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    Oedipus the King: A Translation by F.L. Light , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 133min
    Aristotle's assertion that in Greek tragedy, there is no loftier work than Oedipus the King cannot be lightly contradicted. This drama is endued fearfully with nature, as she works against the conscientiousness of measure found in man. Heretofore no translation of this play has been a poem of Sophoclean worthiness and work. The rhythmic stature of this translation runs with the Greek in heat and light. "It is always gratifying, it elevates the human spirit to see one our fellows...set his aim unbelievably high and incredibly hit the mark!" (David Madgalene, bilingual author of I Hear A Journeyman Singing and many other books of verse.) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alex Hyde-White. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/008496/bk_acx0_008496_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Waterborne Blade , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 852min
    The citadel has long been the stronghold of Highkell. All that is about to change because the traitor, Vasic, is marching on the capital. Against her better judgement, Queen Alwenna allows herself to be spirited away by one of the Crown's most trusted servants, safe from the clutches of the throne's would-be usurper. Fleeing across country, she quickly comes to learn that her pampered existence has ill equipped her for survival away from the comforts of the court. Alwenna must toughen up and fast if she is even to make it to a place of safety. But she has an even loftier aim - for after dreaming of her husband's impending death, Alwenna knows she must turn around and head back to Highkell to save the land she loves and the husband who adores her or die in the attempt. But Vasic the traitor is waiting. And this was all just as he planned. Susan Murray is a graduate of the Open University and describes herself as a "serial house renovator". She was recently longlisted for the Bristol Short Story Prize. The Waterborne Blade is her debut novel. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Danielle Winter. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/024736/bk_adbl_024736_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Pathway of Roses , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 469min
    Originally published in 1912, this classic piece of literature by best-selling author Christian Larson unfolds the path to a spiritual life. Retaining the special flavor of early twentieth century language, The Pathway of Roses provides just the right combination of inspiration and heart-pondering sentiment to speak to the heart of almost anyone seeking the meaning of the life as it relates to the spiritual realm. As the original book states, "This book has been written especially for those awakened souls, so numerous in this rare century, who would open their minds to all that is rich, all that is lofty, all that is beautiful, and all that is inspiring in life; who would know and understand the finer things in human existence - those things which, to be in touch with, make all other things worthwhile; who would ofttimes arise to those greater heights of thought and vision from whence the eye may behold the vastness, the glory and the splendor of it all, and the mind understand that life in reality is a beautiful thing; who would touch the spirit of loftier realms and array themselves with that greater strength, that more wonderful power that makes woman noble, man great, and the soul of humanity divine." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Grover Gardner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/001355/bk_gdan_001355_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Jarred into Being , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 428min
    Eva Lange's life had become a hellish nightmare. The violent death of her parents catapults the pretty 13-year-old into the arms of evil incarnate. Eva is brutalized and forced into child prostitution by her custodians, but fleeing her sexual exploitation only places her squarely in the path of still greater peril - sex slavery at the hands of a powerful drug lord and his ruthless wife. It's a dangerous double life. By day, Eva is nanny to her captors' three children; at night she is subject to the cruel whims of her tormentors. Ensnared in a seedy underworld of sex trafficking, torture and humiliation, and illicit drugs - and hopelessly trapped in this hell by political corruption - Eva could easily become beat down by forces greater than herself. But Eva Lange staunchly resists the compulsion to surrender to a seemingly inescapable destiny. Refusing to believe her fate is sealed, she is determined to use her beauty, wiles, and will to break free for good. Eva plots a bold escape and sets her sights on an even loftier goal: revenge. Can Eva surmount the oppressive powers that have defeated so many others and turn the tables on her tormentors? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Casaundra Freeman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/003778/bk_acx0_003778_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Grant Moves South , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1078min
