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    Addie , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 513min
    The time is the mid-1880s when Florida, south of St. Augustine, is a virtual wilderness and Daytona, Miami, and Tampa are little more than dots on the maritime charts. Addie is a "beanery queen" who ekes out a living from her canteen at the convergence of two primitive railroads. She is popular with the train crews but is disdained by most of the townspeople because she lives, unmarried, with a war veteran whose mental disorder is considered to be of demonic origin. Thanks to her prevention of a disastrous train wreck, Addie meets Burke, the owner-operator of the railroad that links the seaside docks at Mayport with St. Augustine. An attraction blossoms but is tantalizingly unfulfilled when social persecution forces Addie to flee into the subtropical wilderness. Burke launches a search for her, not knowing that she has become a pawn in a plot to usurp him of his empire. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Johanna Ward. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/001079/bk_blak_001079_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Flame Queen , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 637min
    No power is greater than the one you're willing to sacrifice. Princess Violetta Flame lives her life according to rule, but those rules require her to pay a heavy price. Haunted by a devastating loss, she longs for freedom. When a handsome ruler takes a special interest in her, she senses greater things lie ahead, but behind the handsome façade lies a dark secret - one that can usurp her efforts and cast her back into the life she detested. The throne was never promised to Emperor Ryore Frost, but now that he has ultimate power, his world is filled with possibilities. Citizens bow at his feet, but their fleeting adoration is no match for his obsession with the young Flame Princess. As his feelings for the staunchly independent princess grow, a new threat emerges, bent on undermining his efforts and betraying his sensibilities. When past tragedies, malevolent behavior, and strong wills collide, which will reign supreme? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gillian Weatherford. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/094668/bk_acx0_094668_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    With Silent Screams: Hellequin Chronicles, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 676min
    His name is Nathan Garrett, but he’s also known as Hellequin. And murdering one of his friends and trying to blow him up is a good way to get this centuries-old sorcerer’s full attention… An old friend’s dead body, a cryptic note, and an explosion that almost costs him his own life propel Nate headfirst into a mystery involving a new threat from an old foe. Now he must piece together the connections between a grisly series of tattooed murder victims, an imprisoned madman, a mysterious alchemist, and a deranged plot to usurp the throne of the hidden realm of Shadow Falls, rival to the power of Avalon. Can Nate avert the coming slaughter, or will he become the latest to fall in this clandestine war? With the story careening between modern-day New York and Ontario and 1977 Maine, With Silent Screams continues the gritty and action-packed mix of urban fantasy and ancient mythology that mark Steve McHugh’s popular Hellequin Chronicles. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Langton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/005838/bk_brll_005838_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Reap the East Wind: Dread Empire, Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 519min
    It has ended. It begins again. In Kavelin, Lady Nepanthe's new life with the wizard Varthlokkur is disturbed by visions of her lost son, while King Bragi Ragnarson and Michael Trebilcock scheme to help the exiled Princess Mist re-usurp her throne - under their thumb. In Shinsan, a pig-farmer's son takes command of Eastern Army, while Lord Kuo faces plots in his council and a suicide attack of two million Matayangans on his border. But in the desert beyond the Dread Empire, a young victim of the Great War becomes the Deliverer of an eons-forgotten god, chosen to lead the legions of the dead. And the power of his vengeance will make a world's schemes as petty as dust, blown wild in the horror that rides the east wind. This volume marks the beginning of the end. Reap the East Wind is the first step on the road to the long-delayed final chapter of Glen Cook's legendary Dread Empire series. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephen Hoye. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/008826/bk_adbl_008826_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Infodemic (eBook, ePUB)
    How censorship turned a terrible disease into an assault on rights 
 
As COVID-19 spread around the world, so did government censorship. The Infodemic lays bare not just old-fashioned censorship, but also the mechanisms of a modern brand of "censorship through noise,” which moves beyond traditional means of state control—such as the jailing of critics and restricting the flow of information—to open the floodgates of misinformation, overwhelming the public with lies and half-truths. 
 
Joel Simon and Robert Mahoney, who have traveled the world for many years defending press freedom and journalists' rights as the directors of the Committee to Protect Journalists, chart the onslaught of COVID censorship beginning in China, through Iran, Russia, India, Egypt, Brazil, and inside the Trump White House. Increased surveillance in the name of public health, the collapse of public trust in institutions, and the demise of local news reporting all contributed to help governments hijack the flow of information and usurp power. Full of vivid characters and behind the scenes accounts, The Infodemic shows how under the cover of a global pandemic, governments have undermined freedom and taken control—this new political order may be the legacy of the disease.
