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    Strange Yesterday , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 602min
    Five generations of Preswicks, living, loving, fighting, laughing, and dying in a surge of limitless power that paralleled the course of America. A full tale of a family that grew with America, of an Aristocracy that gained everything but reason to live. Two women bore John Preswick two children - one the daughter of a southern innkeeper, who nursed a broken Revolutionary soldier back to health, the other a girl in New York, who waited seven years for her lover to return from the war. From these children grew the two branches of the Preswick family, a strange tangle of incestuous love and restless longing, that stretches over one hundred and fifty years, to the World War and the South of today, living in the glory of its past. All America walks past in Strange Yesterday. Old New York, shaking loose from the British occupation, privateers snapping at Britain's rule of the sea, preying free as pirates, men losing their bodies and souls in a mad dash for California and gold, men piling up fortunes in fantastic booms and ventures, men off to fight a war in France, returning lost and broken. Here is an original, thrilling tale of the love of a brother for his sister, of men for gold and death. It is a pageant, simply and powerfully told. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Kipiniak. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/013746/bk_adbl_013746_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Is It a Crime for a US Citizen to Vote? , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 17min
    In 1872, Susan B. Anthony had spent 20 years advocating for various reforms in limiting alcohol and ending slavery. She is best known for her tireless efforts as a suffragist seeking equal and civil rights for women. In November 1872, Anthony was arrested in Rochester, NY, for illegally voting in the United States election. As a local newspaper wrote, “Voting illegally in her case means simply voting, for it is held that women cannot lawfully vote at all.” She was indicted and held for trial in early 1873. During March and April 1873, Anthony delivered an address titled “Is It a Crime for a US Citizen to Vote?” in 29 villages and towns of Monroe County, NY. The talk paralleled her attorney’s argument about women’s existing right to vote. While she wanted to educate everyone about the issue, she especially hoped to persuade the male population who could be called as jurors in the case. A Rochester newspaper printed her speech, giving it further circulation. When the district attorney requested and was granted a change of venue to Ontario County, Anthony canvassed the new county with her lecture. Anthony’s speech remains powerful and meaningful as the country approaches the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, which prohibits states from denying or abridging the right to vote on the basis of gender. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Karen Commins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/001310/bk_mike_001310_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Pacific Lady: The First Woman to Sail Solo Across the World's Largest Ocean: Outdoor Lives , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 385min
    It was an age without GPS and the Internet, without high-tech monitoring and instantaneous reporting. And it was a time when women simply didn't do such things. None of this deterred Sharon Sites Adams. In June 1965, Adams made history as the first woman to sail solo from the mainland United States to Hawaii. Four years later, just as Neil Armstrong very publicly stepped onto the moon, the diminutive Adams, alone and unobserved, finally sighted Point Arguello, California, after 74 days sailing a 31-foot ketch from Japan, across the violent and unpredictable Pacific. She was the first woman to do so, setting another world record. Inspiring and exciting, Adams's memoir recounts the personal path leading to her historic achievements: a tomboy childhood in the Oregon high desert, an early marriage and painful divorce, and a second marriage that ended when her husband died of cancer. In the wake of his death and almost by accident, Adams discovered sailing. Six weeks after her first sailing lesson, she bought a boat, and within eight months, she set out to achieve her first world record. Pacific Lady recounts the inward journey that paralleled her sailing feats, as Adams drew on every scrap of courage and navigational skill she could muster to overcome the seasickness, exhaustion, and loneliness that marked her harrowing crossings. The book is published by University of Nebraska Press. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lee Ann Howlett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/049898/bk_acx0_049898_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Packhorse Called Rachel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 317min
    A story of courage, fear, and defiance based on the authors own experience. A Packhorse Called Rachel is the remarkable tale of a girl of 20, daughter of a Jewish father, caught in the extraordinarily brutal world of France in 1944. Rachel moves through the book with her faithful dog Nourse, as her work with the Maquis based in the Auvergne takes her perilously close to danger.The account is based on personal experience, and the description of historical events is as true as memory will allow. It is beautifully written and at the same time captures the painful and lonely reality of life in the Maquis. Although all names have been changed, the writing includes some fine characterisations of the friends and foes the heroine meets and it describes the hardships resistance fighters, the Maquis, in the Auvergne had to face, the climate prevailing in winter, the Vichy traitors, and the hostility of ordinary people in Vichy France.Rachel overcomes the initial animosity and mistrust of the lecherous and alcoholic farmer Raboullet on whom she comes to rely; the wrath of the Gestapo, the betrayal of St Pré, a love and its tragic loss, and yet she triumphs.From the opening raid to the closing trial the book gives an incisive view, as we understand the mind and soul of the resistance better with each page. This is the story of a young woman paralleled with the struggle of a nation as it regains its courage to fight back. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Barbara Kellermann. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mybk/000032/bk_mybk_000032_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    History of Wisconsin: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Badger State, Starting from the Arrival of Jean Nicolet Through the Fox Wars, War of 1812, and Gilded Age to the Present , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 200min
