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    Piper in the Night , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 397min
    Dennis Short thought his tour of duty was over...but now he has stepped into another war. Short, a Navy medical corpsman stationed in Hawaii after his ordeal in Vietnam, is looking forward to his two-week excursion to the island of Kahoolawe. He’s there as the medic for a team of forward observers whose job is to coordinate the bombing, strafing, and shelling of the island’s massive target ranges. All he expects to do besides watching the fireworks is work on his tan and get in a little fishing and hunting on an exclusive, untamed preserve. But from the first day, he is plagued by an oppressive sense that he is being manipulated. Each night he slips into a dreamlike world of half-human mythical creatures who tempt him, frighten him, force him to become part of their battles with one another. He thought Vietnam was the way to hell. But a new portal is opening wide for him on a supposed island paradise. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Pruden. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/024230/bk_adbl_024230_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Shell Collector , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 485min
    The ocean is dying. The sea is growing warmer and is gradually rising. Seashells have become so rare that collecting them is now a national obsession. Flawless specimens sell like priceless works of art. Families hunt the tideline in the dark of night with flashlights. Crowds gather on beaches at the lowest of tides, hoping to get lucky. Supreme among these collectors is Ness Wilde, CEO of Ocean Oil. Ness owns many of the best beaches, and he keeps them to himself. It's his fault the world turned out this way. And I aim to destroy him. My name is Maya Walsh. You might be familiar with my shelling column in the Times. I was working on a series of pieces about Mr. Wilde, when out of the blue, he called. He says he wants to talk. But I don't think he's going to like what I have to say. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Samara Naeymi. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/029051/bk_acx0_029051_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Book Collectors of Daraya
    'This is an urgent and compelling account of great bravery and passion. Delphine Minoui has crafted a book that champions books and the individuals who risk everything to preserve them.' Susan Orlean, author of The Library Book In 2012 the rebel suburb of Daraya in Damascus was brutally besieged by Syrian government forces. Four years of suffering ensued, punctuated by shelling, barrel bombs and chemical gas attacks. People's homes were destroyed and their food supplies cut off; disease was rife. Yet in this man-made hell, forty young Syrian revolutionaries embarked on an extraordinary project, rescuing all the books they could find in the bombed-out ruins of their home town. They used them to create a secret library, in a safe place, deep underground. It became their school, their university, their refuge. It was a place to learn, to exchange ideas, to dream and to hope. Based on lengthy interviews with these young men, conducted over Skype by the award-winning French journalist Delphine Minoui, The Book Collectors of Daraya is a powerful testament to freedom, tolerance and the power of literature.Translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud.
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    11 Simple Steps: To Writing, Designing, Self-Publishing, & Marketing Your Very First Book , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 126min
    For those of you who've always dreamed of writing a book but didn't know where to start, you've found the easiest method to take that book from dream to reality. From brainstorming to writing to production, publishing and promotion, 11 Simple Steps can help you become a full-fledged author, all without shelling out thousands of dollars. In 11 Simple Steps, the publishing process has been broken down into easy-to-understand-and-accomplish chunks that will help you complete a variety of tasks, including overcoming writer's block, finishing that book and cover and choosing the right printing company for you. You will also learn about creating multiple forms of digital book versions, building a website, getting booked on radio programs, finding book reviewers to promote your book for you, and innovative ways to turn one book into a full product line for multiple streams of income - all without driving you crazy. The 11 steps are simpler that you'd think. Quit dreaming about becoming an author and become one! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Lawson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/021437/bk_acx0_021437_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1460min
    The Prime Ministers is the first and only insider account of Israeli politics from the founding of the Jewish State to the near-present day. It reveals stunning details of life-and-death decision-making, top-secret military operations and high level peace negotiations. The Prime Ministers brings listeners into the orbits of world figures, including Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Rabin, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Yasser Arafat, Margaret Thatcher, Princess Diana and the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Written in a captivating literary style by a political adviser, speechwriter and diplomat, The Prime Ministers is an enthralling political memoir, and a precisely crafted prism through which to view current Middle East affairs. The Prime Ministers presents first-hand accounts of major historical events, including: Menachem Begin's decision to bomb Saddam Hussein's nuclear reactor Yitzhak Rabin's handling of the Entebbe rescue mission The Egypt-Israel peace process The shelling of the Irgun arms ship, the Altalena Deir Yessin It offers keen observations of key personalities, and unforgettable descriptions of political rivalries, diplomatic blunders, White House and Buckingham Palace banquets and more, to bring Israel's history to life in a way no book has done before. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Derek Perkins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/012589/bk_adbl_012589_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The War Nurses: A Moving Wartime Romance Saga Full of Heart: The War Nurses Series , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 653min
    You will love every moment of this absolutely brilliant wartime saga, perfect for fans of Diney Costeloe, Soraya M. Lane, and Nadine Dorries.  As war takes its toll, the love and care of two brave young nurses become everything to the wounded soldiers they tend...  1914. Two plucky young nurses pledge to help the war effort: Mairi, a wholesome idealist hoping to leave behind her past and Elsie, a glamorous single mother with a weakness for handsome soldiers. Despite their differences, the pair become firm friends.   At the emergency medical shelter where they're based, Elsie and Mairi work around the clock to treat wounded soldiers. It's heart-breaking work and they are at constant risk from shelling, fire, and disease. Occasionally there are happier times...parties, trips, and letters. And maybe even the possibility of love with an attractive officer in their care... But as the war continues and the stress of duty threatens to pull the two women apart, will Elsie and Mairi's special nurses' bond be strong enough to see them through?   Based on a true story, Mairi and Elsie's devotion and bravery will make you smile and cry. You won't want to put it down! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marian Hussey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/113743/bk_acx0_113743_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Courage: Roy Blanchard's Journey in America's Forgotten War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 276min
    In May of 1918, 19-year-old Roy Blanchard marched toward the sound of artillery with the American 126th Infantry Regiment on a narrow French road thousands of miles from his home in Grand Rapids, Michigan. World War I had been raging for nearly four years, sending millions of young men to an early grave. America's inexperienced "Doughboys", including Roy, were marching toward the Western Front, determined to help their allies hold the line against the coming waves of German soldiers. The artillery crashed louder around them as they approached the front. As Roy heard the deafening explosions, he wondered if he would have the courage to face a machine gun nest, suffer through hours of shelling, or charge "over the top". World War I is difficult to grasp for many Americans. Most WWI soldiers didn't keep a diary, and few spoke of what they saw and experienced. Through Courage, listeners will understand what pulled the world into this devastating conflict, see why the United States came out of isolation to side with the Allies, and gain a personal look into the lives of WWI fighters. Through the eyes of Roy Blanchard, listeners will see, hear, and feel what it was like to bravely face the terror of the First World War. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul T. Dean. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/010293/bk_blak_010293_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Poppy Girls , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 757min
    The Poppy Girls is the first title in The Maitland Trilogy, by best-selling author Margaret Dickinson. Even amidst the horror of the trenches, friendship will survive. Thwarted in her desire to become a doctor like her brother, Robert, Pips Maitland rebels against her mother's wishes that she settle down and raise children. However, when Robert brings home a friend from medical school, Giles Kendall, it seems perhaps Pips might fall in love with an acceptable suitor after all. But the year is 1914, and the future is uncertain. Hearing that her father's friend, Dr John Hazelwood, is forming a flying ambulance corps to take to the front lines, Pips is determined to become one of its nurses and asks Alice Dawson, her maid, to go with her. Robert and Giles offer their services as doctors, and Alice's brother William joins them as a stretcher bearer. Nothing could have prepared them for the horrific sights they encounter. Moving their unit close to the fighting to offer first aid as quickly as possible puts them all in constant danger. But even amidst the barrage of shelling and gunfire and the unending stream of injured being brought to their post, the love between Pips and Giles survives and blossoms just like the poppies of Flanders fields. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kate Rawson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/macm/001244/bk_macm_001244_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    You Can Be the Last Leaf (eBook, ePUB)
    Translated from the Arabic and introduced by Fady Joudah, You Can Be the Last Leaf draws on two decades of work to present the transcendent and timely US debut of Palestinian poet Maya Abu Al-Hayyat. 

