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    Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 569min
    A lively and revealing biography of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, celebrating the powerful real-life friendship behind one of America's most iconic television programs. Andy Griffith and Don Knotts met on Broadway in the 1950s. When Andy went to Hollywood to film a TV pilot about a small-town sheriff, Don called to ask if the sheriff could use a deputy. The comedic synergy between Sheriff Andy Taylor and Deputy Barney Fife ignited The Andy Griffith Show, elevating a folksy sitcom into a timeless study of human friendship, as potent off the screen as on. Andy and Don - fellow Southerners born into poverty and raised among scofflaws, bullies, and drunks - captured the hearts of Americans across the country as they rocked lazily on the front porch, meditating about the simple pleasure of a bottle of pop. But behind this sleepy, small-town charm, de Visé's exclusive reporting reveals explosions of violent temper, bouts of crippling neurosis, and all-too-human struggles with the temptations of fame. Andy and Don chronicles unspoken rivalries, passionate affairs, unrequited loves, and friendships lost and regained. Although Andy and Don ended their Mayberry partnership in 1965, they remained best friends for the next half century, with Andy visiting Don at his deathbed. Written by Don Knotts' brother-in-law and featuring extensive unpublished interviews with those closest to both men, Andy and Don is the definitive literary work on the legacy of The Andy Griffith Show and a provocative and an entertaining listen about two of America's most enduring stars. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: George Newbern. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/007274/bk_sans_007274_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Psychic Reprieve: Deception and Reality , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 567min
    R.C. is a rising star in baseball, until his world comes crashing down. Raised by his grandparents, Raunold Choquet has one dream in life, to play ball. When a hazing incident goes astray, he finds out that justice is not always blind. Reality sets in when he is attacked in prison. Awakening from a coma with piercing headaches and vivid dreams, he is left to sort out what is real, and what is not. Psychic Reprieve: Deception & Reality introduces us to a group of unlikely friends: a well-liked college baseball player, a disgraced Chicago police sergeant, and a folksy identify thief, as they seek to cash in on one of the trio’s clairvoyant abilities. As their plan unfolds, the lines between deception and reality blur as the motivation for financial gain clashes with conscience, patriotism, and personal responsibility. Purported psychics use their talents — real or perceived — to provide a service and earn an income. In this particular line of work, scammers and snake oil salesmen sometimes move about like thieves in the night. Realists see psychic readings as a pricy form of entertainment. To those in search of inner peace, however, the hopes of bringing a loved one’s killer to justice or communicating with a relative on 'the other side' can make them an easy mark for brazen charlatans. Mitchell Nevin’s latest novel searches the shadowy expanses occupied by serial killers, cold-blooded terrorists, challenged detectives, troubled loved ones, and a gifted young man on a quest to mend his tattered reputation. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: George Kuch. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/016114/bk_acx0_016114_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Root and Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the Struggle to End Segregation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 603min
    The riveting story of the two crusading lawyers who led the legal battle to end segregation, one case and one courtroom at a timeThe Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education is widely considered a seminal point in the battle to end segregation, but it was in fact the culmination of a decades-long legal campaign. Root and Branch is the epic story of the two fiercely dedicated lawyers who led the fight from county courthouses to the marble halls of the Supreme Court, and, in the process, laid the legal foundations of the civil rights movement.Charles Hamilton Houston was the pioneer: After becoming the first African-American on the Harvard Law Review, he transformed the law school at all-Black Howard University into a West Point for civil rights advocacy.One of Houston's students at Howard was a brash young man named Thurgood Marshall. Soon after Marshall's graduation, Houston and Marshall opened the NAACP's legal office. The abstemious, proper Houston and the folksy, easygoing Marshall made an unlikely duo, but together they faced down angry Southern mobs, negotiated with presidents and senators, and convinced even racist judges and juries that the Constitution demanded equal justice under law for all American citizens.Houston, tragically, would die before his strategy came to fruition in the Brown suit, but Marshall would argue the case victoriously and go on to become the first African-American Supreme Court justice - always crediting his mentor for teaching him everything he knew. Together, the two advocates changed the course of American history. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dominic Hoffman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002165/bk_rand_002165_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Wedding Worries: Verba Mundi, Book 30 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 714min