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    Lucky Inheritance: Inherit Love Series, Book 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 385min
    When Clarissa Kelly inherits an Irish castle, there’s only one thing standing in her way - the devilishly handsome man living there.IanWildheath Castle is rightly mine. No one on earth cares more about that beautiful relic than me. I've been the caretaker for the past five years, and the old man promised he'd leave it to me.Now, his American granddaughter has come all the way to Ireland to usurp me. But I’ll not let that lass outfox me, no matter how badly I want to press her against the wall and give her a proper welcome.ClarissaRight away, I know Ian O'Brien is trouble.With those flashing eyes as green as the countryside and his nature as hard and unforgiving as the rocky Irish cliffs, the man is intense.And for some reason, he expects me to just hand over the keys to my birthright. Yeah, that’s not happening. Because, where I come from, possession is nine-tenths of the law. So, I'm moving into the castle with him, and I’m not leaving. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Patricia Santomasso, Sean Patrick Hopkins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/186629/bk_acx0_186629_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Firekeepers of Jwalapuram: The Kishkindha Chronicles, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 490min
    Ancient Kishkindha. A few years have passed since Hanuman and his people defeated the savage race of beings that threatened to invade their country. But there is no calm in the land - volcanic ash and toxic rain are causing havoc everywhere. So, Hanuman, Princess Vaishnavi and the rishis set out to lead Kishkindhans to the safety of the cave-temples.Meanwhile, in Kishkindha, empress Riksharaja, Hanuman’s aunt, torments her son Sugreeva, blaming him for abandoning his brother Vali to usurp the throne. There’s also a refugee crisis looming, with thousands of villagers streaming into the rock city every day as plants and trees die across the kingdom. It is a situation that Riksharaja decides to exploit for her own devious ends.With their land under siege from within and without, and their way of life threatened again, how will Kishkindha survive?A compelling sequel to Saraswati’s Intelligence, Vamsee Juluri’s reimagined prehistorical world holds up a mirror to modern society, pressing upon us questions that are startlingly relevant today. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Venkataraghavan Srinivasan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/055320/bk_adbl_055320_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times: Volume V , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1338min
    A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume V, by François Guizot. Translated by Robert Black.  François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787-1874) was a French historian, orator, and statesman. He opposed King Charles X’s efforts to usurp legislative power in France and worked strenuously to uphold a constitutional monarchy following the July Revolution of 1830. He served in the government of Louis Philippe, as the minister of education, 1832-1837, ambassador to London, foreign minister 1840-1847, and finally, prime minister of France from September 19, 1847 to February 23, 1848.  Throughout the 1820s and 1830s, Guizot became engrossed in research into his country’s past - research that would ultimately lead to six volumes covering the history of his country. The series A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times is a captivating and well-documented glimpse into the country’s rich past, ably translated from the French by Robert Black and first published in 1898. Volume V covers France’s history from the rise of Henry IV (Henry of Navarre) in 1589 to the death of Louis XIV in 1715. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cate Barratt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/002641/bk_mike_002641_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Taken by the Tigerlord: Space Shifter Chronicles, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 330min
    He loved, lied, then left me. Now, I’m supposed to marry him?I was so naive. I actually believed him and thought...it doesn’t matter now. What does matter: Kai is a Tigerlord, a shifter prince in command of one of the most ancient royal houses of tiger shifters in the universe. A fact he conveniently forgot to mention when he had been promising me forever. As well as the fact that if Kai marries me, he’d lose his throne or lair or whatever it is that tiger shifters command. And now, unknown to Kai, I’ve been caught and imprisoned in his family’s ancestral castle by those seeking to usurp his leadership. That’s not going to happen. Because, before he gets back, I’m breaking out of this castle.Tonight.Kai once told me that “I was his destiny.”No more. I’m going to go and make my own fate. I might be stuck on the other side of the system in an unbreachable fortress with a bunch of tiger shifters. But they’ve never dealt with a librarian like me. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Valentina Ortiz. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/192890/bk_acx0_192890_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Blood and Betrayal: The Emperor's Edge, Book 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 882min
    The last thing Maldynado Montichelu - former aristocrat and current ladies' man - ever wanted was to be left in charge. After all, the team just blew up a train, crashed a dirigible, and kidnapped the emperor. It's kind of an important time. But, with Amaranthe captured by the nefarious Forge coalition, and Sicarius off to find her, the team is lacking in leaders. Also, Sicarius has made it clear that Maldynado's life may be forfeit should anything happen to the emperor while he's gone. To make matters worse, Forge's cutthroats are after Sespian, and the young emperor believes Maldynado's loyalties are suspect. As if it's his fault that his older brother is working with the coalition to usurp the throne. If Maldynado can't figure out how to earn the emperor's trust quickly, Sespian will go off to confront their powerful enemies on his own. Meanwhile, Amaranthe must find a way to escape from the coalition's newest ally, Master Interrogator Pike, a man who plans to pull all of the secrets from her head, one way or another. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Vivienne Leheny. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/082831/bk_acx0_082831_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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