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  Strictly a Loner: My Life and Times with Plattsburgh's Poorest Millionaire , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 149min

  We met Earl in 1990; we parted seven years later. So many little events had to fall into place before we met him that it seemed decreed above for him to become "our" Earl. He'd just chuckle to hear that, though. "Those jokers," he'd say about us. "They knew I was strictly a loner." What we also knew was his biggest secret.In this often humorous, true story, two homeowners go head-to-head with their tenant Earl, a quiet old loner and military retiree from the South. Sometimes just an amusing curmudgeon, Earl confounds them with his obsessive hoarding and miserly habits. Always dignified, nonetheless he retained an air of secrecy about his past, keeping his distance from the people who saw him every day along the streets of Plattsburgh, a small city nestled above the Adirondacks.Truly, he was a man that everyone saw and no one really knew. With the drama, suspense, and poignancy only a true story can evoke, Strictly a Loner also serves as a vehicle to examine society's attitudes toward money, family, mental illness, and aging. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Klaus Baumgarten. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/229077/bk_acx0_229077_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Ed Reardon's Week: Series 9: Six episodes of the BBC Radio 4 sitcom, Hörbuch, Digital, 167min

  The complete series nine of the popular BBC Radio 4 comedy, starring Christopher Douglas as Ed Reardon. Ed Reardon, ‘the curmudgeon's curmudgeon', leads us through the ups and downs of his week in this ninth series of the award-winning radio sitcom, written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds. In these six episodes, Ed writes a personal statement and applies for a proper job; finds himself becoming the oldest intern in town (and sharing an office with Ping); and pens a script for Jaz Milvain's latest movie. In addition he enrols in a clinical trial, takes up a professorship at a prestigious writing retreat and shows off his general knowledge in a radio quiz. As he continues his quest for literary success, Ed must draw on all his talents as a freelancer and freeloader to keep body and soul together (and trusty companion Elgar in Value catfood). But is his luck changing at last? Christopher Douglas stars as Ed, with Jenny Agutter, Stephanie Cole, Philip Jackson, Alison Steadman, Barunka O'Shaughnessy and Geoffrey Whitehead. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Douglas, full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/002163/bk_rhuk_002163_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Making Christmas , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 175min

  A former ad executive sets out to have the best Christmas ever and to drag a handsome curmudgeon along for the ride, whether or not he likes it.With a holiday track record that could make Ebenezer Scrooge proud, Ivy is determined to make this the best Christmas ever. After leaving her high-power job as an ad executive to live a simpler life, she’s making the season bright with an advent calendar of activities designed to pack each day with the spirit.But when she meets a handsome man singing the Christmas blues, Ivy can’t resist bringing him along for the ride. Everett is reluctant at first, but she’s never met a challenge she couldn’t conquer. Including another Scrooge.Ivy might just have the best holiday season ever - and find true love - as long as the ghosts of Christmases past stay where they belong.From the award-winning author of The Marrying Type and Playing House, Making Christmas is romantic women’s fiction full of laugh-out-loud humor, second chances, and the magic of the holidays.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Natalie Hunter. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/137540/bk_acx0_137540_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Wait for It

  A woman looking for a new lease on life moves to Arizona where she rents a guest house on a gorgeous property with a mysterious owner a man who teaches her about resilience, courage, and ultimately true love, in this funny, bighearted novel about hope and healing from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay.Stuck in a dreary Boston winter, Annabelle Martin would like nothing more than to run away from her current life. She's not even thirty years old, twice-divorced, and has just dodged a marriage proposal from her ex-husband. When she s offered her dream job as creative director at a cutting-edge graphic design studio in Phoenix, she jumps at the opportunity to start over.When she arrives in the Valley of the Sun, Annabelle is instantly intrigued by her anonymous landlord. Based on the cranky, handwritten notes Nick Daire leaves her, she assumes he is an old, rich curmudgeon. Annabelle is shocked when she finally meets Nick and discovers that he s her age and uses a wheelchair. Nick suffered from a stroke a year ago, and while there's no physical reason for him not to recover, he is struggling to overcome the paralyzing fear that has kept him a prisoner in his own home.Despite her promise to herself not to get involved, Annabelle finds herself irresistibly drawn to Nick. And soon she wonders if she and Nick might help each other find the courage to embrace life, happiness, and true love.

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  Everything's Coming Up Daisy (Island Magic, #2) (eBook, ePUB)

  Kristen Matthews is a single mother of a very precocious four-year old named, Daisy. When Kristen and Daisy relocate to Last Chance Beach to live with Kristen's elderly aunt, Kristen has her reservations. The move brings them in close proximity to her ex-boyfriend's rich family. Given Daisy's father never wanted a permanent arrangement, neither he nor Kristen ever told his family about Daisy's birth. Ellis Tait has taken over the management of all of Tait Holding's businesses since his father's passing. His step-mother prefers her Miami Beach condo. His playboy brother hasn't been seen or heard from in nearly five years, preferring to travel around Europe squandering his inheritance. After a number of intense business negotiations, Tait travels to the family's vacation estate on Last Chance Beach for a few weeks of relaxation-not that he ever truly relaxes. When Kristen and Tait meet for the first time, Kristen's determined to keep her secret of Daisy's heritage to herself. However, the more she gets to know tEllis, the more she realizes he's nothing at all like his younger brother. A modern twist on the classic Sabrina. Can this single-mom avoid her ex's family and hide the fact that her daughter is heiress to the family fortune? Or, will the island magic of Last Chance Beach unite an overworked mom and curmudgeon of a family patriarch in time for a happily-ever-after?

