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  Activities of Daily Living

  How do we take stock of a life-by what means, and by what measure? This is the question that preoccupies Alice, a Taiwanese immigrant in her late thirties. In the off-hours from her day job, Alice struggles to create a project about the enigmatic downtown performance artist Tehching Hsieh and his monumental, yearlong 1980s performance pieces. Meanwhile, she becomes the caretaker for her aging stepfather, a Vietnam vet whose dream of making traditional Chinese furniture dissolved in alcoholism and dementia. As Alice roots deeper into Hsieh's radical use of time-in one piece, the artist confined himself to a cell for a year; in the next, he punched a time clock every hour, on the hour, for a year-and his mysterious disappearance from the art world, her project starts metabolizing events from her own life. She wanders from subway rides to street protests, loses touch with a friend, and tenderly observes her father's slow decline. Moving between present-day and 1980s New York City, with detours to Silicon Valley and the Venice Biennale, this vivid debut announces Lisa Hsiao Chen as an audacious new talent. Activities of Daily Living is a lucid, intimate examination of the creative life and the passage of time.

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  The Doper Next Door: My Strange and Scandalous Year on Performance-Enhancing Drugs , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 701min

  What happens to a regular guy who dopes? Surprised to learn that pro athletes aren’t the only ones taking performance-enhancing substances, journalist Andrew Tilin goes in search of the average juicing Joe, hoping to find a few things out: Why would normal people take these substances? Where do folks get them? Does the stuff really work? But these controversial drugs often silence their users, and so his queries might have gone unanswered had Tilin not looked in the mirror and succumbed to curiosity. Soon wielding syringes, this fortysomething husband and father of two children becomes the doper next door. During his yearlong odyssey, Tilin is transformed. He becomes stronger, hornier, and aggressive. He wades into a subculture of doping physicians, real-estate agents, and aging women who believe that Tilin’s type of legal hormone-replacement therapy is the key to staying young, and he often agrees. He also lives with the price paid for renewed vitality, worrying about his health, marriage, and cheating ways as an amateur bike racer. And all along the way, he tells us what doping is really like: empowering and scary. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eric Michael Summerer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/011125/bk_adbl_011125_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Becoming: Sex, Second Chances, and Figuring Out Who the Hell I Am , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 554min

  A survive-and-thrive memoir from blogger and social media influencer Laura Jane Williams. When the man Laura Jane Williams thought she'd wed dumped her and married her friend, she was devastated. Empty. Drinking too much, sleeping around, and moving from place to place in a refusal to put down roots, she tried to fill the void - the gaping hole - that heartbreak had left behind. She wanted control. To grab life by the balls. To live boldly. But she rapidly learned it wasn't that simple. Resolving that life couldn't go on as it was - that the backlog of men and sadness that haunted her would not define her - Laura declared a yearlong vow of celibacy, ultimately finding herself in a Riviera convent as she slowly put the pieces of herself back together. An honest exploration of a young woman's soul and a road trip through Italy, America, Paris and...Derby, Becoming is a book that makes you laugh and makes you cry, but most of all? It makes you realise that even when the going gets tough, no one is really f--king up like they think they are. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Laura Jane Williams. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hodd/001124/bk_hodd_001124_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Farm from Home: A Year of Stories, Pictures, and Recipes from a City Girl in the Country , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 227min

  From New York style icon and fashion insider Amanda Brooks, a charming and inspiring meditation on life in her newly adopted home, a farm in the English countryside.  In search of a quieter, simpler life away from the hustle of the city, style icon and longtime New Yorker Amanda Brooks moved with her family in 2012 from New York City to her husband's farm in England. Originally intended to be a yearlong creative sabbatical, Brooks's relocation became permanent as she discovered newfound personal and professional freedom, told here through a year's changing seasons. Creatively inspiring, warm and witty, and brimming with delicious recipes and entertaining how-tos, Farm from Home is a chronicle of the joys and challenges of a more focused way of living. For anyone who has longed for an escape from their hectic schedule, whether for a week, a year, or a lifetime, Brooks shares the unexpected satisfaction of slowing down, reconnecting with nature, and making the most of each day.  Includes a Bonus PDF with recipesPLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.   ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amanda Brooks. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/004010/bk_peng_004010_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Billionaire Wife Auction 3: Worth Every Cent , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 159min, (USK 18)

  Billionaire Jonas Drake was living the life every man wanted; rich, empowered, and free of all responsibilities. After taking over his father's shipping industry, his only desire is to spend time with his friends while enjoying his status and wealth.Walter Drake always knew his son was a little different and Jonas has never proven himself as a man in his father's eyes. His beloved boy had grown into a young man and had never shown the slightest interest in the fairer sex. Jonas's father decides to solve this dilemma himself; by purchasing a wife for his son at a private auction house.Bought and paid for, Alicia Lemon finds herself in a tenuous situation. After both of her roommates abandon her and out of options, she sells herself into a yearlong contract of marriage. Thinking she was purchased by an elderly man as a trophy wife, she soon finds out she is instead destined to be the bride of the winner's playboy son. While Jonas first appears to have nothing but indifference for women, Alicia finds there are hidden desires just waiting to be set free. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Audrey Lusk. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/090457/bk_acx0_090457_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Original Sin: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 717min

