189 Results for : forays
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Heretic: Grail Quest, Book 3, Hörbuch, Digital, 379min
In 1347 the English capture Calais and the war with France is suspended by a truce. But for Thomas of Hookton, the hero of Harlequin and Vagabond, there is no end to the fighting. He is pursuing the grail, the most sacred of Christendom's relics, and is sent to his ancestral homeland, Gascony, to engineer a confrontation with his deadliest enemy, Guy Vexille. Once in the south country Thomas becomes a raider, leading his archers in savage forays that will draw his enemy to his arrows. But then his fortunes change. Thomas becomes the hunted as his campaign is destroyed by the church. With only one companion, a girl condemned to burn as a heretic, Thomas goes to the valley of Astarac where he believes the grail was once hidden and might still be concealed, and there he plays a deadly game of hide and seek with an overwhelming enemy. Then, just as Thomas succeeds in meeting his enemy face to face, fate intervenes as the deadliest plague in the history of mankind erupts into Europe. What had been a landscape of castles, monasteries, vineyards, and villages, becomes death's kingdom, and the need for the grail, as a sign of God's favour, is more urgent than ever. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Pigott-Smith. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/000020/bk_hcuk_000020_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 314min
Why do we routinely choose options that don't meet our short-term needs and undermine our long-term goals? Why do we willingly expose ourselves to temptations that undercut our hard-fought progress to overcome addictions? Why are we prone to assigning meaning to statistically common coincidences? Why do we insist we're right even when evidence contradicts us? In What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite, science writer David DiSalvo reveals a remarkable paradox: what your brain wants is frequently not what your brain needs. In fact, much of what makes our brains "happy" leads to errors, biases, and distortions, which make getting out of our own way extremely difficult. DiSalvo's search includes forays into evolutionary and social psychology, cognitive science, neurology, and even marketing and economics - as well as interviews with many of the top thinkers in psychology and neuroscience today. From this research-based platform, DiSalvo draws out insights that we can use to identify our brains' foibles and turn our awareness into edifying action. Ultimately, DiSalvo argues, the research does not serve up ready-made answers, but provides us with actionable clues for overcoming the plight of our advanced brains and, consequently, living more fulfilled lives. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David DiSalvo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/000746/bk_gdan_000746_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Little X: Growing Up in the Nation of Islam , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 463min
In Little X, Sonsyrea Tate reveals, through the acute vision and engaging voice of a curious child, the practices and policies of the mysterious organization most know only through media portrayals of its controversial leaders, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and Louis Farrakhan. First published in 1997, Little X chronicles the multigenerational experience of Tate's family, who broke from the traditional Black church in the 1950s to join the radical Nation of Islam, then struggled to remain intact through disillusionment, shifting loyalties, and forays into Orthodox Islam. Little X is also an absorbing story of a little girl whose strict Muslim education filled her with pride, confidence, and a longing for freedom; of a teenager in an ankle-length dress and headwrap, struggling to fit in with non-Muslim peers; and of a young woman whose growing disillusionment with the Nation finally led to her break with the Muslim religion. Little X offers a rare glimpse into the everyday experience of the Nation of Islam and into a little-understood part of America's history and heritage. Selected by the American Library Association as a Best Books for Young Adults. The book is published by The University of Tennessee Press. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Janina Edwards. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/032685/bk_acx0_032685_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Truth About Trump , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 975min
