52 Results for : barreled
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Into a Raging Sea: Great South African Rescues , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 445min
On 1 October 2015, Hurricane Joaquin barreled into the Bermuda Triangle and swallowed the container ship El Faro whole, resulting in one of the worst shipping disasters in decades. No one could fathom how a vessel equipped with satellite communications, a sophisticated navigation system, and cutting-edge weather forecasting could suddenly vanish - until now. Relying on hundreds of exclusive interviews with family members and maritime experts, as well as the words of the crew members themselves - whose conversations were captured by the ship’s data recorder - Rachel Slade unravels the mystery of the sinking of El Faro. As she recounts the final 24 hours on board, Slade vividly depicts the officers’ anguish and fear as they struggled to carry out Captain Michael Davidson’s increasingly bizarre commands, which they knew would steer them straight into the eye of the storm. Taking a hard look at America’s aging merchant marine fleet, Slade also reveals the truth about modern shipping - a cutthroat industry plagued by razor-thin profits and ever more violent hurricanes fueled by global warming. A richly reported account of a singular tragedy, Into the Raging Sea takes us into the heart of an age-old American industry, casting new light on the hardworking crew of El Faro who paid the ultimate price in the name of profit. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chris Van Rensburg. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/052780/bk_adbl_052780_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Bone Rattle: A Riveting Novel of Suspense
New York Times bestselling author Marc Cameron, best known for his propulsive Tom Clancy thrillers, delivers an atmospheric adventure novel set in the frigid hinterlands of Alaska - where corruption and murder meet. "Cameron's books are riveting page-turners." -Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author In the icy heart of Alaska, a series of gruesome murders leads Deputy US Marshal Arliss Cutter into a firestorm of searing corruption, clashing cultures, and bone-chilling fear. . . . In Juneau, a young Native archeologist is sent to protect the ancient burial sites uncovered by an Alaskan gold mining company. He never returns. In Anchorage, a female torso is washed ashore near a jogging trail by the airport. It is not the first. At Alaska's Fugitive Task Force, Arliss Cutter and deputy Lola Teariki are pulled from their duties and sent to a federal court in Juneau. Instead of tracking dangerous fugitives, Cutter and Lola will be keeping track of sequestered jurors in a high-profile trial. The case involves a massive drug conspiracy with ties to a mining company, a lobbyist, and two state senators. When a prosecuting attorney is murdered-and a reporter viciously attacked-Cutter realizes they're dealing with something much bigger, and darker, than a simple drug trial. The truth lies deep within the ancient sites and precious mines of this isolated land-and inside the cold hearts of those who would kill to hide its secrets. . . . "Suspenseful . . . Readers can only hope they won't have long to wait for Cutter's third outing." -Publishers Weekly on Stone Cross "A double-barreled blast of action, narrative, and impossible-to-fake authenticity with a great sense of place and a terrific protagonist." -C.J. Box, #1 New York Times bestselling author on Open Carry- Shop: buecher
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Shotguns and Stagecoaches: The Brave Men Who Rode for Wells Fargo in the Wild West , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 647min
Shotguns and Stagecoaches tells the true stories of the Wild West heroes who guarded the iconic Wells Fargo stagecoaches and trains, battling colorful thieves, vicious highwaymen, and robbers armed with explosives. The phrase "riding shotgun" was no teenage game to the men who guarded stagecoaches and trains in the Western frontier. Armed with sawed-off double-barreled shotguns and an occasional revolver, these express messengers guarded valuable cargo through lawless terrain. They were tough, fighting men who risked their lives every time they climbed into the front boot of a Concord coach. Boessenecker introduces soon-to-be iconic personalities like "Chips" Hodgkins, an express rider known for his white mule and his ability to outrace his competitors, and Henry Johnson, the first Wells Fargo detective. Their lives weren't just one shootout after another - their encounters with desperadoes were won just as often with quick wits and memorized-by-heart knowledge of the land. The highway robbers also get their due. It wouldn't be a story about the Wild West without Black Bart, the most infamous stagecoach robber of all time, and Butch Cassidy's gang, America's most legendary train robbers. Through the Gold Rush and the early days of delivery with horses and saddlebags, to the heyday of stagecoaches and huge shipments of gold, and finally the rise of the railroad and the robbers who concocted unheard-of schemes to loot trains, Wells Fargo always had courageous men to protect its treasure. Their unforgettable bravery and ingenuity make this audiobook a thrilling listen. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alex Hyde-White. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/003712/bk_aren_003712_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-three mariners, one megastorm and the sinking of the El Faro , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 696min
