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Warnings of Gales , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 681min

Three women rent a holiday house in Cornwall for the summer. Each brings with her children, baggage (in every sense), and expectations, in this sparkling follow-up to Goodbye, Jimmy Choo. There's control freak Imogen; fluffy and easygoing Sophie; and Jo, a friend of Sophie's who was roped in at the last minute when the first choice of housemate pulled out. A sardonic East London GP, all she really wants to do is put her feet up. Can these three polar opposites ever get along? There's friction over domestic trivia from the outset, and it can only get worse as the weather closes in. Then Imogen and Sophie's husbands arrive for the weekend. Oh dear - a shared holiday seemed such a good idea back in January.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kim Hicks. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/006466/bk_bbcw_006466_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Mr. Darcy's Decision: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 486min

In Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen brought together one of the most beloved literary couples of all time - Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy. Now, Mr. Darcy's Decision continues the story of these passion-filled newlyweds as they enter London’s glamorous high society. This pause-resisting novel finds Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy entangled in the frivolity and ferocity of social intrigues. Although Elizabeth makes a powerful friend in the Marchioness of Englebury, the rivalry and jealousy among her ladyship’s prestigious clique threatens to destroy the success of her new marriage. Written in the style of Jane Austen, full of humor and sardonic wit, Mr. Darcy's Decision brings Regency society vividly to life and continues the romantic, sometimes tragic, stories of other popular Pride & Prejudice characters including Georgiana Darcy and Kitty Bennet. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Polly Lee. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/017524/bk_adbl_017524_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Threat Level Black , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 698min

A new weapon, the E Bomb, puts New York City on a terror alert in Threat Level Black, by New York Times best-selling author Jim DeFelice. Sardonic, chain-smoking, java-addicted FBI Special Agent Andy Fisher is called to look into the possibility that a terrorist group claims to have acquired an "E Bomb" - which can disable all electronic systems within a 10-mile radius - from North Korea. Fisher doubts that the North Koreans could actually make a working lawnmower, let alone an E Bomb. But the threat is more immediate than he suspects: The terrorists are already proceeding toward their objective. With the lives of millions hanging in the balance, Fisher races against the clock to stop a nightmarish scenario from being unleashed against a major city. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Todd McLaren. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/008133/bk_adbl_008133_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Game Control , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 618min

From the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk about Kevin comes a grimly comic tale of bad ideas and good intentions. With a deft, droll touch, Shriver highlights the hypocrisy of lofty intellectuals who would 'save' humanity but who don't like people. Eleanor Merritt, a do-gooding American family-planning worker, was drawn to Kenya to improve the lot of the poor. Unnervingly, she finds herself falling in love with the beguiling Calvin Piper despite, or perhaps because of, his misanthropic theories about population control and the future of the human race. Surely, Calvin whispers seductively in Eleanor's ear, if the poor are a responsibility, they are also an imposition. Set against the vivid backdrop of modern-day Africa, Game Control is a wry, sardonic conspiracy story about bad ideas and good intentions. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Laurel Lefkow. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/002911/bk_hcuk_002911_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Darcy's Temptation: A Sequel to the Fitzwilliam Darcy Story , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1176min

The day Fitzwilliam Darcy marries Elizabeth Bennet, he thinks his life is complete at last. Four months later, even greater joy appears on the horizon when Elizabeth finds out she is pregnant. But it is not long before outside forces intrude on their happiness. When the unthinkable happens, Elizabeth and Darcy must discover their love for each other all over again. Romantic and insightful, Darcy's Temptation captures the original style and sardonic wit of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice while weaving its beloved characters into an exciting new tale. In a story set against the backdrop of the British abolitionist movement, family difficulties and social affairs weigh heavily on the newlyweds, and a dramatic turn of events forces Elizabeth to try to recapture Darcy’s love before the manipulative Cecelia McFarland succeeds in luring him away. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lesley Parkin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/017514/bk_adbl_017514_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Steel and Stone: Dragonlance: Meetings Sextet, Book 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 608min

