169 Results for : extinguished
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Annabel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 704min
In 1968, into the beautiful, spare environment of remote coastal Labrador in the far north-east of Canada, a mysterious child is born: a baby who appears to be neither fully boy nor girl, but both at once. Only three people share the secret – the baby’s parents, Jacinta and Treadway, and a trusted neighbour, Thomasina. Together the adults make a difficult decision: to go through surgery and raise the child as a boy named Wayne. But as Wayne grows up within the hyper-male hunting culture of his father, his shadow-self – a girl he thinks of as ‘Annabel’ – is never entirely extinguished, and indeed is secretly nurtured by the women in his life. As Wayne approaches adulthood, and its emotional and physical demands, the woman inside him begins to cry out. The changes that follow are momentous not just for him, but for the three adults that have guarded his secretHaunting and sweeping in scope, this is a first novel as much concerned with its characters as it is with their predicament, as much about humanity as it is about a rigidly masculine culture that shuns the singular and the unique. Told with great elegance and empathy, Annabel is the powerfully moving story of one person’s struggle to discover the truth and the strength to change, to find tenderness in a severe and unforgiving land. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Laurence Bouvard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/001042/bk_rhuk_001042_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Like Chaff in the Wind: The Graham Saga 2, Hörbuch, Digital, 764min
Matthew Graham committed the mistake of his life when he cut off his brother’s nose. In revenge, Luke Graham has Matthew abducted and transported to the Colony of Virginia, there to be sold as indentured labour - a death sentence more or less. Matthew arrives in Virginia in May of 1661, and any hope he had of finding someone willing to listen to his tale of unlawful abduction is quickly extinguished. If anything, Matthew’s insistence that he is an innocent man singles him out for the heaviest tasks and with a sinking feeling he realises no one has survived the seven years of service - not on the plantation Suffolk Rose.Fortunately, Matthew has a remarkable wife who has no intention of letting her husband suffer and die, and so Alex Graham sets off on a perilous sea journey to bring her husband home. Alex is plagued by nightmares in which Matthew is reduced to a wheezing wreck by his ordeals. She prays for a miracle to carry her swiftly to his side, but fate has other plans and what should have been a two month crossing turns into a yearlong adventure from one side of the Atlantic to the other. Will she find him in time? And if she does, will she be capable of paying the price required to buy him free? Language: English. Narrator: Greg Patmore. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/timl/000002/bk_timl_000002_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Pepys - After the Fire: BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation, Hörbuch, Digital, 67min
Kris Marshall (My Family) stars in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the famous diarist's account of the aftermath of the Great Fire of London. Following on from the acclaimed radio dramatisation of Pepys' complete diaries, this further instalment of his chronicles focuses on events following the cataclysmic inferno that destroyed much of the capital 400 years ago. When the Great Fire of 1666 was finally extinguished, little remained of London but smouldering rubble. Samuel Pepys witnessed first-hand the impact it had on the city and its people, and would be haunted by what he had seen for the rest of his life. Thousands of homes and many key buildings had been destroyed or damaged, including St Paul's Cathedral. Now aged 70, in poor health, and living with his servant Will in Clapham, Pepys remembers the devastation. He recalls burying his prize Parmesan to keep it safe, standing in Moorfield among the homeless as London burned, going out in his carriage to look at the ruins, and viewing the plans for the new city that would rise from the ashes - its centrepiece a magnificent cathedral that would be hailed as a masterpiece. Starring Kris Marshall as Samuel Pepys, this entertaining and enlightening adaptation by Hattie Naylor vividly conjures up the sights and sounds of Pepys' world. Duration: 1 hour 15 mins approx. Language: English. Narrator: Katherine Jakeways, Kris Marshall. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/002559/bk_rhuk_002559_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Defending Boyhood: How Building Forts, Reading Stories, Playing Ball, and Praying to God Can Change the World , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 422min
