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    Alexandria
    'This is a jewel of a book' - SUNDAY TIMES 'One of the great stories of archaeology, exploration and espionage' - William Dalrymple 'Immensely enjoyable' - BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE ____________________________________ For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and West. Then it vanished. In 1833 it was discovered in Afghanistan by the unlikeliest person imaginable: Charles Masson, an ordinary working-class boy from London turned deserter, pilgrim, doctor, archaeologist and highly respected scholar. On the way into one of history's most extraordinary stories, Masson would take tea with kings, travel with holy men and become the master of a hundred disguises; he would see things no westerner had glimpsed before and few have glimpsed since. This is a wild journey through nineteenth-century India and Afghanistan, with impeccably researched storytelling that shows us a world of espionage and dreamers, ne'er-do-wells and opportunists, extreme violence both personal and military, and boundless hope. At the edge of empire, amid the deserts and the mountains, it is the story of an obsession passed down the centuries. 'Impressive ... Masson has at last found the intrepid biographer he has so long deserved' - John Keay
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    1776: Daughter of Liberty: Book 1 of the 1776 Series Set During the American Revolutionary War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 325min
    Massachusetts, 1776 Young Abigail suffers greatly from the way she is being raised by her mother, for whom a woman's only place is in the kitchen. At the same time, her father's dedicated fight for freedom also ignites in her a passion for the American Revolution. When news of her father's death reaches her, she has a falling out with her mother. Soon after, Abigail goes on her way to fight for freedom and independence, like her father had done. On the way, she encounters the young English deserter Edward, who has come to the realization that he went to war for the wrong ideals and who also wants to join the Continental Army. Soon, the two discover their true feelings for each other as the turmoil of the American Revolutionary War begins for them a time of uncertainty, of hope and of terror. Is the burning torch of their love strong enough to withstand the storm? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Carolyn Graves. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/027104/bk_acx0_027104_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Female of the Species , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 937min
    World-famous anthropologist Gray Kaiser has almost everything. She is brilliance, self-sufficient, and beautiful. But at 59, one thing is still missing from her life. She has never been in love. Her assistant Errol McEchern has loved her for many years, but she doesn't know. Errol convinces Gray to return to the site of her first triumph - Kenya, where she had discovered an isolated tribe of Masai who worshipped American World War II deserter Charles Corgi as a god. While there, they meet Raphael Sarasola, a 24-year-old graduate assistant whose dark good looks and insolent manner make him a double for the dead Corgi. And as Errol watches, amazed and injured, Gray falls in love. From its exotic beginning to its chilling end, The Female of the Species is a hypnotic, beautifully written novel. Through Errol, Raphael, and Gray, Lionel Shriver explores love in all its desperation. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Fred Stella. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/001756/bk_brll_001756_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Revolution: Can Man Beat Machine : The Legion Chronicles, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 435min
    A few short years ago William Tell Davis was a simple Marine Sergeant drinking bear in a local bar, he got in a fight and ended up having to leave Earth to prevent its destruction.  Now, after the actions covered in The Deserter, General Davis and the Legion he created to protect the Earth from Aliens has to protect all biologic life in the Galaxy.  In the second installment of the Legion Chronicles, the computer species known as the Kernel has learned how to enslave humans using an implant that turns them into mind controlled puppets and have launched a coordinated sneak attack throughout the entire galaxy.  Only Legion controlled planets were able to turn back the attempts at enslavement.Now General Davis and his Legion must take back the galaxy planet by planet until they have enough allies to finally make it to Kernel Prime for the final showdown.Join the Legion as they fend off alien attacks, prevent implantation by mind control devices, search for allies, and destroy the evil artificial intelligence.  Man vs. Machine Humanity Revolts ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: C.J. McAllister. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/205135/bk_acx0_205135_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    City of Thieves: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 508min
    From the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour and When the Nines Roll Over and co-creator of the HBO series Game of Thrones, a captivating novel about war, courage, survival - and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime. During the Nazis’ brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserter named Kolya. Instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen eggs for a powerful Soviet colonel to use in his daughter’s wedding cake. In a city cut off from all supplies and suffering unbelievable deprivation, Lev and Kolya embark on a hunt through the dire lawlessness of Leningrad and behind enemy lines to find the impossible. By turns insightful and funny, thrilling and terrifying, the New York Times best seller City of Thieves is a gripping, cinematic World War II adventure and an intimate coming-of-age story with an utterly contemporary feel for how boys become men. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ron Perlman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/001130/bk_peng_001130_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Hotels of the Old West , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 244min
