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Princess Ben: Being a Wholly Truthful Account of her Various Discoveries and Misadventures , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 430min
Benevolence is not your typical princess and Princess Ben is certainly not your typical fairy tale. With her parents lost to unknown assassins, Princess Ben ends up under the thumb of the conniving Queen Sophia, who is intent on marrying her off to the first available "specimen of imbecilic manhood".Starved and miserable, locked in the castle's highest tower, Ben stumbles upon a mysterious enchanted room. So begins her secret education in the magical arts: mastering an obstinate flying broomstick, furtively emptying the castle pantries, setting her hair on fire.But Ben's private adventures are soon overwhelmed by a mortal threat facing the castle and indeed the entire country. Can Princess Ben save her kingdom from annihilation and herself from permanent enslavement?Princess Ben is adventurous, romantic, entertaining and most of all, a humorous story about growing up that anyone of any age will not help but love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Catherine Gilbert Murdock. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/001456/bk_brll_001456_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Castles in the Air , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 481min
Castles in the Air is a beautifully written, autobiographical story of rescuing an ancient mansion. Gwydir Castle was inhabited by ravers and rats until Judy Corbett and her husband Peter Welford found and acquired this 500-year-old house mouldering in the foothills of Snowdonia. Despite the toads, strange smells and squatters, they decided to mortgage themselves to the hilt to bring the castle back to life. This is an evocatively written and genuinely moving book and is infused with an extraordinary sense of place. The couple's adventures in a gothic wonderland lead them through plots both supernatural and historical. In a museum storeroom in a Bronx warehouse they find a missing room, in the castle's Solar Tower the ghost of a young woman appears and from the far edges of the woods a silent man called Sven emerges to befriend the couple and their beloved castle. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charlotte Strevens. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/001006/bk_rhuk_001006_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Ash , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1357min
David Ash, detective of the paranormal, is sent to the mysterious Comraich Castle, secluded deep in the Scottish countryside, to investigate a strange, high-profile case. A man has been found crucified in a locked room. The reports suggest that the cliff-top castle is being haunted.... Who or what is the reclusive hooded figure that Ash has seen from the window walking across the courtyard in the dead of night? What are the strange, animal-like sounds that come from the surrounding woods? And why are the castle's inhabitants so reluctant to talk about what they have seen? What Ash eventually discovers is truly shocking.... Featuring one of Herbert's best-loved characters, first encountered in The Ghosts of Sleath and Haunted, Ash is a ghost story like no other that will chill you to the marrow. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steven Pacey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/006185/bk_bbcw_006185_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Strange Scottish Shore , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 738min
The acclaimed author of A Most Extraordinary Pursuit brings a dazzling voice and extraordinary plot twists to this captivating Scottish adventure.... Scotland, 1906. A mysterious object discovered inside an ancient castle calls Maximilian Haywood, the new Duke of Olympia, and his fellow researcher Emmeline Truelove north to the remote Orkney Islands. No stranger to the study of anachronisms in archeological digs, Haywood is nevertheless puzzled by the artifact: a suit of clothing that, according to family legend, once belonged to a selkie who rose from the sea and married the castle's first laird. But Haywood and Truelove soon realize they're not the only ones interested in the selkie's strange hide. When their mutual friend Lord Silverton vanishes in the night from an Edinburgh street, their quest takes a dangerous turn through time, which puts Haywood's extraordinary talents - and Truelove's courage - to their most breathtaking test yet. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gemma Massot. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/003286/bk_peng_003286_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Some Like It Kilted: The Ravenscraig Legacy Series Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 535min
If you love Scotland and big, brawny men in kilts, this one's for you.... Mindy Menlove lives in a castle that was transported stone by stone from Scotland to Pennsylvania. When she must sell the estate, her plans soon unravel. She's bound for the Hebrides, a place she'd hoped to avoid. Once there, she's confronted by the castle's original builder, who happens to be maddeningly irresistible and 700 years young. Bran of Barra was a legendary Highland chieftain. Since his demise he's enjoyed his ghostly pleasures - until a feisty female from across the Atlantic claims that she's come to Scotland to restore his ancestral home. It's a task she hasn't accepted willingly, and if the roguish Bran doesn't change Mindy's mind about his bonnie homeland - and him - neither of them will ever find any peace. But unexpected passion can be the most powerful.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ewan MacRae. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/051164/bk_acx0_051164_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Crown of Midnight (Miniature Character Collection)