In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air, Rachel Slade’s Into the Raging Sea is a nail-biting account of the sinking of the container ship El Faro, the crew of 33 who perished on board and the destructive forces of globalisation that put the ship in harm’s way. On October 1, 2015, Hurricane Joaquin barreled into the Bermuda Triangle and swallowed the container ship El Faro whole, resulting in one of the worst shipping disasters in decades. No-one could fathom how a vessel equipped with satellite communications, a sophisticated navigation system and cutting-edge weather forecasting could suddenly vanish - until now. Relying on hundreds of exclusive interviews with family members and maritime experts, as well as the words of the crew members themselves - whose conversations were captured by the ship’s data recorder - journalist Rachel Slade unravels the mystery of the sinking of El Faro. As she recounts the final 24 hours on board, Slade vividly depicts the officers’ anguish and fear as they struggled to carry out Captain Michael Davidson’s increasingly bizarre commands, which, they knew, would steer them straight into the eye of the storm. Taking a hard look at America’s aging merchant marine fleet, Slade also reveals the truth about modern shipping - a cutthroat industry plagued by razor-thin profits and ever more violent hurricanes fueled by global warming. A richly reported account of a singular tragedy, Into the Raging Sea takes us into the heart of an age-old American industry, casting new light on the hardworking crew of El Faro who paid the ultimate price in the name of profit. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Erin Bennett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/003897/bk_hcuk_003897_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Twice a Rake: Lord Rotheby's Influence, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 638min
Some scandals are meant to be.... When Aurora Hyatt loses her journal in Hyde Park, her ruin is a foregone conclusion. After all, if anyone discovers her writings, they'll find scandalous fantasies involving the newest rake in town alongside entirely-too-candid thoughts about her typical dreary suitors. Aurora will either be forced into a loveless marriage with the first nodcock to make an offer, or she'll be assigned a permanent position on the shelf. Oh, dear good Lord. What catastrophe will God smite down upon her next? If Niles Thornton, Baron Quinton, desires to maintain any semblance of his current lifestyle, he must fulfill the requirements his grandfather, Lord Rotheby, has set for him. First and foremost: he must marry and begin filling his nursery within the year. When he is nearly barreled over by a racing curricle and a journal flies out to land at his feet, his troubles are over. Inside the journals pages, Quin discovers a scandal waiting to happen. Surely a young lady who would write such brazen things in a journal (and then dare to lose it) must recognize the necessity of a hasty marriage, even if the gentleman making the offer is rather less than honorable. In a drunken haze, Quin kisses Aurora on a crowded ballroom floor, necessitating their immediate marriage. Quin's troubles are only beginning, however, as Aurora's writings are soon the focus of both gossip rags and drawing room conversation. When word arrives of an even greater scandal following in his wife's wake, will he prove himself a drunken abuser like his father, or will he become the loving husband of Aurora's fantasies? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Pearl Hewitt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/008222/bk_acx0_008222_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Silver Manticore: Friends and Foes , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 378min
The Silver Manticore - to some he is nothing more than an urban legend rising from the fears of cowardly criminals. To others he is a masked mastermind of evil cutting into the biggest schemes, helping himself to the largest share. And then there's the truth: that the Manticore, unknown to both the law and the underworld, is a force of good merely posing as a crook! Regardless of what those who know of the mysterious figure believe, the Manticore has come into contact and conflict with allies and enemies. This avenging vigilante has definitely made many friends and foes, all with their own stories! Pro Se Productions proudly presents Silver Manticore: Friends and Foes by P.J. Lozito. The follow-up to the Pro Se best seller The Sting of the Silver Manticore, this volume presents a side of the pulp hero that often goes unseen - how those who stand beside and against what he does view him and his actions. Join the Manticore in ten two-fisted double-barreled tales where you will meet: The Maggot, who has used the very same methods as the Manticore in his own war on crime Doc Wylie, scientist and crime buster supreme, who has been pressed into aiding the Silver Manticore Special Inspector Joe Casey of the NYPD, who secretly works for the Silver Manticore Evan White, the African American who inherited the silver mask in the 1950s And many others who have come to know the Manticore for better or worse Fight alongside P.J. Lozito's fantastic homage to classic heroes and those he encounters in Silver Manticore: Friends and Foes from Pro Se Productions. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Kern. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/065195/bk_acx0_065195_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 688min
From acclaimed actor and producer Wendell Pierce, an insightful and poignant portrait of family, New Orleans and the transforming power of art. On the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina barreled into New Orleans, devastating many of the city's neighborhoods, including Pontchartrain Park, the home of Wendell Pierce's family and the first African American middle-class subdivision in New Orleans. The hurricane breached many of the city's levees, and the resulting flooding submerged Pontchartrain Park under as much as 20 feet of water. Katrina left New Orleans later that day, but for the next three days the water kept relentlessly gushing into the city, plunging eighty percent of New Orleans under water. Nearly 1,500 people were killed. Half the houses in the city had four feet of water in them - or more. There was no electricity or clean water in the city; looting and the breakdown of civil order soon followed. Tens of thousands of New Orleanians were stranded in the city, with no way out; many more evacuees were displaced, with no way back in. Pierce and his family were some of the lucky ones: They survived and were able to ride out the storm at a relative's house 70 miles away. When they were finally allowed to return, they found their family home in tatters, their neighborhood decimated. Heartbroken but resilient, Pierce vowed to help rebuild, and not just his family's home, but all of Pontchartrain Park. In this powerful and redemptive narrative, Pierce brings together the stories of his family, his city, and his history, why they are all worth saving and the critical importance art played in reuniting and revitalizing this unique American city. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Wendell Pierce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/002650/bk_peng_002650_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Preacher & MacCallister Bundle (eBook, ePUB)
