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The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 688min

From acclaimed actor and producer Wendell Pierce, an insightful and poignant portrait of family, New Orleans and the transforming power of art. On the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina barreled into New Orleans, devastating many of the city's neighborhoods, including Pontchartrain Park, the home of Wendell Pierce's family and the first African American middle-class subdivision in New Orleans. The hurricane breached many of the city's levees, and the resulting flooding submerged Pontchartrain Park under as much as 20 feet of water. Katrina left New Orleans later that day, but for the next three days the water kept relentlessly gushing into the city, plunging eighty percent of New Orleans under water. Nearly 1,500 people were killed. Half the houses in the city had four feet of water in them - or more. There was no electricity or clean water in the city; looting and the breakdown of civil order soon followed. Tens of thousands of New Orleanians were stranded in the city, with no way out; many more evacuees were displaced, with no way back in. Pierce and his family were some of the lucky ones: They survived and were able to ride out the storm at a relative's house 70 miles away. When they were finally allowed to return, they found their family home in tatters, their neighborhood decimated. Heartbroken but resilient, Pierce vowed to help rebuild, and not just his family's home, but all of Pontchartrain Park. In this powerful and redemptive narrative, Pierce brings together the stories of his family, his city, and his history, why they are all worth saving and the critical importance art played in reuniting and revitalizing this unique American city. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Wendell Pierce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/002650/bk_peng_002650_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Best of Car Talk (USA), The Immortal Timing Belt, March 30, 2019, Hörbuch, Digital, 53min

This week on The Best of Car Talk, Juliette’s timing belt has lasted more than 230,000 miles. Should she replace it before she gets stranded on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, or see if it can make it all the way back from the moon? [Broadcast Date: March 30, 2019] Language: English. Narrator: Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/cart/190065/rt_cart_190065_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Oscillations of Semi-Enclosed Water Body Induced by Hurricanes

Oscillations of Semi-Enclosed Water Body Induced by Hurricanes ab 94.99 € als Taschenbuch: Simulation of Oscillations at Lake Pontchartrain induced by Hurricane Katrina. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Wissenschaft, Technik,

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King Zeno

Ein atmosphärisch dichter, filmisch packender Spannungsroman. Das Porträt einer Stadt, in der Rassenkonflikte aufbrechen, aber auch der Jazz erfunden wird. Und zugleich eine Hommage an eine mythenumwobene Ära.New Orleans, nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Jazz, die Spanische Grippe, Rassismus, Prostitution, Mafia, dazu ein Axt-Mörder, der sein Unwesen treibt - eine Stadt wie ein Hexenkessel. Mittendrin der Ermittler Bill Bastrop, der traumatisiert aus dem Krieg in Europa zurückgekehrt ist und auf der Suche nach dem Axt-Mörder das verruchte French Quarter durchkämmt; die italienische Mafia-Patin Beatrice Vizzini, die nicht ahnt, dass sie den Mörder gut kennt, und mit allen Mitteln den Bau eines gigantischen Kanals zwischen Mississippi und Lake Pontchartrain vorantreibt; schließlich der junge schwarze Trompeter Izzy Zeno, der beim Bau des Kanals schuftet, um Frau und Tochter durchzubringen. Bei den Kanalarbeiten aber wird nicht nur Erde zutage gefördert - in New Orleans, das auf Schlamm gebaut ist, bleibt nichts und niemand lange begraben.Nathaniel Rich verwebt in «King Zeno» die Geschichten seiner drei Helden und genau recherchierte historische Hintergründe zu einem temporeichen, packenden Krimi. Ein gewaltiges Buch, brillant komponiert und meisterhaft erzählt.

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King Zeno (eBook, ePUB)

New Orleans, nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Jazz, die Spanische Grippe, Rassismus, Prostitution, Mafia, dazu ein Axt-Mörder, der sein Unwesen treibt - eine Stadt wie ein Hexenkessel. Mittendrin der Ermittler Bill Bastrop, der traumatisiert aus dem Krieg in Europa zurückgekehrt ist und auf der Suche nach dem Axt-Mörder das verruchte French Quarter durchkämmt; die italienische Mafia-Patin Beatrice Vizzini, die nicht ahnt, dass sie den Mörder gut kennt, und mit allen Mitteln den Bau eines gigantischen Kanals zwischen Mississippi und Lake Pontchartrain vorantreibt; schließlich der junge schwarze Trompeter Izzy Zeno, der beim Bau des Kanals schuftet, um Frau und Tochter durchzubringen. Bei den Kanalarbeiten aber wird nicht nur Erde zutage gefördert - in New Orleans, das auf Schlamm gebaut ist, bleibt nichts und niemand lange begraben. Nathaniel Rich verwebt in «King Zeno» die Geschichten seiner drei Helden und genau recherchierte historische Hintergründe zu einem atmosphärisch dichten, filmisch packenden Spannungsroman. Das Porträt einer Stadt, in der Rassenkonflikte aufbrechen, aber auch der Jazz erfunden wird, und zugleich die Hommage an eine mythenumwobene Ära.

