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Green Thumb: A Novella , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 220min

Mutability blooms in the Florida Keys after the Red War and the genie boxes. King Pelicans with the brains of scientists and a single human hand in place of one webbed foot rule the ruins of half-drowned Miami. Slavers roam the deep waters offshore, taking captives to feed the voracious Kudzu Army and the human aqueduct bearing fresh water from Lake Okeechobee. On the last stretch of the Overseas Highway still standing, an albino seeress slowly becomes her name: White Flamingo. ''You,'' she says. ''You will reach for the sun while staying rooted to the ground. But I fear your shadow will be much too long.'' Transformed by his father's genie box in the late days of the Red War, Leaf has lived for decades or centuries alone in a collapsing Victorian house on a desolate sandy key, misunderstanding time, feeding on sunlight and dew. When at last he meets a boy like - but so unlike! - himself, Leaf understands he has met destiny and sets out on a long, strange journey. A post-apocalyptic, psychoactive, polymorphous-perverse pastorale, Green Thumb will startle you with its utter strangeness and break your heart with its fragile beauty. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Samuel Cress. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/023699/bk_acx0_023699_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Buddha's Story , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 246min

From the moment of his birth, Siddhartha Gautama never doubted his specialness. He arrived with magnificently webbed digits and could lick his own earlobes. His karma had been that good. Thus, the question was never whether he would become a king, but rather, what type of king he would become. Siddhartha's journey took a sudden spiritual turn when he came to the first of his many realizations: things die, and before they die, they suffer, a lot, for real. This harrowing insight formed the first of his eleven Four Noble Truths (not including the five other parts) and informed his ascetic-minded mission: to free the world of pain, even if he was very glad to no longer care about anything or anyone in it. Having already experienced an incalculable number of past lives, Siddhartha wondered, how could he himself escape this endless cycle of suffering? With this question came an enlightened answer that promised a possible way out: only those who live can die. As his body begins to fail following an ill-prepared meal, Siddhartha faces his ultimate test: will he achieve his blessed wish - to cease to exist once and for all - or will he be reborn yet again into another oozing life of pain. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chris Matheson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/222899/bk_acx0_222899_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Shotgun Lullaby: Conway Sax, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 591min

From critically acclaimed, Edgar-nominated author Steve Ulfelder: Conway Sax is back in a thrilling and heart-wrenching story of how far a father will go to save his son. Conway Sax is a man seeking redemption. A man with a deeply checkered past currently paying for his sins by helping Gus Biletnikov stay sober. Wise-ass Gus, son of a wealthy investment banker, drives Conway nuts. But he also reminds him of his own estranged son, and so Conway finds himself deeply invested in his well-being. When a brutal triple-murder takes place in Gus's halfway house, Conway suspects Gus was the intended victim, and resolves to find the killer in his usual full-tilt, no-holds-barred fashion. The list of suspects soon includes the longtime organized-crime warlord of Springfield, Massachusetts; Gus's own father, who's a bundle of insecurity despite his fortune; the father's second wife, a stunning beauty webbed in ugly motives; and a Houston con man who'll swipe your gold fillings but crack you up while he does so. But the case is no laughing matter to Conway when somebody close to him is murdered. To find the killer and prevent yet more senseless death, he needs help from both an ambitious Brazilian-American state cop, and an unlikely criminal source. Along the way, Conway's personal responsibilities clash with his vow to help fellow alcoholics, forcing him to make his toughest decision yet in this unforgettable pause-resister reminiscent of Robert B. Parker and Dennis Lehane. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Boyett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/012006/bk_adbl_012006_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Who is Jesus?: An Introduction to Christology, Hörbuch, Digital, 422min

