105 Results for : preposterous
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Looking for Mr. Right: And Finding Oh So Wrong for Me , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 328min
“Miss Davis, why are you here?” He sat behind the desk, his elbows resting on the rich wood, his fingertips touching, and his dark eyes, barely tolerable of me.... He was the hottest man I’d ever seen, and I had dated a rock star, a basketball player, and a pilot, who were, in my opinion, all tens. “I need a job.” He picked up my resume, skimmed through it quickly, then set the folder on top of his desk. “I have a proposition for you.” “But....” “Miss Davis, please shut that little mouth of yours and listen.” I listened all right, and then I laughed in his face. “That’s preposterous, Mr. Wright.” “Why? Do you find me unattractive?” “Well, no.” “You already mentioned that you were desperate to find a husband and work. What I’m proposing isn’t really work, but it pays well, and after the contract is up, you will be all set for life. So, what’s the problem?” “I don’t know you. We barely met.” “Then I suggest we get to know one another right away. I’ll pick you up at six this evening. I’ve got your address here.” “But....” “What’s the problem now, Miss Davis?” “I - I don’t know what to wear?” “I’m sure you’ve got a little black number of some kind. Every woman does. Wear that and be ready by six. I’m never late.” This is similar to the story by Nicole Snow Baby Fever Bride. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cassandra Arnold. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/193444/bk_acx0_193444_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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In Bed with Susie Bright 487: How to Enjoy Sex - When It's Too Damn Hot, Hörbuch, Digital, 25min, (USK 18)
How can you even think about having sex when the temperature outside is over 90 degrees Fahrenheit (over 32 degrees Celsius) and the humidity levels are off the charts? As the entire U.S. is experiencing record heat waves, Susie has some ideas about how to stay cool and be horny too. Think cool watery places with plenty of lube. Susie has some sound advice for getting hot with your partner in a cool way. Next, there's a new war on Johns - the anti-prostitution crusaders are on a rampage. They're inundating the press with false research saying that men who pay for sex are more likely to be violent criminal types. Susie is livid over the misinformation being thrown around by Melissa Farley, a notorious proponent of abolishing prostitution. Susie says Farley is a crank whose ideas are preposterous and detrimental to sex workers. Then, in our "Try This at Home" mailbag, Susie reads a letter from a female listener who is bisexual. She asks, "Is it's okay to not tell a hot new lesbian lover that I have a boyfriend at home? Help!" Have a question? You can call Susie's hotline at 831-480-5110. And you can send your confidential questions - plus requests for free samples and blog banners! - to susie@susiebright.com. [Episode 487, July 22, 2011] Explicit Language Warning: You must be 18 years or older to purchase this program. Language: English. Narrator: Susie Bright. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/pf/suzy/110722/pf_suzy_110722_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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American Hippopotamus , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 140min
In 1910, the United States - its population exploding, its frontier all but exhausted - was in the throes of a serious meat shortage. But a small and industrious group of thinkers stepped forward with an answer, a bold idea being endorsed by the likes of Theodore Roosevelt and The New York Times. Their plan: To import hippopotamuses to the swamps of Louisiana and convince Americans to eat them. The only thing stranger than the hippo idea itself was the partnership promoting it. At its center were two hard-bitten spies: Frederick Russell Burnham, a superhumanly competent frontiersman, freelance adventurer, and fervent optimist about America's future-Burnham would be the inspiration for both the Boy Scouts and Indiana Jones-and Fritz Duquesne, a.k.a. the Black Panther, a virtuoso con man and cynical saboteur who believed only in his own glorification and revenge. Burnham and Duquesne had very recently been sworn enemies under orders to assassinate each other. They'd soon be enemies again. But for one brief and shining moment they joined behind a common cause: Transforming America into a nation of hippopotamus ranchers. In American Hippopotamus, Jon Mooallem brings to life a historical saga too preposterous to be fiction-a bracing and eccentric epic of espionage and hippos, but also of a conflicted nation on the threshold of a bewildering new century, deciding what kind of country it would be, and what beasts it would eat. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jon Mooallem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/014314/bk_acx0_014314_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Spirits, Pies & Alibis: The Witches of Pinecroft Cove, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 427min