    A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian's acclaimed Civil War history of the complex man and controversial Union commander whose battlefield brilliance ensured the downfall of the Confederacy. Preeminent Civil War historian Bruce Catton narrows his focus on commander Ulysses S. Grant, whose bold tactics and relentless dedication to the Union ultimately ensured a Northern victory in the nation's bloodiest conflict. While a succession of Union generals - from McClellan to Burnside to Hooker to Meade - were losing battles and sacrificing troops due to ego, egregious errors, and incompetence, an unassuming Federal Army commander was excelling in the Western theater of operations. Though unskilled in military power politics and disregarded by his peers, Colonel Grant, commander of the Twenty-First Illinois Volunteer Infantry, was proving to be an unstoppable force. He won victory after victory at Belmont, Fort Henry, and Fort Donelson, while brilliantly avoiding near-catastrophe and ultimately triumphing at Shiloh. And Grant's bold maneuvers at Vicksburg would cost the Confederacy its invaluable lifeline: the Mississippi River. But destiny and President Lincoln had even loftier plans for Grant, placing nothing less than the future of an entire nation in the capable hands of the North's most valuable military leader. Based in large part on military communiqués, personal eyewitness accounts, and Grant's own writings, Catton's extraordinary history offers listeners an insightful look at arguably the most innovative Civil War battlefield strategist, unmatched by even the South's legendary Robert E. Lee. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bronson Pinchot. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/026013/bk_adbl_026013_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Basque Country: The Turbulent History and Legacy of the Basque Autonomous Community in Spain , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 79min
    It would not be a stretch to say that for a very tiny geographical territory (just 20,747 square kilometers), the Basque Country has inspired a plethora of intense stereotypes. Some of these stereotypes have been cast upon its people from the outside, while others have been strategically propagated by the people themselves.For such a small area of land that is home to only 3,000,000 people, the Basque Country is anything but small in terms of its history, which is why opinions about its people are so intense, so consequential, and so contradictory.The Basque people have been called “the people who sing and dance at the foot of the Pyrenees”, a description that evokes not only their geographical location but also their strong folk traditions. Those words, said by the famous French writer Victor Hugo, infuriate the Basque people to this day. They have also been described pejoratively as “Europe’s aboriginals”, a reference to the age-old status of their culture, which has led many people to fetishize them and their language as ancient. In a much loftier vein, they also have been thought to be the “original” true European natives, the people who established the most prestigious, celebrated elements of European culture. While such small-minded stereotypes rightly tend to antagonize the Basque people, many Basque nationalists have been eager to cultivate an image of their culture as unique and separate from Spain and from France, the larger nations that engulf its territory and that threaten its autonomy. Basque nationalists are eager to point to the rich tradition of archeologists, politicians, anthropologists, nationalists and folklorists who have grown out of their culture. They have embraced their status as the oldest surviving European people, and they have celebrated their language, Euskera, as one of the world’s oldest spoken languages, a non-Indo-European tongue that can brag about having no other related languages in existence. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colin Fluxman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/194158/bk_acx0_194158_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Goal Setting: The One Change that Changes Everything - Habits, Self-Discipline, Focus, Mindset, Productivity , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 21min
    Who doesn’t have goals for themselves? As human beings, we are constantly setting goals, both personal and professional, so that we can grow and improve. Sometimes, the goals are just in our heads, and sometimes we write them down and even make vision boards to inspire us and remind us of our goals everyday. I’ve had plenty of experience with many different ways of goal setting and plenty of experience with disappointing outcomes as I fail to reach the targets I set for myself.Unfortunately, the truth is that few people rarely become successful at achieving every objective they set, and even then, success might not come in a timely manner. That’s where this book is invaluable.After much trial and error in my research, I’ve figured out the best program to set solid objectives and how to push myself to achieve them every time. I have learned to be the most productive person I can be, and you can do the same.Work to reach your goals now by following the four most important aspects of success.In this book, you will learn to:Set realistic, solid goals, whether they are big or small, and keep them in the forefront of your mind.Develop the discipline and good habits necessary for sweet success.Keep your mind focused on the outcome until it is achieved.Manage a high level of productivity as you work to complete multiple objectives and establish loftier goals than you ever thought possible.In our busy world, solid goal setting and the knowledge to accomplish the goals you set  is the one change that changes everything. Don’t waste any more time trying and failing to make progress toward your objective: Learn the most effective ways to achieve your goals, so that you can set more.You’ll gain self-confidence, joy, and all of the rewards you’ve been dreaming about when you reach your goals. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: William Harvey, Jr.. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/208559/bk_acx0_208559_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 504min
