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    First Light: Heartsville, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 431min
    Two years after the death of his wife, Aubrey Hendricks is still weighed down by grief. He can’t focus on anything beyond working at the family farm, First Light. At the urging of a friend, he takes a step toward resuming a normal life and reopens the bakery his wife once ran. He places a help-wanted ad in the local paper, and to his surprise, an applicant shows up the next day. When Oliver Hansen gets a second chance at life, he grasps it with both hands. Leaving his stressful life in New York, he plans to enjoy the simpler things. Driving to Heartsville in the Pocono Mountains to thank his heart donor’s widower is a top priority. But the brusque man with the melancholy eyes strikes a chord in Oliver. So when Aubrey mistakenly believes he’s there to apply for the bakery job…Oliver takes him up on the offer. As Oliver busies himself with the grand reopening, he and Aubrey establish a tentative friendship, which soon shifts to blazing attraction. Oliver falls hard for him, yet he can’t help but wonder if Aubrey’s feelings are an attempt to maintain a connection to the wife he’s still mourning. And Aubrey is unsure if Oliver will tire of the slow pace in Heartsville and go running back to the city he loves. The two must successfully navigate the stormy waters of grief, doubt, and their very different lifestyles, or they risk losing both their hearts - again.*Please note: this is in the same world as our mmm, Last Call, except first light is mm and a complete stand-alone. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kale Williams, Michael Pauley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/149669/bk_acx0_149669_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Control of Candy Jones , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 610min
    Candy Jones was the stage name of Jessica Wilcox (b. 1921) who became famous as a model and "pinup girl" in the early 1940s. Her story seems too bizarre to be true. One of America's most famous models, brainwashed by the CIA? Yes, it is another example of truth being stranger than fiction. The story begins with Candy's wedding to Long John Nebel, New York's most successful radio talk-show host. During the wedding, and regularly thereafter, Candy's personality would seem to shift. She would suddenly change from her affable, self-effacing self to a brusque, aggressive "stranger". For the first few months of the marriage, these shifts were infrequent enough that Nebel didn't worry much about it, but as time went on, they got worse.Nebel began trying to relax his wife by hypnotizing her. Although Candy insisted that she couldn't be hypnotized, she slipped easily into a relaxed state and then into a healthy, deep sleep. But during the third session, with no suggestion from Nebel, Candy spontaneously regressed to a young age. After that, Nebel began to record their sessions.The result of these sessions was that Nebel discovered his wife had been brainwashed into have a second identity, "Arlene", whom a CIA doctor had used to carry messages all over the world. Eventually, Candy was tortured at CIA headquarters, so that her doctor could display her "successful" programming.The Control of Candy Jones sent shockwaves through the corridors of power when it was first published in 1976. After reportedly being suppressed by the CIA, it became an instant classic and remains so today. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Mills. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/123038/bk_acx0_123038_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Against Her Will: The Abduction of Kat Bloom , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 363min, (USK 18)
    Kat Bloom is still clinging to the St. Andrews Cross, recovering from a heavy S&M scene, when she is suddenly abducted from the dungeon and taken to a remote location where she finds herself blindfolded, bound, gagged, and caged. Her captor, Perry Livingston, will make her his slave. This is not the first time the rogue Master has abducted a female sub - although he intends for Kat to be his last conquest. While Kat's on her way to permanent slavery, her roommate, the 23-year-old submissive Meredith Shaw, calls her boss, Police Captain Alain Danvers, to investigate Kat's disappearance. When he shows up at the dungeon, it's obvious to Meri that Alain is no stranger to the D/s world. Although his brusque personality scares the naive Meri, the authoritarian captain is exactly the kind of man this needy