18 Results for : astonishes
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Devil's Bride: Cynster Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 925min
When Devil, the most infamous member of the Cynster family, is caught in a compromising position with plucky governess Honoria, he astonishes the entire ton by offering his hand in marriage. But Honoria isn't about to bend to society's demands. She craves adventure and is set on seeing the world. Could her passion for Devil cause her to embrace the enchanting peril of a lifelong adventure of the heart? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Prebble. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/002894/bk_howe_002894_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Strongest Girl in the World, Hörbuch, Digital, 61min
Josie Jenkins, aged eight and three quarters, can do a few tricks, but she astonishes herself and everyone else when she finds she can lift a table, a car and even a bus with no effort at all. Josie becomes famous, and Mr. Two Suit sweeps in with a contract and swoops the whole family off to New York. How Josie copes with fame and fortune, and with the loss of it when she wakes up one day to find she can't do her trick any more, makes a story of enormous charm, with a tiny, modest, and sensible heroine you have to cheer for. Language: English. Narrator: Emilia Fox. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/orio/000021/bk_orio_000021_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Vacillations of Poppy Carew, Hörbuch, Digital, 177min
Poppy Carew, smarting and in shock because her live-in lover has left her for a richer woman, is called to the bedside of her dying father, a wonderful, loveable eccentric who dies laughing. He asks as his last request that he be buried in style by an undertaker who specialises in fun funerals. He also astonishes Poppy by leaving her a large sum of money. As news of her good fortune spreads, other friends of friends, acquaintances of her dead father (who appears to have made his fortune by being nice to old ladies) and, not least, her ex-lover emerge. Suddenly there are too many choices for Poppy Carew. Language: English. Narrator: Anna Massey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hodd/000161/bk_hodd_000161_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Play Dead , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 461min
Few can rival attorney Andy Carpenter's affection for golden retrievers, especially his own beloved Tara. After he astonishes a New Jersey courtroom by successfully appealing another golden's death sentence, Andy discovers that this gentle dog is a key witness to a murder that took place five years before. Andy pushes the boundaries of the law even further as he struggles to free an innocent man by convincing an incredulous jury to take canine testimony seriously. It will take all the tricks Andy's fertile mind can conceive to get to the bottom of a remarkable chain of impersonations and murder, and to save a dog's life - and his own - in the process. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Grover Gardner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/live/000218/bk_live_000218_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Best of Car Talk (USA), Reality Often Astonishes Theory, May 27, 2017, Hörbuch, Digital, 53min
This week on The Best of Car Talk, Cynthia is so convinced her gas mileage improves when she gets her oil changed, she bet her boss 100 bucks. If she can't win on technical grounds, might Tommy the Philosopher King be able to bail her out? Elsewhere, Linda may be on firmer scientific footing by claiming her husband’s "wah-wah" pedal driving style is doing more harm than good. Also, Joyce's hood won't open, and given the overall condition of her car, an air chisel might be the right tool; Scott is looking for eco-friendly windshield washer fluid, and on Stump the Chumps, we find out if Tom and Ray helped Laurie's Pathfinder lose its nickname, "Wobble Butt". All this and more, this week on The Best of Car Talk. [Broadcast Date: May 27, 2017] Language: English. Narrator: Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/cart/170527/rt_cart_170527_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Don't Know Much about the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 973min
Bringing to life the world of the Old and New Testaments, the acclaimed creator of the best-selling Don’t Know Much About® series transforms dry, difficult reading into colorful and realistic accounts. Relying on new research and improved translations, Kenneth C. Davis uncovers some amazing questions and contradictions about what the Bible really says: Jericho’s walls may have tumbled down because the city lies on a fault line. Moses never parted the Red Sea. There was a Jesus, but he wasn’t born on Christmas and he probably wasn’t an only child. Don’t Know Much About® the Bible entertains and astonishes, but more important, provides a much better understanding of the world’s most-owned but least-understood anthology, with much more fun along the way. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arthur Morey, Lorna Raver. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002630/bk_rand_002630_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Hearts and Harbingers , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 157min
