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    In Pursuit of a Duke , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 95min
    Isabel Nobel, a parsons daughter with little wealth or dowry, is a naive soul. She is coerced to spend her first season in London with her meddlesome godmother, Lady Dodsworth. Lady Dodsworth has a promise to keep - find Isabel a wealthy suitor and has a monumental ploy to do so. To improve her prospects, Isabel becomes Lady Charlotte Dunbar - an orphaned heiress with 10,000 a year. Under this public façade she encounters the socially prominent Duke of Southdown, an arrogant, staunch bachelor. Believing she has found love, painful revelations have repercussions for Isabel. Will this end in betrayal and heartache? Or will love win through? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emma Lysy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/060167/bk_acx0_060167_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Dance of Death , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 574min
    Newly returned from an eventful mission to Scotland - and eager to be reunited with his family - Roger the Chapman is far from pleased when Timothy Plummer, Spymaster General to the King, commands him to undertake another mission. He is to accompany the beautiful but manipulative Eloise Gray on a special journey to Paris, pretending to be her husband. Though Plummer is reluctant to reveal the motive behind this appointment, Roger understands that the French king is making overtures to the Duke of Burgundy on behalf of the Dauphin - a move which could wreck the relationship with England's staunch ally and most important customer for her wool exports. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robbie MacNab. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/000994/bk_isis_000994_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Clash (eBook, ePUB)
    THE STORIES BEHIND EVERY STUDIO TRACK FROM THE ONLY BAND THAT MATTERS. Established in 1976 at the fore London's punk rock insurgence, The Clash would outlast their peers while creating some of the most influential albums in rock 'n' roll history. Author Martin Popoff dissects each of the Clash's ninety-one studio tracks, examining the circumstances that led to their creation, the recording processes, the historical contexts and more. In addition, introductory essays set the scene for the band's six studio releases (including the double LP London Calling and the triple Sandinista!) and feature sidebars detailing studios, release dates, personnel, and more. Illustrated with rare performance and offstage photography, along with images of 7-inch singles sleeves and gig posters, the resulting volume is a fitting tribute to the foursome whose staunch political stance and groundbreaking amalgam of punk, rockabilly, reggae, and hip-hop earned the title "The Only Band That Matters."
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    The B-52 Overture: Vietnam Special Forces, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 370min
    The Vietnamese stole their land. The NVA raped their daughters. The Green Berets know them as the most fearless and loyal warriors in the land. They were the Montagnards, who called themselves “Sons of the Mountains” and always fought to the death. In this incredible memoir of wall-to-wall combat in the jungle near the Laotian border, Special Forces Lieutenant Don Bendell recounts the saga of the A camp of Dak Pek, 242. On those death-strewn hilltops in 1969-70, a handful of Green Berets and an army of ‘Yards held off the entire might of the North Vietnamese – until even their courage and fighting skill could not staunch the flow of blood and tears. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gene Engene. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bimo/000899/bk_bimo_000899_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Shadow Sun Rebellion , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 904min
    The one year Stabilization period has ended, and the aliens are colonizing Earth! Allistor and his people have prepared as well as possible, and now they'll find out if it was enough.In this third book of the Shadow Sun series, Earth's survivors continue to fight for their lives, and to reclaim as much of the earth as they can for the human race. More than one alien faction threatens their existence, while others prove to be staunch allies. Allistor and company learn more about the system, its mechanics and politics, and take the first step in bringing the fight to their enemies off-world! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Will M. Watt, Annie Ellicott, Andrea Parsneau, Jeff Hays. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/208843/bk_acx0_208843_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Royal Romance , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 775min
    Georgina, Princess of Wales, has always known her destiny, but she never expected duty to call so soon. When her father dies suddenly, she is called back from her Royal Navy post to assume the crown. While the people acclaim their new Queen, Great Britain's first openly gay monarch, all George feels is the isolation of her station. Beatrice Elliot's staunch anti-monarchist views have always been a point of gentle contention with her working class, royalty-loving parents. When Bea, director of a hospice charity, must spend six months working with Queen Georgina, her charity's new patron, sparks fly and passion blooms. But is love enough to bridge the gap between Bethnal Green and Buckingham Palace? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lesley Parkin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/060153/bk_acx0_060153_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Topping the Dome , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 543min
    Crowned with the Statue of Freedom the Capitol Dome is one of America's most iconic images. This carefully researched historical novel tells the story of Statue of Freedom's creation and its creator Thomas Crawford. As Crawford travels between the ancient Capitol of Rome and the new Capitol of America, art and politics collide. Congress is bitterly divided over the issue of slavery, but Crawford would eventually create more sculpture for the Capitol than any other sculptor. Three other men, Charles Sumner, a staunch abolitionist, Senator, and ideologue, Clark Mills, a self-taught sculptor and opportunist, and the supervisor of construction of the Capitol, Captain Montgomery C. Meigs, an autocratic achiever, play major roles in this compelling story. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Daniel Dorse. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/024310/bk_acx0_024310_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Black Bat, #1 July 1939 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 285min
    Will Murray's Pulp Classics "The Black Bat" was the featured story in Black Book Detective magazine beginning in July of 1939, and running through 1953. Blinded former District Attorney Anthony Quinn was the costumed crusader who regained his sight to an amazing extent: He could now see in the dark. With super hearing, an enhanced sense of touch and smell, he battled the dark underbelly of crimedom. Around him he gathered a small band of aides: Carol Baldwin, daughter of a small-town policeman; Butch O'Leary, none too bright, but a staunch battler; and Silk Kirby, an ex-crook, now Quinn's valet. The Black Bat returns in these vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s listeners. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael McConnohie. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/016832/bk_acx0_016832_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    With Lee in Virginia , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 671min
    In this heroic clash of opposing conviction, Vincent Wingfield, a young spirited teenager and heir to a southern slave plantation, bravely proves his sympathy for brutally treated slaves and becomes a staunch supporter of slaves' rights. But, with the onset of the Civil War, Wingfield's fidelity to the state of Virginia leads him to serve under Robert E. Lee's cavalry and fight for the Confederacy.Through his courage and readiness, he survives hairbreadth escapes, attempts on his life and two imprisonments. Henty provides an intriguing insight into the war's famous battles, the characters of Robert E. Lee and his lieutenants, and the vast complexities of the saddest conflict in the history of the United States. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Bolen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/000059/bk_tant_000059_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Candide and Zadig , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 423min
    Voltaire's razor-sharp satire on philosophical optimism, Candide, is coupled here with another of the author's most celebrated works, Zadig. Both challenge the moral and philosophical orthodoxies of the day with humor and sly wit, while parodying the clichéd formulas of so many contemporary novels.Candide traces the fortunes of its titular character, a staunch optimist who eventually becomes disillusioned by a series of hardships and misfortunes. Zadig likewise follows its main character Zadig, a Babylonian philosopher, as he is subjected to the whims of Fate and the machinations of those around him. 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: Neville Jason. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/000445/bk_naxo_000445_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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