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  Language of War, Language of Peace: Palestine, Israel, and the Search for Justice , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 236min

  When conflicts become entrenched over generations, the language of war infiltrates everyday life, concealing destruction and hardening positions. Nowhere is this truer than in the Middle East. Award-winning author Raja Shehadeh explores the politics of language and the language of politics in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, reflecting on the walls that they create - legal and cultural - that confine today's Palestinians just like the borders, checkpoints and so-called "Separation Barrier". He shows how the peace process has been ground to a halt by twists of language and linguistic chicanery that have degraded the word peace itself. The situation at the world's greatest political fault line has never looked bleaker, but still Shehadeh finds reason to hope and explains why. Raja Shehadeh is Palestine's leading writer. He is also a lawyer and the founder of the pioneering Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq. Shehadeh is the author of several acclaimed books, including Strangers in the House and Occupation Diaries and winner of the 2008 Orwell Prize for Palestinian Walks. He lives in Ramallah in Palestine. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Ganim. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/025827/bk_adbl_025827_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Washington Masquerade: Fiona Fitzgerald Mystery, Book 8 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 491min

  Detective Fiona Fitzgerald is an unlikely force for justice in Washington, D.C.'s predominantly male police force. As a senator's daughter and top investigator in the homicide division of the Metropolitan Police Department, Fiona maneuvers between two vastly different worlds, moving quickly from opulent galas to gritty crime scenes. Born into the elite social circles of the nation's capital, and armed with intimate knowledge of the true face of the political establishment, Fiona is determined to expose the chicanery concealed within the highest echelons of the American political aristocracy. Adam Burns, Washington Post columnist and controversial presidential critic, is dead. With no clear circumstances, speculation, gossip, and rumor flood the media - was it accident, suicide, or murder? Conspiracy theories run amok, accusing none other than the president of the United States. Was Adam Burns the target of a government hit squad? Did someone decide to silence his diatribes once and for all? Days roar by, pressure mounts, clues mislead, intuition betrays. Can Fiona clear the president's name? Is one woman enough to stop a nation out for blood? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rachel Perry. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/068632/bk_acx0_068632_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Longitude , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 260min

  An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, Longitude is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd. It is also a captivating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking. During the great ages of exploration, "the longitude problem" was the gravest of all scientific challenges. Lacking the ability to determine their longitude, sailors were literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Ships ran aground on rocky shores; those traveling well-known routes were easy prey to pirates. In 1714, England's Parliament offered a huge reward to anyone whose method of measuring longitude could be proven successful. The scientific establishment--from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton--had mapped the heavens in its certainty of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution--a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had been able to do on land. And the race was on.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kate Reading, Neil Armstrong. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/001825/bk_rand_001825_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  China in Ten Words , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 467min

  From one of China’s most acclaimed writers, his first work of nonfiction to appear in English: a unique, intimate look at the Chinese experience over the last several decades, told through personal stories and astute analysis that sharply illuminate the country’s meteoric economic and social transformation. Framed by ten phrases common in the Chinese vernacular - “people”, “leader”, “reading”, “writing”, “Lu Xun” (one of the most influential Chinese writers of the twentieth century), “disparity”, “revolution”, “grassroots”, “copycat”, and “bamboozle” - China in Ten Words reveals as never before the world’s most populous yet oft-misunderstood nation. In “Disparity”, for example, Yu Hua illustrates the mind-boggling economic gaps that separate citizens of the country. In “Copycat”, he depicts the escalating trend of piracy and imitation as a creative new form of revolutionary action. And in “Bamboozle”, he describes the increasingly brazen practices of trickery, fraud, and chicanery that are, he suggests, becoming a way of life at every level of society. Characterized by Yu Hua’s trademark wit, insight, and courage, China in Ten Words is a refreshingly candid vision of the “Chinese miracle” and all its consequences, from the singularly invaluable perspective of a writer living in China today. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Don Hagen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/000714/bk_gdan_000714_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Trial of Roger Stone , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 251min

  The Mueller Report was a catastrophe for the malevolent forces desperate to impeach President Donald Trump. It failed to prove any collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Since then, many of the President's former advisors and associates have been subjected to vindictive, political prosecutions for a variety of trivial, unrelated offenses. Roger Stone is one of them.In this moving, eyewitness account of Stone's trial and his decades-long career of political chicanery, author and Stone intimate Milo Yiannopoulos introduces America to the man behind the myth - and explains how the biggest stitch-up in modern judicial history unfolded. He offers a plea to President Trump to step in and do the right thing, and finally, he explains how we can prevent such grotesque injustices from happening ever again.Milo Yiannopoulos is a New York Times best-selling author, an award-winning investigative reporter, a globally-recognized free speech icon and by common consent the most censored, most lied-about man in the world, banned from stepping foot on entire continents for his unapologetic commitment to free expression. His first book, Dangerous, sold over 200,000 copies, despite never being reviewed in any major publication. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Milo Yiannopoulos. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/205360/bk_acx0_205360_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  DemocraZy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 305min

