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    Claimed by Wolves: Call of the Wolf, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 301min, (USK 18)
    Samantha Anderson is carrying out her grandmother's last wish and visiting the Northwest to learn about her family's heritage. She's surprised by her immediate attraction to the five McAllister brothers: sexy big brother and pack alpha Gabe, hot carpenter twins Bart and Nick, and young and sweet fitness trainer twins Eddie and Andy. She's even more surprised when they all decide to pursue her. What she doesn't know is that the wolf-dog shape-shifting brothers have recognized her as their mate and are determined win her over so she'll agree to a formal mating ceremony which will tie her to them forever. The only holdout is Gabe, who worries about mating with a human and wants to learn more about her before revealing their secret. To do this, he decides to spy on her in wolf-dog form. That's when he finds out that Samantha has a secret of her own. Note: There is no sexual relationship or touching for titillation between or among siblings. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Olivia Peppersmith. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/026718/bk_acx0_026718_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    World In the Balance: The Historic Quest for an Absolute System of Measurement , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 576min
    The epic story of the invention of a global network of weights, scales, and instruments for measurement. Millions of transactions each day depend on a reliable network of weights and measures. This network has been called a greater invention than the steam engine, comparable only to the development of the printing press. Robert P. Crease traces the evolution of this international system from the use of flutes to measure distance in the dynasties of ancient China and figurines to weigh gold in West Africa to the creation of the French metric and British imperial systems. The former prevailed, with the United States one of three holdout nations. Into this captivating history Crease weaves stories of colorful individuals, including Thomas Jefferson, an advocate of the metric system, and American philosopher Charles S. Peirce, the first to tie the meter to the wavelength of light. Tracing the dynamic struggle for ultimate precision, World in the Balance demonstrates that measurement is both stranger and more integral to our lives than we ever suspected. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: William Roberts. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/012413/bk_adbl_012413_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Lord of the World , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 608min
    Secular humanism has triumphed. Everything the late Victorians and Edwardians believed would bring human happiness has been achieved: Technology has made it so no one needs to work for a living, the social sciences ensure a smooth-running social order, and, in the name of tolerance, religious beliefs have been uprooted and eliminated except for a single holdout - a largely discredited and rapidly shrinking Catholic Church. Yet people are unhappy. What has been created is a sterile world of crass materialism, a world without spiritual dimension, a world where people daily choose legalized euthanasia over the emptiness of existence. Out of this culture of despair, there arises a charismatic leader: Julian Felsenburgh. Soon the masses are in Felsenburgh's thrall, and he becomes leader of the world. But in their eagerness for change, have the citizens of the world embraced the Antichrist and hastened the end of days? Father Percy Franklin remains a bastion of stability, even as the Catholic Church disintegrates around him. Finally outlawed and driven underground, it is only this small and shrinking church that stands against the "Lord of the World". ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Vance. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/010247/bk_blak_010247_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Baggage Battles - Die Koffer-Jäger Staffel 3 Folge 8
    Schatz-Jäger Billy Leroy hat mal wieder aufs richtige Pferd gesetzt: In Stockton, Kalifornien, konnte er auf einer Cowboyauktion eine Westerntruhe ersteigern, in der sich das Werkzeug eines Kartenbetrügers befand. Sammler geben für einen sogenannten Holdout um die 3000 Dollar. Und auch Auktionsprofi Tracy Lombardo hatte den richtigen Riecher. Der Inhalt ihres unscheinbaren Lederkoffers ist 5000 Dollar wert wegen eines alten Gürtels, den Buffalo Bill einst seinem Ziehsohn geschenkt hatte.