    If you want to discover the captivating history of Wisconsin, then pay attention....The history of Wisconsin is so much more than just exhibits in museums. The 30th state has a long, rich story behind its modern-day façade. Thousands of years ago, ancient peoples hunted giant beasts on the frozen glaciers that have now given way to rivers and lakes. Rich cultures populated the frigid early forests of Wisconsin, eventually giving way to the arrival of French explorers. Soon, the British took over, ushering in an era of booming colonization, and Wisconsin saw its first recorded war. With the American Revolution, Wisconsin became free, and that brought a whole new set of challenges for its people to face.Wisconsin’s history is as richly detailed and relentlessly interesting as its glorious landscapes. Its history has always paralleled that of the United States, giving a fascinating, deeper glimpse into a story we all know so well. Wisconsin saw the effects of colonialism, stood up for the rights of all people during the Civil War, and endured the wrath of fire. And in this audiobook, you'll discover its story.In History of Wisconsin: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Badger State, Starting from the Arrival of Jean Nicolet Through the Fox Wars, War of 1812, and Gilded Age to the Present, you will discover topics such as Wild WisconsinFrench colonizationBritish colonizationWisconsin as a United States territoryWisconsin as a stateWisconsin burnsAnd much, much more!So if you want to learn more about the history of Wisconsin, scroll up and click the "buy now" button! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jason Zenobia. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/232217/bk_acx0_232217_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The God Design: Secrets of the Mind, Body and Soul , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 399min
    The God Design: Secrets of the Mind, Body and Soul is a thorough study and explanation of both the spiritual elements and physical compounds that coexist to create what has become known as the "Sacred Secretion". The author has endeavored to answer the questions and comments that have been raised since publishing her first YouTube video title: "Sacred Secretion / Christ Oil / True Anointing - Heaven on Earth". In order to build the information within this audiobook on a solid foundation, spiritual, religious teachings and scientific theories and facts are examined, compared, and paralleled. Not only does this book reveal scientific and spiritual evidence for the Sacred Secretion in order to assist the understanding of this amazing secret and absolute God-given phenomenon, it also provides personal insights and practical guidelines on how to "raise the Sacred Secretion". Biblical symbols and metaphors are decoded with the aid of mystical insights and the corroboration of the latest scientific discoveries and theories. What will be revealed is the marvellous design of the human body - “made in the image and likeness of God” (Genesis 1:27). By realizing and observing certain sacred truths the magnificent potential of the God Design can be unlocked and activated. Specifically, this book discusses the scientific discovery of biochemicals, naturally produced in the human body, and associated neurophysiological structures that facilitate the awareness of realms of existence beyond ordinary, physical reality. Serious, credentialed scientists are cited in this book, who based on careful experimentation, have concluded that these experiences in altered states of consciousness are as real as our physical reality. All aspects of the Sacred Secretion are covered, from Scripture to science: the incredible nerve plexuses, chakras and churches of Revelations, sexual sperm and prostate fluids, divine male and female e ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kelly-Marie Kerr. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/161746/bk_acx0_161746_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Secrets of Heavenly: Heavenly Plantation, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 628min
    Olivia's marriage to an African-American man was unacceptable to her mother Emma, Southern-bred descendant of prominent South Carolina slaveholders. Olivia assumed that bigotry was the product of her mother's loyalty to long-dead relatives, an allegiance to maintain the family's white blood line. After Emma's death though, Olivia finds a letter and an old journal among her belongings. Soon, she discovers the secret that prompted Emma to irrationally blame an entire race - a secret that had nothing to do with family history, although it strongly paralleled another tragic event from the past. 1846, Marianne Witherell's journal: Before Lincoln and the American Civil War, slavery is at its peak in South Carolina. A young slave girl named Willa suddenly arrives at Heavenly Plantation with her mother Heddie, destined to serve the wealthy plantation family as house servants. Right away, two of the Master's children - Marianne and Seth - forge a bond with Willa, in spite of their older brother Foster's warnings about the evils of mixing with the "darkies". Although she grows up in the "big house" treated like family by her pair of white friends, Willa cannot forget that she is still a slave. Never is that fact made clearer than when Foster cruelly taunts and threatens her in secret. As it threads through the lives of its diverse characters, this novel captures the complicated and often violent nature of life in the antebellum South. As Willa's story is told, a dramatic tapestry is woven, binding the Witherell family to a web of secrets that include forbidden love and faithful friendships alongside dangerous obsessions, mental instability, and even murder. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chris Abell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/060018/bk_acx0_060018_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Running Out , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 521min
