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    To the Beat of Their Own Drum/Finding a Voice (Jems and Jamz, Books 3-4) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 274min
    To the Beat of Their Own DrumBefore becoming members of Jems and Jamz, Spike Bianchi and Jemma Rodriguez were just two lost individuals, trying to find their way in life. Find out how one trip to Texas changed the course of their lives and spurred the evolution of the band known as Jems and Jamz.Finding a VoiceZiggy Johnson has been through one of the worst years of her life, but when she is roomed with Lana Waverly, a pompous woman with no concept of empathy, things take a turn for the worst. Ziggy does her best to cope with her roommate's undesirable behavior, and in the process, she learns that there is much more to the other woman than she thought. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kris Szczesny. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/225717/bk_acx0_225717_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Cuba Libre , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 575min
    War in Cuba isn't Ben Tyler's concern. Still, sailing mares and guns into Havana harbor in 1898 - right past the submerged wreckage of the U.S. battleship Maine - may not be the smartest thing the recently prison-sprung horse wrangler ever did. Neither is shooting one of the local Guardia, though the pompous peacock deserved it. Now Tyler's sitting tight in a vermin-infested Cuban stockade waiting to face a firing squad. But he's not dying until he gets the money he's owed from a two-timing American sugar baron. And there's one smart, pistol-hot lady at the rich man's side who could help Ben get everything he's got rightfully coming...even when the whole damn island's going straight to hell. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: George Guidall. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/002287/bk_harp_002287_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    When the Music Stopped , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 476min
    London, 1912. Identical twins Lester and Lillia Holdsworth are destined for the stage. Lester is a brilliant pianist, Lillia a magnificent opera singer. But their father has other ideas. Lester is sent to a military academy while Lillia must marry Lord Dalton - a self-righteous, pompous friend of her father's looking for a young wife to give him an heir. Yet their plans to defy their father's wishes are put on hold when war breaks out in 1914. Suddenly Lester is flying planes for the RFC, and Lillia trains as a nurse. For both twins the fighting brings hardships and difficult choices. They wait in hope, like the rest of Europe, for the war to end and the music to start again. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/002989/bk_isis_002989_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Christmas Pudding , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 406min
    Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford, read by Kristin Atherton. The formidable, fox-hunting-obsessed Lady Bobbin has put together a Christmas house party at Compton Bobbin, including her rebellious daughter, Philadelphia; the girl's pompous suitor; a couple of children obsessed with newspaper death notices; and an aspiring writer whose deadly (in more ways than one) serious first novel has been acclaimed as the funniest book of the year, to his utter dismay. And then there is beautiful ex-courtesan Amabelle Fortescue and her group of guests staying in a nearby cottage.... As the house party starts to unravel, so the jokes increase: this is Nancy Mitford's second novel and one of her earliest forays into the world of the Bright Young Things. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kristin Atherton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pauk/001054/bk_pauk_001054_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Charles Paris: A Series of Murders: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation, Hörbuch, Digital, 57min
    Charles Paris is thrilled - he’s landed a nice juicy part playing Sergeant Collins in the TV detective series, ‘The Stanislaus Braid Mysteries’, and his estranged wife Frances seems to be on the brink of taking him back.  But filming turns out to be a tortuous process, with pompous star Russell Bentley demanding numerous retakes and irascible author Winifred Railton constantly interrupting. To cap it all, nubile actress Lisa Stokes is crushed to death on set - and Charles finds her body. It seems like a straightforward accident, but Charles can’t shake the suspicion that she was murdered. Can he find the killer, stay away from the booze and the women, and win back his wife? Written by Jeremy Front, based on the novel by Simon Brett. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden, full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/002637/bk_bbcw_002637_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Four White Roses , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 450min
    When widower Rich Redman returns to Pennsylvania with his young daughter to sell his deceased grandmother’s house, he discovers Grandmother Gertie’s final request was for him to find a missing relative and a stash of WWI jewels. Torrie Larson, single mom, is trying to make her landscape center and flower-arranging business succeed while attempting to save the lineage of a rare white rose brought from Austria in the 1900s. Together, the rich Texas lawyer and poor landscape owner team up to rescue the last rose and fulfill a dead woman’s wishes. But in their search to discover answers to the mysteries surrounding them, will Rich and Torrie also discover love in each other’s arms? Or will a meddling ghost, a pompous banker, and an elusive stray cat get in their way? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Johnson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/108586/bk_acx0_108586_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Loitering with Intent , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 295min
    How wonderful to be an artist and a woman in the twentieth century," Fleur Talbot rejoices. Loitering about London in 1949, with intent to gather material for her writing, Fleur finds a job "on the grubby edge of the literary world", as secretary to the odd Autobiographical Association. Are they a group of mad egomaniacs, hilariously writing their memoirs in advance, or poor fools ensnared by a blackmailer? Rich material, in any case. But when its pompous director, Sir Quentin, steals the manuscript of Fleur's new novel, fiction begins to appropriate life. The association's members begin to act out scenes exactly as Fleur herself had already written them in her missing manuscript. And as they meet darkly funny, pre-visioned fates, where does art start or reality end? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nadia May. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/001481/bk_blak_001481_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Brewer of Preston , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 416min
    From Andrea Camilleri, the best-selling author of the Inspector Montalbano mysteries, comes The Brewer of Preston, a hilarious standalone comedy. 1870s Sicily. Much to the displeasure of Vigàta's stubborn populace, the town has just been unified under the Kingdom of Italy. They're now in the hands of a new government they don't understand, and they definitely don't like.  Eugenio Bortuzzi has been named Prefect for Vigàta, a regional representative from the Italian government tasked to oversee the town. But the rowdy and unruly Sicilians don't care much for this rather pompous mainlander nor the mediocre opera he's hell-bent on producing in their new municipal theatre. The Brewer of Preston, it's called, and the Vigàtese are revving up to wreak havoc on the performance's opening night.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Meadows. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/macm/001836/bk_macm_001836_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Satyricon , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 377min
    Petronius’ Satyricon is a rampant and vivacious Roman adventure dating back to the first century, during the reign of Nero. It follows the exploits of Encolpius, an impoverished ex-gladiator, and his boy-lover Giton. The action is fleet and the narrative sweeping: over the course of their journey we meet a host of lewd and comical rogues, including beggars, prostitutes, poets, sodomites, and pedants, and witness many strange and curious events, including a remarkably vulgar multi-course feast, hosted by the pompous nouveau riche Trimalchio. Considered the Odyssey of the illicit and debaucherous, the Satyricon is an exhilarating look at the underbelly of Roman society. Updated translation by W.C. Firebaugh. 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: Jonathan Keeble. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/001915/bk_naxo_001915_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Saffy's Angel, Hörbuch, Digital, 169min
    After Saffron Casson discovers that she's adopted, life is never quite the same again. Her artistic parents and doting siblings adore her, but Saffy wants a piece of her past. So when her grandfather bequests a stone angel to her, Saffy knows she has to find it. Realising that her childhood in Siena holds the key, she secretly stows away on a car trip to Italy, with her new friend, Sarah. Meanwhile, the rest of her family are engaged in their own wacky projects. Caddy, a hopeless student, is studying for her A Levels and desperately trying to pass her driving test. Indigo, the sole boy of the Casson family, is determined to rid himself of this fear of heights. And the youngest, Rose, a budding artist, has a knack for baiting her pompous dad, with entertaining results… Language: English. Narrator: Debra Gillet. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hkid/000097/bk_hkid_000097_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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