiles and practical jokes, but when a rogue bee sting sends him to the hospital, Grayson wonders if he might not have a second chance at love after all. All Harvey has ever wanted was to become a doctor - and it's something he's excelled at, his passion for saving other people rivaled only by the belief that he doesn't deserve a happy ending for himself. Leaving Grayson behind to get his education was a no-brainer, but even Harvey can't resist the call between them when the one man who never left his heart comes back into his life...as a patient. Sparks fly as one chance meeting leads to another, but the discovery that Grayson is Harvey's fated mate leaves him with mixed emotions. Harvey loves Grayson... but he also loves his career. Will an unexpected pregnancy be the key to tearing down the walls surrounding this omega's heart? Knot the Ex is a wolf shifter mpreg romance audio book with a guaranteed happily-ever-after! It is the second audiobook in the new Howling Hills Heat series, where finding your fated mate isn't just a dream - it's destiny. This audiobook and every other audiobook in this stand-alone series can be listened to in any order! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Parker Momus. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/144642/bk_acx0_144642_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Judy and I: My Life with Judy Garland , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 874min
The third of Judy Garland's five husbands, Sid Luft was the one man in her life who stuck around. He was chiefly responsible for the final act of Judy's meteoric comeback after she was unceremoniously booted off the MGM lot: he produced her iconic, Oscar-nominated vehicle A Star Is Born and expertly shaped her concert career. Previously unpublished, Sid Luft's intimate autobiography tells his and Judy's story in hard-boiled yet elegant prose. It begins on a fateful night in New York City when the not quite divorced Judy Garland and the not quite divorced Sid Luft meet at Billy Reed's Little Club and fall for each other. The romance lasted Judy's lifetime, despite the separations, the reconciliations, and the divorce. Under Luft's management, Judy came back bigger than ever, building a singing career that rivaled Sinatra's. However, her drug dependencies and suicidal tendencies put a tremendous strain on the relationship. Sid did not complete his memoir; it ended in 1960 after Judy hired David Begelman and Freddie Fields to manage her career. But Randy L. Schmidt, acclaimed editor of Judy Garland on Judy Garland and author of Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter, seamlessly pieced together the final section of the book from extensive interviews with Sid, most previously unpublished. Despite everything, Sid never stopped loving Judy and never forgave himself for not being able to ultimately save her from the demons that drove her to an early death at age 47 in 1969. Sid served as chief conservator of the Garland legacy until his death at the age of 89 in 2005. This is his testament to the love of his life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Barrett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/009875/bk_blak_009875_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Constellation of Genius , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 806min
Ezra Pound referred to 1922 as year one of a new era. It was the year that began with the publication of James Joyce's Ulysses and ended with the publication of TS Eliot's The Waste Land, two works that were arguably 'the sun and moon' of modernist literature, some would say of modernity itself. In Constellation of Genius, Kevin Jackson puts the titanic achievements of Joyce and Eliot in the context of the world in which their works first appeared. As Jackson writes in his introduction, 'On all sides, and in every field, there was a frenzy of innovation.' It is in 1922 that Hitchcock directs his first feature; Kandinsky and Klee join the Bauhaus; the first AM radio station is launched; Walt Disney releases his first animated shorts; and Louis Armstrong takes a train from New Orleans to Chicago, heralding the age of modern jazz. On other fronts, Einstein wins the Nobel Prize in Physics, insulin is introduced to treat diabetes and the tomb of Tutankhamun is discovered. As Jackson writes, the sky was 'blazing with a "constellation of genius" of a kind that had never been known before, and has never since been rivaled'.Constellation of Genius traces an unforgettable journey through the diaries of the actors, anthropologists, artists, dancers, designers, filmmakers, philosophers, playwrights, politicians and scientists whose lives and works - over the course of 12 months - brought a seismic shift in the way we think, splitting the cultural world in two. Was this a matter of inevitability or of coincidence? That is for the listener of this romp, this hugely entertaining chronicle, to decide. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Malk Williams. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/055042/bk_adbl_055042_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Chicago's Greatest Year, 1893: The White City and the Birth of a Modern Metropolis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 590min
In 1893, the 27.5 million visitors to the Chicago World’s Fair feasted their eyes on the impressive architecture of the White City, lit at night by thousands of electric lights. In addition to marveling at the revolutionary exhibits, most visitors discovered something else: beyond the fair’s 633 acres lay a modern metropolis that rivaled the world’s greatest cities. The Columbian Exposition marked Chicago’s arrival on the world stage, but even without the splendor of the fair, 1893 would still have been Chicago’s greatest year. An almost endless list of achievements took place in Chicago in 1893. Chicago’s most important skyscraper was completed in 1893, and Frank Lloyd Wright opened his office in the same year. African American physician and Chicagoan Daniel Hale Williams performed one of the first known open-heart surgeries in 1893. Sears and Roebuck was incorporated, and William Wrigley invented Juicy Fruit gum that year. The Field Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum of Science and Industry all started in 1893. The Cubs’ new ballpark opened in this year, and an Austro-Hungarian immigrant began selling hot dogs outside the World’s Fair grounds. His wares became the famous “Chicago hot dog.” “Cities are not buildings; cities are people,” writes author Joseph Gustaitis. Throughout the book, he brings forgotten pioneers back to the forefront of Chicago’s history, connecting these important people of 1893 with their effects on the city and its institutions today. The facts in this history of a year range from funny to astounding, showcasing innovators, civic leaders, VIPs, and power brokers who made 1893 Chicago about so much more than the fair. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Fred Filbrich. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/012980/bk_acx0_012980_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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