    Hildur is about to marry the village butcher, a man twice her age and a buffoon. Set in rural Sweden, Dagerman uses Hildur’s rite of passage to explore human loneliness, longing, love and deliverance. The novel, narrated through a multitude of characters, begins on the morning of the wedding day with a mysterious knocking on the bride’s window, and ends 24 hours later following a bacchanalian feast of unexpected drama. Among the many vivid characters: Hildur's mother Hilma, filled with hard-won womanly wisdom; her father, a recluse who refuses to leave his second floor hide-away; Irma, her embittered sister with a bastard son; and three enigmatic tramps housed in the barn. The shifting perspectives offer a richly textured tale that ranges in mood from poetic tenderness to folksy hilarity to transcendent wisdom. J.M.G. Le Clézio, Nobel Laureate in Literature: “As I slowly read Wedding Worries, I rediscover what fascinated me in Dagerman... The same fascination I sensed when I first read [James Joyce’s] Ulysses, [William Faulkner’s] Light in August...when I felt a towering wave wash over me, carrying all the force that had unleashed it on the other side of the horizon.... The wedding party is a celebration of life, making us forget for a time our fear, despair and loneliness.” Stig Dagerman (1923-1954) was the literary wunderkind of his generation in Sweden. Surpassed in Swedish literature perhaps only by August Strindberg in terms of his work’s compressed intensity, Dagerman’s remarkable literary output came to an abrupt end when he committed suicide at the age of 31. Lo Dagerman, narrator, is the daughter of Stig Dagerman and actress Anita Björk. Cover Art: "Går i sömnen" (Sleepwalking) 1986 © Karin Mamma Andersson / Bildupphovsrätt 2019 ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lo Dagerman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/175739/bk_acx0_175739_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Babes, Booze & Biceps , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 565min
    An impressive follow-up to Slayback’s (Boys, Bumps & Blood, 2013) debut memoir.The author picks up right where his first autobiography left off, in the fall of 1952. At the age of 14, he was shuttled from Duluth, Minnesota, to Lansing, Michigan, while his father headed to Florida. Such trips had been part of their regular routine ever since the author’s mother died; this time, he was left in the care of his married older sister, Lorna. Yet as heartbreaking as it was for the author to hear his father abruptly tell him to "learn to be happy on your own," it hardly sets the tone for the remainder of the memoir. Instead, the author was resilient, throwing himself into a quest for happiness and contentment; he immersed himself in archery, bodybuilding, and bow-hunting, among other things. His diligence with schoolwork eventually allowed him to go to college. There, he enjoyed, for a short time, pole vaulting, spent productive time on a horse ranch, and met a steady procession of women.This improved effort is sure to delight listeners of heartfelt, folksy autobiographies. Slayback writes with sincerity, imparting vignettes from his life with urgency, as if committing them to paper might relieve the pain or sorrow he encountered in his early youth. His love of Michigan particularly shines through ("Fall in Michigan is football season.... In every city, town, or village, it’s in the air, the fresh, brisk, warm, sunny air of day, coupled with the slight bite of cool air in the evening."). He just as clearly describes his time spent learning to rope calves in a rodeo as he does a spicy boat trip to Cuba. The memoir’s cheeky title, though, belies the emotional, introspective landscape of the author’s life. Overall, Slayback relates his adventuresome life with gusto and reflection.A delightful second memoir that’s more engaging and contemplative than the first. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: e-AudioProductions.com. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/160616/bk_acx0_160616_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Vanilla Spiced Omega: The Hollydale Omegas, Book 11 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 182min
