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    Bikelash: How San Francisco Created America's First Bicycle Felon , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 698min
    March 29, 2012, 8:20 a.m., Castro Street.When he regained consciousness, Chris found himself bloodied and bruised, being loaded into an ambulance. He had no idea that his life had permanently changed. Because, a few days later, an elderly man he had hit with his bicycle would die of injuries sustained in the accident. News would go viral internationally, including articles in the New York Times and Forbes Magazine. The District Attorney of San Francisco would see Chris' case as an opportunity to send a message to the city’s cyclists.But this isn’t a story about cycling. It’s about criminal justice. It’s about prosecutors manipulating the press in order to deprive defendants of due process, where facts are misconstrued and inaccurate details leaked. It’s about social media whipping public opinion to a frenzy, giving DAs fodder for political gain. It’s about what really happens behind the headlines: who wins, who loses, who plays fair - and who doesn’t.Bikelash chronicles Chris’s role in a fatal bicycle-pedestrian accident. These 102,000 words are based on court transcripts, emails exchanged with his attorney, and Chris’s in-the-moment journaling from immediately after the accident until he pleaded guilty to felony vehicular manslaughter 18 months later. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Bucchere. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/163795/bk_acx0_163795_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Martin Luther: The Champion of the Lord , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 190min
    Dangers multiplied before him; his enemies seemed about to triumph/ and the powers of darkness to prevail. Luther trembled she looked upon himself - one man opposed to the mightiest powers of earth. He sometimes doubted whether he had indeed been led of God to set himself against the authority of the church. In anguish of spirit he threw himself with his face upon the earth and poured out those broken/ heart-rending cries/ which none but God can fully understand. "O almighty and everlasting God/" he pleaded/ "how terrible is this world! Behold/ it openeth its mouth to swallow me up/ and I have so little trust in Thee! My last hour is come/ my condemnation had been pronounced. O God/ do Thou help me against all the wisdom of the world - for this is not my work/ but Thine - and it is a righteous and eteral cause. O Lord/ help me! Stand at my side/ for the sake of Thy well-beloved Jesus Christ/ whi us my defense/ my shield/ and my strong tower." "You have not answered the question put to you! You are required to give a clear and precise answer - will you / or will you not/ retract?" The next day he was to appear to render his final answer... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lauren Mazzio. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hove/000859/bk_hove_000859_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Frank J. Cannon: Saint, Senator, Scoundrel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 736min
    Utah’s path to statehood was the most tortuous in US history, due in no small part to the Mormon practice of polygamy. Frank J. Cannon - newspaperman, congressional delegate, and senator - guided Utah toward becoming the 45th state in the Union in 1896. But when he lost favor with the LDS Church, his contributions fell into obscurity. In the 1880s, Congress dealt with the intransigence of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints over polygamy by enacting punitive new laws. Mormon lobbyists who pleaded for relief in Washington came home empty-handed before Cannon finally broke the logjam. He persuaded President Grover Cleveland to appoint judges who would deal mercifully with convicted polygamists and dissuaded Congress from disenfranchising all members by pledging that the church would abandon polygamy. But when Utah elected Mormon apostle Reed Smoot to the US Senate in 1903, Cannon condemned what he called the reneging of LDS Church pledges to stay out of politics. He wrote scathing denunciations of Smoot and Mormon president Joseph F. Smith, who co-authored the exposé Under the Prophet in Utah, and spearheaded the National Reform Association’s anti-Mormon crusade. Utah’s subsequent displeasure with Cannon ensured that his critical role in its statehood would be buried by omission. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Reid. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/230695/bk_acx0_230695_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Missing Man: The American Spy Who Vanished in Iran , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 505min
