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The Well , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 36min

The Well begins in 1898 and follows the Rhymer brothers and their progeny for 100 years, the entire lifespan of Ambition. In its heyday, the southwestern town of Ambition was bustling with enterprise. For the first 50 years the town prospered and expanded in an ever widening circle, away from the freshwater well the town’s founder dug. The well gave life while the people searched out their fortunes, and fortune gave them a reason to call Ambition home. Prosperity eventually fell prey to complacency, and Ambition withered away. It was an incremental decline, unintentional and unavoidable once set into motion. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sidney A. Wood. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/131834/bk_acx0_131834_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Clone Codes , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 289min

In the year 2170, an underground abolitionist movement fights for the freedom of cyborgs and clones, who are treated no better than slaves. The Cyborg Wars are over and Earth has peacefully prospered for more than one hundred years. Yet sometimes history must repeat itself until humanity learns from its mistakes. In the year 2170, despite technological and political advances, cyborgs and clones are treated no better than slaves, and an underground abolitionist movement is fighting for freedom. Thirteen-year-old Leanna's entire life is thrown into chaos when The World Federation of Nations discovers her mom is part of the radical Liberty Bell Movement. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tara Sands. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/015091/bk_adbl_015091_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Mexico , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 176min

In 1540, Mexico was declared to be New Spain. With a diverse culture, and great natural resources, it should have prospered like its northern neighbor. But Mexico's history includes political corruption, war, revolution, and grinding poverty. Why has the fate of Mexico been so different than that of the United States? The World's Political Hot Spots series explains the basis of conflicts in some of the world's most politically sensitive areas. Many of these regions are in today's headlines, and tensions recently have become violent in virtually all of them. Each presentation covers up to 10 centuries of background, revealing how and why today's problems occur. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Hackes. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/001670/bk_blak_001670_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Assyrian Empire's Capitals: The History and Legacy of Nineveh, Assur, and Nimrud , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 284min

When scholars study the history of the ancient Near East, several wars that had extremely brutal consequences (at least by modern standards) often stand out. Forced removal of entire populations, sieges that decimated entire cities, and wanton destruction of property were all tactics used by the various peoples of the ancient Near East against each other, but the Assyrians were the first people to make war a science. When the Assyrians are mentioned, images of war and brutality are among the first that come to mind, despite the fact that their culture prospered for nearly 2,000 years.Like a number of ancient individuals and empires in that region, the negative perception of ancient Assyrian culture was passed down through Biblical accounts, and regardless of the accuracy of the Bible’s depiction of certain events, the Assyrians clearly played the role of adversary for the Israelites.Although the Biblical accounts of the Assyrians are among the most interesting and are often corroborated with other historical sources, the Assyrians were much more than just the enemies of the Israelites and brutal thugs. A historical survey of ancient Assyrian culture reveals that although they were the supreme warriors of their time, they were also excellent merchants, diplomats, and highly literate people who recorded their history and religious rituals and ideology in great detail. The Assyrians, like their other neighbors in Mesopotamia, were literate and developed their own dialect of the Akkadian language that they used to write tens of thousands of documents in the cuneiform script (Kuhrt 2010, 1:84). Furthermore, the Assyrians prospered for so long that their culture is often broken down by historians into the “Old”, “Middle”, and “Neo” Assyrian periods, even though the Assyrians themselves viewed their history as a long succession of rulers from an archaic period until the collapse of the neo-Assyrian Empire in the 7th century BCE. In fact, the current divisi ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colin Fluxman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/164243/bk_acx0_164243_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Kingdom of Mitanni: The Mysterious History of the Short-Lived Mesopotamian Civilization During the Late Bronze Age , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 94min

Includes excerpts of ancient accounts Includes a bibliography for further listeningIncludes a table of contents The Late Bronze Age Near East (c. 1500-1200 BCE) was a time and place where great kingdoms and empires vied for land and influence, playing high stakes diplomatic games, trading, and occasionally going to war with each other in the process. The Egyptians, Hittites, Babylonians, Assyrians, and several smaller Canaanite kingdoms were all part of this system, which was one of the first true “global” systems in world history and also one of the most materially prosperous eras in antiquity. The major kingdoms are well-known to most people, but among them, for about 150 years, was another great kingdom that is often overlooked or forgotten. When scholars study the history of the ancient Near East, several wars that had extremely brutal consequences (at least by modern standards) often stand out. Forced removal of entire populations, sieges that decimated entire cities, and wanton destruction of property were all tactics used by the various peoples of the ancient Near East against each other, but the Assyrians were the first people to make war a science. When the Assyrians are mentioned, images of war and brutality are among the first that come to mind, despite the fact that their culture prospered for nearly 2,000 years. The Assyrians, like their other neighbors in Mesopotamia, were literate and developed their own dialect of the Akkadian language that they used to write tens of thousands of documents in the cuneiform script (Kuhrt 2010, 1:84). Furthermore, the Assyrians prospered for so long that their culture is often broken down by historians into the “Old,” “Middle,” and “Neo” Assyrian periods, even though the Assyrians themselves viewed their history as a long succession of rulers from an archaic period until the collapse of the neo-Assyrian Empire in the 7th century BCE. In fact, the current divisions have been ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Pickering. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/193704/bk_acx0_193704_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Wessex: A Captivating Guide to an Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of England and Its Rulers such as Alfred the Great, Edward the Elder, and Athelstan , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 196min

