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  Coastside Detectives: The Grand View , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 312min

  The views of San Francisco, so well known from dozens of film noir tales and classic novels, are the backdrop to a tale rooted in the smart-bombed skyline of present-day Baghdad, with results in San Francisco just as deadly.Detective Mike Mason now lives in Pacifica, a small coastal town just south of San Francisco, but is drawn back to the rough streets of the city's Tenderloin District by a new client named Laura Grandviewer, who is as beautiful as she is untrustworthy. Lies and half-truths send Mike upon a crooked path, and before he can unsnarl all of the loose ends, Laura has set waving in the criminal winds, a growing body count will work to unnerve this hardened detective and end in a climactic splash of blood.The latest in a long line of West Coast private eyes, Mike Mason takes stock of the state of his soul, as he navigates the complexities of a criminal caper and finds clarity for both in the fog-scrubbed sky viewed from California's winding Highway One.Matthew O'Malley is also the author of multiple award-winning short stories found within his Tales for Sale series. This is the first audiobook in the Coastside Detectives series. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Angelo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/139690/bk_acx0_139690_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  By Fairy Means or Foul: A Starfig Investigations Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 496min

  The last thing half-dragon, half-fairy private investigator Twig Starfig wants to do is retrieve a stolen enchanted horn from a treacherous fae, but there's no denying the dazzlingly gorgeous unicorn who asks Twig to do just that. Literally, no denying, because compelling the reluctant detective is all part of a unicorn's seductive magic. To add to his woes, Twig is saddled with the unicorn's cheeky indentured servant, Quinn Broomsparkle. Dragons are supposed to want to eat humans, but Twig's half-dragon side only wants to gobble up Quinn in a more personal way. Making matters worse, it's obvious the smokin' hot but untrustworthy sidekick is hiding something. Something big. And not what's in his trousers. In the PI business, that means trouble with a capital Q. Throw in gads of zombies, a creepy ghost pirate ship, a malfunctioning magic carpet, and Twig's overbearing fairy father's demands to live up to the illustrious Starfig name. Naturally, an old but abiding enemy chooses this time to resurface, too. Those inconveniences Twig can handle. The realization he's falling for a human who isn't free to return his affections and whose life may hang on the success of his latest case? Not so much. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Greg Boudreaux. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/098277/bk_acx0_098277_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  My Grandmother's Braid (eBook, ePUB)

  The acclaimed author of The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine "explores the peculiarities of familial relations to tremendous result" (Asymptote). A Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2021 Max lives with his grandparents in a residential home for refugees in Germany. When his grandmother-a terrifying, stubborn matriarch and a former Russian primadonna-moved them from the Motherland it was in search of a better life. But she is not at all pleased with how things are run in Germany: the doctors and teachers are incompetent, the food is toxic, and the Germans are generally untrustworthy. His grandmother has been telling Max that he is an inept, clueless weakling since he was a child and she'd spend the day sitting in the back of his classroom to be sure he came to no harm. While he may be a dolt in his grandmother's eyes, Max is bright enough to notice that his stoic and taciturn grandfather has fallen hopelessly in love with their neighbor, Nina. When a child is born to Nina that is the spitting image of Max's grandfather, things come to a hilarious if dramatic head. Everybody will have to learn to defend themselves from Max's all-powerful grandmother. Alina Bronsky, author of The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine, writes of family dysfunction and machinations with a droll and biting humor, a tremendous ear for dialog, and a generous heart that is forgiving of human weakness. "[A] comic feel-bad novel. Bronsky has a Dickensian flair for writing about miserable children-or, rather, the miseries of childhood." -Vulture

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  The Bridge Home , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 273min

