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    The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (eBook, ePUB)
    There can be no question that the contents of this book will prove extremely controversial. Many people will be deeply shocked by the nature of Watson's statement. Many will no doubt prefer to reject it rather than surrender the beliefs of a lifetime. Others will at least regret that two of the great mysteries of crime are finally solved...An extraordinary document comes to light which for fifty years had been held on deposit by the bankers of the deceased John Herbert Watson MD - better known as Dr Watson.The document, written by Dr Watson himself, opens in the East End of London in 1888. Three women have been savagely murdered. To calm the public outcry, Scotland Yard approaches London's most eminent detective, Sherlock Holmes, and asks him to investigate the killer.Can Holmes solve the mystery of Jack the Ripper? And why has this story been suppressed for so long?
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    American Snake Pit: Hope, Grit, and Resilience in the Wake of Willowbrook , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 467min
    We have a situation that borders on a snake pit. - Robert F. Kennedy   In 1987, following a public outcry about its questionable medical practices, Staten Island's Willowbrook State School for people with intellectual disabilities closed its doors for good. Flat broke and almost finished with graduate school, Dan Tomasulo - now a core faculty member at Columbia University's Spirituality Mind Body Institute - was hired to relocate Willowbrook's most severely disabled inhabitants into a groundbreaking community-based group home.  American Snake Pit is the story of the disregarded souls who ended up in Tomasulo's care; of the eccentric, resilient staff who helped make such a momentous success possible; and, most of all, of one man's persistent struggle to give voices to those who could not advocate for themselves. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Askin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/115580/bk_acx0_115580_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Uncivil Rites: Palestine and the Limits of Academic Freedom , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 379min
    In the summer of 2014, renowned American Indian studies professor Steven Salaita had his appointment to a tenured professorship revoked by the board of trustees of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Salaita's employment was terminated in response to his public tweets criticizing the Israeli government's summer assault on Gaza. Salaita's firing generated a huge public outcry, with thousands petitioning for his reinstatement, and more than 5,000 scholars pledging to boycott UIUC. His case raises important questions about academic freedom, free speech on campus, and the movement for justice in Palestine. In this book, Salaita combines personal reflection and political critique to shed new light on his controversial termination. He situates his case at the intersection of important issues that affect both higher education and social justice activism. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tristan Morris. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/026968/bk_adbl_026968_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Secret Sanction, Hörbuch, Digital, 350min
    Sean Drummond is a maverick attorney who cloaks his expertise with smart-mouthed self-deprecation and cynicism. One of the Army's most brilliant lawyers, he's also seen his share of infantry fighting, and when a military scandal causes a global outcry, the brass pick Drummond to head the investigation. In a remote war at Europe's center, somebody has committed a cold-blooded massacre - 35 victims shot in the head at close range, execution style. The world media blames a U.S. Special Forces team assigned to the region. But Drummond can't take on faith the testimony of the accused Green Berets who protest their innocence. Drummond uncovers a vast conspiracy of frightening proportion. And the deeper he probes, the more he discovers how duty, honor, and country can clash - in ways both deadly and heartrending. Language: English. Narrator: John Rubinstein. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/time/000238/bk_time_000238_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Horrie the War Dog: The Story of Australia's Most Famous Dog , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 551min
    In the harsh Libyan desert in the middle of the second world war, Private Jim Moody, a signaller with the First Australian Machine Gun Battalion, found a starving puppy on a sand dune. Moody called the dog Horrie. Much more than a mascot, Horrie's exceptional hearing picked up the whine of enemy aircraft two minutes before his human counterparts and repeatedly saved the lives of the thousand-strong contingent. When the war was finished and Horrie smuggled back home, quarantine officers pounced and demanded that the dog be put down, prompting a huge public outcry. Was Horrie, the gunner's hero, condemned to die or could Moody devise a scheme to save him. In the finest ANZAC tradition, Horrie the War Dog is a story of intrigue and illusion, and of sacrifice, courage and loyalty. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Tredinnick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/boli/002098/bk_boli_002098_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Death of Fidel Perez , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 338min