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    Lust: The Fight Club, Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 445min
    Abby Burns has a new life in Vegas. She's got a great job as a dealer in a casino. New friends. Awesome house. Everything is going smooth, until she gets pinned under the back porch trying to rescue some kittens. Zane Randolf is an EMT. He also has it all - great job, awesome group of guys he fights MMA with, and a membership to the local BDSM club. He's also the last holdout of the six member of The Fight Club, still not in a serious relationship with a woman. When Zane arrives to rescue a woman trapped under her back porch, he almost swallows his tongue at the first sight of her fine legs and sexy butt. If that isn't enough, Abby can't seem to stay out of trouble. He has to rescue her yet again the following week from an accident. Abby's initial reluctance to start a relationship with Zane is caused by her skewed view of BDSM. Her only local friend, Lauren, has fallen into the wrong hands with the local head of the Russian mob. If Lauren's experiences are anything to go by, Abby wants nothing to do with the BDSM scene. When Lauren breaks off her relationship with the mobster, she has nowhere to turn but Abby. But, the Russians don't take "no" for an answer. They are out for revenge, and they will stop at nothing to get what they want. No one is safe from their retaliation - including Abby and Zane. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Chapman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/044992/bk_acx0_044992_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Cat's Paw
    Martin Greenough's walled-off mansion is the last remaining holdout in the Boston parkland known as the Fenway-and the fact that it eluded condemnation by the city is a testament to the elderly bachelor's great wealth. Childless and nearing the end of his life, he surrounds himself with only his cat, his servants, and a friend, Mrs. Warden-to say nothing of the circle of extended family members whose lives he both subsidizes and rules from afar, the nieces and nephews who all seem to be more fond of Uncle Mart's money than they are of his character. On the eve of his birthday, Greenough requests the presence of his heirs at his home, insisting that he has something important to discuss. Before that discussion can take place, though, the man is murdered in his study. In one way or another nearly everyone there would benefit by his death, and none gathered seem terribly upset by it, so finding the culprit is no easy task for Inspector Kane of the Boston PD. But as he untangles the threads and unburies dark family secrets, the discovery of a bizarre clue might hold the key to solving the crime. A classical "closed circle" mystery featuring a colorful cast of characters, Cat's Paw exemplifies the puzzling, house-bound tales for which Roger Scarlett is remembered today. It is sure to delight any fan of pure, Golden Age detective stories-especially those with a love of architecturally-focused plots. Includes discussion guide questions for use in book clubs.
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    Cat's Paw
    Martin Greenough's walled-off mansion is the last remaining holdout in the Boston parkland known as the Fenway-and the fact that it eluded condemnation by the city is a testament to the elderly bachelor's great wealth. Childless and nearing the end of his life, he surrounds himself with only his cat, his servants, and a friend, Mrs. Warden-to say nothing of the circle of extended family members whose lives he both subsidizes and rules from afar, the nieces and nephews who all seem to be more fond of Uncle Mart's money than they are of his character. On the eve of his birthday, Greenough requests the presence of his heirs at his home, insisting that he has something important to discuss. Before that discussion can take place, though, the man is murdered in his study. In one way or another nearly everyone there would benefit by his death, and none gathered seem terribly upset by it, so finding the culprit is no easy task for Inspector Kane of the Boston PD. But as he untangles the threads and unburies dark family secrets, the discovery of a bizarre clue might hold the key to solving the crime. A classical "closed circle" mystery featuring a colorful cast of characters, Cat's Paw exemplifies the puzzling, house-bound tales for which Roger Scarlett is remembered today. It is sure to delight any fan of pure, Golden Age detective stories-especially those with a love of architecturally-focused plots. Includes discussion guide questions for use in book clubs.