sub has been looking for to straighten out her life. While Kat Bloom suffers strict discipline and brutal punishment, as she's systematically trained to serve Perry Livingston's capricious needs, roommate Meri suddenly finds herself at the beck and call of a master who knows how to push every button and make every fantasy come true. Though Alain has resisted returning to the bdsm world he once gave up, the incompetent, though very beautiful, police clerk has ignited desires he can no longer squelch. This stirring D/s novel weaves together the story of two very different submissive females. But while both are driven by forces they can neither explain or resist, Kat fights her captor at every turn, vowing not to fall under his charismatic spell as she waits for rescue; meanwhile, Meri longs to be totally controlled by Alain Danvers until his lusty domination consumes her. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: William Reid. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/marz/000006/bk_marz_000006_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Good Left Undone (eBook, ePUB)
    From Adriana Trigiani, "a master of visual and palpable detail" (The Washington Post), comes a lush, immersive novel about a hardworking family of Tuscan artisans with long-held secrets. Matelda, the Cabrelli family's matriarch, has always been brusque and opinionated. Now, as she faces the end of her life, she is determined to leave no stone unturned, including her own mother's revelation about her two great loves: her childhood friend, Silvio, and proud Scottish sea captain John Lawrie McVicars, the father Matelda never knew…. In the halcyon days of the past, Domenica Cabrelli thrives in the coastal town of Viareggio until the day her beloved home becomes unsafe as Italy teeters on the brink of World War II. As her journey takes her from the rocky shores of Marseille to the mystical beauty of Scotland to the dangers of wartime Liverpool-where Italian Scots were imprisoned without cause-Domenica experiences love, loss, and grief as she longs for home. A hundred years later, her daughter, Matelda, and her great-granddaughter, Anina, face the same big questions about life and their family's legacy as Matelda contemplates what is worth fighting for, and when to let go. The Cabrellis have survived so much, and it is only through the transformative power of love that they can hope to truly heal. But Matelda is running out of time, and the two timelines intersect and crash together in unexpected and heartbreaking ways that lead the family to redemption. Epic in scope and resplendent with the glorious themes of identity and belonging, The Good Left Undone unfolds in breathtaking detail. Based on a meticulously researched true story, it is Adriana Trigiani's opus, a worthy successor to The Shoemaker's Wife.
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    The Good Left Undone
    From Adriana Trigiani, "a master of visual and palpable detail" (The Washington Post) comes a lush, immersive novel about a hardworking family of Tuscan artisans with long-held secrets. Matelda, the Cabrelli family's matriarch, has always been brusque and opinionated. Now, as she faces the end of her life, she is determined to leave no stone unturned, including her own mother's revelation about her two great loves-her childhood friend, Silvio, and proud Scottish sea captain John Lawrie McVicars, the father Matelda never knew…. In the halcyon days of the past, Domenica Cabrelli thrives in the coastal town of Viareggio until the day her beloved home becomes unsafe as Italy teeters on the brink of World War II. As her journey takes her from the rocky shores of Marseille to the mystical beauty of Scotland to the dangers of wartime Liverpool-where Italian Scots were imprisoned without cause-Domenica experiences love, loss, and grief as she longs for home. A hundred years later, her daughter Matelda, and her great-granddaughter, Anina, face the same big questions about life and their family's legacy as Matelda contemplates what is worth fighting for, and when to let go. The Cabrellis have survived so much, and it is only through the transformative power of love that they can hope to truly heal. But Matelda is running out of time, and the two timelines intersect and crash together in unexpected and heartbreaking ways that lead the family to redemption. Epic in scope and resplendent with the glorious themes of identity and belonging, The Good Left Undone unfolds in breathtaking detail. Based on a meticulously researched true story, it is Adriana Trigiani's opus, a worthy successor to The Shoemaker's Wife.
