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Shadow of a Taxman (eBook, PDF)

Shadow of a Taxman investigates how the unrecognised Irish Republic's money was solicited, collected, transmitted, and safeguarded, as well as who the financial backers were and what might have influenced their decision to contribute. The Republic's quest for funds took its emissaries as far afield as New York, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, and Melbourne, as well as virtually every parish in Ireland. By selling 'war bonds' to supporters, it raised £370,165 from 140,000 people in Ireland and nearly $6m from 300,000 people in the United States. These bonds promised a return to subscribers when British forces had left Ireland and an independent Irish Republic was internationally recognised. Exploiting newly uncovered documents, Shadow of a Taxman reveals the identities of these subscribers. Cross-referencing with census returns, intelligence reports, memoirs, and IRA membership rolls, it provides the first demographic analysis of non-combatant supporters of Irish independence on the eve of its realisation. It also shows how access to funds shaped the course of the Irish War of Independence and, ultimately, Irish republicans' negotiating position with the British government in 1921.

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Shadow of a Taxman (eBook, ePUB)

Shadow of a Taxman investigates how the unrecognised Irish Republic's money was solicited, collected, transmitted, and safeguarded, as well as who the financial backers were and what might have influenced their decision to contribute. The Republic's quest for funds took its emissaries as far afield as New York, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, and Melbourne, as well as virtually every parish in Ireland. By selling 'war bonds' to supporters, it raised £370,165 from 140,000 people in Ireland and nearly $6m from 300,000 people in the United States. These bonds promised a return to subscribers when British forces had left Ireland and an independent Irish Republic was internationally recognised. Exploiting newly uncovered documents, Shadow of a Taxman reveals the identities of these subscribers. Cross-referencing with census returns, intelligence reports, memoirs, and IRA membership rolls, it provides the first demographic analysis of non-combatant supporters of Irish independence on the eve of its realisation. It also shows how access to funds shaped the course of the Irish War of Independence and, ultimately, Irish republicans' negotiating position with the British government in 1921.

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The Summer Palace: The Summer Palace Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 461min

Seventeenth-century Russia remains very much a patriarchal society.For the headstrong and willful Katia, daughter of Baron Alexei Sergeyevich Ulenka, life in the terem (a palace sanctuary where the virtue of girls is safeguarded) is unbearable when all she wants to do is experience the freedom of riding a horse. But ride a horse she does. Dressed as a servant girl, Katia meets and goes riding with the darkly intriguing German stable boy Wiley. But Wiley is headstrong, too, and soon is challenged by the aristocratic Feodor, Katia's cousin.After three secret meetings, Katia and Wiley start to fall in love, but such a union could never be in a world where rich girls are seen as commodities to be used for advancement through marriage. To give himself any kind of chance with Katia, Wiley joins the dragoons with Pavel, Katia's brother, and then begins the years of physical, emotional, and intentional separation. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Akiva Klionsky. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/218195/bk_acx0_218195_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1355min

Redefining our traditional understanding of the New Deal, Fear Itself finally examines this pivotal American era through a sweeping international lens that juxtaposes a struggling democracy with enticing ideologies like Fascism and Communism. Ira Katznelson, "a towering figure in the study of American and European history" (Cornel West), boldly asserts that, during the 1930s and 1940s, American democracy was rescued yet distorted by a unified band of southern lawmakers who safeguarded racial segregation as they built a new national state to manage capitalism and assert global power. This original study brings to vivid life the politicians and pundits of the time, including Walter Lippmann, who argued that America needed a dose of dictatorship; Mississippi’s five-foot-two Senator Theodore Bilbo, who advocated the legal separation of races; and Robert Oppenheimer, who built the atomic bomb yet was tragically undone by the nation’s hysteria. Fear Itself is a necessary work, vital to understanding our world - a world the New Deal first made. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Brick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/012977/bk_adbl_012977_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Lt. Leary, Commanding: RCN Series, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 984min

Lt. Daniel Leary of the Republic of Cinnabar Navy commands the corvette Princess Cecile; his friend, Signals Officer Adele Mundy, has the latest in spy apparatus and the skill to prowl the most tightly guarded database. All they lack are enemies, and fate is about to supply that need in abundance! A hostage uses the Princess Cecile to regain his freedom, and his throne; an ally plots with enemies of Cinnabar, knowing the plan can only be safeguarded by destroying the Princess Cecile; a pirate chief joins in a cutthroat battle with a rival, and the Princess Cecile is a pawn. Daniel, Adele, and their crack crew must battle bureaucrats and traitors, the winds of a barren desert, and the strains of a voyage never before attempted. If they succeed at every stage, their reward will be the chance to fight another enemy: one which can blow them and a hundred ships like theirs to vapor! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Victor Bevine. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/000205/bk_adbl_000205_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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A Double Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 423min

