64 Results for : councilman
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Rift , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 535min
They’ve watched us for centuries through the Rift. They’ve prepared. Invasion is inevitable. The Earth Fleet has known of the Watchers for years, unwilling to share the knowledge with humanity. Now it might be too late. Hidden away from the Fleet, one man is creating a new colony ship destined for the other side of the Rift, but he’s missing a few pieces. Three other people have varied paths to get there. Ace goes from the streets of Earth to the Fleet training facility on the moon. Flint, an ex-Fleet pilot, must decide if a job is worth his life, and Wren, imprisoned for a secret project years ago, is given hope as an unlikely ally whispers words of escape in her ear. Their journeys lead to Councilman Jarden Fairbanks, who knows of the impending invasion, and has prepared. All they can do is wait for the Rift to open once again, and see what’s on the other side. Rift joins an ensemble cast facing immeasurable obstacles. If you enjoy space battles, prison breaks, androids, and aliens, buried under a shroud of mystery, this book is for you. Try it today! A fresh new science fiction adventure from the author of the best-selling Survivors series ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Ferrone, Flynn Earl Jones, Mark Sanderlin, Caroline McLaughlin, Ryan Burke, Gabriel Vaughan, Soneela Nankani. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/052089/bk_adbl_052089_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Foundation and Earth , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1124min
The Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are among the great masterworks of science fiction. An ingenious blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building, they chronicle the struggle of a courageous group of men and women determined to shield enlightened humanity from a ceaseless threat of darkness and ultimate annihilation.Golan Trevize, former councilman of the First Foundation, has chosen the future, and it is Gaia. A superorganism, Gaia is a holistic planet with a common consciousness so intensely united that every dewdrop, every pebble, every being, can speak for all - and feel for all. It is a realm in which privacy is not only undesirable, it is incomprehensible. But is it the right choice for the destiny of mankind? While Trevize feels it is, that is not enough. He must know. Trevize believes the answer lies at the site of humanity’s roots: fabled Earth...if it still exists. For no one is sure where the planet of Gaia’s first settlers is to be found in the immense wilderness of the galaxy. Nor can anyone explain why no record of Earth has been preserved, no mention of it made anywhere in Gaia’s vast world-memory. It is an enigma Trevize is determined to resolve and a quest he is determined to undertake, at any cost. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Larry McKeever. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002818/bk_rand_002818_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Dragon's Psychic: Immortal Dragon, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 252min
New from USA Today best-selling author Linzi Baxter, the first book in her exciting new paranormal romance series.She was supposed to be just a job. A paycheck. Now, she’s his destiny.Talia hadn’t planned on dying today. But accidentally defying the Supernatural Council isn’t exactly a wise life plan. When she did her duty and touched a bloody knife to determine guilt or innocence, her vision seemed...off. So was Councilman Gideon’s rush to declare a shivering child guilty of murder.Now, Talia’s trying to lose herself in the West Virginia mountains with the child in tow. And the mercenary on their tail has an uncanny ability to find them, no matter how far they run.Kirin’s dragon-shifter senses make him the most sought-after bounty hunter in these parts. But something about this job smells...wrong. And when he finally gets his hands on the fugitive, he gets the surprise of his nearly 300-year life. The fragile, determined woman in his arms is the mate he’d given up all hope of finding.Now, instead of breathing down her neck, he’s bound to protect her at all costs. But if they can’t figure out who wants this child dead - and why - they could all wind up sharing the same grave.Note: The Dragon’s Psychic is the first of a three-book series. Each book will have a complete HEA romance, connected with a continuing plot that will conclude with book three. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Heather Costa, Jeffrey Kafer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/169571/bk_acx0_169571_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Murder by Munchausen: Future Crime Mysteries, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 186min
Bosch meets I, Robot: a police procedural thriller ripped from future headlines!After Jake shoots and kills a murder suspect who turns out to be the son of a powerful city councilman, he finds himself demoted to the Artificial Crimes Unit, tracking down androids hacked and programmed to be hit men.When his case of an “extra-judicial” divorce settlement takes a nasty turn with DNA from a 100-year-old murder in Boston and a signature that hearkens back to the very first serial killer ever in London, Jake finds himself tangled up in the brutal slayings of prostitutes being investigated by his former Robbery/Homicide partner, Maddie - who is now his lover. "It might not make sense, but the beloved Media tags it 'Murder by Munchausen.' For a price, there are hackers out there who will reprogram a synthoid to do your dirty work. The bad news: no fingerprints or DNA left at the crime scene. The good news - at least for us - is that they’re like missiles: once they hit their target, they’re usually as harmless as empty brass. The trick is to get them before they melt down their core OS data, so you can get the unit into forensics for analysis and, hopefully, an arrest." (Excerpt from Murder by Munchausen)Artificial Intelligence? Fuhgeddaboudit!Artificial Evil has a name...Munchausen.Murder by Munchausen SeriesMurder by MunchausenThe DarknetThe Invisible MindMotherless Children ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jason Arnold. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/159827/bk_acx0_159827_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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To Get Me to You: Wishful Romance, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 740min
