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  Hope's Dream : Deerbourne Inn , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 206min

  Hope Kildaire gave up her dream of becoming a nurse practitioner when a car accident killed her father and left her mother an invalid. Working two jobs and caring for her mother leaves the 27-year-old with no time for fun or relationships. When a law firm representing her paternal grandparents sends her several letters, Hope ignores them. She despises the family who disowned her father and wants nothing to do with them. Lawyer Tyler Coleman's job is simply to obtain Hope's signature on a legal document. Getting it is harder than planned, though, when an unexpected attraction blossoms between them. If Ty is honest with Hope about why he's in Willow Springs, he'll fulfill his assignment but may risk hurting her. The opportunity to have everything she's ever desired is at Hope's fingertips. Will her dream come true at the expense of Tyler's love? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Giselle Lumas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/147360/bk_acx0_147360_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Best of Intentions: Canadian Crossings Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 680min

  In the aftermath of WWI, Grace Abernathy is determined to reunite with her family, crossing an ocean to convince her widowed sister to return home to England. But Toronto holds more tragedy and her nephew, Christian, is now in the custody of his paternal relatives, the formidable Easton family, who rejected Grace's sister because of her low social status.  Unconvinced that the Eastons can be fitting caretakers, Grace jumps at the chance to become Christian's nanny and to observe the family up close under an assumed name. In the course of her new position, she is shocked to discover herself falling for Andrew Easton, the boy's guardian. Unfortunately, Andrew is promised to a spoiled socialite who will make a terrible stepmother for Christian. Will Grace be able to protect her nephew...and her heart? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Boyce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/drms/003648/bk_drms_003648_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Gargantua & Pantagruel (Classic Serial), Hörbuch, Digital, 113min

  Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais. Dramatised by Lavinia Murray. Episode 1: Gargantua. The bawdy, exuburant adventures of medieval giants. A dizzying blend of fantasy, comedy, philosophy and scatological humour. The world's a messy place. The first episode depicts the young life of the giant Gargantua, who is reduced to laughable insanity by an education at the hands of paternal ignorance, old crones and syphilitic professors. Episode 2: - Pantagruel. Concluding the bawdy and scatological adventures of Medieval giants. This episode concentrates on the story of Gargantua's son, Pantagruel and his morally dubious friend Panurge, as they go on a quest to discover whether marriage is for them. On the way they have many adventures before they come before the Seer of the Holy Bottle who gives them a definitive judgement. Starring David Troughton as Rabelais with a full cast. Gargantua and Pantagruel is dramatised by Lavinia Murray. Language: English. Narrator: David Troughton, full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/006989/bk_bbcw_006989_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Beasts of No Nation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 253min

  This movie tie-in edition of the acclaimed debut novel by Uzodinma Iweala tells the unforgettable story of the life of a child soldier in a war-torn African country. In this stunning debut novel, Agu, a young boy in an unnamed West African nation, is recruited into a unit of guerrilla fighters as civil war engulfs his country. Haunted by his father's death at the hands of militants, Agu is vulnerable to the dangerous yet paternal nature of his new commander. While the war rages on, Agu becomes increasingly divorced from the life he had known before the conflict started - a life of school friends, church services, and time when his family was still intact. In a powerful, strikingly original voice that vividly captures Agu's youth and confusion, Uzodinma Iweala has produced a harrowing, inventive, and deeply affecting novel. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Manyonda. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/004760/bk_harp_004760_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Parallel Dimensions: What I Encountered Navigating the Astral Plane, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 53min

  Victory is now alpha of the Branson pack, and things should be falling into place. She has kept her brother, Samson, alive for two important reasons. First, she does not kill family, and secondly, he has information that she needs in order to grow into her full potential as alpha and psychic. Yet, there is a part of her abilities that she cannot tap into, and it has become quite frustrating. Her paternal grandmother, Irena, has some ideas that might be able to help her find the answers that she seeks. But, they come at a dangerous cost. One that will require her to use a darker magic that they have ever known: Time walking.What does this magic require of her, and will it be worth it in the end? She hopes that she doesn’t have to lose anymore in the process.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Natsumi Bailey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/139356/bk_acx0_139356_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  What to Expect When You're Expecting

