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    Waiting for Aphrodite: Journeys into the Time before Bones , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 466min
    After 25 years on a farm in the Ozarks, award-winning writer and naturalist Sue Hubbell moved to a small town on the coast of Maine. There, in the pools, tides, and thickets, she found a vast array of creatures that aroused her considerable curiosity. Join Hubbell on a unique tour of the world of invertebrates. From humpbacked camel crickets to glow worms, from horseshoe crabs to elegantly-furred sea mice, Hubbell offers vivid descriptions and fascinating details about these superb examples of survival. She also introduces some experts in the field—scientists who share their enthusiasm and knowledge. Waiting for Aphrodite grew from hours of field observation and reflects the days Hubbell spent at the Library of Congress augmenting her information. Entertaining for layman and scientist alike, it is both warmly personal and carefully researched. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Barbara Caruso. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/004727/bk_reco_004727_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Endangered Species: An Anna Pigeon Mystery, Book 5, Hörbuch, Digital, 166min
    Marooned on Cumberland Island National Seashore off the coast of Georgia, Anna finds time weighing heavily as she waits out a 21-day assignment on fire detail. When the sudden plane crash in the inland palmetto thickets calls her and the other members of the fire crew to action, the flames are quickly extinguished. But suspicions smolder over the cause of the accident which killed both the pilot and his passenger, Cumberland's lone law enforcement ranger. The tightly-knit island society begins to seethe with hushed accusations. As tensions escalate, Anna and crew find themselves pressed service. Though the "experts" are called in to evaluate the crash, Anna can't let the investigation rest solely in their hands. Her inquiry causes her to stumble into shady dealings that question the integrity - and honor - of her own crew. Cumberland Island has no fences or alarm systems to guard its cherished goods, only the eyes and ears of a handful of determined rangers. But will protecting the island come at a price even Anna is unwilling to pay? Language: English. Narrator: Cindy Williams. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pnix/000297/bk_pnix_000297_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Birthing The Lion's Cubs (eBook, ePUB)
    Ella pushed through the thorny thickets. Sweat trickled from her brow, down her cheek and was wiped away with a quick brush of her hand. Her heart pounded like war drums. There! She froze when she saw the mighty beast. Ella desired this beast - to mate with him and to carry his kittens. Her ovaries ached with longing at the mere thought of mating with a magnificent animal such as this. Excerpt: Ella pushed through the thorny thickets. Sweat trickled from her brow, down her cheek and was wiped away with a quick brush of her hand. Her heart pounded like a loud Zulu war drum vibrating over the African Savannah. There! She froze when she saw the mighty beast. The most masculine of all animals materialized out of nowhere. Ella desired this beast. Not for a trophy, nor a pic but to mate with him and to carry his kittens. Her ovaries ached with longing at the mere thought of mating with a magnificent animal such as this. With trembling hands she opened the vial and gulped the too sweet liquid down her throat. Ella had found it on the Dark Web and it promised to make her fertile and be able to carry any animal she selected. Sending a prayer to the wind that it would work and he would sire his kittens in her womb, she revealed herself to him. The large, majestic lion halted in his tracks, sniffing the hot air. His tail twitched back and forth as if confused. He stood there, thinking, then after a few moments he whirled around and strode toward her. Strange emotions rushed through her as the potion began to work its magic. All she could concentrate on was fucking this large black-maned lion. She froze when he pushed through the thickets and stopped dead, staring at her. Confusion danced in his amber eyes when he noticed her. Where was the lioness? His eyes seemed to ask. "I am, Big Boy." She slowly danced as she removed her clothes, with him focused on her.    Slowly he padded up to her like a large house cat. He shoved his nose in her lady parts and inhaled her rich lioness heat perfume. He gave a deep growl. She shivered as she spread her legs. Ella grew braver as she ran her fingers through his thick black mane. It reminded her of human hair and was a bit tangled. What did she expect, him go to the spa every day? In his excitement, he nearly knocked her over, rubbing his massive head against her. She knelt before him like he was a king. Big Boy sniffed her face as she peppered his large muzzle with searing virgin kisses. He lapped her face with his sandpaper-like tongue. She kissed him on his lips as her tongue explored his cavernous mouth, thrilled to be doing this to a wild lion. It was so forbidden!
