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    The End of the Line , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 748min
    It’s the winter of 1884, and five hundred Canadian Pacific Rail workers have halted their push through the Rockies at Holt City, an isolated shantytown in the shadow of the Continental Divide. The men are tired and cold, and patience is as scarce as the rationed food. Then, Deek Penner, a CPR section boss, is brutally murdered at the end of the track. His body is found frozen on the banks of the Bow River. Durrant Wallace, a veteran of the celebrated March West by the North West Mounted Police a decade earlier, is returned to active duty to investigate the murder. Durrant lost his leg in a gun battle with whiskey traders three years previous, and he struggles with being a Mounted Police officer who cannot ride. When Durrant arrives, Holt City is ripe with possible suspects: illegal whiskey smugglers, spies for rival railways, explosives dealers and a mysterious Member of Parliament who insists on getting his meddling fingers into everybody else’s business. Durrant must use his cunning and determination to discover to identify the killer before he finds his next victim and derails the great Canadian national dream in the process. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alan Marriott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/014690/bk_adbl_014690_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Wireless , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 356min
    Skin to skin contact is illegal. Sex? A felony. Insulated suits and gloves keep people from even the most platonic touches. Citizens line up in droves at simhouses for their rationed, prescribed orgasms in virtual reality machines.Keith Borden has worked in a simhouse for years, and he's never been tempted to break the strict no-contact laws...until Aiden Maxwell comes along. The attractive and dangerously flirtatious patient invites him into the seedy underground where people engage in real, wireless sex. Though Keith stands to lose his career and his freedom, he's curious and Aiden is irresistible.From the moment he sets foot in the wireless lounge, Keith is in a world of flesh and fantasy. He's hooked. On the sex, on the atmosphere, and most of all, on Aiden. Years of keeping everyone in his world at arm's length have left Keith craving a human touch, and Aiden offers all the contact - scorching sex, gentle affection, and everything in between - Keith can handle.That is, until an unexpected act of betrayal throws Keith's world into chaos, and he finds himself more alone than he ever imagined possible... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nick J. Russo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/148016/bk_acx0_148016_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Rants Redux , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 67min
    Why are Americans so disinterested in politics? Because we can be. Democracy is voluntary. And our lack of interest hasn't happened overnight. It can be traced directly back to our ever-decreasing attention spans. We need anything politically important rationed out like Pez - small, sweet, and coming out of a funny plastic head. Why has flying in this country, especially boarding the plane, turned into this tedious Bataan death march with American Tourister overnight bags? And when did flight attendants get so cranky? Who do we find ourselves locked in this pointless pas de doo-doo over something called "arts funding?" The federal tab involved here is a lousy 500 million dollars. One-fifth the national budget! Less than the money spent on 1-900 calls from Air Force One. Mothers, immigration, marriage, parenthood, sports, political correctness, and our general attitudes toward each other - all are equally worthy of Dennis Miller's close inspection and ridicule. What's really going on in this country? Ask Dennis Miller. Or don't ask. He'll tell you anyway. Not that he really wants to go off on another rant. Remember, it's only his opinion, he could be wrong. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dennis Miller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bant/000243/bk_bant_000243_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    When She Was Good
    THE GRIPPING SUMMER 2021 RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKA secret room. A silent girl. A shocking truth.Evie Cormac was found at a murder scene six years ago, hiding in a secret room. She has never revealed her real name, why she was in that house, or what she saw.Forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven wants to help the traumatised teenager. He thinks unravelling Evie's secrets will free her from the past.But he has no idea what he's about to unleash . . .__________WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION STEEL DAGGER FOR BEST THRILLER OF 2021'What makes Michael stand out is how he invests suspense with such a strong emotional pull. No one else comes close' Linwood Barclay'Never lets up on the suspense . . . Definitely Robotham's best to date' Globe and Mail'Clever, intriguing and compelling, I loved this book' Rachel Abbott'So good that I rationed my reading as I didn't want to finish it' ***** Reader Review'Tense, immersive and riveting' ***** Reader Review'Keeps your attention in a vice-like grip' ***** Reader ReviewA #1 FICTION BESTSELLER IN AUSTRALIA, AUGUST 2020__________PRAISE FOR MICHAEL ROBOTHAM'S THRILLERS:'An absolute master' Stephen King'Superbly exciting' Guardian'He writes in a voice with a haunting sense of soul' Peter James'Robotham is the real deal' David Baldacci'Heart-stopping and heart-breaking' Val McDermid'Will have you turning the pages compulsively' Times
