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    Skinflint , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 30min
    Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863-1935) was a British journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and nonfiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the Victorian golden age of the short story. Skinflint is a bittersweet tale of an embittered middle-aged woman who has never recovered from being jilted as a young woman. Since that sorry episode she has thrown herself into the micro-management of her grocery and drapery business. Then one day she learns that her former lover is on the brink of ruin...and the memories of her youth come surging back.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000960/bk_redd_000960_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Jack Benny Program, Collection 2, Hörbuch, Digital, 354min
    Jack Benny liked to portray himself as a skinflint but his generosity as a comic allowed other characters to get their fair share of laughs...usually at his expense. Benny got more laughs playing the straight man and didn’t care if he was the butt of the jokes. With his brilliant timing, smooth delivery, and trademark mannerisms, Benny was a huge influence on the development of the radio sitcom. References to Benny’s reputed stinginess, vanity, and infirmities were expected and weekly running gags established the program’s memorable characters. Benny’s real wife, Mary, was his sarcastic female friend; Phil Harris, the brash bandleader, Dennis Day the eager juvenile, Rochester the lovable butler and Don Wilson, the overweight announcer. Jack got his big break as a guest on The Ed Sullivan Radio Show in 1932 and was soon signed to his own show. Highlights included the long-running feud with fellow comedian Fred Allen, gags featuring a pet polar bear, and material about Jack’s run-down Maxwell jalopy. He insisted he was never older than 39, was a skinflint, and had difficulty playing “Love in Bloom” on his violin. A regular performer for more than two decades on radio, Jack made a seamless transition to television. 5/29/49 “Guest: Margaret Whiting” 9/25/49 “Guests: Edgar Bergan, Red Skelton and Amos N’ Andy” 3/12/50 “Jack wins the Sagebrush Soap Contest” 3/19/50 ”Cast Does a Sketch on ‘The Champion’” 5/14/50 “Guests: Frankie Fontaine and Vivian Blaine” 5/27/51 “Jack Goes to the Doctor and Cast Unhappy with Contracts” 4/26/53 “Guest: Fred Allen and Memories about Vaudeville” 11/15/53 “The Cast is Rehearsing for Jack’s TV show” 1/24/54 “The Cast Presents ‘The Shooting of Dan McGrew’” 6/6/54 “The Last Show of the Season and Jack is off to Dallas” 3/6/55 “Guest: Danny Kaye and Warner Brothers plans ‘The Jack Benny Story’” 4/24/55 “Jack Rents His Maxwell to 20th Century Fox to Us Language: English. Narrator: full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/010881/bk_brll_010881_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Shopaholic & Sister, Hörbuch, Digital, 195min
    Becky Bloomwood is back! Becky thought being married to Luke Brandon would be one big Tiffany box of happiness. But to be honest, it's not quite as dreamy as she'd hoped. The trouble started on their honeymoon, when she told Luke the tiniest little fib, about the teeniest little purchase. Now she's on a strict budget, she doesn't have a job - and worst of all, her beloved Suze has a new best friend. Then she receives some incredible news. She has a long-lost sister! Becky has never been more excited. Finally, a real sister! They'll have so much in common! They can go shopping together, choose shoes together, have manicures together...until she meets her and gets the shock of her life. It can't be true. Surely Becky Bloomwood's long-lost sister can't hate shopping? A sister...a soulmate...a skinflint? Language: English. Narrator: Doon Mackichan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/000241/bk_rhuk_000241_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Stories of Dangerous Women , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 851min
    A gripping collection of classic stories in which the central figures are highly dangerous female characters - ranging from the creepy and unsettling to the utterly terrifying. Miss Cornelius by W. F. Harvey Mrs. Amworth by E. F. Benson Miss Mary Pask by Edith Wharton Escape – Three and Sixpence by Winifred Holtby Skinflint by J. S. Fletcher The Greatest Good of the Greatest Number by Gertrude Atherton Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Mrs. Raeburn’s Waxwork by Eleanor Smith Where their Fire is not Quenched by May Sinclair The Operation by Violet Hunt Pomegranite Seed by Edith Wharton Satan’s Circus by Eleanor Smith The Cold Embrace by Mary E. Braddon The Devil of the Marsh by H. B. Marriott-Watson The Death of Halpin Frayser by Ambrose Bierce The Lovely Lady by D. H. Lawrence The Snow by Hugh Walpol. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000976/bk_redd_000976_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Puss in Boots (Vintage BBC Radio Panto) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 56min
    Fun for all the family in this BBC Radio 2 pantomime starring Arthur Askey, Anita Harris, Kenneth Connor and Alfred Marks. When young Tom falls in love with the most beautiful girl in the world, he dreams of winning her heart. But Tom is poverty-stricken, and his lady love is Princess Rose Petal. Then a magic sunbeam transforms his cat into clever, cunning Puss in Boots... Can Puss help Tom defeat Baron Skinflint and his greedy ogre and win the princess’ heart? Starring Arthur Askey, Anita Harris, Kenneth Connor and Alfred Marks, this classic panto was recorded in front of a live audience and first broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on Christmas Day 1979. Everyone loves a traditional Christmas pantomime - and with this classic BBC Radio production, you can enjoy the festive fun whenever you wish. Featuring rousing songs, jolly japes and corny jokes, it’s perfect seasonal entertainment for all the family. Oh, yes it is! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arthur Askey, Anita Harris, Kenneth Connor, Alfred Marks. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/005145/bk_bbcw_005145_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Fifty Spellbinding Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1540min
