192 Results for : aldington
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Threat , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 438min
London, 1961. In the dying days of the Macmillan government, George Preston is in control of crime in West London, and Rina Walker is his favoured contract killer. When Rina is hired by Soho vice king Tony Farina to investigate the disappearance of girls from his clubs, she discovers that they are being supplied to a member of the English aristocracy for the gratification of his macabre sexual tastes. Rina's pursuit of the missing girls and her efforts to save the innocent from slaughter become increasingly perilous as she grapples with interwoven layers of corruption and betrayal and makes her way, via the louche nightclubs of Berlin, towards a final confrontation with depravity. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/027556/bk_adbl_027556_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Fatal Cut , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 542min
Daisy Lane is trying to build a future for herself and her sons. Roy Kemp, Daisy's former lover, is banged up in prison. Daisy must watch over Roy's criminal empire, while attempting to continue her relationship with copper Vinnie Endersby. But it isn't long before another gangster decides to challenge Roy's dominance... Soon, the bodies of mutilated girls are found dumped around the outskirts of Gosport - the deadly product of a ruthless gang. The greater the threat to Roy's empire, the more involved Daisy becomes in his life. Before Daisy can make any decisions, matters take a deadly turn - she is forced to confront his enemies, putting her life and that of her sons in desperate peril... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/000979/bk_isis_000979_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Blitz , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 797min
War would change them forever. When World War II broke out, no one could predict the impact it would have on their lives. As the conflict begins to take its toll, the lives of four families become entwined. The Duchamps, the Spurgeons, the Sowersbys, and the Tooleys are all faced with personal struggles while the world around them is torn apart. Families become fragmented, love is found, and the young are forced to grow up too quickly - but all are determined to remain defiant and united against the upheaval. An emotive and heartwarming novel, Blitz! creates a vivid portrait of a courageous Britain under fire - strong, brave, and in the end triumphantly alive. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/twuk/000821/bk_twuk_000821_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Poets of the Great War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 119min
Here are the extraordinary writings of a generation who fought through a war of unprecedented destructive power, and who had to find new voices to express the horror of what they discovered. The great names - Owen, Sassoon - are fully represented, but there are also many poems by lesser-known or unexpected figures, ranging from serving soldiers like Isaac Rosenberg and Richard Aldington to women such as Edith Nesbit and Vera Brittain. The poems are arranged by theme to give a sense of how the writers' feelings and attitudes evolved.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Maloney, Jasper Britton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/000128/bk_naxo_000128_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Day of the Butterfly , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 722min
When Daisy Holt was dismissed from her post as a nursemaid she set off cheerfully into the jungle of mid-Victorian London. When Kitty Hammond, proprietress of the “select establishment” off Leicester Square discovered her she was quick to realise that Daisy has a rare talent and would make a successful entertainer. And there it was that she met the impoverished artist John Skelton. To him Daisy represented the perfect model – the one to inspire his work. But Daisy fell completely and hopelessly in love with him – a love which was to launch her on a stormy career in which luxury, admiration and suffering were all to play a part… ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/002037/bk_isis_002037_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Betrayer , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 737min
If you can't trust your family.... A family at war. A mother who comes out fighting.... Maureen Hutton's life has never been easy. Married to an alcoholic and stuck on a council estate in East London, she scrimps and saves to bring up her three children alone. Murder, the underworld, drug addiction - over four decades Maureen sticks by her blood through thick and thin. But then the unforgivable happens. Maureen is told a terrible secret which threatens to rip her family apart. She can't say anything. She is too frightened of causing a bloodbath. The only thing Maureen can do is to get rid of the betrayer before it is too late. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/002846/bk_hcuk_002846_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Photographer's Wife , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 768min
Barbara - a child of the Blitz - has more secrets than she cares to admit. She has protected her children from the harsh realities of life and told them little of the poverty of her childhood, nor of the darker side of her marriage to one of Britain's most famous photographers. With such an incomplete picture, her youngest, Sophie, has struggled to understand who her parents really are, and in turn, Barbara sometimes worries, to build her own identity. When Sophie decides to organise a vast retrospective exhibition of her adored father's work, old photos are pulled from dusty boxes. But with them tumble stories from the past, stories and secrets that will challenge every aspect of how Sophie sees her parents. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington, Anna Parker-Naples. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/002372/bk_isis_002372_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Jail Bait: Daisy Lane Mysteries, Book 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 526min
Daisy Lane’s nightclub is bringing in money, helped by her connections to gangster Roy Kemp, and her children seem to be thriving. But then Daisy’s fortunes take a spectacular fall when Roy decides to run his criminal empire from London. Without him, the punters disappear and so, too, does the cash. Still, Daisy can take comfort in the fact that her son Eddie is growing up to be as courageous as his late father was. But Eddie’s younger brother, Jamie, is a deeply disturbed young man. Meanwhile, there’s a killer at work in Gosport - a handsome Italian who preys on lonely women. It’s Daisy who spots this nasty Casanova at work. She takes it upon herself to have him apprehended - with devastating consequences. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/001591/bk_isis_001591_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Crying Game , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 579min
The Crying Game opens in 1944 and tells the story of Trixie - a girl who has only ever known turmoil. As a teenager, she covers up the terrible truth of her father's death and she and her pregnant mother go on the run. Little does she know that fate has more cruel twists in store. Determined to build a life for her herself, Trixie becomes a singer in the pubs and clubs of Gosport - but her heart is still set on finding the little brother she had to leave behind years before. It will take Trixie many years and many tears before the truth can finally emerge - but will it finally give her the courage she needs to fall in love? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/001877/bk_isis_001877_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Ruby's Palace , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 759min
The Vincents' nightclubs are popping up all over London. The O'Connells plan to get their hands on the Palaces...but gypsies have no place in the Vincents' business. Disregarding the warnings and the rumours of the disappearance of the entire McManners family, the O'Connells plot a scam so cruel even their own kind shuns them. Ruby Vincent is now 15, and she may look like her aunt Francesca, but she still has Jesse Right's blood running through her veins. Turning her back on the family, she goes in search of the truth. What she finds will haunt her.... She should have left the boogie man to rot in hell. ‘When you've made your bed, you must lie in it.' ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/004468/bk_howe_004468_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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