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    The Romantic: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 667min
    From the author of The White Bone, a piercing novel of passionate attachment and of the fear and freedom of letting go. Louise Kirk learns about love and loss at an early age. When she is nine years old, her former beauty queen mother disappears, leaving a note that reads only - and incorrectly - "Louise knows how to work the washing machine." Soon after, the Richters and their adopted son, Abel, move in across the street. Louise's immediate devotion to the exotic, motherly Mrs. Richter is quickly transferred to her nature-loving, precociously intelligent son. From this childhood friendship evolves a love that will bind Louise and Abel forever. Though Abel moves away, Louise's attachment becomes ever more fixed as she grows up. Separations are followed by reunions, but with every turn of their fractured relationship, Louise discovers that Abel cannot love her as fiercely and exclusively as she loves him. Only when she faces another great loss is Louise finally forced to confront the costs of abandoning herself to another. Skillfully interweaving the stories of Louise and Abel at different ages, Barbara Gowdy produces a powerful exploration of love's many incarnations: a motherless daughter who yearns to be adopted, a husband eternally linked to a wife who has left him, a girl bewitched by the boy next door, a woman who refuses to let go of a magnetic, elusive man. Haunting and profound, The Romantic is a story about love in all its exquisite variations. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephanie Einstein. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/030749/bk_adbl_030749_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Alien Eyes: Elaki Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 588min
    The electrifying second book in Lynn Hightower's futuristic crime series plunges big-city cop David Silver into a nasty interstellar war. Saigo City police detective David Silver and his partner Mel Burnett have been called to an unusual crime scene: a bed where four Elaki pouchlings have been smothered. The killer appears to be the babies' alien mother, who just shot herself and is in critical condition. But there are rumors the murders were politically motivated and carried out by the Izicho - the Elaki secret police. At the same time, cops are investigating other recent attacks against both humans and Elakis. And if relations between the two species weren't strained enough, three Elakis have just been added to the Homicide Task Force. Detective Silver immediately focuses his investigation on Angel Eyes. A figure of mystery and legend, she's an Elaki who emigrated to Earth two years ago. As a freedom fighter and former victim of persecution and torture in her home world, Angel Eyes has achieved a near-mythic status to both humans and Elaki alike. Are the recent killings hate crimes? Is revolution between the increasingly hostile worlds imminent? Once again teaming up with the Elaki called String, Silver chases down leads that make him a moving target. Author Lynn Hightower pulls out all the stops in this multi-layered thriller about hate, fear, and the limits of motherly love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: William Dufris. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/025849/bk_adbl_025849_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Things I Do / Las Cosas Que Hago: Bilingual Firsts
    From the Emmy-nominated, award-winning bilingual preschool series Canticos, comes Things I Do / Las cosas que hago, a part of the Canticos Bilingual Firsts collection. Learn about verbs through action words, such as "I draw" and "I play"; feeling words such as "I smile" and "I cry"; and sensory words such as "I hear" and "I see," in both English and Spanish. Complete with beautiful illustrations, this book is a great way to make learning with your little chickie special and unique in not one, but two languages. Concept: Verbs, Actions, Feelings, Senses. Format: . 6" x 6" board book format perfect for little readers. . English and Spanish on the same spread. . Interactive lift-the-flap. . "This book belongs to" page to personalize with a child's name. "Canticos resonates with parents who want to raise multilingual children through quality, appealing content." - NBC "Good books not only teach your child about different cultures and their traditions, they are also a great way to help your child pick up new vocabulary and information about different regions around the world. Canticos...is a great place to start" - Motherly "Susie Jaramillo created a media company with an educational, cross-cultural, and intergenerational mission." - School Library Journal "¿Qué hacer cuando los niños no quieren dormir? La colección bilingüe Canticos de Susie Jaramillo reúne tiernas canciones de cuna de nuestra infancia." - People en Español Children can also watch our bilingual videos on the Canticos channel! Beloved by kids, parents and educators, Canticos is the #1 bilingual preschool brand.
