42 Results for : lurches
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Oh, The Places You'll Go!
In this classic Seussian tale, the good doctor primes his readers against all the little mishaps and misadventures that can befall even the best of us - from bang-ups and hang-ups to lurches and slumps - encouraging us to take life in our stride!- Shop: buecher
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The Paradoxical Kingdom
"The Paradoxical Kingdom" shows how religion, tradition, society, economics, politics, and the state interact with each other in Saudi Arabia as the nation lurches into the twenty-first century. The book shows how wealth has been squandered, examines the Arabian equivalent of Asia's infamous 'crony capitalism, ' and considers the durability of the Al Saud dynasty.- Shop: buecher
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Annihilation: Chronicles of the Uprising, Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 337min
Death is the easy way out. Still clinging rabidly to power, the Elites spin lies of prejudice and hatred, stoking the flames of war. The sole driving force toward peace, Mira, had sacrificed everything. But her strength alone was not enough. It will take the strength of many to finish what she started. As the world lurches toward war, each party has much to lose. Human. Vampire. Otherkin. The only outcomes are peace or death. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kerri McCann. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/063274/bk_acx0_063274_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Her Dragon Daddy : Black Claw Dragons, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 398min
Mav disappeared before I could ever tell him about the child I carried. I’ve had years to get over him, and I’ve tried. But the second I see him again my heart lurches and it’s like all that time evaporates. I still burn for him, even though I know it’s a bad idea. I try to remind myself about the bad things: his possessiveness, his quick temper...but he’s different now. More mature. Protective. Settled. And hiding something. Something bigger than the child we share. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Phoenix McKay. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/200731/bk_acx0_200731_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Secrets of Happiness , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 766min
Rachel and Becca are stepsisters living far apart, with little in common. Rachel is the successful one: happily married with three children and a big house. Becca, meanwhile, lurches from one dead-end job to another and has given up on love. The two of them have lost touch, but when Rachel doesn't come home one night, Becca is called in to help. As Becca begins to untangle Rachel's secrets, she is forced to confront some uncomfortable truths. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gabrielle Glaister. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/002673/bk_howe_002673_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Christmas Proposal: A Peas and Carrots Short Story: The Peas and Carrots Series , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 90min
As soon as Eric met Suzy, he knew he wanted to marry her. However, telling her turned out to be much harder than he thought.Take a nostalgic stroll down memory lane this Christmas as we revisit Eric and Suzy's early days in this wonderfully romantic short story from the Peas and Carrots universe. Laugh and commiserate with Eric as, once again, he lurches from one crisis to another as he desperately tries to execute the perfect proposal.Perfect for newcomers and hardcore fans of the Peas and Carrots series alike. So, sit back and take a break for the next hour as you get lost with a little holiday romance. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rafe Beckley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/191862/bk_acx0_191862_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Crashes, Booms, Panics, and Government Regulations , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 162min
Financial markets have an impressive history of gains and progress for prudent and judicious investors. But these advances are often interrupted by powerful and sudden setbacks or forward lurches. What is it about investment psychology, and the structure of financial markets, that causes this? How should we react to short term gyrations that can excite or frighten? And what is the role of government regulation in stabilizing financial markets? The Secrets of the Great Investors series is a collection of audio presentations that explain, in understandable language, the strategies and principles that have produced great wealth. History's greatest investors used powerful investing philosophies to produce superior results, and we can learn from their successes and mistakes. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Louis Rukeyser. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/001609/bk_blak_001609_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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When We Were Orphans
England, 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the country's most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one unsolved crime has always haunted him; the mysterious disappearance of his parents, in Old Shanghai, when he was a small boy. Now, as the world lurches towards total war, Banks realises the time has come for him to return to the city of his childhood and at last solve the mystery - that only by his doing so will civilisation be saved from the approaching catastrophe.Moving between London and Shanghai of the inter-war years, When We Were Orphans is a story of memory, intrigue and the need to return; of a childhood vision of the world surviving deep into adulthood, indelibly shaping and distorting a person's life.If you enjoyed When We Were Orphans, you might also like Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, now available in Faber Modern Classics.- Shop: buecher
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Blood's a Rover , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1465min
It’s 1968. Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King are dead. The Mob, Howard Hughes and J. Edgar Hoover are in a struggle for America’s soul, drawing into their murderous conspiracies the damned and the soon to be damned. Wayne Tedrow, Jr: assassin, dope cooker, mouthpiece for all sides, loyal to none. Dwight Holly: Hoover’s enforcer and hellish conspirator in terrible crimes. As Hoover’s power wanes, his destiny lurches towards Richard Nixon and self-annihilation. Don Crutchfield: a kid, a nobody, a wheelman and a private detective who stumbles upon an ungodly conspiracy from which he and the country may never recover. All three men are drawn to women on the opposite side of the political and moral spectrum; all are compromised and ripe for destruction. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeff Harding. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/002398/bk_isis_002398_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Land of the Blind: Inspector Ikman Mystery, Book 17 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 741min
A body is found in the ruined Constantinople hippodrome: a woman, clutching a piece of red stone. She's recently given birth, but there's no sign of the baby. Inspector Cetin Ikmen discovers she was a Byzantine specialist on a crusade to protect the historic but now squalid areas of Istanbul that her enemy, property developer Ahmet Oden, seeks to destroy and rebuild. As Ikmen searches for the lost child and the truth behind her death, the people of Istanbul rise up in protest against their government in Gezi Park, and the city lurches into chaos and anger. Against this background, Ikmen will unravel a tale of ancient hostility and modern desires, where the truth is concealed within the secret history of this antique city. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Barrett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/head/000677/bk_head_000677_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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