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    The Killer of Oz , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 393min
    Izzy, her boyfriend, and her holiday-crashing neighbor, Etta, are off to the driest, flattest, and most infertile inhabited continent on earth - where even the cutest of creatures might try to kill you. But that’s only the beginning of their problems....A Taste Society courier goes missing. And 26 hours after Izzy lands in Australia, a crocodile is found dead. With a human corpse inside.  Not quite the start to her relaxing holiday she’d been hoping for. Etta, on the other hand, is ecstatic. Relaxing was never part of her itinerary. Meanwhile, Izzy’s boyfriend, Connor, is developing a new sympathy for fish out of water. Between trying to win over Izzy’s country-folk parents, preventing Etta from shooting anything, and being enlisted to smuggle a goat into a posh hotel, his day job hunting down criminals has never seemed more appealing. Then a series of accidents threatens to add Izzy to the body count. Is Australia really that dangerous? Or does someone want Izzy to swim with the fishes and crocodiles? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/052389/bk_adbl_052389_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Burning Hour , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 673min
    Set in the Ruby Valley of Nevada, The Burning Hour is a novel about the volatility between tradition and public necessity. On one side are the Mapps, a fiercely independent Native American family, who fight back as government agencies ignore treaty agreements and try to exert control over Mapp family land. On the other is Nick Delgado, a young wildland firefighter for the Bureau of Land Management who searches for his own place in a world that teeters between alien and achingly familiar. Faced with the driest fire season on record, the Mapps must place their trust in a government less than honorable, while Nick struggles with regulations and familial expectations to become the man he needs to be.  The Burning Hour is a 2017 Best Book Awards winner, a 2017 WILLA Awards finalist, and a 2017 Indie award finalist. Best-selling author Jessica Barksdale Inclan has been published by New American Library and Kensington. The Burning Hour is her 16th novel. Twelve of her short stories have been contracted and produced by Audible.com. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: D.C. Newman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/119557/bk_acx0_119557_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dad You Suck , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 323min
    Written with self-excoriating candour and the driest humour, a book about being a dad from one of our best loved journalists. "For me the hardest task of fatherhood was always the oppressive obligation to lead by example. My sons have been present on countless occasions when I have, as we say in my homeland, completely lost my shit. During these stressful moments I have often wished to turn to them as a judge might to a jury and say, 'Please strike the next few minutes from the record', but many of those instances are chronicled here. It's not because I'm any less ashamed now; it's because if I left them out there wouldn't be enough for a book. "Perhaps this is my life's true purpose: maybe I'm here to teach my sons that self-esteem comes and goes - it can get rolled right out of you at short notice but that you still can get by in life without any, as long as you don't want to be a contestant on The Apprentice. That, at least, is my experience. And for what it's worth, my example." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Dowling. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/002880/bk_hcuk_002880_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    An Owl Too Many: Peter & Helen Shandy, Book 8 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 464min
    When a nocturnal hike turns deadly, Professor Peter Shandy takes an interest in owl spotting Emory Emmerick comes to Balaclava Agricultural University as a scout for a television station. Although the faculty and students are hardly ready for prime time, Emmerick’s interest is in environmental programming - a subject that inspires even the driest Balaclava professor to wax poetic. In his search for material, Emmerick joins Peter Shandy and a few of his colleagues on the annual owl-count. And though the television producer’s loud mouth and heavy feet make him a dismal birdwatcher, none of the academics expect him to make a fatal blunder. Chasing what appears to be a badly lost snowy owl, Emmerick stumbles into a trap that yanks him into a tree. By the time the professors reach him, he’s been stabbed to death. Discovering that the snowy owl was nothing more than a handful of feathers attached to a fishing pole, Shandy concludes that Emmerick was murdered. Plenty of people might like to kill a television producer, but which would-be killer had the gall to make the helpless Nyctea scandiaca an accomplice? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John McLain. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/005869/bk_adbl_005869_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Antarctica: Geography & Nature , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 5min
    Learn about the history and geography of Antarctica with iMindsJNR audio learning series for younger minds. Antarctica is the fifth biggest continent on Earth. It is also the coldest. The sun shines for only half of the year and stays under the horizon for the other half. Early explorers of Antarctica described it as a mysterious, lonely place. But they also described it as a desert. And a desert it is! For it receives only 50 millimeters of rain and snow per year. That is less precipitation than the Sahara Desert! So, believe it or not, Antarctica is also the driest continent on Earth. Perfect to listen to while commuting, exercising, shopping or cleaning the house.. iMinds brings knowledge to your MP3 with 8 minute information segments to whet your mental appetite and broaden your mind. iMinds offers 12 main categories, become a Generalist by increasing your knowledge of Business, Politics, People, History, Pop Culture, Mystery, Crime, Culture, Religion, Concepts, Science and Sport.. Clean and concise, crisp and engaging, discover what you never knew you were missing. Make your MP3 smarter with iMinds MindTracks, intersperse with music and enjoy learning a little about a lot.. knowledge of your own choice and in your own time. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Todd MacDonald. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/imnd/000159/bk_imnd_000159_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    In a Sunburned Country , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 714min
    Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door memorable travel literature threatens to break out. His previous excursion up, down, and over the Appalachian Trail resulted in the sublime best seller A Walk in the Woods. Now he has traveled around the world and all the way "Down Under" to Australia, the only island that is also a continent and the only continent that is also a country. Australia exists on a vast scale, a shockingly under-discovered country with the friendliest inhabitants, the hottest, driest weather, the most peculiar and lethal wildlife to be found on this planet, and more things that can kill you in extremely malicious ways than anywhere else: sharks, crocodiles, the ten most deadly poisonous snakes on the planet, fluffy yet toxic caterpillars, seashells that actually attack you, and the unbelievable box jellyfish. In a Sunburned Country is a delectably funny, fact-filled and adventurous performance by a writer who combines humor, wonder, and unflagging curiosity. Wherever Bryson goes he finds Australians who are cheerful, extroverted, and unfailingly obliging. They are the beaming products of a land with clean, safe cities, cold beer, and constant sunshine. Australia is an immense and fortunate land, and it has found in Bryson its perfect guide. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Bryson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bant/000292/bk_bant_000292_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Apocalyptic Planet: Field Guide to the Everending Earth , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 719min
    The earth has died many times, and it always comes back looking different. In an exhilarating, surprising exploration of our planet, Craig Childs takes listeners on a firsthand journey through apocalypse, touching the truth behind the speculation. Apocalyptic Planet is a combination of science and adventure that reveals the ways in which our world is constantly moving toward its end and how we can change our place within the cycles and episodes that rule it. In this riveting narrative, Childs makes clear that ours is not a stable planet, that it is prone to sudden, violent natural disasters and extremes of climate. Alternate futures, many not so pretty, are constantly waiting in the wings. Childs refutes the idea of an apocalyptic end to the earth and finds clues to its more inevitable end in some of the most physically challenging places on the globe. He travels from the deserts of Chile, the driest in the world, to the genetic wasteland of central Iowa to the site of the drowned land bridge of the Bering Sea, uncovering the micro-cataclysms that predict the macro: forthcoming ice ages, super-volcanoes, and the conclusion of planetary life cycles. Childs delivers a sensual feast in his descriptions of the natural world and a bounty of unequivocal science that provides us with an unprecedented understanding of our future. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Craig Childs. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/012590/bk_adbl_012590_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Zzyzx Operation: Jeremy's Run Book Five , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1289min
    The Zzyzx Operation is the fifth book of the seven-part series Jeremy's Run.Six friends and two dogs are stranded deep in the howling wastes of the hottest and driest desert in North America. It is July. They are on foot. Civilization as we know it is over. There will be no rescue. There can be no escape. Most of us fear death, until it becomes preferable to life.If you are a fan of this series, you may have an inkling of what Jeremy and his friends are about to endure in their desperate bid to escape the nightmare of post-apocalyptic Los Angeles. Clichés are sometimes exceptionally apropos. In this case, “from the frying pan into the fire” pretty much sums it up. If you haven’t partaken of this journey, we hope you’ll join us for the ride. For those unfamiliar with the series, here's a brief recap:In the first book, LA Dark, an electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, triggered by high-altitude nuclear detonations takes down the US power grid and everything electronic. Five friends living in west LA realize that fate has landed them in one of the worst places possible. They resolve to flee the city for southern Utah.In the second book, Blood Loss, these five amateurs, unprepared entirely for the bitter and deadly realities of a rapidly collapsing and lawless society, make a series of mistakes and pay dearly. Reality is a harsh schoolmaster. In the third book, Run Through the Jungle, the group grows to eight. They make it as far as downtown LA. Had they known what lay in store, they might have reconsidered.In the fourth book, The Prophet’s Niece, Paula Ivanova is reunited with her uncle, Hiram Ezekiel Smith, the powerful and charismatic prophet, seer, and revelator of a cult of his creation. He's been expecting her. Her friends think she’s there to visit. True enough. Few acts are more intimate than murder. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Corey Fox. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/125741/bk_acx0_125741_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Edge of Physics: A Journey to Earth's Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 726min
    In this deeply original book, science writer Anil Ananthaswamy sets out in search of the telescopes and detectors that promise to answer the biggest questions in modern cosmology. Why is the universe expanding at an ever faster rate? What is the nature of the "dark matter" that makes up almost a quarter of the universe? Why does the universe appear fine-tuned for life? Are there others besides our own?Ananthaswamy soon finds himself at the ends of the earth in remote and sometimes dangerous places. Take the Atacama Desert in the Chilean Andes, one of the coldest, driest places on the planet, where not even a blade of grass can survive. Its spectacularly clear skies and dry atmosphere allow astronomers to gather brilliant images of galaxies billions of light-years away. Ananthaswamy takes us inside the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope on Mount Paranal, where four massive domes open to the sky each night "like dragons waking up." He also takes us deep inside an abandoned iron mine in Minnesota, where half-mile-thick rock shields physicists as they hunt for elusive dark matter particles. And to the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, where engineers are drilling 1.5 miles into the clearest ice on the planet. They're building the world's largest neutrino detector, which could finally help reconcile quantum physics with Einstein's theory of general relativity.The stories of the people who work at these and other dramatic research sites, from Lake Baikal in Siberia to the Indian Astronomical Observatory in the Himalayas to the subterranean lair of the Large Hadron Collider make for a compelling new portrait of the universe and our quest to understand it. An atmospheric, engaging, and illuminating read, The Edge of Physics depicts science as a human process, bringing cosmology back down to earth in the most vivid terms. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: L. J. Ganser. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/001882/bk_adbl_001882_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Over on a Desert
    Over on a Desert - Count the baby animals that live in the driest places: ab 5.99 €
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