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    The Composer's Landscape: The Pianist as Explorer: Interpreting the Scores of Eight Masters , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 860min
    Derived from a popular series of lecture-recitals presented by Carol Montparker over the past several years, The Composer's Landscape features eight insightful essays on the piano repertoire. Each chapter focuses on a single composer: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, and Mendelssohn. Montparker uses landscape as a metaphor for the score, whether it's a well-tended garden of Mozart or the thorny thickets on a Schumann page: the topographical peaks and valleys, the circuitous melodic lines, the thoroughfares where all the voices convene, and so on. The discussions include thoughtful suggestions for navigating these landscapes, which differ so greatly from one composer to the next, taking note of the essential technical and interpretive elements as well as the challenges for the explorer pianist. As an actively performing pianist, lecturer, teacher, music journalist, and author of six other books on music, Montparker has the experience and understanding to guide listeners through these issues while elucidating the finer points. Woven into her text are excerpts from her interviews with world-renowned pianists, from Alfred Brendel to André Watts, conducted during her many years as senior editor of Clavier magazine. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Carol Montparker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/061254/bk_acx0_061254_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Little Setu and the Forbidden Forest of Ula , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 49min
    Setu and Anila stopped just short of the first forest, Sukaan - which was the only way to the dark woods of Ula. Anila's legs trembled as they stood there looking at the enormity of the dark woods. If this is Sukaan, how frightening will Ula be? She wondered. As they made their way slowly through the thickets in the dead of the night, Setu and Anila could not help but be overwhelmed by the majestic Silver Oaks, the coolness of the swaying fronds, and the swoosh of the tall shrubs that seemed to warn the trespassers of the impending danger they were getting closer to.... Innocent and soul-stirring, Little Setu's story travels from the lush green, open meadows of Sundernagari in the Anadaman and Nicobar islands, to the sinister creepiness of the Ula forest, where Setu and his friend Anila, encounter a series of adventures with the species of the forest and the tribal folk of the hidden realm of Shompen. Jui Andhare's enchanting story captivates the imagination while sending out a strong message about the conservation of our forests and wildlife. Little Setu and the Forbidden Forest of Ula transports children and adults alike into a world without boundaries, where every living thing is kin. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Rembis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/053546/bk_acx0_053546_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Same Thing Over and Over: How School Reformers Get Stuck in Yesterday's Ideas , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 684min
    In this genial and challenging overview of endless debates over school reform, Rick Hess shows that even bitter opponents in debates about how to improve schools agree on much more than they realize - and that much of it must change radically. Cutting through the tangled thickets of right- and left-wing dogma, he clears the ground for transformation of the American school system. Whatever they think of school vouchers or charter schools, teacher merit pay or bilingual education, most educators and advocates take many other things for granted. The one-teacher–one-classroom model. The professional full-time teacher. Students grouped in age-defined grades. The nine-month calendar. Top-down local district control. All were innovative and exciting - in the 19th century. As Hess shows, the system hasn't changed since most Americans lived on farms and in villages, since school taught you to read, write, and do arithmetic, and since only an elite went to high school, let alone college. Arguing that a fundamentally 19th-century system can't be right for a 21st-century world, Hess suggests that uniformity gets in the way of quality, and urges us to create a much wider variety of schools, to meet a greater range of needs for different kinds of talents, needed by a vastly more complex and demanding society. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/002862/bk_acx0_002862_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Backyard Adventurer
