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Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Vol. 1, Hörbuch, Digital, 354min
Created by Blake Edwards, Richard Diamond, Private Detective came to NBC Radio in 1949, starring film actor and crooner Dick Powell. Powell had recently played Philip Marlowe in the popular RKO film Murder, My Sweet and jumped at the chance to play a suave detective on the radio. Diamond was a lighthearted, New York - based private eye who enjoyed ribbing the cops and singing songs to his millionaire girlfriend, Helen Asher. Its theme, "Leave it to Love," was whistled by Powell at the beginning of each episode. Powell's production company, Four Star Television, produced a version of Richard Diamond, Private Detective for CBS in 1957. The lead role went to David Janssen, who would later gain fame as Dr. Richard Kimble on The Fugitive. Sam, Diamond's beautiful secretary, was only ever shown from the waist down. Those beautiful legs belonged to Mary Tyler Moore, as well as other actresses. Episodes include "The Ralph Chase Case," "The Stolen Purse and Counterfeit Ring," "The Betty Moran Case", "The Rene Benay Protection Case", "The John Blackwell Case", "A Christmas Carol", "The Doug Saxon Case", "Timothy the Seal", "The Elaine Tanner Case", "The Jewel Thief", "The Cop Killer" and "The Louis Spence Case." Language: English. Narrator: Dick Powell, full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/006874/bk_blak_006874_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Narrows Gate, Hörbuch, Digital, 864min
Narrows Gate is the novel Lee Child raves is "outstanding in every way - major talent, voice, feel and been-there knowledge meets a story as tough and complex as the time that inspired it.” In the years surrounding World War II, Narrows Gate, New Jersey, is a dangerous place - and a world of possibilities. For Sal Benno, a neighborhood kid who doesn’t take to school, Narrows Gate is where he can provide the favors the Mafia needs. His street smarts and his sharp wit bring him into the mob’s inner circle - and closer to ultimate danger. His lifelong friend, Leo Bell, aspires to a life well beyond the mean streets. He sticks by Sal through thick and thin, but harbors a dangerous secret that could either keep Sal alive - or bring his life to an abrupt end. Looming over both of them is the shadow of Bill “Bebe” Marsala, a handsome and hugely popular crooner who becomes a pawn in a mob war that could destroy them all. Narrows Gate is an epic saga that George Pelecanos calls “equal parts Ellroy, Puzo and Scorsese” - a powerful story that captures the heart of the immigrant experience, and the soul of America. Language: English. Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/or/orig/000571/or_orig_000571_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Harold Peary Show: Honest Harold, Hörbuch, Digital, 477min
From Summerfield to Melrose Springs, Harold "The Great Gildersleeve" Peary is back in an all-new role! As "Honest Harold" Hemp, he's a radio personality extraordinaire, crooner de la crème, and idol of all the ladies - at least in his own mind. Costarring Jane Morgan, Cathy Lewis, Olan Soule, Joseph Kearns, and Gloria Holliday, here are 16 warm and funny episodes of The Harold Peary Show, produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell. Episodes include: "Harold Loses His Job at the Radio Station", 09-17-50; "Plan to Rename Boomer Park", 09-24-50; "Advertising Shark Repellent Powder on the Radio Show", 10-04-50; "Harold Falls for a Chanteuse", 10-11-50; "The Runaway Boy", 10-18-50; "Harold's Campaign Speech", 10-25-50; "Harold Decides He Wants to Lose the Election", 11-01-50; "Cousin Raymond Visits", 11-08-50; "Getting a Job for Raymond", 11-15-50; "Thanksgiving Play", 11-22-50; "Harold Meets 'The Hummer'", 12-06-50; "Harold Helps Raymond and Gloria Go to the Dance", 12-13-50; "Santa at the Children's Christmas Party", 12-20-50; "New Year's Barn Dance", 12-27-50; "Mrs. O'Day's Warbleware Party", 01-03-51; "Audition Show", 08-23-50. Language: English. Narrator: Harold Peary, Jane Morgan, Cathy Lewis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/radi/001173/rt_radi_001173_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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High Notes: Selected Writings of Gay Talese , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 706min
