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    M: Son of the Century (eBook, ePUB)
    The massive international bestselleran epic historical novel that chronicles the birth and rise of fascism in Italy, witnessed through the eyes of its founder, the terrifyingly charismatic figure who would become one of the most notorious dictators of the twentieth century, Benito Mussolini.It is 1919, and the Great War that has ravaged Europe is over. In Italy, the people are exhausted. Tired of the political class. Tired of vague promises, inept moderates, and the agonizing machinations of a democracy that has failed ordinary citizens.While elite leaders have sat idly by, achieving nothing, one outsiderthe director of a small opposition newspaper and a tireless political agitatoris electrifying the masses, promising hope for a demoralized nation hungry for change.A former socialist leader ousted by his own party, he is a drifter who knows what it is to feel lost. His voice speaks for the misfits and the outcasts; he is a protector of those who are forgotten. He is Benito Mussolini. And soon Italyand the worldwill be forever remade. In M: Son of the Century, Antonio Scurati tells the story of fascism from within the mind of its founder, the man known to his followers as Il Duce. Steeped in historical detail and interspersed with period documents and sources, this masterful saga explores the seductive power of nationalism and idolatry, revealing how authoritarianism took hold and a nation bent to the will of one ruthless strongman. Provocative and resonant, M is a chilling reminder that the past is never gone, and that it holds urgent lessons for us today.
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    Within Angkor Shadows (A Phoebe Clay Mystery, #3) (eBook, ePUB)
    TO FIND A MISSING GIRL AND CATCH A KILLER A FEARLESS AMATEUR SLEUTH MUST FACE BETRAYAL AND LIFE-THREATENING TERROR. Angkor, Cambodia: Home of the world-renown temples made famous in the Tomb Raider movie. Also home to a people still recovering from the slaughter of the Khmer Rouge regime. Today tourists flock to the area to photograph the ancient ruins and to tick visiting the temples off their bucket list. In the aftermath of the misadventure in India that almost cost her sister and niece their lives, Phoebe Clay travels alone to Cambodia. During the ferry ride to Angkor she meets a girl and her 'uncle,' but Phoebe suspects the girl's uncle has sold her into the sex trade.They disappear before Phoebe can do anything about it. Later that night, the uncle turns up dead in a local market with the girl's barrette by his side. Did the girl kill him? Phoebe should leave the investigation to local authorities, but the girl is about the same age as her niece, and she can't sit idly by. Warned by everyone she meets to steer clear of the investigation, Phoebe keeps asking questions until her enquiries take her deep into an insidious plot to steal the Cambodian people's priceless heritage. A plot that, if it succeeds, will cost the girl and Phoebe their lives. The third instalment of the Phoebe Clay Mysteries takes readers through the lush Cambodian countryside on a dangerous investigation with a gutsy heroine. Don't miss out on Within Angkor Shadows, the third Phoebe Clay Mystery.
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    What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 525min
    Nearly everyone swears - whether it's over a few too many drinks, in reaction to a stubbed toe, or in flagrante delicto. And yet, we sit idly by as words are banned from television and censored in books. We insist that people excise profanity from their vocabularies, and we punish children for yelling the very same dirty words that we'll mutter in relief seconds after they fall asleep. Swearing, it seems, is an intimate part of us that we have decided to selectively deny. That's a damn shame. Swearing is useful. It can be funny, cathartic, or emotionally arousing. As linguist and cognitive scientist Benjamin K. Bergen shows us, it also opens a new window onto how our brains process language and why languages vary around the world and over time. In this groundbreaking yet ebullient romp through the linguistic muck, Bergen answers intriguing questions: How can patients left otherwise speechless after a stroke still shout "Goddamn!" when they get upset? When did a cock grow to be more than merely a rooster? Why is crap vulgar when poo is just childish? Do slurs make you treat people differently? Why is the first word that Samoan children say not mommy but eat shit? And why do we extend a middle finger to flip someone the bird? Smart as hell and funny as f--k, What the F is mandatory listening for anyone who wants to know how and why we swear. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Benjamin K. Bergen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/002047/bk_gdan_002047_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Bastion Saturn , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 674min