Discover Sarah J. Maas's #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series-now available for a limited time in a brand-new miniature format! This exclusive edition highlights Dorian Havilliard. Delightfully compact with lightweight pages for easy travel, this miniature volume of Crown of Midnight is perfect for any book lover's coat pocket or purse. Complete and unabridged, this character edition celebrates Dorian Havilliard by highlighting his name in Adarlan Crimson ink. Read the second book in the epic saga Time Magazine called, "One of the best fantasy series of the past decade." Celaena Sardothien is the King's Champion, yet she is far from loyal to the crown. But secretly working against her master is no easy task. As she untangles the glass castle's mysteries, no one is above questioning her allegiance-not Crown Prince Dorian; not Chaol, Captain of the Guard; not even Nehemia, her friend and rebel princess. Then, an unspeakable tragedy shatters Celaena's world. She must decide once and for all where her loyalties lie . . . and for whom she will fight.- Shop: buecher
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Rathen: The Legend of Ghrakus Castle , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 866min
Rathen, a former Captain in King Delvant's army, retired to a quiet backwater town after the kingdom's forces were dissolved following the king's sudden death. Trying to forget his problems with the copious use of strong ale, he is approached by the emissaries of a powerful lord to lead a team of fighters, healers, and mages to dispel brigands from his lands. Rathen quickly recruits his best friend Bulo, an ex-gladiator and landlord of the local tavern, to assist him. The two join other members of the group and begin to hear stories of magical creatures and numerous dead in the land they are supposed to cleanse. Despite this, they head for Ghrakus Castle, and on the way they learn of the Castle's dark and mysterious history. Finally arriving at Ghrakus, where the full horror of their task becomes clear, they realize that their chances of returning home were indeed very slim and that betrayal awaits them. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chris MacDonnell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/070615/bk_acx0_070615_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Hostage of Glenorchy: A Highland Romance of Tudor Scotland (The Highland Ballad Series, Book 1) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 411min
Scotland 1556. No one can know her true identity, and the castle's mysterious hostage is irresistible, but will it bring betrayal - or even death? After overhearing a plot to kill Mary Queen of Scots, Abby Gordon is sent from Paris to the Laird of Glenorchy’s home at Kilchurn Castle for safety. Disguised as a boy, she becomes a lute player among the household musicians where she encounters the laird’s hostage, the attractive Iain MacGregor, a pawn in the laird’s struggle for power in Scotland’s turbulent politics. But is Iain really a hostage to fortune or is he playing his own dangerous game? As Abby’s feelings intensify for this Glenorchy hostage she is caught in the web of intrigue that permeates the household and is drawn deeper and deeper into danger. With spice, wit, and action-packed plotting, Kristin Gleeson’s Highland Ballad Series is as compelling as Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander novels. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Linda McDade. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/236110/bk_acx0_236110_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Fatal Facade: Allison Campbell Mystery Series, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 435min
Allison Campbell accepted a dream assignment: a visit to the Italian Dolomites to help Hollywood socialite Elle Rose reinvent herself. A guest cottage on the grounds of Elle's historic castle promises to be a much-needed respite from Allison's harried life on the Philadelphia Main Line, and the picturesque region, with its sharp peaks, rolling pastures, and medieval churches, is the perfect spot from which to plan her upcoming wedding. Only this idyllic retreat is anything but peaceful. There are the other visitors - an entourage of backbiting expats and Hollywood VIPs. There's Elle's famous rock-star father, now a shadowy recluse hovering behind the castle's closed doors. And then there's Elle's erratic behavior. Nothing is as it seems. After a guest plummets to her death from a cliff on the castle grounds, Allison's trip of a lifetime turns nightmarish, but before she can journey home, Allison must catch a killer. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tanya Eby. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/011003/bk_tant_011003_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Dragonbone Chair: Memory, Sorrow & Thorn, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1992min
The beloved first novel in Tad Williams' classic fantasy series Memory, Sorrow and Thorn.Kitchen-boy Simon is bored, restless and 14 years old - a dangerous combination. It seems, however, that his life has just taken a turn for the better when he's apprenticed to his castle's resident wizard. As Simon's learning to read and write under Doctor Morgenes' tutelage, forces greater than he could possible imagine are gathering: forces which will change Simon's life - and his world - forever.Following the death of Good King John, Osten Ard is plunged into civil war as his sons battle for control of the fabled Dragonbone Chair - the country's throne as well as the symbol of its power. Simon is forced to flee the only home he has ever known, a journey which will test him beyond his worst nightmares. With The Dragonbone Chair, Tad Williams introduced readers to the incredible fantasy world of Osten Ard and kicked off the beloved, internationally best-selling series Memory, Sorrow and Thorn. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrew Wincott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hodd/000796/bk_hodd_000796_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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