Will a city girl and a small town boy find love in this David vs. Goliath story with a side of grits? An engaging small town romance novel that will appeal to fans of Candis Terry's Sweet, Texas, Jill Shalvis' Lucky Harbor, and Ava Miles' Dare Valley. Just a city girl, living in a lonely world. Displaced Steel Magnolia Norah Burke doesn't know the meaning of failure. But when she threatens to blow the whistle on some shady business practices at her Chicago marketing firm, she gets fired fast as all get out. Licking her wounds, she heads back below the Mason-Dixon for a little homegrown Southern comfort. Just a small town boy. With his iron-clad Mississippi roots, Councilman Cam Crawford is a man who values tradition, preservation, and the love of a good dog. When a big box warehouse store tries to capitalize on his hometown's economic downturn, it seriously burns his biscuit. He's not about to let anyone's ambition destroy what he holds dear. A David vs. Goliath story with a side of grits. This unlikely pair just might be the perfect allies - in war and out. But as the battle to stop GrandGoods heats up and sparks of attraction turn to something more, will Norah's bigger-picture perspective go with Cam's "keep it as it is" attitude? Are they meant to be like biscuits and gravy? Or are they just as wrong as un-sweet tea? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amy McFadden. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/087103/bk_acx0_087103_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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24 Hours in Ancient Athens , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 443min
Spend 24 hours with the ancient Athenians. See the city through their eyes as it teeters on the edge of the fateful war that would end its golden age. Athens, 416 BC. A tenuous peace holds. The city-state's political and military might are feared throughout the ancient world; it pushes the boundaries of social, literary and philosophical experimentation in an era when it has a greater concentration of geniuses per capita than at any other time in human history. Yet even geniuses go to the bathroom, argue with their spouse and enjoy a drink with friends. Few of the city's other inhabitants enjoy the benefits of such a civilised society, though - as multicultural and progressive as Athens can be, many are barred from citizenship. No, for the average person, life is about making ends meet, whether that be selling fish, guarding the temple or smuggling lucrative Greek figs. During the course of a day we meet 24 Athenians from all strata of society - from the slave-girl to the councilman, the vase painter to the naval commander, the housewife to the hoplite - and get to know what the real Athens was like by spending an hour in their company. We encounter a different one of these characters every chapter, with each chapter forming an hour in the life of the ancient city. We also get to spy on the daily doings of notable Athenians through the eyes of regular people as the city hovers on the brink of the fateful war that will destroy its golden age. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Telfer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/052628/bk_adbl_052628_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Rizzo's War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 597min
Rizzo's War, Lou Manfredo's stunningly authentic debut, partners a rookie detective with a seasoned veteran on his way to retirement in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. "There's no wrong, there's no right, there just is." This is the refrain of Joe Rizzo, a decades-long veteran of the NYPD, as he passes on the knowledge of his years of experience to his ambitious new partner, Mike McQueen, over a year of riding together as detectives in the 62nd Precinct in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. McQueen is fresh from the beat in Manhattan, and Bensonhurst might as well be China for how different it is. They work on several cases, some big, some small, but the lesson is always the same. Whether it's a simple robbery or an attempted assault, Rizzo's saying always seems to bear out. When the two detectives are given the delicate task of finding and returning the runaway daughter of a city councilman, who may or may not be more interested in something his daughter has taken with her than in her safety, the situation is much more complex. By the end of Rizzo and McQueen's year together, however, McQueen is not surprised to discover that even in those more complicated cases, Rizzo is still right - there's no wrong, there's no right, there just is. Rizzo's War is an introduction to a wonderful new voice in crime fiction in the Big Apple, ringing with authenticity, full of personality, and taut with the suspense of real, everyday life in the big city. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bobby Cannavale. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/000993/bk_aren_000993_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Miracle of the Aborted Fetus (Revised) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 81min
