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Rage: An Alex Delaware Novel, Hörbuch, Digital, 363min
In a host of consecutive best sellers, Jonathan Kellerman has kept readers spellbound with the intense, psychologically acute adventures of Dr. Alex Delaware. Rage offers a powerful new case in point, as Delaware and LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis revisit a horrifying crime from the past that has taken on shocking and deadly new dimensions. Troy Turner and Rand Duchay were barely teenagers when they kidnapped and murdered a younger child. Troy, a remorseless sociopath, died violently behind bars. But the hulking, slow-witted Rand managed to survive his stretch. Now, at age 21, he's emerged a haunted, rootless young man with a pressing need: to talk, once again, with psychologist Alex Delaware. But when the young killer comes to a brutal end, that conversation is silenced forever. As Delaware and Sturgis retrace their steps through a grisly murder case that devastated a community, they discover a chilling legacy of madness, suicide, and multiple killings left in its wake, and even uglier truths waiting to be unearthed. And the nearer they come to understanding an unspeakable crime, the more harrowingly close they get to unmasking a monster hiding in plain sight. Rage finds Jonathan Kellerman in phenomenal form, orchestrating a relentlessly suspenseful, devilishly unpredictable plot to a finale as stunning and thought-provoking as it is satisfying. Language: English. Narrator: John Rubinstein. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000607/bk_rand_000607_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The First Time He Hit Her: The Shocking True Story of the Murder of Tara Costigan, the Woman Next Door
For readers of true crime and books such as SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO, a shocking and movingly told portrait of the murder of suburban mum Tara Costigan and an examination of why domestic violence affects us all Tara Costigan was the woman next door. A hard worker. Quick to laugh and easy to like. She was happy, confident, strong. A woman who always looked after herself and her kids. Close with her family and her friends, she was much loved. Then, in 2013, she met Marcus Rappel. A local tradie, he was charming and sincere, they dated and fell in love. That should have been the end of a happy-ever-after story. But for Tara, it was much uglier. And for her family it would be devastating. A year later, Tara was pregnant to Marcus. Her family had been worried for a while, but Tara didn't tell anyone how Marcus's jealousy was souring the relationship. She tried to keep it quiet. Despite everything, she never imagined he would be physically violent - he would never hurt her. Tara was wrong. One fine day, the last day of summer in 2015, she was holding their newborn baby in her arms when he attacked her with an axe. Her murder seemed to come out of the blue. But as this extraordinary, often shocking book reveals, it did not. THE FIRST TIME HE HIT HER is an attempt to understand why dozens of women are murdered each year by men who profess to love them.- Shop: buecher
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Clod Makes a Friend , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 296min
Best friend ever? Bullies love to hate Clod. Not just because he’s bigger, clumsier, and uglier than his classmates - he’s also the only student in his school without magic. In a world where all magic is possible and everyone else is born with great gifts to do amazing things, Clod is alone. Living with his mum in a broken-down cottage on barely enough, the only thing Clod has to play with is the clay she occasionally brings him. To call his life bleak would be an understatement. More than anything, Clod wants a friend. The only way that’s going to happen, is to make one himself. After an angry visit from the worst of the bullies, Clod’s clay sculpture of a little girl comes to life and introduces herself as Ada. For a clay girl barely the size of his hand, she has more confidence and courage than he knows what to do with. Every adventure she leads him on gets Clod into trouble. She may be the friend he wants, but is she the friend he needs? After many years, and too many pranks, Yugen, his teacher, becomes convinced that Clod is tainted by the evil slowly infiltrating the Kingdom of Pag. Especially when Ada isn’t the only one Clod can bring to life. Clod Makes a Friend is a bittersweet fairy tale for all ages from David J. Pedersen, author of the Angst series of fantasy novels. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Wayne Farrell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/112901/bk_acx0_112901_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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My Real Estate Nightmare: Based on a True Story Which Means It Happened More or Less Like This...But with Uglier People (3 Funny Books, Volume 1) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 125min
My Real Estate Nightmare has been hailed as "hilarious and clever" by critics. It describes the true story of real estate broker Bob Boog's attempt to help out a pony-loving California homeowner who rented out half her house to a family from her church - thinking they'd be good tenants. However, shortly after moving in, the tenants filed a restraining order against the owner and stopped paying rent. Due to the restraining order, the homeowner had to stay 100 yards away from the property, so Bob served the eviction papers on her redneck renters. (One angry young man had recently been released from the state penitentiary.) Bob also managed to sell the property, despite the fact that it needed a new roof, without the tenants finding out about it. But as the saying goes, "No good deed ever goes unpunished." After all his hard work successfully evicting the tenants and closing escrow on the property, the pony-loving homeowner hired a top-notch lawyer to sue Bob. This lawyer has never lost a case and will teach Bob a lesson he will never forget! But just as cartoon character Wiley E. Coyote remained loyal to the Acme brand of products, no matter how badly he was injured by them, you too may find yourself rooting for the persistent realtor at the end of the story. There is language not suitable for children under the age of 13, so wear headphones when listening or consider yourself forewarned! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Boog. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/035369/bk_acx0_035369_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Summary of So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 71min
(Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book.) An invitation to people from all races to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide. Ijeoma Oluo gives us a contemporary look to the racial landscape in America. Oluo addresses the most controversial issues head on talking about privilege, intersectionality, Black Lives Matter movement, the usage of the "N" word, and police brutality. If you want to be up to speak about the current status of America's racial divide, there is no better place to go. With a daring tone and without holding anything back, Ijeoma Oluo gives us an extraordinary insight and a entertaining listen. (Note: This summary is wholly written and published by Abbey Beathan. It is not affiliated with the original author in any way) "White Supremacy is this nation's oldest pyramid scheme. Even those who have lost everything to the scheme are still hanging in there, waiting for their turn to cash out." (Ijeoma Oluo) Ijeoma Oluo has the knack of turning an extremely serious topic in an humorous and informative experience. With her, you'll definitely learn a lot about race but you'll also have an amusing time doing it. In So You Want to Talk About Race she dares to answer the questions most Americans are scared to ask and talks about what we can do in order to minimize the racial divide that is currently alive in America. An honest book that won't hold anything back from you, you'll learn about America's racism without cutting out the uglier parts. P.S. So You Want to Talk About Race is an extremely entertaining book that will give you a current look at racism in America. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Prova. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/177908/bk_acx0_177908_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Ghost Apple: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 509min
At the turn of the eighteenth century, John Morehead Tripoli is marooned on the unspoiled Caribbean island of St. Renard. There, he lives for an idyllic year in a community of Carawak Indians. Three hundred years later, the Carawak are gone, St. Renard is carpeted with banana plantations and sugarcane fields, and Tripoli himself is remembered only through his grandson, founder of New Hampshire’s Tripoli College, which maintains a branch campus on the island. The college, never prosperous, has been forced to enter into a coercive financial relationship with snack food giant Big Anna Brands, the same corporation that controls most of the land on St. Renard. Big Anna deposes the college president, uses students and faculty as test subjects for a “dietary and mood additive” called Malpraxalin, and hijacks the St. Renard campus for a “field studies” program. At the heart of this twisted satire are two souls in transition. Bill Brees is a grandfatherly dean, “undercover” as a Tripoli freshman, and bemused by how things have changed since his undergrad days. Maggie Bell is an African-American student, startled into the realization that nothing really changes at all. When these unlikely friends both elect to spend their spring semesters in the Caribbean, they will see a side of Big Anna even uglier than they could have imagined. The Ghost Apple develops through a varied and colorful collection of documents, including tourism pamphlets, blog posts, slave narratives, and personal correspondence. Slowly these texts reveal the extent of Tripoli’s current crisis, and highlight those historical crises in the midst of which the college—and the nation—were founded. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joel Richards, Sean Crisden, Karen Chilton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/016913/bk_adbl_016913_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.: The Life and Legacy of the Patriarch Behind America’s Most Famous Political Dynasty , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 97min
We have a rich man, untrained in diplomacy, unlearned in history and politics, who is a great publicity seeker and who apparently is ambitious to be the first Catholic president of the U.S. (British MP Josiah Wedgwood’s description of Joe Kennedy Sr. as US ambassador to the United Kingdom) In many ways John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his young family were the perfect embodiment of the '60s. The decade began with a sense of idealism, personified by the attractive Kennedy, his beautiful and fashionable wife, Jackie, and his young children. Months into his presidency, Kennedy exhorted the country to reach for the stars, calling upon the nation to send a man to the moon and back by the end of the decade. In 1961, Kennedy made it seem like anything was possible, and Americans were eager to believe him. The Kennedy years were fondly and famously labeled “Camelot” by Jackie herself, suggesting an almost mythical quality about the young president and his family. As it turned out, the '60s closely reflected the glossy, idealistic portrayal of John F. Kennedy as well as the uglier truths. The country would achieve Kennedy’s goal of a manned moon mission, and the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 finally guaranteed minorities their civil rights and restored equality, ensuring that the country “would live out the true meaning of its creed”. But the idealism and optimism of the decade was quickly shattered, starting with Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. The '60s were permanently marred by the Vietnam War, and by the time Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. were assassinated in 1968, the country was irreversibly jaded. The events of the decade produced protests and countercultures unlike anything the country had seen before. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Clem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/102375/bk_acx0_102375_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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History for Kids: The Illustrated Life of John F. Kennedy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 31min
Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country. - John F. Kennedy, 1961 In Charles River Editors’ History for Kids series, your children can learn about history’s most important people and events in an easy, entertaining, and educational way. This concise but comprehensive audiobook will keep your kid’s attention all the way to the end. In many ways, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his young family were the perfect embodiment of the '60s. The decade began with a sense of idealism, personified by the attractive Kennedy, his beautiful and fashionable wife Jackie, and his young children. Months into his presidency, Kennedy exhorted the country to reach for the stars, calling upon the nation to send a man to the moon and back by the end of the decade. In 1961, Kennedy made it seem like anything was possible, and Americans were eager to believe him. The Kennedy years were fondly and famously labeled "Camelot" by Jackie herself, suggesting an almost mythical quality about the young president and his family. As it turned out, the '60s closely reflected the glossy, idealistic portrayal of John F. Kennedy, as well as the uglier truths. The country would achieve Kennedy’s goal of a manned moon mission, and the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 finally guaranteed minorities their civil rights and restored equality, ensuring that the country "would live out the true meaning of its creed." But the idealism and optimism of the decade was quickly shattered, starting with Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. The '60s were permanently marred by the Vietnam War, and by the time Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., were assassinated in 1968, the country was irreversibly jaded. The events of the decade produced protests and countercultures unlike anything the country had seen before, as young people came of age more quickly than ever. History for Kids: The Illustrated Life of John F. Kennedy humanizes the ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Hare. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/102903/bk_acx0_102903_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Rainman’s Third Cure: An Irregular Education , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 539min
The rainman gave me two cures And he said, Just jump right in." The one was Texas Medicine And the other was railroad gin. And like a fool I mixed them And they strangled up my mind Now people just get uglier And I have no sense of time." -Bob Dylan, "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" The guiding metaphor in Peter Coyote's new spiritual biography is drawn from a line in an early Bob Dylan song. For Coyote, the twin forces Dylan identifies as Texas Medicine and Railroad Gin - represent the competing forces of the transcendental, inclusive, and ecstatic world of love with the competitive, status-seeking world of wealth and power. The Rainman's Third Cure is the tale of a young man caught between these apparently antipodal options and the journey that leads him from the privileged halls of power to Greenwich Village jazz bars, to jail, to the White House, lessons from a man who literally held the power of life and death over others, to government service and international success on stage and screen. Expanding his frame beyond the wild ride through the 1960s counterculture that occupied so much of his lauded debut memoir, Sleeping Where I Fall, Coyote provides listeners intimate portraits of mentors that shaped him - a violent, intimidating father, a be-bop Bass player who teaches him that life can be improvised, a Mafia consigliere, who demonstrates to him that men can be bought and manipulated, an ex game-warden who initiates him into the laws of nature, a gay dancer in Martha Graham's company who introduces him to Mexico and marijuanas, beat poet Gary Snyder, who introduces him to Zen practice, and finally famed fashion designer Nino Cerruti who made the high-stakes world of haute monde Europe available to him. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Coyote. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/023316/bk_adbl_023316_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Kennedy Brothers: The Lives and Legacies of John, Robert, and Ted Kennedy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 167min
Over 50 years after the Kennedy Brothers rose to political power in the United States, the name Kennedy remains the nation's most famous political name. From curse to Camelot, the word evokes poignant memories of young men holding great promise, their ill-fated destinies, and their grasp on both political power and the national conscience. At the same time, each brother was his own man, and they all offered America something different. In many ways, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his young family were the perfect embodiment of the '60s. The decade began with a sense of idealism, personified by the attractive Kennedy, his beautiful and fashionable wife Jackie, and his young children. Months into his presidency, Kennedy exhorted the country to reach for the stars, calling upon the nation to send a man to the Moon and back by the end of the decade. In 1961, Kennedy made it seem like anything was possible, and Americans were eager to believe him. The Kennedy years were fondly and famously labeled "Camelot", by Jackie herself, suggesting an almost mythical quality about the young president and his family. As it turned out, the '60s closely reflected the glossy, idealistic portrayal of John F. Kennedy, as well as the uglier truths. The country would achieve Kennedy's goal of a manned moon mission, and the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 finally guaranteed minorities their civil rights and restored equality, ensuring that the country "would live out the true meaning of its creed". But the idealism and optimism of the decade was quickly shattered, starting with Kennedy's assassination in 1963. The '60s were permanently marred by the Vietnam War, and by the time Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., were assassinated in 1968, the country was irreversibly jaded. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Larry Earnhart. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/035478/bk_acx0_035478_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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