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  Boneheads and Brainiacs: Heroes and Scoundrels of the Nobel Prize in Medicine , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 528min

  Even the greatest minds in medicine have been terribly, terribly wrong.The inventor of the lobotomy won a Nobel prize in medicine for destroying his patients' brains. Another Nobel laureate thought malaria cured syphilis. The discoverer of anaphylactic shock also researched the spirit world and ESP. A pioneer of organ transplants was an ardent eugenicist, while the founder of sports physiology heroically spoke out against Nazism.Boneheads and Brainiacs profiles the winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine from 1901 to 1950 - a surprisingly diverse group of racists, cranks, and opportunists, as well as heroes, geniuses, and selfless benefactors of humanity. Forget all the ivory tower stereotypes of white-coated doctors finding miracle cures. Boneheads and Brainiacs reveals the messy human reality behind medical progress, in a highly entertaining audiobook for the ordinary listener.Some were bad scientists; others were great scientists and lousy human beings. But the majority of these researchers produced knowledge that now saves millions of lives - priceless discoveries like the role of vitamins in nutrition, the dangers of radiation, treatments for diabetes and deadly infectious diseases, and more. Boneheads and Brainiacs showcases the enthralling, all-too-human personal lives that made modern medicine possible. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Sweeney-Bear. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/196226/bk_acx0_196226_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Executioner's Song , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2557min

  Norman Mailer's Pulitzer Prize-winning and unforgettable classic about convicted killer Gary Gilmore now in a brand-new edition.Arguably the greatest book from America's most heroically ambitious writer, The Executioner's Song follows the short, blighted life of Gary Gilmore who became famous after he robbed two men in 1976 and killed them in cold blood. After being tried and convicted, he immediately insisted on being executed for his crime. To do so, he fought a system that seemed intent on keeping him alive long after it had sentenced him to death. And that fight for the right to die is what made him famous.Mailer tells not only Gilmore's story, but those of the men and women caught in the web of his life and drawn into his procession toward the firing squad. All with implacable authority, steely compassion, and a restraint that evokes the parched landscape and stern theology of Gilmore's Utah. The Executioner's Song is a trip down the wrong side of the tracks to the deepest source of American loneliness and violence. It is a towering achievement - impossible to put down, impossible to forget.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Maxwell Hamilton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/004466/bk_hach_004466_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Smoking Inn: The Chronicles of Diana Attestesso , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 536min

  Heroically triumphing over her abusive ex who abducted their daughter, Luna, Diana Atestesso has to rise from the ashes. What more unlikely way to do that than to team up with her lost love, Finn, to build a bar named Sacred Hearts that unexpectedly becomes a haven for “freaks” of all kinds - a gonzo journalist, a drag-queen diva, a lesbian musical virtuoso, and Diana’s mentor, Selene, who embarks on an unexpected same-sex relationship in her twilight years?But not everyone joins the celebration. Hard-shell religious power-broker, Arden Pulsifer, and fanatic zealot, Archibald Jack, seek to tear down Diana’s dreams even as she bursts her shell to be the fiery warrior she always meant to be. This battle will require all her wits, ingenuity, and courage to keep her sacred heart from turning to ash.The Smoking Inn is the riveting follow-up to the gripping thriller The Fire Golem, expanding on the journey of Diana, Finn, Luna, Selene, and a host of new characters to build meaning in a world of alternating conflict and redemption. Welcome to the The Smoking Inn, a place your heart will gladly never leave. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bethany A. Beeler. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/237001/bk_acx0_237001_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Wild Storm: A Derrick Storm Thriller , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 687min

  Derrick Storm, the guy the CIA calls on when it wants something investigated domestically, is 33,000 feet in the air, returning from a rock-climbing vacation in the Swiss Alps, when the plane spirals into a nosedive. Storm uses his climbing gear to tether himself to the wing and heroically save the plane and all the people onboard. Sadly, Storm is not available to come to the aid of the three other planes that have crashed under similar circumstances, killing everyone onboard. Interestingly, many of the victims are powerful people in politics, business, and religious groups. The always elusive Jedidiah Jones, leader of the National Clandestine Service that has no name, calls on Storm to investigate. Storm determines that an unknown extremist has secured enough of the rare earth element promethium to create a laser with the power to shoot down planes from the ground. The problem swiftly becomes a global one as four more planes crash in the Arabian Desert. Details, intuition, and courage lead Storm to Monaco, Panama City, and Egypt as he meets beautiful women, rides angry camels, and rescues innocent victims in his valiant effort to track down the maniacal mind. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robert Petkoff. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/002003/bk_hach_002003_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Beautiful Ruins , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 744min

  Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter, read by Amy Finegan. The story begins on the Italian coast in 1962. A young innkeeper watches in disbelief as a beautiful American girl gets out of a boat and climbs towards his hotel. She turns out to be an actress, on the run from the shenanigans going on down the coast in Rome at the filming of Cleopatra. A few days later international star Richard Burton, much the worse for wear, appears in the village, too. Half a century later, and half a world away in Hollywood, an elderly Italian man shows up on a movie studio's back lot - searching for the woman he last saw in his hotel 50 years before. What unfolds is a dazzling novel teeming with unforgettable characters: the Italian and his long-lost love; the heroically cynical film producer who first brought them together, now a successful legend on the Hollywood scene, and his idealistic young assistant; and the husbands, wives and lovers, superstars and victims, who have populated their world since that summer day in 1962. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amy Finegan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pauk/001757/bk_pauk_001757_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  If You Were Here: A Novel of Suspense , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 771min