After moving to the magical world of Pinecroft Cove, will Tamsyn’s life ever be normal again?Tamsyn Bassett is having a bad week. Like the "losing your job and getting dumped by your boyfriend" kind of bad. So, when her great-aunt invites her to spend the summer at her inn on a remote island in Maine, Tamsyn jumps at the chance. But instead of the peaceful getaway she expected, she's immediately confronted with the preposterous revelation that she's descended from a long line of kitchen witches and is the last hope of her generation to keep magic alive in Pinecroft Cove. That she's the world's worst cook could be an issue.As if navigating a strange new world of spells, magic, and exploding blueberry pies isn't enough to handle, that awkward boy who had a crush on her when they were kids seems to turn up everywhere she looks. Only, now that he's a super-dreamy doctor, it's Tamsyn's turn to be the awkward one. If she didn't know better, she'd swear someone put a hex on her.One more thing. Tamsyn's pretty sure she's being haunted, and not by just any ghost but by Doctor Dreamy's dead uncle. If she can't harness her powers in time to figure out the truth behind his mysterious death, she may never have a moment of peace again.When death strikes the island’s controversial real estate mogul, will Tamsyn’s newly discovered powers be any match for murder?Don’t miss the new Witches of Pinecroft Cove series of paranormal cozy mysteries! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephanie Murphy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/164535/bk_acx0_164535_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Dear Agony: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 548min
Dear Agony, You've been my shadow, following me through childhood - filling my days and nights with terror and uncertainty. You cleverly disguised yourself as some form of pain or suffering as I grew into a young woman. We were unwavering companions...until I severed our ties. I traded homelessness on the streets of New Orleans for a luxurious bed covered by the finest linens. I traded Dumpster diving for dinner in the finest restaurants. I traded myself to a stranger - Bastien Pascal. I have a good life within my platonic and mutually beneficial companionship with Bash. He's my friend. My mentor. My roommate. Until everything changes. I'm not supposed to get goose bumps when his hand brushes my skin. I'm not supposed to be eager for his soothing touch following one of my nightmares. I'm not supposed to think about what might happen if I reached out to him in the darkness. Falling in love with him? Preposterous...unavoidable. Agony, why are you back with a vengeance to rob me of this life I've come to love so dearly? I'm finally happy. Don't ruin this for me. Always yours, Rose In this epic love story, Dear Agony forges a connection between an unlikely pair - a beautiful rose entwined in barbed wire and a shipwreck sinking into the darkest depths of the ocean. This agonizing romantic novel poses some gut-wrenching questions: What does a woman do when the man she loves is planning his own demise? And how far will she go to give him something to live for? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kyle Munley, Mia Gaskin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/033194/bk_adbl_033194_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Cybersecurity: What You Need to Know About Computer and Cyber Security, Social Engineering, the Internet of Things + An Essential Guide to Ethical Hacking for Beginners , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 394min
If you want to avoid getting hacked, having your information spread and discover the world of ethical hacking then pay attention.... Two manuscripts in one audiobook: Cybersecurity: An Essential Guide to Computer and Cyber Security for Beginners, Including Ethical Hacking, Risk Assessment, Social Engineering, Attack and Defense Strategies, and CyberwarfareEthical Hacking: The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Using Penetration Testing to Audit and Improve the Cybersecurity of Computer Networks, Including Tips on Social EngineeringDo you create tons of accounts you will never again visit? Do you get annoyed thinking up new passwords, so you just use the same one across all your accounts? Does your password contain a sequence of numbers, such as “123456”? Do you automatically click all links and download all email attachments coming from your friends? This audiobook will show you just how incredibly lucky you are that nobody's hacked you before. In part one of this audiobook, you will learn about: How hackers use raunchy photos to eke out private informationExamples of preposterous social engineering attacksHow there's only one surefire way to protect against hackingHow to lower your exposure to hackingWhy companies pester you to attach a phone number to an account Why social media is the most insecure way to spend your afternoon and much, much moreSome of the topics covered in part two of this audiobook include: Fighting against companiesEthical hacking definedPatentsPenetration testingJailbreaking Android/iPhoneShut up CortanaHow a hacker could go about hacking your Wi-Fi and much, much more! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Reaves, Brian R. Scott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/142051/bk_acx0_142051_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The White Tiger, Hörbuch, Digital, 382min
Meet Balram Halwal, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells his story.... Born in a village in the dark heart of India, the son of a rickshaw puller, Balram is taken out of school by his family and put to work in a tea shop. As he crushes coal and wipes tables, he nurses a dream of escape, of breaking away from the banks of Mother Ganga, into whose murky depths have seeped the remains of a hundred generations. His big chance comes when a rich village landlord hires him as a chauffeur for his son, his daughter-in-law, and their two Pomeranian dogs. From behind the wheel of a Honda, Balram first sees Delhi. .The city is a revelation. Amid the cockroaches and call centres, the 36,000,004 gods, the slums, the shopping malls and the crippling traffic jams, Balram's reeducation begins. Caught between his instinct to be a loyal son and servant and his desire to better himself, he learns of a new morality at the heart of a new India. As the other servants flick through the pages of Murder Weekly, Balram begins to see how the tiger might escape his cage. For surely any successful man must spill a little blood on his way to the top. The White Tiger is a tale of two Indias. Balram's journey from the darkness of village life to the light of entrepreneurial success is utterly amoral, brilliantly irreverent, deeply endearing and altogether unforgettable. Language: English. Narrator: Kerry Shale. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/orio/000928/bk_orio_000928_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Let It Be Easy: 12 Actions to Create an Extraordinary Life : The Self-Empowerment Trilogy, Volume 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 107min