  How did we end up here? Why is Donald Trump the president of the United States of America? I know why. I also know that the only way to defeat the absurd is with a giant laughter.DemocraZy is a highly anticipated novel, an all-American satire that will explain what has happened since 2016 and will make you think, smile, and show gratitude for the United States: momentarily the most exotic big top, the quirkiest three-ring circus on earth.Follow the unbelievable rise of Mickey Rooster, Republican barn developer and upper-class travesty of the year, the hilarious chicanery of the candidate, the one and only Democratic man-turned-female candidate on a path to finally breaking the glass ceiling, and the eye-opening ordeal of Theodore Freeman, a common American like you and me, caught in the crossfire of tragicomedy and reality. After November 8, 2016, nothing has been the same. You can keep on looking for improbable answers, or you can dance with us, citizens of Dream, in a surreal fandango that will tickle your worries and chase your fears away for good.Join our chorus - Make America laughable again! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nathan E. Bradshaw. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/225688/bk_acx0_225688_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Ratings Are Murder: Robert Christopher, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 390min

  Bob Christopher, investigative reporter for Channel 3 in Los Angeles, is an old hand at ferreting out consumer fraud. He hardly feels that an all-out effort to reinstate Saint Christopher to the church's calendar fits that category. Then the cleaning woman who had taken up the saint's cause is brutally murdered. Bob, guilty because he brushed the old woman off, is compelled to search for her killer. He finds himself dodging cloudbursts, raccoons, spilled blood, and his obsessed boss, who needs Bob's presence on the six o'clock news to improve the ratings. Adding to his problems is his elusive film editor, an entrepreneur usually too busy peddling stolen porno tapes to work on the program. Through this hectic action wander rain-soaked fans in weird costumes vying for places and prizes on the station's game show. They make it easy for suspects - disguised as surgeons, nuns, and chickens - to melt into the crowd. As Bob Christopher approaches dead center of the web of murder, blackmail, chicanery, X-rated films, and station politics that infest Channel 3's rickety building, he gets closer to a killer who is out to make the reporter his next victim. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Waterhouse. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/006969/bk_blak_006969_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Clamour of Crows , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 518min

  Clamour of Crows is a brilliantly crafted modern morality play that charts the life and curious death of the legendary entrepreneur Ben Baum, replete with mayhem, mystery, and perhaps murder. The novel's reluctant protagonist, Jonathan Tucker, finds himself drawn into a maze of deception, death, and betrayal. Having lost the only things that matter, he is induced by his mentor to reengage with his former Wall Street law firm. Tuck, as he is called, has to develop skills he never possessed just to stay even with an unknown adversary in the world of big law, bigger business, and international chicanery. Ingeniously told, this saga blends elements of classic literature with nonstop action across two continents, taking you to the edge of your emotions and reeling you back, without ever losing its sense of humor and style. Peppering his story with allusions to the world's most adored children's classics, the author explores the height of greatness and the depth of evil. In Clamour of Crows, Ray Merritt has created a witch's cauldron of intrigue, betrayal, and unnecessary deaths as he explores the dark side of human nature and the fundamental essence of family and forgiveness. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Poe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/008891/bk_blak_008891_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Wide-Eyed and Legless: Inside the Tour de France , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 281min

  Named ‘The No. 1 Cycling Book of All Time’ by Cycle Sport, Wide-Eyed and Legless is a fast-paced, fly-on-the-wall story of courage, endurance, bungling, rows and cheating in sport's greatest marathon. In 1987, the Tour was won by Irishman Stephen Roche. It was the first time the champion had hailed from outside the Continent or the States and the first time in 20 years a British team - ANC Halfords - had competed in the world's toughest and craziest race. Jeff Connor not only stayed with the British team but also found himself an unofficial team member. In this new edition of Wide-Eyed and Legless, now widely regarded as a classic, Connor describes what it takes to compete, survive and win during those 26 days of gruelling effort. Alongside the heroism and athleticism, he reveals the extraordinary amounts of chicanery, from pulling riders along to illicit drug use. Time has not dimmed the impact of this eye-opening and entertaining close-up look at the supreme endurance event, and Wide-Eyed and Legless is destined to be acclaimed by a new generation of cycling enthusiasts. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ben Elliot. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/015687/bk_adbl_015687_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  American Quartet: Fiona Fitzgerald Mysteries, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 495min

  Detective Fiona Fitzgerald is an unlikely force for justice in Washington, D.C.'s predominantly male police force. As a senator's daughter and top investigator in the homicide division of the Metropolitan Police Department, Fiona maneuvers between two vastly different worlds, moving quickly from opulent state galas to gritty crime scenes. Born into the elite social circles of the nation's capital, and armed with intimate knowledge of the true face of the political establishment, Fiona is determined to expose the chicanery concealed within the highest echelons of the American political aristocracy. When a string of inexplicable murders rocks the hallowed streets of central D.C., Fiona finds herself charging through the shadows of a mysterious conspiracy. Faced with an investigation with no leads and a rising body count, Fiona's reputation as a top investigator is called into question. At the brink of professional ruin, an encounter with the eccentric yet charismatic Thaddeus Remington III at his museum-like mansion sends Fiona hurtling headlong through a whirlwind of clues. Where once the desperate detective blundered through traceless footsteps of a triple murderer, the answers to her case now seem to be whispered from bloodstained graves of fallen presidents. Fiona stands ready, her finger on the trigger, as an assassination plot decades in the making is about to change history forever. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julie Griffin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/061552/bk_acx0_061552_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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