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    Alesia: Sword of Rome, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 99min
    Alesia, 52 BC: The besiegers have become the besieged. Caesar's army stands upon the brink of annihilation, caught between two enemy armies. Ramparts have been constructed, but they must also be defended. The centurion Lucius Oppius believes he will be part of the defence, but Caesar has other plans for the former standard bearer. Oppius is ordered to venture north of Alesia to capture Vercingetorix's war chest of gold. He will be accompanied in his mission by one of Caesar's agents, the beguiling Livia - the centurion's former lover. As Caesar and Mark Antony face a battle for their lives outside the walls of Alesia, Oppius will have to fight against the odds to find and secure the gold. Yet will completing the mission this time exact too high a price? The Sword of Rome series brings together history and adventure in stories which will appeal to fans of both Simon Scarrow and Bernard Cornwell. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ric Jerrom. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/019701/bk_adbl_019701_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Temple of the Grail: Rosicrucian Quartet, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 856min
    Temple of the Grail is a critically acclaimed best seller translated into four languages. Heresy, Hypocrisy, Murder.... France, 1254. Situated high in the Pyrenees the monastery of St. Lazarus is a forbidding place. Behind its ramparts and battlements it hides a secret so dangerous its keepers will kill to protect it. At the end of a bitter winter, a delegation headed by the ambitious Inquisitor Rainiero Sacconi arrives to investigate the monks of St. Lazarus. A Templar knight and his young scribe are sent by the king of France to oversee the investigation. When monks begin to die in gruesome ways they must unravel the secret at the heart of St. Lazarus, but with the Antichrist at their heels and the inquisitor watching their every step, they find themselves drawn into a fight, not only for their lives, but also for their souls. Temple of the Grail is a tour de force for history buffs and fans of the medieval detective genre. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/053187/bk_acx0_053187_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Hamlet: A Summary of the Play by William Shakespeare, Hörbuch, Digital, 34min
    The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play and among the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature, with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others." The play seems to have been one of Shakespeare's most popular works during his lifetime and still ranks among his most-performed. It has inspired writers from Goethe and Dickens to Joyce and Murdoch, and has been described as "the world's most-filmed story after Cinderella". The protagonist of "Hamlet" is Prince Hamlet of Denmark, son of the recently deceased King Hamlet, and nephew of King Claudius, his father's brother and successor. The play opens on a cold night on the ramparts of Elsinore, the Danish royal castle. The sentries Bernardo and Marcellus and Hamlet's friend Horatio encounter a ghost that looks like the late King Hamlet. They vow to tell Prince Hamlet what they have witnessed... This is a detailed summary of the play, retold in today's language. Language: English. Narrator: Katie Haigh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/cids/001569/bk_cids_001569_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Moscow Kremlin: The History of Russia's Most Famous Landmark , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 86min
    Here are luxury and penury, abundance and the most extreme deprivation, piety, and atheism...and an unbelievable frivolity - warring elements which, out of their constant conflicts, create this marvelous, outrageous, gigantic whole which we know by its collective name: Moscow. (Konstantin Batyushkov) Among all the world's capitals, few contain governmental seats of power as imposing or impressive as the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. While the name itself is often used as a shorthand to refer to the Russian government, and many people associate it with Red Square, the Kremlin is actually a fortress inside the heart of Moscow, replete with everything from ramparts and towers to decadent churches. The history of Russia is vast and winding, so it should come as no surprise that the same can be said for the Kremlin. Construction on the site was taking place by the 12th century, and by the 14th century it was imposing enough to withstand sieges. Ivan the Great added artistic flourishes to the Kremlin during the Renaissance, Catherine the Great had a residence built inside it during the 18th century, and Napoleon severely damaged the Kremlin in the course of ordering its destruction during the invasion of Russia in 1812. Even as Russian dynasties came and went, and a transition to the Soviet Union was made, the Kremlin remained - even as constant changes took place within it. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nathan Yoder. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/035977/bk_acx0_035977_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Les Misérables (eBook, ePUB)
    Les Miserables is the great epic masterpiece of the mid-nineteenth century. Begun in 1845, the year Louis Philippe conferred a peerage and a lifetime seat in the Senate upon Victor Hugo, it was completed when the author was living in exile in the Channel Islands. Les Miserables is a product as well as a document of the political, social, and religious upheaval that followed the Napoleonic Wars and Europe's great democratic revolutions. The story is centered on Jean Valjean, a peasant who enters the novel a hardened criminal after nineteen years spent in prison for stealing a loaf of bread for the starving children of his sister. The path of Valjean's last twenty-five years, leading from the French provinces to the battlefield of Waterloo and the ramparts of Paris during the Uprising of 1832, introduces us to secret societies of revolutionaries and the vast world of the French lower classes. Jean Valjean's flight from the police agent Javert--the prototype of over a hundred years of fictional detectives--culminates in one of the most famous scenes in all literature, the chase through the sewers of Paris. Les Miserables sold out its large first printing in twenty-four hours and has remained enormously popular. This edition is the classic English translation of Hugo's friend Charles Wilbour, which appeared the same year the novel was published in France.
