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    Plutarch’s Lives, Volume 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2467min
    This book was the principal source for Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Coriolanus, and Antony and Cleopatra. It was also one of two books Mary Shelley chose for the blind hermit to use for Frankenstein’s monster’s education, with the other being the Bible. Plutarch’s Lives remains one of the world’s most profoundly influential literary works. Written at the beginning of the second century, it forms a brilliant social history of the ancient world. His “parallel lives” were originally presented in a series of books that gave an account of one Greek and one Roman life, followed by a comparison of the two. Included are Romulus and Theseus, Pompey and Agesilaus, Dion and Brutus, Alcibiades and Coriolanus, Demosthenes and Cicero, and Demetrius and Antony. Plutarch was a moralist of the highest order. “It was for the sake of others that I first commenced writing biographies,” he said, “but I find myself proceeding and attaching myself to it for my own; the virtues of these great men serving me as a sort of looking glass, in which I may see how to adjust and adorn my own life.” This second volume includes Alexander and Caesar, Demetrius and Antony, Dion and Marcus Brutus, the aforementioned Demosthenes and Cicero, as well as biographies of Alexander, Caesar, Cato the Younger, and others. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bernard Mayes. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/004315/bk_blak_004315_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Eighty Is Not Enough: One Actor's Journey Through American Entertainment , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 593min
    Narrating his riveting memoir, beloved actor Dick Van Patten reflects on his prolific career, vibrant life, and the people who shaped both. From growing up during the Great Depression when poverty and racially biased ideologies dominated America, to witnessing the advent of television and its subsequent influence on culture, Dick Van Patten's life is a rich record of change and progress in America and Hollywood. Perhaps best known for his role playing the mild mannered "every-dad" in 70s sitcom Eight Is Enough, Dick Van Patten has appeared in thousands of television, film, and radio roles viewed by millions of people; he commenced his career by lighting up the Great White Way as a child star alongside Broadway staples such as Tallulah Bankhead, Melvyn Douglas, Alfred Lunt, and Lynn Fontanne, early influences who fueled his relentless thirst for acting and stardom. Van Patten divulges anecdotes both amusing and emotional; among them, he chronicles throwing back drinks with notorious Hollywood producer Robert Evans, forming his family's close friendship with pop icon Farrah Fawcett, rooming with the legendary Burt Lancaster, and living next door to the eccentric Michael Jackson. Eighty Is Not Enough provides a look back on the evolution of entertainment in a manner rarely glimpsed - straight from the man who experienced it all. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dick Van Patten. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pnix/000782/bk_pnix_000782_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Tales from the Oklahoma Sooner Sidelines: A Collection of the Greatest Sooner Stories Ever Told , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 310min
    A collection of the best stories about Oklahoma Sooner football - updated through the 2010 season. No single element has the power to absolutely define the lasting enchantment of Oklahoma football. Decades of great successes and occasional heartbreak have spawned generations of faithful disciples, who treat fall Saturdays like sacred holidays dedicated to their heroes donning the crimson and cream. Tales from the Oklahoma Sooner Sideline provides a glimpse, with a behind-the-scenes perspective, into the traditions surrounding Oklahoma football. Through dozens of stories, Jay Upchurch describes the individual and team triumphs that commenced with the hiring of legendary coach Bud Wilkinson and continue today. Tales from the Oklahoma Sooner Sideline spans the careers of the Big Three - Wilkinson, Barry Switzer, and Bob Stoops - whose respective programs have accounted for seven national championships over the last five decades. Here are stories from OU greats such as Pop Ivy, Tommy McDonald, Eddie Crowder, Billy Vessels, Prentice Gautt, Joe Don Looney, Granville Liggins, Steve Owens, Greg Pruitt, the Selmon brothers, Billy Sims, Joe Washington, Brian Bosworth, Keith Jackson, Thomas Lott, Roy Williams, Josh Heupel, Rocky Calmus, Adrian Peterson, Sam Bradford, and many, many more. The color and pageantry of game days unfolds within this audiobook, complete with sideline antics, dramatic insight, and the poetry that is Oklahoma football. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andy Cowan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/008769/bk_adbl_008769_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Plutarch’s Lives, Volume 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2546min