What does it really mean to say Jesus' life, death, and resurrection "saved" us from our sins? How is one to think about other world religions, given the claims of the Catholic Church about the uniqueness of Jesus Christ's role in the salvation of all of human history? Through this unique series, you will discover extraordinary answers to these questions and others from Scripture and 2,000 years of tradition. This series will address the fundamental issues of the Catholic faith in a directly relevant way. It is astonishing that an unschooled peasant from a town in an insignificant portion of Israel who, at the most, was publicly active for three short years became arguably the single most important individual who has ever belonged to the human race. Through this series of lectures, you will explore the development of the Catholic understanding of the meaning of Jesus Christ. This area of theology, called Christology, forms a central place in the more general area of theological thought called systematic theology. You will trace Christian thinking of Jesus Christ from the days of his ministry in first-century Palestine through the days of the early church, the medieval period, the reformation, and modern time. People of the Christian faith profess that Jesus is fully human and fully divine while distinguishing him from God the Father and the Holy Spirit. Jesus, Christians affirm, was one personal reality webbed into the whole human race, the planet earth, and the entire cosmos. Explore what this means. Who is Jesus? Language: English. Narrator: Brian O. McDermott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/nykm/000169/bk_nykm_000169_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Top 10 Dinosaurs of 2014: The 10 Biggest Dinosaur Discoveries of 2014: I Know Dino Top 10 Dinosaurs , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 39min

“The water is murky. Sand and grit stir it up, making it difficult for the giant predator with the 6-foot-tall sail on his back to see. He lowers his mouth into the water, his high nostrils allowing him to breathe easily while the pits on his snout feel for pressure and sense for fish swimming nearby. "Nothing moves, or at least nothing worth attempting to catch. The large theropod - Spinosaurus - wades into the water. Tired from balancing his long head and neck with his short back legs, Spinosaurus relaxes as he submerges like a crocodile, flexing his flat, webbed feet in the water.” In the golden age of dinosaur discoveries, paleontologists are frequently learning about new dinosaurs and new facts about already-known species. At least 14 dinosaurs made the headlines in 2014 alone. Blending fiction with fact, Top 10 Dinosaurs of 2014 reimagines the way 10 of the newly described Jurassic and Cretaceous dinosaurs lived in their natural habitats. Listener disclaimer: Each dinosaur is written in its own, short, reimagined scene, based on all the scientific facts paleontologist's currently know. Scenes are followed by a short list of facts. If you'd like to learn more facts about each dinosaur, listen to the corresponding I Know Dino podcast episode, listed at the end of each scene. Featuring: The chicken from hell Anzu wylieiThe American eagle-faced Aquilops americanusThe long-feathered robber Changyuraptor yangiThe terrible hand Deinocheirus mirificusThe fear-nothing dinosaur Dreadnoughtus schraniThe Kulinda River running dinosaur Kulindadromeus zabaikalicusThe polar bear lizard Nanuqsaurus hoglundiThe Pinocchio rex Qianzhousaurus sinensisThe spiny lizard Spinosaurus aegyptiacusThe savage lizard Torvosaurus gurneyi The audiobook also inc ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sabrina Ricci, Garret Kruger. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/127881/bk_acx0_127881_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Galápagos: The History of the Famous Pacific Islands and Their Unique Ecosystem , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 101min

A white seabird with a teal beak dappled with pink and orange colors and a set of apple-red webbed feet hops from one branch to another, with all the grace of a toddler learning to take his first steps. Not far from this charming bird, the red-footed booby, a majestic lizard the size of a plump house cat with coral-pink scales and black stripes, scuttles across the earth and ducks underneath a shrub for some much-needed shade. Feet away from the aptly-named pink iguana, a scolopendra centipede lies in wait. The long, slender insect, about the size of a large twig, has a chocolate-colored, ribbed shell for a body, its fiery orange-tipped legs piercing into the sand as it scours its surroundings for unsuspecting lava lizards and rice rats. Unaware of the impending bloodbath, a pocket-sized penguin, no more than 19 inches long, emerges from the crystal-clear waters and splashes about with its stubby flippers before waddling onto the beach. These are only a handful of the seemingly whimsical creatures that reside in the gorgeous Galápagos Islands, a fantastic paradise of an archipelago brimming with life and unexpected heterogeneity. Come nightfall, this natural nirvana is equally, if not more disarmingly, spellbinding.Unperturbed by the poisons of pollution, the charcoal-black canvas is almost completely dotted with dazzling constellations from both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, a mesmerizing panorama unique only to this beautiful nest of islands.On the surface, the Galápagos could have been plucked out of the imagination of a vastly creative author of adventure fiction or perhaps, a starry-eyed spinner of fairy tales. But of course, the astounding archipelago is indeed real, a picturesque product of Mother Nature's endless mastery, and the archipelago has become almost synonymous with British naturalist Charles Darwin, who produced several groundbreaking theories about natural selection and evolution based on his time there. Dar ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim D. Johnston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/176402/bk_acx0_176402_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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