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    Sermon to the Birds, Hörbuch, Digital, 1min
    St Francis of Assisi, born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, was a late-12th/early-13th century Italian friar and preacher. Bernardone came from wealthy beginnings, being part of one of the most affluent families in Assisi, but after a year of captivity after being captured by neighboring city’s army after conflict with Assisi flared up, Bernardone's outlook was much changed. St Francis, as he would go on to be known after his death when his sainthood was declared by Pope Gregory IX, spurned all material belongings and his hard partying past, lived in great poverty, dedicated his life preaching and caring for the disenfranchised and sick, and developed a particular affinity for animals, especially birds. It is because of this affinity that St Francis penned his Sermon to the Birds. Referring to them as his brothers and sisters, St Francis delivered a touching, spiritual, and expertly crafted sermon to his feathered kin. Language: English. Narrator: Marc Dixon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/yurt/000343/bk_yurt_000343_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Brew , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 515min
    Ever been to a big college town on a football Saturday night? Loud drunks glut the streets, swaggering about in roaring packs, laughing and leering like sailors on shore leave. These nights crackle with a dark energy born of incongruity; for beneath all that smiling and singing sprawls a bedrock of malice. Erupting from this mean soil is Brew, a novel of survival horror that unfolds in a single, apocalyptic night, when hard-partying College Heights swaps beer pong and karaoke for arson, rape, murder, and cannibalism. One minute, everyone's having a blast, partying it up after another football victory; the next minute, all those crowded bars, balconies, and house parties look like so many acres of hell.An embattled cast of unlikely heroes, including a charismatic drug dealer, a disenfranchised army vet, and a smart, tough-as-leather girl, struggles to survive, while Herbert Weston, the brilliant sociopath who engineered the entire catastrophe, strolls the chaos, fulfilling sadistic fantasies. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeremy Arthur. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/007576/bk_adbl_007576_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    League of the Star , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 899min
    It is the dawn of the French Revolution when masses of hungry peasants burn the chateaux of aristocrats throughout France. After the death of his estranged family, an 18-year-old nobleman, the Marquis Marcel de la Croix, is forced to raise the royalist banner, despite his own revolutionary leanings. The wreck of his family fortress becomes a bastion for newly disenfranchised aristocrats, and Marcel and his fiery associate, Pierre Lafont, lead a rebel group called the League of the Star. After a bitter falling out with Lafont, Marcel escapes to England incognito, hoping to put the past behind him.In England, he encounters several French emigres: the large, brutish former soldier, M. Tolouse, the haughty Mlle. de Courteline, and the sheltered Mlle. Vallon. As these traveling exiles are forced together, a young boy in their company begins to intrigue them with a mysterious tale of love. Can a simple love story, begun merely to entertain the weary travelers, hold the key to Marcel's fate? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jenny Hoops. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/011878/bk_blak_011878_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Air , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 435min
    When 17-year-old Grey witnesses the tragic death of his mother in Colorado, he is shipped off to live with his aunt in inner-city Baltimore. Grey struggles to fit in to his new school and environment until his new friend, Akil, introduces him to the enigmatic Kurtis, the leader of a group that uses high-octane sports as a form of social activism. By challenging the police with death-defying stunts and then posting videos of them online, Kurtis, Grey, and their group become unlikely heroes in the fight against the prejudice that surrounds them.   As Kurtis takes Grey under his wing, they come up with a name and an insignia and attract more and more followers to their extreme acts. The lines between social activism and criminal behavior blur, and their escalating stunts become a rallying point for the underprivileged and disenfranchised around the country, spreading like wildfire across the internet. How far will Grey and Kurtis go to push their message, and can their fragile alliance withstand their growing power? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tru Osborne. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/051912/bk_adbl_051912_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Book of Joy: A Christian Novel That Was Too Real for Christian Publishers to Publish , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 834min
    Have you ever had God grab you by the ankles, pick you up, and shake all the change out of your pockets? Joy did. A young, Christian woman headed towards the life she always dreamed of, when everything goes topsy-turvy, Joy finds herself wondering why God would allow her dreams to be ruined.   From this place of imbalance, Joy starts a job as an advocate for survivors in a new town filled with odd, inspired people. She is confronted with topics like relationships, work, sex, death, and more in an authentic, surprising spiritual journey for Christian and Non-Christian alike. Her path crosses with the disenfranchised, faithful, crazy, hurting, and God Himself in a way that is funny, sad, stimulating, eye-opening, and thought-provoking.   With innovative inclusion of music and lyrics bringing this strange book to life, it engages new and veteran Christians, as well as, for those interested in the Christian faith. This book may be the one thing that God wants to use to shake you up. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cassandra Arnold. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/196612/bk_acx0_196612_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Speak: 20th Anniversary Edition , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 348min