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    The Courts of Babylon: Dispatches from the Golden Age of Tennis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1177min
    No sport has gone through the seismic changes that rocked tennis when the game, long a holdout against professionalism and creeping commercialism, abandoned its roots as a genteel, amateurs-only enterprise and became a pro sport, vying for the heart of the public with rivals like soccer, NFL football, or NBA basketball. Peter Bodo, who has covered tennis since the dawn of this "Open" era as the chief writer for Tennis magazine, was there to witness this transition and what it promised, what it delivered. He has covered the game on every continent since the early 1970s. The Courts of Babylon is more than a collection of essays, most of them growing out of a deep familiarity and, often, relationship with subjects that include Bjorn Borg, Chris Evert, John McEnroe, Evonne Goolangong, Jimmy Connors, Tracy Austin, Ivan Lendl, and Martina Navratilova. It is also a commentary on what was lost and what was gained by the transition to professionalism, and how the new, "Open" era delivered - or failed to make good - on the promise that professionalism would make tennis a more inclusive, egalitarian, accessible game. Relying heavily on formal, in-depth interviews conducted over two decades and his status as an "insider" in an insular game, Bodo's book is both a meditation and exposé, a polemic and a tribute to the players who dragged tennis, often kicking and screaming, to the forefront of the public's imagination - even when those players got it all too fast and too young. Bodo delves into the darkest and most controversial areas of the game, chroniciling the follies of overzealous parents and pampered athletes. He fearlessly wades into sensitive issues stemming from sex and gender, politics and commercialism. He celebrates the game while holding it to task, all the while acknowledging the reality of the demands and distortions that come with a way of life that is both difficult but glamorous, and eagerly embraced by athletes who, in some cases, ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Welland Scripps. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/010493/bk_adbl_010493_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Kara Kush , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1343min
    In December of 1979, Soviet tanks rolled across the borders of Afghanistan, beginning a period of barbaric aggression that triggered a turning point in modern history. Idries Shah's brilliant novel chronicles the courageous 10-year resistance of the Afghan people, an epic story of triumph over tyranny that deserves to be immortalized.Kara Kush is the definitive story of freedom fighters. It is a story of patriotism in action, mobilized and fueled not by a mass-media propaganda machine or the charisma of a single individual, but by a thousands-of-years-old tradition of proud independence, deep love of one's land, and fierce will to survive.Kara Kush was first published in 1986, at a time when most of the outside world dismissed the Afghan resistance as a ragtag lot of rival guerrilla factions in a futile holdout against an invincible military machine. With extraordinary insight into human nature and the course of human history, Kara Kush told the real story.According to Shah, almost all of the people in the text of the novel actually exist or did exist. The accounts of battles and raids, precise military details, and the stories of Soviet and red Afghan atrocities were all from primary sources eye witnesses, participants, defectors, victims, and prisoners.This remarkable audiobook, among all other sources, offers keys to understanding not only this important strategic region, but the very phase in world history in which we find ourselves today. Much more than a novel, even more than a tribute, Kara Kush stands as a model of human vision, leadership, cooperation, and capacity at a time when we need it most."I collected this material from freedom fighters, some of them my own relatives, from refugees, and from men and women, fighting shoulder to shoulder, from all over Afghanistan." (Idries Shah) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Ault. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/144533/bk_acx0_144533_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Hidden Darkness: The Hidden Saga Series, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 390min
    The darkness is coming... Ryann and Lad are together and in love but not yet bonded. Wedding plans are underway, but they cannot marry until the mourning period for his father, the murdered king, ends. Waiting is sweet torture and gets harder all the time. Nox and Vancia are touring the world with his band, The Hidden, and enjoying their honeymoon. They’re also working to convince the holdout tribes in Europe, Asia, and Australia to disband their fan pods and sign the new peace treaty between the Dark and Light Courts. It’s the only way to ensure the safety of humans worldwide.  But unbeknownst to any of them, dark forces are still at work. There are some who don’t support the treaty - or their new king. And they’ll do anything necessary to restore Elven reign over humanity. When an ambassador from the Dark Court arrives in Altum, Lad expects relations between the formerly antagonistic clans to improve. What he didn’t expect is her unique glamour - or her traveling companion. And Ryann’s own glamour gift is warning her…if they can’t uncover the hidden truth in time, the much-anticipated royal wedding may never happen. As the Hidden Saga continues, friendships will be formed and broken, the bonds of love tested, and beautiful and dangerous new glamours revealed. Grab your copy today and give in to the glamour of the Hidden Saga again!The Hidden series:Book 1: Hidden Deep Book 2: Hidden Heart Book 3: Hidden Hope The Sway - A Hidden Saga Companion Novella Book 4: Hidden Darkness Book 5: Hidden Danger Book 6: Hidden Desire Book 7: Hidden Game Book 8: Hidden Magic Book 9: Hidden Hero Book 10: Hidden HeirFans of Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments series and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga will be drawn to Amy Patrick ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amy DeLuca. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/134188/bk_acx0_134188_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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