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    The Canal Boat Café , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 793min
    The perfect summer romance from the author of A Christmas Tail. Perfect for fans of Sarah Morgan and Holly Martin. Summer Freeman returns to the waterside village of Willowbeck to rescue the Canal Boat Café, her late mother's picturesque narrowboat, which has run into choppy waters. A family friend, Valerie, has been trying to keep things afloat, but the coffee machine is jammed, the cake offerings are paltry, and not all of the locals want to see the café succeed. Help comes from the boat next door, in the shape of handsome wildlife photographer, Mason, and his naughty border terrier, who are showing more than a passing interest in Summer and her adorable bichon frise, Latte. But is Mason being honest about himself? Or does he have something to hide? As her life and the community of Willowbeck begin to entwine, Summer finds herself setting sail on a new adventure. Will the anchor of a steady life on land be too strong, or can Summer learn to cut loose and embrace life afloat? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jessica Ball. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/002532/bk_hcuk_002532_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 465min
    Mary Magdalene is one of the most influential symbols in the history of Christianity - yet, if you look in the Bible, you'll find only a handful of verses that speak of her. How did she become such a compelling saint in the face of such paltry evidence? In her effort to answer that question, Cynthia Bourgeault examines the Bible, church tradition, art, legend, and newly discovered texts to see what's there. She then applies her own reasoning and intuition, informed by the wisdom of the ages-old Christian contemplative tradition. What emerges is a radical view of Mary Magdalene as Jesus' most important disciple, the one he considered to understand his teaching best. That teaching was characterized by a nondualistic approach to the world and by a deep understanding of the value of the feminine. Cynthia shows how an understanding of Mary Magdalene can revitalize contemporary Christianity, how Christians and others can, through her, find their way to Jesus' original teachings and apply them to their modern lives. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gabra Zackman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/019913/bk_adbl_019913_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Working Poor: Invisible in America , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 913min
    Nobody who works hard should be poor in America, writes Pulitzer Prize-winner David Shipler. Clear-headed, rigorous, and compassionate, he journeys deeply into the lives of individual store clerks and factory workers, farm laborers and sweat-shop seamstresses, illegal immigrants in menial jobs, and Americans saddled with immense student loans and paltry wages. They are known as the working poor. They perform labor essential to America's comfort. They are white and black, Latino and Asian - men and women in small towns and city slums trapped near the poverty line, where the margins are so tight that even minor setbacks can cause devastating chain reactions. Shipler shows how liberals and conservatives are both partly right - that practically every life story contains failure by both the society and the individual. Braced by hard fact and personal testimony, he unravels the forces that confine people in the quagmire of low wages. And unlike most works on poverty, this book also offers compelling portraits of employers struggling against razor-thin profits and competition from abroad. With pointed recommendations for change that will challenge Republicans and Democrats alike, The Working Poor stands to make a difference. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Ganim. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003085/bk_adbl_003085_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Just to Keep You Satisfied : Requited Love, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 232min, (USK 18)
    Vega just wants that old thing back...and she’s willing to do whatever it takes to get it. But running back into the arms of her first love, Borne, and his newfound fame comes at a hefty price. At the pinnacle of her career as the editor-in-chief for Fab & Flyy magazine, Vega struggles with complacency in a dying fashion journalism industry while juggling a paltry love life. Uncertainty appears to be the only thing guaranteed, and seemingly, all she has to hold on to until Borne returns to their old stomping grounds in the South Bronx on tour.One night. One performance. One decade later....The flame of a teenage love affair is instantly reignited when Vega decides to take fate into her own hands. Borne shakes up her present while highlighting the regrets of their past and shifts the gears of Vega’s life into full throttle mode, resulting in an unexpected turn. Vega grapples with making a decision that may turn out to be more than what she bargained for.... Is she willing to risk it all for the sake of believing in love again? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cee Scott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/131734/bk_acx0_131734_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Edgar & Emma (eBook, ePUB)
    "I cannot imagine," said Sir Godfrey to his Lady, "why we continue in such deplorable Lodgings as these, in a paltry Market-town, while we have 3 good houses of our own situated in some of the finest parts of England, and perfectly ready to receive us!"Another classic short story from Austen's "juvenilia", written in her teenage years and originally shared with her family and friends. Quick-witted, fun and full of the satire she would later be famed for, it is the perfect insight into the mind of young AustenAuthor Robert Rodi enjoyed this story so much that he expanded the short piece into a full-length novel in the mature Austen style.Jane Austen (1775-1817) is one of the most beloved British writers of all time. During her short life, she published six novels: ¿Sense and Sensibility¿, ¿Pride and Prejudice¿, ¿Mansfield Park¿, ¿Emmä, ¿Northanger Abbey¿ and ¿Persuasion¿, which are all considered literary classics today. Her writing is full of sharp observations on the society in which she lived, as well as ripe with timeless irony, and a solid dose of humour. She has created immortal characters that have inspired countless authors, novels, and movies such as Bridget Jones and Clueless.The most notable adaptation is Joe Wright's 2005 Pride and Prejudice, starring Keira Knightley (Pirates of the Caribbean) and Matthew Macfadyen (Succession).