  Readers will be captivated by this beautifully written novel about young people who must use their instincts and grit to survive. Padma shares with us an unflinching peek into the reality millions of homeless children live every day but also infuses her story with hope and bravery that will inspire readers and stay with them long after turning the final page. (Aisha Saeed, author of The New York Times best seller Amal Unbound)Four determined homeless children make a life for themselves in Padma Venkatraman's stirring middle-grade debut.Life is harsh in Chennai's teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, 11-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter - and friendship - on an abandoned bridge. With two homeless boys, Muthi and Arul, the group forms a family of sorts. And while making a living scavenging the city's trash heaps is the pits, the kids find plenty to laugh about and take pride in, too. After all, they are now the bosses of themselves and no longer dependent on untrustworthy adults. But when illness strikes, Viji must decide whether to risk seeking help from strangers or to keep holding on to their fragile, hard-fought freedom. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Padma Venkatraman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lili/003488/bk_lili_003488_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Boiling Point: Crossing the Line, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 533min

  Falling for a con man is the most dangerous game of all.... Con artist Austin Shaw's been in disguise so long he's not sure where his fake identities end and he begins. Now that he's been strong-armed into working for a specialized undercover unit working with the Chicago police - criminals with unique "skills" - the last thing he needs is to risk his iron control. Especially when it comes to a certain stunningly sexy hacker who tempts him with every look of disdain. Polly Banks will never, ever trust a con man. On the trail of a ruthless crook who destroyed the only family she's ever known, Polly is unnerved by the shadow who follows her every move. The one who makes her pulse pound and breath short with lust. Austin. He's infuriating, enigmatic, and pure sex appeal, and she's determined to resist him. But an untrustworthy man of disguise can become anyone he wants...including a man that Polly must trust if she's to escape their dangerous game alive. Each book in the Crossing the Lines series is a standalone, full-length story that can be enjoyed out of order. Series Order: Prequel Novella: His Risk to Take Book .5: Riskier Business Book 1: Risking it All Book 2: Up In Smoke Book 3: Boiling Point Book 4: Raw Redemption ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jill Redfield. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/009400/bk_brll_009400_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Acts of War, Volume 1: Flashpoint , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 569min

  Forged in the fires of conflict, the Iron Kingdoms is a fantastic realm where the combined power of magic and technology thunders across a landscape shaped by war. Dominating the field of battle are rare individuals who have mastered both arcane and martial combat and who boldly lead mighty armies in the ongoing struggle to claim victory over these ancient lands. An untrustworthy ally is more dangerous than a known enemy. Lord General Coleman Stryker is one of the greatest heroes of the Iron Kingdoms. As a warcaster, Stryker leads the armies of Cygnar and commands the power of the mighty steam-powered automatons known as warjacks. Chosen by his king to liberate the conquered lands of Llael from Cygnar's long-standing enemy, the Empire of Khador, Stryker finds himself forced to work with one of his most bitter enemies - the exiled mercenary Asheth Magnus, a man to whom Cygnar's king owes his life. Unchecked, Magnus could easily betray Stryker, undermine the mission, or even bring Cygnar to its knees. But to claim victory for his king, Stryker will have to find a way to put his faith in a man he can't trust. As the war against Khador and its own fierce commanders looms, Stryker's success or failure will become the flash point that determines the fate of all the Iron Kingdoms. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Noah Michael Levine. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/028065/bk_adbl_028065_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Libertarianism, the UK Big Bang, and How They Ruined America , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 126min

  This audiobook exposes crucial activities by libertarians with regard to Big Bang of deregulation in the UK and how that deregulation came to hurt main street USA! Libertarian thought receives very little criticism as to its assumptions. We all have a libertine streak within us. However, that desire for unbridled freedom is quite different than formal libertarian philosophy. Becoming a libertarian requires buying into the assumptions of that philosophy. The utopian ideals of the movement include some noble virtues, such as the elevation of peace and self reliance. However, other assumptions about human nature are simply not based in real observation. This relates not only to their views about race and economics, but about their views of the role of government in our lives. All Americans should have a healthy mistrust of government, because that is how a democracy should work. However, libertarian assumptions go way too far. There are other institutions besides government that have proven themselves untrustworthy, such as the too-big-to-fail banks in the United States and even the Federal Reserve Bank. While I am in agreement with the Libertarians on that score, the libertarian solution is not in the interest of main street at all. We can look into those institutions as well as into European and UK economic behavior for answers for how we should view libertarianism going forward. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kenneth Lee. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/018250/bk_acx0_018250_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Echo Six: Black Ops: ISIS Killing Fields , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 529min

