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The Tin Horse: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 939min

In the stunning tradition of Lisa See, Maeve Binchy, and Alice Hoffman, The Tin Horse is a rich multigenerational story about the intense, often fraught bond sisters share and the dreams and sorrows that lay at the heart of the immigrant experience. It has been more than 60 years since Elaine Greenstein’s twin sister, Barbara, ran away, cutting off contact with her family forever. Elaine has made peace with that loss. But while sifting through old papers as she prepares to move to Rancho Mañana - or the 'Ranch of No Tomorrow' as she refers to the retirement community - she is stunned to find a possible hint to Barbara’s whereabouts all these years later. And it pushes her to confront the fierce love and bitter rivalry of their youth during the 1920s and 30s, in the Los Angeles Jewish neighborhood of Boyle Heights. Though raised together in Boyle Heights, where kosher delis and storefront signs in Yiddish lined the streets, Elaine and Barbara staked out very different personal territories. Elaine was thoughtful and studious, encouraged to dream of going to college, while Barbara was a bold rule-breaker whose hopes fastened on nearby Hollywood. In the fall of 1939, when the girls were 18, Barbara’s recklessness took an alarming turn. Leaving only a cryptic note, she disappeared. In an unforgettable voice layered with humor and insight, Elaine delves into the past. She recalls growing up with her spirited family: her luftmensch of a grandfather, a former tinsmith with tales from the Old Country; her papa, who preaches the American Dream even as it eludes him; her mercurial mother, whose secret grief colors her moods - and of course audacious Barbara and their younger sisters, Audrey and Harriet. As Elaine looks back on the momentous events of history and on the personal dramas of the Greenstein clan, she must finally face the truth of her own childhood, and that of the twin sister she once knew. In The Tin Horse, Jani ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kate McGregor-Stewart. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003370/bk_rand_003370_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Year's Best Hardcore Horror, Volume 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 583min

Excerpt from the introduction: Editors Randy Chandler and Cheryl Mullenax put the call out to horror writers and editors of extreme stories, the hardcore stuff that breaks boundaries and trashes taboos, the transgressive tales you can't "unread" (as Chuck Palahniuk says). We staked out our territory and nailed this to the wall to guide us: Year's Best Hardest Horror Not your mama's best-of horror annual. This stuff comes from the edge of the abyss, stories you read at your own risk because you feel the abyss looking right back into you through the tainted lens of each twisted tale. Some of the stories you'll find here are loaded with very graphic descriptions of violence, sex, and depravities, while others may contain only one shocking moment of brutality. In others, the hardcore aspect may be less graphic and subtler than you might expect. Some of these quieter tales offer the listener some time to recover from the more disturbing ones preceding. Most of the stories collected here are from small and specialty press anthologies, with a few from periodicals, like the prestigious Splatterpunk Zine in the UK and Thuglit here in the US. Bizarro is also represented with a couple of tales from the unlikely anthology Blood for You: A Literary Tribute to GG Allin from Weirdpunk Books. (If you're not familiar with the late GG Allin, you can find snippets from some of his outrageous and obscene punk shows online, which will increase your appreciation of those two tales.) So for now, forget about that neighbor you suspect is a serial killer, don't worry about the drunk driver that could take you out on your next trip to the store, push those troubling news stories to the back of your mind, and immerse yourself in the imaginary horrors at hand. But don't be surprised if you sense something dark staring back at you from between the lines. That is to be expected when you enter these forbiddi ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Hempel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/063703/bk_acx0_063703_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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A Soldier's Diary 1893-1918: From Philadelphia to the Philippines,Crawfish Jesse Tells It Like It Was , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 302min

Digging into one's family history can reveal unusual surprises. In my case, I recently discovered my great grandfather, Jesse C. Davisson's first-hand account of his 25-year military experience during an epic period in American history. Jesse was no angel when he first joined the Army in 1893, as an ordinary young man in Philadelphia. His diary follows his subsequent adventures - from learning to ride a horse with the 7th Cavalry, and befriending Indian Scouts, to surviving ambushes, and water-boarding prisoners - all while serving in the American Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, and World War I. A Soldier's Diary 1893-1918: From Philadelphia to the Philippines, Crawfish Jesse Tells It Like It Was, reveals the good and the bad in our human character. In fact, some of the descriptions of brutal killings and torture may not be suitable for some listeners. But for many military history devotees and fans, WWI scholars, and all those who study American history during this era, Jesse's story will not only educate - it will reveal a sordid side of our country's military history, which, up until now, has been either unknown, or largely overlooked. "We all write through pain," a relative told me upon listening to Jesse's diary, and I can say with certainty, that this diary will take listeners to many extraordinary places, as it travels back in time to when this country was not a nation, but a series of staked claims, and territories. You will meet a motley crew of cattle rustlers, thieves, murderers, outlaws, and deserters, as Jesse himself, once became. Between his encounters in saloons with women of the night, Mexican banditos, Yaqui Indians, and German machine guns, it is amazing that he was not injured or killed in action. Instead, Jesse eventually died as a result of chest problems he suffered while being gassed in France, during WWI. Someone once said, "When a man dies, a library burns down." I hope that b ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Leland Horton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/092971/bk_acx0_092971_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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For Cats Only: How to Train Your Human and More! , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 56min

Hello, my little kittens and those cats who have not yet mastered the art of training your human. I, Miss Kitty, will guide you through the world of humans and how to train them. You see, humans don't come with manuals. However, they think they have cornered the market on manuals on how to raise and train us feline masterminds. Correction. Cats can't be trained. I repeat: Cats cannot and will not be trained. Humans seem to have this misconception that we cats are trainable. Wrong! We choose our humans and everyone knows that. Your human did not choose you! You chose them! Whether they knew it or not, we made the choice of going home with our humans. For example; say you were at a pet store and you saw your human come inside the pet store. You think to yourself, "Well, he's a little round around the waist, that means he eats well, which means he will feed me really well. I want to go home with him today." Then, you meow and put on your best kitten face and play with a ball and act really cute. I know, it's demeaning, but you're a kitten, what do you know about anything? You chose your human and made him realize that. Your human sees you and picks you up. You've already staked your claim on him and snuggle up to him and purr and look cute, which of course comes natural for us cats, looking cute and all. Your human takes you home and then the fun begins! This is where you need to learn how to train your human so that you can live in peace and harmony by your own rules. Trust me, it will happen. All you have to do is follow this guide and I will teach you everything you need to know! Just remember, never, never let your human - or humans if you decide to live with a pack of them - never let them see this book. If you do, I shall get out the big water bottle, and we all know that water bottles are evil and have no place in our homes and should be destroyed! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kym Kostos. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/019947/bk_acx0_019947_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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