69 Results for : downriver
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Pop the Clutch: A Second Chance Romance (Second Gear) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 532min
Not all people need a second chance at love. Some need a second chance at life. To Violet Foster, the past 10 years have been a continual replay of an ill-fated night in high school. Without warning, she went from Downriver’s sweetheart to unintentional adult film star, her most intimate moments shared with the world in 10-second loops. She's lost friends, been forced to change career plans, and had to stop dating because of that one indiscretion. The last thing she wants is to return to the scene of the crime, but with her grandma’s health failing, she doesn’t have a choice. Easton Cole is a walking, talking bad-boy cliché in blue mechanic coveralls. He's always known his trailer-park-kid shadow would follow him into adulthood, but building his auto repair shop into a successful business means he has a chance to change that image. People in Downriver have long memories, and getting them to forget his past is an uphill battle. The last thing he needs is the trouble Violet could bring. She's a lightning rod for gossip, with a reputation that precedes her. So what if he's been crushing on her practically since puberty? Violet’s only planning on staying a month, even if the good memories of Downriver have started to overpower the bad, and Easton is dead set on making new ones…together. But the internet is forever, so there's no chance of Violet having a future unblemished by her past. When the stain of her damaged reputation resurfaces, Violet knows it could destroy everything around her…including Easton. Pop the Clutch is a full-length contemporary romance novel from USA Today best-selling author Ellis Leigh writing as Kristin Harte and the first book in the Second Gear series of stand-alone novels featuring second chance romance and blue-collar heroes. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Heft, Alexis Van Aiken. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/158842/bk_acx0_158842_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Huckleberry Finn, Hörbuch, Digital, 43min
Huckleberry Finn is one of a series of retellings of classic literature by publisher Real Reads. True to the original plot, characters, and themes, Real Reads also imitates the original author's style. This is an intelligent, lively and enjoyable retelling of this classic tale. Adventures with Tom Sawyer made Huck rich - but his pap is a violent drunk and the broad Mississippi is the road to liberty. Huck's raft can carry him and his friend Jim, a runaway slave, to safety. But when they lose their way one foggy night, they are headed downriver into dangerous territory. How can one small boy pilot his way through a land of mortal feuds, lynch mobs, and tricksters? When life and freedom are at risk, how can Huck figure out the difference between right and wrong? Language: English. Narrator: Bob Karper. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rlrd/000018/bk_rlrd_000018_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Great Death , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 221min
The Great Death arrived with the man from downriver, the one who came with the light-colored strangers and had little red spots covering his body. Thirteen-year-old Millie and her younger sister, Maura, are fascinated by the guests, but soon sickness takes over their village and they have little time to think of anything else. As they watch the people they know and love die of the plague, the sisters begin to realize that they will have to set out on their own to find a new home.Alone in the cold Alaskan winter, struggling to overcome the obstacles nature throws their way, the girls discover that their true strength lies in their love for each other.“An extraordinary story of feminine courage. A small miracle.” (Tony Hillerman) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lorna Raver. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lili/001107/bk_lili_001107_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Milo Speck, Accidental Agent , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 318min
When magic came to Milo Speck, it came in the form of a sock. "Figures," said Milo. What's Milo's regular old salesman father doing in Ogregon? For that matter, how did a shrimp like Milo end up there? He's no hero. He can't help those kids. Right? But there's no time for Milo to get the answers. After all, hungry ogres like nothing more than a tasty bite of boy, and what kid is going to stick around for that? A fast escape back home to Downriver is all that matters - until Milo realizes that what's really afoot in Ogregon goes far beyond an ogre's quest for snack food. And his own family may be somehow mixed up in the dastardly plot. But what can a small boy in a very big world possibly do about that? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: L. J. Ganser. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/009122/bk_reco_009122_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Taste of Marrow: River of Teeth, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 255min
A few months ago, Winslow Houndstooth put together the damnedest crew of outlaws, assassins, cons, and saboteurs on either side of the Harriet for a history-changing caper. Together, they conspired to blow the dam that choked the Mississippi and funnel the hordes of feral hippos contained within downriver to finally give America back its greatest waterway. Songs are sung of their exploits, many with a haunting refrain: "And not a soul escaped alive." In the aftermath of the Harriet catastrophe, that crew has scattered to the winds. Some hunt the missing lovers they refuse to believe have died. Others band together to protect a precious infant and a peaceful future. All of them struggle with who they've become after a long life of theft, murder, deception, and general disinterest in the strictures of the law. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Berkrot. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/008417/bk_tant_008417_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Maze , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 318min
