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The Barbershop Girl , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 618min

You don’t become a notorious British comedian without rubbing a few people the wrong way. Ben Martindale has decamped to Australia until the media frenzy surrounding his latest scandal dies down. When he meets Amy, a perky blonde barber who dresses like a 1950s pin-up, he knows he’s hit gold in terms of material for his weekly London column. Little does it occur to him that Amy might be just a little bit upset when she finds out what he’s been writing.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/004188/bk_howe_004188_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Edward the Rake , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 316min

These chapters in the life of Edward the Rake are dealt with frankly and light-heartedly. It is the story of a man who enjoyed himself and his indelicate advantages to the full, a penetrating and yet not unsympathetic portrait of the monarch and of the discreetly swinging social world that he created around him. John Pearson was born in 1930, and educated at King's College School, Wimbledon and Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he read history. He has worked on various newspapers, including the Economist, The Times, and The Sunday Times where for a time he wrote the Atticus column. After the success of his Life of Ian Fleming, he decamped with wife and family to Rome, where he lived for some years. Mr Pearson returned to England to research and write the life and times of the Kray brothers, and is now at work on a full-scale biography of the Sitwells. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Matthew Brenher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/009300/bk_adbl_009300_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Watersplash , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 493min

A gardener's death sends a country house into a frenzy, and Miss Silver swoops in to set things right. Edward Random returns to Deeping a forgotten man. Although raised in the village's manor house, he is no longer wealthy - the result of a quarrel with an uncle, which left him out of the old man's will. For years Edward's name has not been spoken in the town, save for wild rumors that he had gone to prison for dueling, decamped to the Orient, or simply died of mysterious circumstances. In fact he is in good health, ready to start life where he left off, money or no money. But the old family feud stands in his way, and the situation at the manor house grows vicious in the wake of the undergardener William Jackson's death. Did he drown by accident, or was he murdered? Only Maud Silver, the demure but brilliant detective, can say for sure. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Diana Bishop. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/026320/bk_adbl_026320_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Out of Kilter , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 553min

Britain - sometime in the future. Law and order has broken down and people are fighting each other for the country's dwindling supply of food. Most of the Government have decamped to the Scilly Isles to avoid the riots.Linden Tallis, a champion archer, unwillingly becomes the custodian of R311, a deadly killing agent, courtesy of her scientist brother. MI6 officer Jack Ormond tries to take the agent from her, to keep it out of the hands of Colonel John March, a fascist dictator, who plans to take over the country. But Linden doesn't trust Jack and as a consequence the Colonel manages to get the R311 from her. Linden, Jack, the prime minister and several others team up in an attempt to retrieve the R311 from the Colonel, who will use the agent to gain and keep control. Enduring hunger and hardship in their quest to remove the Colonel from power, and knowing they are no match for his fighting machine, their fight seems hopeless...until using their wits and courage, they embark on an outrageous offensive that might just succeed. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tej Lander. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/237659/bk_acx0_237659_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Weeping Woman : The Bedford Green Mysteries , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 558min

A Jazz Age rake investigates an utterly divine art-world mystery. Everyone who's anyone knows Bedford Green. Once a merciless gossip columnist, he has given up the life of sleaze and secrets and decamped for the Village to open a gritty little art gallery showcasing the most shocking European artists imaginable. The gallery is a money pit, and Green is in debt to some of the roughest loan sharks south of 14th Street, but that doesn't stop him from looking fabulous or having a good time. He's the happiest in New York society - at least until his assistant starts to cry. Sloane is a modern woman, a flapper with a razor-sharp bob and a bulletproof heart, but she's convinced that her friend Polly Swanscott is in danger. From the speakeasies of the Village to the finest cafes in Paris, Green will do his best to save Polly - and he'll do it with a cocktail in hand. The Weeping Woman is the first book in the Bedford Green Mysteries, but you may enjoy the series in any order. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Kipiniak. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/025880/bk_adbl_025880_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Kitchen Sink Sutra : The Stafford Falls Series , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 630min

It's amazing how quickly your whole world can unravel...Thirty-six year-old Olivia is an artist who’s just been let go from her day job. Also, the presumed love of her life has suddenly decamped to another continent to avoid a lawsuit - but all of this pales when Olivia finds out that her beloved grandmother, the woman who raised her, has had a stroke. Olivia rushes back to her hometown of Stafford Falls to care for her Nana only to find that the odd little place where she grew up has changed. For one thing, she keeps running into a perpetually smiling Buddhist monk who offers to teach her the secret to great happiness. And then there’s that intriguing woman with the beautiful smile and kind eyes who is opening a café that serves life-saving espressos. As Nana recovers, Olivia finds herself making a life in the little town, but when her backlog of unsold paintings starts to sell and suddenly it’s raining jobs back in the city, will she be able to leave Stafford Falls?Told with warmth and wit, The Kitchen Sink Sutra is an uplifting story about family, best friends, and the importance of a really good cup of coffee. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Natalie Naudus. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/201021/bk_acx0_201021_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal, Hörbuch, Digital, 297min