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    Dream When You're Feeling Blue: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 599min
    New York Times best-selling author Elizabeth Berg takes us to Chicago at the time of World War II in this wonderful story about three sisters, their lively Irish family, and the men they love.As the novel opens, Kitty and Louise Heaney say good-bye to their boyfriends Julian and Michael, who are going to fight overseas. On the domestic front, meat is rationed, children participate in metal drives, and Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller play songs that offer hope and lift spirits. And now the Heaney sisters sit at their kitchen table every evening to write letters: Louise to her fiancé, Kitty to the man she wishes fervently would propose, and Tish to an ever-changing group of men she meets at USO dances. In the letters the sisters send and receive are intimate glimpses of life both on the battlefront and at home. For Kitty, a confident, headstrong young woman, the departure of her boyfriend and the lessons she learns about love, resilience, and war will bring a surprise and a secret, and will lead her to a radical action for those she loves. The lifelong consequences of the choices the Heaney sisters make are at the heart of this superb novel about the power of love and the enduring strength of family. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elizabeth Berg. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/001161/bk_rand_001161_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Agenda 21 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 515min
    Just a generation ago this place was called America. Now, after the worldwide implementation of UN-lead program called Agenda 21, it's simply known as the 'Republic'. There is no president. No congress. No Supreme Court. No freedom. There are only the Authorities. Citizens have two primary goals in the new Republic: to create clean energy and to create new human life. Those who cannot do either are of no use to society. This bleak and barren existence is all that 18-year-old Emmeline has ever known. She dutifully walks her energy board daily and accepts all male pairings assigned to her by the Authorities. Like most citizens, she keeps her head down and her eyes closed. Until the day they came for her mother. Woken up to the harsh reality of her life and her family's future inside the Republic, Emmeline begins to search for the truth. Why are all citizens confined to ubiquitous concrete living spaces? Why are Compounds guarded by Gatekeepers who track all movements? Why are food, water and energy rationed so strictly? And, most important, why are babies taken from their mothers at birth? As Emmeline begins to understand the true objectives of Agenda 21, she realizes that she is up against far more than she ever thought. With the Authorities closing in, and nowhere to run, Emmeline embarks on an audacious plan to save her family and expose the Republic - but is she already too late? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: January LaVoy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/006213/bk_sans_006213_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Cherry Harvest: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 552min
    A powerfully sensuous and gripping debut laced with suspense, The Cherry Harvest reveals a hidden side of World War II's home front, when German POWs are put to work in a Wisconsin farm community...with dark and unexpected consequences. It's the summer of 1944 in Door County, Wisconsin, where even the lush cherry orchards and green lakeside farms can't escape the ravages of war. With food rationed and money scarce, the Christiansen family struggles to hold on. The family's teenage daughter, Kate, raises rabbits to save money for college while her mother, Charlotte, barters what she can to make ends meet. Charlotte's husband, Thomas, strives to keep the orchard going while their son - along with most of the other able-bodied men - is fighting overseas. With the upcoming harvest threatened by the labor shortage, strong-willed Charlotte helps persuade local authorities to allow German war prisoners from a nearby POW camp to pick the fruit. But when Thomas befriends one of the prisoners, a math teacher named Karl, and invites him to tutor Kate, both Charlotte and Kate are swept into a world where love, duty, and honor are not as clear cut as they might have believed. Charlotte and Thomas fail to see that Kate is becoming a young woman with dreams and temptations of her own. And when their beloved son, Ben, returns from the battlefield wounded and bitter, the secrets they've all been keeping threaten to explode their world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Suzanne Toren. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/004550/bk_harp_004550_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Blood Card: The Brighton Mysteries, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 506min