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    Caldwell's Homestead: Havoc in Wyoming, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 572min
    At the edge of the wilderness, far away from the big city, nothing bad could ever happen in such a protected place...or could it?Jake and Mollie Caldwell started their small farm and homestead to be able to provide for an uncertain future for their family, friends, and community. They have tried to plan for everything, but they never imagined this would happen.In this chaotic new world, where nothing is normal, easy, or safe, will Jake and Mollie’s family be able to make it to the safe haven they have provided? Will the Caldwells’ planning, provisions, and faith be enough?Caldwell’s Homestead is the first installment of the Havoc in Wyoming Christian Futuristic series. If you like mysterious apocalyptic events, fast-paced adventure, and plausible situations, then you’ll love this pause-resisting series.Download today and discover why listeners love this twist on the post-apocalyptic genre!The Havoc in Wyoming series has been described as “cozy” apocalypse and contains no profanity, gratuitous sex scenes, or overly detailed gruesome death scenes. However, it does contain conservative family values and references to God, prayer, scripture, and Christianity.Books in the series and suggested listening order:Wyoming Refuge: A Havoc in Wyoming PrequelCaldwell's Homestead: Havoc in Wyoming, Part 1Katie's Journey: Havoc in Wyoming, Part 2Mollie's Quest: Havoc in Wyoming, Part 3Shields and Ramparts: Havoc in Wyoming, Part 4Havoc Begins: A Havoc in Wyoming Story ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Angela Church, Nick Sullivan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/192704/bk_acx0_192704_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Hamlet: a tragedy by William Shakespeare, Hörbuch, Digital, 54min
    The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatises the revenge Prince Hamlet is instructed to exact on his uncle Claudius. Claudius had murdered his own brother, Hamlet's father King Hamlet, and subsequently seized the throne, marrying his deceased brother's widow, Hamlet's mother Gertrude. Denmark has a long-standing feud with neighboring Norway, which culminated when King Hamlet slew King Fortinbras of Norway in a climactic battle years ago. Although Denmark defeated Norway, and the Norwegian throne fell to King Fortinbras's infirm brother, Denmark fears that an invasion led by the dead Norwegian king's son, Prince Fortinbras, is imminent. The play opens on a cold night on the ramparts of Elsinore, the Danish royal castle. The sentries Bernardo and Marcellus and Hamlet's friend Horatio encounter a ghost that looks like the late King Hamlet. They vow to tell Prince Hamlet what they have witnessed. Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play and among the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature, with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others." The play seems to have been one of Shakespeare's most popular works during his lifetime and still ranks among his most-performed. It has inspired writers from Goethe and Dickens to Joyce and Murdoch, and has been described as "the world's most filmed story after Cinderella". Language: English. Narrator: divers narrateurs. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/cids/000435/bk_cids_000435_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Terminal Velocity , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 485min
    In 1970 I realized that the Sixties were passing me by. I had never even smoked a joint, or slept with anyone besides my husband. A year later I had left Nicky, changed my name from Ellen to Rain, and moved to a radical lesbian commune in California named Red Moon Rising, where I was playing the Ten of Hearts in an outdoor production of Alice in Wonderland when two FBI agents arrived to arrest the Red Queen....So begins Blanche McCrary Boyd's brilliantly raucous account of self-styled feminist outlaws, their desperate adventures and extraordinary fates. Ellen, the narrator of Boyd's previous novel, The Revolution of Little Girls, this time pierces the heart of the sexual revolution in her quest to find a woman hero or - by default - to become one.Ferociously paced, Terminal Velocity delineates six wonderfully engaging characters: Artemis Foote, for whom being rich, talented, and beautiful is a kind of game; Jordan, a messianic fugitive who becomes Ellen's lover; Amethyst Woman, a Marxist/Leninist dentist; Ross, a red-diaper baby and now a columnist for Ramparts; and Pearl, an art history professor turned hippie. At the center of this vortex is Ellen, prior to her transformation happily married and a rising young editor at a genteel publishing house in Boston. Together with these women, she is caught in the political and moral tailspin of the Sixties, living in a sexualized world without boundaries that leads them, eventually, to destruction, acceptance, and even redemption.Deadpan funny and exquisitely moving, Terminal Velocity brings Boyd's lyricism, humor, and depth to material largely unexplored in American literature. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Karen White. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/052905/bk_adbl_052905_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    South-Western Wales: Legends and Myths From Wales , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 111min