    Need a room for the night in the Old West? No problem. Hotels had sprung up everywhere, from forgotten cow towns to the bustling city of San Francisco. The farther from the railroad, the more horrifying the accommodations - your only option was likely a roach-infested hotel, barely held together by boards covered with cloth and paper. But that wasn't always the case. Nestled in the Rockies in Georgetown, Colorado, for instance, stood the Hotel de Paris, founded by a French deserter and boasting an excellent wine cellar, exquisite cuisine, and outstanding library.Hotels of the Old West reveals the fascinating story of the hotels and hospitality houses - the grand, the deplorable, and the just plain dependable - that flourished and failed in the 19th century.Historian Richard A. Van Orman draws on records, autobiographies, letters, and journals to offer a compelling look at the early hotels, their food and living conditions, the people who ran and worked in them, and those who just stayed for a night.The book is published by Indiana University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: William Dupuy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/223434/bk_acx0_223434_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Last Another Day , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 533min
    Humanity falls...Trapped in the shower by her undead husband, Morgan prays for rescue but quickly realizes she's on her own. She escapes, only to find that the horror has spread and now threatens everything she holds dear. With each passing moment, death becomes more certain.Logan returns to his childhood home and teams up with Max, an army deserter racing against the clock to save his family. When the infection outruns them, they face the real possibility that everyone they know is already dead. Or worse, undead.All it takes is one mistake. As the sun sets against the backdrop of the African veldt and living nightmares walk the streets in the shape of their loved one's bodies, humanity's last hope rests in the hands of ordinary men and women called to do extraordinary things.For fans of The Walking Dead, Dawn of the Dead, and all things zombie comes your next obsession, a thrilling series that you won't want to end. This is book 1 in the Dangerous Days series and packs a serious apocalyptic punch! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Greg Tremblay. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/podm/001252/bk_podm_001252_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Great Adventure Story Collection: 40 Action Packed Tales of Adventure and Intrigue , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1485min
    Forty breathtaking short stories of gripping adventures, secrets and strange conspiracies. 'The Dust That Was Barren' by P. C. Wren 'The Deserter' by Stacy Aumonier 'The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand' by J. S. Fletcher 'The Secret of the Smoked Spectacles' by William Le Queux 'The 39 Steps' by John Buchan 'Three Pennyworth of Luck' by Basil Murray 'The Secret of Dr. Vaux’s Intrigue' by William Le Queux 'A Thread of Scarlet' by J. J. Bell 'How I Became a Secret Agent' by Dr. A. K. Graves 'The Adventure of the Mazzarin Stone' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 'The Lake' by W. F. Harvey 'The Coffin Merchant' by Richard Middleton 'The Earl, the Warder and the Wayward Heiress' by J. S. Fletcher 'The Victim' by Perceval Gibbon 'Over an Absinthe Bottle' by W. C. Morrow 'The Paradise of Thieves' by G. K. Chesterton 'The Secret of the Black Bag' by William Le Queux 'The Vampire' by Jan Neruda 'The Mind-Readers' by Edgar Wallace 'The Mysterious Card' by Cleveland Moffet Plus 20 more gripping adventure stories. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000695/bk_redd_000695_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Devil's Ante: A Sean Addison Adventure , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 682min
    The murder business has a way of pulling you back in....Sean Addison is tired of killing in the name of queen and country. The ex-SAS agent has vowed to never take another life, opting instead to see the world from his motorcycle. But when members of a notorious Columbian cartel try to steal his bike, Sean realizes it's impossible to keep his killer instincts at bay....Now with a vengeful cartel and a South American mercenary on his heels, Sean can't help but be swept up in a global power play. It turns out that the UK is willing to do anything to get at the mineral-rich deposits beneath the cartel's cocaine empire, and Sean's ex-partner has been hand-picked to carry out the mission....With the help of a CIA deserter, Sean's only way to get out of this mess alive is by putting murder back on the menu....Devil's Ante is a high-octane thriller set on the international stage. If you like high-stakes action, complex characters, and global power struggles, then you'll love Steve Abbott's gripping tale. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Edward James Beesley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/107634/bk_acx0_107634_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Distortions: OLD BARON - The Chronicles Of The Red Rage 3, Hörbuch, Digital, 51min
    Things look pretty bleak for Gunther von Richthofen and his crew. Although they managed to find the son of governor Talla Ozzynski well and alive and to escape the storm troops of the Star Empire for the time being, although so far nothing but corpses and ekto demons had been found in the huge conveyor station, the contact to the Old Baron and pilot Alyhda has broken off. "I'm stranded" - that's the last message they received. And in addition, there's something wrong with their target person - wrong in a very unsettling way.Captain Gunther von Richthofen is a disillusioned deserter. Together with the clone couple Ryder and Hook, as well as pilot and hacker Alyhda, he makes his living on board the stolen and badly beaten Old Baron with mercenary jobs and tries to stay under the radar of the Sternenreich.However, this proves to be a lot harder than expected and the Reich isn't the only problem the crew of the Old Baron has to deal with. The "Red Rage", a devilish psi epidemic that turns the worst nightmares of the infected into a cruel reality, begins to spread in a mutated form. Language: English. Narrator: Georg Bruckmann. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/stbr/000506/bk_stbr_000506_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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