    In 2101, having conquered the Solar System, most humans are choosing to tie their minds to an Artificial Intelligence. The only place to be free of AI is living off-world, with Saturn and its vast system of moons serving as the wild frontier. The only caveats to living there: the funds to fly a billion miles into space and a pledge to keep vigil against the threat of AI. Otherwise, what you do out there is your business. Career scoundrel/petty-thief Caleb Day finds himself broke and unemployed when he arrives at his new home among the colonists of Saturn's moons, so he takes a job as a cop. When law enforcement takes a turn for the less-than-just, Caleb refuses to sit idly back. After rescuing and escaping with several civilians, Caleb and his new comrades are now fugitives who must beg, borrow, and steal their way across Saturn's moon colonies to survive. Tensions rise as Earthlings begin looking at Off-Worlders as threats. Keeping his friends safe among Saturn's moons is no longer Caleb's only challenge - he must find a way to protect the last vestige of remaining free humans if they all want any hope at staying alive. A swashbuckling space opera, Bastion Saturn is a dramatic, often humorous, action-packed romp that explores the best and worst of humankind while questioning the very definition of humanity. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Michael Garcia. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/podm/000553/bk_podm_000553_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Critical Incidents , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 652min
    Who can you trust when your world goes up in flames?A gripping, sensational new crime drama, from the best-selling author of Before We Met.Detective Inspector Robin Lyons is going home. Dismissed for misconduct from the Met’s Homicide Command after refusing to follow orders, unable to pay her bills (or hold down a relationship), she has no choice but to take her teenage daughter Lennie and move back in with her parents in the city she thought she’d escaped forever at 18. In Birmingham, sharing a bunkbed with Lennie and navigating the stormy relationship with her mother, Robin works as a benefit-fraud investigator - to the delight of those wanting to see her cut down to size. Only Corinna, her best friend of 20 years seems happy to have Robin back. But when Corinna’s family is engulfed by violence and her missing husband becomes a murder suspect, Robin can’t bear to stand idly by as the police investigate. Can she trust them to find the truth of what happened? And why does it bother her so much that the officer in charge is her ex-boyfriend - the love of her teenage life? As Robin launches her own unofficial investigation and realises there may be a link to the disappearance of a young woman, she starts to wonder how well we can really know the people we love - and how far any of us will go to protect our own. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Olivia Dowd. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/004327/bk_hcuk_004327_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Honorable Mr. Darcy: A Meryton Mystery, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 517min
    When his freedom means the loss of hers...can anyone win? Fitzwilliam Darcy has avoided the entrapments of dozens of desperate maidens seeking a wealthy husband...until the Netherfield Ball. He could lose himself in her fine eyes, but there's just one problem: She doesn't want him. Elizabeth Bennet seeks a brief respite from the crowded ballroom only to find herself wrapped in the arms of the one man she despises - Mr. Darcy. When Darcy's enemy is shot to death, he must choose between Elizabeth's freedom and his own honor. To complicate matters further, Elizabeth is not one to stand idly by when her future is on the line. With a killer on the loose, can she help Darcy reveal the truth before he's accused of a crime she knows he didn't commit? Or will she become the next victim? The Honorable Mr. Darcy is the first novel in Jennifer Joy's A Meryton Mystery romance series set in England's captivating Regency era - when a gentleman's manners were regarded as highly as a lady's reputation and a happy marriage was the ultimate prize (although a fortune was never frowned upon). If you like falling in love with Mr. Darcy and Miss Elizabeth as they fall for each other, then you'll love this sweet romance-mystery variation of Jane Austen's timeless classic, Pride and Prejudice. Listen to The Honorable Mr. Darcy to satisfy your craving for a fast-paced mystery interwoven with a heartwarming, wholesome romance today! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nancy Peterson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/074902/bk_acx0_074902_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Ultimate Hindsight: Wisdom from 100 Super Achievers , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 275min
    In his latest release, Ultimate Hindsight, Jim Stovall packages a wealth of success tips and hindsight perspective from 100 leaders and superstars from all walks of life.  Containing rare interviews with industry celebrities such as Zig Ziglar and Nido Qubein, Stovall's compilation offers an even wider range of mountain-top perspective by including conversations with entertainment giants such as Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand, business leaders Donald Trump and Steve Forbes, and many more.By reading and following the collected wisdom of those who have reached massive levels of success, you can put together your own roadmap to achieving your goals and dreams."If you want to know how to get to the top of the mountain, don't ask someone standing in the valley gazing idly at the summit. Ask someone who has been to the top or resides there now." -from IntroductionThe people included in this select company have been to the top and now share their birds-eye view in these pages for you.Their colorful and fascinating perspectives combine to paint a revealing picture of the truth about achieving success and happiness in life.  Find entertaining stories, quotable quotes, and an unparalleled set of tools for finding prosperity through authentic life lessons about... Focus Setting and achieving goals Treating others with respect Living in the moment Enthusiasm Teamwork Positive thinking Helping others Following your own dreams Loving what you do Turning disadvantages into advantages ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rich Germaine. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/046970/bk_acx0_046970_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    M: Son of the Century