    A fast-paced and varied collection of captivating short stories ranging from action thrillers to poignant tear-jerkers to the downright weird. "Jerry Bundler" by W. W. Jacobs "The Umbrella Mender" by Beatrice Harraden "Green Ink" by J. S. Fletcher "Why Herbert Killed His Mother" by Winifred Holtby "The Red Mark" by Israel Zangwill "The White Kid Glove" by J. S. Fletcher "Sophy Mason Comes Back" by E. M. Delafield "The Influence Fails" by J. S. Fletcher "The Cry of a Century" by Richard Middleton & Edgar Jepson "Royal Visitors" by E. F. Benson "The Last Adventure" by Richard Middleton "The Child in the Garden" by Leonard Merrick "Arthur Jermyn" by H. P. Lovecraft "Skinflint" by J. S. Fletcher "The House of Haddock" by Arthur Morrison "The Mad Hatter" by Morley Roberts "The Disorder of the Bath" by Arthur Morrison "The Secret of the Barbican" by J. S. Fletcher "The Mystery of the Octagon Room" by Eimar O'Duffy Plus 30 more riveting stories. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000993/bk_redd_000993_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Short Stories of J. S. Fletcher , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 646min
    Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863-1935) was a British journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and nonfiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the Victorian golden age of the short story. This collection brings together some of the finest and most diverse examples of Fletcher's genius. This collection brings together some of the finest and most diverse examples of Fletcher's genius. 1. The Malachite Jar. 2. Green Ink. 3. The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand. 4. The Earl, the Warder and the Wayward Heiress. 5. Alone on a Wide Wide Sea. 6. The Influence Fails. 7. The Vengeance of La Maraye. 8. Brown Rat’s Dock. 9. The Secret of the Strong Room. 10. Mr. Leggatt leaves his Card. 11. The Registered Packet. 12. The White Kid Glove. 13. Against Time. 14. The Man in the Fur Coat. 15. The Permanent Tenant. 16. Room 53. 17. Skinflint. 18. The Secret of the Barbican. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000961/bk_redd_000961_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Luck of the Bride: The Cavensham Heiresses Series, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 725min
    One of Book Riot's "9 Not-To-Be-Missed Romances Hitting the Shelves this Summer" Can a woman who’s down on her luck find love with a dashing Duke-to-be? Find out in The Luck of the Bride, the next Regency romance in the Cavensham Heiresses series from Janna MacGregor. She's leaving nothing up to chance. Not even love…March Lawson is an orphan who, for the past eight years, has struggled to raise her siblings on a meager allowance. Most women March's age would be picking out ball gowns for the upcoming season. But March's focus is not on finding a husband. First, she must devote her energies to just one man: the coldhearted skinflint who refuses to release her inheritance.Michael Cavensham, the Marquess of McCalpin, is not a heartless man. When he learns that Miss Lawson has been forging his name to procure funds, he can't bring himself to have her arrested - not when the bold-faced embezzler is so enchantingly beautiful. Instead, McCalpin agrees to visit her home to assess the situation more closely. March has no choice but to accept. But how can she manage the handsome trustee who controls her purse strings - when he tugs at her heart strings as well? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elaine Wise. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/132634/bk_acx0_132634_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 194min
    ‘And the fruiterers were radiant in their glory. There was great, round, pot-bellied baskets of chestnuts, shaped like the waistcoats of jolly old gentlemen, lolling at the doors, and tumbling out into the street in their apoplectic opulence. There were ruddy, brown-faced, broad-girthed Spanish Onions, shining in the fatness of their growth like Spanish Friars, and winking from their shelves in wanton slyness at the girls as they went by, and glanced demurely at the hung up mistletoe.’ A Christmas Carol is a work of power and beauty. It has delighted and enthralled readers since it was first published in 1843. Perhaps Charles Dickens’ best-loved work, the story follows the trials and tribulations of Ebenezer Scrooge, man of business and notorious skinflint even by the City’s stringent standards, who is taken on a journey of self-discovery by his late business partner, the spirit Jacob Marley, with the help of three supernatural apparitions: the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Yet to Come. Many adaptations, be they on film, television, or in the theatre, fail to capture it whole, often reducing it to over-sentimentalised syrup. Certainly there is pathos and sentimentality here in good measure, there are tears to be shed in the company of the Cratchit family and Tiny Tim, but there is so much more: politics, religion, morality, social history, London low life, London high life, and a large measure of Christmas cheer. Vivid scenes describing festive foodstuffs on display on snowy London pavements; the shocking, squalid vision of two children, Ignorance and Want; the pivotal scene in which Scrooge is released from his engagement are all essential, all interconnected, all enthralling. A Christmas Carol is a book that deserves to be heard in its unabridged form and in this un-stuffy, vibrant reading for Magpie Audio, narrator Greg Wagland brings the story to life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Greg Wagland. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/magp/000004/bk_magp_000004_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Beau Bandit
    Smooth-talking Mexican bandit Montero (Rod La Rocque) and his deaf-mute sidekick, Colosso (Mitchell Lewis), are being pursued through the sand dunes of southern Arizona by lawman Bobcat Manners (Walter Long) and his posse. Montero plans to rob a bank owned by skinflint Lucius Perkins (Charles Middleton), who also owns the mortgage for lovely singing teacher Helen Wardell's ranch. Helen (Doris Kenyon) pines for poor-but-handsome dirt farmer Bill Howard (Tom Keene), but Perkins wants to marry her. When Perkins pays Montero to kill Howard, Montero starts an escalating game of this gun for hire in which he sets farmer against banker against posse, all in the name of romance. And Montero has a very unique definition of romance. This zippy, early-sound-era Western gets a lift from the great rapport and one-sided banter between antihero Montero and sidekick Colosso, along with some inspired camera work from future Western film director Lambert Hillyer.
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