    How far could you go? After a plane crash in a remote Canadian wilderness, elite endurance runner Dan Collins laces up his trail shoes and faces the race of his life - to save his wife, his daughter, and himself. The James Bay Region of far northern Quebec is one of the most isolated locations on Earth. Dan, his wife Deb, and their young daughter survive the crash, but Deb's leg is broken, and no one is looking for them - or even knows they're missing. Dan may be better trained athletically than anyone alive to cover hundreds of miles of broken ground on foot. His training as a health professional, though, gives him unique insight to the agonizing deterioration of his body and mind as his journey unfolds, and his analytical mind finds constant metaphor in his continuing metabolic breakdown. His physical progress is paralleled with a careful and tender examination of Dan's and Deb's ambivalent marriage, and the tension between them as ambitious elite athletes in the very different worlds of the road marathon and the trail ultra. Runners of any distance will find a uniquely deep consideration of these two sometimes opposing aspects of the sport - the fame of fabled road races vs. the allure of the lonely rugged trail - and every listener will relate to themes of ambition, guilt, identity, and loss as they play out for one character in the race of his life. Running Out does for ultrarunning what Once a Runner did for the track mile, and listeners who enjoy nonfiction about running like Born to Run will be engrossed in a survival narrative thriller set against the backdrop of endurance running and extreme sports. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dave Essinger. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/122545/bk_acx0_122545_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    American Titan: Searching for John Wayne , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 751min
    From the veteran New York Times best-selling biographer comes a major, in-depth look at one of the most enduring American icons of all time, "the Duke", John Wayne. As he did in his best-selling biographies of Jimmy Stewart and Clint Eastwood, acclaimed Hollywood biographer Marc Eliot digs deep beneath the myth in this revealing look at the most legendary Western film hero of all time; the man with the distinctive voice, walk, and demeanor who was an inspiration to many and a symbol of American masculinity, power, and patriotism. Eliot pays tribute to the man and the myth, identifying and analyzing the many interesting contradictions that made John Wayne who he was: an Academy Award-winning actor associated with cowboys and soldiers who didn’t like horses and never served in a war; a Republican icon who voted for Democrats Roosevelt and Truman; a white man often accused of racism who married three Mexican wives. Here are stories of the movies he made famous as well as numerous friends and legendary colleagues such as John Ford, Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, and Dean Martin. A top box-office draw for more than three decades - starring in 142 films from Stagecoach and True Grit, for which he won the Oscar to The Quiet Man and The Green Berets - John Wayne's life and career paralleled nearly the entire 20th century, from the Depression through World War II to the upheavals of the 1960s. Setting his life within the sweeping political and social transformations that defined the nation, Eliot's masterful portrait of the man they called Duke is a remarkable in depth look at a life and the "American Century" itself. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Pete Larkin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/004194/bk_harp_004194_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Soldiers of the Press - Civil War Journalism, 1861-1865: Traditional American History Series, Book 7 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 262min
    The Civil War involved the entire population in a way paralleled by no other conflict since the Revolution. Photographs of war deaths and almost instantaneous reports from the front by telegraph made the war years difficult for both parents and children. The War of Southern Secession, a civil war, had come to America. It would be one of the most tragic events in the nation's history, resulting from a dispute among its citizens over just what the new country should look like. For four years, the country passed through a traumatic military and social upheaval that touched the lives of its people in many ways. Such matters have sent historians delving in the depths of old newspaper columns, official records, letters, and memoirs to unearth the details of constitutional pressures, agricultural, and industrial production, social development, and political evolution, thereby producing over the intervening decades an enormous and ever-growing body of printed work. More than 100,000 volumes have been written about the American Civil War. But, what of the output of the print media during the crisis? The rising interest in politics meant that cartoons' content became a viable element of their overall criticism. At the same time, improved printing technologies such as the steam press sparked a tremendous growth in the number and distribution of American newspapers - up to 3,300 at the time of the war. In the first months after secession, newspapers printed and reprinted finely structured speeches given by politicians declaring how the Federal forces would march on to Richmond or how the flower of the Confederacy would whip the clerks and street scum of the North on the first day of battle. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dan Orders. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/053436/bk_acx0_053436_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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