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Emily Fox-Seton: The Making of a Marchioness and The Methods of Lady Walderhurst , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 524min

This two-part adult fairytale by the author of The Secret Garden combines a charming Cinderella story with an ironic look at class structure and the Edwardian marriage market in turn-of-the-century London. Emily Fox-Seton is a simple but good-hearted woman struggling to make ends meet while attempting to maintain the dignity of someone distantly related to the aristocracy. The Marquis of Walderhurst is an awkward but eligible bachelor being comically pursued by a pageant of unmarried ladies. When the Marquis surprises everyone by giving his attentions to Emily, he makes himself a fairy prince in her eyes. But marrying her prince is not the end of Emily's troubles, as the forces of envy are more cunning and dangerous than she yet understands. Will Emily's innocence be her downfall after all? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: various. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/001803/bk_blak_001803_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Love & Friendship: In Which Jane Austen's Lady Susan Vernon Is Entirely Vindicated , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 423min

A clever reimagining of Jane Austen's novella Lady Susan by acclaimed filmmaker Whit Stillman. Jane Austen's funniest novel is also her least known - until now. A sharp comedy of manners set in the 1790s, Love & Friendship centres on Lady Susan Vernon: impossibly beautiful, charming, witty and completely self-absorbed. Recently widowed, Lady Susan arrives unannounced at her brother-in-law's estate to wait out colourful rumours about her dalliances circulating through polite society. While there, she becomes determined to secure a new husband for herself and one for her reluctant debutante daughter, Frederica, too. As Lady Susan embarks on a controversial relationship with a married man, seduction, deception, broken hearts and gossip all ensue. With a pitch-perfect Austenian sensibility, Stillman breathes new life into Austen's work, making it his own by adding original narration from a character comically loyal to the story's fiendishly manipulative heroine, Lady Susan. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Helen Johns, Matt Addis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hodd/000957/bk_hodd_000957_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Thingamanose , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 16min

There’s a Thingamanose stuck up Rose’s nose but nobody believes her - especially Dad! He thinks he "nose" best! A comically illustrated, rhyming children's audiobook for those with a nose for mischief. Contains slime!A story about a thing-up-a-nose and how sometimes it's very annoying when adults don't believe you.Part picture book, part comic, part chapter audiobook for listening alone, for listening at bedtime, or listening accompanied by a teacher.A rhyming, illustrated, comic-style, funny story for children. Ideal for ages five to eight.Rose's life is snot-very-fun after she wakes up to find her nose blocked with a Thingamanose stuck up there. But, however she moans, nobody believes her, especially her parents. After the Thingamanose escapes on a school trip to a pepper factory (to have a "nose" around!) it causes havoc. Can Rose find a way of capturing it and convincing her parents she is telling the truth? That there is such a thing as a Thingamanose! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amy Putt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/220302/bk_acx0_220302_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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July & August 2017 (English), Hörbuch, Digital, 102min

In this issue:"The Real Story Behind Elon Musk's $2.6 Billion Acquisition of SolarCity and What it Means for Tesla's Future–Not to Mention the Planet's": The Tesla CEO's merger with his cousins' sustainable-energy company, SolarCity, is totally logical–and hugely risky. With eyes now on the private sector for environmental leadership, can Musk pull off another miracle? "Susan Wojcicki Has Transformed YouTube—But She Isn't Done Yet": To outmaneuver traditional TV—and secure Google's future—YouTube's CEO must satisfy homegrown creators, risk-averse advertisers, Hollywood celebs, and a billion-plus viewers. "Why Facebook, Google, And Snap Love AR—And What's Coming Next": The future will be augmented. The only question now is how we get there. "It's A Mud Mud Mud Mud World": Tough Mudder, the obstacle-course company that puts regular people through almost comically extreme challenges, is trying to clear one of the biggest hurdles in business: scaling from one-hit wonder to global phenomenon. Language: English. Narrator: Ken Borgers. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/pe/fast/170701/pe_fast_170701_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Just like Beauty , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 613min

Just like Beauty is a brilliantly inventive debut novel that blends adolescent angst and cultural satire and is set in a disconcertingly not-so-distant future complete with high-tech food, mutant animals, socially sanctioned violence, and despoliation of the planet. This surprising combination gives author Lisa Lerner a fresh and funny way to explore family dynamics, gender roles, competitiveness, and the "beauty myth" in a society that keeps reinventing them anew for each generation. A plague of mutant grasshoppers is invading American suburbia. An underground suicide cult is gaining national prominence. Gangs of teenage boys with blow torches run amok. But what really has 14-year-old Edie Stein distracted from her town's annual Feminine Woman of Conscience Pageant is Lana Grimaldi, the sexy girl next door. How does a feminine woman of conscience deal with her? Just like Beauty offers a comically trenchant look at where our culture is heading and the absurdity that passes for ordinary. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jorjeana Marie. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/007221/bk_blak_007221_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The River Why , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 918min

