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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 105min
The New York Times best seller from the author of The Order of Time and Reality Is Not What It Seems“One of the year’s most entrancing books about science.” (The Wall Street Journal)“Clear, elegant...a whirlwind tour of some of the biggest ideas in physics.” (The New York Times Book Review)This playful, entertaining, and mind-bending introduction to modern physics briskly explains Einstein's general relativity, quantum mechanics, elementary particles, gravity, black holes, the complex architecture of the universe, and the role humans play in this weird and wonderful world. Carlo Rovelli, a renowned theoretical physicist, is a delightfully poetic and philosophical scientific guide. He takes us to the frontiers of our knowledge: to the most minute reaches of the fabric of space, back to the origins of the cosmos, and into the workings of our minds. The book celebrates the joy of discovery. “Here, on the edge of what we know, in contact with the ocean of the unknown, shines the mystery and the beauty of the world,” Rovelli writes. “And it’s breathtaking.” ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Carlo Rovelli. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/002757/bk_peng_002757_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Barking up the Wrong Bakery: Happy Tails Dog Walking Mysteries, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 306min
Some people would kill for coffee.... Olivia Rickard would kill to keep everything just the way it is. She’s got a gorgeous boyfriend who loves her, a supportive sister to lean on, and a dog walking business that’s briskly barking away. But just as she’s getting comfortable, her sister suddenly wants to buy an entire brownstone with her, and her boyfriend looks like he’s going to pop the question at every opportunity. Changing the status quo has always been disastrous for Olivia, and now everything is changing at once.... What Olivia needs is a distraction, and she’s found one in stumbling upon Yvette Dunn dead in her coffee food truck - drowned in a vat of fresh coffee. Olivia starts out as an unlucky bystander to the crime, but she’s forced to dig in deeper when it looks like her sister could be involved in Yvette’s death. Olivia is running out of time in regards to the mystery, the mortgage, and the marriage. She’s going to have to solve all three problems - and quick - or face a future most foul. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Machelle Williams. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/104622/bk_acx0_104622_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Rosie , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 286min
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Rosie: Scenes from a Vanished Life, written and read by Rose Tremain. Rose Tremain grew up in postwar London, a city of grey austerity, still partly in ruins, where both food and affection were fiercely rationed. The girl known then as ‘Rosie’ and her sister, Jo, spent their days longing for their grandparents' farm, buried deep in the Hampshire countryside, a green paradise of feasts and freedom, where they could at last roam and dream. But when Rosie is 10 years old, everything changes. She and Jo lose their father, their London house, their school, their friends and - most agonisingly of all - their beloved Nanny, Vera, the only adult to have shown them real love and affection. Briskly dispatched to a freezing boarding school in Hertfordshire, they once again feel like imprisoned castaways. But slowly the teenage Rosie escapes from the cold world of the '50s, into a place of inspiration and mischief, of loving friendships and dedicated teachers, where a young writer is suddenly ready to be born. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rose Tremain. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/003670/bk_rhuk_003670_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Not of This World (Group X Cases, #1) (eBook, ePUB)
Stand Against the Darkness Monday morning, a Catholic priest is discovered dead inside a locked confessional both. The manner of death is clear. The rest…not so much. Who killed him, how did they accomplish the feat, and why did they commit such brazen, depraved sacrilege? There's only one hope to answering the murky questions surrounding this inexplicable, criminal mystery. Group X. Elijah Fox and Gina Anderson, two former FBI agents, headline the newly formed investigative agency of the Order of Thaddeus, ancient defender of Christianity. Both solved bizarre cases with a paranormal edge that confounded the U.S. government-and they're back to solve the Church's unexplainable, supernatural mysteries. Questions abound the deeper they investigate, and a dark, primal power stalks them from the shadows of the Unseen Realm. They must solve this inexplicable puzzle threatening the Church to confront a rising, monstrous darkness from devouring communities across America. Dark, gritty supernatural suspense at its finest, fans of Frank Peretti and Dean Koontz will devour this briskly paced, heart-pounding puzzle mystery that will leave you breathless-a haunting tale highlighting the fantastical side to life waged by the dark, powerful forces of the Unseen Realm.- Shop: buecher
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HOLLYWOOD DEAD (eBook, ePUB)
"HOLLYWOOD DEAD by Aaron Amadeus is as good a murder mystery as I have ever read. Set with Hollywood and the entertainment world as its backdrop, this story moves briskly along and involves an amazingly varied and interesting cast of characters. It all leads to an exciting climax on the famous Hollywood sign! I could not stop reading this exciting murder mystery. Highly recommended." Larry Parr HOLLYWOOD DEAD is an exciting murder mystery in the vein of Sue Grafton, and Janet Evanovich's novels. Even though he's had a rough childhood highlighted by the death of his mother, Benjamin Becker seems to have it all. A great social life, a syndicated ghost-hunting television series with a sizeable fan base, a wonderful girlfriend.... It just doesn't seem like life could get any better. The day after his 25th birthday, the entertainment world is turned upside-down when news breaks that his cousin, actress Liberty Belle, is found murdered in her Malibu Beach house. The Los Angeles Police Department quickly zeroes in on her fiancé singer Jason Lancaster, as the prime suspect. Hollywood Dead is Aaron Amadeus' debut novel.- Shop: buecher
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The Egyptian: The Dominic Grey Series, 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 653min
