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The International Polar Expedition: The History of Adolphus Greely's Harrowing Journey to Reach the Farthest North , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 79min
No matter how much forethought may be exercised these thoughts have never so strongly suggested themselves as at this time when we find ourselves in the broad Atlantic with our ship's trial pointed at the North Star and every revolution of our propeller speeding us nearer our inhospitable destination and further from home and friends. We retire at a late hour to be lulled to sleep by the motion of the ship, which has not yet become unpleasant, and dream of icebergs and polar bears. - Sergeant George Rice It is the dreamland of most children in Europe and the Americas, and the mysterious home of the mythical Santa Claus, his devoted wife Mrs. Claus, the reindeer and the many elves who make Christmas toys each year. In many ways, the North Pole is the first geographical location many kids learn - if only because children over the age of three can manage to tell any interested adult that Santa Claus lives there. In reality, of course, the North Pole proved to be as elusive for many brave explorers as jolly old Santa has been for children who wait up at night by the chimney. The biggest problem, of course, is the North Pole's unforgiving location, far from sunshine or any sort of natural warmth. Another problem, one that would only became obvious in the 20th Century, was that it is located not on any piece of stable land but in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, usually covered by ever shifting ice floes. Finally, without modern technological advances, it was nearly impossible to tell when one had actually reached the planet's northernmost spot. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott R. Pollak. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/033974/bk_acx0_033974_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Darkness in the Light (eBook, ePUB)
A psychiatrist's patients are dying—are they suicides related to a new antidepressant, or is there something even more sinister going on in the northernmost town in the US? A riveting new thriller from internationally bestselling author Daniel Kalla. After Brianna O'Brien takes her own life, Dr. David Spears blames himself. Though he understands suicides can be a tragic occurrence in psychiatric practice, this loss hits him particularly hard. With Brianna, he's convinced he missed crucial warning signs. When David suspects Brianna's friend, Amka Obed—whom he's also been treating virtually—is in crisis, he flies to the remote Arctic community of Utqiagvik, Alaska, only to discover that she has disappeared. While the regional police are confident that Amka will turn up safe, David and the town's social worker, Taylor Holmes, have serious doubts. Each battling their own demons, David and Taylor launch an investigation, determined to help uncover the truth about what happened to Amka. David wonders if a new antidepressant he recently prescribed both Amka and Brianna played a role in what took place. Taylor, who's familiar with the locals, suspects a drug lord with connections to Amka's boyfriend. Who is right? Where is Amka? Is she still alive? What begins as a missing persons inquiry and suspicion over a pharmaceutical cover-up quickly evolves into a terrifying journey of treachery and death—one that will horrify this isolated town and endanger many more lives.- Shop: buecher
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The Darkness in the Light: A Thriller
A psychiatrist's patients are dying—are they suicides related to a new antidepressant, or is there something even more sinister going on in the northernmost town in the US? A riveting new thriller from internationally bestselling author Daniel Kalla. After Brianna O'Brien takes her own life, Dr. David Spears blames himself. Though he understands suicides can be a tragic occurrence in psychiatric practice, this loss hits him particularly hard. With Brianna, he's convinced he missed crucial warning signs. When David suspects Brianna's friend, Amka Obed—whom he's also been treating virtually—is in crisis, he flies to the remote Arctic community of Utqiagvik, Alaska, only to discover that she has disappeared. While the regional police are confident that Amka will turn up safe, David and the town's social worker, Taylor Holmes, have serious doubts. Each battling their own demons, David and Taylor launch an investigation, determined to help uncover the truth about what happened to Amka. David wonders if a new antidepressant he recently prescribed both Amka and Brianna played a role in what took place. Taylor, who's familiar with the locals, suspects a drug lord with connections to Amka's boyfriend. Who is right? Where is Amka? Is she still alive? What begins as a missing persons inquiry and suspicion over a pharmaceutical cover-up quickly evolves into a terrifying journey of treachery and death—one that will horrify this isolated town and endanger many more lives.- Shop: buecher
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Alaska - A fascinating Journey: One Week in Alaska - Audiotraveller, Hörbuch, Digital, 51min