    This book was the principal source for Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Coriolanus, and Antony and Cleopatra. It was also one of two books Mary Shelley chose for the blind hermit to use for Frankenstein’s monster’s education, with the other being the Bible. Plutarch’s Lives remains one of the world’s most profoundly influential literary works. Written at the beginning of the second century, it forms a brilliant social history of the ancient world. His “parallel lives” were originally presented in a series of books that gave an account of one Greek and one Roman life, followed by a comparison of the two. Included are Romulus and Theseus, Pompey and Agesilaus, Dion and Brutus, Alcibiades and Coriolanus, Demosthenes and Cicero, and Demetrius and Antony. Plutarch was a moralist of the highest order. “It was for the sake of others that I first commenced writing biographies,” he said, “but I find myself proceeding and attaching myself to it for my own; the virtues of these great men serving me as a sort of looking glass, in which I may see how to adjust and adorn my own life.” The first of the two volumes in this translation by John Dryden presents Theseus and Romulus, Pericles and Fabius, Alcibiades and Coriolanus, Aristides and Marcus Cato, and Lysander and Sylla, among others. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bernard Mayes. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/004316/bk_blak_004316_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Be Here Now
    Beloved guru Ram Dass tells the story of his spiritual awakening and gives you the tools to take control of your life in this counterculture bible (The New York Times) featuring powerful guidance on yoga, meditation, and finding your true self.When Be Here Now was first published in 1971, it filled a deep spiritual emptiness, launched the ongoing mindfulness revolution, and established Ram Dass as perhaps the preeminent seeker of the twentieth century.Just ten years earlier, he was known as Professor Richard Alpert. He held appointments in four departments at Harvard University. He published books, drove a Mercedes and regularly vacationed in the Caribbean. By most societal standards, he had achieved great success. . . . And yet he couldn t escape the feeling that something was missing. Psilocybin and LSD changed that. During a period of experimentation, Alpert peeled away each layer of his identity, disassociating from himself as a professor, a social cosmopolite, and lastly, as a physical being. Fear turned into exaltation upon the realization that at his truest, he was just his inner-self: a luminous being that he could trust indefinitely and love infinitely.And thus, a spiritual journey commenced. Alpert headed to India where his guru renamed him Baba Ram Dass servant of God. He was introduced to mindful breathing exercises, hatha yoga, and Eastern philosophy. If he found himself reminiscing or planning, he was reminded to Be Here Now. He started upon the path of enlightenment, and has been journeying along it ever since.Be Here Now is a vehicle for sharing the true message, and a guide to self-determination.
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    The Bitterest Enemy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 885min
    It is the late summer of 1863 and the third year of the war in North America. In the wake of the defeat at Gettysburg, Robert E. Lee has returned, with his Confederate army, to Virginia. But, a further crisis to the west, in the Tennessee theater of the war, compels the general to detach a part of his army to journey west to north Georgia in order to reinforce the beleaguered Southern forces there.Daniel Ryan and his comrades of The Ogeechee Volunteer Rifles are among those making this journey, which leads them to a savage battlefield at Chickamauga Creek. There follows a dismal season of endurance and hardship, testing, as never before, the courage and resolve of the men of the Company B, who are called upon to face an ordeal of blood and death, worse than any they have yet encountered. About the author: Martin Hicks lives in Fraserburgh in Scotland and commenced writing after a career in education. The Bitterest Enemy is his seventh book, based on the experiences of Daniel Ryan, an Irish recruit in the Confederate States army. The author is currently working on a further title, set also in the war of 1861-65. The other books by the same author include A Gathering of Soldiers, Hard Passage North, The Rappahannock Line, Mirage of Victory, A Season for Killing, and A Deepening Twilight. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Delino Ziegler, Jr.. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/181527/bk_acx0_181527_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Keto Diet: Healthy Fats for Getting Lean and Burning Fat , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 58min
    Alter your diet plan and bask in the breathtaking impacts of the ketogenic diet program.Welcome to one of the absolute best decisions you have ever made in your entire life. This concise book will open up your mind to the realm of nutritious fats and the risks of an excess of carbohydrates, the last of which is one thing most of us deal with every single day. A brand-new time has commenced - a time in which you say no to too much weight and problems of heart disease or other degenerative health problems.You are going to become a lot more knowledgeable about aspects such as:The most effective ways the ketogenic diet program can serve youThe way science has backed up the ideas suggested by many ketogenic health expertsHelp and advice regarding the starting periods of the ketogenic diet programFatty acids in foods that can reduce your cravings and make you stuffed fastThe remarkable impacts of ketones as a wholesome energy source on the human bodyAnd much more...Want to do something about your health? Are you intending to learn more about yourself? Do you wish to learn about your anatomy? Supposing that you believe any one of these points make a difference, then going through or listening closely to a book such as this makes complete sense.Alter your diet plan and bask in the breathtaking impacts of the ketogenic diet program.Go ahead and buy this audiobook. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Shyla Lamoore. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/188408/bk_acx0_188408_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Carnage and Courage: A Memoir of FDR, the Kennedys, and World War II , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 704min
