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    Leper King and his Heirs (eBook, PDF)
    The reign of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1174-85) has traditionally been seen as a period of decline when, because of the king's illness, power came to be held by unsuitable men who made the wrong policy decisions. Notably, they ignored the advice of Raymond of Tripoli and attacked Saladin, who was prepared to keep peace with the Franks while uniting the Islamic near east under his rule. This book challenges that view, arguing that peace with Saladin was not a viable option for the Franks; that the young king, despite suffering from lepromatous leprosy (the most deadly form of the disease) was an excellent battle leader who strove with some success to frustrate Saladin's imperial ambitions; that Baldwin had to remain king in order to hold factions in check; but that the society over which he presided was, contrary to what is often said, vigorous and self-confident.
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    A Negro Explorer at the North Pole , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 222min
    FNH audio presents an unabridged reading of A Negro Explorer at the North Pole. In 1908, Commander Peary launched his eighth attempt to reach the North Pole, and he made sure to take his tried and tested companion, Matthew Henson. In the following year, they made the first ever successful visit to the North Pole. The journey included many hardships, including weather, lack of resources, and even accidents leading to death. Despite all of these setbacks, Peary and his Negro companion, Matthew, strove onwards and became the first men to step upon the pole. In this autobiographical telling, Matthew presents his experiences step by step all the way to the pole and back. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/fnha/000125/bk_fnha_000125_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Both Sides Now , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 410min
    Every love story has two sides. Just as she was flowering into her teens, life uprooted Dawn from the tanned crowds and sunny beaches of southern California. It transplanted her into rainy, rural Washington, where she strove to adjust, mature and thrive. Love came to Dawn - and was ripped from her by events and manipulations she could not control. But Dawn had a core of steel. An emotional castaway, she battled grimly through life's trials and sorrows, safeguarding her heart against further ravages. Then love reached out to Dawn once more - if she could find the courage and spirit to grab it with both hands, and this time, never let go. This is her story. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elinor Bell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/012017/bk_acx0_012017_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Mage-Provocateur: Starship's Mage: Red Falcon, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 615min
    Vengeance hunts them. Rebellion seeks them. Loyalty commands them. The shadows will fear them.   Captain David Rice and Mage Maria Soprano have made their choice, signing up with the Martian Interstellar Security Agency and converting Red Falcon into a covert operations ship for the Protectorate.   Their new duties drag them back into the very underworld they once strove to escape, intentionally provoking the Azure Legacy into a renewed conflict. They find unexpected allies with secret agents from Legatus’s rebellion against Mars as they seek to stop Mikhail Azure’s Blue Star Syndicate from being reborn.   The Azure Legacy wants revenge. Legatus wants blood. David and Maria are bound by the overriding duty of all officers of the Mage-King’s Protectorate: protect the innocent.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Hillary Huber. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/112881/bk_acx0_112881_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Hound of Heaven , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 9min
    Unlike many of his contemporaries, the English poet Francis Thompson (1859-1907) was a true mystic. While more celebrated poets, like Wordsworth, Tennyson, and Arnold, were content to express their religious leanings in traditional devotional formulae, Thompson strove to portray the divine directly, in all its terrifying majesty. In this way he is more akin to earlier masters, like Henry Vaughan and George Herbert, than to the poets of his own day. In his most famous work, "The Hound of Heaven", he describes God not as a remote governing presence but rather as a hunter relentlessly pursuing the reluctant devotee. Thompson's powerful depiction of the numinous relationship has found many admirers, including Tolkien and the renowned yoga master Paramahansa Yogananda, who made his own recording of the poem. © Voices of Today 2015 ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Denis Daly. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/001315/bk_mike_001315_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dobyns Chronicles , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 490min