Stirring and imaginative, with an engaging premise that is briskly paced. Both the characters in the story and the listener are in for a wild ride. (Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The King's Deception). At a mausoleum in Cairo's most notorious cemetery, a mercenary receives a package containing a silver test tube suspended in hydraulic stasis. An investigative reporter tracking rogue biomedical companies is terrified by the appearance of a mummified man outside her Manhattan apartment. A Bulgarian scientist who dabbles in the occult makes a startling discovery in his underground laboratory. These seemingly separate events collide when Dominic Grey and Viktor Radek, private investigators of cults, are hired by the CEO of an Egyptian biomedical firm to locate stolen research integral to the company's new life extension product. However, after witnessing the slaughter of a team of scientists by the remnants of a dangerous cult thought long abandoned, Grey and Viktor turn from pursuers to pursued. From the corridors of visionary laboratories to the cobblestone alleys of Eastern Europe to a lost oasis in the Sahara, Grey and Viktor must sift through science and myth to uncover the truth behind the Egyptian and his sinister biotech - before that truth kills them. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Berkrot. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/005626/bk_brll_005626_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Last Days of Stalin , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 526min
A scholarly, absorbing narrative of Stalin's last days and the turbulent wake of his dictatorship. Joshua Rubenstein's riveting account takes us back to the second half of 1952, when no one could foresee an end to Joseph Stalin's murderous regime. He was poised to challenge the newly elected US president, Dwight Eisenhower, with armed force and was also broadening a vicious campaign against Soviet Jews. Stalin's sudden collapse and death in March 1953 was as dramatic and mysterious as his life. It is no overstatement to say that his passing marked a major turning point in the 20th century. The Last Days of Stalin is an engaging, briskly told account of the dictator's final active months, the vigil at his deathbed, and the unfolding of Soviet and international events in the months after his death. Rubenstein throws fresh light on the devious plotting of Beria, Malenkov, Khrushchev, and other "comrades-in-arms" who well understood the significance of the dictator's impending death; the witness-documented events of his death as compared to official published versions; Stalin's rumored plans to forcibly exile Soviet Jews; the responses of Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles to the Kremlin's conciliatory gestures after Stalin's death; and the momentous repercussions when Stalin's regime of terror was cut short. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arthur Morey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/008746/bk_blak_008746_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Calling , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 568min
From acclaimed author David Mack comes a gripping supernatural thriller about a man who can hear other people’s prayers for help - involving him in an ancient, ongoing struggle between the forces of heaven and hell. For millennia, a supernatural war has been waged on Earth, with all the souls who dwell there as its pawns. On one side are the Called - men and women guided by guardian angels who defend humanity from its own worst impulses. On the other side are the Scorned - people influenced by fallen angels. Tom Nash is a member of the Called who works as a handyman and makes his living doing odd jobs. He’s 33 years old, married, and a few weeks away from becoming a father for the first time. And since he was 16, he’s been hearing other people’s prayers. So when he hears the prayers of a kidnapped young girl in New York, he leaves his pregnant wife behind to help, unknowingly becoming a key figure in the ages-old conflict between the Called and the Scorned. Expertly written, briskly paced, and featuring an edgy, cinematic style, The Calling is a page-turning thriller that listeners will be unable to put down. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rob Dean. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/008008/bk_adbl_008008_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Summer We Found the Baby
Set during World War II, this poignant, briskly paced historical novel relays the events of one extraordinary summer from three engaging points of view. On the morning of the dedication of the new children's library in Belle Beach, Long Island, eleven-year-old Julie Sweet and her six-year-old sister, Martha, find a baby in a basket on the library steps. At the same time, twelve-year-old Bruno Ben-Eli is on his way to the train station to catch the 9:15 train into New York City. He is on an important errand for his brother, who is a soldier overseas in World War II. But when Bruno spies Julie, the same Julie who hasn't spoken to him for sixteen days, heading away from the library with a baby in her arms, he has to follow her. Holy everything, he thinks. Julie Sweet is a kidnapper. Of course, the truth is much more complicated than the children know in this heartwarming and beautifully textured family story by award-winning author Amy Hest. Told in three distinct voices, each with a different take on events, the novel captures the moments and emotions of a life-changing summer — a summer in which a baby gives a family hope and brings a community together.- Shop: buecher
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In the Heat of the Summer: The New York Riots of 1964 and the War on Crime (Politics and Culture in Modern America) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 850min
On the morning of July 16, 1964, a white police officer in New York City shot and killed a black teenager, James Powell, across the street from the high school where he was attending summer classes. Two nights later, a peaceful demonstration in Central Harlem degenerated into violent protests. During the next week, thousands of rioters looted stores from Brooklyn to Rochester and pelted police with bottles and rocks. In the symbolic and historic heart of black America, the Harlem Riot of 1964, as most called it, highlighted a new dynamic in the racial politics of the nation. The first "long, hot summer" of the 60s had arrived. In this gripping narrative of a pivotal moment, Michael W. Flamm draws on personal interviews and delves into the archives to move briskly from the streets of New York, where black activists like Bayard Rustin tried in vain to restore peace, to the corridors of the White House, where President Lyndon Johnson struggled to contain the fallout from the crisis and defeat Republican challenger Barry Goldwater, who had made "crime in the streets" a centerpiece of his campaign. In the Heat of the Summer spotlights the extraordinary drama of a single week when peaceful protests and violent unrest intersected. The book is published by University of Pennsylvania Press. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marlin May. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/108980/bk_acx0_108980_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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