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    Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 761min
    The first definitive biography of Weegee the Famous - photographer, psychic, fiend - from Christoper Bonanos, author of Instant: The Story of Polaroid. Arthur Fellig’s ability to arrive at a crime scene just as the cops did was so uncanny that he renamed himself “Weegee”, claiming that he functioned as a human Ouija board. Weegee documented better than any other photographer the crime, grit, and complex humanity of midcentury New York City. In Flash, we get a portrait not only of the man (both flawed and deeply talented, with generous appetites for publicity, women, and hot pastrami) but also of the fascinating time and place that he occupied.  From self-taught immigrant kid to newshound to art-world darling to latter-day caricature - moving from the dangerous streets of New York City to the celebrity culture of Los Angeles and then to Europe for a quixotic late phase of experimental photography and filmmaking - Weegee lived a life just as worthy of documentation as the scenes he captured. With Flash, we have an unprecedented and ultimately moving view of the man now regarded as an innovator and a pioneer, an artist as well as a newsman, whose photographs are among most powerful images of urban existence ever made. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Graham Halstead. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/003518/bk_aren_003518_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Out of the Black Land , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1015min
    Egypt during the 18th dynasty is peaceful and prosperous under the joint rule of the pharaohs Amenhotep III and IV—until the younger pharaoh begins to dream new and terrifying dreams. Ptah-hotep, a young peasant boy studying to be a scribe, wants to live a simple life in a hut on the Nile River with his lover Kheperren and their dog Wolf—until Amenhotep IV appoints him as royal scribe. How long will Ptah-hotep survive there, surrounded by bitterly envious rivals and enemies? The child princess Mutnodjme sees her beautiful sister Nefertiti married off to the impotent young Amenhotep. But Nefertiti must bear royal children, so the ladies of the court devise a shocking plan. Kheperren, meanwhile, serves as scribe to the daring teenage general Horemheb. But while the pharaoh’s shrinking army guards the land of the Nile from enemies on every border, a far greater menace impends, for the newly renamed Akhnaten, not content with his own devotion to one god alone, plans to suppress the worship of all other gods in the Black Land. Members of his horrified court soon realize that the pharaoh is not merely deformed but irretrievably mad and that the biggest danger to the empire is within the royal palace itself. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Powers, Emily Bauer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/005430/bk_blak_005430_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Brown Agenda: My Mission to Clean Up the World's Most Life-Threatening Pollution , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 508min
    Pollution is the single largest cause of death in the developing world. One in seven people in low- and middle-income countries die as a result of it. Simply put, pollution is now the world's most prevalent health risk.  And yet, while most everyone has heard about "going green"; few are aware of the more dire and sinister brown pollution - places where man-made toxic pollutants have taken root and spread. Brown sites poison millions of people every year, causing needless suffering and death.  After witnessing several brown sites firsthand and meeting families trapped by poverty in these toxic hot spots, environmentalist Richard Fuller founded the Blacksmith Institute, now renamed Pure Earth, a global nonprofit that initiates large-scale cleanups of some of the most polluted places on earth.  The Brown Agenda details Fuller's inspirational journey - from his dangerous yet ultimately successful fight to save hundreds of thousands of acres in the Amazon rain forest to his creation of Pure Earth.  In this vivid account of his perilous travels to the earth's most toxic locations, Fuller introduces listeners to the plight of the "poisoned poor" and suggests specific ways people everywhere can help combat pollution all over the world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kane Power. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/100578/bk_acx0_100578_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    What is the Dharma?: The essential teachings of the Buddha , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 696min