DOUBLE BARRELED JOHNSTONE JUSTICE National bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone bring together two of their most legendary heroes in the first three novels of a bold new Western series. When the rugged mountain man known as Preacher and the Scottish clan rancher Jamie Ian MacCallister join forces, justice will set the record straight on the wild American frontier . . . FRONTIER AMERICA As the father of a young Crow tribesman, Preacher would like nothing more than to see the long-time natives and newly arrived settlers live together in peace-until the killing starts. As a family man and frontiersman, Jamie Ian MacCallister is more than happy to help the officers at Fort Kearny negotiate a peace treaty with the Crow nation-until it all goes to hell. Caught in a brutal, blood-drenched frontier war, two heroic men must fight and win for liberty and justice for all . . . THEY CAME TO KILL When the bigwigs in Washington decide to build a transcontinental railroad to the West Coast, they need a man who's just as unstoppable to clear a path through Mexican territory. Jamie MacCallister knows it's a tough job. The territory is overrun with Apaches who are gunning for a fight. Jamie knows he can't take on the whole Apache nation by himself. He needs help. He needs back-up. He needs a non-stop force of mountain-man fury who goes by the name of Preacher . . . WHEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE It's one of the great mysteries of the Old West. The unexplained disappearance of a hunting party of Prussian nobles who entered the American wilderness-and never returned. Now, years later, the Prussian government demands an explanation. In response, the U.S. Army hires Preacher and Jamie MacCallister to join their search party-along with a band of Prussian soldiers led by the sinister Baron Adalwolf von Kuhner. This is no rescue mission. It's a massacre in the making. And when the hunters become the hunted, all hell breaks loose . . . Live Free. Read Hard.- Shop: buecher
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The Green Hornet Street Car Disaster , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 264min
As rush hour came to a close on the evening of May 25, 1950, one of Chicago’s new, fast, colorful, streamlined streetcars - known as a Green Hornet - slammed into a gas truck at State Street and 62nd Place. The Hornet’s motorman allegedly failed to heed the warnings of a flagger attempting to route it around a flooded underpass, and the trolley, packed with commuters on their way home, barreled into 8,000 gallons of gasoline. The gas erupted into flames, poured onto State Street, and quickly engulfed the Hornet, shooting flames two 250 feet into the air. More than half of the passengers escaped the inferno through the rear window, but 33 others perished, trapped in front of the streetcar’s back door which failed to stay open in the ensuing panic. It was Chicago’s worst traffic accident ever and the worst two-vehicle traffic accident in the US history.The Green Hornet Streetcar Disaster tells the riveting tale of this calamity. Combing through newspaper accounts as well as the Chicago Transit Authority’s official archives, Craig Cleve vividly brings to life this horrific catastrophe. Going beyond the historical record, he tracks down individuals who were present on that fateful day on State and 62nd: eyewitnesses, journalists, and even survivors whose lives were forever changed by the accident.Cleve reveals the remarkable combination of natural events, human error, and mechanical failure that led to the disaster, and this moving history recounts them - as well as the conflagration’s human drama - in gripping detail.The book is published by Northern Illinois University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.“A compelling story about a long forgotten tragedy.” (Rick Kogan, author of Sidewalks: Portraits of Chicago)"A fascinating account of one of Chicago’s greatest disasters." (David M. Young, author of Chicago Transit: An Illustrated History) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chaz Allen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/170681/bk_acx0_170681_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 841min
The best-selling author of Gates of Fire and Killing Rommel delivers his first work of military nonfiction - an epic narrative of the Six Day War. June 5, 1967: The fearsome, Soviet-equipped Egyptian Army and its 1,000 tanks are massed on Israel's southern border. Meanwhile, the Syrian Army is shelling the much smaller nation from the north. And to the east, Jordan and Iraq are moving brigades and fighter squadrons into position to attack. Egypt's President Nasser has declared that the Arab world's goal is no less than "the destruction of Israel." June 10, 1967: The combined Arab armies are in ruins, their air forces totally destroyed. Israel's citizen-soldiers have seized the Gaza Strip and the entire Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the Golan Heights from Syria, East Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan. The land under Israeli control has tripled. The charismatic, eye-patch wearing Defense Minister Moshe Dayan has barreled through the Lion's Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, meeting up with a gang of paratroopers who have already raised the blue and white flag that frames the Star of David. How on earth did this happen? Only Steven Pressfield could get the real story from the fighter jocks in the air, the tank commanders through the sand, and the infantrymen on the ground. Through more than 300 hours of interviews conducted in Israel, he has written a gripping chronicle of the six days that changed the Middle East forever. He also captures the universal experience of individual soldiers compelled to stare down mortal fear and move headlong into a firestorm. The Lion's Gate blends the immediacy of Mark Bowden's Black Hawk Down, the esprit de corps of Stephen Ambrose's Band of Brothers, and the soul of James Bradley's Flags of Our Fathers. It will join the indispensable canon of military nonfiction. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/002369/bk_peng_002369_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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