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    Yiddish: A Nation of Words , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 569min
    About a thousand years ago, European Jews began speaking a language that was quite different from the various tongues and dialects that swirled around them. It included Hebrew, a touch of the Romance and Slavic languages, and a large helping of German. In a world of earthly wandering, this pungent, witty, and infinitely nuanced speech, full of jokes, puns, and ironies, became the linguistic home of the Jews, the bond that held a people together. Here is the remarkable story of how this humble language took vigorous root in Eastern European shtetls and in the Jewish quarters of cities across Europe; how it achieved a rich literary flowering between the wars in Europe and America; how it was rejected by emancipated Jews; and how it fell victim to the Holocaust. And also how, in yet another twist of destiny, Yiddish today is becoming the darling of academia. Yiddish is a history as story, a tale of flesh-and-blood people with manic humor, visionary courage, brilliant causes, and glorious flaws. It will delight everyone who cares about language, literature, and culture. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: J. L. Glick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/000804/bk_acx0_000804_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Why Me?: A Dortmunder Novel, Book 5 (Mysterious Press - HighBridge Audio Classics) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 423min
    The Byzantine Fire is much more than a flawless ninety-carat ruby. As a stone, it's worth over a million dollars, a value vastly increased by its pure gold band - but its history is what makes it priceless. A ring that has been fought for with sword and pen and passed from nation to nation by all manner of theft and trickery, has finally made its way to the United States. The US agrees to return it to Turkey, but it's about to be stolen twice more. A gang of Greeks armed with Sten guns burst into the security room at JFK Airport and escape with the priceless stone, which they deposit in the safe at a small jeweler's shop in Queens. A few hours later, unlucky thief John Dortmunder, expecting a routine robbery, steals it again. Having unsuspectingly lifted the hottest gem in town, John Dortmunder becomes the prey of the FBI, the New York City police, terrorist groups from three nations, and all of New York's petty and not-so-petty crooks. Much blood has been shed for this little ruby, and Dortmunder's could very well be next. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brian Holsopple. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/high/000804/bk_high_000804_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Dead Room , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 591min
    A year ago, archaeologist Leslie MacIntyre barely survived the explosion that took the life of her fiancé, Matt Connolly. In the long months since, she's slowly come to terms not only with her loss but with her unsettling new ability to communicate with ghosts, a dubious "gift" received in the wake of her own brush with death. Now she's returned to lower Manhattan's historic Hastings House, site of the explosion, to conquer her fears and investigate a newly discovered burial ground. In this place, restless spirits hold the secrets not only of past injustice but of a very real and very contemporary conspiracy with deadly designs on the city's women - including Leslie herself. By night, Matt visits her in dreams, warning her and offering clues to the truth, while by day, she finds herself helped by - and attracted to - his flesh-and-blood cousin, Joe. Torn by her feelings for both men, caught between the worlds of the living and the dead, Leslie struggles against the encroaching danger that threatens to overcome her. As she is drawn closer to the darkness at the heart of Hastings House, she must ultimately face the power of an evil mind, alone in a place where not even the men she love can save her. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joyce Bean. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/000804/bk_brll_000804_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2000min
    Seven years in the making and meticulously researched - Gabler is the first writer to be given complete access to the Disney archives - this is the full story of a man whose work left an ineradicable brand on our culture but whose life has largely been enshrouded in myth. Gabler shows us the young Walt Disney breaking free of a heartland childhood of discipline and deprivation and making his way to Hollywood. We see the visionary, whose desire for escape honed an innate sense of what people wanted to see on the screen and, when combined with iron determination and obsessive perfectionism, led him to the reinvention of animation. It was Disney, first with Mickey Mouse and then with his feature films - most notably Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi - who transformed animation from a novelty based on movement to an art form that presented an illusion of life. The author also reveals a wounded, lonely, and often disappointed man, who, despite worldwide success, was plagued with financial problems, suffered a nervous breakdown, and at times retreated into pitiable seclusion in his workshop, making model trains. Gabler explores accusations that Disney was a red-baiter, an anti-Semite, and an embittered alcoholic. Yet whatever his personal failings, Disney appealed to millions by demonstrating the power of wish fulfillment and the triumph of the American imagination. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arthur Morey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bkot/000804/bk_bkot_000804_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Workin' Our Way Home: The Incredible True Story of a Homeless Ex-Con and a Grieving Millionaire Thrown Together to Save Each Other , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 514min
