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Alice-Miranda in New York: Alice-Miranda, Book 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 347min
Alice-Miranda is in bustling New York City. It's a blur of skyscrapers, hot dog carts, chats with zoo animals and classes at Mrs Kimmel's School for Girls, right next to glorious Central Park. Her family's glamorous department store, Highton's on Fifth, has just been renovated, but plans for the fabulous reopening party are going curiously wrong. Is that why Alice-Miranda's father, Hugh, seems so worried? And why is her new friend, Lucinda, so shy about inviting Alice-Miranda home? Jacqueline Harvey is an award-winning, best-selling children's author from Australia. A former teacher and Deputy Headmistress, she writes the very popular Alice-Miranda books and has recently launched a spin-off series about a lovely little girl called Clementine Rose. Jacqueline is travelling in the UK and Singapore in early 2013, introducing Alice-Miranda and Clementine Rose and having a wonderful time meeting children and visiting schools. She likes to write her books with a view - preferably of the ocean, but she is not averse to the countryside either. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jacqueline Harvey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/026436/bk_adbl_026436_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Bounced: A Blue Collar Bad Boy Romance: Blue Collar Bad Boys , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 52min, (USK 18)
Anvil is a rough, muscled bouncer working in a roadhouse. Sarah is a type-A, risk averse actuarial major with her whole life mapped out. She has a plan. Goals. And none of them include a tattooed, possessive bouncer. She just wanted one night off from being perfect, boring, and careful. The night she steps out to try something out of her comfort zone, sneaking into a bar on the shady side of town, the alpha bouncer steps in to protect her from danger. Danger from everything but him. *Author's confession: I don't even know if this could happen in real life. Luckily, it's a book. That means the hot, tatted, beardy bouncer can totally take one look at the virgin college student studying actuarial science and know he's going to marry the sh*t out of her. Right? * *Anyway - totally safe romance - HEA, no cheating, hero who wouldn't dream of looking at another woman after he sees Sarah. Trust Auntie Brill. It's a crazy story, but it's so much fun. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kale Williams, Lisa Zimmerman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/101119/bk_acx0_101119_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Bound to Favor : Bound Series, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 368min
Kamali Danladi has sworn never to get married again. But his meddling mother is bent on hitching him to any eligible female that comes along to the next family gathering. There's only one thing for it. Get fake-hitched to his executive assistant. If anyone is more averse to marriage than he is, it's her. So they'll be perfect together. Or at least, they'll fake perfect together.Ebun Forson doesn't do families. She certainly doesn't do festivities. So when she has to spend a week playing fiancée to her boss, how is she going to cope with the extensive Danladi kinsfolk without breaking out in hives? Her next shopping trip funded by the bonus he's giving her should more than make up for the inconvenience.However, she soon finds the real threat is to her heart. The dark and intense Kamali behaves as if he sees through to her soul, making her almost forget that this is all an act. In any case, someone with a past like hers doesn’t deserve a happy ever after, surely.Bound to Favor is a story about learning to heal from emotional pain and finding love in the most unexpected places. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Maxx Pinkins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/184916/bk_acx0_184916_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Filmmaking Confidential: Secrets from an Independent Filmmaker , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 303min
Since 1998, Steve Balderson has made 17 feature films. Looking back on these years of productivity, Steve has crafted a volume of invaluable perspective, tips, how-tos, and general philosophy about making independent films, no matter the budget, no matter the location.Balderson worries little about who he will offend. Instead, he focuses his attention on what it takes to be a productive filmmaker in an industry that is risk-averse and locked in a world where rigid process seems more important than creativity.This Kansas-born outsider has garnered awards, critical acclaim, and rave reviews globally, including one from Roger Ebert, who called him “brilliant.” His film Casserole Club is in the US Library of Congress permanent collection; Firecracker won numerous accolades in film festivals around the globe. And it goes on and on...These kudos notwithstanding, the real potency of this book is how Balderson’s beliefs about making films and working with people - whether they be Oscar-winning actors and Grammy-winning musicians, or the waitress “extra” in the restaurant - have been the fuel for this remarkable collection of successful motion pictures. Listen to it, and then, go make your film! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steve Balderson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/215081/bk_acx0_215081_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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15 Celebrities Who Have Killed: From the Limelight to the Court Room , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 42min
There аrе famous people whо hаvе accidentally killеd others оr соmmittеd murder. Wе dо nоt undertake to соndеmn or juѕtifу, wе аrе juѕt ѕtаting thе fасtѕ. Thоugh Hоllуwооd iѕn't averse tо dаngеr, and certainly соurtѕ itѕ ѕhаrе of it, wе оftеn fоrgеt thаt асtоrѕ аrе, аftеr all, human bеingѕ juѕt like uѕ; just аѕ fallible, and givеn the tеmрtаtiоnѕ аѕѕосiаtеd with Hollywood, аll the mоrе likely tо fаll fоul оf thе lаw. Whеthеr these celebrities gоt thеmѕеlvеѕ in trоublе bеfоrе thеу got fаmоuѕ or during, the salient point iѕ thаt you've рrоbаblу fоrgоttеn about thе transgression bу nоw - оr реrhарѕ nеvеr knеw in thе firѕt рlасе. Whеthеr thеѕе сrimеѕ harmed оthеrѕ or not, their shocking nаturе mаkеѕ it ѕurрriѕing thаt thеу'rе ѕtill еmрlоуаblе bу Hоllуwооd. But hеу, the film induѕtrу iѕn't еxасtlу known fоr its moral fiber, nоw is it? Wеll, еvеrуоnе mаkеѕ mistakes, but that dоеѕn't mеаn that thеу are bad аnd deserve tо burn in hеll. Hеrе аrе a bunch оf сеlеbritiеѕ whom we lоvе, аnd even look uр tо fоr inѕрirаtiоn, but thеу'vе hаd criminal rесоrds in thе раѕt. Let's tаkе a lооk into the liѕt. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dave Wright. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/062252/bk_acx0_062252_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Roulette , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 562min
