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One Good Deed (eBook, ePUB)
A "funny, wise, and winning" memoir chronicling a year in a woman's life as she tries to do one good deed every day (Susan Orlean, New York Times-bestselling author of The Library Book). Erin McHugh had spent the better part of her adult life doing community work, but in more recent years, the minutiae of life and working as a bookseller kept her busy and away from those higher impulses. Then one day she learned a distant relative was actually going to be canonized. Was this a sign? What followed next was McHugh's sincere urge to recapture a sense of charity, and so she set out on her birthday to do one good deed every day for an entire year. Maybe she wouldn't be saving orphans from burning buildings, but she wanted to take one small daily detour and make someone else's life just a little bit better.One Good Deedis the inspiring, smart, and frequently funny chronicle of that year, in which each page represents a day in McHugh's journey to reclaim the better part of herself, inspiring readers to do the same. "Her memoir will inspire you to flex your do-gooder muscle without being preachy or a Pollyanna." -Fitness "Engaging... One Good Deed is a measure of humanity and of McHugh's own striving towards it." -Susan Orlean, author of Rin Tin Tin and The Orchid Thief "This instructive, funny, utterly relevant book reminds us that the simple (but not-so-simple) act of paying daily attention can make a profound difference-to the world around us, and to our very selves." -Dani Shapiro, author of Devotion: A Memoir "The best book in the world... because it makes us our best." -Nichole Bernier, author of The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D.- Shop: buecher
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The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 525min
The orchid thief in Susan Orlean's mesmerizing true story of beauty and obsession is John Laroche, a renegade plant dealer and sharply handsome guy, in spite of the fact that he is missing his front teeth and has the posture of al dente spaghetti. In 1994, Laroche and three Seminole Indians were arrested with rare orchids they had stolen from a wild swamp in south Florida that is filled with some of the world's most extraordinary plants and trees. Laroche had planned to clone the orchids and then sell them for a small fortune to impassioned collectors. After he was caught in the act, Laroche set off one of the oddest legal controversies in recent memory, which brought together environmentalists, Native American activists, and devoted orchid collectors. The result is a tale that is strange, compelling, and hilarious. New Yorker writer Susan Orlean followed Laroche through swamps and into the eccentric world of Florida's orchid collectors, a subculture of aristocrats, fanatics, and smugglers whose obsession with plants is all-consuming. Along the way, Orlean learned the history of orchid collecting, discovered an odd pattern of plant crimes in Florida, and spent time with Laroche's partners, a tribe of Seminole Indians who are still at war with the United States. There is something fascinating or funny or truly bizarre on every page of The Orchid Thief: the story of how the head of a famous Seminole chief came to be displayed in the front window of a local pharmacy; or how 700 iguanas were smuggled into Florida; or the case of the only known extraterrestrial plant crime. Ultimately, however, Susan Orlean's book is about passion itself, and the amazing lengths to which people will go to gratify it. That passion is captured with singular vision in The Orchid Thief, a once-in-a-lifetime story by a truly original journalist. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jennifer Meyers. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhau/000057/bk_rhau_000057_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Chasing Shadows: Novellas from Transgressions (Unabridged Selections) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 390min
Two never before published novellas from some of our very best crime writers, compiled and edited by Ed McBain. Archibald Lawless, Anarchist at Large: Walking the Line by Walter MosleyFelix Orlean is a New York City journalism student who needs a job to cover his rent. An ad in the paper leads him to Archibald Lawless, and a descent into a shadow world where no one and nothing is as it first seems. The Corn Maiden by Joyce Carol OatesWhen a 14-year-old girl is abducted in a small New York town, the crime starts a spiral of destruction and despair as only this master of psychological suspense could write it. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Boatman, Anne Twomey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/000457/bk_aren_000457_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Harvest: The Seeds Trilogy, Volume 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 641min
Remy Alexander wants revolution. After watching Vale fall back into the hands of the Sector, she will stop at nothing to reveal the corruption in Okaria. When she joins a secret Outsider network in the underbelly of the capital city, she must use all her skills as a fighter and an artist to show the people the truth. Valerian Orlean wants emancipation. When he wakes up in Okaria as a political prisoner and learns what his parents have done to him, he realizes time is running out before millions of people are forever enslaved. Together, Remy and Vale enlist the help of new friends and old to cut out the rot of unchecked power before the fire at the heart of Okaria grows to an all-consuming blaze. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ivy Tara Blair. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/092660/bk_acx0_092660_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Fresh Air, Laura Hillenbrand and Jonathan Karp, Hörbuch, Digital, 50min
Writer Laura Hillenbrand and Random House editor Jonathan Karp on this edition of Fresh Air. Laura Hillenbrand is the author of the best selling book, Seabiscuit: An American Legend, about the horse who became a racetrack sensation in the 1930s. Her book is the basis of the new film starring Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, and Chris Cooper. Hillenbrand has chronic fatugue syndrome and during the writing of Seabiscuit, she almost never left her home. She has been writing about Thoroughbred racing for 15 years. Jonathan Karp was Laura Hillenbrand's editor at Random House for Seabiscuit. He'll talk about working with Hillenbrand, who has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and had the illness while she was writing the best-selling book. Karp was also the editor of The Orchid Thief, by Susan Orlean. (Broadcast Date: July 29, 2003) Language: English. Narrator: Terry Gross. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/whyy/030729/rt_whyy_030729_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession, Hörbuch, Digital, 292min