    I saw his face. Deborah Hall's words launched the destiny of two men from very different worlds. Ron Hall was an international art dealer with upscale tastes; Denver Moore was a homeless drifter with a dangerous past. Millions have read about their unlikely bond through their first book, Same Kind of Different as Me - a New York Times best seller and now a major motion picture.  Workin' Our Way Home describes the 10 years Ron and Denver lived together after Miss Debbie's death. Written in both Ron's and Denver's unique voices, their inspiring (and often hilarious) adventures include:  Their sometimes-bizarre life together in the Murchison Mansion  Denver accidentally almost burning the house down - twice  The challenges involved with making a movie  Two visits to the White House  Travelling the country to raise awareness about homelessness  And much more  With both wit and wisdom, this book reveals God's plan lived out through these men and those closest to them, including their passion to fulfill Debbie's dream of easing the pain and humiliation associated with homelessness, poverty, and inequality.  "Whether we is rich or whether we is poor, or somethin in between, this earth ain't no final restin place. So in a way, we is all homeless - ever last one of us - just workin our way home." (Denver Moore)  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Barry Scott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tnwd/000804/bk_tnwd_000804_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Price of Power , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 914min
    In this rousing novel, the action sweeps from the Oval Office to a Navy SEAL assault on a remote Indonesian Island, from the court-martial of an admiral to the impeachment hearings of a peacenik President. The President orders the arrest and trial of a battle group commander who, in defiance of a presidential order, led a Congress-authorized attack on terrorists. The angry Speaker of the House retaliates by initiating impeachment proceedings. Jim Dillon, the Speaker's top aide, finds himself defending the admiral in the court-martial and is named number-two prosecutor for the upcoming impeachment trial. Meanwhile, a terrorist invades a U.S.-owned gold mine on an Indonesian island, murdering the American boss, and holding his wife hostage. The price for her life: the release of captured fellow terrorists. Dillon uncovers another forgotten power to the Constitution, the Rules of Capture, to authorize a SEAL-led attack. With a feel for politics that rivals Bob Woodward's, a Scott Turow-like gift for legal drama, and a hard-charging rush of military action that surpasses Tom Clancy, James W. Huston delivers a heart-stopping novel that builds to a riveting final confrontation on Capital Hill. Meanwhile, halfway around the world, the SEALs head for shore in their new Mirage assault boats to finish the job. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Adams Morgan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/000804/bk_blak_000804_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 685min
    A new biography exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s wartime experiences and their impact on his life and his writing of The Lord of The Rings. “To be caught in youth by 1914 was no less hideous an experience than in 1939 … by 1918 all but one of my close friends were dead.” So J.R.R. Tolkien responded to critics who saw The Lord of the Rings as a reaction to the Second World War. Tolkien and the Great War tells for the first time the full story of how he embarked on the creation of Middle-earth in his youth as the world around him was plunged into catastrophe. This biography reveals the horror and heroism that he experienced as a signals officer in the Battle of the Somme and introduces the circle of friends who spurred his mythology to life. It shows how, after two of these brilliant young men were killed, Tolkien pursued the dream they had all shared by launching his epic of good and evil.John Garth argues that the foundation of tragic experience in the First World War is the key to Middle-earth’s enduring power. Tolkien used his mythic imagination not to escape from reality but to reflect and transform the cataclysm of his generation. While his contemporaries surrendered to disillusionment, he kept enchantment alive, reshaping an entire literary tradition into a form that resonates to this day.This is the first substantially new biography of Tolkien since 1977, meticulously researched and distilled from his personal wartime papers and a multitude of other sources. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Garth. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/000804/bk_hcuk_000804_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Gegen die Angst. Keine Angst vor Operationen durch Hypnose: Das revolutionäre Hypnose-Programm zur Überwindung von OP-Ängsten, Hörbuch, Digital, 21min
