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    Murders of Merseyside , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 349min
    In this compelling study of true crime, Liverpool's most popular author Tom Slemen recounts some of the most intriguing and baffling murders of Merseyside such as: The baffling case of the Victorian canned corpse The magistrate's beautiful granddaughter who was killed by a crazed admirer The condemned man who was hanged twice Frederick Deeming - the Rainhill psychopath who wiped out his own family and danced on their grave with his next victim The bizarre link between a South Seas cult and the housewife who was stabbed fourteen times in her Knotty Ash home by a killer who struck under the cover of a fog The unsolved case of the superintendent and his son who died of gunshot wounds under mysterious circumstances - in a police station The enigmatic murder of Julia Wallace - and a very credible solution The only assassination of a British prime minister - by a Liverpool businessman Plus many more fascinating murder cases. This fascinating book is a must for all readers of true crime in general and Liverpudlians and Merseysiders in particular. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Norman Gilligan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/025067/bk_acx0_025067_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 588min
    Brimming with intelligence and personality, a vastly entertaining account of how dictionaries are made - a must-listen for word mavens. While most of us might take dictionaries for granted, the process of writing them is in fact as lively and dynamic as language itself. With sharp wit and irreverence, Kory Stamper cracks open the complex, obsessive world of lexicography - from the agonizing decisions about what and how to define to the knotty questions of usage in an ever-changing language. She explains why small words are the most difficult to define (have you ever tried to define is?), how it can take nine months to define a single word, and how our biases about language and pronunciation can have tremendous social influence. Throughout, Stamper brings to life the hallowed halls (and highly idiosyncratic cubicles) of Merriam-Webster, a world inhabited by quirky, erudite individuals who quietly shape the way we communicate. A sure delight for all lovers of words, Word by Word might also quietly improve listeners' grasp and use of the English language. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kory Stamper. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/004877/bk_rand_004877_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes It Hard to Be Happy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 571min
    The good news is that the great thinkers from history have proposed the same strategies for happiness and fulfilment. The bad news is that these turn out to be the very things most discouraged by contemporary culture. This knotty dilemma is the subject of The Age of Absurdity - a wry and accessible investigation into how the desirable states of well-being and satisfaction are constantly undermined by modern life. Michael Foley examines the elusive condition of happiness common to philosophy, spiritual teachings and contemporary psychology, then shows how these are becoming increasingly difficult to apply in a world of high expectations. The common challenges of earning a living, maintaining a relationship and ageing are becoming battlegrounds of existential angst and self-loathing in a culture that demands conspicuous consumption, high-octane partnerships and perpetual youth. In conclusion, rather than denouncing and rejecting the age, Foley presents an entertaining strategy of not just accepting but embracing today's world - finding happiness in its absurdity. Cover credit: The Caravan Gallery. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John O'Mahony. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/027798/bk_adbl_027798_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Death, Taxes, and Extra-Hold Hairspray: Tara Holloway Series, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 656min
    When you're an agent for the IRS, it's always tax time. And this season, Tara Holloway is up to her neck in work with two very knotty cases. One involves a charismatic minister who's using his mega-church as a tax shelter. The other is a crazy militant who's trying to turn Texas into a separate country. With her boyfriend out of town and her partner reassigned, Tara is on her own - and things are getting hairy. If dealing with the Lone Star State isn't enough, Tara has other new issues to take into account: There's a sexy new agent named Nick, who's got her head in the clouds...and Tara's boss, Lu, who's having a hair problem of epic proportions: not even her Chinese contraband industrial-strength hairspray is enough to keep her signature strawberry blonde beehive from falling flat. Can Tara help Lu find a wig - and keep from wigging out over Nick? Love, updos, taxes - this time, Tara's got a whole lot of kinks to iron out.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: C.S.E. Cooney. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/010104/bk_tant_010104_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Decked: Team A.L.P.H.A., Book 7 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 196min
    Deck the halls with knives, chains, and dangerous children’s toys!Team Alpha is celebrating the holidays, but a surprise blizzard has snowed them in at Bossman and Papa P’s house, along with a few friends.Not that Papa P minds. He’ll take any excuse to keep his loved ones close and stuff them full of good food.It’s not only snow that’s flying through the air, however. Omega counselor Dean and team beta leader Sam may have found more than a little holiday cheer while joining the team’s holiday festivities.And Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without Bossman and Papa P recounting the joy of their anniversary and the hard times that came before.This book is best enjoyed if you’ve already listened to the previous Team Alpha stories, as there are plenty of in-jokes, purple sparkly knives, and growing children sprinkled throughout this tale. As always, you can expect some naughty knotty fun, humor not suitable to share with your mother-in-law, and all your favorite characters. Trigger warning: Graphic violence and mention of human trafficking. HEA definitely included. Intended for listeners 18 and above only. Seriously, would you expect anything less from Susi Hawke and Crista Crown? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colin Darcy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/171852/bk_acx0_171852_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Torture and Impunity: The U.S. Doctrine of Coercive Interrogation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 924min
