63 Results for : landmine
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Geir: SEALs of Steel Series, Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 341min
Geir Pavla, a former SEAL, has recovered from the damage done when his squad's truck drove over an antitank landmine more than two years ago. Six other team-mates were also badly injured, the seventh - Mouse - dead, in what their team leader realized later had to be a trap. Geir has been trying to uncover details about Mouse’s history. The more he discovers, the more he fears their newest member was nothing of the man they thought they knew and believed they could trust. Morning Blossom runs a B&B in San Diego that her father co-owns. Unfortunately, he wants to sell despite that the business is the safety net she needs to pursue her passion for painting. While she longs to make a career of what's only ever been a hobby, she isn't sure she has the ability to be a success. Morning has avoided long-term relationships after one man who'd stayed at the B&B wanted to take up perpetual residence despite her objections. Geir, however, is someone she could grow used to having around permanently. While Geir doesn't understand her naivete in letting strangers invade her world, Morning's innocence and belief in the goodness of humanity attracts him. Geir's innate protectiveness becomes much more than either of them anticipated when the nastiness of his world inevitably spills into hers.... Author note: For your listening pleasure, this series must be heard in order. SEALs of Steel listening order:BadgerErickCadeTalonLaszloGeirJager ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gregory Salinas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/158570/bk_acx0_158570_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Cade: SEALs of Steel Series, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 389min
Book 3: SEALs of SteelCade Terence, a former SEAL, has spent the last two years physically recovering when his unit’s truck drove over an antitank landmine. Six other teammates were also badly hurt, the seventh dead, in what their team leader Badger Horley realized later had to be a trap set to take them out. The father of Laszlo, a member of his unit, was in a hit-and-run. Investigating this accident leads Cade and other members of the team on a trail with very definite connections to the original incident that nearly got him and the entire squad killed.Faith Halladay is a commercial airline pilot. When her best friend Elizabeth is in a serious accident that leaves her in a coma and threatens to steal her life, she rushes to Norway to sit vigil at her bedside. There, she meets Cade, who asks all sorts of questions about the accident that she can’t answer. The attitude Elizabeth’s family displays when they lose hope that their daughter will survive stuns Faith, leading to a heated confrontation.Cade’s endless questions now have her asking her own. She reconnects with him, only to discover that her relationship with Cade has put her in a killer’s sights, and the nightmare that’s become his world is now her own.Author note: For your listening pleasure, this series must be listened to in order. SEALs of Steel Reading Order:BadgerErickCade Talon LaszloGeir JagerThe Final Reveal ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nick J. Russo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/154448/bk_acx0_154448_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Book of Mother
A New York Times Notable Book A Library Journal Best Book of 2021 A "marvelous…superbly effective" (The New Yorker) debut novel about a young woman coming of age with a dazzling yet damaged mother who lived and loved in extremes. Met by rave reviews in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and more, this stunning translation of Violaine Huisman's "witty, immersive autofiction showcases a Parisian childhood with a charismatic, depressed parent" (Oprah Daily). Beautiful and magnetic, Catherine, a.k.a. "Maman," smokes too much, drives too fast, laughs too hard, and loves too extravagantly, and her daughter Violaine wouldn't have it any other way. But when Maman is hospitalized after a third divorce and a breakdown, everything changes. Even as Violaine and her sister long for their mother's return, once she's back Maman's violent mood swings and flagrant disregard for personal boundaries soon turn their home into an emotional landmine. As the story of Catherine's own traumatic childhood and adolescence unfolds, the pieces come together to form an indelible portrait of a mother as irresistible as she is impossible, as triumphant as she is transgressive. With spectacular ferocity of language, a streak of dark humor, and stunning emotional bravery, The Book of Mother is an exquisitely wrought story of a mother's dizzying heights and devastating lows, and a daughter who must hold her memory close in order to surrender, and finally move on.- Shop: buecher
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The Final Reveal: A SEALs of Steel Novel, Book 8 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 233min
This is a novella tying up the SEALs of Steel series. A prosthetic design engineer, Kat Greenwald is in love with Badger Horley. The former SEALs team leader is the love of her life. But she's seen and heard firsthand of the fears and commitment issues Badger and his closest friends - once part of Navy special operations teams - struggle with on a daily basis. During their weekly get-togethers, the women in love with these former SEALs open up to each other about their longing to tie the knot and start families. More than two years ago, Badger was badly injured after the truck his eight-man unit were in hit an antitank landmine. While he and his team have finally discovered the truth behind that devastating set-up, Badger sees the reality of his precarious future. His health could decline at any moment and he wants Kat to know exactly where the door to get out is if and when it does. The last thing he wants to do is invite pity, especially where the woman he loves is concerned. In a perfect world, he would have proposed to her the day they met. In the world he lives in, he can only conclude that harboring fears are always better than regrets. But Kat isn't the type of woman to fear hard times and she's willing to take a leap of faith as far out into the unknown as she can get if it means her most fervent wish comes true. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gregory Salinas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/161586/bk_acx0_161586_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 500min