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    A Handful of Hard Men: The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 737min
    It is difficult to find another soldier's story to equal Captain Darrell Watt's in terms of time spent on the field of battle and challenges faced. Even by the lofty standards of the SAS and Special Forces, one has to look far to find anyone who can match his record of resilience and valor in the face of such daunting odds and with resources so paltry. In the fight, he showed himself to be a military maestro. A bush-lore genius, blessed with uncanny instincts and an unbridled determination to close with the enemy, he had no peers as a combat-tracker (and there was plenty of competition). But the Rhodesian theater was a fluid and volatile one in which he performed in almost every imaginable fighting role. After 12 years in the cauldron of war, his cause slipped from beneath him, and Rhodesia gave way to Zimbabwe. When the guns went quiet, Watt had won all his battles but lost the war. In this fascinating biography, we learn that in his twilight years, he is now concerned with saving wildlife on a continent where they are in continued danger and devoting himself to both the fauna and African people he cares so deeply about. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jack Chekijian. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/008163/bk_tant_008163_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Sweet Dates in Basra: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 566min
    Just when her family should be arranging her marriage, Kathmiya Mahmoud, a young Marsh Arab maiden, is sent from her home in Iraq's idyllic countryside to the unfamiliar city of Basra, where she must survive on her paltry earnings as a servant. Her only asset - her exquisite beauty - brings more peril than peace. Worse, her mother appears to be keeping a secret about her own mysterious past, one that could threaten Kathmiya's destiny forever.In this lost Iraq of the 1940s, a time of rich traditions and converging worlds, Kathmiya meets Shafiq, a Jewish boy whose brotherhood with his Muslim neighbor, Omar, proves that religion is no barrier to friendship. But in a world where loss of honor is punishable by death, the closeness that grows between Kathmiya and Shafiq becomes dangerous as a doomed love takes root. When British warplanes begin bombing Iraq and the country's long-simmering tensions explode, the power of an unbreakable boyhood bond and a transcendent love must overcome the deepening fractures of a collapsing society. Set during the tumultuous years surrounding the Second World War, Sweet Dates in Basra is the redemptive story of two very different cultures, and a powerful reminder that no walls can confine the human spirit. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Adriana Sevahn Nichols. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/002174/bk_harp_002174_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Fever Kill , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 295min
    Crease is going back to his quaint, quiet hometown of Hangtree. It's where his father, the sheriff, met ruin in the face of a scandal involving the death of a kidnapped little girl and her missing ransom. It's where Crease was beaten, jailed, and kicked clear of the town line 10 years earlier. Now Crease is back. He's been undercover for so long that most days he feels more like a mobster than a cop. He doesn't mind much: the corrupt life is easier to stomach than a wife who can't understand him, a son who hates him, and a half-dozen adopted kids he can't even name anymore. He's also just gotten his drug-dealing, knife-wielding psycho boss Tucco's mistress pregnant. A fine time to decide to settle old scores and resolve a decade-old mystery.... With Tucco hot on his tail, Crease has to find his answers fast. Who kidnapped little Mary? Who really killed her? Was his own father guilty? And what happened to the paltry 15-grand ransom that seems to spell salvation to half the population of Hangtree? The town still has a taste for his blood and secrets it wants to keep. Crease has a single hope: a raw and raging fever driving him toward the truth that might just burn him up along the way. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Slocum. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/000516/bk_acx0_000516_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    ETF Investing: The Beginners Guide to Create Passive Income and Achieve Financial Freedom with ETF , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 226min
    Investing in ETFs is easy once you understand the rules to the game and the options that are available to you.The whole purpose of this audiobook is to allow the brand-new investors in the world of ETFs to become familiar with the way the system works so that you too can begin to make profit off of investing in this wonderful financial product.Once upon a time, ETFs were not as popular as they are now. Thanks to technology and advancements in the investing world, you no longer have to sit on the sidelines. You do not need to be an expert before you can take charge of your financial life.Now, with this book, you will know better than to simply park your money in a bank account that gives you paltry interest rates. You can finally learn the fine art of making your money work for you so that you can achieve the life of your dreams!Whether you are simply looking to grow your money so you have more than enough to live off of when you retire or you're looking to build your portfolio so that you can afford the things that matter to you, you can do no better than to invest in ETFs. In this audiobook, you will learn the exact strategy you can use to make yourself more and more money every day and consistently capture the bulk of market trends so your money grows, day in, day out. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robert Andrew Stevenson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/197720/bk_acx0_197720_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Rising: The End Time Saga, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 853min
    You either build your world or you burn in someone else's. With every fleeting moment, the whole world draws closer to being overcome by the deadliest virus known to man.Steele's family home lies in burnt ruins on the shore of Lake Michigan. His group hunts for his missing mother in the apocalyptic wilderness filled with the dead. Instead he finds a group of refugees badly in need of his skills learned in the shadow war on terror, for they are persecuted at every step by the Chosen, a group of fanatics hell-bent on creating God's Kingdom in the rubble of society.Dr. Joseph Jackowski finds himself in a dangerous battle against both the deadly virus and the clock inside the bowels of the Cheyenne Mountain Complex. His team struggles as their own members fall victim to the virus in a race to discover a vaccine.Colonel Kinnick rushes his paltry forces into the rocky passes of Colorado to hold the dead off long enough for a vaccine to be found. If he fails, the Vice President will burn the entire Western Seaboard into the blazing inferno of a nuclear holocaust. Who will rise? The Living or the Dead? Listen to the series that listeners are calling, "An epic, fast-paced adventure, featuring a diverse cast of characters, non-stop action, and of course, zombies - this apocalyptic thriller is a sure victory...." In the epic third installment of the End Time Saga, Daniel Greene brings the brutalized remainders of humanity even closer to the edge of defeat. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Keith Szarabajka. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/011635/bk_blak_011635_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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