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Fresh Air, Alexander Keyssar and Kim Alexander, Hörbuch, Digital, 45min

Historian Alexander Keyssar and President of the California Voter Foundation Kim Alexander on this edition of Fresh Air. In his new book The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States, Alexander Keyssar examines the checkered history of our country's right to vote, and how this right was not for a time extended to certain groups of people, from propertyless whitemen, to women, immigrants, and African-Americans. Even now, he argues, that the wealthy and well-educated are for more likely to go to the polls than the poor and undereducated. Keyssar is Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University. Kim Alexander is President of the California Voter Foundation, organized to pioneer new technologies to improve democracy. The group produces the California Online Voter Guide. Recently Alexander was part of the Task Force for Internet Voting put together by California's Secretary of State. (Broadcast Date: November 29, 2000) Language: English. Narrator: Terry Gross. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/whyy/001129/rt_whyy_001129_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Letters from Lighthouse Cottage , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 582min

The sun is shining in the quiet little seaside town of Sandybridge. Sandybridge is the perfect English seaside town: home to gift shops, tearooms and a fabulous fish and chip shop. And it's home to Grace - although right now she's not too happy about it. Grace grew up in Sandybridge, helping her parents sort junk from vintage treasures, but she always longed to escape to a bigger world. And she made it, travelling the world for her job, falling in love and starting a family. So why is she back in the tiny seaside town she'd long left behind, hanging out with Charlie, the boy who became her best friend when they were teenagers? It turns out that travelling the world may not have been exactly what Grace needed to do. Perhaps everything she wanted has always been at home - after all, they do say that's where the heart is.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emma Powell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/twuk/001129/bk_twuk_001129_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Northward to the Moon , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 286min

Jane and her family have moved to Canada....but not for long. When her stepfather, Ned, is fired from his job as a high-school French teacher (seems he doesnt speak French), the family packs up and Jane embarks on a series of new adventures. At first, she imagines her family as a gang of outlaws, riding on horseback in masks, robbing trains, and traveling all the way to Mexico. But the reality is different: Setting off by car, they visit the tribe of Native Americans with whom Ned once lived, head to Las Vegas in search of Neds magician brother, and wind up spending the summer with his eccentric mother on her ranch out west.As Jane lives through it all - developing a crush on a ranch hand, reevaluating her relationship with Ned, watching her sister Maya's painful growing up - she sees her world, which used to be so safe and secure, shift in strange and inconvenient ways. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Becca Battoe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lili/001129/bk_lili_001129_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Balloons Can Be Murder: A Charlie Parker Mystery, Book 9 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 441min

Three days before the start of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, balloon pilot Rachael Fairfield walks into the offices of RJP Investigations. She received a threatening note, which she believes came from her father, a convicted felon whom she sent to prison 15 years earlier. To complicate matters, her brother has initiated a huge publicity campaign for the world altitude record Rachael plans to attempt on the final Sunday of the fiesta. It seems simple enough. Charlie and her brother Ron will locate William Fairfield and keep him away from Rachael for the duration of the fiesta. But as they follow leads on William Fairfield, the threats escalate, and Ron and Charlie start to wonder whether he's really the stalker. Amid the color and beauty of the world's largest ballooning event, Charlie also finds herself at odds with her husband and reassessing her life's priorities. Only when she nearly loses her own life do the answers begin to fall into place. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rebecca Cook. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bimo/001129/bk_bimo_001129_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Cathedral of the Sea , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1375min

At last: The international best seller - which has already sold nearly 2 million copies worldwide - comes to America! Cathedral of the Sea follows the fortunes of the Estanyol family, from their peasant roots to a son, Arnau, who flees the land only to realize spectacular wealth and devastating problems. During Arnau's lifetime Barcelona becomes a city of light and darkness, dominated by the construction of the city's great pride - the cathedral of Santa Maria del Mar - and by its shame, the deadly Inquisition. As a young man, Arnau joins the powerful guild of stone-workers and helps to build the church with his own hands, while his best friend and adopted brother Joan studies to become a priest. When Arnau, who secretly loves a forbidden Jewish woman named Mar, is betrayed and hauled before the Inquisitor, he finds himself faceto-face with his own brother. Will he lose his life just as his beloved Cathedral of the Sea is finally completed? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Michael. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/001129/bk_peng_001129_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Where God Was Born: A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion, Hörbuch, Digital, 353min

