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    Northanger Abbey and the History of England (Annotated) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 565min
    Award-winning narrator and internationally acclaimed writer/comedienne, Alison Larkin brings her signature wit to this hugely entertaining audio production of Jane Austen's first novel, Northanger Abbey, followed by The History of England, a short, delightfully satirical piece that Austen wrote when she was just 15 years old. In Northanger Abbey, Catherine Morland, a clergyman's daughter, longs for the kind of romantic adventures she has read about in her favorite Gothic novels. After spending a season mingling with fashionable high society in Bath, she is invited to stay at Northanger Abbey where nothing is what it seems. In The History of England, the teenage Jane Austen pokes fun at the historians of the day who pretended to be objective when they clearly were not, and wrote about the kings and queens of England with less respect (and more wit) than a British newspaper. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alison Larkin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/080743/bk_acx0_080743_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Winner Stands Alone
    The Winner Stands Alone is an enthralling novel by the incomparable Paulo Coelho. The story is set during the Cannes International Film Festival and the entire action plays out over 24 hours. Igor is a wealthy Russian businessman. His wife Ewa left him two years ago and Igor has never really come to terms with their break up, especially as Ewa is now remarried to a famous fashion designer, Hamid Hussein. Igor is insanely jealous and when Ewa left him he told her that he would destroy 'whole worlds' in order to get her back and he intends to keep his promise...The star-studded film festival acts as a backdrop to a maniacal murder spree and we are introduced to various characters along the way, all of whom are desperately trying to get their big break in the shallow world of show business; Gabriela a young and naive actress who is being exploited by her agent and Jasmine a troubled young Rwandan refugee working as a model.The Winner Stands Alone is a gripping, fast-paced thriller and Coelho cleverly weaves in elements of social satire, as he pokes fun at our celebrity and money obsessed culture.
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    The Truth Will Set You Free...: But First It Will Make You Miserable , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 460min
    This book is for Christians and everybody else who takes himself too seriously! Buckingham, renowned storyteller and master satirist, goes behind the scenes to name names and talk about hilarious incidents in his life, and the life of others close to him. No one escapes his pointed pen. The big shots, the unknowns, his wife, his kids, his mother, friend, and foe - all are targets of his humor. He even pokes fun at himself - his weight, his balding head, and his often fumbling methods to represent God. In this collection you will hear the stories of what happened when he baptized a fat woman; when he thought his washing machine had a demon; when he walked behind the horse who had just be given five gallons of laxative; and his ongoing battles with tomatoes and people who wear toupees. TV preachers, the rapture, prophetic words - nothing is sacred in this book. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bruce Buckingham. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/086503/bk_acx0_086503_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Mojave Miles & Tales of the Amargosa , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 50min
    Provocations of the spirit world leave us no alternative but to welcome the modern Western prose of David Randall Shorey, and his story about the legendary anti-hero known as Mojave Miles. This tale tells us that the only war worth fighting is for the protection of wayward ladies and no-good horses! Never officially ordained as a vigilante, his vengeance on the Amargosa was accepted as having been handed down by sage angels. Stylized and sometimes leaving narrative form to lean upon the structure of the music bed (and the wind), this story carves an indelible groove on the sandstone and pokes a hold in the water table, surprising us with the treasures of the natural order and the beauty of truth. The dirty blue peacock is dehydrated. The coyotes move very slowly. The moon covers its mouth and laughs. Borax. Mule droppings and railroad dust. Antifreeze. Alcohol. Pharmaceuticals. It's all here. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gashouse Dave. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bigh/000023/bk_bigh_000023_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    South of Shiloh , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 947min
    A nameless sniper is targeting participants in popular Civil War battle reenactments, and Minnesota reenactor Paul Edin is killed at the mock Battle of Kirby Creek near Corinth, Mississippi. His death is ruled an accident, but Paul's widow, Jenny, discovers that the sniper's bullet was meant for the man standing next to Paul, a cop named Kenny Beeman. To penetrate the Mississippi smokescreen, Jenny enlists the aid of her former lover, news photographer John Rane. Appearing to be covering a story, Rane pokes into the Tennessee-Mississippi border country and teams up with Beeman. With demons nipping at his heels, Rane picks a Sharps rifle and live ammunition and heads off to the Shiloh Battlefield - and a showdown with a killer. South of Shiloh is a pulse-pounding thriller from a master of the genre - a story that uses a popular national pastime as the springboard for a riveting listen. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Sowers. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/005398/bk_harp_005398_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    #Organic Jesus: Finding Your Way to an Unprocessed GMO-Free Christianity , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 388min
