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The Tortilla Curtain
T.C. Boyle's tragicomic, award-winning novel about assimilation, immigration, and the price of the American dream "A masterpiece of contemporary social satire." -The Wall Street Journal Topanga Canyon is home to two couples on a collision course. Los Angeles liberals Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher lead an ordered sushi-and-recycling existence in a newly gated hilltop community: he a sensitive nature writer, she an obsessive realtor. Mexican immigrants Candido and America Rincon desperately cling to their vision of the American Dream as they fight off starvation in a makeshift camp deep in the ravine. And from the moment a freak accident brings Candido and Delaney into intimate contact, these four and their opposing worlds gradually intersect in what becomes a tragicomedy of error and misunderstanding.- Shop: buecher
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The Lantern (eBook, ePUB)
The Lantern is a complex, suspenseful story of what happens when you mix a dystopian, post-apocalyptic world with ghosts that have mysterious intentions.Tony is a teenage boy, forced to move out of his home after a mysterious presence wipes it out. Made to move to Adamant City, he seeks to find a job - but somehow ends up catching ghosts for the company Adamant Co., and trying to figure out a mysterious Lantern... Meanwhile, a ghost named Wander seeks to regain their memories and get revenge on their captors - Adamant Co. How will these stories intersect? And how will the two sides affect each other?In the end, The Lantern is a story about the perseverance of humanity - and the value of life.- Shop: buecher
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The Junkie Quatrain , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 234min
Six months ago, the world ended. The Baugh Contagion swept across the planet. Its victims were left twitching, adrenalized cannibals that quickly became know as Junkies. Civilization crumbled as people created isolated safe havens to hide from the infected... and the possibly infected. Now, as society nears a tipping point, lives will intersect and intertwine across two days in a desolate city. The Junkie Quatrain is four tales of survival, and four types of post-apocalypse story, because the end of the world means different things for different people. Loss. Opportunity. Hope. Or maybe just another day on the job. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christian Rummel, Therese Plummer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003135/bk_adbl_003135_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Sunshine Scandal: An Orlando Black Story, Episode 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 50min
An innocent boy. A nervous cop. A mayor seeking reelection.After an altercation with the police leaves an African-American teen critically injured, a Florida community demands a safer environment for its youth. But in politics, everyone has their own agenda, and someone will do whatever it takes to ensure things go their way. Now, it’s up to one man with a gift for being in the wrong place at the right time to stop it...before it’s too late.Torn from today’s headlines, Sunshine Scandal is a riveting short story about the way numerous lives in a Florida town intersect, culminating in one startling conclusion. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ron Garner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/158915/bk_acx0_158915_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Again , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 197min
From recess buddies to high school sweethearts, Eli Stone and Bonnie Jinks were constants in each other's lives. Although young, their relationship had withstood the test of many teenage tribulations. Marriage and a happy ever after were in their future plans. One alcohol-fueled mistake rips them apart. Bonnie ends up on the road with her new boyfriend, while Eli joins the military. It seems as if their lives would never intersect again. A near-fatal accident brings them together, and their chemistry is undeniable. But will the pain of the past keep them apart? Can they make their love work again? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jamie Nicole. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/021063/bk_acx0_021063_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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2666 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2355min
National Book Critics Circle, Fiction, 2009 Composed in the last years of Roberto Bolaño’s life, 2666 was greeted across Europe and Latin America as his highest achievement, surpassing even his previous work in its strangeness, beauty, and scope. Its throng of unforgettable characters includes academics and convicts, an American sportswriter, an elusive German novelist, and a teenage student and her widowed, mentally unstable father. Their lives intersect in the urban sprawl of Santa Teresa—a fictional Juárez—on the U.S.-Mexico border, where hundreds of young factory workers, in the novel as in life, have disappeared. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Lee, Armando Durán, G. Valmont Thomas, Scott Brick, Grover Gardner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/003263/bk_blak_003263_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Ghost of a Chance , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 316min
