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Empty Hands: A Memoir: One Woman's Journey to Save Children Orphaned by AIDS in South Africa , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 228min

Empty Hands is the inspiring memoir of Zulu nurse and health-care activist Sister Abegail Ntleko. Growing up poor in a rural village with a father who didn't believe in educating girls, against seemingly insurmountable odds Sister Abegail earned her nursing degree and began work as a community nurse and educator, dedicating her life to those in need. "Her story tells us," says Desmond Tutu, who wrote the foreword to the book, "what a single person can accomplish when heart and mind work together in the service of others." Overcoming poverty and racism within the apartheid South African system, she adopted her first child at a time when it was unheard of to do so. And then she did it again and again. In 40 years she has taken in and cared for hundreds of children who had nothing, saving babies - many of them orphans whose parents died of AIDS - from hospitals that were ready to give up on them and let them die. Empty Hands describes the harshness of Ntleko's circumstances with wit and wisdom in direct, beautifully understated prose and will appeal not only to activists and aid workers but to anyone who believes in the power of the human spirit to rise above suffering and find peace, joy, and purpose. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julisa Rowe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/005289/bk_rand_005289_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Free Your Soul: Sedona Summer's Journey , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 123min

Hardship and suffering come in many forms. A loss is only one. The principle of recovery remains the same in any hardships: financial, physical, or emotional health, or after a natural disaster. Recovery involves:Freeing your soul. Your first step is to recognize you have a soul. The second step is to release your soul from the bondage of past and present harshness. Only then will you be able to connect to your soul, releasing all the love with which you were naturally born. From then on, simply keep your soul nourished.Acceptance of change by adjusting your attitude and perspective. Knowing you are growing and becoming a more positive person.Finding your purpose in life despite the changes.Providing service to others. All of these thoughts are training for you to become the best possible person and to understand what creates your happiness. For me, happiness is being grateful for what I do have and living in the now. It involves seeing the peace and being part of that peace while recognizing my freedom and being content with all that my life is. A spiritual guide to living the most happy, content, peaceful, and free life anyone could live. When a soul is free, a new way to experience life is realized. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sedona Summer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/140319/bk_acx0_140319_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Siege of Sirius: A Splintered Galaxy Space Fantasy Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 641min

The dream to travel to the stars has become the nightmare to escape from them. Rebecca’s passion for space exploration made her a captain. Living through an alien invasion made her strong enough to endure the harshness of the galaxy. Rebecca has been given the opportunity of a life time, command of the ESRS Carl Sagan, an exploration and colonization starship. She, along with her trusted crew, embark on an expedition to establish the human race’s most remote colony located in the heart of the Sirius system. Upon awaking from their multiyear cryostasis sleep, Rebecca and her crew quickly discover that what exists in the Sirius system isn’t what scientists had predicted - not even remotely close. Their journey to the brightest star in the skies of Earth has now become a dreadful catastrophe with the potential to reach Earth if left unchecked. With innocent colonists at risk and no means of communicating with Earth, Rebecca must abandon her primary mission of exploration in order to take on a new one - survival. Fans of Star Trek, Mass Effect and Stargate will feel right at home with this standalone spin-off adventure, part of the Splintered Galaxy series. It is not necessary to listen to any of the other audiobooks to enjoy this. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anna Hogan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/114053/bk_acx0_114053_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Indian Horse: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 411min

Saul Indian Horse is in critical condition. Sitting feeble in an alcoholism treatment facility, he is told that sharing his story will help relieve his agony. Though skeptical, he embarks on a heartbreaking journey from the present - and into the woods of Northern Ontario, where his life began in a snowy Ojibway camp. The tale that follows is one of great pain and great determination from Richard Wagamese, an author who "never seems to waste a shot" (New York Times). After being taken forcibly from his family, Saul is placed in an abusive boarding school determined to expunge his Ojibway traditions and knowledge. But he finds salvation each morning at dawn, practicing hockey alone on the school's makeshift ice rink. Saul's gift is undeniable: He quickly rises from his school's all-Ojibway team to the white-dominated regional circuit. As his skills improve and he gains notoriety, however, each of his victories on the ice is met by racism and hate. As the years pass, Saul must reconcile his passion - the game he loves, that allowed him to escape poverty - with the harshness of a world that will never make him entirely welcome. Unfolding against the bleak loveliness of Northern Ontario - all rock, marsh, bog, and cedar - this is a singular story of resilience from a beloved storyteller. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jason Ryll. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/032360/bk_adbl_032360_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Mexico City Noir: Akashic Books: Noir , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 294min