    On the eve of the Queen's coronation, DI Stephens and Max Mephisto uncover an anarchist plot and a ticking bomb at the same time as solving the murder of a man close to them - from the author of the best-selling Dr Ruth Galloway mysteries. Elizabeth II's coronation is looming, but the murder of their wartime commander, Colonel Cartwright, spoils the happy mood for DI Edgar Stephens and magician Max Mephisto. A playbill featuring another deceased comrade is found in Colonel Cartwright's possession, and a playing card, the ace of hearts: the blood card. The wartime connection and the suggestion of magic are enough for him to put Stephens and Mephisto on the case. Edgar's on-going investigation into the death of Brighton fortune-teller Madame Zabini is put on hold. Max is busy rehearsing for a spectacular Coronation Day variety show - and his television debut - so it's Edgar who is sent to New York, a land of plenty, worlds away from still-rationed England. He's on the trail of a small-town mesmerist who may provide the key, but someone else silences him first. It's Edgar's colleague, DS Emma Holmes who finds the clue, buried in the files of the Zabini case, that leads them to an anarchist group intent on providing an explosive finale to Coronation Day. Now it's up to Edgar, Max and Emma to foil the plot and find out who it is who's been dealing the cards.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Luke Thompson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/qpuk/000282/bk_qpuk_000282_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Vanishing: 23rd Century TechNoir Tales, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 73min
    Alexandra Brontay: a pear-shaped imperfect in a sterile, antisocial 23C London. Her world is like the city, an uncomfortable hotchpotch of the wrecked and the wondrous. The remains of iconic buildings sit next to towering dome structures, bastions of hard light that sink a mile underground. Down there the past is bastardised, sanitised, and reimagined for mass consumption via the hyperreal systems in every apartment and workplace. Inter-human contact is minimal and strictly rationed. Sexual relationships are limited to 48 hours. Most choose the path of least resistance and stay locked within the system, worshipping the elite cult-culture of VoQue from the safety of living dome. Something inside Brontay hates what has been imposed upon her from birth to the core and she yearns for escape, only to find the only form of reality exists with her sex-pest colleague Simpkin and their regular visits to the clip joint SoSamantha's out East. One night, same as all others, they go looking for some action. Both are stunned by the auburn vamp Katia Kutz, a celluloid dream poured into a dress quite out of place in this hole. She rebuffs Simpkin and hones in on Brontay, who just can't believe her luck. Brontay wished for adventure, now she gets it as she is bundled into the trunk of a vintage BMW by her 256-year-old seductress. Dr. Kutz is a scientist and she has plans for revolution. She's just found the perfect specimen. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lorna Bryant. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/121064/bk_acx0_121064_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Cataylst: Vampire Apocalypse, Volume 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 422min
    Blood is power. Since the world froze and the humans died off, blood has become scarce. There’s barely enough to sustain the vampire population, even though their masses have dwindled. Many vampires are reduced to the measly few drops of blood rationed to them by the Regent, which is enough to keep them alive, barely. It’s survival; an undesirable existence. Before the world froze, before the humans slaughtered each other in their wars, blood was ample and rich. The odds of feeding from an infected human, one with weakened blood, was rare, but now it is normal. Every human within the palace walls is anemic. Though they tried, the Regent was not able to curb the severity of the disease. Their humans became sickly, growing weaker and weaker until they were so fragile that a single scrape could kill them. The weakened blood means an unstable source of food, but there have been other repercussions - things no one saw coming. As time passed, fangs retreated, reflections appeared, and light was no longer destructive. Vampires can now walk in the full sunlight without turning to ash. Too many generations have passed. Many vampires cannot remember a time when blood flowed richly, when vampires did not have to abstain and endure a slow starvation. One human can change everything. One human can restore the old ways and return vampires to their former glory - Kahli - but the girl escaped. Blood is power, and the vampire who finds Kahli first will have all the power. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: B. J. Harrison. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/018278/bk_acx0_018278_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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