When Gay Talese left The New York Times in 1965 to write for Esquire, he brought with him a journalistic style entirely his own, which combined his literary sensibility and craftsmanship with a talent for cultural observation and an interest in American everyday life - in taboo topics and overlooked truths. During a time when the nation seemed hardly to recognize itself, Talese wrote some of the most illuminating and influential magazine articles of all time, canonical works of New Journalism, like 'Frank Sinatra Has a Cold', that elevated the form and brought to it a cachet and creativity formerly reserved for fiction. Taking its name from Talese's 2011 New Yorker account of a revealing studio session with avant-pop star Lady Gaga and old-school crooner Tony Bennett, High Notes draws from six decades of Talese's work, from his long-form pieces for Esquire to his more autobiographical writings of the '80s and '90s to his 21st-century reflections on New York, New Yorkers, and the institution of which he is the longtime chronicler, The New York Times. Each one of Talese's masterful books was an extension of an article collected here. High Notes will appeal to fans of those classics and to students of narrative nonfiction, a genre for which Talese has been so instrumental. The book includes an introduction by Creative Nonfiction founder Lee Gutkind. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brian Sutherland. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/029832/bk_adbl_029832_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Timberman Werebear: Saw Bears , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 219min
Danielle Clayton is back in her old stomping grounds after years of avoiding the man she had to leave behind. She's determined to make Saratoga her home again, but when she sets eyes on her snarly, sexy ex, it's clear her feelings for him haven't cooled at all in the years she's been away. He kept too many secrets the first time around, but Denison has changed. Maybe this time he'll open up and allow her into his life. Country crooner, tatted-up bad boy and grizzly bear shifter, Denison Beck, has been burned by love. He chose a human mate at the tender age of 21, but she left him high and dry with no explanation why. After four years of nursing a vow to never let a woman get close to him again, his ex blows into town and stirs up emotions he hasn't felt in a long time. When forces beyond their control thrust them together, he'll have to decide whether to trust her with his heart again or let her go. But if Danielle finds out what is really lurking in his past, it could put her life in danger, as well as that of his crew of lumberjack werebears. Content Warning: explicit love scenes, naughty language, and piles of sexy shifter secrets. Adult only bear shifter romance. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mackenzie Harte. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/032326/bk_adbl_032326_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Saguaro , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 215min
Saguaro chronicles the life of rock legend Bobby Bird as he finds himself rolled up in barbiturates, at sea with satanic cults, finding true love, selling out, and coming back. Bobby Bird’s unique voice - and fistfights with Bob Dylan - place him irrevocably in America’s cultural and musical history. Vice Magazine says, “[Bobby Bird] has lived enough lives and wild times for a couple Willie Nelsons and maybe one Mick Jagger.” Bobby Bird may be many things - a legend in pink cotton, a living history in tattoos, the very embodiment of rock and roll - but he isn’t a bad man. At least not all the time. He made his name as a crooner, revered as a singer with soul, a soul he quickly sold without ever considering the implications. Like Bob Dylan’s Chronicles Volume One, Patti Smith’s Just Kids, and Keith Richards’ Life, Saguaro allows us to look behind the curtain of celebrity. Because it’s an American tradition to carefully observe the legends of our time, to live vicariously through the adventures of our heroes. Just like the paths of all those who live fast and hard, Bobby’s path is one better experienced second-hand, beset, as it is, on all sides by drugs, dangerous women, and fisticuffs. Now if Bobby teaches us one thing, it’s that we can learn from our mistakes, and fortunately he’s made enough to fill a textbook. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Carson Mell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/053192/bk_adbl_053192_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Collection 1, Hörbuch, Digital, 354min
Created by Blake Edwards (of "Pink Panther" fame), Richard Diamond, Private Detective came to NBC radio in 1949 starring film actor and crooner Dick Powell. Powell had recently played 'Philip Marlowe' in the popular RKO film "Murder My Sweet" and jumped at the chance to play a suave detective on radio. Richard Diamond was a light-hearted New York-based private eye who enjoyed ribbing the cops and singing songs to his millionairess girlfriend, Helen Asher (played by Virginia Gregg). It's theme "Leave it to Love" was whistled by Powell at the beginning of each episode. Powell's company (Four Star Television) produced a TV version of "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" for CBS in 1957. David Janssen, who would later gain fame as Dr. Richard Kimble on "The Fugitive" was cast as TV's Richard Diamond. Sam, Diamond's beautiful secretary in the TV series, was only shown from the waist down. Those beautiful legs belonged to Mary Tyler Moore, as well as other actresses. 9-17-49 The Jerome J. Jerome Case9-24-49 The $200,000 Bundle10-29-49 The Bill Kirby Case11-5-49 The Singing Critic11-12-49 The $50,000 Diamond Heist11-19-49 The Jacoby Case11-26-49 William Carter Loses His Memory12-3-49 The Ruby Idol Case12-31-49 The Thomas Jason Case1-7-50 Butcher's Protection Association1-4-53 Ben Johnson Shot1-11-53 The Trip to Miami Language: English. Narrator: full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/009407/bk_brll_009407_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Collection 2, Hörbuch, Digital, 355min
