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A Ghost of a Chance: A Viola Valentine Mystery, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 497min

They say there are blessings from Hurricane Katrina. For Viola Valentine of New Orleans, it was losing her dead-end job and leaving behind a loveless marriage and an overbearing family. But the storm also blew open a psychic door. Now, she sees ghosts who have died by water. As she enters her new career as travel writer, solving mysteries that appear with apparitions everywhere she goes, the one person she hopes to speak to - her daughter who died of leukemia years before - continues to elude her. Or does she?Audiobook details:Contemporary paranormal mystery Audiobook one of the Viola Valentine Mystery seriesR-rated content: light sexualitySet in Louisiana and the Deep SouthOther works by Cherie Claire:Viola Valentine Mystery Series:A Ghost of a ChanceGhost TownTrace of a GhostThe Cajun Series:EmilieRoseGabrielleDelphineA Cajun DreamThe LetterThe Cajun EmbassyTicket to ParadiseDamn YankeesGone PecanThis project is supported in part by ArtSpark, an individual artist stipend supported by the Lafayette Economic Development Authority and administered by the Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, Louisiana. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christee Gabour Atwood. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/137439/bk_acx0_137439_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 377min

Anthony Doerr has received many awards - from the New York Public Library, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the American Library Association. Then came the Rome Prize, one of the most prestigious awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and with it a stipend and a writing studio in Rome for a year. Doerr learned of the award the day he and his wife returned from the hospital with newborn twins. Exquisitely observed, Four Seasons in Rome describes Doerr's varied adventures in one of the most enchanting cities in the world. He reads Pliny, Dante, and Keats - the chroniclers of Rome who came before him - and visits the piazzas, temples, and ancient cisterns they describe. He attends the vigil of a dying Pope John Paul II and takes his twins to the Pantheon in December to wait for snow to fall through the oculus. He and his family are embraced by the butchers, grocers, and bakers of the neighborhood, whose clamor of stories and idiosyncratic child-rearing advice is as compelling as the city itself. This intimate and revelatory book is a celebration of Rome, a wondrous look at new parenthood, and a fascinating story of a writer's craft - the process by which he transforms what he sees and experiences into sentences. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anthony Doerr. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/007172/bk_sans_007172_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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To Please the Billionaire: An Erotic Tale of Male Domination & Female Submission , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 52min, (USK 18)

She did everything for others. Annie Hill was never appreciated by boys. She worked 40 hours a week to put herself through school and then 60 hours to pay for her little brother. She was independent, self-reliant, and didn't need anyone, especially a man...or so she thought. He wants to do everything for her. Lonely and tired, Annie is approached by an elegantly dressed gentleman, Jarvis. His wealthy employer wants to hire her as a dinner companion in exchange for a penthouse apartment, a generous salary and a five-figure monthly wardrobe stipend. It's an opportunity Annie can't pass up and only after living like a princess for three months does she meet her handsome benefactor. Staring into his eyes as the nighttime cityscape lights twinkled behind him, everything seems perfect. But there's a catch Annie, who was promised that sex wouldn't be required, learns how hard it is to resist the will of a powerful, dominant man who has changed her life. And fighting her lusts every step of the way, her benefactor offers her everything she could ever desire in exchange for only one thing; her acceptance of what he has wrapped in a small silver box. Nervously unwrapping the unassuming package, what she finds within leads her into a world of unimaginable sexual pleasures, changing her life forever. Please note that this story contains erotic and sexual situations tastefully written for mature readers only. Author website: www.AlexAndersBooks.com. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alex Anders. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/001899/bk_acx0_001899_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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When the Thrill Is Gone , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 498min

Leonid McGill is back, in the third-and most enthralling and ambitious-installment in Walter Mosley's latest New York Times best-selling series. The economy has hit the private-investigator business hard, even for the detective designated as "a more than worthy successor to Philip Marlowe" (The Boston Globe) and "the perfect heir to Easy Rawlins" (Toronto Globe and Mail). Lately, Leonid McGill is getting job offers only from the criminals he's worked so hard to leave behind. Meanwhile, his life grows ever more complicated: his favorite stepson, Twill, drops out of school for mysteriously lucrative pursuits; his best friend, Gordo, is diagnosed with cancer and is living on Leonid's couch; his wife takes a new lover, infuriating the old one and endangering the McGill family; and Leonid's girlfriend, Aura, is back but intent on some serious conversations.... So how can he say no to the beautiful young woman who walks into his office with a stack of cash? She's an artist, she tells him, who's escaped from poverty via marriage to a rich collector who keeps her on a stipend. But she says she fears for her life, and needs Leonid's help. Though Leonid knows better than to believe every word, this isn't a job he can afford to turn away, even as he senses that - if his family's misadventures don't kill him first - sorting out the woman's crooked tale will bring him straight to death's door. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mirron Willis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/001669/bk_peng_001669_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Letter: The Cajun Series, Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 238min

