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    Among the Managers , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 55min
    It's a world in which teamwork and goals are more than just motivational phrases, and moving the goal posts will get you sent off the pitch. Football management has come a long way since men in sheepskin coats bestrode the land. The BBC's business editor, Robert Peston, lifts the lid on this multimillion pound industry, and with managers like Harry Redknapp, Dario Gradi, and Sam Allardyce, explores the management skills of Britain's top football managers - as well as asking what football managers can learn from their counterparts in the boardroom. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robert Peston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/005968/bk_bbcw_005968_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Life and Times of Margaret Thatcher , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 39min
    Margaret Thatcher's political career has been one of the most remarkable of modern times. Revered and reviled in almost equal measure, she bestrode the political scene, both at home and abroad. During her 11 years in office, she sought to change Britain’s way of life and its position on the international stage. But who was Margaret Thatcher, and how did she become one of the most influential prime ministers in the 20th century? The Life and Times of Margaret Thatcher presents a short history of her career with insights from many political contemporaries, including Lord David Steel, Lord Neil Kinnock, Lord Geoffrey Howe, Lord Norman Lamont, and Michael Howard. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ben Taylor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/crte/000023/bk_crte_000023_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Empire: The Life, Legend, and Madness of Howard Hughes, Hörbuch, Digital, 526min
    Howard Hughes lived one of the greatest, most heroic, misunderstood, mysterious, bizarre, and tragic lives in American history. In this brilliantly documented biography, the mythology that surrounded that life is disentangled from the truth. Hughes had always been different. Certainly his riches set him apart, but he was also tough. Orphaned and a millionaire at 18, Hughes repudiated his relatives, seized control of the Hughes Tool Company, the linchpin of his fortune, and went on to become a flamboyant movie producer, holder of many world aviation records, principal owner of Trans World Airlines, a critically important defense contractor, Hollywood's most pursued and elusive bachelor, and partner of the United States government. This is an epic biography of an epic figure who bestrode the world like a colossus yet could not master himself. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Hurt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/003172/bk_blak_003172_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    William Blake: A Collection , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 54min
    William Blake is now considered one of the giants of poetry. During his life and for many years after he was thought of as mad. His wide ranging skills not only encompassed poetry but bestrode the visual arts too with paintings and printmaking. Unfortunately he could never fit in to what Society expected of him and his attacks on Religion would not have helped. But his work was the true measure of his worth and they, in the main, remain with us today. In our production we have extracts from 'Songs Of Experience' and 'Songs Of Innocence'. Although he lived to be 70 the great bulk of his poetry was completed by the age of 51. Our selections are read by the remarkable Sir Ralph Richardson. One of the grandees of English Film and Theatre. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sir Ralph Richardson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/copy/000055/bk_copy_000055_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Last Wife of Henry VIII , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 733min
    From the luxuries of court to the last gory years of the outsize King Henry when heads rolled and England trembled, Catherine bestrode her destiny and survived to marry her true love. She was the least known of Henry VIII's six wives, but was the cleverest of them all. Alluring, witty, and resourceful, she attracted the king's lust and, though in love with the handsome Thomas Seymour, was thrown into the snakepit of the royal court. While victims of the king's wrath suffered torture and execution, Catherine withstood the onslaught, even when Henry sought to replace her with a seventh wife. She survived her royal husband, and found happiness with Seymour - but it was shadowed by rivalry with the young Princess Elizabeth, whose affection Seymour coveted. Catherine won the contest, but at great cost. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Terry Donnelly. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/000564/bk_aren_000564_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Sign of Fear , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 792min
    The skies above London hum with danger. And in the Channel, enemies lie in wait.... Autumn, 1917. London is not the city that Dr. John Watson and Sherlock Holmes once bestrode like giants. Terror has come from the sky, and Londoners are scurrying underground in fear. Then a twin tragedy strikes Watson. An old friend, Staff Nurse Jennings, is on a boat-ambulance torpedoed in the Channel with no survivors. And his concert-going companion, Sir Gilbert Hardy, is kidnapped. Then comes the gruesome ransom demand for Sir Gilbert and four others, which will involve terrible mutilation unless the demands are met. Help comes from an unlikely source when Watson finds himself face-to-face with his old ruthless adversary, the "She Wolf", Miss Pillbody. She makes him a remarkable offer, and so an unlikely partnership is formed - the enemy spy and Sherlock Holmes' faithful companion, a detective duo that will eventually uncover a shocking case of state-sponsored murder and find Watson onboard a German bomber, with a crew intent on setting London ablaze. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Burnip. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/007560/bk_sans_007560_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Robbers' Roost: A Western Story , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 644min