  The ISIS strategy is unchanged: to expand their bloody caliphate by means of conquest and slaughter. Yet the tide has begun to turn against the brutal regime. The Russians have arrived in force, along with their legions of aircraft and armor. In spite of this, the Mullahs ignore mounting losses and continue to send jihadi fighters to probe the Syria-Iraq border. Their intentions are clear and unequivocal. Conquer and kill. Echo Six, the elite NATO Special Forces unit, is on a routine sweep along the Syrian border when they discover a terrible secret. A new weapon of mass destruction is concealed beneath the sands, and the ISIS scheme to deploy their murderous invention is imminent. The plan is to make Iraq the epicenter for a new campaign of planned genocide. A land they mean to make their new killing fields. The operation to defeat the Islamists becomes a merciless battle against vicious enemies and untrustworthy Iraqi allies. Stakes are high, higher than any they have faced before. The planned annihilation will turn Iraq and Syria into a wasteland. A mass grave, where only the caliphate will survive to rule over a mountain of corpses. This is another thrilling and bloody story of NATO Special Forces operating behind enemy lines. Men who will go to any lengths to complete their mission, and to die for it if necessary. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Welch. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/073730/bk_acx0_073730_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Snap: Command Force Alpha Series, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 619min

  Captain Laurence Madigan is an anomaly - a levelheaded risk taker who learned the dark side of life in Manchester’s slums. He needed those skills to survive fourteen months as a prisoner of Firebird, a shadowy Russian cartel. When rescued, he receives less than a hero’s welcome. He’s considered a wild card - or even a double agent. After enduring agony and degradation for Command Force Alpha, he’s determined to clear his name and bring Firebird down - even if it means escaping CFA’s London facility with a very personal hostage. Oxford-educated psychologist Gemma Calloway should fight her abductor tooth and claw, but loyalty to her old friend wins out. Isolated in a rustic hideaway, she tends his wounds and can’t help staring at his scars and prison tattoos. Their impromptu safe house becomes a haven of uneasy trust and potent, gathering desires. As they sort present dangers from past affection, Gemma realizes she’s in over her head - and up to her heart with longing for a good man whose last reason for living could be revenge. Warning: This book contains a sexy British spy whose year-long imprisonment has left him a little - pent-up. And scarred. And possibly untrustworthy. Watch out for fast-and-furious sexuality, dares that cement a friendship against all odds, and oh-so-wrong but oh-so-sexy tattoos. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Carolyn Morris. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/inbl/000042/bk_inbl_000042_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  How to Be the Best Third Wheel

  It's the last year of highschool, and everything has changed . . . After a summer spent in the Philippines with her family, Lara Dela Cruz is eager to start her senior year and, most importantly, reunite with her three besties, Carol, Jasmine, and Kiera. Of course summer is the season of change, and Lara knew she'd have to get caught up on the major updates, hot gossip, and other shenanigans she may have missed. But what she did not expect was to show up on the first day of school to all three of her friends now in relationships. The mushy public displays of affection and lunches spent gushing about their new "boyfries" has Lara quickly realizing her last year of high school is nothing like she imagined. Since she's been back, Lara's long time frenemy, James, has become impossibly annoying. Sure, they are now both third wheels, but why is he asking her to tutor him in classes? And why, after they start spending more time together, does she begin to notice how cute he looks when he smiles . . . uh oh. Fighting for the attention of her best friends, catching some pretty new and confusing feelings for James, and wading through the pressures post-high-school plans all have Lara reeling. And to make matters worse, Lara's beautiful and untrustworthy cousin conveniently appears and wiggles her way right between her and James' budding relationship. Feeling like a third wheel in more ways than one, Lara must learn to accept that change is inevitable, love is complicated, and being the odd one out is sometimes where inner power is found.

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