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Wabi-Sabi Home

Wabi-Sabi Home is a look that's rough around the edges and sees the beauty in imperfection but is at the same time creative, modern and brave.Wabi-sabi is the Japanese ancient philosophy of finding beauty in the imperfect and embracing the humble. It is not a decorating style, but a concept that celebrates the imperfect, the transient and the time-worn.Wabi-sabi is alive and well in many Japanese homes, where frayed, weathered and worn items are treasured, and modest, everyday objects are given elevated status by being displayed in a measured way. In Wabi-Sabi Home, Mark and Sally Bailey visit homeowners all over the world who understand that battered, scuffed, peeling and handmade objects are not just beautiful but preferable to pristine ones, because they bring a place to life, and make it feel homely and personal.This book is divided into five chapters that each expand upon an element of the Wabi-sabi home: textiles, textures, colours, handmade pieces and collections. Each chapter considers how to incorporate these features into your own space and focuses on a single home that encapsulates these ideas and reveals the satisfying and authentic beauty in imperfection.

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On the Imperium's Secret Service: Imperium Cicernus, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 736min

The Imperium: a million worlds, trillions upon trillions of humans and aliens, an empire that dominates half the galaxy... an empire that is falling into chaos, revolution and civil war. Only a handful of people are struggling to keep the Imperium together, knowing that the brutality of its rule is infinitively preferable to the chaos of its fall. This is their story. Mariko and her sister were independent shippers and ace pilots, until they ran afoul of the law on a minor planet and ended up jailed and enslaved. Their new owner, Lord Fitz, seems to be nothing more than another harmless aristocrat with more money than sense - and besides, at least they can keep flying spacecraft. But Fitz isn't all he seems. He works for Imperial Intelligence, attempting to track down and destroy the Secessionist Movement before it launches a plan that threatens the very heart of the Imperium - and Mariko and her sister have just become his latest tools. But as they are drawn deeper into the seedy underside of the Imperium, one question comes to dominate their minds... Does the Imperium even deserve to survive? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Genvieve Bevier. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/020760/bk_adbl_020760_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Highland Wolf Pact Boxed Set: Scottish Wolf Shifter Romance Bundle , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1260min

Sibyl Blackthorne isn't afraid of anything - except maybe being sold into marriage to a man she doesn't love. A man she's never even met. A man who, by reputation, is one of Scotland's cruelest lairds in over a century. But what choice does she have, with her father dead and her uncle now married to his brother's widow, putting him in charge of not only the Blackthorne fortune, but Sibyl's future as well? Then her betrothed turns out to actually be far worse than his reputation, so headstrong Sibyl decides life as a peasant, or even death, would be preferable to a future with such a despicable man, and makes plans to run away. On an organized hunt for wolves - or, as the Scots call them, wulvers - Sibyl escapes her fiancé's clutches, only to find she's run into something far more untamed and dangerous in the middle of the woods. When a big, brawny, long-haired man, who only speaks to her in Gaelic and calls himself Raife, simply picks her up and carries her off with him into the Scottish wild, Sibyl knows she's in trouble. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dave Gillies. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/063442/bk_acx0_063442_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Greek Mythology Romance: An Inspiration to Love Again , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 245min

Have you wondered what mythologies are? Have you wondered about getting to know the interesting stories and culture embedded in mythology? Do you like love stories? Then, this guide is all you need to find the peace of mind you crave, so keep reading.Greek Mythology Romance is comprised of aetiological stories, and these stories clarify why things are how they are. It was once accepted that mythological stories had no accurate premise and were anecdotal. The realities change through the period, and the individuals of the past are made to be preferable and more grounded over the individuals of "now".The gods are commonly a significant piece of ancient mythology, and particularly in Greek mythology, they're genuinely interminable influential people with every one of the failings of people.In this audiobook, you’ll learn:Greek mythology stories The art of ancient Greek mythologyStories about Greek Gods that will give you relationship goalsThe Greek myth of the northern zodiac signsThe origin and role of the Greek GoddessesSo, if you desire to lay hands on a significant piece of ancient mythology, particularly in Greek mythology, click “buy now". ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrea Guide. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/204026/bk_acx0_204026_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Live or Die: The Complete Trilogy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 735min

This edition is the complete trilogy of Live or Die. The aliens have arrived! Their first message is one of peace, but can they be trusted? This is the story of the first contact between humanity and the civilization of another world, with all of the uncertainty, questions, deceptions, curiosity, fears, and ethical problems that it raises. But it is also the story of a huge spaceship in orbit around the Earth; and the diary of a government agent whose mission is to thwart the alien conquest. The plot revolves around artificially intelligent beings, nuclear threats, virtual simulations, the mysterious origins of an alien civilization and government agents whose lives hang by a thread. The inescapable fate of the human race will be shaped by these, along with the power of love between a man and a woman. What if, for a moment, the fate of the Earth was in the hands of a single individual? What if the survival of one person could upset the future of two worlds? And what if dying was preferable to living? Live or Die - Trilogy: Book 1: Betelgeuse or Alpha Orionis Book 2: The Reawakening Book 3: The Choice ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marcio Catalano. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/050948/bk_acx0_050948_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Ninth Rain: The Winnowing Flame Trilogy, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1206min

