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    Days of Gold , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 723min
    New York Times best-selling author Jude Deveraux returns to her roots in this sweeping historical romance with a dazzling story that spans two continents and unites two people who are separated by class, wealth, and education. In 1766 Scotland, the laird of the clan, Angus McTern, has everything he wants in life. That is, until Edilean Talbot shows up. Breathtakingly beautiful and born of privilege, Edilean represents everything Angus despises. Still, she dazzles him, and when Angus can no longer hide his feelings, she rejects him, leaving him deeply wounded and humiliated. Soon, though, Edilean needs his help to reclaim the gold she inherited from her father. At first Angus refuses, but her haunting beauty and her tears convince him to put aside his pride. However, when Angus tries to intervene, he is accused of kidnapping and theft. To avoid being prosecuted, he must leave behind all that he knows and escape with Edilean to America. There they will overcome almost insurmountable obstacles as the man who claims the gold for his own endlessly pursues them. Despite all that tries to keep them apart, Angus and Edilean also find a love as wild and free as the land itself. Filled with passion, humor, exquisite detail, and pulse-pounding adventure, Days of Goldis Jude Deveraux at her best. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Davina Porter. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/005462/bk_sans_005462_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Divide by Matt Taibbi: Key Takeaways, Analysis, & Review , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 30min
    The Divide by Matt Taibbi approaches the complicated topic of the unequal treatment of defendants in the United States criminal justice system based on wealth, through individual stories and rarely heard cases revealed in court proceedings. In the US, bankers and financial officials whose unethical and illegal behavior contributed to the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent economic scandals rarely faced prosecution for their activities. Instead either the very smallest actors in those activities were prosecuted or the companies negotiated fines and settlements outside of court. Many of these cases made use of the collateral consequences, a principle based on a memorandum written by Attorney General Eric Handler that states prosecutors should consider whether prosecution would cause too many lost jobs or too much financial harm to the company. Policing in major US cities generates a high volume of arrests, criminal charges for trivial offenses, and economic incentives not to fight allegations in court.... Please note: This is not the original book. Inside this Instaread key takeaways, analysis, and review of The Divide: Overview of the book Important people Key takeaways Analysis of key takeaways About the author: With Instaread, you can get the key takeaways, analysis, and review of a book in 15 minutes. We read, summarize, and analyze every chapter for your convenience. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Gilboe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/043099/bk_acx0_043099_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Piggyback , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 431min
    On the evening of December 3rd, 1957, seven-year-old Maria Ridulph and her eight-year-old friend, Kathy Sigman, were playing in the new fallen snow on a street corner in the sleepy town of Sycamore, Illinois. A stranger approached the girls, introduced himself as "Johnny" and offered them piggyback rides. When Kathy Sigman ran home to get her mittens, she left Maria and Johnny behind on the street corner. Little did she know that she would be the last person to see Maria Ridulph alive. The FBI was called in and the search for Maria and her kidnapper caught the nation's attention. President Eisenhower and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover demanded daily reports from the field agents. Nearly six months later, Maria's remains were discovered in a thicket 100 miles away. The search for Maria's killer went on, but all leads were slowly exhausted and finally the case went cold. A series of events begun by a mother's deathbed confession led to Jack D. McCullough being convicted for the murder of Maria Ridulph 55 years after the crime, making it the oldest cold case in U.S. history ever to be successfully prosecuted. Follow along with the author as he investigates this historic event to discover if justice was truly served, or was another tragedy piled on top of the first, riding piggyback? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John N Gully. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/058098/bk_acx0_058098_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Tough Crimes: True Cases by Top Canadian Criminal Lawyers , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 776min
