23 Results for : lurching
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Lurching Toward Happiness in America , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 144min
The promise of America has long been conceived as the promise of happiness. Being American is all about the opportunity to pursue one's own bliss. But what is the good life, and are we getting closer to its attainment? In the cacophony of competing conceptions of the good, technological interventions that claim to help us achieve it and rancorous debate over government's role in securing it for us, every step toward happiness seems to come with at least one step back. In Lurching Toward Happiness in America, acclaimed sociologist Claude Fischer explores the data, the myths, and history to understand how far America has come in delivering on its promise. Are Americans getting lonelier? Is the gender revolution over? Does income shape the way Americans see their life prospects? In the end, Fischer paints a broad picture of what Americans say they want. And, as he considers how close they are to achieving that goal, he also suggests what might finally get them there. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Pratt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/001564/bk_gdan_001564_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Zombie Project: The Boxcar Children Mysteries, Book 128 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 105min
While staying at the Winding River Lodge, the Aldens hear an old legend about a zombie who lives in the forest! Everyone knows zombies aren’t real - but when Benny sees a strange figure lurching through the woods, the Boxcar Children begin to wonder if the old legend is true after all.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Gregory. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/oasi/001126/bk_oasi_001126_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Hörbuch, Digital, 351min
A new year begins - and Bridget Jones, the globally best selling, unflinchingly self-disciplined, and definitely practically nonsmoking heroine, is about to discover what happens when you have the man of your dreams actually in your flat and he hasn't been to the supermarket - not just tonight, but ever. Lurching from the cappuccino bars of Notting Hill to the blissed-out shores of Thailand, searching for The Truth in spite of pathetically unevolved men, insane dating theories, and Smug Married advice, Bridget experiences a zeitgeist-esque Spiritual Epiphany somewhere between the pages of How to Find the Love You Want Without Seeking It, protective custody, and a lightly chilled Chardonnay. With another devastatingly hilarious, ridiculous, unnervingly accurate take on modern womanhood, Bridget Jones is back. Language: English. Narrator: Tracie Bennett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000040/bk_rand_000040_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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World Will Fall: Truly Deadly Book 3: Spy and Assassin Action Thriller Series , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 329min
Outnumbered. Outsmarted. Outgunned.Now we're chief suspects in a terror attack we prevented.Well, you won’t believe what's coming next.There’ll be two weeks of hellish spy and assassin training. A heartbreaking memory of Philippe’s. Plus an undercover mission in the world of the rich and super-dangerous.And let's not forget our evil assassin friends at JPAC.Turns out they've got this super-weapon that could mean the end of the world.And there’s something terrifying lurching around the next corner.All I can say is, run. And if you dare...jump.You’ll love Lorna’s latest adventure because it’s packed with more adventure and humor than ever before.Get World Will Fall now.Recommended for age 16-plus. Not for the faint-hearted.Be sure to listen to books one and two first. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ella Lynch. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/212100/bk_acx0_212100_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Extreme Encounters: How It Feels to Be Drowned in Quicksand and Other Unpleasant Experiences (Unabr.) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 282min
If you're the squeamish type, turn back now. If you're afraid of a little blood, go no further. But if you've ever wondered what it's like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand, or stung by a jellyfish, then fasten your seatbelt and get ready for a wild ride. Extreme Encounters offers blow-by-blow accounts of life's most dangerous experiences in thrilling "you-are-there" second person - so you chill to the numbing effects of frostbite, you hear the ear-splitting roar of a tornado, and you feel the stomach-lurching drop of an elevator freefall. Full of harrowing adventure and surprising scientific insights, Extreme Encounters is a journey you'll never forget. Extreme Encounters is also available in print from Quirk Books. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Henry Leyva. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhau/000094/bk_rhau_000094_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Car Talk, Forensic Mechanics, November 9, 2013, Hörbuch, Digital, 53min