Alaska, the country on the edge of the Arctic. Dream destination for animal and nature lovers who follow the call of the fascinating wilderness. The land of bears, glaciers, pioneers and gold seekers on the northern tip of the American continent.In Vancouver, the pearl of Canada on the Pacific Ocean, an extraordinary boat trip begins along the Alexander Archipelago to the Gulf of Alaska. A charming metropolis with a European flair. At English Bay, a giant metal crab guards the planetarium, and the Aquabus takes you over the False Greek to Science World with the "Glass Ball", which houses the modern technology museum.The small town of Ketchikan is five hundred and twenty-six nautical miles north of Vancouver and was founded by the Tlingit Indians in the 1880s thanks to the wealth of salmon and wood. But today most people live here from tourism.Since 1900, Juneau has been the capital of Alaska, the forty-ninth US state. In 1880, Joe Juneau, Richard Harris and their Tlingit Indian leader, Chief Kowee, found gold in Gold Creek and a gold frenzy began.Glacier Bay, the "Bay of Glaciers", was completely covered by ice and glaciers around four thousand years ago during the so-called "Little Ice Age". The ice melted and the constantly changing glaciers are now only in the arms of the bay, which stretches almost a hundred kilometers to the north.Barrow is the northernmost point of civilization in North America and five hundred kilometers north of the Arctic Circle. The living conditions in this arctic wasteland are extremely harsh and the freezing cold most of the year.To this day, the dream of untamed nature and unlimited freedom attracts. The last wilderness in America. Alaska is full of extremes and contrasts and is still a fascinating land of adventure. Language: English. Narrator: James T. Brown. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/cfsu/000097/bk_cfsu_000097_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Mark of the Apple: Chapter 1: Coding Humans, Book 11 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 19min
Between 1900 and the year 2020, the Earth’s equator had begun to displace. The displacement was due to massive relocations of cement, water, and other materials. These materials were mainly accumulated in densely populated areas such as the Middle East and China.The collection of such mass caused Earth’s moment of inertia to alter, resulting in a change of angular momentum, which ultimately repositioned Earth’s alignment with the sun. This repositioning slowly put the continents into different geographical coordinates. The result was devastating to the whole planet.In a single day, the Earth rotated approximately 25 percent south to north, leaving the lateral coordinates of Wisconsin to land where Texas once was. Most of the population on Earth died off, leaving the northernmost parts of the Americas as the prime location to live on the planet.After “the Slip” occurred, and the atmosphere cleared up, Madison, WI, developed into the premier city to reside in. It also became the center of the US national government. The former capitol of Madison was renamed the Whitehouse after the protective dome was deactivated. The majority of the world and its existing survivors outside of the dome region is unknown.The not so natural disaster had wiped out more than 80 percent of the population, leaving a blended race of people consisting mostly of females. The human race is only now beginning to gain back their population, making sure to be ever so careful about excessive waste and unnecessary mass productions, particularly for the purpose of profit. The modern humanoid strives for the pursuit of knowledge - not material possession.Money has since gone the way of the dinosaurs for many young adults, and teens yet remain a defining factor in society amongst adults. Around the time of the COVID-19 and COVID-20 viral outbreaks, the great corporate battles had begun. A battle fought in secret and won by genocide. A war that left Apple Corp as th ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Patrick Sitter. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/221413/bk_acx0_221413_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Lost Legio IX , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 711min
Best-selling, award-winning author of Stiger's Tigers, Marc Alan Edelheit, delivers a new action-packed fantasy epic filled with gods and magic. One of history's greatest mysteries, the Ninth Imperial Legion guarding Rome's northernmost frontier in Britannia disappeared around the year 122 AD. This is their story. Badly outnumbered, facing certain destruction, and cut off from supply, the Imperial Roman Ninth Legion Hispana is in a desperate position. Surrounded by the hostile Celtic army, Senior Centurion Lucious Grackus Lisidus Karus must lead his men to safety after unexpectedly finding himself thrust into command of the legion. Then the unthinkable happens. Karus and the Ninth are transported to a strange place, far away from the Britannia they knew. The legion's deliverance from danger at first appears to be a blessing from the gods, but slowly they begin to uncover the secrets of this new land, a world that is slowly being overrun by a terrible evil. A young woman is discovered in a dungeon, where she has been abandoned and left to starve. Inextricably linked with Karus' own destiny, she may be the key to salvation, or worse, the instrument of destruction for the Ninth. Cast adrift in a terrible war, Karus must find his way through the mysteries of this unfamiliar world, one that is filled with true magic, strange alien races, evil gods, and dragons. More importantly, Karus must discover his destiny, and complete a desperate task set for him by a god of Rome. Should he fail, it will mean certain destruction for the Ninth, the triumph of evil, and the rise of a new order. Lost Legio IX is the first book in this exciting series. "For these I set no bounds in space or time; but have given empire without end." (Jupiter, Virgil's Aeneid) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alex Hyde-White. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/032242/bk_adbl_032242_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Song of Ice and Fire 01. A Game of Thrones
NOW THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES-THE MASTERPIECE THAT BECAME A CULTURAL PHENOMENON Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King's Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert's name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon; his daughters Sansa and Arya; and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse-unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season. Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances. Now Robert is riding north to Winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely but cold Cersei, his son, the cruel, vainglorious Prince Joffrey, and the queen's brothers Jaime and Tyrion of the powerful and wealthy House Lannister-the first a swordsman without equal, the second a dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind. All are heading for Winterfell and a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms. Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea, Prince Viserys, heir of the fallen House Targaryen, which once ruled all of Westeros, schemes to reclaim the throne with an army of barbarian Dothraki-whose loyalty he will purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet innocent sister, Daenerys.- Shop: buecher