    Shane is my stepbrother; he's family and strictly off-limits.Shane Prescott is a fun-loving omega with a knack for landing in trouble. He prides himself on efficiently running the waitstaff at his brother’s restaurant, Kamasouptra. Between his brother-slash-bestie, Keith, and his dog, Rocky, Shane doesn’t need anything else to make him happy. Love would be nice, but that ship sailed the day his mom married Keith’s dad.Keith Anderson is focused on two things: Making Kamasouptra the premiere place to dine in Hollydale and not giving into his feelings for his stepbrother. For the past several years, his life has been running smoothly to the point of being in rut. Keith’s life begins to change when an offbeat old lady befriends him and starts to make Keith think that it’s time to alpha up and chase what he really wants.Between a smarmy food critic, April Fools pranks gone wrong, and two helpful old coots who dispense their unsolicited folksy wisdom to the brothers - you’ll be in stitches as you root for a pair of men who are so busy trying to follow societal expectations that they’re oblivious to the clear signs that maybe...just maybe...they were never meant to have a brotherly relationship in the first place. Things are about to change in major ways for this pair of stepbrothers, if they can just be brave enough to take a chance for happiness.Return to the world of Hollydale with a quirky romance full of all the fluffy feels that you’d expect from a Hollydale novella. This is the 11th book of The Hollydale Omegas series but is absolutely able to be listened as a standalone. This novella definitely contains an HEA. 18+ listeners only please! And yes, this audiobook contains M/PREG, adults adulting in sexy grown-up ways, and way more than an occasional use of potty mouth language. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Drew Bacca. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/193148/bk_acx0_193148_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Creoles: The History and Legacy of Some of the Americas’ Most Unique Ethnic Groups , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 106min
    “Little by little, the bird makes its nest.” (old Haitian Creole proverb)Vibrant, up-tempo vocals and exquisitely soulful harmonies paired with an accordion-heavy and drum-tastic blend of folksy and bluesy instrumentals that one cannot help but tap one's foot to. Rich and creamy, ultra-seasoned bisques. Flavorful, aromatic gumbos packed with tomatoes, smoked sausages, chicken, and shellfish. A heavenly concoction of stewed rice and an assortment of meats and seafood, enlivened with tomatoes, celery, onions, and peppers, otherwise known as “red jambalaya”. Striking paintings featuring bright pops of color and featureless silhouettes of men, women, and children with varying shades of brown skin. These are often the first sounds, scents, tastes, and visuals evoked when the word “Creole” is brought up in a conversation.Contrary to popular belief, the term “Creole” is not restricted to the Louisiana Creole, nor the Creoles of color, which collectively refers to the overall ethnic group and different local Creole cultures that blossomed across the Spanish and French colonies in Louisiana, Mississippi, and northwestern Florida.Today, the term is much more complex and may be applied to any of the various Creole cultures around the globe. The word may also be used to describe any language that has spawned from a mixture of languages, or specifically the associated, but distinct tongues developed within Creole communities, as well as the speakers of these languages themselves. Generally speaking, however, the word “Creole” refers to the cultures birthed from the colonial-era racial and cultural mixing between Europeans (mostly of French, Spanish, or Portuguese descent) and Africans, as well as Native Americans, and other local or indigenous peoples in French, Spanish, and Portuguese territories.The merging of the above-mentioned heritages is a process now known as “creolization”. Indeed, the image of a caramel-skinned individual with a co ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Pickering. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/194168/bk_acx0_194168_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Mammoth Murders: Minokee Mysteries, Book Two , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 517min
    A blind deejay (Shepard Krausse) and an invisible librarian (Miranda Ogilvy) from a tiny, rural Florida town try to solve a double disappearance connected to a recent canoe trip. It ain't exactly "Deliverance," but there's a heap of trouble brewing for these folks - some of it human, some of it animal, and all of it deadly. Shep and Miranda rely on their sense of humor as they face dangerous fossil poachers - but even that is difficult when their engagement is broken amidst a river of troubles. This is Book 2 in the Minokee Mysteries series.Shep's Italian friend (Carlo Fratelli - cook, chauffeur, valet, and ladies man) aids the couple in their adventures. Shep's animal friend, Zeus, a huge and independent Maine Coon cat, is so clever, he sometimes seems clairvoyant. The Coffee Ritual ladies of Minokee add their quirky personalities and folksy wisdom to help Shep & Miranda iron out the bumps in their lives. Martha, Bernice, Wyneen, and Charlotte (average age 74.3) gather every dawn on their front porches to sip their coffee while they wait for the sight of the blond Adonis (Shep) jogging past their Magnolia Street cottages. Shepard's absurdly wealthy, snobbish, and domineering mother (Hermione Montgomery-Krausse) is always behind the scenes, attempting to direct the course of Shep's career. Hermione wants Shep to become a politician, like several of his ancestors. At the very least, she wants her son to become a television commentator. With his blindness, his noble family connections, and his golden good looks, Shepard would be recognized by future voters - which will not happen if he stays in radio.  