    What is the Dharma? To walk in the footsteps of the Buddha, we need a clear and thorough guide to the essential principles of Buddhism. Whether we have just begun our journey or are a practitioner with more experience, What is the Dharma? is an indispensable exploration of the Buddha's teachings as found in the main Buddhist traditions. Constantly returning to the question "how can this help me?", Sangharakshita examines a variety of fundamental principles, including karma and rebirth, nirvana and shunyata, conditioned coproduction, impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, insubstantiality, ethics, meditation and wisdom. The result is an informative, refreshing and inspiring book that lays before us the essential Dharma, timeless and universal, in a clear and practical manner. Urgyen Sangharakshita, the English-born Buddhist teacher, is one of the most influential and respected figures in Western Buddhism. Ordained initially into the Theravadin tradition, he broadened his scope to involve all the Buddhist traditions. After 20 years in India, he returned to the West and founded the Western Buddhist Order, later renamed the Triratna Buddhist Order. With centres all over the world, it has played a major role in adapting the Buddhist traditions to the contemporary world, making Dharma practice its central pillar. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jinananda. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/dhrm/000006/bk_dhrm_000006_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Shadow Target
    Someone is assassinating CIA field officers and Jake Keller's name is next on the list in the latest thrilling novel from the author Publishers Weekly calls "a fresh voice in the crowded spy-thriller field." Jake Keller doesn't know who is trying to kill him and he doesn't know why. Still, it's a threat he can't ignore. When his small plane crashes in the Alps, Jake is the only survivor. A rescue helicopter soon arrives, but the men inside are not there to save anyone. They are determined to complete the murderous job they started. Jake escapes from the mountainside death trap, but it won't be the only attempt on his life. If he's to have any chance at surviving, he'll have to find out who's behind the killings. But the circle of people Jake can trust is distressingly small as he suspects that someone inside the Agency is feeding his every move to the very people who are trying to end his life. Jake's quest takes him to the candlelit cathedrals of Paris and the rain-slicked streets of London. He makes contact with old friends and new enemies along the way-but his true nemesis may be closer than he imagines. Story Locale: Washington DC, the Alps Series Overview: Zac Miller can never go back to his old life as a CIA analyst. He is renamed Jake Keller and now acts as a field agent on some of the Agency's toughest missions.
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    Three Sheets to the Wind (eBook, ePUB)
    How a motley crew of merchant seamen walked 500 miles to save 7000 gallons of rum By the bestselling author of The Ship That Never WasWhen Campbell & Clark, Scottish merchants based in India, dispatched an Indian ship hurriedly renamed the Sydney Cove to the colony of NSW in 1797, they were hoping to make their fortune. The ship's 'speculative' cargo included all kinds of products to entice the new colony's inhabitants, including 7000 gallons of rum intended to be sold to the Rum Corp, which ruled the fledgling colony with an iron grip, despite the arrival of Governor John Hunter. But when the ship went down north of Van Diemen's Land, cargo master William Clark and 16 other crew members decided to walk the 500 miles to Sydney Town to get help and rescue crew and cargo. Clark and just two others made it, having been assisted by at least six Aboriginal Nations and seeing far more of the country than Joseph Banks ever did. Clark's reports to Hunter led to Bass and Flinders' 'discovery' of Bass Strait and the beginnings of a sealing industry. And the rum? Some of it was saved, and returned to Sydney and into the hands of the Rum Corp.By the bestselling author of The Ship That Never Was and The Ghost and the Bounty Hunter, Three Sheets to the Wind is a rollicking account of a little known event that changed the course of Australian history.
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    Orson Welles: The Ultimate Collection, Hörbuch, Digital, 3640min
    If you are a lover of Old-Time Radio and a fan of Orson Welles, you won't want to miss this treasure chest of legendary Orson Welles' radio broadcasts! With his flair for the sensational and innovative, Welles captured audiences' attention with his 1930s CBS weekly drama series The Mercury Theatre on the Air, later renamed The Campbell Playhouse, which featured hour-long dramatizations of classic books. His 1938 production, The War of the Worlds (an H. G. Wells adaptation) was especially memorable, as were many other productions, each featuring talented voices and actors. Tune into the master of entertainment and enjoy this collection of original Orson Welles recordings, including more than 16 hours of radio drama! Content: Campbell Playhouse - A Christmas Carol - December 23, 1938 Campbell Playhouse - A Christmas Carol - December 24, 193 Campbell Playhouse - Ah, Wilderness - September 17, 1939 Campbell Playhouse - Algiers - October 8, 1939 Campbell Playhouse - Arrowsmith - February 3, 1939 Campbell Playhouse - Beau Geste - March 17, 1939 Campbell Playhouse - Counselor-at-Law - January 6, 1939 Campbell Playhouse - Craig's Wife - March 10, 1940 Campbell Playhouse - Dinner at Eight - February 18, 1940 Campbell Playhouse - Dodsworth - November 26, 1939 Campbell Playhouse - Escape - October 15, 1939 Campbell Playhouse - Huckleberry Finn - March 17, 1940 Campbell Playhouse - I Lost My Girlish Laughter - January 27, 1939 Campbell Playhouse - It Happened One Night - January 28, 1940 and many more! Language: English. Narrator: Orson Welles. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bnpp/000040/bk_bnpp_000040_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Memories of the Sapphire: Sapphire Series, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 456min
