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    The Emancipation of a Buried Man , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 482min
    A child of a hoarder - an outcast growing up amid shocking squalor - finds purpose in this vivid memoir. Broken, alone and buried in a house full of junk and shame, Eddy Gilmore takes the "normal" route out - institutionalized learning. But when college life fails to offer meaning, the young man reaches a turning point, a point at which he abandons social norms, abandons the status quo, and strikes out on his own. A lifetime of adventure packed into a nine-month "gestational" period awaits: face-to-face encounters with wildlife, a devastating monsoon, a magical winter near the Canadian border, the kindness of strangers. Gilmore's quest for knowledge and wisdom through experience, adventure, faith, and books will engage you as the author comes to fully experience the world for the first time. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eddy Gilmore. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/033442/bk_acx0_033442_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Bamboo Stalk (eBook, ePUB)
    Josephine comes to Kuwait from the Philippines to work as a maid. She meets Rashid, and with all the wide-eyed naivety of youth, believes she has found true love. But when she becomes pregnant, and with the rumble of the Gulf War growing louder, Rashid abandons her and sends her home with their baby son, José. Brought up struggling with his dual identity in the Philippines, José clings to the hope of returning to his father’s country when he turns eighteen. Will his Kuwaiti family live up to his expectations? Alsanousi crafts a captivating saga that boldly deals with issues of identity and alienation.
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    Mulligan , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 630min
    Can a person born into a nomadic culture find a home?  When Michael Mulligan and Maria Burke flee Ireland during the famine, she leaves her tyrannical husband, Nathaniel Burke, and Mulligan abandons a secret society of Irish freedom fighters.  Maria dies of ship fever on Grosse Isle, Quebec. Then, in San Francisco, Michael Mulligan's new wife dies in childbirth. When the Civil War is declared, Mulligan abandons his five-year-old son and becomes a cavalry officer. Mulligan survives Gettysburg and meets a mysterious nurse with her own secret.  A prisoner during the fall of Richmond, Mulligan finds post-Civil War times to be violent and depraved. A decade later, aware of Cheyenne and Sioux forces uniting, Mulligan tries to save his son from Custer's cavalry. Michael Mulligan, 80, blind, and reconciled with his son, finally returns to Ireland to buy the rotting Burke mansion and burn it to the ground. Nathaniel Burke's son and aging Irish assassins await his arrival.  Has the passage of time brought forgiveness? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alex Hyde-White, Punch Audio. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/118861/bk_acx0_118861_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Family in Faith , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 93min
    A Family in Faith is a wonderful story of unconditional love. It reminds us to always have faith in ourselves and one another. Adam loses his way and abandons his faith. His family refuses to give up on him as they navigate the dynamics of a modern day family. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Sipple. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/155119/bk_acx0_155119_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Moon And Sixpence , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 453min
    Charles Strickland, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife and children for Paris and Tahiti, to live his life as a painter. While his betrayal of family, duty and honour gives him the freedom to achieve greatness, his decision leads to an obsession which carries severe implications. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robert Hardy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/002326/bk_bbcw_002326_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Other Side of the Other Side of Midnight , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 3min
    In 1973, author Sidney Sheldon published the book The Other Side of Midnight, centering on a love triangle between an American World War II pilot, the lover he takes while stationed in France, and the woman back home whom he abandons her for after the war is over. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Giovannie Cruz. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/aq/a045/000048/aq_a045_000048_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Baron of Grogswig , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 24min
    The Baron of Grogswig abandons his riotous ways of carousal and gaiety, and settles down - only to discover that simple domesticity is not the peaceful life he had envisioned. But, just when the Baron feels he can't take it any more, an unexpected visitor changes everything. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: B. J. Harrison. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harr/000023/bk_harr_000023_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    How to Pronounce Knife
    WINNER OF THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE 'Spellbinding' i 'Breathtaking' Elle 'Powerhouses of feeling and depth' Mary Gaitskill 'Sharp and vital' Daisy Johnson 'Excellent' Margaret Atwood on Twitter An ex-boxer turned nail salon worker falls for a pair of immaculate hands; a mother and daughter harvest earthworms in the middle of the night; a country music-obsessed housewife abandons her family for fantasy; and a young girl's love for her father transcends language. In this stunning debut, Souvankham Thammavongsa captures the day-to-day lives of immigrants and refugees in a nameless city, illuminating hopes, disappointments, love affairs, and above all, the pursuit of a place to belong. 'There is not a moment off in these affecting stories' Sheila Heti
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    The Moon and Sixpence, Hörbuch, Digital, 496min
    The Moon and Sixpence is a novel by William Somerset Maugham, based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. The story is told through the mindset and decisions of the central character Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker, who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist. Language: English. Narrator: John Roland. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/edel/014543/bk_edel_014543_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Mosquito Coast , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 962min
    Allie Fox is going to re-create the world. Abominating the cops, crooks, junkies and scavengers of modern America, he abandons civilization and takes the family to live in the Honduran jungle. There his tortured, messianic genius keeps them alive, his hoarse tirades harrying them through a diseased and dirty Eden towards unimaginable darkness. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Aaron Baker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/000659/bk_howe_000659_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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