The shy Miranda shows a surprising inner strength when confronting Shepard's officious mother, and Hermione has been forced to admire the librarian. Hermione vacillates between trying to separate Shep and Miranda or trying to marry them - on Hermione's terms.Miranda's difficulties with Hermione are compounded when Miranda's par ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jenny Hoops. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/211014/bk_acx0_211014_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Stop the Press!: Tales of Reporters on the Radio, Hörbuch, Digital, 466min
    From hardboiled to homespun, newspaper reporters were featured prominently as dramatic characters during the Golden Age of Radio in the 1940s and 1950s. Radio Spirits is pleased to bring together 15 of these classic audio shows for your listening pleasure, all digitally remastered and restored.Stop the Press! includes the critically acclaimed drama "Night Beat" starring Frank Lovejoy; the folksy "Rogers of the Gazette" featuring Will Rogers Jr.; the delightful light comedy "Bright Star" with Fred McMurray and Irene Dunne; the classic "Front Page" starring Everett Sloane; the hardboiled "Deadline Mystery" starring Steve Dunne; the long-running "Casey, Crime Photographer" with Staats Cotsworth; along with "San Francisco Final" starring Jeff Chandler; and "Big Story", both featuring dramatizations based on actual news stories of the day.Joining these stars are some of the finest supporting radio actors of the day, including Parley Baer, Joan Banks, Harry Bartell, Jackson Beck, Ed Begley, William Conrad, Ted DeCorsia, John Dehner, Larry Dobkin, Georgia Ellis, Virginia Greg, Bill Johnstone, Byron Kane, John Larkin, Jan Minor, Jeanette Nolan, Mary Patton, Vic Perrin, June Whitley, Barbara Jean Wong, Ben Wright, and more.Includes the following programs: Night Beat - Tong War (4/17/1950); Night Beat - Doctor’s Secret (8/21/1950); Night Beat - Juke Box Romance (5/18/1951); Night Beat - Somebody Stop Ann (8/7/1952); Rogers of the Gazette - Newspaper Being Taken Over (7/8/1953); Rogers of the Gazette - Jimmy Reynolds Story (7/15/1953); Deadline Mystery - (8/10/1947); San Francisco Final - (7/26/1954); Big Story - Case of the Counterfeit Coin (10/1/1947); Big Story - Manhunt in Manhattan (1/7/1948); Bright Star - Oil Swindle (10/23/1952); Bright Star - Miss America Visits (11/13/1952); Casey, Crime Photographer - The Demon Miner (3/30/1947); Casey, Crime Photographer - The Loaded Dice (9/4/1947); Ford Theater - The Front Page (5/ Language: English. Narrator: Frank Lovejoy, Will Rogers Jr., Old Time Radio. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/radi/001891/bk_radi_001891_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Fully Loaded Thrillers: The Complete and Collected Stories of Blake Crouch , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 271min
    From the author of the Wayward Pines Trilogy, comes this collection of short stories. "*69" - Tim and Laura West receive a bizarre voicemail on their answering machine that seems to have unintentionally recorded a brutal murder. But what happens when the killer realizes their mistake? This story develops over one terrifying evening, and this young couple will never be the same. "Remaking" - Tragic events unfold in a snowy, sleepy Colorado town. From the first scene, in which a man sits alone in the cold, watching a father and son in a diner, you know something is about to go horribly wrong. "On The Good, Red Road" - A group of four hard men trying to reach a remote 19th Century mining town become stranded in an early blizzard and resort to drastic, terrifying measures, to stay alive. "Shining Rock" - An older couple encounter a strange and menacing visitor during a camping trip in the North Carolina mountains. Friendly at first, this stranger seems to know them, and their secrets. "Perfect Little Town" - Ron and Jessica Stahl are a power couple from California, on a Christmas holiday in Colorado. When they stop for the afternoon in sleepy Lone Cone, they're charmed by the quaint tourist town. But the folksy hospitality will vanish as the sun drops behind the mountains. "The Newton Boys' Last Photograph" - At 25 words, the shortest story I ever wrote. But it packs a wallop. "The Meteorologist" - Peter, a disgraced meteorologist and chronic wanderer, has traveled the country for years in his Winnebago, in search of the only thing that gives his life meaning. He's just arrived in the middle of nowhere - Hokie, Kansas - for the same purpose, but when he meets a waitress named Melanie, another sufferer, he's faced not only with his first real human contact in years, but perhaps someone who can save him. "Unconditional" - A conversation between two people-devastating, tragic, and beautiful. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eric G. Dove. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/025992/bk_acx0_025992_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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