    This is the final installment of the Sapphire series. It continues with personalities introduced in book one, Journey of the Sapphire, and book two, Traces of the Sapphire. The characters are not directly in contact with the legendary Sapphire of Elenora any longer, thus the book title Memories of the Sapphire.The individuals are strangely enough involved in the fledgling coffee industry in some way, shape, or form. But not in the mundane ways one may think.The original navigator for Captain Romel in book two is now the Captain of the ship christened The Royal Court of Italy, now called Elenora in respect to the Sapphire of Elenora.The tale continues with the ultimate revenge scheme to exact justice on those who killed Peter Di'Barichi. But the plan and scheme are deep, and beyond what the young people who befriended Peter could have ever imagined.The third section of the book takes the desert-borne Ragad onto the Sapphire, as the navigator and wife of Captain Najem, on a voyage of bravery and discovery.The final chapter meets up with Bint Eid, renamed Hamea bint Samer by the bin Samer tribe of Saudi Arabia. She is the new head of the POG (Paranormal Operations Group), and although she doesn't experience the frightening encounters in book one and two, she finally has a chance to have friends, although they are few. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Erin Robertson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/225812/bk_acx0_225812_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Voyage to Arcturus , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 590min
    A stunning achievement in speculative fiction, which critic Colin Wilson called the "greatest novel of the 20th century". A Voyage to Arcturus has inspired, enchanted, and unsettled audiences for decades. It is simultaneously an epic quest across one of the most unusual and brilliantly depicted alien worlds ever conceived, a profoundly moving journey of discovery into the metaphysical heart of the universe, and a shockingly intimate excursion into what makes us human and unique. After a strange interstellar journey, Maskull, a man from Earth, awakens alone in a desert on the planet Tormance, seared by the suns of the binary star Arcturus. In a sort of agnostic's Pilgrim's Progress, he journeys northward, guided by a drumbeat, encountering a world and its inhabitants like no other, where gender is a victory won at dear cost; where landscape and emotion are drawn into an accursed dance; where heroes are killed, reborn, and renamed; and where the cosmological lures of Shaping, who may be God, torment Maskull in his astonishing pilgrimage. At the end of his arduous and increasingly mystical quest waits a dark secret and an unforgettable revelation. Influential on such fantasy notables as C. S. Lewis and Philip Pullman, A Voyage to Arcturus was the first novel by writer David Lindsay (1878–1945), and it remains one of the most revered cornerstones of science fiction. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gordon Greenhill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/229828/bk_acx0_229828_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Bill Russell: The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball's Legendary Centers: Basketball Biography Books , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 139min
    Learn the Inspiring story of the Boston Celtics' legendary Center, Bill Russell!In Bill Russell: The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball's Legendary Centers, you will learn the incredible story of one of basketball's greatest players of all time, Bill Russell. In his 13-year career, Bill Russell accomplished what many NBA players today would dream of. He was an 11-time champion, 12-time All-Star, and five-time Most Valuable Player. He won the MVP award so many times that the league renamed the trophy after him in 2009!Even today, his accomplishments stand among the basketball elite in pedigree. It'd be difficult to envision another player achieving the stat sheet that Bill Russell was able to when he played the game. Pick up this unauthorized biography today to learn the inspiring story behind Bill Russell.Here is a preview of what is inside this audiobook: Childhood and Early LifeHigh School and College CareerGetting Drafted, Rookie Season, First NBA ChampionshipFirst MVP Season, the Calm Before the DynastyThe Dawn of a Dynasty, Wilt Chamberlain's Arrival, Dominating the NBA ChampionshipMeeting Wilt in the Finals, Winning Eight Straight Titles, The Playing Coach, Losing to Wilt, The End of the StreakReturn to the Top of the NBA, Bill Russell's Final Seasons, After RetirementBill Russell's Personal LifeImpact on BasketballLegacy and Future ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steve Krumlauf. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/147957/bk_acx0_147957_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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