For all those who wonder, "Just who is Donald Trump?", The Truth About Trump supplies the answer. Drawing upon exclusive interviews and exhaustive research, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Michael D'Antonio presents Trump's full story, from his beginnings as a businessman to his juggernaut presidential campaign. Along the way, D'Antonio charts the successes and failures, scandals and triumphs, and relentless pursuit of money and fame that have made Trump who he is today. D'Antonio also details the origins of the Trump family fortune, Trump's history of using politics to get ahead, and how he has mastered the media to turn publicity into power. First published in 2015, and now updated to cover Trump's rise to political prominence, The Truth About Trump is an unsparing, eye-opening account of the life and career of the most talked-about man in America. This audiobook was previously published as Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success. "A carefully reported and fair-minded account."—USA Today "A brisk and entertaining read, drawing on interviews and documents and distilling decades' worth of news coverage to tell the story of Trump's childhood, family, business deals, and political forays." —The Washington Post "Balanced, well sourced, and perfectly timed."—Financial Times (UK) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eric Pollins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/002221/bk_aren_002221_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Drowned Girls: An Angie Pallorino Novel, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 982min
He surfaced two years ago. Then he disappeared. But Detective Angie Pallorino hasn't forgotten the violent rapist who left a distinctive calling card - crosses etched into the flesh of his victim's foreheads. When a comatose Jane Doe is found in a local cemetery, sexually assaulted, mutilated, and nearly drowned, Angie is struck by the eerie similarities to her earlier unsolved rapes. Could he be back? Then the body of a drowned young woman, also bearing the marks of the serial rapist, floats up in the Gorge, and the hunt for a predator becomes a hunt for a killer. Assigned to the joint investigative task force, Angie is more than ready to prove that she has what it takes to break into the all-male homicide division. But her private life collides with her professional ambitions when she's introduced to her temporary partner, James Maddocks - a man she'd met just the night before in an intense, anonymous encounter. Together, Angie and Maddocks agree to put that night behind them. But as their search for the killer intensifies, so does their mutual desire. And Angie's forays into the mind of a monster shake loose some unsettling secrets about her own past. How can she fight for the truth when it turns out her whole life is a lie? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julie McKay. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/009051/bk_brll_009051_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 476min
You've probably seen it before: a human brain dramatically lit from the side, the camera circling it like a helicopter shot of Stonehenge, and a modulated baritone voice exalting the brain's elegant design in reverent tones... to which this book says: Pure nonsense. In a work at once deeply learned and wonderfully accessible, the neuroscientist David Linden counters the widespread assumption that the brain is a paragon of design - and in its place gives us a compelling explanation of how the brain's serendipitous evolution has resulted in nothing short of our humanity. A guide to the strange and often illogical world of neural function, The Accidental Mind shows how the brain is not an optimized, general-purpose problem-solving machine, but rather a weird agglomeration of ad-hoc solutions that have been piled on through millions of years of evolutionary history. Moreover, Linden tells us how the constraints of evolved brain design have ultimately led to almost every transcendent human foible: our long childhoods, our extensive memory capacity, our search for love and long-term relationships, our need to create compelling narrative, and, ultimately, the universal cultural impulse to create both religious and scientific explanations. With forays into evolutionary biology, this analysis of mental function answers some of our most common questions about how we've come to be who we are. The book is published by Harvard University Press. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ray Porter. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redw/000069/bk_redw_000069_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Mistake: Black Cat, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 20min
Kathy Taylor is the proud owner of Josephine, an ebony bundle of fur, energy, and mischievousness. Kathy has scraped the name of her mentor off of the doorway to her new private investigator office. Now if she could just detangle her playful kitten from her next client.... This is the second entry in the Salem Massachusetts Mini Mystery series. The start of this series is The Lucky Cat. You can listen to them one-by-one if you wish, or you can listen to them bundled into collections. All author's proceeds from this series benefit battered women's shelters. Lisa has lived in scenic Massachusetts since 1986, with only two brief forays out of state. One of Lisa's ancestors was Ann Foster, who died during the Salem Witch Trials. Ann Foster was a grandmother by that time and sacrificed herself to protect her daughter and granddaughter. Ann had been born in England, came over in 1635, and was 75 by the time of the trials. Salem reached its dark depths during those trials from 1692-1693 - but since then has healed, blossomed, and shines. It now features the amazing Peabody Essex Museum, a plethora of gorgeous historic architecture, and a beautiful coastline. It's well worth a visit. If you can't go in person, take a virtual trip through Lisa's firsthand descriptions! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jocelyn Greene Pulsipher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/088189/bk_acx0_088189_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Metal Deep: Infinite: Episode 3: Infinite and Forever , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 86min