On the very outskirts of polite society, Millicent Harbinger has always found a way to cover the gaming debts of her wastrel brother, Duncan. His most recent losing streak is bound to ruin them, however, and her brother's solution is to arrange for Mill to marry the odious Lord Wart. In desperation, Mill decides to anonymously sell her virtue at a well-reputed brothel and kill two birds with one stone - she will have enough money to cover the debt, and her status as a fallen woman will dissuade Lord Wart from claiming her as his bride. Jasper Goldeby, Marquess of Holder, takes one look at Mill's piercing green eyes and purchases her favors at double the asking price - a fortune that could support the Harbingers for life. The night Mill and Jasper share astonishes and transforms them both - and Jasper quickly realizes one night could never be enough. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ellen Lange. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/003844/bk_acx0_003844_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Sasha: A Trial of Blood and Steel, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1396min
Sasha is a fighter, the likes of which the highland country of Lenayin has never seen. Spurning her royal heritage to be raised by the great warrior Kessligh, Sasha's exquisite swordplay astonishes all who see it. But she is young, untested in battle, and often led by her rash temper. In the complex world of Lenayin loyalties, her willfulness is attracting the wrong kind of attention. Lenin is a land divided by its beliefs: the Verenthane of the ruling class, and the pagan Goeren-yai, amongst whom Sasha now lives. The Goeren-yai value swordplay and honor, and have come to see Sasha as the great spirit who will unite them. But Sasha is still searching for what she believes and must choose her side carefully. Soon she will face her moment of testing. Is she ready to lead? Can she be the savior the Goeren-yai want her to be? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kate Reading. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/podm/000338/bk_podm_000338_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Beauty Is a Wound , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 988min
The English-language debut of Indonesia's rising star. The epic novel Beauty Is a Wound combines history, satire, family tragedy, legend, humor, and romance in a sweeping polyphony. The beautiful Indo prostitute Dewi Ayu and her four daughters are beset by incest, murder, bestiality, rape, insanity, monstrosity, and the often vengeful undead. Kurniawan's gleefully grotesque hyperbole functions as a scathing critique of his young nation's troubled past: the rapacious offhand greed of colonialism; the chaotic struggle for independence; the 1965 mass murders of perhaps a million "Communists", followed by three decades of Suharto's despotic rule. Beauty Is a Wound astonishes from its opening line: "One afternoon on a weekend in May, Dewi Ayu rose from her grave after being dead for 21 years...." Drawing on local sources - folktales and the all-night shadow puppet plays, with their bawdy wit and epic scope - and inspired by Melville and Gogol, Kurniawan's distinctive voice brings something luscious yet astringent to contemporary literature. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Davis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/025959/bk_adbl_025959_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Onyx Crown: Part One of a Trilogy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 437min
From the searing heat of the desert to the vastness of the savannah, The Onyx Crown tells the story of Jorann, Gesi, and Sania, three children who grow up in a pre-medieval era of wars and successions, not 15 years after the greatest king in the history of the continent has been deposed and assassinated.When the legendary warrior of Numerian history, K’Nan of Loffri is hired to guide a hunting expedition he is astonished to discover that one of the hunter’s slaves, Jorann, a boy of 13, bears the legendary mark of the Onyx Crown, a mark he’s been searching for since the death of his sworn king many years before.Many miles to the east, Gesi is despairing of his life in East Rhydor as a commoner companion to Zoe and Zadeemo, the twin siblings of the tribal prince. Good enough to run their errands, but not learn the ways of nobility, he astonishes them when one day he shows the uncanny ability to match the famous knight, Jorell Boro, in single combat.Deep within the savannah, Sania is working as an errand runner in the pleasure house where she has been raised since young. As usual, she is wreaking havoc on the customers with her practical jokes and tantrums - except this time her antics will lead her on an adventure she may not be prepared for.Join this trio on their epic journey as they discover their destiny and the true meaning of the Onyx Crown. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Hlonela Ngqwebo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/229347/bk_acx0_229347_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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