Latin American noir at its finest. “[A] diverse collection of stories which reflect the harshness and also the brittle brilliance of life in Mexico City.” (MostlyFiction Book Reviews)Akashic Books’ acclaimed series of original noir anthologies has set a high standard for portraying cities and their neighborhoods in all their dark and violent splendor. Now, Mexico City Noir surpasses that standard with phantasmagorical tales of double-dealing, corruption, violence and self-delusion.... This collection is such a varied literary feast. Fans of Jorge Luis Borges will find surprises galore in the story "Violeta Isn’t Here Anymore". The noir-ish maze that Myriam Laurini constructs with her flair for the shifting realities of "magical realism" is dazzling enough, and then up pops Borges....“Peel back one layer and find something totally unexpected, these tales tell us again and again. As Eduardo Monteverde writes, ‘the heart of Mexico City is made of mud and green rocks, and the God of Rain continues to cry over the whole country.’ And standing on that ground, the 12 writers here find inspiration to die for.” (Shelf Awareness)This anthology includes brand-new stories by Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Eugenio Aguirre, Eduardo Antonio Parra, Bernardo Fernández Bef, Óscar de la Borbolla, Rolo Díez, Victor Luiz González, F.G. Haghenbeck, Juan Hernández Luna, Myriam Laurini, Eduardo Monteverde, and Julia Rodríguez. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gary Tiedemann, Tim Pabon, Thom Rivera, Kyla Garcia. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/054626/bk_adbl_054626_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Sandrine's Letter to Tomorrow , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 399min

Despite being a straight-A student and voracious reader, eight-year old Sandrine Miller is treated as little more than a servant by her mother, who forces Sandrine to clean house, do chores and take care of her younger half-sister, Yolanda. On top of the despair of her life at home, Sandrine must confront growing up against the harshness of life in 1970s-era New Orleans, where men in cars follow her home from school and she is ostracized because she is a light-skinned black girl. The only refuge Sandrine has against her bleak world is spending summers with her beloved grandmother, Mamalita. After Mamalita’s death, Sandrine realizes that she must escape from her mother, from New Orleans, from everything she has known, if she is to have any kind of future. In the tradition of Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Alice Walker's The Color Purple, Sandrine's Letter to Tomorrow is a brilliant debut from an important new African-American voice in literary fiction. A native and current resident of New Orleans, Dedra Johnson received her MFA from the University of Florida, where she was a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers. Sandrine's Letter to Tomorrow was a runner-up for the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Award in 2006. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: A. Jai Simone. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/011269/bk_adbl_011269_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Rosebloom , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 821min

Rose - a precocious young girl in 1930s Wisconsin - runs away from home to avoid going onto high school and what she sees as a certain path to marriage and motherhood. What she seeks is adventure. What she finds is much more. Rose is thrown into the lives of the varied people and towns of the Mississippi while working on river boats, going to a prep school in St. Louis where she lives with a black family in the Ville, and working in a bordello in New Orleans. (Not as a call girl, of course. She is a Catholic girl from the Midwest after all.) What she doesn't anticipate are the close relationships that develop with many of the women she encounters. She also discovers the harshness of the world far away from the security of home. Ultimately, Rose realizes what is most important in her life: her family and her friends. Rosebloom takes place at a time in history that buffets Rose between the great depression and the coming wave of World War II. She gets herself into situations through her naivete and also just by chance that test her resolve and teach her not only about herself but about the world of others which she would have never know if she hadn't left her small farm in Southwest Wisconsin. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Adam Seeger. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/072232/bk_acx0_072232_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Sarmatians and Scythians: A Captivating Guide to the Barbarians of Iranian Origins and How These Ancient Tribes Fought Against the Roman Empire, Goths, Huns, and Persians , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 89min