The first in a blistering new trilogy from Jen Williams, acclaimed author of British Fantasy Award-nominated Copper Cat trilogy. Epic fantasy for fans of Robin Hobb and Jay Kristoff's Nevernight. Jen Williams, acclaimed author of The Copper Cat trilogy, featuring The Copper Promise, The Iron Ghost and The Silver Tide, returns with the first in a blistering new trilogy. The great city of Ebora once glittered with gold. Now its streets are stalked by wolves. Tormalin the Oathless has no taste for sitting around waiting to die while the realm of his storied ancestors falls to pieces - talk about a guilt trip. Better to be amongst the living, where there are taverns full of women and wine. When eccentric explorer Lady Vincenza 'Vintage' de Grazon offers him employment, he sees an easy way out. Even when they are joined by a fugitive witch with a tendency to set things on fire, the prospect of facing down monsters and retrieving ancient artefacts is preferable to the abomination he left behind. But not everyone is willing to let the Eboran empire collapse, and the adventurers are quickly drawn into a tangled conspiracy of magic and war. For the Jure'lia are coming, and the Ninth Rain must fall.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jot Davies. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/head/000569/bk_head_000569_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Brennus: A Scottish Time Travel Romance: Immortal Highlander Clan Skaraven, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 429min

An ancient highlander who’s never been allowed to love. A modern woman who keeps men at arm’s length. Can their passion overcome their pasts?Althea Jarden’s botanical fieldwork keeps her happily busy, but it has kept her from relationships as well - by design. Because deep passions can overwhelm her, she concluded long ago that a conventional life was not for her. She’s learned to depend on herself. But all the self-reliance in the world can’t prepare her for being taken to ancient Scotland and what she finds there.Chieftain Brennus Skaraven would like nothing better than to remain dead, his legendary clan buried and forgotten. Anything would be preferable to suffering the manipulations of the druids. But when a strange lass comes crashing into his life, he discovers more than a reason to live. He finds the one thing that had always been denied to him and his kind - love.Brennus is the first book in the Immortal Highlander Clan Skaraven series. If you love hard-bodied heroes, a mythic world, and a brave heroine, then you’ll love this sizzling series. Join the romantic realm of the Immortal Highlanders bygetting this today. Mature readers comfortable with dark themes only please. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: William Macleod. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/172831/bk_acx0_172831_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Final Sacrifice: Chronicles of Josan, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 667min

In one man, two souls fight for survival - and for mastery of an outlaw magic that could save a kingdom. It was a fate Josan once considered preferable to death. Cast by dark sorcery into the body of Emperor Lucius of Ikaria, the scholar-monk struggled to make peace with a mind that regarded him as a hostile intruder. But now, as simmering rivalries threaten to plunge the kingdom into a bloody civil war, Josan is faced with the most difficult choice of all. For the uneasy truce between him and Lucius is unraveling in a form of madness that is destroying the body they share. There’s only one hope for a cure. Disguised, stowing away as a common traveler, Josan/Lucius will make the hazardous journey to Xandropol. There in the great library of the Learned Brethren, Josan hopes to find the forbidden magic that will counter the spell that yokes him and Lucius. But an old antagonist is already on their trail: The Lady Ysobel follows them to what she realizes is the scene of her and Josan’s fateful first meeting. But not even she divines the reason for this final pilgrimage: that Josan has returned to sacrifice his life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Kipiniak. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/013141/bk_adbl_013141_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Enemy Within: The Fall of America, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 597min

What if it all came crashing down? In The Fall of America: Book 3, the battle for America rages on. John and his fellow partisans evolve from a rag-tag group of rebels into an organized force. Embarking on more challenging and dangerous missions, they target larger Russian installations. Using classic guerrilla war tactics, the resistance forces attack the gulag prisoner camps and Russian air bases. But their efforts are not without casualties on both sides, and the Russians respond by instituting a campaign of brutal civilian massacres in reprisal. John's commitment is sorely tested when the Russians show an increasing knowledge of the rebel's plans and defenses. Could there be a traitor in their ranks? What sort of person could betray their fellow Americans? Can the patriots discover the enemy within in time and put a stop to their treachery? Or will John and his wife, Sandra, join countless others who gave up their lives to the cause? For John, dying in the next battle for the South might be preferable to being captured and enduring a slow death in a Russian labor camp. Book three re-ignites the action and savagery of a struggle to regain America from foreign invaders. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lee Alan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/054495/bk_acx0_054495_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Saving Askara: Tori & Aderus, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 353min

Victoria's day starts out like any other aboard the transorbital ship, Phoenix. Such is the life of an emergency medicine specialist in the age of "post-discovery". Sure, she had always dreamed of interacting with intelligent extraterrestrial life - the real thing, not those microbes on distant moons. Who wouldn't? She was still happy with her career, however mundane and demanding it might be. That's what it took to run a ship the size of a small city smoothly. Monotony.But all that changes one morning, and suddenly, she's not so sure she didn't stick her foot in it. Be careful what you wish for.Excerpt from the book:Escape had been their only drive, and even death was preferable to the alternative. But they never thought their flight for freedom would put them in an uncharted system. Forced to interact with an isolated world and its inferior, albeit curious people. When it affords them an unforseen and unprecedented opportunity to take back their world from those who seek to destroy them, however, Aderus begins to wonder if it wasn't fate. Earth's proposal is shocking and uncomfortable for a fierce, independent race that relishes in their solitude. But the more he learns of humans, the more he comes to admire and respect them. One, in particular. Warning: Not intended for listeners under 18. Contains explicit sexual content. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Keira Stevens. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/176307/bk_acx0_176307_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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