Whether it's heaven or hell, you create your life. If you are always struggling with your finances, relationships, health, and career, life is hell. Once you learn how to let everything flow and materialize with ease, life can be heaven. By and large, most people find life to be a struggle. The reason for this is that they were never taught that life can be easy, and they were never taught how to bring about the ease, comfort, safety, and peace that makes life a rich, rewarding, and joyous experience. After reading this book, you will be able to finally take control of your life in a way that will bring you everything you've ever wanted. You will also be able to identify and eliminate what you don't want. This promise may seem preposterous, but be assured, many people are doing it right now. The keys to this knowledge are available to anyone willing to look beyond the traditional realms of education and explore these simple, profound reminders to take action. This book suggests 12 actions you can take that will immediately enrich your life and produce an environment in which harmony and fulfillment can thrive. They are simple ideas that can create dramatic results. When you take these actions, you will find a remarkable difference in the quality of your life. They can transform your day-to-day experience of living. They will contribute to your sense of well-being, they will improve your relationships with others, and will assist you in becoming more alive, successful and prosperous. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gregory B Knapp. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/112944/bk_acx0_112944_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Go Ask Your Father: One Man's Obsession with Finding His Origins Through DNA Testing , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 373min
Every family has a secret. But what if that secret makes you question your own place in the family? Mixing equal parts memoir, detective story, and popular-science narrative, this is the emotionally charged account of one man's quest to find out the truth about his genetic heritage - and confront the agonizing possibility of having to redefine the first 50 years of his life. Shortly before his father's death, Lennard Davis received a cryptic call from his uncle Abie, who said he had a secret he wanted to tell him one day. When finally revealed, the secret - that Abie himself was Davis's father, via donor insemination - seemed too preposterous to be true. Born in 1949, Davis wasn't even sure that artificial insemination had existed at that time. Moreover, his uncle was mentally unstable, an unreliable witness to the past. Davis tried to erase the whole episode from his mind. Yet it wouldn't disappear. As a child, Davis had always felt oddly out of place in his family. Could Abie's story explain why? Over time Davis's doubts grew into an obsession, until finally, some 20 years after Abie's phone call, he launched an investigation - one that took him to DNA labs and online genealogical research sites, and into intense conversations with family members whose connection to him he had begun to doubt. At once an absorbing personal journey and a fascinating intellectual foray into the little-known history of artificial insemination and our millennia-long attempt to understand the mysteries of sexual reproduction, Davis's quest challenges us to ask who we are beyond a mere collection of genes. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David L. Stanley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/049016/bk_acx0_049016_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Murderers' Row: Original Baseball Mysteries, Volume 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 292min
Seven original baseball short stories in the mystery and murder genres, written by an all-star lineup of writers, each of whom understand the game's lore and tactical nuances as well as its deep roots in American life. Compiled by Otto Penzler, the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and regarded as the world's foremost authority on crime, mystery and suspense fiction. Stories include: "Keller's Designated Hitter" by Lawrence Block - Professional hitman John Keller is after a pro ballplayer whose hitting average hasn't kept up with his expensive contract. "Pinch Hitter, A Nathan Heller Story" by Max Allan Collins - Fact and fiction mix in this preposterous and amusing whodunit. When bold Bill Veeck brings the first midget, Eddie Gaedel, into baseball as a pinch-hitter and he is found dead, private eye Nat Heller investigates. "Two Bagger" by Michael Connelly - Connelly pens a gripping and emotional father-son story of an ex-con who meets a pair of cops while at a Dodger game. "Strike Zone" by K.C. Constantine - Ex-pitcher goes on a stone-throwing rampage. "A Family Game" by Brendan DuBois - Youth baseball causes great turmoil in the life of a former mobster under witness protection in a small rural town. "Chickasaw Charlie Hoke" by Elmore Leonard - The little lies of an aging former ballplayer become vividly painful when he exaggerates about his pitiful career. "Sacrifice Hit" by John Lescroart - What ghastly adult passions arise when a Little League benchwarmer, who saw more time in the dugout than in the game, suddenly dies of a rattlesnake bite while his team is preparing for the game that will decide who will go to the Little League World Series. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dan Cashman, Jim Grey, Elliot Gould, Lorenzo Lames, Lee Horsley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pnix/000863/bk_pnix_000863_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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