Orphaned and alone in antebellum New Orleans, Fiona Riley promises a dying friend she will raise the woman's child as her own. But without a job and a roof over their heads, Fiona fears for their lives. When a letter arrives announcing that relatives in a bayou town are searching for their long-lost cousin, Fiona finds the answer to her prayers, even if it means deceiving others to survive. Emile Dugas knew she was lying the moment he set eyes on Fiona Riley, an Irish immigrant trying to pose as his distant Cajun cousin. But how could he resist the entreating blues eyes of the angel baby she held in her arms or the fact that a larger force was at work in bringing them together?Audiobook details:Historical American romance, set in LouisianaAudiobook six of Cherie’s the Cajun seriesA full-length novelR-rated content: steamy love scenes!Originally published by Kensington Publishing Co. The Cajuns series follows a family of Acadians (Cajuns) who travel to South Louisiana and start anew after being exiled from their Nova Scotia home. The first three audiobooks follow the Gallant sisters as they attempt to reunite with their father in the wilds of Louisiana, and Delphine (audiobook four) takes place during Louisiana's role in the American Revolution. The Dugas family saga continues with A Cajun Dream (audiobook five) and The Letter (audiobook six). This project is supported in part by ArtSpark, an individual artist stipend supported by the Lafayette Economic Development Authority and administered by the Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, Louisiana. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michelle Marie. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/136258/bk_acx0_136258_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Junrig: Mate the Stars, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 253min

Thirty-two, a single mom, and her world crashing down around her....Melissa's 32nd birthday was a train wreck of a day only made worse when she ran out of gas. Not only did she have to go into work, but after coming in late once too often, she finds herself fired. Following her supervisor's suggestion that she look into taking some courses to gain a job qualification that might work better around her children's schedules, she's surprised when the financial aid officer suggests she go apply for the Bride Program grant. After seeing the stipend offered and armed with the knowledge that there is only the remotest of possibilities that she'd turn out to be someone's perfect match, she decides to take a chance....Junrig joined the Bride Fleet not to find a bride, but to help make life easier for those who did. He knows he's more at home with starship environmental systems than people, and that's okay. His assignment to the flagship of the Bride Fleet means he'd be among the last entered into the matching program anyway, and only then once more of the warriors and support staff on the other ships have mated. The day he is alerted to his match, he's astounded. Is it all a mistake, or is their melded family's happiness truly written in the stars? Junrig is the second book in the Mate the Stars series, but can be read as a stand-alone. It is 37,886 words of unabashedly romantic love, with a HEA. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Audrey Lusk. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/133706/bk_acx0_133706_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Our Man in the Dark: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 660min

A stunning debut historical noir novel about a worker in the civil rights movement who became an informant for the FBI during the months leading up to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Feeling underappreciated and overlooked, John Estem, a bookkeeper for Dr. King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), steals ten thousand dollars from the organization. Originally planning to use the money to seed a new civil rights initiative in Chicago, he squanders the stolen funds. To the bookkeeper's dismay, the FBI has been keeping close tabs on Dr. King and his fellow activists - including Estem - for years. FBI agents tell Estem that it is his duty, as an American and as a civil rights supporter, to protect the SCLC from communist infiltration. The FBI offers Estem a stipend, but in case he has any thoughts about refusing the assignment, they also warn him that they know about the stolen money. Playing informant empowers Estem, but he soon learns that his job is not simply to relay information on the organization. Once the FBI discovers evidence of King's sexual infidelities, they set out to confirm the facts to undermine King's credibility as a moral leader and bring down the movement. This timely novel comes in light of recent revelations that government informants had infiltrated numerous black movement organizations. With historical facts at the core of Our Man in the Dark, Harrison uses real life as a great inspiration for his drama-filled art. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: J. D. Jackson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/025013/bk_adbl_025013_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 431min