  Continuing the Deep Space Nine saga - an original novel from New York Times best-selling author David R. George III! At the end of 2385, in a significant shift of its goals from military back to exploratory, Starfleet sent Captain Benjamin Sisko and the crew of the USS Robinson on an extended mission into the Gamma Quadrant. Tasked with a yearlong assignment to travel unknown regions, they set out to fulfill the heart of Starfleet's charter: to explore strange new worlds and to seek out new life and new civilizations. But now, three months into the mission, their first contact with an alien species comes in the form of an unprovoked attack on the Robinson. With the ship's crew suddenly incapacitated, 78 of the 1,300 aboard are abducted - including Sisko's daughter, Rebecca. But Rebecca had already been kidnapped years earlier by a Bajoran religious zealot, part of a sect believing that her birth fulfilled the prophecy of the arrival of the Infant Avatar. Does her disappearance now have anything to do with the harrowing events of the past? And for what purposes have these enemies taken Sisko's daughter and the rest of the missing? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robert Petkoff. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/008093/bk_sans_008093_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Erasing Faith , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 647min

  Faith Morrissey is overdue for an adventure. After 20 years in the same small town, she sets out on a yearlong study abroad trip, fully expecting to fall in love with the wonders of Budapest. She certainly doesn't expect to fall for Wes, the mysterious stranger who sweeps her off her feet mere days after her arrival. It seems almost too good to be true. Weston Abbott is a ghost. In service to his country, he's done unspeakable things, the kinds of things that make settling down or falling in love out of the question. That's never been a problem - until he meets Faith. No matter how many times Wes tells himself that she's just a mark, he can't deny that she rattles his composure like no one else. And he can't seem to shake the forbidden feelings that stir to life whenever he's with her. Wes knows better than anyone that the line separating fact from fiction is almost as fine as the one between love and hate. And if the truth comes out, it may erase their love along with all the lies. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andi Arndt, Sebastian York. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/005836/bk_tant_005836_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Batman: Eternal Omnibus

  Batman's world is turned upside down. In the wake of Forever Evil, the world looks at heroes in a different light, creating tension between Batman and his allies and the Gotham City Police Department. COMMISSIONER GORDON ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW! Gotham is in chaos. Gang wars. Viral outbreaks. Riots. Hauntings. Terrorist strikes. Every one of Batman's allies is fighting to keep the city under control. Someone is orchestrating the pandemonium, but who? Worst of all, Batman's greatest ally inside the city, police commissioner Jim Gordon, has been arrested and can't help. Until his name can be cleared, he'll be locked up alongside all the dangerous criminals he put in jail. Meanwhile, Batman, the Robins, Batgirl, Red Hood, Spoiler, and more will have to contend with not just the usual villains, but a corrupt police force as well! This epic event from Scott Snyder (Dark Nights: Metal) and James Tynion IV (Justice League Dark) brings together a team of talented writers and artists including Jason Fabok, Dustin Nguyen, Tim Seeley, Ray Fawkes, Kyle Higgins, John Layman, Fernando Blanco, Andy Clarke, Emanuel Simeoni, Alvaro Martinez, and more. Presenting the yearlong weekly saga, all in one volume for the first time ever! Collects Batman Eternal #1-52 and Batman #28, with a new introduction from writer James Tynion IV and behind-the-scenes extras.

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  The Play , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 731min

  A brand-new stand-alone novel in the New York Times best-selling Briar U series! What I learned after last year’s distractions cost my hockey team our entire season? No more screwing up. No more screwing, period. As the new team captain, I need a new philosophy: hockey and school now, women later. Which means that I, Hunter Davenport, am officially going celibate...no matter how hard that makes things. But there’s nothing in the rulebook that says I can’t be friends with a woman. And I won’t lie - my new classmate Demi Davis is one cool chick. Her smart mouth is hot as hell, and so is the rest of her, but the fact that she’s got a boyfriend eliminates the temptation to touch her. Except three months into our friendship, Demi is single and looking for a rebound. And she’s making a play for me. Avoiding her is impossible. We’re paired up on a yearlong school project, but I’m confident I can resist her. We’d never work, anyway. Our backgrounds are too different, our goals aren’t aligned, and her parents hate my guts. Hooking up is a very bad idea. Now I just have to convince my body - and my heart. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ana Osorio, Teddy Hamilton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/053197/bk_adbl_053197_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Billionaire Wife Auction , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 177min

  Brandy Anthony had come to terms with her solitary, mundane life of near poverty. But when one of her roommates disappears overnight, she starts to investigate why. She soon discovers that her friend had willing put herself up for auction, sold into a yearlong wedding contract to the highest bidder. With millions on the line, her cut would be more than enough to live a life of luxury when the contract was over. After a treatment and dressing by the auction house's stylist Aahz, Brandy finds herself at a crossroads in her life and at the mercy of the bidders for her affection. She meets Dorian Quinn, the son of billionaire steel producer Aldridge Quinn and whose legacy requires Dorian to have a family if he is to continue in the family business. Despite the money Dorian is willing to bid for Brandy, his only interest in her is to appease his father's old-fashioned requirements. Brandy begins to unravel the mystery behind Dorian's past and discovers that, despite their marriage, he is still only in love with his long-dead first wife. She decides she is willing to play the charade for as long as it takes to fulfill her obligation, unless she loses her heart to him first. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Audrey Lusk. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/061132/bk_acx0_061132_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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