Art. Garlic. Taxis. Sleepy soldiers at checkpoints. The smell of trash on a winter street, before "our wild rosebush, neglected / by the gate, / blooms.” Lovers who don't return, the possibility that you yourself might not return. Making beds. Cleaning up vomit. Reading recipes. In You Can Be the Last Leaf, these are the ordinary and profound—sometimes tragic, sometimes dreamy, sometimes almost frivolous—moments of life under Israeli occupation. 

Here, private and public domains are inseparable. Desire, loss, and violence permeate the walls of the home, the borders of the mind. And yet that mind is full of its own fierce and funny voice, its own preoccupations and strangenesses. "It matters to me,” writes Abu Al-Hayyat, "what you're thinking now / as you coerce your kids to sleep / in the middle of shelling”: whether it's coming up with "plans / to solve the world's problems,” plans that "eliminate longing from stories, remove exhaustion from groans,” or dreaming "of a war / that's got no war in it,” or proclaiming that "I don't believe in survival.” 

In You Can Be the Last Leaf, Abu Al-Hayyat has created a richly textured portrait of Palestinian interiority—at once wry and romantic, worried and tenacious, and always singing itself.
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    Free PR: How to Get Chased by the Press Without Hiring a PR Firm , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 246min
    Public relations has always been an essential part of doing business which is probably why you're shelling out big money to an outside PR firm. But the truth is that you don't need them. You already have all the necessary tools in-house to do as good a job as the so-called experts.Cameron Herold and Adrian Salamunovic have taught thousands of company execs how to exploit free media coverage and ditch these expensive, often ineffective outsiders.Cameron and Adrian have also built in-house PR teams, spent decades learning how to generate Free PR and how to leverage public relations to complement their sales and marketing strategy.In Free PR, you'll learn how the media world operates while you gain invaluable insider knowledge and actionable advice on how to:Build your own in-house PR teamProvide effective interviewsScore great media coverage for free with just a few easy stepsLanding public relations coverage for yourself and your company is a powerful tool to help elevate your personal brand. PR is easier to generate than marketing, PR is easier to leverage than marketing, and PR is more cost effective than marketing. In other words, public relations is more critical than ever in growing your brand and your business.You've got more passion, commitment, a larger stake, and a deeper understanding of your business than any outside PR firm could ever have. So stop wasting money and take the reins yourself. Learn the secrets to landing tons of Free PR for your company. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David de Vries. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/149115/bk_acx0_149115_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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