New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceShort-listed for the 2018 FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardA brilliantly reported, global look at universal basic income - a stipend given to every citizen - and why it might be necessary in an age of rising inequality, persistent poverty, and dazzling technology.Imagine if every month the government deposited $1,000 into your bank account, with nothing expected in return. It sounds crazy. But it has become one of the most influential and hotly debated policy ideas of our time. Futurists, radicals, libertarians, socialists, union representatives, feminists, conservatives, Bernie supporters, development economists, childcare workers, welfare recipients, and politicians from India to Finland to Canada to Mexico - all are talking about UBI.In this sparkling and provocative book, economics writer Annie Lowrey examines the UBI movement from many angles. She travels to Kenya to see how a UBI is lifting the poorest people on earth out of destitution, India to see how inefficient government programs are failing the poor, South Korea to interrogate UBI’s intellectual pedigree, and Silicon Valley to meet the tech titans financing UBI pilots in expectation of a world with advanced artificial intelligence and little need for human labor.Lowrey explores the potential of such a sweeping policy and the challenges the movement faces, among them contradictory aims, uncomfortable costs, and, most powerfully, the entrenched belief that no one should get something for nothing. In the end, she shows how this arcane policy has the potential to solve some of our most intractable economic problems while offering a new vision of citizenship and a firmer foundation for our society in this age of turbulence and marvels. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Lowrey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/006172/bk_rand_006172_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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A Punishment Marriage , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 235min

Lily James knows what she wants in a husband, and it isn't some alpha male who will expect her to do as she is told. Unfortunately for her, on the planet Meliora, matches are not made based on the whims of 18-year-old girls, but by a sophisticated computer program with access to data that allows it to know a woman's true needs even when she doesn't know them herself. Determined to make her own match, Lily attempts to hack the computer's database, but when her actions are discovered, she is given a harsh sentence: a punishment marriage. A man will still be chosen for her, but only after a thorough, intimate examination to properly evaluate her long-hidden need to be dominated. To make matters worse for Lily, once the match is made, her new husband will have full authority to take her in hand and chastise her in any way he sees fit. Commander Eric Burton never thought he would marry again after his wife's death, but when he is offered the chance to tame a wayward bride and earn a large stipend from the government at the same time, he can't pass up the opportunity. Though it is immediately obvious that Lily will require firm and consistent discipline, the beautiful, feisty girl quickly claims a place in his heart. As Eric sets out to show her just how much pleasure is possible when she yields to his mastery of her body, can Lily bring herself to accept that surrendering to a man like him is no punishment? Publisher's Note: A Punishment Marriage is an erotic romance novel that includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this audiobook. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Patrick Blackthorne. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/089674/bk_acx0_089674_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Battle of Shiroyama: The History and Legacy of the Samurai’s Last Stand in Japan , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 86min

On September 25, 1877, on a rain-soaked, muddy field in Kagoshima, Japan, a small group of proud samurai warrior rebels prepared for one last stand. It was early morning, six a.m., and the remaining 40 samurai warriors still capable of fighting prepared themselves for the glory of death on the battlefield. They had been shelled by powerful artillery guns and naval cannons relentlessly through the night, and the rebels had no real shelter or protection. Instead, they cowered like rats in small, rain-filled mud holes, showered by a torrent of steel shells and shrapnel.For seven months, the samurai rebels had fought a losing battle against the army of Emperor Meiji, the new ruler of Japan’s central government. It was a modern army, filled with conscripts, armed with rifles, and trained in European tactics. The samurai rebels were also armed with rifles, but months of fighting had stripped them of ammunition. They still possessed their distinctive personal weapons - their katana swords - and they intended to use them, one last time.Despite the overwhelming firepower and numbers advantage wielded by the central government, the rebels led by Saigō Takamori, a samurai warrior and proud defender of the samurai tradition, remained stoic in their final moments. By early morning, the last capable samurai drew their swords and launched a final suicidal charge into the rapidly firing rifles of 30,000 conscript troops, members of Japan’s modern imperial army. It would be the samurai’s last stand.Lionized in the Tom Cruise film The Last Samurai, the Battle of Shiroyama was the dying gasp of feudal Japan. For centuries, the Japanese warrior caste, known as the samurai, had held positions of high prestige and privilege in Japan. Paid a stipend and holding both military and civil positions, the samurai were a proud group that looked down upon Japan’s commoners and merchants. They served the Tokugawa shogunate - a military dictatorship that ascen ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Hare. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/179503/bk_acx0_179503_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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