Benjamin, Alepho, and Benson were raised among the Dinka tribe of Sudan. Their world was an insulated, close-knit community of grass-roofed cottages, cattle herders, and tribal councils. The lions and pythons that prowled beyond the village fences were the greatest threat they knew. All that changed the night the government-armed Murahiliin began attacking their villages. Amid the chaos, screams, conflagration, and gunfire, five-year-old Benson and seven-year-old Benjamin fled into the dark night. Two years later, Alepho, age seven, was forced to do the same. Across the Southern Sudan, over the next five years, thousands of other boys did likewise, joining this stream of child refugees that became known as the Lost Boys. Their journey would take them over one thousand miles across a war-ravaged country, through landmine-sown paths, crocodile-infested waters, and grotesque extremes of hunger, thirst, and disease. The refugee camps they eventually filtered through offered little respite from the brutality they were fleeing. In They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky, Alepho, Benson, and Benjamin, by turn, recount their experiences along this unthinkable journey. They vividly recall the family, friends, and tribal world they left far behind them and their desperate efforts to keep track of one another. This is a captivating memoir of Sudan and a powerful portrait of war as seen through the eyes of children. And it is, in the end, an inspiring and unforgettable tribute to the tenacity of even the youngest human spirits. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Henry, David Zinn, Augustino Mayai, Teri Clark Linden. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/puba/000027/bk_puba_000027_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Jager: SEALs of Steel, Book 7 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 396min
Jager Hannover, a former SEAL, has recovered from the accident after his squad's truck drove over an anti-tank landmine, more than two years ago. Six other teammates were also badly injured, while the seventh - Mouse - died, in what their team leader Badger Horley realized later had to be a trap. On the hunt for answers about Mouse's history and the one who set up the trap, Jager ends up in Vail, Colorado. He follows Mouse's best friend here only to discover he's already disappeared, leaving a trail of death in his wake. Getting himself to this particular place isn't easy as it's also where his parents died in a tragic accident. While on a cross-country road trip, their motor home went off a corner of the mountain and plunged them to their deaths. Considering the information he's found thus far, he fears this was no accident.Allison Monroe is a police officer in Vail, Colorado. Her husband, who was also a cop, died a couple years ago in a skiing accident. Staying in the place where her dreams were shattered has given her time to sort out her grief and evaluate the direction she wants to go with her life. Getting caught up in Jager's investigation of someone she knows only as a party animal and womanizer isn't what she intended, but the attraction between the two of them is instant and undeniable. Passion turns to deadly purpose in a race against time when they follow a killer to Santa Fe, where he's hunting badgers.Please note: For your listening pleasure, the audiobooks in this series must be listened to in order. This is the seventh audiobook in the SEALs of Steel, preceded by Badger, Erick, Cade, Talon, Laszlo, and Geir. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Oliver Clarke. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/158498/bk_acx0_158498_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Ward: Prophet's Legacy Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 692min
They say that right before you die your whole life flashes before your eyes. What a load of crap! The second I felt the click" beneath my boot all I saw was his face. I had left him standing mere feet behind me, and if I moved a millimeter more, I would kill us both. If you asked me what you see before you die, I'd be the first to tell you that it's not the life you've lived that replays in your mind's eye, but the one you haven't".For five long years Jaylee Penn Sayer has had recurring dreams of the day a landmine in Kuwait almost took her life, and of the man who saved her in a way she would never be able to accurately explain. For a half decade she dreamed of the way he and their teammates had disappeared into thin air, and why the remaining witnesses to the event seem to have no recollection of it at all.One tragic night, as Jaylee watched her best friend's life slipping away, the man who saved her, Marcus Cain, returns the way he left...suddenly, inexplicably, and carrying the pieces to Jaylee's heart. Immediately Jaylee's reality is turned upside down by a series of nightmarish attempts on her life, and Marcus is forced to reveal who, and what, he really is, the truth about her destiny, and why she can never have the thing she wants most. Him.As an ancient prophecy unfolds, worlds begin colliding around her, and Jaylee starts to discover gifts she never knew she had, gifts that mark her as an enemy to a dangerous foe, that free her from a curse, and that force her to send Marcus away. Possibly forever. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Wendy Tremont King. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/174149/bk_acx0_174149_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Talon: SEALS of Steel Series, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 347min