The first Cyborg will discover what he's truly made of during a modern sect war that would see him turned into the evil he vows to fight when magic and technology collide and cut away at him in ways that are not just skin deep, it's metal deep. Scion Thantosa is the heir of ancient protectors called Infinites. He'll choose his path in a fight that has endangered human and Amalgams races: Rippers, Iclings, Spiritans, Robomancers, and Technopires to name a few. He is armed with a mean swing from shiny new Cyborg arms, destructive magic granted by ever-glowing Dragonstones, ill-timed smack talk, and an awesome green hairdo given by the two hottest elves this side of the North Pole. Along the way, familial bonds form with the friends he makes during forays of hijinks, drama, humor, love, and loss. Scion and his seven closest friends become the New Infinites, the last line of defense against groups like Moonguard, Street Vipers, and Firebrand Elves. Success as the first surviving Cyborg is the key his foes need to resurrect an evil Dragon Spirit using his unique biotechnology. As long as Scion lives, the world is in danger. He'll have to oblige the call to make the ultimate sacrifice. The question is, what will he do to his friends when they try and stop him? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David S. Dear. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/071257/bk_acx0_071257_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Goon , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 210min
Relentless as a Texas death-match, Goon is a no-holds-barred festival of body slams; an insatiable orgy of pile-drivers and sexual grotesqueries, of neck-breakers, drop-kicks, and more blood and guts than a fish-market floor. Six-foot-9 and 400 pounds, hailing from parts unknown, he is the one-man walking gore machine of the Deep South Wrestling Conference, and his name is Goon. But Detective Phillip Straker isn't a wrestling fan. The bodies pile up like dirty laundry: sex-obsessed tramps used as playthings by some unspeakable creature. Straker is determined to solve the rash of mutilation murders with trimmings that beg description. Is it just coincidence, or do all the victims have something in common? Investigative reporter Melinda Pierce will do anything to find out, by offering herself up as a sexual spittoon in order to infiltrate the arcane and lust-drenched warrens of the backstage of professional wrestling. There in malodorous locker rooms and unsavory motels, she partakes in carnal forays so gross, so downright nasty they'd make a porn star puke. Goon, this human juggernaut, this masked rack of guts, muscle and mayhem. Is Goon just a wrestler gone insane? Or is he something hideously worse? It just might leave you down for the count. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Hempel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/069844/bk_acx0_069844_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Lodger , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 75min
According to legend, in 1910, Marie Belloc Lowndes attended a London dinner party where a guest told her that his mother’s butler and cook claimed they had once rented rooms to Jack the Ripper, the notorious mass murderer. The idea for The Lodger was born. Mr. and Mrs. Bunting have sunk their savings into their house with plans to let rooms. But no lodgers have materialized, and they are on the verge of penury when one foggy night, a knock on the door brings Mr. Sleuth, an unassuming gentleman whose needs are perfectly suited to the suite of rooms the Buntings have to let. They can’t believe their good fortune. Gradually, relief turns into suspicion, then dread, as Mrs. Bunting notices their savior’s strange habits are not mere eccentricities. When his late-night forays seem to coincide with the lurid headlines her husband reads to her about the grisly murders all over London, she slowly realizes she may be harboring a monster, and if he’s discovered, it will mean ruin for the Buntings. This is the original 1911 short story. Lowndes expanded it to a novel two years later, and the tale has spawned a radio play, five films, and an opera. Jack the Ripper’s identity was never discovered, but The Lodger offers a tantalizing possibility that has entertained and intrigued audiences for more than a century. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anne Hancock. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/002505/bk_mike_002505_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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