This week on Car Talk, Wendall's Bronco burst into flames and was burnt to crisp, right after a 200-mile drive. Was it electrical? Fuel? A spouse holding an insurance policy? Elsewhere, Barry is hoping to find true love by fixing his co-worker's windshield wipers, and avoiding her jealous boyfriend; Donna needs a gracious way to tell her husband his theories about keeping her gas tank full are "boooooguuss"; and Deborah's lurching efforts to learn to drive a stick shift aren't being made any easier by her Civic's loud whine. Also, on Stump the Chumps we find out if Farmer Ben's manure spreader helped get his truck running smoothly again. All this and more, this week on Car Talk. [Broadcast Date: November 9, 2013] Language: English. Narrator: Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/cart/131109/rt_cart_131109_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Divine Chaos: A Tale of the Undead , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 121min
A plague has come. Parents are forced to murder their children, lest they become part of the walking nightmare lurching across their lands. These creatures, the diseased, were once friends, family, children, and lovers. But now, rotting flesh hangs from their bodies as they hunt indiscriminately, trying to end a hunger which can never be stopped. Helene decides to leave the relative safety of her fortified town, unsure what lies ahead of her. But as she travels, her flesh betrays her, piece by piece. Is she diseased? Can she find a cure in time to save herself? In this retelling of the scourge of the Black Death, Tawney Seren tugs at your heartstrings and makes your stomach lurch. Divine Chaos is a terrifying story that you won't stop listening to until it's over. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tawney Seren. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/214660/bk_acx0_214660_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Hörbuch, Digital, 194min
The Wilderness Years are over. But not for long. At the end of Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget hiccuped off into the sunset with man-of-her-dreams Mark Darcy. Now, in The Edge of Reason, she discovers what it is like when you have the man of your dreams actually in your flat and he hasn't done the washing-up, not just the whole of this week, but ever. Lurching through a morass of self-help-book theories and mad advice from Jude and Shazzer, struggling with a boyfriend-stealing ex-friend with thighs like a baby giraffe, an eight-foot hole in the living-room wall, a mother obsessed with boiled-egg peelers, and a builder obsessed with large reservoir fish, Bridget embarks on a spiritual epiphany. Bridget is back. Language: English. Narrator: Helen Fielding. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/macm/000002/bk_macm_000002_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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City of Screams: A Short Story Exclusive , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 130min
From New York Times best-selling author James Rollins and award-winning suspense novelist Rebecca Cantrell comes a disturbing story of vengeance, bloodshed, and creatures that prowl the night. In the haunted, war-torn highlands of Afghanistan, amid the ruins of Shahr-e-Gholghol, an archaeology team is massacred in the night. Sergeant Jordan Stone and his crack forensic team are called in to examine the site, to hunt for the perpetrators of this horrific act. But the discovery of a survivor - a child of 10 - will shatter all the team knows about life and death. Among the crumbling bones of dead kings, something hoary and murderous stirs out of the ancient past, lurching forward to claim vengeance on those still living. Included with this thrilling story is a sneak peek at The Blood Gospel, where the further exploits of Sergeant Stone and his team will be revealed. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christian Baskous. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/004945/bk_harp_004945_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Dead on Arrival , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 407min
Romance - and murder - is in the air! Medical insurance fraud investigator Pauline Sokol likes to keep her feet firmly placed on the ground, but her new undercover assignment has the aero-phobic ex-nurse flying high and her stomach lurching! Compelled by her convictions of right and wrong, she takes off in order to ground a land-and-air ambulance company that's been doing some rather creative billing, and needs to crash and burn before they soak the insurance company for more. Pauline's insides do a real loop-de-loop when the company's owner is found dead, and Pauline starts to receive threatening phone calls. Suddenly the air feels safer than the ground! If Pauline (and handsome, irritating, fellow investigator Jagger) doesn't solve this case soon, even a jolt of electricity from the sexy helo-pilot-paramedic ER Dano won't be enough to revive her. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amy Rubinate. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/014966/bk_adbl_014966_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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