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    The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 990min
    A clever and complex woman builds an ice cream empire after immigrating from Russia in this stunning novel of power, Prohibition, and performance set against the backdrop of early 20th century America In 1913, little Malka Treynovsky flees Russia with her family. Bedazzled by tales of gold and movie stardom, she tricks them into buying tickets for America. Yet no sooner do they land on the squalid Lower East Side of Manhattan, than Malka is crippled and abandoned in the street. Taken in by a tough-loving Italian ices peddler, she manages to survive through cunning and inventiveness. As she learns the secrets of his trade, she begins to shape her own destiny. She falls in love with a gorgeous, illiterate radical named Albert, and they set off across America in an ice cream truck. Slowly, she transforms herself into Lillian Dunkle, "The Ice Cream Queen" - doyenne of an empire of ice cream franchises and a celebrated television personality. Lillian's rise to fame and fortune spans 70 years and is inextricably linked to the course of American history itself, from Prohibition to the disco days of Studio 54. Yet Lillian Dunkle is nothing like the whimsical motherly persona she crafts for herself in the media. Conniving, profane, and irreverent, she is a supremely complex woman who prefers a good stiff drink to an ice cream cone. And when her past begins to catch up with her, everything she has spent her life building is at stake.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Jane Gilman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/001612/bk_hach_001612_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Boston Strangler: The History and Mystery of the Notorious Crime Spree , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 70min
    The story sounds like something out of a mini-series. The police are called to the home of an elderly woman who has been raped and strangled. She's a socialite and popular in among the Boston upper-crust. As the grizzled detective stand over her body, wondering who would do something like this, someone mentions that there was a similar case recently, except that time the victim was a lower-middle class immigrant woman. He wonders briefly if there is a pattern and hopes there isn't, but before long there's a third victim, and then a fourth. At first, the women are all elderly, and the police psychologist postulates that the culprit has some sort of hatred for his own mother and therefore attacks motherly figures. The police begin to track down mental patients with histories of violence and question them about their whereabouts, but there is no one suspect, even as more bodies pile up in the morgue. Then, suddenly, there's a change, and young women start turning up dead, changing the whole approach to the case. As tension in the city builds, the mayor and other civic leaders begin demanding action, even as another young woman dies, followed in short order by an elderly one. Young women start refusing dates and looking under their beds at night, while older ladies refuse to open their doors to anyone. The city is in turmoil and the police are at a loss about what to do next, but just as quickly as they started, the murders stopped. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Clem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/086203/bk_acx0_086203_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Whenever His Needs Arise: A Taboo MILF Fantasy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 30min, (USK 18)
    The sudden arising of an extraordinary situation necessitates the most immediate and taboo handling. It's not easy being new to a household and responsible for two men she loves so much. It's that very love and devotion - that undying commitment - that breaches all boundaries and begs the most impossible actions. And she finds herself telling the tale in her personal diary, confessing all the intimate details and proof of her personal innocence and revealing just how oblivious she is to the effect she personally has on Tommy, the youngest man in her life, the one suddenly burdened with an impossible physical condition that she must personally address and satiate in the most extreme and taboo ways. She's ignorant to the stimulation her very presence and every action plagues Tommy with, and the results reported by the family doctor simultaneously shock her and serve as a call to action, triggering her motherly instinct and primal nurturer within. Tommy has a condition of his anatomy termed "overdeveloped" and grossly "oversized". He's a medical anomaly, and his very arousal is an immediate threat to his life - and perhaps, even the safety of those around him. She'll do anything for her Tommy, anything the doctor urges, anywhere and at any time the need arises. "Doctor's orders!" she reminds him with all due urgency; "it's just clinical, I have to do this!" she reassures him as it's wildly apparent that the pressure building inside Tommy is a grave danger to his own health and wellbeing. Only one person can come to his rescue and relieve his great burden, taking care of his most urgent needs: the one responsible for caring for him and best equipped for emptying and being a receptacle for his overproducing anatomy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Me. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/021945/bk_acx0_021945_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    As Mama Used to Say: Life Lessons Learned from a Mother's Mottoes, Hörbuch, Digital, 175min
    How does a strong-minded Italian mother raise two children on her own who are equally strong-minded? She gives them words by which to live. In this audiobook, Mama's words have been transformed into wisdom that will stir the soul and hearten the spirit. Mama's words of advice, both practical and profound, touch every aspect of life. You will discover how Mama's words have woven a foundation of faith, virtue, and integrity. This foundation has empowered her children to keep their feet firmly planted on the ground while allowing their spirits to soar. Everyone - mothers, sons, and daughters - can relate to this book. It illustrates that the words or sayings of our mothers - some of which we vowed never to repeat - are always with us. In fact these words often find a stage for replay in the events and episodes of our adult lives. In an age of being constantly barraged by images and the influence of multiple media platforms, this book proves that a mother's human voice still has value - even years later. This book makes a great gift for the mother or motherly figure in your life. Like her mother, Kathy Kuczka has a nose for news and a heart directed toward the divine. An award-winning journalist, she spent many years covering news for CNN. In demand as a writer and speaker, Kathy is a frequent contributor to various publications covering travel, religion, and the performing arts. She is a liturgy director in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. In her spare time, she sings and acts in theaters throughout Atlanta. Language: English. Narrator: Kathy Kuezka. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pssp/000130/bk_pssp_000130_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Fostered: A Taboo Romances Novelette Series: Fostered, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 80min
