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    Questions of Perspective , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 528min
    No one knew it at the time, but April 19, 2011, was the most important day in the history of the world.After his only friend and colleague John Manta disappears without a word, Dave Randall further entrenches himself in the humdrum life of an unenthusiastic lawyer. But once he begins to understand what happened, he embarks on a journey to uncover the deeper meanings and implications of John’s fate.Accompanied by Peaches the cat, Dave uproots his life and reinvents himself in the midst of his search. Along the way, he is haunted by his piecemeal understanding of John’s fate and what it means for his existence. Little does Dave know, his journey of self-discovery will have ramifications that extend far beyond the borders of his own little life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tyler Wolfe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/225328/bk_acx0_225328_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    RUTAN: In 2 Minds, Hörbuch, Digital, 59min
    Mysterious death. Grieving mother. Government conspiracy. Edinburgh hackette Nicola McLaren has heard it all before. Just a routine investigation into the whole heap of nothing that forms the humdrum grind of real life journalism, right? Wrong. Before long people tried to kill her, a lunatic ex-soldier abducts her and she finds herself chased half way across the country to meet aliens she's not even sure exist. Oh, and then she has to save the world. Written by Iain Hepburn. Directed by Nigel Fairs. Post Production and Music by Nigel Fairs. Produced by Bill Baggs. Martin Broad (Foley), Ashleigh Gray (Nicola), Nigel Peever (Wight), Jackie Skarvellis (Liz), Richard Stemp (Cashier / Newsreader / Host / Nash), Joe Young (Dunne), Mark Greig (Tommy), Nigel Fairs (Hall). A full-cast audio drama. Language: English. Narrator: Martin Broad. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbvp/000011/bk_bbvp_000011_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    ReInventing Yourself, Hörbuch, Digital, 168min
    Whether you're self-employed, a middle manager, or a Fortune 500 executive, it's easy to get stuck in a humdrum life and only fantasize about "what could have been." Motivational speaker Steve Chandler helps you turn that way of thinking into "what will be." ReInventing Yourself is filled with techniques for breaking down negative barriers and letting go of pessimistic thoughts that prevent you from fulfilling - or even allowing yourself to conceive of - your goals and dreams. Within each of us is an inspiration - a spark of insight about the person we were meant to be. ReInventing Yourself helps us to name that vision, to call it ours and to begin to make it come true. We really can become the people we've always wanted to be. Steve Chandler tells us how. Language: English. Narrator: Steve Chandler. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/high/000034/bk_high_000034_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Never Did the Fire (eBook, ePUB)
    Never Did the Fire unfolds in the humdrum of everyday working class existence, making the afterlife of an agitator that of anyone living next door. For one old couple, brought together years ago in an underground cell, the revolution has ended in a small apartment, a grinding job caring for the bodies of the unwell well-to-do, and all the aches and pains that go with a long life and a long marriage. Untethered from the political action that defined them, and mourning the loss of their child, their bonds dissolve, but the consequences of their former life, and their dependence on each other, won't let them go.A literary icon in Chile and a major figure in the anti-Pinochet resistance, Diamela Eltit is at the height of her powers in this novel of breakdowns. Never Did the Fire evokes the charged air of Chile's violent past, and the burdens it carries into the present-day, when the structures we built, and the ones we succumbed to, no longer offer us any comfort or prospect of salvation.