    A witty, sincere look at modern Christianity. American Christians are constantly bombarded by images and messages that claim to represent true Christianity. But learning how to argue against the latest liberal transgression, embracing the current Christian media darling, or even singing the right Christian music won't translate into an unshakable, authentic belief in Jesus Christ as savior. When Scott Douglas found that his own image of Jesus was based more on culture than on fact, he wanted more. Join his search for the 100 percent organic, additive-free Jesus as he gently pokes fun at the culture that has grown up around Christianity. Entertaining, historically informative, and genuine, #OrganicJesus will serve as both a wake-up call and a guide to lead you to a faith rooted in truth, not hype. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brandon Batchelar. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/oasi/001628/bk_oasi_001628_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Niels Klim's Journey Under the Ground, Hörbuch, Digital, 227min
    Niels Klim's Underground Travels (1741), originally published in Latin, is a satirical science-fiction/fantasy novel written by Ludvig Holberg. It describes a utopian society from an outsider's point of view, and often pokes fun at diverse cultural and social topics such as morality, science, sexual equality, religion, governments, and philosophy. The novel starts with a foreword that assures that everything in the story is a real account of the title character's exploits in the Underworld.The story is set, according to the book, in the Norwegian harbor town of Bergen in 1664, after Klim returns from Copenhagen, where he has studied philosophy and theology at the University of Copenhagen and graduated magna cum laude. His curiosity drives him to investigate a strange cave in a mountainside above the town, which sends out regular gusts of warm air. He ends up falling down the hole, and after a while he finds himself floating in free space... Language: English. Narrator: Ray Adams. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/edel/010160/bk_edel_010160_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Remains in the Rectory: A Viola Roberts Cozy Mystery: Viola Roberts Cozy Mysteries, Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 297min
    Viola is at it again!While touring the Cotswolds of England, Viola Roberts and her boyfriend, Lucas Salvatore, are stranded by a downpour of epic proportions. The quaint village of Chipping Poggs has only one inn, and just their luck, it's a haunted mansion. Viola tries to make the best of her rainy vacation by "ghost hunting" and poking her nose where it doesn't belong. Until she pokes it right into the middle of a murder.With the village cut off by flooding from the violent storm, Viola naturally starts sleuthing. But when a second guest is found dead, and then a third body shows up, Viola's own ghosts might be telling her it's time to turn in her gumshoes. Book one: The Corpse in the CabanaBook two: The Stiff in the StudyBook three: The Poison in the PuddingBook four: The Body in the BathtubBook five: The Venom in the ValentineBook six: The Remains in the Rectory ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Yvette Keller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/131591/bk_acx0_131591_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Ménage , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 383min
    Heather and Mack McKay seem to have it all: wealth, a dream house in the suburbs, and two adorable children along with the nannies to raise them. But their marriage has lost its savor: She is a frustrated writer and he longs for a cultural trophy to hang on his belt. During a chance encounter in LA, Mack invites exiled writer Zoltan Barbu - once lionized as a political hero, now becoming a has-been - to live with him and his wife in their luxurious home. The plan should provide Heather with literary companionship, Mack with cultural cachet, and Zoltan himself with a pastoral environment in which to overcome his writer’s block and produce a masterpiece. Of course, as happens with triangles, complications arise - some hilarious, some sad - as the three players pursue a game that leads to shifting alliances and sexual misadventures. Shulman pokes fun at our modern malaise (why is having it all never enough?), even as she traces the ever-changing dynamics within a marriage. Ménage is a bravura performance from one of America’s most renowned feminist writers. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John McLain. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/011042/bk_adbl_011042_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Plum & Jaggers: Nancy Pearl's Book Lust Rediscoverie , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 462min
    For the McWilliams children, life is forever altered the day a terrorist bomb blast rips through the train carrying them across Italy, instantly killing their parents. Dazed and frightened, Charlotte, Oliver, and baby Julia cling to oldest brother Sam, who - only seven at the time - is haunted by every detail. After he and his siblings are taken in by their kindly but peculiar grandparents, Sam becomes consumed with protecting them at all costs. His compulsive behavior - which includes shoplifting materials to make a bomb shelter for the quartet - leads to his placement in “the Cage,” a juvenile detention center on the outskirts of Washington, DC. It is there that Sam, inspired by letters exchanged between his deceased parents, dreams up Plum & Jaggers, a darkly bizarre comedy troupe. Made up of him and his brother and sisters, the group pokes fun at life’s tragedies and will eventually carry them into adulthood. But even once grown, Sam McWilliams finds he cannot always stop things from blowing apart. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Lane, Nancy Pearl. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/006016/bk_brll_006016_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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