At a time when America debates its values and the world braces for religious war, Bruce Feiler, author of the New York Times best sellers Walking the Bible and Abraham, travels ten thousand miles through the Middle East to examine the question: Is Religion Tearing Us Apart....Or Can it Bring Us Together? Where God Was Born combines the adventure of a wartime chronicle and an archaeological detective story with an inspiring journey of spiritual exploration. Taking readers to biblical sites not seen by Westerners for decades, it uncovers little-known details about the common roots of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and affirms the importance of the Bible in today's world. Where God Was Born observes that at the birth moment of the biblical religions, all of the faiths took from one another, exchanged ideas, recognized their commonalities, and were open to peaceful coexistence. Offering a rare vision of God that can unite different faiths into a shared allegiance of hope, this is a brave, challenging, and profound work that addresses the most important issues of our time. Language: English. Narrator: Bruce Feiler. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/001129/bk_harp_001129_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Work, Love, Pray: Practical Wisdom for Young Professional Christian Women , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 444min

The number of Christian women in today's professional workforce is increasing, and they are hungry for practical mentoring. They yearn to learn from someone who has climbed the ladder of success without sacrificing family or faith - something author Diane Paddison has done with excellence and grace. The stories Paddison shares about her corporate, personal, and spiritual life, as well as the lives of other women like her, are both inspiring and instructive, providing on-target advice and concrete examples of how to succeed without feeling overwhelmed or compromised. This is a working book for working women. Full of practical, proven guidance that is both professionally viable and biblically sound, each chapter includes sidebars featuring pertinent facts from current research, resources relevant to the chapter's topic, action-oriented 'to do' lists, and other interactive material. Chapters also include questions suitable for discussion, making it an excellent resource for use in small groups. Work, Love, Pray is a valuable resource for professional Christian women, but it's also a must read for the husbands, sisters, daughters, and friends who share their lives. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ruth Bloomquist. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/zond/001129/bk_zond_001129_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Learn German: The Top 10 Superstitions & Beliefs, Hörbuch, Digital, 19min

Welcome to Learn German: The Top 10 Superstitions & Beliefs by Innovative Language. This is the German you'll never learn in a textbook. Do you know must-know German superstitions? With this quick audiobook, you'll learn German culture and the German language at the same time. Learn German: The Top 10 Superstitions & Beliefs contains the insights and vocab only native speakers know. 30+ minutes of audio lessons in total 15 pages of bonus PDF notes to read along with Five lessons: one good and one bad superstition per lesson Learn bonus German vocabulary Have more talking points for your German conversations Who is this for? This audiobook is perfect for: German learners (beginner level) Anyone interested in German culture Travelers The topics were chosen by a panel of German language teachers and cover the most common beliefs in German culture. By the end you'll learn brand-new words, speak more German, and get a deeper insight into the culture. Simply listen and repeat out loud. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Language: English. Narrator: GermanPod101.com. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/inno/001129/bk_inno_001129_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Tiger and the Wolf: Echoes of the Fall, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1326min

The first audiobook in the Echoes of the Fall series, The Tiger and the Wolf is an accomplished high fantasy by Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Children of Time. In the bleak northern crown of the world, war is coming. Maniye's father is the Wolf clan's chieftain, but she's an outcast. Her mother was queen of the Tiger, and these tribes have been enemies for generations. Maniye also hides a deadly secret. All can shift into their clan's animal form, but Maniye can take on tiger and wolf shapes. She refuses to disown half her soul so escapes, rescuing a prisoner of the Wolf clan in the process. The killer Broken Axe is set on their trail, to drag them back for retribution. The Wolf chieftan plots to rule the north, and controlling his daughter is crucial to his schemes. However, other tribes also prepare for strife. Strangers from the far south appear, too, seeking allies in their own conflict. It's a season for omens as priests foresee danger and a darkness falling across the land. Some say a great war is coming, overshadowing even Wolf ambitions. A time of testing and broken laws is near, but what spark will set the world ablaze? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kyla Garcia. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/macm/001129/bk_macm_001129_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Camino Island , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 525min

All trails became dead ends. Tips that had at first seemed urgent now faded away. The waiting game began. Whoever had the manuscripts would want money, and a lot of it. They would surface eventually, but where and when, and how much would they want? The most daring and devastating heist in literary history targets a high security vault located deep beneath Princeton University. Valued at $25 million (though some would say priceless), the five manuscripts of F. Scott Fitzgerald's only novels are amongst the most valuable in the world. After an initial flurry of arrests, both they and the ruthless gang of thieves who took them have vanished without trace. Dealing in stolen books is a dark business, and few are initiated to its arts - which puts Bruce Kable right on the FBI's Rare Asset Recovery Unit's watch list. A struggling writer burdened by debts, Mercer Mann spent summers on Florida's idyllic Camino Island as a kid, in her grandmother's beach cottage. Now she is being made an offer she can't refuse: to return to the peace of the island, to write her novel - and get close to a certain infamous bookseller, and his interesting collection of manuscripts.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: January LaVoy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hodd/001129/bk_hodd_001129_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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