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A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 523min

Against the backdrop of 18th and 19th-century New Orleans, A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau disentangles the complex threads of the legend surrounding the famous Voudou priestess. According to mysterious, oft-told tales, Laveau was an extraordinary celebrity whose sorcery-fueled influence extended widely from slaves to upper-class whites. Some accounts claim that she led the "orgiastic" Voudou dances in Congo Square and on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain, kept a giant snake named Zombi, and was the proprietress of an infamous house of assignation. Though legendary for an unusual combination of spiritual power, beauty, charisma, showmanship, intimidation, and shrewd business sense, she was also known for her kindness and charity, nursing yellow fever victims and ministering to condemned prisoners, and her devotion to the Roman Catholic Church. The true story of Marie Laveau, though considerably less flamboyant than the legend, is equally compelling.In separating verifiable fact from semi-truths and complete fabrication, Long explores the unique social, political, and legal setting in which the lives of Marie Laveau's African and European ancestors became intertwined. Changes in New Orleans engendered by French and Spanish rule, the Louisiana Purchase, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow segregation affected seven generations of Laveau's family, from enslaved great-grandparents of pure African blood to great-grandchildren who were legally classified as white. Simultaneously, Long examines the evolution of New Orleans Voudou, which until recently has been ignored by scholars. The book is published by University Press of Florida. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ian Eugene Ryan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redw/000114/bk_redw_000114_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Ganymede: Clockwork Century, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 729min

The air pirate Andan Cly is going straight. Well, straighter. Although he’s happy to run alcohol guns wherever the money’s good, he doesn’t think the world needs more sap, or its increasingly ugly side-effects. But becoming legit is easier said than done, and Cly’s first legal gig - a supply run for the Seattle Underground - will be paid for by sap money. New Orleans is not Cly’s first pick for a shopping run. He loved the Big Easy once, back when he also loved a beautiful mixed-race prostitute named Josephine Early - but that was a decade ago, and he hasn’t looked back since. Jo’s still thinking about him, though, or so he learns when he gets a telegram about a peculiar piloting job. It’s a chance to complete two lucrative jobs at once, one he can’t refuse. He sends his old paramour a note and heads for New Orleans, with no idea of what he’s in for - or what she wants him to fly. But he won’t be flying. Not exactly. Hidden at the bottom of Lake Pontchartrain lurks an astonishing war machine, an immense submersible called the Ganymede. This prototype could end the war, if only anyone had the faintest idea of how to operate it…. If only they could sneak it past the Southern forces at the mouth of the Mississippi River…. If only it hadn’t killed most of the men who’d ever set foot inside it. But it’s those “if onlys” that will decide whether Cly and his crew will end up in the history books, or at the bottom of the ocean. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/001305/bk_aren_001305_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Bull Sharks vs. the City of Chicago , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 18min

Sometimes we mess with Mother Nature, sometimes she messes with us. Bull Sharks vs. the City of Chicago is a story that can actually happen and will probably happen if it isn't already happening. In Bull Sharks vs. the City of Chicago, in America's third largest city, a Chicago police captain inadvertently finds himself slammed hard between a city cover-up of Lake Michigan's infestation by bull sharks, aggressive man-eaters, and protecting the residents and guests of the city. He's faced with a moral choice: go along with the cover-up and protect himself or be buried by it. Bull sharks have the unique ability to live in both freshwater and saltwater with equal ease. Lake Michigan, the water bordering Chicago, is one of the five interconnected Great Lakes, which combined account for 21 percent of the world's fresh water. They are enormous and often called inland seas, with a combined surface area roughly the size of the United Kingdom. There are bull sharks in the Mississippi River, which is connected to the Great Lakes ,and bull sharks have been sighted in Southern Illinois, fewer than 300 miles south of Chicago, nearer the river's northern end, and as far south as New Orleans, Louisiana. Additionally Bull Sharks have even been sighted in New Orleans’ 630-square-mile Lake Pontchartrain - gifts left behind when hurricane Katrina flooded the city in 2005. Bull sharks are highly aggressive apex predators with no natural predators of their own. Supreme, they reside at the top of their food chain and are believed to be responsible for the majority of near-shore shark attacks, not great whites. They are the pit bulls of man-eating sharks - stout, powerful, and hyperaggressive. In Chicago's sister city of sorts, more than 500 bull sharks are living in the Brisbane River, which runs through Brisbane, Australia, the third most populous city in Australia. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: K. Anderson Yancy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/030465/bk_acx0_030465_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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A Place Unchanged: A New Orleans Mystery , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 481min

The third Jeff Chaussier mystery finds Jeff returning to New Orleans. This time he has marriage on his mind. New Orleans, though, is far too seductive a lady and too wrapped in secrecy for a straightforward narrative to unfold. Things seem hopeful at the start. Bryna no longer has her brother's child to care for. Jeff is tired of the life of an itinerant actor and is also unusually flush with money from a London engagement. Things are on track, even though the flight home (his least favorite form of transportation) has left him woozy from self-medication. He wakes to an uncertain morning, unclear whose bed it is he finds himself in. Luckily, it's Bryna who is obeying his mother's instructions on what to do with him on arrival. Memory happily restored, Jeff lolls in bed as Bryna goes downstairs to prepare breakfast. Jeff expects a meal, not muffled screams and a slamming door. Dashing downstairs, he chases the intruders out the door, handicapped by his lack of clothing and irked that Bryna was taken in the same state. Obviously, he has to call on his family and friends to get her back. Before he can, he dives into a sea of alcohol where he finds interesting new acquaintances from Indiana who want to tour the bars and a literary co-ed who wants to instruct him in other arts. With the help of his family and friends and some new acquaintances who are friends of a stockbroker and a doctor he is able to function again. His boozy excursion means that the trail has gone cold until a hurried postcard from Bryna sends him north across Lake Pontchartrain to the rolling hills of horse country and south of New Orleans to the trackless swamps. Allies turn up in both places but Jeff still needs the good services of a quiet, but efficient Sheriff and a swamp rat with multiple names and odd connections. Bryna's rescue is ready, except for the unfortunate appearance of a monster storm that renders the swamps imp ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: George Sanchez. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/050860/bk_acx0_050860_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Lied + Gitarre

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