Western civilization has no more eloquent defender than Anthony Esolen, a man who has counted the cost, and paid it, of leading the way in that defense. Following on his compelling prior volume, Defending Marriage: Twelve Arguments for Sanity, Professor Esolen returns, this time in defense of boys and an experience of boyhood that is on the wane, if not extinguished in many quarters of the modern world - and to illuminate the threats our precious sons face from harridans, harpies, and all purveyors and promoters of political correctness and of the misguided and ultimately doomed - though not before it has done much mischief-project of blurring the distinctions between boys and girls.Drawing on his own, in many ways all-American boyhood, Esolen, at times wistfully, at times, playfully, and at times prophetically - in the literal sense of employing the thunder of an Old Testament prophet, details what a good boyhood once was and what it can be again. He does so in chapters which are titled:The Arena to EnterBrothers to GatherMountains to ClimbThe Man to FollowWork to DoSongs to SingEnemies to SlayLife to GiveAnthony Esolen prescribes a return to sanity to an insane world. He may not be able to change the world, but enter into the world of boyhood with him and he just might change you and the lives of the boys you love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin F. Spalding. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/148517/bk_acx0_148517_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Off Chance , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 551min
He is seeking absolution. Flynn Caldwell has a hero complex, and it's one of the reasons he joined the New York City Fire Department. He has spent his entire professional career trying to atone for that one person he failed to save. Because if he can do that, then perhaps he can be worthy of love again. She is seeking escape. Rowan Page's life is nothing short of a disaster. Always immersed in trouble, she has only herself to depend on. She's determined to pull herself out of this mess and make something of her life, despite the hard years she has lived on the streets of New York. Together, they have the chance to become complete. Flynn and Rowan's worlds exist miles apart, but when a chance meeting brings them together, neither of them can deny the instant pull that connects them to each other. What starts as a tiny spark eventually flares into a fire so hot it refuses to be extinguished. For it to work, both of them will need to jump feet first into the flames to see where it takes them, despite the risk of being burned. This is book five in the Off Series. While certain characters cross over from the Off Books, you do not need to hear the prior books to understand this one. This can be heard as a standalone. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charlotte North, Matthew Holland. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/028315/bk_adbl_028315_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Lost Youth: A True Story , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 499min
Number-one Amazon best-selling author Shaun Webb's sixth full-length work and second true-crime study, Lost Youth: A True Story, delves into a fateful October 1981 night in Waterford, Michigan, that rocked a quiet family's peace and shook an entire community to its deepest emotional depth. Colette Molyneaux, a cute, healthy, and happy 13-year-old, paid the ultimate price in a criminal's horrible thirst for blood. Nancy Molyneaux, Colette's mother, also suffered enormously, enduring the violent act of rape on top of losing a dear daughter. Who was responsible for these monstrous crimes? Why did such a bright and friendly young lady have to be extinguished so brutally? More to the point: What factors could have possibly contributed to the awful situation? In his search for the truth, Shaun digs into the police investigation, forensic science, and interviews with the people who were closest to Colette along with others involved in the tragic case. Emotionally wrenching and infuriatingly sad, Lost Youth: A True Story seeks answers that are elusive in nature. The story will soften the hardest heart and challenge one's deepest logic. You are the jury. Study all of the facts and see if you can come up with the answer that resists disclosure. The surprises this case exposes will perplex you like nothing you've ever heard or read. Colette speaks with us from the spiritual world. Can we take just a moment to listen? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steve Blizin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/043093/bk_acx0_043093_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Silverwood , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 336min
In a land of eternal moonlight, light is life. The silver beams of the five moons are all that stand between the people and the dark demons known as the Shadows. The Shadows absorb the life force of anyone unfortunate enough to be caught in their midst, using a person's own fear to consume them. For 300 years, the five moons have floated safely above the land, protecting everyone from the dangers of the Shadows. But now something has gone amiss. The moons have slowly begun being extinguished one by one as an ancient demon awakens from its slumber. With each hour of darkness, the Shadows grow stronger and their reach grows further as they consume more innocent lives each night. Even the three Guardians of the Light do not understand how the darkness is growing, but they know it will mean the end of their world if the darkness cannot be stopped. Only a lone sorceress named Lismella seems to know why the moons are disappearing and she's not about to reveal her suspicions. The only one she seems willing to talk to is Ericahs, a homeless, sword-wielding outlaw from Silverwood. The longer Ericahs is with her, however, the more he begins to wonder if the sorceress is merely using him to gain her own ends.... "Without darkness there can be no light, for there would be nothing to illuminate." (Lismella) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amber Reifsteck. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/192789/bk_acx0_192789_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Reason for My Hope: Salvation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 385min