The Orchid Thief is the true story of John Laroche, an obsessed Florida plant dealer willing to go to any lengths to steal rare and protected wild orchids and clone them, all for a tidy profit. But the morality of Laroche's actions do not drive the narrative of Orlean's strange, compelling, and hilarious book. She is much more interested in the spectacle this unusual man creates through his actions, including one of the oddest legal controversies in recent memory, which brought together environmentalists, Native American activists, and devoted orchid collectors. She follows Laroche deep into Florida's swamps, tapping into not only the psyche of the deeply opinionated Laroche but also the wider subculture of orchid collectors, including aristocrats, fanatics, and smugglers whose obsession with plants is all-consuming. Orlean portrays the weirdness of it all in wonderful detail, but, ultimately, the book is primarily about passion itself and the amazing lengths to which people will go to gratify it. Language: English. Narrator: Anna Fields. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/high/000520/bk_high_000520_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Wait Album: More of the Best, Hörbuch, Digital, 118min
Each week, more than three million listeners tune into Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! to test their knowledge of the week's news. In the popular "Not My Job" segment, a celebrity guest must answer three questions on a topic totally outside his or her area of expertise. The topic seems random but is thoughtfully skewed. Because Henry Winkler played Fonzie on Happy Days, host Peter Sagal asks him about Ponzi schemes. For indie rock singer Neko Case, the questions are about Necco Wafers. Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. holds the record for most consecutive games played; the Wait Wait team pitches him stumpers about sports' real streakers - those without clothes. Jane Goodall, who studies wild chimpanzees, is met with questions about actor Nicolas Cage. And so on. Twisted and tricky, it's all in good fun for panelists, celebrities, and especially the audience. Contents: Introduction by Peter Sagal Neko Case Henry Winkler Cal Ripken, Jr. Tavi Gevinson Mike Rowe Brian Williams Jane Goodall George Porter, Jr. Susan Orlean Vince Gill Language: English. Narrator: Peter Sagal, Carl Kasell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/high/000720/bk_high_000720_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 554min
Five hundred feet underground, Jeanne Marie Laskas asked a coal miner named Smitty, “Do you think it’s weird that people know so little about you?” He replied, “I don’t think people know too much about the way the whole damn country works.” Hidden America intends to fix that. Like John McPhee and Susan Orlean, Laskas dives deep into her subjects and emerges with character-driven narratives that are gripping, funny, and revelatory. In Hidden America, the stories are about the people who make our lives run every day—and yet we barely think of them. Laskas spent weeks in an Ohio coal mine and on an Alaskan oil rig; in a Maine migrant labor camp, a Texas beef ranch, the air traffic control tower at New York’s LaGuardia Airport,a California landfill, an Arizona gun shop, the cab of a long-haul truck in Iowa, and the stadium of the Cincinnati Ben-Gals cheerleaders. Cheerleaders? Yes. They, too, are part of hidden America, and you will be amazed by what Laskas tells you about them: hidden no longer. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jamie Heinlein. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/001960/bk_peng_001960_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Book Collectors of Daraya
'This is an urgent and compelling account of great bravery and passion. Delphine Minoui has crafted a book that champions books and the individuals who risk everything to preserve them.' Susan Orlean, author of The Library Book In 2012 the rebel suburb of Daraya in Damascus was brutally besieged by Syrian government forces. Four years of suffering ensued, punctuated by shelling, barrel bombs and chemical gas attacks. People's homes were destroyed and their food supplies cut off; disease was rife. Yet in this man-made hell, forty young Syrian revolutionaries embarked on an extraordinary project, rescuing all the books they could find in the bombed-out ruins of their home town. They used them to create a secret library, in a safe place, deep underground. It became their school, their university, their refuge. It was a place to learn, to exchange ideas, to dream and to hope. Based on lengthy interviews with these young men, conducted over Skype by the award-winning French journalist Delphine Minoui, The Book Collectors of Daraya is a powerful testament to freedom, tolerance and the power of literature.Translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud.- Shop: buecher
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Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 744min
He believed the dog was immortal. So begins Susan Orlean’s sweeping, powerfully moving story of Rin Tin Tin’s journey from orphaned puppy to movie star and international icon. From the moment in 1918 when Corporal Lee Duncan discovers Rin Tin Tin on a World War I battlefield, he recognizes something in the pup that he needs to share with the world. Rin Tin Tin’s improbable introduction to Hollywood leads to the dog’s first blockbuster film and, over time, the many radio programs, movies, and television shows that follow. The canine hero’s legacy is cemented by Duncan and a small group of others who devote their lives to keeping him and his descendants alive. At its heart, Rin Tin Tin is a poignant exploration of the enduring bond between humans and animals. But it is also a richly textured history of 20th-century entertainment and entrepreneurship and the changing role of dogs in the American family and society. Almost 10 years in the making, Susan Orlean’s first original book since The Orchid Thief is a tour de force of history, human interest, and masterful storytelling - the ultimate must-listen for anyone who loves great dogs or great yarns. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Orlean. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/005677/bk_sans_005677_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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