    On July 26, 2003, the 50th anniversary of the Moncada Army Barracks raid in Santiago de Cuba, something unexpected happens. When Fidel Prez and his brother accidentally tumble to their deaths from their Havana balcony, the neighbors’ outcry, "Fidel has fallen," is misinterpreted by those who hear it. The misinformation quickly ripples outward, and it reawakens the city. Three Cubans in particular are affected by the news: an elderly vagrant, Saturnina; Professor Pedro Valle; and his student Camilo - all haunted by the past and now forced to confront a new future, perhaps another revolution. Their stories are beautifully intertwined as they converge in the frantic crowd that gathers in La Plaza de la Revolucin. By turns humorous and deeply poignant, The Death of Fidel Prez reflects on the broken promises of the Cuban Revolution and reveals the heart of a people with a long collective memory. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Luis Hernandez. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/015636/bk_adbl_015636_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    .22 Rifle for Christmas, Hörbuch, Digital, 29min
    This Dragnet episode originally aired on December 22, 1949. At the time, it caused a great deal of controversy, because it revolved around the death of a child killed while playing with a friend's Christmas present: a rifle. Despite the outcry, the episode was re-broadcast a number of times, always around Christmas. From 1949 to 1957, Dragnet pioneered new levels of realism on radio. Every crime investigated by Sergeant Joe Friday was taken from the actual case files of the Los Angeles Police Department, with only "the names changed to protect the innocent". There were multi-layered sound effects; the actors used accurate police lingo, abbreviations, and penal codes; and the show didn't shy away from stories about heinous crimes or stories that had unhappy endings. Created and produced by Jack Webb, Dragnet was much more than "just the facts". Language: English. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/radi/000428/rt_radi_000428_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Left to Hide: An Adele Sharp Mystery, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 509min
    Left to Hide is book number three in a new FBI thriller series by USA Today best-selling author Blake Pierce, whose number one is best seller Once Gone (book number one).An Italian couple vacationing in Germany is found brutally murdered, causing an international outcry. FBI Special Agent Adele Sharp is the only one with the international expertise to cross borders and stop the killer - and she finds herself working alongside her estranged father, who knows far more about her mother’s unsolved murder than he lets on.Though still shaken from the recent events in Paris, Adele must embark on a wild chase across Germany, uncovering lies and deception at every turn.Can Adele and her father heal the rift between them?And can she track down the killer before tragedy strikes again?An action-packed mystery series of international intrigue and riveting suspense, Left to Hide will have you listening late into the night. Book number four 4 - Left to Kill - is also now available! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Abigail Reno. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/216053/bk_acx0_216053_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Rockefellers , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1843min
    Against a richly detailed backdrop of history, the story of this unique American family unfolds. It begins with John D. Rockefeller Sr., who amassed a fortune amid the muck and disorder of the Pennsylvania oil fields and left his son to deal with the public outcry. It follows Rockefeller Jr. as he built the charities and foundations that made the name a public institution. And it tracks the lives of the 5 Rockefeller brothers. Here then is Laurance, clever and charming as a youth, burned out and cynical by middle age; Winthrop, the shy, awkward, black sheep who finally made a mark for himself in the eyes of everyone but his family; JDR3, introverted and anxious even after years of proving himself; David, a man on the move who took the nation's front-ranking bank and made it number 3; and Nelson, ambitious, aggressive, the brother who broke the unwritten family code. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Anthony. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/000173/bk_blak_000173_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Jungle: A Signature Performance by Casey Affleck , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 841min
    Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is a visceral and tragic story of immigrants trying to scratch out a living in the meatpacking plants of Chicago. The resulting public outcry led directly to the US government enacting changes in food and workplace safety practices still in place today.With food production, business ethics, and immigration back in the news, Academy Award nominee Casey Affleck (Gone Baby Gone) taps into the emotion behind these issues to breathe life back into the struggling inhabitants of Packingtown. Affleck, a committed vegan and animal rights spokesman, delivers a moving performance that connects with the book’s enduring legacy.The Jungle revolves around the life and family of Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant whose dreams of a better life are crushed by punishing work in gruesome stockyards and an unforgiving city. Brilliantly written and vividly described, it provides a poignant and incredibly detailed snapshot of a striking point in American history. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Casey Affleck. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/002571/bk_adbl_002571_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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