Book 4 of SEALS of SteelTalon Lore, a former SEAL, has spent the last two years recovering from the damage done when his squad’s truck drove over an antitank landmine. Six other team-mates were also badly hurt, the seventh dead, in what their team leader Badger Horley realized later had to be a trap set to take them out. After his best friend is run down, Talon realizes his murder ties in with the original incident that drove him and his squad hell-bent for revenge.A year ago, Talon walked away from his girlfriend, Clary Witcher when she’d given him an ultimatum he couldn’t win. Clary is the sister of his best friend killed in the hit-and-run. Determined to tell Clary in person that her brother’s death was no accident and keep her safe from those now targeting her, Talon struggles with the haunting prospect of a reunion.Clary has never forgotten and never forgiven herself for chasing the man she loved and still loves away with her stupid, take-it-or-leave-it threat. Her brother’s death is a tragedy she’s barely dealt with when Talon shows up with answers that only beg more questions. He won’t leave her side, certain her brother wasn’t the only target. But Clary has learned one thing from her time away from him: Love - not trouble - needs to be Talon’s reason for staying with her...even if sending him away means jeopardizing her own life.Author note: For your listening pleasure, this series must be listened in order. SEALS of Steel reading order:BadgerErickCade Talon LaszloGeirJagerThe Final Reveal ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gregory Salinas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/154158/bk_acx0_154158_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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What's Behind the Numbers?: A Guide to Exposing Financial Chicanery and Avoiding Huge Losses in Your Portfolio , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 429min
Companies are under more pressure than ever to "beat by a penny," but you don't need to be a forensic accountant to uncover where the spin ends and the truth begins. With the help of a powerhouse team of authors, you can avoid losing a chunk of your portfolio when the next overhyped growth stock fails by knowing What's Behind the Numbers? Investing experts John Del Vecchio and Tom Jacobs mix a potent combination of earnings quality analysis, long-side investing, and short-side portfolio risk management to help you create a long-short portfolio with less volatility and greater returns, while avoiding landmine stocks that will blow a hole in your financial security. First, the authors explain the practical side of financial analysis. They demystify widely held assumptions about stock performance, expected returns, earnings quality, and short sellers. Then they comb the financial statements to find the places where companies hide poor earnings quality. Finally, they provide the value and special situations investing to pair with the short-side thinking and offer a tactical manual for applying what you've learned in the technical, day-to-day world of portfolio management. Armed with this wealth-saving guide, you can confidently trade based on clear data-not the aggressive accounting tactics companies use to make their numbers look better than they are. Better still, it helps you start protecting yourself right away with: Rules for finding companies playing with-rather than by-the numbers Repeatable methods for uncovering what companies don't tell you about their numbers Multistep approach to deciding when to sell a stock and when to short sell it Reliable formulas for determining when a stock will get hit The next time a company goes south, you can be the successful investor who knew What's Behind the Numbers? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Jacobs. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/017756/bk_acx0_017756_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Talk: Helping Your Kids Navigate Sex in the Real World , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 167min
Are you having a hard time talking to your kid about sex? Join the club. Alice Dreger, PhD, brings her unique sense of humor and refreshing directness to bear on this landmine of a subject, laying out clear methods that emphasize respect, health, and happiness. After Dreger's live tweeting of her son's abstinence sex ed class went viral, Dreger was asked by many parents how she had managed to raise a 14-year-old so comfortable talking about sex - comfortable enough even to challenge sex ed teachers when they presented misinformation. The Talk is a response to those questions. In it, Dreger explains how you can engage your children in productive conversations about sexual anatomy, sexual behaviors, sexual responsibility, and sexual pleasure and how you can do it in a nonshaming fashion that will support not only your child's well-being but also your long-term relationship with your child. Using the humor and clarity for which she is known, Dreger provides the basic information you need to understand sex development, gender identity, and erotic feelings and behaviors while also giving you a clear method for talking with children about difficult subjects like sex. The Talk gives you examples of how to answer children's questions and even explains how to recover if you screw up a conversation about sex. Whether your child is a preschooler or a teenager, The Talk will help you go forward with more information and less fear. Alice Dreger, PhD, is an historian of medicine, science, and sexuality and an award-winning writer. Her essays on sex have appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, WIRED, Slate, The L.A. Times, The Chicago Tribune, Pacific Standard, Fathering Magazine, and Psychology Today, and she has appeared as a sex expert on dozens of broadcast programs, including Oprah, CNN International, NPR's All Things Considered, and Savage Lovecast. Her co ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jennifer Riker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/029013/bk_adbl_029013_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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