    In late 2013, Americans were shocked to learn that a former FBI agent turned private investigator who disappeared in Iran in 2007 was there on a mission for the CIA. The missing man, Robert Levinson, appeared in pictures dressed like a Guantánamo prisoner and pleaded in a video for help from the United States. Barry Meier, an award-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times, draws on years of interviews and never-before-disclosed CIA files to weave together a riveting narrative of the ex-agent's journey to Iran and the hunt to rescue him. The result is an extraordinary tale about the shadowlands between crime, business, espionage, and the law, where secrets are currency and betrayal is commonplace. Its colorful cast includes CIA operatives, Russian oligarchs, arms dealers, White House officials, gangsters, private eyes, FBI agents, journalists, and a fugitive American terrorist and assassin. Missing Man is a fast-paced story that moves through exotic locales and is set against the backdrop of the twilight war between the United States and Iran, one in which hostages are used as political pawns. Filled with stunning revelations, it chronicles a family's ongoing search for answers and one man's desperate struggle to keep his hand in the game. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ray Porter. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/high/001080/bk_high_001080_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Blood on the Rosary , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 467min
    A brave nun. Her twin brother. The secrets and lies that would tear them apart.  There is a special bond that twins share, an ethereal connection that can’t be put into words.  Margaret Harrod shared that unique bond with her twin brother, Michael.  As children they were inseparable, and at age 22, together, they gave their lives to the Catholic Church. Margaret became a nun and Michael a Salesian priest - it was the proudest day of their deeply religious parents' lives. Margaret cherishes those carefree childhood memories because the brother she adored is now in jail. Father Michael Aulsebrook pleaded guilty to multiple charges of molesting children, some as young as seven. And the unlikely whistle-blower was his courageous twin sister.  It cost Margaret everything, but she couldn’t stay silent any longer about the damage her brother was wreaking in his community. Margaret knows of that damage firsthand, having had that trust betrayed herself.  Blood on the Rosary is a heartfelt, brave and inspiring memoir that tells Margaret Harrod’s story - how she sacrificed everything she held dear in the pursuit of the truth and how she bravely fought her church and her community to bring paedophile priests, including her beloved brother, to justice. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Casey Withoos. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/boli/004254/bk_boli_004254_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Tennis Whites and Teacakes, Hörbuch, Digital, 141min
    Betjeman's England is a place of patriotic poets and seaside coves, provincial cathedrals, and eccentric dons. For 50 years, Betjeman celebrated the glories of Englishness and what it meant to be English. Against a tide of rapid change, he unearthed forgotten heroes, bygone haunts, and old-fashioned modes of thought. But as this original collection reveals, his appeal goes far beyond simple nostalgia. It lies in his passionate convictions, his humour and his humanity. What does it mean to be English? What is Englishness? For 50 years, at a time when other people were becoming more internationally aware, John Betjeman immersed himself in the glories of English culture: its places, its writings, its heroes. Seaside architecture, national poets, the great cathedrals, our ancient townscapes, all were hard-won achievements, he pleaded, with pleasures and delights that we threw away at our peril. Tennis Whites and Teacakes brings together the best of Betjeman's poetry, private letters, journalism, and musings to present a fully rounded picture of what he stood for. From his arguments for new steel buildings to his amusement about the etiquette of village teashops, it reveals Betjeman not just as a sentimentalist but as a passionate observer with a wonderful sense of humour and an acute eye. Language: English. Narrator: Charles Collingwood. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/murr/000004/bk_murr_000004_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Louis Botha: A Man Apart , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 704min
    In A Man Apart Richard Steyn once again brings to life a South African icon. Louis Botha was the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, a union he did much to create in the decade after the devastation of the Anglo-Boer War. During the war Botha was a brilliant young Boer general who through his battlefield strategy won significant victories over the British in the early stages of the war. When the weight of British arms overwhelmed the Boers, Botha along with Smuts did much to encourage peace between English and Afrikaner and led the country to Union in 1910 and dominion status.Botha was a big-hearted and generous man who showed magnanimity in his dealings with all, including former enemies. He led the South African troops to victory and the capture of German South West Africa – prior to this he had to put down a revolt of pro-German Afrikaners. At the Peace of Versailles, representing South Africa, he pleaded unsuccessfully for magnanimity towards the Germans. Botha was a globally respected figure - he and Smuts effectively operated as a double act in South Africa and on the international stage before Botha’s untimely death in August 1919 at only 57. In Louis Botha: A Man Apart this tragically short life is illuminated in full. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Noble. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/052788/bk_adbl_052788_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    1941: Fighting the Shadow War: A Divided America in a World at War  , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 713min