    The massive international bestseller—an epic historical novel that chronicles the birth and rise of fascism in Italy, witnessed through the eyes of its founder, the terrifyingly charismatic figure who would become one of the most notorious dictators of the twentieth century, Benito Mussolini. It is 1919, and the Great War that has ravaged Europe is over. In Italy, the people are exhausted. Tired of the political class. Tired of vague promises, inept moderates, and the agonizing machinations of a democracy that has failed ordinary citizens. While elite leaders have sat idly by, achieving nothing, one outsider—the director of a small opposition newspaper and a tireless political agitator—is electrifying the masses, promising hope for a demoralized nation hungry for change. A former socialist leader ousted by his own party, he is a drifter who knows what it is to feel lost. His voice speaks for the misfits and the outcasts; he is a protector of those who are forgotten. He is Benito Mussolini. And soon Italy—and the world—will be forever remade. In M: Son of the Century, Antonio Scurati tells the story of fascism from within the mind of its founder, the man known to his followers as Il Duce. Steeped in historical detail and interspersed with period documents and sources, this masterful saga explores the seductive power of nationalism and idolatry, revealing how authoritarianism took hold and a nation bent to the will of one ruthless strongman. Provocative and resonant, M is a chilling reminder that the past is never gone, and that it holds urgent lessons for us today.
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    Hidden Truth: New Edition , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 417min
    The Halls of Trepidation are Verstra’s worst prison - the hell into which criminals and terrorists are thrown, never to reemerge. The Rainbow is all-powerful, the only thing standing between Verstra and the forces of darkness, the demons and vampires and werewolves. Only the threat of looming war - war that seems set to destroy not only the Rainbow but Verstra as a whole - could drive the omnipotent organization into the bowels of hell in search of salvation. When Yarra White - notorious assassin, militia leader, and all-round dangerous criminal - is sprung from the world’s worst prison by the very organization that sent her there, an organization that wants her dead, she fears the worst. Ray Mossman is a young lord of the Rainbow. He knows Yarra has both the power and potential to save them all. But Trepidation has changed her. How can he ask her to help him save his own family when he stood idly by and allowed her to be imprisoned? Caught in the middle of lies and misdirection, trapped in a dangerous game of cat and mouse, and caught in an ancient web of deceit, buried under truths and revelations long since forgotten by the world, truths that should never be uncovered, Yarra must find a way to survive in this new world to use every piece of knowledge and magic available to her to ensure she retains this grasp on freedom. Because after a lifetime of chains, Yarra will sacrifice it all in order to remain free. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joanna Henning. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/166389/bk_acx0_166389_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Flowers in the Dark , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 92min
    In the Second World War, the Netherlands were plunged into times of unparalleled darkness. Hitler had promised not to invade the Netherlands, but he lied. On a beautiful spring day in 1940, the boots of Nazi soldiers trample the green fields of Holland in an attempt to use the Netherlands as a beachhead to reach England. Klaas, a young medical student, can no longer stand idly by. He sees how the Germans are persecuting the Jews and oppress the Dutch with brutal force and he joins the resistance. Nothing in his life as a medical student had prepared him for the life of danger surrounded by ruthless Nazis and Dutch traitors. But God is still there. Although Klaas is not so sure if he still believes in the God of love that he learned about as a child on the knee of his mother. Because of his work in the resistance, he has to flee his hometown and has to go into hiding under a false name. Embittered by the seeming injustice of life, his faith in God now gets severely tested. But then there is Fanny. Beautiful, gentle Fanny is the daughter of a bearded old gentleman whose house serves as a hiding place for Jewish refugees. Fanny too has had to make many sacrifices, but she refuses to doubt the goodness of God. Flowers in the Dark is an adventurous audiobook about love and hope in the midst of sorrow. But most of all, it is a testimony to the everlasting faithfulness of God. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cinnamon Dizon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/087328/bk_acx0_087328_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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