    There could be only one. Only one perfect girl.Raised by the foster care system and ushered for as long as he can remember from one temporary home to another, Daniel not only knows the vast emptiness of complete loneliness and the dull ache of consistent disappointment and real heartbreak. He expects them.Daniel is just another forgotten face, yet another neglected soul destined to never realize the true potential of his own capacity to love or ever experience actual happiness. He's a product of the system, much like all the others living out the same fate...except for one small fact: Daniel is a dreamer. His heart holds onto hope, his eyes are wide and open to possibility, his young mind still clings to the belief that there must be more in store for his small life.When his foster agent leads Daniel to yet another new residence where he'll be left with strangers - this time, it's the Andersons - for an unknown length of time only they are permitted to decide for him, the sight of the idyllic, inviting house on Broad Street almost takes Daniel's breath away. As a soft, gentle voice calls to him from the wide, wraparound porch, his young eyes are drawn to the angelic sight of her.Marie is captivatingly beautiful, elegantly graceful, and full of pure joy. Every aspect of her beams kindness, caring, and unconditional love. She is the epitome of motherly femininity. And Daniel's young, fragile heart begins to open to an all-new world where he begins to feel safe, nurtured, even adored. At last.The mutual friendship that begins to grow between Daniel and Marie through countless moments spent together, affection exchanged, and promises shared is wholehearted, natural, and binding. The innocent solidity of their relationship is contrasted only by the joyless, watchful presence of the man of the house himself: Marie's husband, Richard.Always stern and forever judgmental, Richard never truly welcomes Daniel into their ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gregory Salinas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/136957/bk_acx0_136957_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Amish Compassion , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 73min
    Mary Troya was a motherly sort who sadly could not bear children of her own. Within her community both she and her husband, Eli, were of some standing and reputation for helping others with their problems. An Amish man, Joseph Augsburger, who had left the community a few years back to teach in the local town's high school had visited the community to visit his family and former friends. Mary bumped into him, and they talked of his work teaching, which Mary believed to be a noble, God-serving vocation. He talked about the challenges he saw in young people of the town and the challenges faced by one family who had a son with severe autism, and they were at their wits' end. The 12-year-old son was aloof, nearly nonverbal, and had outbursts of frustration and screaming that had brought the family to their knees. Joseph so wanted to support the family but did not know how.Mary, without thinking of the consequences or approval of her community said that she would help the family, and the following days were spent in heated discussions with the elders as they suggested that spending time outside the village may not serve Mary best.Mary prayed on the subject and decided to help anyway, and a meeting was set up. Despite initial reservations on both sides, Mary soon managed to gain some small connection with the family's son, John, and the family were over the moon. Mary soon learned, after a few challenges, that she was able to calm John down with calm spoken words of faith. The family were not sure about this at first but let it go due to the impact it had. Would her will and faith help John, and would she win back the favor of her family? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tobi Czumak. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/160315/bk_acx0_160315_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Reboot Ranch , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 741min
    Two years ago, Anna Loehmeyer’s marriage, job, and life fell apart when her husband was arrested for fraud. The experience devastated her, but Anna found a new purpose when she rescued a mare bound for slaughter. After acquiring two more hard-luck equines and a small farm in Western New Jersey, Anna decides to take the plunge into her own horse rescue operation.The only person eager to help is her teenage niece MJ, who is recovering from her own heartbreak - the untimely death of her beloved father. Formerly a good student, MJ has become depressed and rebellious, even jeopardizing her chances to get into college. She persuades her mother to let her spend the summer living and working at the rescue farm, because in her aunt Anna she sees “the only adult who’s doing anything meaningful".Soon, the two women recognize a bond that goes beyond family ties - their mutual love of horses and a desire to save them from abusive situations. Less experienced than Anna, MJ learns on the job, and her mistakes awaken Anna’s motherly instincts and amuse Walt, a young man from a neighboring farm who helps out when needed.Signs that an intruder has been lurking around her property give Anna even more to worry about. Her greatest challenge, though, could also be her best hope for an adoption success story - the farm’s newest resident, an ex-racehorse named Murphy. Almost put down for seriously injuring a jockey, the big gray loves to jump, even without a rider.But is he too dangerous for Anna and MJ to handle, much less to retrain? Can they afford the natural horsemanship expert the vet recommended? For the sake of their horses, both Anna and MJ may just have to learn when and how to ask for help. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Valerie Moss. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/215199/bk_acx0_215199_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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