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    Dubliners, Volume 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 179min
    James Joyce's Dubliners is a collection of short stories about the lives of the people of Dublin around the turn of the century. Each story describes a small but significant moment of crisis or revelation in the life of a particular Dubliner, sympathetically but always with stark honesty. Many of the characters are desperate to escape the confines of their humdrum lives, though those that have the opportunity to do so seem unable to take it. This work holds none of the difficulties of Joyce's later novels, such as Ulysses, yet in its way it is just as radical. These stories introduce us to the city which fed Joyce's entire creative output, and to many of the characters who made it such a well of literary inspiration.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim Norton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/000016/bk_naxo_000016_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Monstrous Devices , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 567min
    On a winter’s day in a British town, 12-year-old Alex receives a package in the mail: an old tin robot from his grandfather. “This one is special,” says the enclosed note, and when strange events start occurring around him, Alex suspects this small toy is more than special; it might be deadly.Right as things get out of hand, Alex’s grandfather arrives, pulling him away from an attack - and his otherwise humdrum world of friends, bullies, and homework - and into the macabre magic of an ancient family feud. Together, the duo flees across snowy Europe, unraveling the riddle of the little robot while trying to outwit relentless assassins of the human and mechanical kind.With an ever-present admiration for the hidden mysteries of our world, Monstrous Devices plunges listeners into a gripping adventure that’s sure to surprise. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Allan Corduner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lili/003365/bk_lili_003365_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Clay , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 13min
    This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 1 collection. James Joyce's Dubliners is a collection of short stories about the lives of the people of Dublin around the turn of the century. Each story describes a small but significant moment of crisis or revelation in the life of a particular Dubliner, sympathetically but always with stark honesty. Many of the characters are desperate to escape the confines of their humdrum lives, though those that have the opportunity to do so seem unable to take it. This work holds none of the difficulties of Joyce's later novels, such as Ulysses, yet in its way it is just as radical. These stories introduce us to the city which fed Joyce's entire creative output, and to many of the characters who made it such a well of literary inspiration. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim Norton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/000985/bk_naxo_000985_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Virtual Lives of Godfrey Plunkett , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 244min
    To escape his monotonous life of humdrum tedium, Godfrey Plunkett frequently escapes into the world of his fertile imagination. There, away from all criticism and the disparaging looks from his fellow human beings, he can be free to live his dreams. He can be a hero, a celebrity, a movie star - anything he wants. And, somehow, these inner thoughts help him to maintain his optimism that something fantastic is just around the corner, and is about to happen for him, for real - at any moment. But, out there in the harsh, real world, will anything fulfilling or exciting ever happen for this poor, misunderstood individual? Or is he destined only to experience the excitement of life in the privacy of his own thoughts? And, more importantly, what happens when the boundary between his make-believe world and reality starts to blur? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Trueman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/060163/bk_acx0_060163_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Call for the Dead (Dramatised) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 87min
    Simon Russell Beale stars in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of John le Carré's first novel, which introduced his most famous character, George Smiley. This dramatisation, set in London in the late 1950s, finds Smiley engaged in the humdrum job of security vetting. But when a Foreign Office civil servant commits suicide after an apparently unproblematic interview, Smiley is baffled. Refusing to believe that Fennan shot himself soon after making a cup of cocoa and asking the exchange to telephone him in the morning, Smiley decides to investigate - only to uncover a murderous conspiracy with its roots in his own secret wartime past. Starring the award-winning Simon Russell Beale as Smiley, and with a distinguished cast including Kenneth Cranham, Eleanor Bron, and Anna Chancellor, this tense, thrilling dramatisation perfectly captures the atmosphere of le Carré's masterful début novel. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kenneth Cranham, Eleanor Bron, Anna Chancellor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/002861/bk_bbcw_002861_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Run with the Horses: The Quest for Life at its Best , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 366min
    If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses?" Jeremiah 12:5 We all long to live life at its best-to fuse freedom and spontaneity with purpose and meaning. Why then do we often find our lives so humdrum, so unadventuresome, so routine? Or else so frantic, so full of activity, but still devoid of fulfillment? How do we learn to risk, to trust, to pursue wholeness and excellence-to run with the horses in the jungle of life? In a series of profound reflections on the life of Jeremiah the prophet, Eugene Peterson explores the heart of what it means to be fully and genuinely human. His writing is filled with humor and self-reflection, insight and wisdom, helping to set a course for others n the quest for life at its best. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lloyd James. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hove/000069/bk_hove_000069_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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