Created by Blake Edwards (of Pink Panther fame), Richard Diamond, Private Detective came to NBC radio in 1949 starring film actor and crooner Dick Powell. Powell had recently played Philip Marlowe in the popular RKO film Murder My Sweet and jumped at the chance to play a suave detective on radio. Richard Diamond was a light-hearted New York-based private eye who enjoyed ribbing the cops and singing songs to his millionairess girlfriend, Helen Asher (played by Virginia Gregg). Its theme “Leave it to Love” was whistled by Powell at the beginning of each episode. Powell’s company (Four Star Television) produced a TV version of Richard Diamond, Private Detective for CBS in 1957. David Janssen, who would later gain fame as Dr. Richard Kimble on The Fugitive was cast as TV’s Richard Diamond. Sam, Diamond’s beautiful secretary in the TV series, was only shown from the waist down. Those beautiful legs belonged to Mary Tyler Moore, as well as other actresses. 8/23/50 “The Farmer-Evans Murders Case” 9/6/50 “The Misplaced Laundry Case” 2/2/51 “The Caspary Case” 2/16/51 “The Grey Man” 2/23/51 “The Lady in Distress” 12/28/51 “The Plaid Overcoat Case” 1/25/52 “The Al Brenners Case” 2/1/52 “The Garrabaldi Case” 2/8/52 “The Eddie Burke Case” 4/4/52 “The Enigma of Big Ed” 6/7/53 “The Cover-Up Murders” 6/28/53 “The Rifle Case” Language: English. Narrator: full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/010886/bk_brll_010886_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Growing Up Fisher: Musings, Memories, and Misadventures , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 596min
Actress, director, entertainer Joely Fisher invites listeners backstage into the intimate world of her career and family with this hilarious, irreverent, down-to-earth memoir filled with incredible, candid stories about her life, her famous parents, and how the loss of her unlikely hero, sister Carrie Fisher, ignited the writer in her. Growing up in an iconic Hollywood Dynasty, Joely Fisher knew a show business career was her destiny. The product of world-famous crooner Eddie Fisher and '60s sex kitten Connie Stevens, she struggled with her own identity and place in the world on the way to a decades-long career as an acclaimed actress, singer, and director. Now, Joely shares her unconventional coming of age and stories of the family members and costars dearest to her heart while stripping bare her own misadventures. In Growing Up Fisher, she recalls the beautifully bizarre twist of fate by which she spent a good part of her childhood next door to Debbie Reynolds. She speaks frankly about the realities of Hollywood - the fame and fortune, the constant scrutiny. Throughout, she celebrates the anomaly of a two-decade marriage in the entertainment industry and the joys and challenges of parenting five children, while dishing on what it takes to survive and thrive in the unrelenting glow of celebrity. She speaks frankly about how the loss of her sister, Carrie Fisher, became a source of artistic inspiration. Fisher's memoir will both break and warm your heart. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joely Fisher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/006409/bk_harp_006409_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Big Sleep and Other Novels (eBook, ePUB)
One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World''Raymond Chandler invented a new way of talking about America, and America has never looked the same to us since' Paul Auster, author of The New York TrilogyRaymond Chandler was America's preeminent writer of detective fiction, and this edition of The Big Sleep and Other Novels collects three of the best novels to feature his hard-drinking, philosophising PI, Philip Marlowe.Raymond Chandler created the fast talking, trouble seeking Californian private eye Philip Marlowe for his first great novel The Big Sleep in 1939. Often imitated but never bettered, it is in Marlowe's long shadow that every fictional detective must stand - and under the influence of Raymond Chandler's addictive prose that every crime author must write. Marlowe's entanglement with the Sternwood family - and an attendant cast of colourful underworld figures - is the background to a story reflecting all the tarnished glitter of the great American Dream. The hard-boiled detective's iconic image burns just as brightly in Farewell My Lovely, on the trail of a missing nightclub crooner. And the inimitable Marlowe is able to prove that trouble really is his business in Raymond Chandler's brilliant epitaph, The Long Goodbye.'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards that others still try to attain' Sunday Times'Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and invested the sun-blinded streets of Los Angelos with a romantic presence' Ross Macdonald, author of The Drowning Pool- Shop: buecher
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