    Wales is a land filled with mythology. Every breathtaking valley, towering mountain, shimmering lake, and magical castle has a mythical tale to entertain and enchant you. The Welsh, like other Celtic races, love to tell stories. From before the time of the Mabinogion and the Black Book of Carmarthen, they have passed dark winter nights telling Welsh fables, fairy tales and legends. Discover.... The Mermaid of Camaes Head and how she saved a fisherman's life. Why Twm Shon Cati, who some called The Welsh Robin Hood, was the scourge of Llandovery. A smuggler's secret at Culver Hole where the King's Revenue Men feared to go. Discover the Treasure of Craig-y-Ddinas, a story of one man's profit and greed. These are just some of the Welsh Legends and Myths you will find, but there's more.... Learn why there's a Sleeping Prince beneath the ramparts of Carreg Cennen Castle waiting for the clarion call to arms. Why the men who called themselves Daughters of Rebecca burned gates and challenged evil profiteers. The fate of Nest, the Temptress of Cilgerran and how she tricked her husband. Why the Lady of Llyn y Fan left her husband and walked into a lake, never to see him again. How The Wreckers of Cefn Sidan murdered a French Emperor's niece. Why William Paxton, a wealthy Scotsman, built a strange folly to spite the people of Carmarthenshire. And why Sir Owain's Lake sits on the top of a mountain. The folklore of Wales and its history are interwoven with myths and legends that cross the centuries. Some are based on factual events, others have mythical roots, but all are entertaining. Download the audiobook today and delight in these magical Welsh legends. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Graham Watkins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/078122/bk_acx0_078122_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Colombia Travel Guide , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 31min
    Colombia occupies the northwest corner of South America. It has an area twice that of France and almost twice Texas, with long coasts on the Caribbean and the Pacific oceans, mountainous regions, and Amazon jungle areas inland. The ethnic groups and cultures are diverse. The country has something to offer almost any traveler. Pick a climate, and it's yours - if you find the light-jacket weather of Bogotá cold, drive an hour down through the mountains and sunbathe next to the pool of your rented hacienda. If you don't want to sit still, head off into the Amazon or any of the country's other many inland jungles, snow-capped volcanoes, rocky deserts, endless plains, lush valleys, coffee plantations, mountain lakes, or deserted beaches. For culture, intellectual Bogotá might lead the rest of Latin America in experimental theater, indie rock, and the number of bookstores, but you could also get a completely alien education in an Amazonian malocca, or you could delve into the huge Latin music scene of salsa and cumbia, with the most exciting dance display being the enormous Carnival of Barranquilla. For history, wander the narrow streets of South America's original capital in Bogotá, check out old Spanish colonial provincial retreats like Villa de Leyva, trek through the thick jungle-covered mountains of the northeast to the Lost City of the Tayrona Indians, and walk the walls of Cartagena's achingly beautiful old city, looking over the fortified ramparts upon which the colonial history of South America pivoted. For nightlife, hot Cali is today's world capital of salsa, claiming that competitive distinction over Colombia's other vibrant big-city party scenes, which keep the music going long into the small hours of the morning. The hipsters' playground is found around the El Poblado neighbourhood in Medellín downtown. The political violence has subsided substantially throughout the majority of the country and savvy travelers have ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bridger Conklin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/098077/bk_acx0_098077_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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