Paulette Ince becomes desperate when Kevin Pool, 18, denies ownership of her pregnancy. She takes matters in her own hands and visits Martha Frederick, a woman who seemingly had connections to a neighborhood abortion clinic and one of the doctors named Dr Small. She sets up an appointment for Paulette to have an abortion. The morning of the abortion, a prolife activist and sanitation worker, Steven Lier, 35, who lost his sister to a tragic abortion performed by Dr. Small, discovers the live discarded fetus in the trash. With his mother, he rushes it along to the local hospital. With prayer and the hospital's life support system, the fetus stays alive until it is out of harm’s way. After a few months, they take the boy child home in their care, calling him Jonathan.Ten years later, Steven decides to run for councilman of Long Island, where Paulette lives. At one of his campaign meetings, he presents his story of the miracle of an aborted fetus, introducing Jonathan. He tries to convince the viewers that he will shut down all abortion clinics and open up a facility for young teenage mothers to care for their babies. Paulette observes Jonathan as she watches the campaign and finds that he resembles Kevin Pool.In a fight for redemption, she sets out to find her son and discovers that life has gone on without her. Steven and his mother have taken full custody of Jonathan, and even though Paulette fights to make amends with her murky past, she comes to find that some things just can’t be undone. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amy Bebout. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/178455/bk_acx0_178455_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Killing: Seasons 1 and 2 Interactive Quiz Book , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 42min
This is an interactive quiz based on the American TV political/suspense drama entitled The Killing, which is based on a Danish TV series entitled, Forbrydelsen and is produced by AMC. The American TV program lasted for four seasons and is now available for streaming on Netflix for a monthly subscription fee. The Killing stars many talented actors including Mireille Enos (World War Z). In the first season of the smash hit AMC TV program, Seattle Police Detectives Lyndon and Holder try to come to terms with the tragedy that strikes the Larsen family who did not know their daughter, Rosie, quite as well as they thought they did. Lyndon is preoccupied with other personal and family matters during the Rosie Larsen case, but she manages to penetrate the fog of the western sea board, and give this "missing persons" case the attention that it and the Larsen family deserve. Holder is not exactly an ideal role model for young people as he and Lyndon wrestle with their own personal demons, as the political campaign of a popular councilman becomes embroiled in the case as well. What possibly could an upstanding member of city council, who is now running for Mayor, have to do with the disappearance of a charming young girl with a promising future in front of her? Season One delves into this question with numerous other suspects coming to haunt the clarity of the case. Even though it officially began as a Nordic crime series, The Killing has now become engrained within the American psyche of millions of American TV viewers! In the following sections, you will be given a series of multiple-choice and true/false questions regarding the story line, characters, and dialogue of the television series. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Trevor Clinger. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/065899/bk_acx0_065899_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Ned Christie: The Creation of an Outlaw and Cherokee Hero , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 436min
Who was Nede Wade Christie? Was he a violent criminal guilty of murdering a federal officer? Or a Cherokee statesman who suffered a martyr’s death for a crime he did not commit? For more than a century, journalists, pulp fiction authors, and even serious historians have produced largely fictitious accounts of “Ned” Christie’s life. Now, in a tour de force of investigative scholarship, Devon A. Mihesuah offers a far more accurate depiction of Christie and the times in which he lived.In 1887, Deputy US Marshal Dan Maples was shot and killed in Tahlequah, Indian Territory. As Mihesuah recounts in unsurpassed detail, any of the criminals in the vicinity at the time could have committed the crime. Yet the federal court at Fort Smith, Arkansas, focused on Christie, a Cherokee Nation councilman and adviser to the tribal chief. Christie evaded capture for five years. His life ended when a posse dynamited his home - knowing he was inside - and shot him as he emerged from the burning building. Mihesuah draws on hundreds of newspaper accounts, oral histories, court documents, and family testimonies to assemble the most accurate portrayal of Christie’s life possible. Yet the author admits that for all this information, we may never know the full story, because Christie’s own voice is largely missing from the written record.The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.“This book will be a refreshing read for those already familiar with Christie's life, and all will find it an intriguing story well told.” (Daniel F. Littlefield Jr., Editor of The Fus Fixico Letters)“Mihesuah's dedication to research and thoughtful writing leave no doubt that her telling of Ned Christie's story will last long into the future.” (Roy Hamilton, Historian for the Cherokee Nation) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephen Floyd. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/133794/bk_acx0_133794_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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