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    Unmarriageable: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 652min
    This inventive retelling of Pride and Prejudice charms. (People)Alys Binat has sworn never to marry - until an encounter with one Mr. Darsee at a wedding makes her reconsider. A scandal and vicious rumor concerning the Binat family have destroyed their fortune and prospects for desirable marriages, but Alys, the second and most practical of the five Binat daughters, has found happiness teaching English literature to schoolgirls. Knowing that many of her students won’t make it to graduation before dropping out to marry and have children, Alys teaches them about Jane Austen and her other literary heroes and hopes to inspire the girls to dream of more. When an invitation arrives to the biggest wedding their small town has seen in years, Mrs. Binat, certain that their luck is about to change, excitedly sets to work preparing her daughters to fish for rich, eligible bachelors. On the first night of the festivities, Alys’ lovely older sister, Jena, catches the eye of Fahad “Bungles” Bingla, the wildly successful - and single - entrepreneur. But Bungles’ friend Valentine Darsee is clearly unimpressed by the Binat family. Alys accidentally overhears his unflattering assessment of her and quickly dismisses him and his snobbish ways. As the days of lavish wedding parties unfold, the Binats wait breathlessly to see if Jena will land a proposal - and Alys begins to realize that Darsee’s brusque manner may be hiding a very different man from the one she saw at first glance.Told with wry wit and colorful prose, Unmarriageable is a charming update on Jane Austen’s beloved novel and an exhilarating exploration of love, marriage, class, and sisterhood.Praise for Unmarriageable:“Thoroughly charming.” (New York Post)“[A] funny, sometimes romantic, often thought-provoking glimpse into Pakistani culture, one which adroitly illustrates the double standards women ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Soniah Kamal. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/006522/bk_rand_006522_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Louder Than Words: The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 481min
    Whether it’s brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning - a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your vocal cords to make your innermost thoughts pop up in someone else’s mind. You can use it to talk about all sorts of things - from your new labradoodle puppy to the expansive gardens at Versailles, from Roger Federer’s backhand to things that don’t exist at all, like flying pigs. And when you talk, your listener fills in lots of details you didn’t mention - the curliness of the dog’s fur or the vast statuary on the grounds of the French palace. What’s the trick behind this magic? How does meaning work? In Louder than Words, cognitive scientist Benjamin Bergen draws together a decade’s worth of research in psychology, linguistics, and neuroscience to offer a new theory of how our minds make meaning. When we hear words and sentences, Bergen contends, we engage the parts of our brain that we use for perception and action, repurposing these evolutionarily older networks to create simulations in our minds. These embodied simulations, as they're called, are what makes it possible for us to become better baseball players by merely visualizing a well-executed swing; what allows us to remember which cupboard the diapers are in without looking, and what makes it so hard to talk on a cell phone while we’re driving on the highway. Meaning is more than just knowing definitions of words, as others have previously argued. In understanding language, our brains engage in a creative process of constructing rich mental worlds in which we see, hear, feel, and act. Through whimsical examples and ingenious experiments, Bergen leads us on a virtual tour of the new science of embodied cognition. A brilliant account of our human capacity to understand language, Louder than Words will profoundly change how you read, speak, and listen. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Benjamin K. Bergen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/001182/bk_gdan_001182_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Turn of Mind , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 585min