  Magazine journalist McKenna Jordan is chasing the latest urban folktale - the story of an unidentified woman who heroically pulled a teenage boy from the subway tracks seconds before the arrival of an oncoming train. When McKenna locates a video snippet that purportedly captures the incident, she thinks she has an edge on the competition scrambling to identify the mystery heroine. McKenna is shocked to discover that the woman in the video bears a strong resemblance to Susan Hauptmann, a close friend - and a classmate of her husband's at West Point - who vanished without a trace 10 years earlier. The NYPD concluded that the nomadic Susan - forced by her father into an early military life, floundering as an adult for a fixed identity - simply started over again somewhere else. But McKenna has always believed that the truth went deeper than the police investigation ever reached and sees Susan's resurfacing as a sign that she wants to be found. What might have been a short-lived Metro story sends the former-prosecutor-turned-reporter on a twisting search that leads across New York City - and to dark secrets buried dangerously close to home.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Roxanne Hernandez. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/003465/bk_harp_003465_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial, Hörbuch, Digital, 191min

  Merciless attacks by an invincible alien force have left the New Republic reeling. Dozens of worlds have succumbed to occupation or annihilation, and even the Jedi Knights have tasted defeat. In these darkest of times, the noble Chewbacca is laid to rest, having died as heroically as he lived. A grief-stricken Han Solo is left to fit the pieces of his shattered soul back together before he loses everything: friends, family, and faith. Refusing help from Leia or Luke, Han becomes the loner he once was, seeking to escape the pain of his partner's death in adventure...and revenge. When he learns that an old friend from his smuggling days is operating as a mercenary for the enemy, he sets out to expose the traitor. But Han's investigation uncovers an even greater evil: a sinister conspiracy aimed at the very heart of the New Republic's will and ability to fight. Now Han must face down his inner demons and, with the help of a new and unexpected ally, honor Chewbacca's sacrifice in the only way that matters - by being worthy of it. Language: English. Narrator: Anthony Heald. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/001097/bk_rand_001097_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Lost Fleet: Dauntless , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 596min

  The Alliance has been fighting the Syndics for a century, and losing badly. Now its fleet is crippled and stranded in enemy territory. Their only hope is Captain John "Black Jack" Geary, a man who has emerged from a century-long hibernation to find he has been heroically idealized beyond belief. Captain John "Black Jack" Geary's legendary exploits are known to every schoolchild. Revered for his heroic "last stand" in the early days of the war, he was presumed dead. But a century later, Geary miraculously returns from survival hibernation and reluctantly takes command of the Alliance fleet as it faces annihilation by the Syndics. Appalled by the hero-worship around him, Geary is nevertheless a man who will do his duty. And he knows that bringing the stolen Syndic hypernet key safely home is the Alliance's one chance to win the war. But to do that, Geary will have to live up to the impossibly heroic "Black Jack" legend. BONUS AUDIO: Author Jack Campbell explains how the legend of King Arthur, the Greek historian Xenophon, and other writings influenced the Lost Fleet series. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christian Rummel, Jack Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/000105/bk_adbl_000105_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Mission Rediscovered, Hörbuch, Digital, 275min

  Explore the extraordinary history and theology of Christian mission. Encounter the great Christian missionaries from those Christ first commissioned through the men and women who continue to heroically and sensitively communicate the faith today. Through this remarkably well-taught 12-lecture series, you will gain special insight into the Catholic Church's timeless mission and the special issues it confronts today. Jesuit professor Fr. Fernández is a master storyteller and celebrated theologian. You will find this series informative and moving. Characteristic of missiology's method, this course is interdisciplinary, drawing from such areas such as biblical studies, history, anthropology, and theology. Among the topics discussed are a comparative view of Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant approaches to evangelism and evangelization; inculturation, which some describe as preaching the Gospel in a way that makes sense to a particular culture; religious pluralism and inter-religious dialogue; mission and ecumenicity; mission as the promotion of social justice; and the spirituality of mission. From its biblical basis through its extraordinary history and current practice, you will come to see and understand mission in the richest sense. This course is both informative and enjoyable. Language: English. Narrator: Eduardo C. Fernández. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/nykm/000099/bk_nykm_000099_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  No Way Out: The Searing True Story of Men Under Siege , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 585min

  In Helmand province in July 2006, Major Adam Jowett was given command of Easy Company, a hastily assembled and understrength unit of Paras and Royal Irish rangers. Their mission was to hold the District Centre of Musa Qala at any cost. Easy Company found themselves in a ramshackle compound, cut off and heavily outnumbered by the Taliban in the town.  In No Way Out, Adam evokes the heat and chaos of battle as the Taliban hit Easy Company with wave after wave of brutal attack. He describes what it was like to have responsibility for the lives of his men as they fought back heroically over 21 days and nights of relentless, nerve-shredding combat. Finally, as they came down to their last rounds and death stared Easy Company in the face, the siege took an extraordinary turn....  Powerful, highly charged and moving, No Way Out is Adam's tribute to the men of Easy Company who paid a heavy price for serving their country.   PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gunnar Cauthery. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/macm/001329/bk_macm_001329_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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