    Carnage and Courage is the story of an American woman's journey from upper-crust ingénue to a career in the US diplomatic corps. At President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's behest, Page Wilson left the US to serve in London with Ambassador Joseph Kennedy as he took up his post just before World War II began and the Blitz commenced. With the conflict in Europe already underway, Wilson, working with Kennedy, shares the grip of war with the men and women who are engaged against Germany. When the bombs finally fall on Britain, Kennedy sends Wilson back to America - fulfilling a promise he and Roosevelt made to keep her safe - where she anxiously awaits US involvement. Upon meeting the man she will marry, a combat pilot, her role begins to mirror that of so many women of war era - the struggle to maintain a home that is re-billeted constantly and the worry for her husband in combat. Wilson's journey starts with an appointment from the highest levels of government and continues along a path many young women would take as America fought to bring peace to the world. These women's lives are a shared battle through the years of the worst war the world has ever known, the years of struggle between Munich and Hiroshima, between certain death and brave survival, not only for the men and women under arms, but for their wives and families back home as well. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Pam Ward. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/025197/bk_adbl_025197_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Keto Diet: Healthy Ketogenic Super Foods and Super Tips for Beginners , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 54min
    Alter your diet plan and bask in the breathtaking impacts of the ketogenic diet program.Welcome to one of the absolute best decisions you have ever made in your entire life. This concise publication will open up your mind to the realm of nutritious fats and the risks of an excess of carbohydrates, the last of which is one thing most of us deal with every single day. A brand new time has commenced, a time in which you say no to too much weight, to the problems of heart disease, or some other degenerative health problems. You are going to become a lot more knowledgeable about aspects such as:The most effective ways the ketogenic diet program can serve you.The way science has backed up the ideas suggested by many ketogenic health experts.Help and advice regarding the starting periods of the ketogenic diet program.Fatty acids in foods that can reduce your cravings and make you stuffed fast.The remarkable impacts of ketones as a wholesome energy source on the human body.As well as these are only a few examples.Are you wanting to do something about it? Are you intending to learn more about yourself? Do you wish to learn about your anatomy? Supposing that you believe any one of these points make a difference, then going through or listening closely to a book such as this makes complete sense.Go ahead and get the manual. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: C F Sherratt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/154104/bk_acx0_154104_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Big City: Until the Night, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 305min
    The Big City is the third audiobook of the Until the Night series and is set in November 1943. The Until the Night series is about Bomber Command in the winter of 1943 to '44 and follows the experience of Adam Chantrey, a 25-year-old veteran of the Bombing War sent to Ansham Wolds in Lincolnshire to rebuild a shattered Lancaster squadron. Exhausted and tormented by his own demons, he discovers, amidst the chaos of war and loss, love and an unlikely inner peace up on the high wold of Lincolnshire while all around him the world is enveloped in madness.  It was in November 1943 that Bomber Command commenced a campaign to level Berlin from end to end; at stake was the tantalizing prospect of knocking Germany out of the war by the spring of 1944. The fabled "main aim" of the bomber war briefly beckoned, and like a siren's call, it began to lure the Main Force to its doom.  But all that was in an unknown and an unknowable future; in the beginning hope died hard. For Adam Chantrey, this is just the latest battle, and he is not alone in having to come to terms with the new realities of a cruel world.  Please be aware - this audiobook is also available in an omnibus edition titled Until the Night, a revised second edition of a previously published title of the same name. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrew Calverley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/117154/bk_acx0_117154_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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