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Wessex, then pay attention...The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Wessex was created through conquest by the Germanic tribe known as the Gewisse. For the following 500 years, this kingdom went through various transformations. Some even argue that those transformations were nothing more than the natural development of a society.However, while the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms prospered and rose to be a significant power in the region, just to fall from grace and be consumed in the events of the period, Wessex pressed on. It, too, came close to its downfall when it seemed that Mercia, a neighboring kingdom, would prevail in the constant struggle for domination. But Wessex showed that it could thrive even under the pressure of other, much stronger forces.One of the main reasons for the success of the West Saxons was its leadership. A series of strong kings ruled this kingdom, expanding its borders, maintaining prosperous alliances, and leading their people into a better future. Wessex was one of the richest kingdoms, and it is no wonder that law and education prospered here. The kings of Wessex understood the significance of the written word, and it is from here where most of the written records come, and these records survived the ages to tell us their stories. In Wessex: A Captivating Guide to an Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of England and Its Rulers such as Alfred the Great, Edward the Elder, and Athelstan, you will discover chapters, such as:The Transitional PeriodThe Creation of the Kingdom of WessexProblems in the NorthThe Expansion of West Saxon PowerThe Royal BrothersAlfred the Great (r. 871-886)The Great Heathen ArmyEdward the Elder (r. 899-924)And much, much more!So, if you want to learn more about the history of the Wessex, scroll up and click the "buy now" button! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colin Fluxman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/213276/bk_acx0_213276_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 610min

A memoir of Karachi through the eyes of its women. For a brief moment on December 27, 2007, life came to a standstill in Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto, the country's former prime minister and the first woman ever to lead a Muslim country, had been assassinated at a political rally just outside Islamabad. Back in Karachi--Bhutto's birthplace and Pakistan's other great metropolis--Rafia Zakaria's family was suffering through a crisis of its own: her uncle Sohail, the man who had brought shame upon the family, was near death. In that moment these twin catastrophes--one political and public, the other secret and intensely personal--briefly converged. Zakaria uses that moment to begin her intimate exploration of the country of her birth. Her Muslim-Indian family immigrated to Pakistan from Bombay in 1962, escaping the precarious state in which the Muslim population in India found itself following the Partition. For them Pakistan represented enormous promise. And for some time, Zakaria's family prospered, and the city prospered. But in the 1980s, Pakistan's military dictators began an Islamization campaign designed to legitimate their rule--a campaign that particularly affected women's freedom and safety. The political became personal when her aunt Amina's husband, Sohail, did the unthinkable and took a second wife--a humiliating and painful betrayal of kin and custom that shook the foundation of Zakaria's family but was permitted under the country's new laws. The young Rafia grows up in the shadow of Amina's shame and fury while the world outside her home turns ever more chaotic and violent, the opportunities available to post-Partition immigrants are dramatically curtailed, and terrorism sows its seeds in Karachi. Telling the parallel stories of Amina's polygamous marriage and Pakistan's hopes and betrayals, The Upstairs Wife is an intimate exploration of the disjunction between exalted dreams and complicated realities. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rafia Zakaria. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/030191/bk_acx0_030191_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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A Bargain for a Bride: Montana Passion, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 249min

When Lady Moira Brennan leaves her home at Brennan Castle for the wilds of her own homestead claim in the Montana territory, she had no idea that a husband awaited her. Sold into marriage by her uncle, she arrives to find a bleak landscape of scarce farmers, all desperately trying to scratch out a living on their claims. Pryor MacAteer came to Montana himself only three years ago, and his farm has prospered. All that he needs to make it complete is a wife and family, one whose passage he paid, and whose name is on the marriage contract. Will Moira realize her dream of owning her own land and uncover the truth behind a marriage contract with her name on it? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charles D. Baker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/061351/bk_acx0_061351_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Master Key System , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 328min

In 1909 a deep secret was rediscovered. A secret that drove those that knew it to the furthest reaches of total success. Wealthy industrialists, politicians, and captains of industry flocked to the man that knew the secret. They paid him vast sums of money for it. They all enjoyed unparalleled success. They became the greatest people of all time. They all agreed the secret would never be revealed to the public. The first World War broke out in 1914. Those who knew the secret were protected. The Great Depression crippled the Nation in 1929. Those who knew the secret prospered. The Catholic Church learned of the secret in 1933. It was banned by the Church. The "secret" can now be found in the Master Key System. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Core Media Productions. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bill/000001/bk_bill_000001_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Buffalo Medicine: The Spanish Bit Saga , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 371min

This is part of The Spanish Bit Saga. When they mastered the ways of the "Elk Dog," the horse, the band prospered. Yet they knew the old traditional ways must not die. Owl's father had changed the lives of The People bringing the horse from his native Spain. Now the younger son of the legendary chief must make his own reputation by learning the way of the buffalo from an ancient medicine man.He pursues his own vision quest, a perilous journey taking him through savage lands where he is captured by his enemies and enslaved. Working in the Spanish mines, he wins the heart of a brave and beautiful woman, and his freedom. Awaiting Owl is honor among The People - and a deadly rival who claims that honor as his own. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rusty Nelson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bimo/000434/bk_bimo_000434_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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