    My name is Dr. Jennifer White. I am 64 years old. I have dementia. My son, Mark, is 29. My daughter, Fiona, 24. A caregiver, Magdalena, lives with me. Alice LaPlante’s Turn of Mind is a spellbinding novel about the disintegration of a strong woman’s mind and the unhinging of her family. Dr. Jennifer White, recently widowed and a newly retired orthopedic surgeon, is entering the beginning stages of dementia — where the impossibility of recognizing reality can be both a blessing and a curse. As the story opens, Jennifer’s life-long friend and neighbor, Amanda, has been killed, and four fingers surgically removed. Dr. White is the prime suspect in the murder and she herself doesn’t know if she did it or not. Narrated in her voice, fractured and eloquent, a picture emerges of the surprisingly intimate, complex alliance between this pair — two proud, forceful women who were at times each other’s most formidable adversaries. The women’s 30-year friendship deeply entangled their families, and as the narrative unfolds we see that things were not always as they seemed. Jennifer’s deceased husband, James, is clearly not the scion he was thought to be. Her two grown children — Mark, a lawyer, and Fiona, a professor, who now have power over their mother’s medical and financial decisions respectively — have agendas of their own. And Magdalena, her brusque live-in caretaker, has a past she hides. As the investigation intensifies, a chilling question persists: is Dr. Jennifer White’s shattered memory preventing her from revealing the truth or helping her to hide it? Told through the voice of a woman with a powerful intellect that is maddeningly slipping away, Turn of Mind is not only a suspenseful psychological thriller that pulses with intensity but also a brilliant portrayal of the fragility of consciousness and memory, and of a mind finally turning on itself. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jean Reed Bahle. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/003036/bk_brll_003036_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Brotherhood Series Boxset: Books 1-3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1082min
    Regency Vampire Romance Lost to the Night An earl with a terrifying secret ... Alexander Cole was a man ruled by his voracious appetite for carnal pleasures until a golden-haired devil in the guise of a goddess lures him into an encounter that costs him his humanity. With nothing left but bitterness in his heart, he locks himself away in his dilapidated Elizabethan mansion and chains the gates to all intruders.  A lady hoping to prove love conquers all ... When her aunt suffers an injury in a carriage accident, Evelyn Bromwell rushes through the forest in search of help. Drawn to the mysterious old mansion, she is left aghast to find such a frosty reception. Yet despite the earl's rude and brusque manner, Evelyn is eager to discover the reason behind his austere façade.  Slave to the Night Viscount Markham has one rule - never bed the same woman twice. But all rules are made to be broken. When Grace Denton decides to visit her sister in London, she is shocked to find the paid companion has a new profession and now earns her living as a courtesan. But when her sibling disappears after an evening out, Grace is forced to masquerade as the much sought after paramour in a bid to solve the mystery. Using information from her sister's secret diary, Grace begins her search with the arrogant Lord Markham, convinced he was the last person to see her alive.  Abandoned to the Night A gentleman with a hunger for revenge ... Leo Devlin, Marquess of Hartford, spends his days hiding from the sun as a result of his terrible affliction. At night, he wanders the ballrooms of the ton in pursuit of pleasure - in search of anything to numb the memory of the terrifying night he was stripped of his humanity. But despite his relaxed countenance, the flames of vengeance still burn brightly within. With a reputation for recklessness, Le ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kylie Stewart. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/089934/bk_acx0_089934_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    La Crise du monde moderne (eBook, ePUB)
    La Crise du monde moderne est un livre de René Guénon paru en 1927. Guénon reprit et approfondit dans l'ouvrage sa critique du monde occidental. L'ouvrage eut un grand retentissement. Présentation Si l’on dit que le monde moderne subit une crise, ce que l’on entend par là le plus habituellement, c’est qu’il est parvenu à un point critique, ou, en d’autres termes, qu’une transformation plus ou moins profonde est imminente, qu’un changement d’orientation devra inévitablement se produire à brève échéance, de gré ou de force, d’une façon plus ou moins brusque, avec ou sans catastrophe. Cette acception est parfaitement légitime et correspond bien à une partie de ce que nous pensons nous-même, mais à une partie seulement, car pour nous, et en nous plaçant à un point de vue plus général c’est toute l’époque moderne, dans son ensemble, qui représente pour le monde une période de crise ; il semble d’ailleurs que nous approchions du dénouement, et c’est ce qui rend plus sensible aujourd’hui que jamais le caractère anormal de cet état de choses qui dure depuis quelques siècles, mais dont les conséquences n’avaient pas encore été aussi visibles qu’elles le sont maintenant. C’est aussi pourquoi les événements se déroulent avec cette vitesse accélérée à laquelle nous faisions allusion tout d’abord ; sans doute, cela peut continuer ainsi quelque temps encore, mais non pas indéfiniment ; et même, sans être en mesure d’assigner une limite précise, on a l’impression que cela ne peut plus durer très longtemps...
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