    Dobyns Chronicles is a captivating celebration of the life of Charlie Dobyns. His life began in Northeast Texas, near Bonham, on the Red River. His Cherokee mother and cowboy father strove to survive on their river valley ranch. Tragedy ended this way of life for Charlie in 1888. Follow him through Chickasaw Territory and on to McAlester in Eastern Oklahoma. This is a story of a changing way of life and adaptations made to survive. Charlie's strong passion for life and dignity equipped him for survival as he raised his siblings with likeability and dignity. It's a story of loss, misfortune, hard times, and heartbreak but also love, determination, kindness, joy, and spirituality. Follow Charlie's life through the adventures that shaped the man he became, and the lives of his family, for generations. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Clay Lomakayu. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/038223/bk_acx0_038223_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Women Inspired by the Beloved (Peace be Upon Him), Hörbuch, Digital, 460min
    Women Inspired by the Beloved is a series of 10 lectures by Dr Hesham Al-Awadi that survey the history of great Muslim women from the time of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) right through to the present day and is the follow-up title to Children Around the Prophet (Peace be Upon Him). The listener is taken on a truly fascinating journey of discovery exploring the role women played in different communities across the Islamic world. This is not "another" narrative on the biographies of Muslim women, but a very detailed and selected insight into "unique" women: those who made a difference within their families, communities, and nations - wise women, influential women, and even oppressed women who all strove to establish the way of God. Without understanding their contribution and impact, the history of past Muslim achievements would be incomplete. Language: English. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/meem/000003/bk_meem_000003_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    War in Japan: 1467-1615
    Fully illustrated with colour maps and 50 images, this is an accessible introduction to the most violent, turbulent, cruel and exciting chapter in Japanese history. In 1467 the Onin War ushered in a period of unparalleled conflict and rivalry in Japan that came to be called the Age of Warring States. In this book, Stephen Turnbull offers a masterly exposition of the wars, explaining what led to Japan's disintegration into rival domains after more than a century of relative peace; the years of fighting that followed; and the period of gradual fusion when the daimyo (great names) strove to reunite Japan under a new Shogun. Peace returned to Japan with the end of the Osaka War in 1615. Turnbull draws on his latest research to include new material for this updated edition, covering samurai acting as mercenaries, the expeditions to Korea, Taiwan and Okinawa, and the little-known campaigns against the Ainu of Hokkaido, to present a richer picture of an age when conflicts were spread far more widely than was hitherto realised. With specially commissioned maps and all-new images throughout, this updated and revised edition provides a concise overview of Japan's turbulent Age of Warring States.
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    To Paddle My Feet , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 476min
    One September day in 1955, Rita’s life changed forever when polio struck her family. She was five years old. Rita became totally paralyzed; her brother was partially affected, and she lost her mother to the virus. The hospital became her home, and the ward sister her mother. Hospital life was harsh in the 1950s: Crying was a punishable offence and meant solitary confinement. Rita struggled to walk again using leg callipers and a spinal brace, and later became mobile with the use of a wheelchair. Finally, she had to learn to live with her own family again, and with a new mother that she didn’t know. She tried to fit in, often feeling trapped at home while the family led busy lives. After a time at boarding school, Rita changed; she became positive, and strove to become fully independent. She went on to travel abroad extensively with her wheelchair. This book is about Rita’s early life and how she achieved her dreams. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Hannah Horton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/230333/bk_acx0_230333_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Heartfire: Tales of Alvin Maker, Book 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 728min
    Peggy is a Torch, able to see the fire burning in each person's heart. She can follow the paths of each person's future, and know each person's most intimate secrets. From the moment of Alvin Maker's birth, when the Unmaker first strove to kill him, she has protected him. Now they are married, and Peggy is a part of Alvin's heart as well as his life. But Alvin's destiny has taken them on separate journeys. Alvin has gone north into New England, where knacks are considered witchcraft and their use is punished with death. Peggy has been drawn south, to the British Crown Colonies and the court of King Arthur Stuart in exile. For she has seen a terrible future bloom in the heartfires of every person in America, a future of war and destruction. One slender path exists that leads through the bloodshed, and it is Peggy's quest to set the world on the path to peace. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/002328/bk_blak_002328_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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