The classic novel of fly fishing and spirituality republished with a new afterword by the author. Since its publication in 1983, The River Why has become a classic. David James Duncan's sweeping novel is a coming-of-age comedy about love, nature, and the quest for self-discovery, written in a voice as distinct and powerful as any in American letters. Gus Orviston is a young fly fisherman who leaves behind his comically schizoid family to find his own path. Taking refuge in a remote cabin, he sets out in pursuit of the Pacific Northwest's elusive steelhead. But what begins as a physical quarry becomes a spiritual one as his quest for self-knowledge batters him with unforeseeable experiences. Profoundly reflective about our connection to nature and to one another, The River Why is also a comedic roller coaster. Like Gus, the listener emerges utterly changed, stripped bare by the journey Duncan so expertly navigates. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dick Hill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/003249/bk_hach_003249_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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How Many Camels Are There in Holland?: Dementia, Ma and Me , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 201min

The charming, funny successor to the hugely popular Notes to My Mother-in-Law, from the inimitable Phyllida Law. Following Phyllida Law’s wonderful and acclaimed Notes to My Mother-in-Law - which comically and tenderly documented the author’s relationship with her husband’s mother who lived with the family for 17 years - we now have a chronicle of Phyllida’s relationship with her own mother who suffered from dementia. Recently widowed, bringing up her own two daughters (actresses Emma and Sophie Thompson), and working as a successful actress herself, Phyllida went up and down to Scotland to spend as much time with her ailing mother as she could manage. During the period she kept a lively and frank journal noting many of the sad yet funny examples of her mother’s faltering grip on reality. The journal includes reminiscences of her own childhood and the tragic death of her only brother. This book promises to be just as warm and moving as her first. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Phyllida Law. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/001243/bk_hcuk_001243_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The History of England

"The History of England" is a 1791 novel by English author Jane Austen. Written when she was just fifteen years old (it includes her original spelling quirks), it is a humorous burlesque on the popular history books contemporarily used in school. Within it, Austen comically mimics the style of writing characteristic of these books, mocking the dubious objectivity of the historians in question. With outrageous characters and Austen's famously sharp wit, "The History of England" constitutes a must-read for fans of Austen's work and would make for a worthy addition to any collection. Jane Austen (1775 - 1817) was an English author known primarily for her novels, which critique the 18th century English upper classes and contemporary novels of sensibility. Her use of irony coupled with biting social commentary and realism have led to her wide acclaim amongst scholars and critics, her work contributing to the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Other notable works by this author include: "Sense and Sensibility" (1811), "Pride and Prejudice" (1813), and "Mansfield Park" (1814). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

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20 Dictators Currently Supported by the U.S. , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 148min

The US government has a habit of supporting brutal (and comically outrageous) dictators. This book offers 20 current examples, together with some background on historical patterns, some explanation for why this happens, and a proposal to put an end to it.As documented here, the US government arms, trains, and funds all variety of oppressive governments, not just dictatorships. The choice to focus on dictatorships in this book was not made merely to shorten the list. Rather, that choice was made because the US government so often claims to be opposing dictators through the promotion of democracy. Frequently, the atrocious conduct of a dictator is a central selling point for a new war or coup or program of sanctions.Yet neither Saddam Hussein’s horrific (though fictional) removal of babies from incubators nor Manuel Noriega’s cavorting in red underwear with prostitutes while snorting cocaine and praying to voodoo gods (as the New York Times solemnly informed us on December 26, 1989) rivals the moral horror or the glorious goofiness of the 20 tyrants described in this book. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Megan Quinn. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/198904/bk_acx0_198904_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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B Is for Beer , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 149min

A Children's Book About Beer? Yes, believe it or not, but B Is for Beer is also a book for adults, and bear in mind that it's the work of maverick best-selling novelist Tom Robbins, internationally known for his ability to both seriously illuminate and comically entertain. Once upon a time (right about now) there was a planet (how about this one?) whose inhabitants consumed 36 billion gallons of beer each year (it's a fact, you can Google it). Among those affected, each in his or her own way, by all the bubbles, burps, and foam, was a smart, wide-eyed, adventurous kindergartner named Gracie; her distracted mommy; her insensitive dad; her non-conformist uncle; and a magical, butt-kicking intruder from a world within our world. Populated by the aforementioned character ;and as charming as it may be subversive, B Is for Beer involves readers, young and old, in a surprising, far-reaching investigation into the limits of reality, the transformative powers of children, and, of course, the ultimate meaning of a tall, cold brewski. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Laura Silverman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/001843/bk_harp_001843_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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