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  The Disappearance of Daniel Klein , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 453min

  The Disappearance of Daniel Klein chronicles the story of a boy magician with mismatched eyes (one blue, one green) who captures the dark interest of a Nazi research doctor. Despite growing up as a Jewish orphan in the midst of World War II, Daniel Klein still believes in the miraculous and the good and all that comes with it. He finds solace in magic, spends his afternoon hours pulling silver coins from the air and turning white handkerchiefs red, proving again and again that things are not always as they seem. But on one night, with one little boy decision, Daniel and his friends unknowingly give up their only chance to avoid deportation to a concentration camp. At that camp resides Karl Vendel, an awkward and obsessive Nazi research doctor who takes a dark interest in Daniel s rare eye color. As Daniel struggles to cope with the conditions of the camp and the impending loss of his sight, he finds himself increasingly confused, unable to separate imagination from reality. And as he begins to witness miraculous, near otherworldly things, Daniel wonders if he is losing his sanity or if something from the beyond is trying to help him survive. Penned by screenwriter, Cynthia Hagan, The Disappearance of Daniel Klein is a story about the bonds of childhood friendship and the transcending power of belief. More, it begs us to ask the question: Is there life beyond life as we know it? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gregory Peyton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/045200/bk_acx0_045200_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Hold , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 626min

  One of the Observer’s New Faces of Fiction 2018.Moving between Ghana and London, Hold is an intimate, moving, powerful coming-of-age novel. It’s a story of friendship and family, shame and forgiveness, of learning what we should cling to and when we need to let go.Belinda knows how to follow the rules. As a housegirl, she has learnt the right way to polish water glasses, to wash and fold a hundred handkerchiefs and to keep a tight lid on memories of the village she left behind when she came to Kumasi.Mary is still learning the rules. Eleven years old and irrepressible, the young housegirl-in-training is the little sister Belinda never had.Amma has had enough of the rules. A straight-A pupil at her exclusive South London school, she has always been the pride of her Ghanaian parents. Until now. Watching their once-confident teenager grow sullen and wayward, they decide that sensible Belinda might be just the shining example Amma needs.So Belinda is summoned from Ghana to London and must leave Mary to befriend a troubled girl who shows no desire for her friendship. She encounters a city as bewildering as it is thrilling and tries to impose order on her unsettling new world.As the Brixton summer turns to autumn, Belinda and Amma are surprised to discover the beginnings of an unexpected kinship. But when the cracks in their defences open up, the secrets they have both been holding tightly threaten to seep out. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Adjoa Andoh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/003862/bk_hcuk_003862_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel, Hörbuch, Digital, 301min

  Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a brilliantly realistic journey back to an era of Chinese history that is as deeply moving as it is sorrowful. With the period detail and deep resonance of Memoirs of a Geisha, this lyrical and emotionally charged novel delves into one of the most mysterious of human relationships: female friendship.Lily is haunted by memories of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has nothing but time now, as she recounts the tale of Snow Flower, and asks the gods for forgiveness.  In 19th-century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound and lived in almost total seclusion, the women in one remote Hunan county developed their own secret code for communication: nu shu ("women's writing"). Some girls were paired with laotongs, "old sames", in emotional matches that lasted throughout their lives. They painted letters on fans, embroidered messages on handkerchiefs, and composed stories, thereby reaching out of their isolation to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments.With the arrival of a silk fan on which Snow Flower has composed for Lily a poem of introduction in nu shu, their friendship is sealed and they become "old sames" at the tender age of seven. As the years pass, through famine and rebellion, they reflect upon their arranged marriages, loneliness, and the joys and tragedies of motherhood. The two find solace, developing a bond that keeps their spirits alive. But when a misunderstanding arises, their lifelong friendship suddenly threatens to tear apart. Language: English. Narrator: Jodi Long. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000625/bk_rand_000625_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 666min

  Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a brilliantly realistic journey back to an era of Chinese history that is as deeply moving as it is sorrowful. With the period detail and deep resonance of Memoirs of a Geisha, this lyrical and emotionally charged novel delves into one of the most mysterious of human relationships: female friendship.Lily is haunted by memories of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has nothing but time now, as she recounts the tale of Snow Flower, and asks the gods for forgiveness.  In 19th-century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound and lived in almost total seclusion, the women in one remote Hunan county developed their own secret code for communication: nu shu ("women's writing"). Some girls were paired with laotongs, "old sames", in emotional matches that lasted throughout their lives. They painted letters on fans, embroidered messages on handkerchiefs, and composed stories, thereby reaching out of their isolation to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments.With the arrival of a silk fan on which Snow Flower has composed for Lily a poem of introduction in nu shu, their friendship is sealed and they become "old sames" at the tender age of seven. As the years pass, through famine and rebellion, they reflect upon their arranged marriages, loneliness, and the joys and tragedies of motherhood. The two find solace, developing a bond that keeps their spirits alive. But when a misunderstanding arises, their lifelong friendship suddenly threatens to tear apart. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Janet Song. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bkot/000511/bk_bkot_000511_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Pretty Boy Floyd: The Notorious Life and Death of the Depression Era Outlaw , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 94min

  If you'll gather 'round me, children, a story I will tell 'Bout Pretty Boy Floyd, an Outlaw, Oklahoma knew him well. [Woody Guthrie, “The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd” (1939)]November 1, 1932 was a fine autumn day in the sleepy, cotton-farming city of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, the heart of Sequoyah County. The blinding rays of the midday sun were shining their brightest, but the otherwise blistering heat was offset by a brisk breeze. These were ideal conditions for a Tuesday, a seemingly pedestrian day of the week, but what was unfolding in the Sallisaw State Bank was anything but ordinary.At first glance, it would seem as if a traveling carnival or a homegrown celebrity had come to town. The sidewalks of the city bank and its surrounding establishments were teeming with locals, generations of families, young lovebirds, and clusters of friends. Indeed, they had convened to witness a spectacle, albeit one of an entirely different sort.The doors of the Sallisaw State Bank swung open with a resounding bang, signaling the start of the show. Out staggered a pair of thieves, each toting bulging sacks of bills and coins and glinting Colt .45s. The hogtied tellers inside the bank desperately wriggled across the floor to voice their distress, craning their necks and directing their muffled screams toward the open door. One had even managed to squirm out of his gag and was calling out to the crowd across the street for help. Unfortunately, his cries were negated, not by the spectators' own cries of alarm but by thunderous applause, supplemented by whoops, whistles, and a constellation of waving handkerchiefs. Some of those who cleared the path for the robbers' getaway car were supposedly patrons present in the establishment during the stick-up itself.The ringleader, a striking young gentleman with a square jaw, a smoldering squint, and dark hair slicked back with scented pomade, acknowledged his admirers with a quick nod before ducking into t ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Clem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/147406/bk_acx0_147406_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Stagecoaches and Wagons: The History of Overland Transportation Companies and Methods in 19th Century America , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 134min

  “A more uncouth, clumsy machine can scarcely be imagined. In the front is a cabriolet, fixed to the body of the coach, for the accommodation of three passengers, who are protected from the rain above by the projecting roof of the coach and in the front by two heavy curtains of leather, well-oiled and smelling somewhat offensively, fastened to the roof. The inside, which is capacious and lofty, will hold six people in great comfort. It is lined with padded leather and surrounded with little pockets in which travelers deposit their bread, snuff, night caps, and pocket handkerchiefs, which generally enjoy each others' company in the same delicate depository. From the roof is suspended a large net for storing hats, swords, and bandboxes. Upon the roof, on the outside, is the imperial, which is generally occupied by six or seven persons. It is also loaded with a heap of luggage that also occupies the basket and generally presents a pile, half as high as the coach, secured by ropes and chains and tightened by a large iron windlass, constituting another appendage of this moving mass. The body of the carriage rests upon large thongs of leather fastened to heavy blocks of wood instead of springs, and the whole is drawn by seven horses.” (Based on a European tourist’s description of a stagecoach in the early 19th century).By the time the United States came into existence, wagons were a tried-and-true method of transportation. Driven by oxen, horses, or mules, wagons and stagecoaches allowed people to traverse long distances much faster than walking. Although this form of travel remained relatively slow and perilous, the journey was often considered worth the risk. Some saw the potential profits in moving to the frontier, and as the nation expanded, enterprising individuals sought to form companies dedicated to stagecoach travel.In fact, trails would be forged across the country to help spread settlers, and the westward movement of Americans in the 19th centur ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Clem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/156942/bk_acx0_156942_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Children's Handkerchiefs: A Two Hundred Year History

  Children's Handkerchiefs: A Two Hundred Year History: ab 45.49 €

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