Ruth Harkness was the toast of 1930s New York, a dress designer newly married to a wealthy adventurer, Bill Harkness. Just weeks after their wedding, however, Bill decamped for China in hopes of becoming the first Westerner to capture a giant panda, an expedition on which many had embarked and failed miserably. Bill was also to fail in his quest, dying horribly alone in China and leaving his widow heartbroken and adrift. And so Ruth made the fateful decision to adopt her husband's dream as her own and set off on the adventure of a lifetime. Traveling across some of the toughest terrain in the world, the voyage took months to complete and cost Ruth everything she had. But when, almost miraculously, she returned from her journey with a baby panda named Su Lin in her arms, the story became an international sensation and made the front pages of newspapers around the world. Drawing extensively on American and Chinese sources, including diaries, scores of interviews, and previously unseen intimate letters from Ruth Harkness, Vicki Constantine Croke has fashioned a captivating and richly textured narrative about a woman ahead of her time. Part Myrna Loy, part Jane Goodall, Ruth Harkness is a trailblazing figure. And her story makes for an unforgettable, deeply moving adventure. Language: English. Narrator: Jennifer Van Dyck. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000632/bk_rand_000632_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Sworn to Secrecy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 808min

1971. With the troubles in Belfast at their height, a happy domestic life is something that Tess Maguire yearns for. Yet the political and social unrest are sending ripples of uncertainty through every aspect of her life. Whilst her partnership with her friend Theresa Cunningham in a dressmaking firm is successful, it's beginning to affect her romantic interests. Theresa's boyfriend Bob always seems to be near Tess. Near enough, one night, to declare his true feelings for her.... Tess, in confusion, has to confront her own mixed up emotions concerning Bob. And to address her feelings for her own ever-faithful boyfriend Tony. Especially when he asks her to marry him.... Tess's widowed mother Alice marries Dan, her long-standing partner who can now spend the rest of his years with Alice and his beloved grandson Jackie. Jackie is almost an orphan: his father Jack died in a motorcycle accident. His mother Colette may as well be dead - she decamped to Canada shortly after his birth. But then Colette suddenly shows up to reclaim her son and her arrival in Belfast opens old wounds, triggers a bitter custody battle - and unearths secrets that will change everyone's lives for ever. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Caroline Lennon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/twuk/000517/bk_twuk_000517_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Queen to Play: Wolf 359 Series, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1269min

Book two of the Wolf 359 series.Reveling in the adoration of a nation charmed by their new High Priest, Duncan begins setting the Temple house in order. Unfortunately, his contentment is short lived. Failing to account for a paranoid king jealous of this stranger’s sway over the people, and an entrenched corruption within the Temple - not to mention a scheming senior prelate furious at being denied the high priesthood - Duncan is quickly caught up in the game of power, and just as quickly condemned to die in the wastelands, in the hope that the desert sands will eradicate any memory of the former wizard.With Duncan gone, things begin to get hot for Alexis as the struggle for the throne escalates with each side demanding her allegiance. Instead, she escapes south with the nation’s tarrac, deciding she’d rather carve out her own little kingdom. She has decamped just in time as the armies of the King’s brother descend on the capital, forcing King Diad to secretly escape by ship in an attempt to gather an army from across the sea. Yet no sooner has he set sail than his son proclaims himself king.Yet they all have blindly overlooked another’s ambition, someone who desperately wants to rule Gambria - alone. And she might just pull it off. All she’ll need to do is get rid of her husband and her father.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ian Fisher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/160344/bk_acx0_160344_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Creation Stories: Riots, Raves and Running a Label , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 444min

Alan McGee's role in shaping British musical culture over the past 30 years is hard to overstate. As the founder of Creation Records, he brought us the bands that defined an era. A charismatic Glaswegian, who partied just as hard as any of the acts on his notoriously hedonistic label, he became an infamous character in the world of music. In Creation Stories he tells his story in depth for the first time, from leaving school at 16 to setting up the Living Room club in London which showcased many emerging indie bands, from managing the Jesus and Mary Chain to cofounding Creation when he was only 23. His label brought us acts like My Bloody Valentine, House of Love, Ride and, of course, Primal Scream. Embracing acid house, Alan, decamped to Manchester and hung out at the Hacienda, and took Creation into the big time with Screamadelica. His drug-induced breakdown, when it came, was dramatic. But as he climbed back to sobriety, he oversaw Oasis' rise to become one of the biggest bands in the world, Alan himself becoming one of the figureheads of Britpop. Having sold the label to Sony to stave off bankruptcy, he became disenchanted with the increasingly corporate ethos and left in 1999. Since then he's continued to be an influential figure in the music industry, managing the Libertines and most recently setting up a new label, 359 Music, with Cherry Red. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Phil McKee. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/053593/bk_adbl_053593_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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