Jack Brennan, an ambitious high-powered attorney dies, only to find himself constrained to a peculiar afterlife as an earth-bound spirit trapped in an old Virginia farmhouse with a very much living, reclusive writer of campy vampire novels. Hallie Barkly recovering from a painful and disillusioning divorce has forged a career and exorcised her demons by writing under the pseudonym of Sebastian Winters. Their lives intersect and two unconventional lovers are brought together under insurmountable circumstances. Together they must battle an unseen force hell-bent on possessing Hallie's life and bridge death itself to make possible what cannot be - to find a chance. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Evelyn Klebert. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/031403/bk_acx0_031403_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Pictures of You , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 744min
A tragic accident: One woman is left dead after she and another woman, both running away from their marriages, collide in the fog on a highway. The survivor, Isabelle, is left to pick up the pieces, not only of her own life but of the lives of the devastated husband and fragile son that the other woman, April, has left behind. Together, they try to solve the mystery of where April was running to, and why. As these three lives intersect, they are left to ask, How well do we really know those we love - and how do we forgive the unforgivable? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robin Miles. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/high/000552/bk_high_000552_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Vegan Weight Loss 2 Books in 1: Vegetarian Keto Diet for Beginners, The Plant Based Diet , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 204min
Are you a vegetarian who wants to get the added benefits from the keto diet? Maybe you’re a keto dieter who has recently decided to stop eating meat? Or, maybe, you’re completely new to both concepts, and you’re just curious what all the fuss is about? If any of these descriptions sound like you, then you’re going to get all your questions answered in this book.This audiobook gives you a comprehensive and clear understanding of what it means to be keto and what it means to be plant-based, and where these two worlds intersect. We not only describe the basic principles of both diets but also show you the benefits and criticisms of both. We give you tips on how to practically add these newly learned principles into your daily life and routine. We’ve included numerous recipes and meal plans for you to get started straight away. Whether you’re a busy commuter who needs to whip up quick lunch meals or a stay-at-home parent who loves to spend time cooking grand dishes for guests, we’ve got plenty of hearty meals to suit any lifestyle.On top of providing you with all the information you need to know when starting a new diet, we’ve shone a light of some of the life-changing habits you can add alongside your new diet to enhance the positive results you see in your everyday life. We’ve also taken a step back to have a broader look at the effects our dietary choices can have on our planet and the environments we are inhabiting. Here’s a quick look at what the book covers:Ketogenic diet explainedPlant-based diets explainedWhere the two diets intersect - The new ketoKetotarian foods and their nutritional benefitsHow to live as a ketotarian with easeRecipes and meal plansKetotarian and diabetesBenefits of organic and free-range food on our health and the environmentKetotarian and the environmentOther lifestyle habits to benefit your new diet ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Betty Johnston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/168571/bk_acx0_168571_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Vegetarian Keto Diet for Beginners: Lose Weight, Boost Brain Power, and Increase Your Energy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 102min
Are you a vegetarian who wants to get the added benefits from the keto diet? Maybe you’re a keto dieter who has recently decided to stop eating meat? Or maybe you’re completely new to both concepts and you’re just curious what all the fuss is about? If any of these descriptions sound like you, then you’re going to get all your questions answered in this audiobook. The Vegetarian Keto Diet for Beginners gives you a comprehensive and clear understanding of what it means to be keto and what it means to be plant-based, and where these two worlds intersect. We not only describe the basic principles of both diets, but we show you the benefits and criticisms of both. We give you tips on how to practically add these newly-learned principles into your daily life and routine. We’ve included numerous recipes and meal plans for you to get started straight away. Whether you’re a busy commuter who needs to whip up quick lunch meals or a stay-at-home parent who loves to spend time cooking grand dishes for guests, we’ve got plenty of hearty meals to suit any lifestyle. On top of providing you with all the information you need to know when starting a new diet, we’ve shone a light of some of the life-changing habits you can add alongside your new diet to enhance the positive results you see in your everyday life. We’ve also taken a step back and taken a broader look at the effects our dietary choices can have on our planet and the environments we are inhabiting. Here’s a quick look at what the book covers:Ketogenic diet explainedPlant-based diets explainedWhere the two diets intersect - The New Keto Ketotarian foods and their nutritional benefitsHow to live ketotarian with easeRecipes and meal plansKetotarian and diabetesBenefits of organic and free-range food on our health and the environmentKetotarian and the environmentOther lifestyle habits to ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Betty Johnston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/150302/bk_acx0_150302_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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