    Tough Crimes is a collection of thoughtful and insightful stories by 20 of Canada's most prominent criminal lawyers. In the book they write about cases that had surprising turns or that presented personal or ethical challenges. We've all heard the media's take on notorious criminals, but when have we had a chance to hear directly from the lawyers who defended or prosecuted them? We've all lamented the fate of a person who we think was wrongfully accused, but who better to explain what happened than his or her counsel, who was there for the client every step of the way? In Tough Crimes, Edward Greenspan writes on a miscarriage of justice; Richard Wolson and Marilyn Sandford on the wrongfully convicted; Earl Levy on the Toronto Shoeshine Boy murder; Peter Martin on a study of evil; John Rosen on defending Paul Bernardo; Fred Ferguson on child abuse; William Smart on a "Mr. Big" sting; Richard Peck on Air India; Noel O'Brien on corpora delicti; Joel Pink on the Antigonish Beech Hill murders; Brian Beresh and Patrick Fagan on reasonable doubt; Mark Brayford on Robert Latimer; Marie Henein on the wrongfully charged; C. D. Evans on weighing moralities; William Trudell on the Walkerton water treatment disaster; forensic psychologist Thomas Dalby on the Taber school shootings; John Vertes on aboriginal justice; and Hersh Wolch on a young prosecutor's trial by fire. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bonnie Horton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/drvl/000001/bk_drvl_000001_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Lady Chatterley's Lover , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 874min, (USK 18)
    Lady Chatterley's Lover, written in 1928, tells the story of a passionate love affair between an upper class woman and her husband’s gamekeeper, which was thought to be so shocking in its content and its straightforward use of explicit sexual terms, that it was not officially published until 1960. Its 1961 second edition contained this dedication from the publisher: "For having published this book, Penguin Books were prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act, 1959 at the Old Bailey in London from 20 October to 2 November 1960. This edition is therefore dedicated to the twelve jurors, three women and nine men, who returned a verdict of 'Not Guilty' and thus made D. H. Lawrence's last novel available for the first time to the public in the United Kingdom." Now firmly established as a classic of English literature that was written well before its time, what saved it from being banned for ever was its literary merit, upheld by some of the most distinguished writers and critics of the time. Lawrence’s prescient musings on the changes in society and his authentic depiction of two unhappily married people, finding in this most unlikely and potentially doomed coupling the physical and emotional balance that they both crave, are as relevant today as they were then. Have a listen! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Veronika Hyks. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aqur/000012/bk_aqur_000012_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Summary of Clinton Cash: by Peter Schweizer: Includes Analysis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 24min
    Peter Schweizer's Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich is an exposé of the business dealings of Bill and Hillary Clinton between 2001 and 2015. The Clintons and their foundation have both been enriched by money from dubious sources. The payments the Clintons received as speaking fees and the funds they accepted as donations to the Clinton Foundation may have led Hillary to alter US policy when she served as senator and secretary of state. This pattern of possible corruption should be investigated by law enforcement. Bill was governor of Arkansas from 1978 to 1981 and from 1983 to 1992. While Arkansas governor, he and his wife were involved in suspicious financial and real estate dealings involving the Whitewater Corporation, in a foreshadowing of later ethical questions. Others connected to the deal were prosecuted and convicted, but no charges were ever brought against the Clintons. PLEASE NOTE: This is key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Inside this Instaread Summary of Clinton Cash: Overview of the book Important people Key takeaways Analysis of key takeaways About the author With Instaread, you can get the key takeaways, summary and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways and analyze them for your convenience. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sam Scholl. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/064768/bk_acx0_064768_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Snapping of the American Mind , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 515min
    America the beautiful has become America the bizarre. Government openly defies the law, Christians are prosecuted as criminals, children "transition" to the opposite sex, the president supports our enemies - and 130 million Americans depend on mind-altering substances just to get through life. Turbocharged by the Obama presidency, long-coalescing forces of the political and cultural Left are bringing about their much-heralded "fundamental transformation of America". That much everyone knows. But this revolution is also causing a fundamental transformation of Americans - in profoundly negative ways. In The Snapping of the American Mind, veteran journalist and best-selling author David Kupelian shows how the progressive Left - which today dominates America's key institutions, from the news and entertainment media, to education, to government itself - is accomplishing much more than just enlarging government, redistributing wealth, and de-Christianizing the culture. With the Left's wild celebration of sexual anarchy, its intimidating culture of political correctness, and its incomprehension of the fundamental sacredness of human life, it is also, whether intentionally or not, promoting widespread dependency, debauchery, family breakdown, crime, corruption, addiction, despair, and suicide. Surveying this growing chaos in American society, Kupelian exposes both the utopian revolutionaries and their extraordinary methods that have turned America's most cherished values literally upside down - to the point that madness is celebrated and normality demonized. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Bowen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bimo/001529/bk_bimo_001529_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Crime in the Second World War: Spivs, Scoundrels, Rogues, and Worse , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 339min