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  Trading Christmas , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 328min

  Trading Houses. Trading Towns.Trading Christmas!Emily Springer, widowed mother of one, decides to leave Leavenworth, Washington, to spend Christmas with her daughter in Boston. Charles Brewster, history professor, curmudgeon and resident of Boston, wants to avoid Christmas altogether. He figures a prison town should be nice and quiet over the holidays - except he's thinking of the wrong Leavenworth! Through an internet site, Charles and Emily arrange to swap houses for the holiday. So Emily goes to Boston - and discovers that her daughter has gone to Florida. And Charles arrives in Leavenworth and discovers that it's not the prison town - it's Santa's village! The place is full of Christmas trees, Christmas music and...elves. Meanwhile, Emily's friend Faith Kerrigan travels to Leavenworth to visit her and instead finds Charles, an avowed grinch. Then Charles's brother, Ray, shows up at his home in Boston to discover that he isn't there - but Emily is. Through all the mix-ups and misunderstandings, amid the chaos and confusion, romance begins to emerge in unexpected ways. Because everything changes at Christmas! A seasonal classic first published as When Christmas Comes ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Renee Raudman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/003328/bk_brll_003328_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Engulfed , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 514min

  When Maggie Finn travels to Florida's Southwest Coast, she expects to find a beach, sweltering heat, and loads of retired people. What she gets is a half-eaten physician, a prophetic seagull, a bodyguard, and events that could transform her life forever. Maggie was tasked with moving her parents into one of those mega retirement villages. In her late 50s, divorced, and working as a newspaper columnist, she long ago surrendered her dream of being a "real" reporter. Now, confronted with dead bodies, a kidnapping, and the mob, she'll have to pull those long-forgotten investigative dreams out of mothballs just to survive. With the help of a rock-and-roll DJ who spins '40s records, a cross-dressing United States senator, a New Age ex-cop, and a single, Jewish Cuban detective, she discovers the answers to a number of questions. Do seagulls smoke pipes? Can marijuana cure a curmudgeon? When is an Indian not an Indian? Can a middle-aged grandmother get a date? But the biggest question she faces is: Will the forces that have her engulfed be her undoing, or are they proof that it's never too late to start again? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Catherine LaMoreaux. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/043020/bk_acx0_043020_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Junkyard Pirate , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 600min

  Knocking at death’s door. Bargaining for a second chance. Seems like a heck of a way to find out about an alien invasion....Vietnam vet Albert Jenkins is battling a bulging waistline and a passion for drink. So when a towering pile of scrap rocket parts falls and crushes the stubborn curmudgeon, he thinks it’s finally the end. But just as he’s about to take one final breath, a snarky alien parasite offers him a deal: His life in return for sharing his body.With a little coaxing from his new pop-culture-loving inner resident, AJ’s broken carcass improves so much that even an old flame is impressed. But his bright outlook fizzles when he discovers he's at ground zero of a galactic conspiracy to strip Earth of precious resources humans don't even know exist.Can the unlikely partners join forces and use AJ's rusty military skills to raise the alarm? Or, will the alien invaders put him down once and for all?Junkyard Pirate is the first book in an imaginative space opera series. If you like grizzled soldiers, clever twists and turns, and intergalactic tactical pairings, then you’ll love Jamie McFarlane’s fast-paced alien adventure.Buy Junkyard Pirate to boot the invaders back to where they came from today! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mikael Naramore. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/177595/bk_acx0_177595_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Every Day Is a Holiday , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 476min

  George Mahood had a nice, easy, comfortable life. He had a job, a house, a wife, and kids. But something was missing. He was stuck in a routine of working, changing nappies, and cleaning up cat sick. He felt like he was missing out on a lot of what the world had to offer. He then discovered that it was Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day. The day after that was National Curmudgeon Day, and the day after that was Inane Answering Machine Message Day. In fact, the calendar is full of these quirky, weird, and wonderful events. He realized that somebody somewhere had created these holidays, believing that they were important enough to warrant their own official day. Surely he should therefore be more appreciative of their existence? So he decided to try and celebrate them all. As you do. He hoped that at the end of the challenge he would be transformed into a happier, more intelligent and more content person. Follow George on his hilarious, life-changing adventure as he tries to balance his normal life with a wealth of new experiences, people, facts, and ridiculous situations. It's a rip-roaring, life-affirming, roller coaster of a ride, where every day is a holiday. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Elliott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/068526/bk_acx0_068526_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  'House' and Psychology: Humanity Is Overrated , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 610min

  An irresistible look within the mind and behind the hit TV drama, House. While House is a smart medical drama and Gregory House faces countless ethical quandaries as a doctor, what makes the show unique is that it's much more deeply rooted in psychology than in medicine. At its core, House is a show about the mind and human behavior. Gregory House is a medical genius and a Sherlock Holmesian figure, but he's also a deeply troubled misanthrope. What's going on inside the brain of this beloved, arrogant, cane-waving curmudgeon that is so appealing? House and Psychology tackles this question and explores the latest findings in brain science research, defines addiction in its many forms, and diagnoses dysfunctional relationships, all using test cases at Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital. This book: Offers a revealing psychological profile of Gregory House and his team Uses the latest psychological theory and research to answer questions ranging from "How does House handle addiction?" to "Why does he act like such a jerk?" Features contributions from a group of world-renowned psychological experts who also happen to love House Essential listening for every House fan, House and Psychology will help you discover the extraordinary mental universe of your favorite brilliant, bombastic, bile-belching doctor of medicine. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Pete Larkin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/004750/bk_adbl_004750_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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