  For the fifth edition, Heidi Murkoff has rewritten and revamped every section of the bestselling pregnancy book of all time, answering dozens of new questions and including new much-requested material, such as info for dad throughout the text, the latest recommendations on what to eat and drink while pregnant, and a brand-new chapter about birth control options postpartum. More comprehensive and reassuring than ever, the fifth edition includes help with deciphering the most current lifestyle trends (from juice bars and raw diets to cord blood banking and Mommy wars), as well as information on pregnancy matters physical (fertility treatments, first trimester ultrasounds, and breastfeeding), emotional (advice on postpartum anxiety and paternal PPD), nutritional (whether you're hooked on wheatgrass or caffeine), and social (gender reveals, pregnancy selfies, and social media baby bump-posting). Chock full of tips, helpful hints, and humor (a pregnant woman's best friend), this new edition is more accessible and easier to use than ever before. It's a fully revised and up-to-date version of the classic that parents have known and trusted for over three decades.

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  Meeting of Minds, Volume VIII, Hörbuch, Digital, 115min

  Conceived and developed by Steve Allen, the award-winning PBS-TV series Meeting of the Minds brought together the most provocative figures of history for conversation and conflict.Poetry, philosophy, politics and revolution form a lively mix of topics in this, the eighth gathering of influential intellects from several centuries.Sun Yat-Sen describes the circumstances that facilitated radical upheaval in 20th-century China. In the process he finds it necessary to defend his style of leadership against the critical condescension of Machiavelli, who insists that his own analysis of politics assures greater and more lasting success. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, at times accompanied by her dog, Flush, recalls a life profoundly influenced by extremes of paternal oppression and romantic love. And Aristotle sheds the sublime light of reason and elegant thought on all the proceedings.Once again, Steve Allen provides a clearing for the stimulating exchange of ideas in a context that simultaneously entertains and enlightens his audience. Language: English. Narrator: Bernard Behrens, Alfred Ryder, Jayne Meadows, Keye Luke. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pnix/000164/bk_pnix_000164_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  A Place Called Home , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 726min

  The wonderfully nostalgic and heartwarming new novel from the Sunday Times top-ten best-selling author of The Beggar Maid. Born out of wedlock when her mother was only fourteen, Lucy Pocket has spent all her life in the care of her disreputable but charming grandmother, Eva. They dodge from one poor lodging house to another, always in debt and resorting to theft in order to exist. Until her wealthy paternal grandfather buys her from Eva, determined to bring Lucy up to be a lady. When her grandfather dies, his despicable nephew cheats Lucy out of her inheritance except for a run-down lodging house in Whitechapel, where she is forced to look after his three illegitimate children. Jilted by her would-be fiancé, Lucy is determined to make a life for herself and the children and to search for her long-lost grandmother, creating the family for which she has always longed. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Willow Nash. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/002000/bk_rhuk_002000_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Of Human Bondage , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1491min

  First published in 1915, Of Human Bondage is widely considered to be Somerset Maugham’s masterpiece and is believed to have been at least partially based on Maugham’s own life. This is the tale of Philip Carey, who is orphaned at a young age and raised by his uncle. Of Human Bondage follows Philip on his travels to Paris, London, and Germany, taking the listener on an adventure of discovery as his travels brings him new discoveries and emotional growth. Philip’s life takes a turn for the worse when he meets Mildred Rogers and begins a destructive relationship that will have lasting consequences. Orphaned at ten years old, W. Somerset Maugham was raised by his paternal uncle who provided little guidance and warmth during his childhood. Instead of going into law like other members of his family, he decided to become an author and was considered to be one of the most successful of his era. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David McCallion. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/101694/bk_acx0_101694_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Brendan Malone: The Last Fenian , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 334min

  Based on true historical events, Brendan Malone: The Last Fenian is a folkloric satire examining the dark, destructive side of paternal love. Roscommon, Ireland, 1910. A string of crop failures and botched rebellions had left the country a pitiful wasteland. Brendan Malone, a struggling Gaelic landlord and member of the secret Irish Republican Brotherhood, succumbs to a midlife flare-up of nationalism, while his two sons climb the academic Olympus at University College Dublin.Dylan, primitive and compliant, clings to his overbearing father, while Hugh, anglicized beyond recognition, harbors his own ambitions that do not include liberating his native land. "M.J. Neary has added a well-crafted and finely researched novel to the genre." (Kenneth Weene, author of Memoirs From The Asylum) "Gripping read from beginning to end." (Gary Inbinder, author of Confessions of the Creature)The author has brought a difficult period of Irish history to life through a combination of historical and fictional characters. (Jim Dougherty, President of The Wild Goose) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colin Grube. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/008710/bk_acx0_008710_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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