    Was there crime in the Second World War?At a time of national emergency, the average person could be forgiven for thinking that crime rates would go down as everyone tried to help the war effort. However, the reality was that criminals saw the war as an opportunity to exploit the emergency conditions, and those with a previously unblemished reputation found themselves tempted off the straight and narrow. Criminal activity wasn’t just a civilian occupation. The military services had its share of crime, and the influx of foreign troops added to the problem. American and Canadian troops found themselves transported to Britain in preparation for D-Day. Lonely and far from home, some rioted, and many looked for other distractions, with desertion being a significant problem and one that was often funded by crime.Penny takes you back to some of the most infamous wartime crimes such as the Blackout Ripper, the Bath Chair Murderer, and the last person to be prosecuted in Britain for witchcraft. She also delves into the murky world of spivs, gangs, prostitutes, and robbers. At a time when rationing, shortages, and the Blitz meant feeding the family became ever more difficult, it was all too easy for the increasingly blurred line of criminality to be crossed.Penny Legg shows how and why crime was committed during the Second World War and what became of those spivs, scoundrels, rogues, and worse who strayed into the underworld. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Finlay Robertson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/147520/bk_acx0_147520_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Horror Island Amusement Park , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 11min
    What was once in every child's dream is now just an echo in the wind of a past gone by. Horror Island Amusement Park had the largest Ferrous Wheel, biggest roller coaster, and a beautiful view of the ocean. As many years, weather, lack of funding and dwindling attendance, the amusement park was shut down and boarded up. But that wasn't the only reason for the decrease in attendance and the closing of the park. Reports of poor maintenance on the rides were the cause of many deaths and the major cause of shutting down the amusement park. Thirty years later, there were reports of strange things going on at the abandoned amusement park. At night the rides started up on their own and the funny thing was, is that the park has been out of operation for over thirty years without any power. The police were called out to the park many times to investigate, but when they located the power supply all the wires were ripped out of the fuse boxes. The police also reported hearing laughter and voices as though the amusement park was still in full operation. A sign was put on the front gate of the amusement park which read "No trespassing! Any violators will be prosecuted." A local ghost hunting group decided they would try and solve the strange goings on at the abandoned amusement park. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Jude Ricciardi. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/004021/bk_acx0_004021_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Bending Toward Justice: The Birmingham Church Bombing That Changed the Course of Civil Rights , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 903min
    This program is read by the author. On September 15, 1963, the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL, was bombed, killing four young girls. It was clear that white supremacists were responsible. The community activists who gathered at the church had recently succeeded in desegregating Birmingham public schools, and this was an act of revenge.The girls did not die in vain; the public outrage brought on by this senseless tragedy was crucial to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But who were the perpetrators? Alabamians would have to wait a long time to find out. Due to reluctant witnesses and racial prejudice, the FBI closed the case without any indictments.But as Martin Luther King, Jr., famously claimed, "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." When William Baxley became state attorney general years later, he reopened the case, ultimately convicting one of the bombers in 1977. Another suspect passed away in 1994, and author Doug Jones himself prosecuted and convicted the final two perpetrators - a correction of an outrageous miscarriage of justice that was nearly 40 years in the making.Bending Toward Justice is a detailed account of this key moment in our national struggle for equality and the long road to prosecuting those responsible for the tragedy, related by an author who played a major role in the investigation. It is destined to become the next addition to our civil rights canon. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Doug Jones. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/003463/bk_aren_003463_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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