    Pyotr Kropotkin (1842-1921), one of the most individual political figures of his time, is best known as an influential anarchist communist. But he was also a scientist, geographer and philosopher, a man who, having grown up on his aristocratic father’s extensive country estate in Russia, had a deep understanding of and love for animals (wild and domesticated), the countryside and wildernesses. And all this was underpinned by a life committed to work for the good of humanity. Though his two best-known works, The Conquest of Bread and Fields, Factories and Workshops, are revolutionary economic texts, Mutual Aid, a collection of essays published in 1902, is a jewel of another kind. In it, Kropotkin argues that Darwin’s views on evolution and the survival of the fittest show only one aspect of life on planet Earth. Taking a kindlier - but equally scientific - look at the existence and growth of societies, both animal and human, Kropotkin takes great pains to demonstrate that the principal of mutual aid is just as important a feature in life on Earth - in fact, even more important. In this most engaging, absorbing and even endearing book, Kropotkin shows that societies evolve and develop better though the principle of mutual aid than by challenge, conflict and conquest. His chapter headings provide the overview: 'Mutual Aid Among Animals', 'Among Savages', 'Among the Barbarians', 'In the Medieval City', and 'Amongst Ourselves'. His positive and uplifting conclusion is clear: ‘In the practice of mutual aid, which we can retrace to the earliest beginnings of man, mutual support - not mutual struggle - has had the leading part. In its wide extension, even at the present time, we also see the best guarantee of a still loftier evolution of our race.’ This humane attitude was the driver behind his politics, because Kropotkin the scientist was also very much a political personality. But Mutual Aid is endlessly entertai ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Kenny. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/dhrm/000219/bk_dhrm_000219_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1118min
    Named one of the best books of the year by the Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.From award-winning author Eva Stachniak comes this passionate novel that illuminates, as only fiction can, the early life of one of history’s boldest women. The Winter Palace tells the epic story of Catherine the Great’s improbable rise to power - as seen through the ever-watchful eyes of an all-but-invisible servant close to the throne. Her name is Barbara - in Russian, Varvara. Nimble-witted and attentive, she’s allowed into the employ of the Empress Elizabeth, amid the glitter and cruelty of the world’s most eminent court. Under the tutelage of Count Bestuzhev, Chancellor and spymaster, Varvara will be educated in skills from lock picking to lovemaking, learning above all else to listen - and to wait for opportunity. That opportunity arrives in a slender young princess from Zerbst named Sophie, a playful teenager destined to become the indomitable Catherine the Great. Sophie’s destiny at court is to marry the Empress’s nephew, but she has other, loftier, more dangerous ambitions, and she proves to be more guileful than she first appears. What Sophie needs is an insider at court, a loyal pair of eyes and ears who knows the traps, the conspiracies, and the treacheries that surround her. Varvara will become Sophie’s confidante - and together the two young women will rise to the pinnacle of absolute power. With dazzling details and intense drama, Eva Stachniak depicts Varvara’s secret alliance with Catherine as the princess grows into a legend - through an enforced marriage, illicit seductions, and, at last, the shocking coup to assume the throne of all of Russia. Impeccably researched and magnificently written, The Winter Palace is an irresistible peek through the keyhole of one of history’s grandest tales.Praise for The Winter Palace:   “A majestic and splendidly written tale of pride, pass ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Beata Pozniak. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002862/bk_rand_002862_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Wench: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 495min
    An ambitious and startling debut novel that follows the lives of four women at a resort popular among slaveholders who bring their enslaved mistresses. wench 'wench n. from Middle English "wenchel," 1 a: a girl, maid, young woman; a female child. Tawawa House in many respects is like any other American resort before the Civil War. Situated in Ohio, this idyllic retreat is particularly nice in the summer when the Southern humidity is too much to bear. The main building, with its luxurious finishes, is loftier than the white cottages that flank it, but then again, the smaller structures are better positioned to catch any breeze that may come off the pond. And they provide more privacy, which best suits the needs of the Southern white men who vacation there every summer with their black, enslaved mistresses. It's their open secret. Lizzie, Reenie, and Sweet are regulars at Tawawa House. They have become friends over the years as they reunite and share developments in their own lives and on their respective plantations. They don't bother too much with questions of freedom, though the resort is situated in free territory, but when truth-telling Mawu comes to the resort and starts talking of running away, things change. To run is to leave behind everything these women value most - friends and families - still down South, and for some it also means escaping from the emotional and psychological bonds that bind them to their masters. When a fire on the resort sets off a string of tragedies, the women of Tawawa House soon learn that triumph and dehumanization are inseparable and that love exists even in the most inhuman, brutal of circumstances, all while they are bearing witness to the end of an era. An engaging and wholly original novel, Wench explores, with an unflinching eye, the moral complexities of slavery. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Quincy Tyler Bernstine. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/002145/bk_harp_002145_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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