    In 1941: Fighting the Shadow War: A Divided America in a World at War, historian Marc Wortman thrillingly explores the little-known history of America's clandestine involvement in World War II before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Prior to that infamous day, America had long been involved in a shadow war. Winston Churchill, England's beleaguered new prime minister, pleaded with Franklin D. Roosevelt for help. FDR concocted ingenious ways to come to his aid without breaking the Neutrality Acts. Launching Lend-Lease, conducting espionage at home and in South America to root out Nazi sympathizers, and waging undeclared war in the Atlantic were just some of the tactics with which FDR battled Hitler in the shadows. FDR also had to contend with growing isolationism and anti-Semitism as he tried to influence public opinion. While Americans were sympathetic to those being crushed under Axis power, they were unwilling to enter a foreign war. Wortman tells the story through the eyes of the powerful as well as ordinary citizens. Their stories weave throughout the intricate tapestry of events that unfold during the crucial year of 1941. Combining military and political history, Wortman tells the eye-opening story of how FDR took the country to war. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Poe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/027246/bk_adbl_027246_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Accused: Rosato & DiNunzio, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 654min
    New York Times best-selling and Edgar Award-winning author Lisa Scottoline revolutionized crime fiction when she introduced her all-female law firm of Rosato & Associates, thrilling listeners with her twisty, fast-paced plots and capturing their hearts with her cast of strong and relatable female characters. Now Bennie Rosato, Mary DiNunzio, Judy Carrier, and Anne Murphy are back with all cylinders firing in Accused. Mary Dinuzio has just been promoted to partner and is about to take on her most unusual case yet, brought to the firm by a thirteen-year-old genius with a penchant for beekeeping. Allegra Gardner's sister Fiona was murdered six years ago, and it seemed like an open-and-shut case: the accused, Lonnie Stall, was seen fleeing the scene; his blood was on Fiona and her blood was on him; most damningly, Lonnie Stall pleaded guilty. But Allegra believes Lonnie is innocent and has been wrongly imprisoned. The Gardner family is one of the most powerful in the country and Allegra's parents don't believe in reopening the case, so taking it on is risky. But the Rosato & Associates firm can never resist an underdog. Was justice really served all those years ago? It will take a team of unstoppable female lawyers, plus one thirteen-year-old genius, to find out. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: January LaVoy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/001664/bk_aren_001664_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Dimension Beyond Astraquat , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 374min
    The Dimension Beyond Astraquat is a novel of fiction, fantasy, and adventure that will take you to a new world which is strange but also very interesting. People from this dimension are not over-friendly or welcoming. Following his heart leads our hero Bronx Stone into a world that is both ancient and new. There is beauty in this place but it's also a very sinister world, a world where no earth man has ever visited before. Bronx suddenly felt desperate and afraid he would have to stay in that well forever; what a slow and miserable way to die. He began to panic and in doing so felt his body slowly floating further down the well. "Please", Bronx called out to the cat lady as she turned to leave, "don't leave me in here, I beg you." Bronx never felt so desperate. "I have travelled to the wrong dimension by mistake, so sorry. I will not stay in the dimension beyond Astraquat. I will be leaving very soon", pleaded Bronx. "Do not speak, humanoid", said the Centaur, "You will be lost sinking further down the well. Have pity on this humanoid", said the Centaur to the cat lady. "I too make promises to you. He will soon have the code to his dimension. He will be gone from here in three circles of the sun. Help this traveller from another world as a favour to me", said the Centaur. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mordecai Jonathan Lynch. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/158514/bk_acx0_158514_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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