For the past four years, Rick Walker has been shuffled between foster care and group homes. At 14, he’s a kid nobody wants or cares about. Now he’s headed for Blue Canyon Detention Center. For Rick, life is a maze full of dead ends. But when he is threatened at Blue Canyon and runs away, Rick finds himself in a real maze - the enormous rocky expanse of Canyonlands National Park in Utah. There, Rick meets a biologist who has devoted his life to reintroducing the condor to its natural habitat. As Rick joins him to protect the giant birds, the teenager will begin to see choices instead of dead ends. Will Hobbs has written many popular, award-winning books for young adults. Works such as Beardance, The Big Wander, and Downriver have won ALA Best Book Awards. The Maze is filled with riveting adventure in an unforgettable wilderness setting. Ed Sala’s taut narration sets the perfect tone for Rick’s journey toward confidence and trust. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ed Sala. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/006504/bk_reco_006504_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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'Youth' and 'Heart of Darkness' , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 330min
These two famous stories by Joseph Conrad are both told by the same narrator - Marlow. As the main character in Youth, Marlow tells the story of his first voyage to the East as second mate on board the Judea. In the story, the 20-year-old Marlow is contrasted with the 60-year-old skipper and the grandfatherly third mate. Marlow states: "I felt like a small boy between two grandfathers." Heart of Darkness features Marlow 22 years later and deals with maturity and old age. This highly symbolic story follows Marlow as he recounts his adventure into the Congo to a group of men aboard a ship anchored in the Thames Estuary. Marlow was employed to transport ivory downriver, but his more pressing assignment was to return another trader, Kurtz, to civilization in a cover up. Kurtz had an unsavory reputation throughout the region. The last sentences in the story, including Kurtz's words, "The Horror, The Horror," are among the most famous in English literature. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim Roberts. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/jimc/000290/bk_jimc_000290_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Heart of Darkness , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 257min
An 1899 novella written by Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness tells of Charles Marlow, an Englishman who took a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a ferry-boat captain in Africa. Although Conrad does not give the name of the river, at the time, Congo Free State, the location of the large and important Congo River, was a private colony of Belgium's King Leopold II. Marlow is employed to transport ivory downriver. However, his more pressing assignment is to return Kurtz, another ivory trader, who has been rumored ill, to his homeland, in a cover-up. Kurtz has a reputation throughout the region. But Kurtz dies while being carried to civilization aboard a ship. Marlow later returns to his home city and is confronted by many people seeking things and ideas of Kurtz. Marlow eventually sees Kurtz's fiancée about a year later; she is still in mourning. She asks Marlow about Kurtz's death and Marlow informs her that his last words were her name - rather than, as really happened, "The horror! The horror!" ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scarlett M. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/huds/000094/bk_huds_000094_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Big Wander , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 350min
The Big Wander is a trip 14-year-old Clay Lancaster and his older brother Mike have planned for years. It’s Clay’s dream to find his ex-rodeo-star uncle, who quit the tour and disappeared somewhere in the vast and colorful Monument Valley. But Mike - heartbroken and unfocused after losing his girlfriend - soon heads for home. Clay, however, will not give up. He finds a job in a remote trading post, and follows a lead on his uncle’s whereabouts that takes him deep into Navajo country. There he learns the ways of the tribe, the dangers of the wilderness, and discovers, just in time, the secret of his long-lost uncle’s fate. Best-selling young adult author Will Hobbs won an ALA Best Book Award for The Big Wander. Hobb’s prose paired with Sala’s perfect pacing and authentic accents will make you feel you are in the American Southwest. His other award-winning books, Bearstone, Beardance, Kokopelli’s Flute, Changes in Latitudes, and Downriver are also available from Recorded Books, Inc. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ed Sala. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/005719/bk_reco_005719_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Heart of Darkness, Hörbuch, Digital, 278min
Before its 1902 publication, "Heart of Darkness" appeared as a three part series (1899) in "Blackwood's Magazine". It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the "100 best novels" and part of the Western canon. The story centers on Charles Marlow, who narrates most of the book. He is an Englishman who takes a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a river boat captain in Africa. "Heart of Darkness" exposes the dark side of European colonization while exploring the three levels of darkness that the protagonist, Marlow, encounters: the darkness of the Congo wilderness, the darkness of the Europeans' cruel treatment of the African natives, and the unfathomable darkness within every human being for committing heinous acts of evil. Although Conrad does not give the name of the river, at the time of writing the Congo Free State, the location of the large and important Congo River, was a private colony of Belgium's King Leopold II. In the story, Marlow is employed to transport ivory downriver. However, his more pressing assignment is to return Kurtz, another ivory trader, to civilization, in a cover up. Kurtz has a reputation throughout the region. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Neufeld. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lind/001546/bk_lind_001546_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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