Megan Mulry, USA Today bestselling author and recipient of NPR's Best Book of 2012 (A Royal Pain), takes readers on a sexy, stylish journey of high-stakes passion in her latest book. Miki Durand has always dodged the limelight. As the illegitimate daughter of a French movie star and a Russian billionaire, she craves a normal life - and it's almost within reach. She's up for a tenure-track position and has a perfect-on-paper boyfriend. What more could a woman want? But when an unforeseen tragedy knocks her off cruise control, Miki finds herself leaving sunny LA for cosmopolitan St. Petersburg. With the fate of her father's international business in her hands, she comes face-to-face with the ultimate temptation: corporate rival Jérôme Michel de Villiers. He's everything she never thought she wanted, and their sizzling attraction soon sparks into an all-consuming flame. Notoriously risk-averse, Miki knows it would be a gamble to fall for the sexy French playboy. But for the first time in her life, she's ready to take a chance and let the chips fall where they may. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Neva Navarre. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/006598/bk_brll_006598_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Blue Beard, Hörbuch, Digital, 14min
Bluebeard is a French folktale, the most famous surviving version of which was written by Charles Perrault. The tale tells the story of a violent nobleman in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of one wife to avoid the fate of her predecessors. "Once upon a time there was a man who had fine houses, both in town and country, a deal of silver and gold plate, carved furniture, and coaches gilded all over. But unhappily this man had a blue beard, which made him so ugly and so terrible that all the women and girls ran away from him. One of his neighbors, a lady of quality, had two daughters who were perfect beauties. He asked for one of them in marriage, leaving to her the choice of which she would bestow on him. They would neither of them have him, and they sent him backward and forward from one to the other, neither being able to make up her mind to marry a man who had a blue beard. Another thing which made them averse to him was that he had already married several wives, and nobody knew what had become of them. Language: English. Narrator: Rowan Michaels. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acho/000027/bk_acho_000027_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Chairs in the Rafters , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 89min
In a seaside Jersey town, a risk-averse illustrator on the brink of leaving her husband for another man spends one “perfect night with perfect people.” Warm, witty, and bursting with life, the friends of the man for whom she may or may not be leaving her husband thrill something deep inside her – and leave her grasping for a future she will chase down for years to come. Already considered a master of the novel, National Book Award Winner Julia Glass, author of the best-selling Three Junes and The Widower’s Tale, proves here that she is just as adept at the long short story, offering up a rich tale of love, friendship, and the shockingly irrational choices that often lie behind our most monumental decisions. Glass’s signature eye for detail and perfectly paced psychological simmer are on full display, but Chairs in the Rafters explores utterly new terrain, beautifully demonstrating how our misconceptions about other peoples' lives (inner and outer) can fuel our own life choices. This is literary fiction at its best – the sort of story that forces you to look at your own twisting path with new eyes. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Erin Bennett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/017900/bk_adbl_017900_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Alice-Miranda at Sea: Alice-Miranda, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 314min
Alice-Miranda is set for a luxurious cruise aboard the royal yacht Octavia, where the wedding of Aunt Charlotte and the famous actor Lawrence Ridley will be taking place. All her family and lots of her friends will be there! But it's not just the rumours of a jewel thief onboard giving Alice-Miranda one of her strange feelings. Why does the ship's doctor look so familiar? And who is the shy blond boy hiding in one of the suites? Can Alice-Miranda solve the mystery in time for the celebrations? Jacqueline Harvey is an award-winning, best-selling children's author from Australia. A former teacher and Deputy Headmistress, she writes the very popular Alice-Miranda books and has recently launched a spin-off series about a lovely little girl called Clementine Rose. Jacqueline is travelling in the UK and Singapore in early 2013, introducing Alice-Miranda and Clementine Rose and having a wonderful time meeting children and visiting schools. She likes to write her books with a view - preferably of the ocean, but she is not averse to the countryside either. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jacqueline Harvey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/026435/bk_adbl_026435_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 444min
When Communist Party leaders adopted the one-child policy in 1980, they hoped curbing birthrates would help lift China's poorest and increase the country's global stature. But at what cost? Now, as China closes the book on the policy after more than three decades, it faces a population grown too old and too male, with a vastly diminished supply of young workers. Mei Fong has spent years documenting the policy's repercussions on every sector of Chinese society. In One Child, she explores its true human impact, traveling across China to meet the people who live with its consequences. Their stories reveal a dystopian reality: unauthorized second children ignored by the state, only children supporting aging parents and grandparents on their own, villages teeming with ineligible bachelors, and an ungoverned adoption market stretching across the globe. Fong tackles questions that have major implications for China's future: whether its "Little Emperor" cohort will make for an entitled or risk-averse generation; how China will manage to support itself when one in every four people is over 65 years old; and, above all, how much the one-child policy may end up hindering China's growth. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Janet Song. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/005656/bk_tant_005656_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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