Hate At First Sight The tempestuous affair of Kitiara Uth Matar and Tanis Half-Elven begins with the sword. Life isn't simple for the hotheaded pair. They must contend with a carnivorous, two-headed troll; a deposed leader who believes Kitiara is the cause of the ruler's troubles; a vindictive mage who seeks peculiar vengeance; and Kit's hulking former lover. They also meet a beautiful magic-user hiding a painful secret, and a giant owl with a sardonic sense of humor. Here is the long-awaited story of the meeting of Tanis and Kitiara, a tale of love, lust, betrayal, and revenge that takes the listener through Krynn and south to the glacial Icereach. Ellen Porath, co-author of Kindred Spirits, tells this exciting new tale, the fifth in the Dragonlance Saga Meetings Sextet. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elisa Carlson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/006322/bk_adbl_006322_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Great Poets: Lord Byron , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 74min

Today Byron is regarded as the ultimate romantic - a rebel, a Casanova, and a man of intense, brooding passion. He was the most famous literary man of his time, and his poetry, endlessly witty and often insightful, was immensely popular and hugely influential. From the delicate romanticism of "She Walks in Beauty" to the evocative reflections of "So We’ll Go No More a Roving", Byron’s poems were unrivaled in their power and potency. Lesser-known poems such as "Destruction of Sennacherib", a reimagining of the biblical story of Sennacherib; "Prometheus", a sardonic poem about the Greek gods; and "Darkness", an apocalyptic story of the last man on earth, also included here, reveal Byron to be a poet of great range and variety. Mad, bad and dangerous to know, Lord Byron was without equal in English literature. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Russell Beale. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/001929/bk_naxo_001929_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Laughter in the Dark , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 321min

Albinus, a respectable, middle-aged man and aspiring filmmaker, abandons his wife for a lover half his age: Margot, who wants to become a movie star. When Albinus introduces her to Rex, an American movie producer, disaster ensues. What emerges is an elegantly sardonic and irresistibly ironic novel of desire, deceit, and deception, a curious romance set in the film world of Berlin in the 1930s. One of the 20th century’s master prose stylists, Vladimir Nabokov was born in St. Petersburg in 1899. He studied French and Russian literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, then lived in Berlin and Paris, where he launched a brilliant literary career. In 1940 he moved to the United States, and achieved renown as a novelist, poet, critic, and translator. He taught literature at Wellesley, Stanford, Cornell, and Harvard. In 1961 he moved to Montreux, Switzerland, where he died in 1977. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Luke Daniels. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/002730/bk_brll_002730_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Tourist Season , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 847min

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Carl Hiaasen's best-selling novels are funny and sardonic. Hilarious postcards of south Florida, they also decry the lurid commercialism that is draining and paving the tropical landscape. Tourist season is swinging into high gear in Miami. So are the activities of a bizarre terrorist group determined to keep the hapless "snowbirds" away. Armed with bombs, weed, and jumbled credos, they move toward their grand target, the Orange Bowl Parade, with plans to bring Miami and its tourist trade to a halt. The cast, which includes a deranged journalist, a visionary ex-jock, and a lovesick detective, is just the kind of company Carl Hiaasen's fans love to keep. Narrator George Wilson's performance lures each quirky character out into the full light of the Florida sun. With over half a million copies in print, this is one of Hiaasen's most popular works. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: George Wilson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/000279/bk_reco_000279_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Terracotta Dog: Inspector Montalbano, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 509min

The Terracotta Dog, the second audiobook in Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano series, opens with a mysterious tête-à-tête with a mafioso, some inexplicably abandoned loot from a supermarket heist and some dying words that lead Inspector Montalbano to a secret grotto in a mountain cave where two young lovers, dead 50 years and still embracing, are watched over by a life-size terracotta dog. Montalbano's passion to solve this old crime takes him, heedless of personal danger, on a journey through the island's past and into a family's dark heart amid the horrors of World War II. Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Salvo Montalbano has garnered millions of fans worldwide with his sardonic, engaging take on Sicilian small-town life and his genius for deciphering the most enigmatic of crimes. The Terracotta Dog is followed by the third title in this satirical and humorous series, The Snack Thief. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Meadows. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/macm/001130/bk_macm_001130_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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