    Many Americans have condemned the "enhanced interrogation" techniques used in the War on Terror as a transgression of human rights. But the United States has done almost nothing to prosecute past abuses or prevent future violations. Tracing this knotty contradiction from the 1950s to the present, historian Alfred W. McCoy probes the political and cultural dynamics that have made impunity for torture a bipartisan policy of the U.S. government. During the Cold War, McCoy argues, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency covertly funded psychological experiments designed to weaken a subject's resistance to interrogation. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the CIA revived these harsh methods, while U.S. media was flooded with seductive images that normalized torture for many Americans. Ten years later, the U.S. had failed to punish the perpetrators or the powerful who commanded them, and continued to exploit intelligence extracted under torture by surrogates from Somalia to Afghanistan. Although Washington has publicly distanced itself from torture, disturbing images from the prisons at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo are seared into human memory, doing lasting damage to America's moral authority as a world leader. The book is published by University of Wisconsin Press. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Halliburton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/021883/bk_acx0_021883_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Divorced Omega: Three Hearts Collection, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 405min
    Can two men heal the wounds Ethan's ex left behind?After a decade of a sexless marriage with a philandering alpha, who can't even be bothered to show up for their daughter's birthday, Ethan St. John finds himself starting over at his childhood home. Except, this time, he's a older, wiser, and with a child of his own to raise.Persistently single and awkward, Ryan Davis is swiftly approaching his 40th birthday, with no sign of the singleness abating, but he somehow manages to get Ethan to agree to a date with him.Pub owner Larry Simmons grew up with a sorry excuse for a family, but he’s built his own. It isn’t enough, though. He wants it all: house, partner, kids.Ethan has no interest in a relationship, but after years of spousal neglect, being the center of two devoted alphas’ attention is intoxicating. Ryan isn’t quite sure how to navigate this new dynamic, but he’s found a space with these two men where he can truly be himself. And Larry? Larry is just waiting for his guys to wise up and see what is right in front of them.This audiobook features sweet heat as only Harper B. Cole and Susi Hawke can bring, but don't worry, it's not too...knotty. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kenneth Obi. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/178852/bk_acx0_178852_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Introduction to Analysis of the Infinite
    Often I have considered the fact that most of the difficulties which block the progress of students trying to learn analysis stem from this: that although they understand little of ordinary algebra, still they attempt this more subtle art. From this it follows not only that they remain on the fringes, but in addition they entertain strange ideas about the concept of the infinite, which they must try to use. Although analysis does not require an exhaustive knowledge of algebra, even of all the algebraic technique so far discovered, still there are topics whose con sideration prepares a student for a deeper understanding. However, in the ordinary treatise on the elements of algebra, these topics are either completely omitted or are treated carelessly. For this reason, I am cer tain that the material I have gathered in this book is quite sufficient to remedy that defect. I have striven to develop more adequately and clearly than is the usual case those things which are absolutely required for analysis. More over, I have also unraveled quite a few knotty problems so that the reader gradually and almost imperceptibly becomes acquainted with the idea of the infinite. There are also many questions which are answered in this work by means of ordinary algebra, although they are usually discussed with the aid of analysis. In this way the interrelationship between the two methods becomes clear.
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    Team A.L.P.H.A.: Books 5-7: Team A.L.P.H.A Bundle, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 920min
    Team A.L.P.H.A is an mpreg wolf shifter series full of protective alphas, side-splitting moments of laughter, dangerous missions, a pregnancy, a baby (or more than one), and endless feels.StolenJonah has finally found his long-lost brother Cain, and in the broken omega, Ezra's found his mate. Old betrayals wind through the team's mission, and you know they're going to take their vengeance!HiddenAfter the explosive ending of Stolen, where Jonah found his mate in the most unlikely place, all Jonah wants is to protect Matthew. As an FBI agent, Matthew has different ideas, and he won't rest unless the team lets him help take the bad guys down, once and for all.DeckedA couple years have passed, and our favorite team is snowed in for the holidays! We finally get to hear Papa P and Bossman's story and meet a new couple who fall under the magic of the mistletoe.But that's not all! Included with the last three stories of this series are two brand-new epilogues, for more of your favorite team's crazy antics!You can expect to find naughty, knotty scenes of steamy passion, along with a lot of potty-mouth language and occasional violence. Beware of manties, rusty knives, mouthy omegas, and rainbow explosions. HEA definitely included, intended for 18+ listeners only. Seriously, would you expect anything less from Susi Hawke and Crista Crown? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colin Darcy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/199802/bk_acx0_199802_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Hidden: An MM Mpreg Romance: Team A.L.P.H.A., Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 346min
    Team A.L.P.H.A.: Six battle-hardened alphas with one goal - to save any omega in peril.Jonah McKiernan has a phobia of germs, dirt, and the government, so naturally his mate turned out to be an FBI agent who he found near death at the back of a shipping container under piles of filth.Matthew Hutchins had been working undercover for years, until a fellow agent - and former friend - exposed him to cover up his own dirty dealings.Matthew is determined to bring his betrayer to justice, and Team ALPHA finds out that maybe their loose ends aren’t completely tied up. But while Jonah wants to go full shifter justice on their remaining enemies, Matthew is a man of the law and will not budge.But sometimes, you have to fight dirty to get clean, and both men’s core beliefs will be challenged as they approach the final showdown.This is the sixth book in this exciting series, but can definitely be listened to as a stand-alone novel. You can expect to find naughty, knotty scenes of steamy passion, along with a lot of potty-mouth language and occasional violence. Be prepared for copious and inappropriate uses of sanitizer, the return of STAHP, and all your favorite characters.Trigger warnings: graphic violence and mention of human trafficking. HEA definitely included, intended for 18+ listenerds only. Seriously, would you expect anything less from Susi Hawke and Crista Crown? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colin Darcy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/159739/bk_acx0_159739_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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