    After years of adventuring around the globe - running, kayaking, hitchhiking, exploring - Beau Miles came back to his block in country Victoria. Staying put for the first time in years, Beau developed a new kind of lifestyle as the Backyard Adventurer. Whether it was walking 90km to work with no provisions, building a canoe paddle out of scavenged scrap or running a disused railway line through properties, blackberry thickets and past inquiring police officers, Beau has been finding ways to satisfy his adventurous spirit close to home. This book is about conscious experimentation with adventure, making meaning and inspiration out of tins of beans, bits of rubbish and elbow grease. Beau's Backyard exploits are funny, authentic, insightful and being copied all over the world by everyday people. YouTuber, new dad, and self-described oddball who needs to shower more, Beau is what happens when you cross Bear Grylls with Bush Tucker Man. With a PhD in Outdoor Education, a string of successful short films under his belt and a boundless passion for discovery, Beau is the real deal. (International edition)
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    Beginning Theory
    Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for well over a decade now. This new and expanded third edition continues to offer students and readers the best one-volume introduction to the field. The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists and technical language is lucidly and expertly unravelled. Unlike many books which assume certain positions about the critics and the theories they represent, Peter Barry allows readers to develop their own ideas once first principles and concepts have been grasped. The book has been updated and includes two new chapters, one of which (Literary theory - a history in ten events) innovatively surveys the course of theory, while the other (Theory after 'Theory') maps the arrival of new 'isms' since the second edition appeared in 2002. Liberal humanism - Structuralism - Post-structuralism and deconstruction - Postmodernism - Psychoanalytic criticism - Feminist criticism - Lesbian/gay criticism - Marxist criticism - New historicism and cultural materialism - Postcolonial criticism - Stylistics - Narratology - Ecocriticism - Presentism/Transversal poetics/ New aestheticism/Historical formalism/Cognitive poetics.
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    The Queen in the Cave
    In her debut as author-illustrator, Júlia Sardà spins an enthralling and evocative tale, rich with layers of meaning to be discovered. One night, Franca has a dream about a marvelous queen who lives in a dark cave, deep in the forest. She cannot sit still until she knows if her dream is true. So with her younger sisters, Carmela and Tomasina, Franca ventures into the forest at the end of their garden. As they travel deeper through nettles and thickets, drawing closer and closer to the cave, the world shifts, and everything shrinks and expands at the same time. Here, they meet beasts and creatures that shock and delight them, and they escape horrible things that frighten them. They learn to be brave, to be bold, to face their darkest fears. And what of the queen? Well, what they find in the cave is perhaps the most unexpected thing of all . . . In Júlia Sardà's irresistible, mysterious modern fairy tale, each spread is a stunning and wildly imaginative set piece brought to life in sumptuous color and detail.
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    Transformation Through Intimacy, Revised Edition: The Journey Toward Awakened Monogamy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 548min
    A comprehensive guide to intimacy through greater self-awareness for those who want more loving, passionate, and liberating monogamous relationships. Intimate relationship has long been viewed and lived as a lesser alternative to spiritual life. More recently, the need to integrate our spiritual and intimate lives, rather than maintaining separate spheres and relationships on autopilot, has become increasingly apparent. Given the high rates of infidelity and divorce, it would seem that the possibilities of freedom through intimacy have not been explored in much depth. Too often we pull away when relationships become difficult, missing out on the rewards of connecting more profoundly. The passage from immature to mature monogamy is not only a journey of ripening intimacy with a partner, but also a journey into and through zones of ourselves that may be very difficult to accept and integrate with the rest of our being. Transformation Through Intimacy explores intimate relationships through a four-stage lens: me-centered, we-centered codependent, we-centered coindependent, and being-centered. Bringing his many years of experience as a psychotherapist and spiritual practitioner to the subject, relationship expert and integral psychoterhapist Robert Augustu Masters tells listeners not only how to navigate the thickets of reactivity, conflict, shame, anger, fear, and doubt, but how to understand them in a new light so that a deeper level of relating to oneself and one’s partner becomes possible, opening new levels of trust, commitment, and love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rick Adamson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/006279/bk_rand_006279_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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