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    Alone: Beth Ann's Story of Survival: Equipping Modern Patriots, Book 0 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 646min
    So you think you're afraid of the dark?  Twenty-two-year-old Beth Ann is content with her small-town life. That is, until the day America’s electric grid is destroyed by terrorists. What starts out as an inconvenience quickly becomes a catastrophe - not only do the lights stay off, but cars won’t run and phones are dead. The world screeches to a halt. Without communication and basic supplies like food and water, widespread confusion spirals into deadly chaos within days. A wealthy opportunist saves the townspeople with his secret cache of food and easily takes over the desperate town. But the darkness that follows is even more devastating than the electrical outage. When Beth Ann finds herself on her own, she must do whatever it takes to survive. Alone is a companion novel to the best-selling Equipping Modern Patriots Series, written in coordination with survival expert and preparedness consultant, Jonathan Hollerman. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jillian Yetter. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/160589/bk_acx0_160589_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Wreaths of Glory: A Western Story , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 374min
    William Clarke Quantrill was a hated name during the War Between the States by the Federals of the Union Army, as well as by many non-combatants. Even the high command of the Confederacy distrusted him. But there were others who were passionate sympathizers. He was both friend and mentor‚ but also manipulator and opportunist. Alistair Durant was someone who came to know him in all these guises. Durant was a young Confederate soldier‚ captured by the Yankees‚ and released when he took an oath never again to bear arms against the Union. He had a long walk back to his home in Clay County, Missouri. It is on this trek that Alistair meets another youngster‚ Beans Kimbrough. The two become companions and then friends on the way to Clay County, and it is there that Beans will introduce Alistair to a man calling himself Charley Hart. Hart has a fantastic plan - to organize a militia to fight against the Federals. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chris Abell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/009797/bk_blak_009797_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Ravenous: Quantum Series, Book 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 522min
    Ellie Godfrey has kissed her share of frogs. So many, in fact, that she fears she won’t recognize her prince if and when he finally comes along. Tired of waiting for THE ONE, Ellie decides to have a baby on her own before it’s too late.  When Jasper Autry hears about Ellie’s plan, what else can he do but step in and offer to “contribute” to her project. Does that make him an opportunist? Whatever. He wants the perpetually out-of-reach Ellie Godfrey, and when he sees his chance, he takes it. That she’s the sister of his business partner and close friend Flynn gives him pause, but it doesn’t stop him from having what he wants.  As Jasper and Ellie embark upon their secret “project,” he makes it clear that for as long as they’re together, he’s in charge—in the bedroom anyway. After the hottest night of her life, Ellie realizes she’s made a deal with the devil himself. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robert K. Benson, Summer Morton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/065917/bk_acx0_065917_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Fresh Air, Hannah Holmes and Julie Fenster, Hörbuch, Digital, 47min
    Science and natural history writer Hannah Holmes and writer Julie Fenster on this edition of Fresh Air. Hannah Holmes' new book is The Secret Life of Dust: From the Cosmos to the Kitchen Counter, the Big Consequences of Little Things. Among the interesting facts you'll find in the book is this: within a juice glass sitting in the sun, you would find 25,000 microscopic pieces of dust, at a minimum. Julie Fenster's written a new book about the coincidence and circumstance that led to the first use of ether, making surgery painless for the first time. The breakthrough day - known as Ether Day - was October 16, 1846. One of the men behind it was a Boston dentist, William Morton, who was also a conman and an opportunist. Fenster tells the story in her new book, Ether Day: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made it. (Broadcast Date: August 13, 2001) Language: English. Narrator: Terry Gross. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/whyy/010813/rt_whyy_010813_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Bismarck (ZEIT Geschichte), Hörbuch, Digital, 98min
    Ausgewählte Artikel aus der ZEIT Geschichte zum Thema "Bismarck - Reaktionär, Revolutionär, Opportunist der Macht": Der Herr im Haus: Wie in der Politik drehte sich auch in Bismarcks Privatleben alles um den Patriarchen. Von Jochen Thies. Einigkeit vor Recht und Freiheit: Aus drei verlustreichen Kriegen erstand 1871 das Deutsche Reich. Seither verkörpert der eiserne Preuße Bismarck das Ideal nationaler Einigkeit. Die Blutspur, die es zog, reicht bis weit ins 20. Jahrhundert. Von Tillmann Bendikowski. Mit dem Willen zur Macht: Vom Bummelstudenten zum "Konfliktminister": Bismarcks Aufstieg verlief nicht geradlinig. Doch schon als junger Mann war er pragmatisch bis zur Skrupellosigkeit. Von Andreas Molitor. Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe: Eine junge Frau namens Marie, verheiratete von Blanckenburg, veränderte das Leben des jungen Bismarck von Grund auf. Von Elisabeth von Thadden. Verfolgt und versichert: Das Leben in den Arbeiterquartieren der Gründerzeit war elend. Nicht wenige erwarteten eine Revolution - auch Bismarck, der im Kampf gegen die SPD zum Gründer des deutschen Sozialstaats wurde. Von Susanne Wiborg. deutsch. N.N.. https://samples.audible.de/bk/zeit/140401/bk_zeit_140401_sample.mp3.