    Bei manchen Menschen ist die Angst vor einer Operation bzw. der Narkose so groß, dass ihre Gedanken und der Körper vor dem Termin völlig verrückt spielen. Sie erleben Stresssymptome wie Schlafstörungen, Übelkeit, Kopfschmerzen, Bauchschmerzen, Herzklopfen oder Herzrasen. Doch es hilft oft nichts: Die Operation ist medizinisch notwendig und muss durchgeführt werden. Je näher der OP-Termin rückt, desto aufgeregter und aufgewühlter fühlen sich die Patienten, desto mehr kann das mulmige Gefühl in extreme Angst oder auch eine totale Panik umschlagen.Das Programm "Gegen die Angst: Keine Angst vor Operationen durch Hypnose" kann Ihnen helfen Ihre Gedanken in neue Bahnen zu lenken und Ihre Ängste deutlich zu lindern. Erleben Sie ein revolutionäres Selbsthypnoseprogramm, das von Hypnose-Therapeutin Tanja Kohl nach allerneuesten Erkenntnissen entwickelt wurde. Durch spezielle Sprachmuster, Autosuggestion und eine gezielte Führung Ihrer Gedanken und Gefühle entstehen neue innere Bilder, die den Körper und den Geist nachhaltig entspannen. Die eigens für dieses Programm entwickelte Musik fördert zusätzlich die entspannende Wirkung.Gehen Sie in möglichst guter Verfassung in die OP, reduzieren Sie die damit verbundenen Ängste und fokussieren Sie sich auf den erfolgreichen Verlauf. Unsere Erfahrungen zeigen, dass es möglich ist, OP-Blutungen und Schwellungen mit Hilfe von Hypnose deutlich zu reduzieren und Heilungsprozesse massiv zu fördern. Der Erfolg medizinischer Behandlungen lässt sich dadurch entscheidend verbessern.Diese Anwendung für zuhause umfasst sämtliche aktuell bekannten Mentaltechniken und Autosuggestionen, die dafür notwendig sind. Die enthaltenen Techniken:Tiefenhypnose,Autosuggestion,Multisensorisches Programmieren,Deltawellen-Audio-Processing.Gehen Sie entspannt und gelassen in die nächste OP, richten Sie Ihren Fokus auf eine erfolgreiche Operation, haben Sie keine Angst mehr vor der Na deutsch. Tanja Kohl. https://samples.audible.de/bk/lyne/000804/bk_lyne_000804_sample.mp3.
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    The Holy City , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 357min
    Now entering his 67th year, Chris McCool can confidently call himself a member of the Happy Club: he has an attractive and exceedingly accommodating Croatian girlfriend and has been told he bears more than a passing resemblance to Roger Moore. As he looks back on the glory days of his youth, he recalls the swinging 60s of rural Ireland: a decade in which the cool cats sang along to Lulu and drove around in Ford Cortinas, when swinging meant wearing velvet trousers and shirts with frills, and where Dolores McCausland - Dolly Mixtures to those who knew her best - danced on the tops of tables and set the pulses of every man in small-town Cullymore racing.Chris McCool had it all back then. He had the moves, he had the car, and he had Dolly, a woman who purred suggestive songs and tugged gently at her skin-tight dresses, a Protestant femme fatale who was glamorous, transgressive, and who called him her very own 'Mr Wonderful'. She was, in short, the answer to this bastard son of a Catholic farmer's prayers. Except that there was another Mr Wonderful in town, a certain Marcus Otoyo - a young Nigerian with glossy curls and a dazzling devoutness that was all but irresistible. Although Chris, of course, was interested in Marcus only because of their shared religious fervour and mutual appreciation of the finer things. That was all. Besides, Mr McCool was always a hopeless romantic - some even described him as excessively so - but is there anything wrong with that? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Humphrey Bower. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/boli/000804/bk_boli_000804_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Abide with Me: A Novel, Hörbuch, Digital, 353min
    In her luminous and long-awaited new novel, best-selling author Elizabeth Strout welcomes readers back to the lovely landscape of northern New England, where the events of her first novel, Amy and Isabelle, unfolded. In the late 1950s, in the small town of West Annett, Maine, a minister struggles to regain his calling, his family, and his happiness in the wake of profound loss. At the same time, the community he has served so charismatically must come to terms with its own strengths and failings, faith and hypocrisy, loyalty and abandonment, when a dark secret is revealed. Tyler Caskey has come to love West Annett, "just up the road" from where he was born. The short, brilliant summers and the sharp, piercing winters fill him with awe, as does his congregation, full of good people who seek his guidance and listen earnestly as he preaches. But after suffering a terrible loss, Tyler finds it hard to return to himself as he once was. He hasn't had The Feeling, that God is all around him, in the beauty of the world, for quite some time. He struggles to find the right words in his sermons and in his conversations with those facing crises of their own, and to bring his five-year-old daughter, Katherine, out of the silence she has observed in the wake of the family's tragedy. A congregation that had once been patient and kind during Tyler's grief now questions his leadership and propriety. In the kitchens, classrooms, offices, and stores of the village, anger and gossip have started to swirl. And in Tyler's darkest hour, a startling discovery will test his congregation's humanity, and his own will to endure the kinds of trials that sooner or later test us all. In prose incandescent and artful, Elizabeth Strout draws readers into the details of ordinary life in a way that makes it extraordinary. All is considered, life, love, God, and community, within these pages, and all is made new by this writer's boundless compassion and graceful prose. Language: English. Narrator: Gerrianne Raphael. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000804/bk_rand_000804_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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