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The Glass Hotel
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the award-winning author of Station Eleven, an exhilarating novel set at the glittering intersection of two seemingly disparate events-the exposure of a massive criminal enterprise and the mysterious disappearance of a woman from a ship at sea. "The perfect novel ... Freshly mysterious." -The Washington Post Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star lodging on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. On the night she meets Jonathan Alkaitis, a hooded figure scrawls a message on the lobby's glass wall: Why don't you swallow broken glass. High above Manhattan, a greater crime is committed: Alkaitis's billion-dollar business is really nothing more than a game of smoke and mirrors. When his scheme collapses, it obliterates countless fortunes and devastates lives. Vincent, who had been posing as Jonathan's wife, walks away into the night. Years later, a victim of the fraud is hired to investigate a strange occurrence: a woman has seemingly vanished from the deck of a container ship between ports of call. In this captivating story of crisis and survival, Emily St. John Mandel takes readers through often hidden landscapes: campgrounds for the near-homeless, underground electronica clubs, service in luxury hotels, and life in a federal prison. Rife with unexpected beauty, The Glass Hotel is a captivating portrait of greed and guilt, love and delusion, ghosts and unintended consequences, and the infinite ways we search for meaning in our lives. Look for Emily St. John Mandel's new novel, Sea of Tranquility, coming soon!- Shop: buecher
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Metro / Metro 2033 Bd.1 (eBook, ePUB)
The basis of three bestselling computer games Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light, and Metro: Exodus. The year is 2033. The world has been reduced to rubble. Humanity is nearly extinct. The half-destroyed cities have become uninhabitable through radiation. Beyond their boundaries, they say, lie endless burned-out deserts and the remains of splintered forests. Survivors still remember the past greatness of humankind. But the last remains of civilisation have already become a distant memory, the stuff of myth and legend.More than 20 years have passed since the last plane took off from the earth. Rusted railways lead into emptiness. The ether is void and the airwaves echo to a soulless howling where previously the frequencies were full of news from Tokyo, New York, Buenos Aires. Man has handed over stewardship of the earth to new life-forms. Mutated by radiation, they are better adapted to the new world. Man's time is over.A few score thousand survivors live on, not knowing whether they are the only ones left on earth. They live in the Moscow Metro - the biggest air-raid shelter ever built. It is humanity's last refuge. Stations have become mini-statelets, their people uniting around ideas, religions, water-filters - or the simple need to repulse an enemy incursion. It is a world without a tomorrow, with no room for dreams, plans, hopes. Feelings have given way to instinct - the most important of which is survival. Survival at any price.VDNKh is the northernmost inhabited station on its line. It was one of the Metro's best stations and still remains secure. But now a new and terrible threat has appeared. Artyom, a young man living in VDNKh, is given the task of penetrating to the heart of the Metro, to the legendary Polis, to alert everyone to the awful danger and to get help. He holds the future of his native station in his hands, the whole Metro - and maybe the whole of humanity.- Shop: buecher
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Game of Thrones 5-Copy Boxed Set
Perfect for fans of HBO's Game of Thrones-a boxed set featuring the first five novels! An immersive entertainment experience unlike any other, A Song of Ice and Fire has earned George R. R. Martin-dubbed "the American Tolkien" by Time magazine-international acclaim and millions of loyal readers. Now here is the entire monumental cycle: A GAME OF THRONES A CLASH OF KINGS A STORM OF SWORDS A FEAST FOR CROWS A DANCE WITH DRAGONS "One of the best series in the history of fantasy."-Los Angeles Times Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King's Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert's name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon; his daughters Sansa and Arya; and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse-unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season. Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances. Now Robert is riding north to Winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely but cold Cersei, his son, the cruel, vainglorious Prince Joffrey, and the queen's brothers Jaime and Tyrion of the powerful and wealthy House Lannister-the first a swordsman without equal, the second a dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind. All are heading for Winterfell and a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms. Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea, Prince Viserys, heir of the fallen House Targaryen, which once ruled all of Westeros, schemes to reclaim the throne with an army of barbarian Dothraki-whose loyalty he will purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet innocent sister, Daenerys. "Long live George Martin . . . a literary dervish, enthralled by complicated characters and vivid language, and bursting with the wild vision of the very best tale tellers."-The New York Times- Shop: buecher
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