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    Wilhelm Furtwängler
    Die biografische Auseinandersetzung mit Wilhelm Furtwängler geschieht oft in Extremen: Je nach Standpunkt des Autors wird er moralisierend als politischer Opportunist, ja Marionette und Vorzeigedirigent der Nazis dargestellt, der sich als skrupelloser Egoist für propagandistische Zwecke einspannen ließ und dem Schatten dieser Jahre nie mehr entfliehen kann. Bewundernd aber wird er auch als musikalische Lichtgestalt, als Titan und Medium, als Retter der Verfolgten eines Gewaltregimes gesehen, dem er aktiv Widerstand leistete. In einem Punkt ist man sich allseits einig - über seine herausragenden Qualitäten als Dirigent; nach Joachim Kaiser ist er einer der "größten Interpreten, der je gelebt hat".In der überarbeiteten und stark erweiterten Neuauflage seiner Biografie setzt Herbert Haffner Furtwänglers Fama mit der Realität in Beziehung und entdeckt den Menschen hinter dem Mythos. Nach umfangreichen Quellenstudien und Gesprächen mit Zeitzeugen kann er eine große Zahl von lange tradierten Irrtümern korrigieren und kommt zu vielen neuen Erkenntnissen über den Künstler, beispielsweise als Familienvater, über seine Beziehungen zur Münchener Bohème und zu schönen Frauen. Er klärt auch sein Verhältnis zum Musikwissenschaftler Heinrich Schenker, zu verschiedenen Dirigentenkollegen sowie den von Hitler verhinderten Versuch, in Salzburg ein 'Anti-Bayreuth' aufzubauen.Da der Verfasser die jeweiligen zeitgeschichtlichen Hintergründe mit einbezieht, entsteht nicht nur ein Musiker-Buch, sondern ein kurzweiliges Kaleidoskop der deutschen (Kultur-)Geschichte in vier politischen Systemen.
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    The Last Jew: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1626min
    Innovative novelist Yoram Kaniuk takes us from the scorched earth of midcentury Europe to the arid plains of the Holy Land to the urban bustle of the American Diaspora, compressing the rise and fall of the Jews into the enigmatic character of one Ebenezer Schneerson. Following the ravages of World War II, Ebenezer finds that although he has no recollection of his family or childhood, he can, at will, recite Einstein's theory of relativity, the entire canon of Yiddish poetry, and the genealogical histories of any number of extinguished shtetls; he has somehow become the final repository for all of Jewish culture. Samuel Lipker, a fellow survivor and crass opportunist, makes money off of Ebenezer's macabre talents, trotting him around Europe to regale spooked cabaret audiences with his uncanny memory. Appearing in English for the first time, The Last Jew is an ingenious tapestry alive with narrative acrobatics and stylistic audacity. Alternately tragic, absurd, heartbreaking, and bitter - not unlike the Bible itself - it is a profound exploration of Jewish identity and the multitude of disparate, often contradictory shapes it has taken in the last century. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Noble. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/021832/bk_adbl_021832_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Caught Up , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 276min
    Dixyn Greene has it all. She is a hustler's wife and the mother of a beautiful girl and owns a townhouse and a nice car - she's living the life. But when the feds arrest her man, Dixyn's whole world begins to crumble. Things quickly go from bad to worse, and, as the bills begin to mount, her ability to maintain her lavish lifestyle is put to the test. She becomes strapped for cash, and her good intentions lead to bad decisions. Enter Brian Winters, B-Dub, her one saving grace - or so she initially believes. In Dixyn's time of need, B-Dub turns out to be no more than an opportunist with his own agenda. Dixyn becomes indebted to him and is forced to do his bidding in order to survive. With B-Dub on her back, she submerges herself in the murky waters of street life and becomes entangled in a web of lust, betrayal, blackmail, and deceit, ultimately discovering that there are no rules in the game, loyalty is limited, trust will get you hurt, and love will get you killed. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cary Hite. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/007817/bk_blak_007817_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dracula Cha Cha Cha: Anno Dracula Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 573min
    Rome 1959. Along the Via Veneto, the living and the dead enjoy la dolce vita, as the vampires, intellectuals, conspirators, jet-setters and swindlers of Europe gather in an endless round of indulgence and gaiety, dancing giddily to the music of the Dracula Cha Cha Cha. The Vampire King, in Italian exile, is to be married to a Moldavian princess, and rumours circulate that his wedding will be the first move in a campaign to return him to his position as Lord of the Undead and a power in the world. In the eternal city, three corpses in the Fontana di Trevi lead three vampire women towards the destinies of their hearts. A flamboyant murderer stalks the elder vampires of the city, perhaps intent on wrecking the Royal Marriage; an undead British secret agent with a license to kill is swept up in a titanic conflict with the supernatural agents of Smersh; a living American opportunist sees a way of surviving as a parasite upon the dead; and a creature older even than Count Dracula is awakened to decide the fates of lovers and monsters. From the author of Anno Dracula and The Bloody Red Baron comes this novel of horror and mystery, romance and intrigue. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: William Gaminara. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/005799/bk_adbl_005799_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Campaigning for Christopher: The Winslow Brothers #4 - The Blueberry Lane Series Book 10 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 493min
    Christopher Winslow, the youngest of the four Winslow brothers, was born with a silver spoon in his privileged mouth, which has made it difficult for him to establish his credibility in the fast-approaching congressional race. Working against the clock to assure Pennsylvania voters that he is forthright, trustworthy and able has been an exhausting challenge, but Christopher's chances at beating the incumbent look good. Julianne Crow, a plus-size model struggling to make ends meet, jumps at the chance to make a little extra cash on the side. What does she have to do? Slip something into Christopher Winslow's drink and take some very naughty pictures with him. But Christopher is nothing like Julianne expected, and when her actions sabotage his hard-earned campaign only a month before the election, her guilt is overwhelming. She offers Christopher her help in an effort to repair the damage she's caused, but can anything change the fact that he sees her as an opportunist and a mercenary? When she starts campaigning for Christopher, he may find out there's more to her than meets the eye. Return to the world created in the English Brothers books with this fresh foursome of scorching hot Winslow Brothers! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lauren Sweet. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/047885/bk_acx0_047885_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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