Some wounds need more than time. They crave revenge.Claire's father is a privileged man: handsome, brilliant, the product of an aristocratic lineage and an expensive education, surrounded by a group of devoted friends who would do anything for him. But when he becomes the prime suspect in a horrific attack on Claire's mother - a pretty little thing who married into the elite ranks of society and dared escape her gilded cage - fate and privilege collide, and a scandal erupts. Claire's father disappears overnight, his car abandoned, blood on the front seat.Thirty years after that hellish night, Claire is obsessed with uncovering the truth, and she knows that the answer is held behind the closed doors of beautiful townhouses and country estates, safeguarded by the same friends who all those years before had answered the call to protect one of their own.Because they know where Claire's father is. They helped him escape. And it's time their pristine lives met her fury. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Candida Gubbins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/orio/001326/bk_orio_001326_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Cora's Heart: A Cypress Hollow Yarn, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 660min

From best-selling author Rachael Herron comes another funny and sexy romcom set in the sleepy California town of Cypress Hollow. Cora has been hurt too many times, and by one man in particular.... "Rachael Herron tells the kinds of stories that make you want to lean in closer." (Erin Bried) Abandoned by her mother and widowed in her mid-20s, Cora Sylvan has learned the hard way that you should take nothing in life for granted. So everything is planned out to the last detail - from how to run her farm on a shoestring, to how to survive a major earthquake. Unfortunately there's nothing in those notes to cover the return of the infuriatingly handsome Mac Wildwood, her husband's cousin, the man she loved and lost. And Mac, it seems, has a shattering plan of his own up his sleeve. Cora Sylvan safeguarded everything - but she didn't protect her heart.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Barbara Edelman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/019774/bk_acx0_019774_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Norvell's Dynamic Mental Laws for Successful Living , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 477min

Throughout the ages there have been illumined souls who possessed extraordinary powers of the mind and spirit. These great teachers possessed universal wisdom which they carefully guarded, revealing it only to the few neophytes who were ready for these great mystical and spiritual revelations. These great souls had discovered the secrets of the universe through contemplation and meditation on the deeper mysteries of life. They advised kings and princes; they safeguarded the arts, music, literature and scientific knowledge all through the dark ages. They gave inspiration and guidance to the few who were ready for their revelations. Civilization advances and man rises to greatness under the impetus of the wisdom and knowledge that he gathers throughout the centuries. Formerly this wisdom was denied to the masses, because they lacked the institutions of learning. Now, in our modern 20th century, this accumulated wisdom can be revealed in all its radiant splendor. In this study we shall walk together, teacher and student, down the golden path of history, gleaning the priceless secrets of the ages and applying them to your own daily life for achieving the health, wealth, and happiness which is every person's secret dream. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrew Morantz. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/165890/bk_acx0_165890_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Shattered Roads , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 649min

In a future laid waste by environmental catastrophe, one woman in a shielded megacity discovers a secret hidden within - and the nightmare of what lies beyond. The Skyfire Saga Her designation is H124 - a menial worker in a city safeguarded against the devastating storms of the outer world. In a community where consumerism has dulled the senses, where apathy is the norm and education is a thing of the past, H124 has one job: remove the bodies of citizens when they pass away in their living pods. Then one night, H124's routine leads her into the underground ruins of an ancient university. Buried within it is a prescient alarm set up generations ago: an extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward Earth. When her warning is seen as an attempt to topple the government with her knowledge of science, H124 is hunted - and sent fleeing for her life beyond the shield of her walled metropolis. In a weather-ravaged unknown, her only hope lies with the Rovers, the most dangerous faction on Earth. They have continued to learn, and they have survived to help avert a terrifying threat: the end of the world is near. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emily Pike Stewart. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/012350/bk_reco_012350_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Mind Games : The Games Thriller Series , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 492min

Chris Ryan doesn’t understand why he’s alive. He should have died in the prison he and his stepbrother created. Dying screams and the ring of gunshots still haunt his dreams, and to make matters worse, five years hasn’t erased his passion for Jessica Connor. She left him bleeding on the cold concrete floor, escaping the prison that held her for close to a year. Semi-conscious and close to death, his gaze fell on an apparition of her son. White light filled his skin, healing his wounds and giving him a second chance...and to this day that power still rages within him. Haunting visions of her daughter’s death drive him out of hiding, and he shows up at her doorstep with the intent of giving her the power to save her cancerous daughter. The power he safeguarded all these years. But his good intentions fall short when they realize he led the vengeful spirit of his stepbrother straight to her. Cancer is no longer their biggest worry. Now, Chris and Jessica must battle a ghost hell-bent on destroying all of them. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Thomas Stone. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/144423/bk_acx0_144423_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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