The saving message of the Gospel is the heartbeat of this preacher and evangelist. Millions around the world heard Billy Graham proclaim this unchanging truth. He never forgot the transformation of his own life, when he first said yes to God’s gift of salvation, and he witnessed multitudes turn their hearts to the God of Hope. What is the most hopeful word in History? For Billy Graham, that word is SALVATION. Billy Graham proclaimed God's Gospel with resolve and deep compassion. It is a message he preached for more than seventy years. And in this book you will sense its urgency, filled with hope for the future. Salvation is what we all long for, when we are lost or in danger or have made a mess of our lives. And salvation belongs to us, when we reach out for the only One who can rescue us—Jesus. The Reason for My Hope: Salvation presents the essence of that transformative message. It is biblical and timeless, and though simple and direct, it is far from easy. There are hard words, prophetic words, directed toward a culture that denies the reality of sin and distracts us from the veracity of Hell. But through its ominous warnings shines a light that cannot be extinguished—a beacon of hope that Jesus came “to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tommy Cresswell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tnwd/000341/bk_tnwd_000341_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Outrunning the Night: A Life Journey of Disability, Determination and Joy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 287min
The life of Dr. Scott Hollier is not what you'd call typical. He is well-educated, has a good job, is a husband and father, is legally blind, loves computers and gadgets, goes to church, and enjoys travel, spending time with friends and following his favorite football team. For most people, the atypical part of this description will be "legally blind", but from Scott's perspective, it's his traitorous support of a football team outside his home state of Western Australia that makes him stand out from the crowd. For people with disabilities, everything listed above should be typical, yet the pursuit of education, embracing the benefits of technology, and finding a good job and a partner in life can be challenging for many. While Scott can relate to that due to the degenerative eye condition that has nearly extinguished his sight, his story is not about what society should do to help him, but rather what a person with a disability can do to give back to a joyous, generous world. Outrunning the Night is a memoir with a purpose. Its aim is to provide support to disadvantaged people - and the people supporting them. It's not about anyone reaching the pinnacle of sporting achievement or possessing a brilliant mind. Instead, it's a celebration of life and its possibilities. It shows that making it in this world is not about climbing Everest, but overcoming the little things to succeed in everyday life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim Malcolm. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/083804/bk_acx0_083804_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Trust Me , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 476min
From the award-winning author of Unspoken Bond comes a poignant story of two people's journeys to love and healing, and the extraordinary dog that inspired them both. Finally heading home to the ranch he inherited, Brendon McMahon has a lot on his mind. He's tortured because he needs to tell complete stranger, Allison Hartley, that he was the one responsible for her husband's death. As he is heading home, he saves a starving dog at a lonely rest stop. It's a pivotal decision that will change not only his life, but the lives others. Allison Hartley has finally made peace with the past, living through her own tragic events. She has built a new life with her son, and she now owns a successful local business. Staying busy fills her time, but not her heart. When she meets Brendon, her fluttering heart tells her he could be the one. As their love intensifies, so does the secret that Brendon holds, causing old demons to surface; ones that Brendon thought he had extinguished. Will the secret tear them apart or will they be able to weather the firestorm coming their way? A richly textured story with emotion and unexpected twists, Trust Me is a reminder of how fragile and precious life is, how life is a journey filled with love and despair, and how true love can inspire the hero within all of us - even the four legged kind. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Laura Adducci. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/088451/bk_acx0_088451_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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