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Sarmatians and Scythians, then pay attention....Masters of the horse, the Scythians and Sarmatians opened the Eurasian Steppe to nomadic civilizations like it had never seen before. For the first time, a group of tribes sharing a common culture called the Steppe their home, adapting themselves to its harshness. Born out of this environment, a very particular way to live was adopted and later spread to peoples of Central Asia - the pastoral nomadic lifestyle. It would be the bane of organized armies of great empires, as the excellent mobility granted by their superior horse-riding skills were no match compared to the slow, organized infantry.The tale of the Scythians and Sarmatians have lasted through history, and although they had not one written historical record of their own, their presence was registered by dozens of classical historians. More importantly, though, their precious burial tombs still retained some of the civilizational remains of this extraordinary group of peoples.In Sarmatians and Scythians: A Captivating Guide to the Barbarians of Iranian Origins and How These Ancient Tribes Fought Against the Roman Empire, Goths, Huns, and Persians, you will discover topics such asOrigins of the Scythians and SarmatiansArt, culture, and religionEconomy and societyWarfare and conquestEnd of the Scythians and SarmatiansAnd much, much more!So if you want to learn more about Sarmatians and Scythians, buy now! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Randy Whitlow. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/191719/bk_acx0_191719_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Gudrun: Series 1-4: A Viking Epic Inspired by the Icelandic Sagas, Hörbuch, Digital, 341min

An 11th-century Viking epic of love, revenge and faith, set in Iceland and starring the original Nordic Noir heroine, Gudrun.As a young woman growing up in 11th-century Iceland, Gudrun must forge her path through a world of unearthly beauty yet uncompromising harshness. The tale begins in her youth, with her childhood friends Kjartan and Bolli - but the love the two boys have for Gudrun causes a deathly enmity between them that leaves her reeling.Suspicious of how power and ambition are wielded by men, Gudrun is left feeling increasingly isolated. She longs for the freedom to live her life according to her own rules, beholden to no-one. This epic saga takes her on a journey away from her beloved homeland, risking everything to save her daughter. An avenging angel forged from violence, Gudrun has all the complexity, vulnerability and single-mindedness of her successors, Lisbeth Salander and Saga Noren. In the ruthless world she inhabits, her steely determination and willingness to manipulate others in the manner of Borgen's Birgitte Nyborg is what keeps her alive.Gudrun is based on the famous Icelanders' saga known as The Laxdoela Saga. Written in the 13th century, it tells of people in the Breiðafjörður area of Iceland from the late 9th century to the early 11th century.Starring Kate Phillips (Peaky Blinders, War and Peace) as Gudrun. Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko (series 1) and Gemma Jenkins (series 2-4).Please note: audio replaced 15 Nov 2019. Language: English. Narrator: full cast, Kate Phillips. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/003903/bk_rhuk_003903_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Pavane , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 559min

Award-winning author, narrator, and screenwriter Neil Gaiman personally selected this book, and, using the tools of the Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX), cast the narrator and produced this work for his audiobook label, Neil Gaiman Presents. A few words from Neil on Pavane: "When Old Earth Books told me they are reissuing Pavane, which was originally published in 1968, I told them: 'I read one story from Pavane when I was nine, and it scarred me…. I read the whole book as a teenager and learned where that story had come from, and the shape of the whole story and I felt the scars heal….' Pavane was Keith Roberts' masterpiece: profound and still remarkable." Considered Keith Roberts' masterwork, this novel consists of linked short stories (six measures and a coda) of a 20th century in which the Roman Catholic Church controls the Western world, and has done so since Queen Elizabeth of England was assassinated in 1588. The Protestant Reformation never happened, and the world is kept in a Dark Age of steam-power transportation, with no allowance for electrical power, by a tyrannical Rome. Pavane shows the harshness of life in this society and details the generational struggle for independence by the citizens of Dorset, England. It's through this series of moving tales that Roberts interweaves a discussion of Destiny and History that take the book out of the ordinary. And the authors great love of his native country makes this the most English of novels, and one of the finest in fantastic literature. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steven Crossley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/000207/bk_acx0_000207_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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