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    Get to the front of the car and lie down on it, Jack snapped. The bonnet was hot but not really burning, so Eleanor carefully lowered herself down and lay on it. A few minutes later, Jack was still on his phone. She didn't like the idea of him acting like he didn't want her but she wasn't going to get back in the car still horny. She opted to tease herself. Suddenly he turned around and barked an order at her. "I want you on all fours, on the bonnet. You have been a bad, naughty girl and you need some punishment." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rachel Thorn. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/088980/bk_acx0_088980_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    We worry putting our family first means we'll be forced to abandon our careers. We're afraid if we pause our careers, we'll be forever off track. This thinking is outdated - forget what you've heard about how pauses are career limiting, about how those who pause lack ambition, or that if you do pause you won't be able to reenter the paid workforce. That's a flawed reality, one that doesn't reflect the truth of the careers of some of the most successful women in this country. Author Lisen Stromberg knows this success firsthand. After the birth of her second child, she did something she never imagined she would do: She opted out to focus on her family. But her career didn't end there. Lisen paused, then pivoted to become first a social entrepreneur and then an award-winning journalist writing about women, work, and life in Silicon Valley. Along the way she learned she wasn't alone. Lisen met many highly successful women who told her they never "opted out" but who had, in fact, temporarily downshifted or paused their careers. Their hidden journeys revealed alternative nonlinear paths to the top that enabled them to achieve their personal and professional goals. In Work PAUSE Thrive, Lisen shares their stories. Deeply rooted in social science research, cutting-edge data collected from nearly 1,500 women, and 186 first-person interviews, this book reveals how trailblazing women have disrupted the traditional career paradigm. What worked for them can work for you. In this book you'll learn: Who pauses, how they do it, and why How pausing can enrich both your career and your life How to innovate your own nonlinear career path What we can - and need - to do as a society to make it possible for more people to achieve their personal and professional goals Work PAUSE Thrive also reveals new and exciting trends in the workplace and offers targeted solutions ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lisen Stromberg. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/030046/bk_adbl_030046_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dismembered bodies of women for hire litter the sides of the road in rural Tennessee. It has happened before, 30 years prior. Not knowing if the murders are that of a copycat or the original killer making a reappearance, Agent Hank Rawlings, along with Agent Beth Harper, is once again dispatched to the scene. With little help from the local authorities and limited resources at their disposal, Hank, Beth, and a local agent are tasked with pulling back the layers of deceit to circle closer to the man responsible. If they had only known the sheer horror of what awaited them at the end of their search, they might have opted to sit this one out. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Todd McLaren. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/006700/bk_tant_006700_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Who has co-opted the American Dream? The Right? The Left? It may not be who you think it is. Republican vs. Democrat The Haves vs. the Have Nots Left vs. Right Us vs. Them We believe these are the divisions that are threatening to tear America apart. But what if the culprit isn't a political ideology or a class of people but a puppet master? He's been manipulating us for centuries - and now he's brought us to the brink of implosion. It would take a special kind of sinister to hatch such a nefarious plot against our civilization. Who, or what, would be capable of such a conspiracy? All there is to go on is the cryptic message: You'll never guess my name. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael DeAngelo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/055931/bk_acx0_055931_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    People together in close quarters. Love naturally follows.A military VR trainer, wanting to keep her relationship with a fellow scientist hidden, must pass a security inspection in her lab by the vicious Atlas Crusade that has swept to power.When the leader of the security team demands an unusual VR request in her lab, Prof. Meliss must decide between keeping her lover safe or secretly undertaking a consciousness swap that could end the Crusade’s five-year long relentless rule. A rule that has co-opted all scientific research to aid their global expansion, rendering Prof. Meliss and Prof. Lauren expendable, as legions of other researches wait to step into their lab if either woman dishonors the great Crusade. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Garrett Michael Brown. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/181758/bk_acx0_181758_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Caitlin Decter is young, pretty, feisty, a genius at math - and blind. Still, she can surf the net with the best of them, following its complex paths clearly in her mind.But Caitlin's brain long ago co-opted her primary visual cortex to help her navigate online. So when she receives an implant to restore her sight, instead of seeing reality, the landscape of the World Wide Web explodes into her consciousness, spreading out all around her in a riot of colors and shapes.While exploring this amazing realm, she discovers something - some other - lurking in the background. And it's getting more and more intelligent with each passing day. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jessica Almasy, Jennifer Van Dyck, A. C. Fellner, Marc Vietor, Robert J. Sawyer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/000748/bk_adbl_000748_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dr. Steven Dunbar has left his job with the Sci-Med Inspectorate and now works for a pharmaceutical company. He is persuaded to return when his old boss falls seriously ill and requests that he take a look into the suspicious deaths of a number of people. Steven makes good progress and is beginning to share his old mentor's concerns when the UK comes under attack. A nightmare disease is let loose on major cities. Steven is co-opted to help out in what seems destined to become a losing battle against a rampaging infection. He is relieved however, when the police arrest the young Islamic fundamentalists responsible for the attacks, ensuring that there will be no new outbreaks. But something is not quite right.… ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Thorpe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/001688/bk_isis_001688_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Arguing from Scripture and history, Dr. Boyd makes a compelling case that whenever the church gets too close to any political or national ideology, it is disastrous for the church and harmful to society. Dr. Boyd contends that the American Evangelical Church has allowed itself to be co-opted by the political right (and some by the political left), and exposes how this is harming the church's unique calling to build the kingdom of God. In the course of his argument, Dr. Boyd challenges some of the most deeply held convictions of evangelical Christians in America � for example, that America is, or ever was, "a Christian nation" or that Christians ought to be trying to "take America back for God". ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Allen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/zond/000274/bk_zond_000274_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Girl from the Dockland’s Café is June Tate's latest compelling saga. Perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin and Kitty Neale.Southampton, 1912. Jessie is made from tough stuff. At just 19, after the death of her father, she opted not to follow her mother back to Ireland, preferring instead to take charge of her own destiny. When Jessie marries an Irishman and takes over the running of the cafe she works in, it seems as though all the pieces are coming together. But when destiny and a pushy local businessman have other ideas, everything she has worked for is taken away, bit by bit. Will she find the strength to keep fighting for the life she wants in the face of personal loss, gang bosses and embezzlement? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Aoife McMahon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/004604/bk_howe_004604_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Have you ever wondered what your ex is up to? When Nell was a student, she and Patrick were a serious item. They were inseparable, and she really thought he was The One. But then Alex came along…the safer, more restful option, and thanks to her over-controlling mother she opted for him instead. Now nothing is going right. Alex has left her to live in New York with a younger, blonder woman. Escaping to the Caribbean for a recuperative holiday, she is mugged at Gatwick and her bag is stolen. It’s crisis time – and she makes two decisions: First – she will take lessons in self-defence. Second – she will try and find Patrick again. Is she trying to put the past behind her- or setting out to ruin her future? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Liz Hollis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/001090/bk_rhuk_001090_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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