    From her first moment at Merryweather High, Melinda Sordino knows she's an outcast. She busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops - a major infraction in high-school society - so her old friends won't talk to her, and people she doesn't know glare at her. She retreats into her head, where the lies and hypocrisies of high school stand in stark relief to her own silence, making her all the more mute. But it's not so comfortable in her head, either - there's something banging around in there that she doesn't want to think about. Try as she might to avoid it, it won't go away, until there is a painful confrontation. Once that happens, she can't be silent - she must speak the truth. In this powerful audiobook, an utterly believable, bitterly ironic heroine speaks for many a disenfranchised teenager while learning that, although it's hard to speak up for yourself, keeping your mouth shut is worse.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mandy Siegfried, Ashley C. Ford, Jason Reynolds, Laurie Halse Anderson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lili/000494/bk_lili_000494_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Sightseeing (eBook, ePUB)
    'This debut show more than mere promise: it is a fine achievement in its own right.' -- GuardianOne of the most widely talked about debuts of 2005, Sightseeing is a masterful storytelling by an award-winning young author.In poignant, tough, heart-catching episodes, Rattawut Lapcharoensap takes his readers beneath the surface of Thailand to a place that is dynamic and corrupt, full of pride and passion and fear. In these inter-generational stories of luck and loss, mother and son, Thai and tourist, healthy and sick are bound together. Sightseeing introduces its readers to the young boy and his brother speeding on a moped to the Cafe Lovely, a brothel in Bankok; Priscilla the Cambodian, a girl whose mouth is stuffed with the family fortune; a woman approaching blindness who barters for a last pair of sunglasses; and a pig called Clint Eastwood. Sightseeing reveals, slowly and powerfully that no place is too far away from home when it comes to pain, anger, love or hurt. It explores through confident and unforgettable storytelling what it means to be a son, a brother, a parent, a lover, a Thai - and a disenfranchised resident of the global village.
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    Oh Happy Day
    'A triumphant family memoir' Hallie Rubenhold 'Powerfully told...an impressive work' The Times 'Gives a voice to the voiceless' Australian Book Review In this remarkable book, Carmen Callil discovers the story of her British ancestors, beginning with her great-great grandmother Sary Lacey, born in 1808, an impoverished stocking frame worker. Through detailed research, we follow Sary from slum to tenement and from pregnancy to pregnancy. We also meet George Conquest, a canal worker and the father of one of Sary's children. George was sentenced - for a minor theft - to seven years' transportation to Australia, where he faced the extraordinary brutality of convict life. But for George, as for so many disenfranchised British people like him, Australia turned out to be his Happy Day. He survived, prospered and eventually returned to England, where he met Sary again, after nearly thirty years. He brought her out to Australia, and they were never parted again. A miracle of research and fuelled by righteous anger, Oh Happy Day is a story of Empire, migration and the inequality and injustice of nineteenth-century England. 'A remarkable tale...drawing chilling parallels to the inequalities of our times' Observer
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    Reynard the Fox
    Reynard - a subversive, dashing, anarchic, aristocratic, witty fox from the watery lowlands of medieval East Flanders - is in trouble. He has been summoned to the court of King Noble the Lion, charged with all manner of crimes and misdemeanours. How will he pit his wits against his accusers - greedy Bruin the Bear, pretentious Courtoys the Hound or dark and dangerous Isengrim the Wolf - to escape the gallows?Reynard was once the most popular and beloved character in European folklore, as familiar as Robin Hood, King Arthur or Cinderella. His character spoke eloquently for the unvoiced and disenfranchised, but also amused and delighted the elite, capturing hearts and minds across borders and societal classes for centuries.Based on William Caxton's bestselling 1481 English translation of the Middle Dutch, but expanded with new interpretations, innovative language and characterisation, this edition is an imaginative retelling of the Reynard story. With its themes of protest, resistance and duplicity fronted by a personable, anti-heroic Fox making his way in a dangerous and cruel world, this gripping tale is as relevant and controversial today as it was in the fifteenth century.
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    Simple Thinking: How to Remove Complexity from Life and Work , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 239min
    Simple behaviors that unclutter your mind and help you realize your true potential Awaken your passion, and tap in to your inner greatness as you remove the metaphorical clutter from your life with Simple Thinking. You'll learn how to expand your mind and understand your true potential through the power of thinking simply while stripping back the jargon and digging to the core of any obstacle in your way. Let's be honest: Life is full of unnecessary complexity, and it's left most of us confused, angry, and disenfranchised. This audiobook will help you to remove the baggage, cut through the clutter, and begin your smooth path to success. Learn how to: Live and act with resilience, authenticity and passion Learn to trust your instincts again and see the world through new eyes Recalibrate your thoughts, behaviors and actions Declutter your mind, streamline your day, and be successful at life Simple wisdom, simply shared, is personal development unplugged - and when you begin peeling back the layers to expose the heart of the problem, you become well-equipped to devise a simpler yet more effective solution. Simple Thinking will help you in achieving this state of clarity and confidence. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gavin Osborn. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/030827/bk_adbl_030827_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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