    A classic story of imperiled love on the western frontiers of 19th-century America. "He was a young man in years, but he had the hard face and eagle eye of one matured in experience of that wild country. He bestrode a superb bay horse, dusty and travel-worn and a little lame. The rider was no light burden, judging from his height and wide shoulders; moreover, the saddle carried a canteen, a rifle, and a pack. From time to time he looked back over his shoulder at the magnificent long cliff wall, which resembled a row of colossal books with leaves partly open. It was the steady, watchful gaze of a man who had left events behind him." So begins Jim Wales's story in Robbers' Roost. While a battle rages between two outlaw gangs in a remote Utah canyon, Jim struggles to rescue Helen Herrick, who has been captured and held for ransom. Robbers' Roost tells the story of their personal struggle to escape the clutches of the murderous outlaws while simultaneously safeguarding their passion, one that is not likely to survive the beautiful, yet deadly, terrain and people of the old American West. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Danny Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/009241/bk_brll_009241_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    City of Devils: The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old Shanghai , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 545min
    From Paul French, New York Times best-selling author of Midnight in Peking - winner of both the Edgar Award for best fact crime and the CWA Gold Dagger for nonfiction - comes a rags-to-riches tale of two self-made men set against a backdrop of crime and vice in the sprawling badlands of Shanghai. City of Devils is a dynamic audiobook that will captivate listeners everywhere.  Shanghai, 1930s; it was a haven for outlaws from all over the world: a place where pasts could be forgotten, fascism and communism outrun, names invented, and fortunes made - and lost. “Lucky” Jack Riley was the most notorious of those outlaws. An ex-US Navy boxing champion, he escaped from prison and rose to become the Slots King of Shanghai. “Dapper” Joe Farren - a Jewish boy who fled Vienna’s ghetto - ruled the nightclubs. His chorus lines rivaled Ziegfeld’s. In 1940, Lucky Jack and Dapper Joe bestrode the Shanghai Badlands like kings while all around the Solitary Island was poverty, starvation, and war. They thought they ruled Shanghai, but the city had other ideas. This is the story of their rise to power, their downfall, and the trail of destruction left in their wake. Shanghai was their playground for a flickering few years, a city where for a fleeting moment even the wildest dreams could come true. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Chan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/003387/bk_aren_003387_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    City of Devils , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 545min
    1930s Shanghai could give Chicago a run for its money. In the years before the Japanese invaded, the city was a haven for outlaws from all over the world: a place where pasts could be forgotten, fascism and communism outrun, names invented, fortunes made - and lost. 'Lucky' Jack Riley was the most notorious of those outlaws. An ex-navy boxing champion, he escaped from prison in the States, spotted a craze for gambling and rose to become the Slot King of Shanghai. Ruler of the clubs in that day was 'Dapper' Joe Farren - a Jewish boy who fled Vienna's ghetto with a dream of dance halls. His chorus lines rivalled Ziegfeld's, and his name was in lights above the city's biggest casino. In 1940, they bestrode the Shanghai Badlands like kings while all around the Solitary Island was poverty, starvation and genocide. They thought they ruled Shanghai, but the city had other ideas. This is the story of their rise to power, their downfall and the trail of destruction they left in their wake. Shanghai was their playground for a flickering few years, a city where for a fleeting moment even the wildest dreams seemed possible. In the vein of true crime books whose real brilliance is the re-creation of a time and place, this is an impeccably researched narrative nonfiction told with superb energy and brio, as if James Ellroy had stumbled into a Shanghai cathouse. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Chan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/qpuk/000902/bk_qpuk_000902_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Age of Decadence: A History of Britain: 1880-1914
    A richly detailed history of Britain at its imperial zenith, revealing the simmering tensions and explosive rivalries beneath the opulent surface of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. The popular memory of Britain in the years before the Great War is of a powerful, contented, orderly, and thriving country. Britain commanded a vast empire: she bestrode international commerce. Her citizens were living longer, profiting from civil liberties their grandparents only dreamed of and enjoying an expanding range of comforts and pastimes. The mood of pride and self-confidence can be seen in Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance marches, newsreels of George V's coronation, and London's great Edwardian palaces. Yet beneath the surface things were very different In The Age of Decadence, Simon Heffer exposes the contradictions of late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain. He explains how, despite the nation's massive power, a mismanaged war against the Boers in South Africa created profound doubts about her imperial destiny. He shows how attempts to secure vital social reforms prompted the twentieth century's gravest constitutional crisis-and coincided with the worst industrial unrest in British history. He describes how politicians who conceded the vote to millions more men disregarded women so utterly that female suffragists' public protest bordered on terrorism. He depicts a ruling class that fell prey to degeneracy and scandal. He analyses a national psyche that embraced the motor-car, the sensationalist press, and the science fiction of H. G. Wells, but also the nostalgia of A. E. Housman.
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