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    France in Crisis
    France is in crisis. In this provocative account, Timothy Smith argues that the French economic and social model is collapsing inward on itself, the result of good intentions, bad policies, and vested interests who employ the rhetoric of 'solidarity' to prevent change. French social policy is not redistributive; indeed, Smith argues, the majority of 'social' spending serves to strengthen existing inequalities. He shows how politicians, intellectuals and labor leaders have invoked the specter of 'globalization' to explain homegrown problems and delay reform. Professor Smith makes frequent comparisons with the USA, UK, Canada, Scandinavia, Germany and the Netherlands and argues that change need not follow the inegalitarian US or British paths but instead can lead to a more equal society. Written in a lively style, this is an unusual blend of history, policy analysis, economics and political commentary and will be indispensable reading for anyone seeking to understand France's malaise.
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    High-Wired: The Fine Line Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 385min
    DI Olivia Hardy is a firm but fair cop. Her new partner, DS Lauren Groves, has a very different background, but the two women bond over the pressures of juggling complicated family lives with the horrors of the job. Both women try to reconcile their problematic family lives - Olivia’s issues with her teenage children, Lauren’s collapsing marriage - with the demands of their job. Their beat is a decaying coastal town in the south of England - a shadow of its Victorian glory - and criminals lurk where you’d least expect them. As Olivia and Lauren investigate a harrowing murder, events spiral - and so do the issues in their personal lives....  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julia Franklin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/003758/bk_isis_003758_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 423min
    It's not your imagination: civilized human society is collapsing. Communities no longer work toward a common good; children are no longer our first priority; businesses no longer value hard work; arts and skills have been lost; and gender is decided by the individual, not biology. We cannot reverse national and global trends, says professor Anthony Esolen, but we can build communities that live up to humanity's promise and responsibility. In Out of the Ashes, Esolen identifies the gaping problems in our society and lays out a blueprint for reconstruction that puts our future in the hands of individuals focused on the good of the local community. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Adam Verner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hove/002027/bk_hove_002027_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    King of the Romans , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 417min
    When Clovis moves to conquer Gaul in AD 486, only Syagrius, King of the Romans, has the courage to stand in his way and pays a fearful price for his defiance. Shattered by a defeat that costs him his wife, his son, his city, and his army, Syagrius wanders through the collapsing world of a dying empire to find refuge with a procurator broken by his past, a centurion haunted by betrayal, and a priestess desperate for love, all too proud and too honorable to compromise with the corruption that threatens to destroy them. And there, on a beach in Crete, they make their final stand together... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stuart Langston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/000568/bk_blak_000568_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Wolves of Craywood: A Novel of Lycanthropy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 290min
    Dark tragedy strikes the three Cray brothers: Two girls have been brutally torn apart by vicious beasts, and the countryside around Cray Manor blazes with the legends of the werewolf. No one believes that a man could have caused such horror. Gaye reluctantly answers her sister Susan's call for help, not wanting to see the man she'd once intended to marry. When she learns that Susan blames Walter Cray for the killings at Craywood, it seems as if the world is collapsing into insanity. Nightmare follows nightmare, and soon Gaye herself is marked for death! Can anyone stop the wolves of Craywood? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arika Escalona. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/001213/bk_acx0_001213_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Horse in the Bathroom: How an Old Stable Became Our Dream Village Home , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 544min
    Maggie wants a house with lots of light. I need one with character. And what we do have in common doesn’t help either - we’re both stubborn. When Derek and his partner Maggie decide to escape to the country, they don’t opt for the simple life. Instead they set about converting an old Cotswold stables in Stow-on-the-Wold into their dream home. Over the next two years, they wage guerrilla war on the Planning Office, are cursed by everything from collapsing walls to poison gas, run out of money, and meet some very strange characters - till in its final stages of construction, the place unaccountably floods. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Rintoul. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/005251/bk_adbl_005251_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Black Thunder, Hörbuch, Digital, 91min
    As he rode into Dunphyville, Dan Harrigan noted the broken windows, smashed doors, collapsing verandas. The Blacksmith's shop had been set on fire, the saloon wrecked, and the general store shot up. He nodded knowingly. There were only a dozen buildings in this small town, but they all bore the Mark of Angus "Black" MacTee. Dan Harrigan and Angus MacTee were friends and partners once; but their mutual love for pretty Kate Malone had turned them into Mortal Enemies. Forced to join together in a grim fight to save Kate's life, both men turned their rage on each other - and a tornado couldn't have done more damage! Language: English. Narrator: Barry Corbin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/000133/bk_aren_000133_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Antidote to Venom , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 569min
    George Surridge, director of the Birmington Zoo, is a man with many worries: his marriage is collapsing; his finances are insecure; and an outbreak of disease threatens the animals in his care. As Surridge's debts mount and the pressure on him increases, he begins to dream of miracle solutions. But is he cunning enough to turn his dreams into reality - and could he commit the most devious murder in pursuit of his goals? This ingenious crime novel, with its unusual 'inverted' structure and sympathetic portrait of a man on the edge, is one of the greatest works by this highly respected author. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gordon Griffin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/002333/bk_isis_002333_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Juno Letters , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 666min
    Letters discovered in a tin box hidden in the foundation of a small cottage in Normandy reveal a terrible secret, a desperate whisper between the lines. Antoine's world was collapsing. His beautiful Marianne, his precious daughter Ariéle, missing. The lives of hundreds - perhaps thousands - of allied soldiers preparing to storm Juno Beach on D-Day literally are in his hands. The Gestapo hunt him as a traitor - the French resistance as a collaborator. As chaos erupts all around him, Antoine must choose - to find Marianne and Ariéle, or face Hell even if it means he could lose his family, his only friend, and his life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gary Regal. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/016439/bk_acx0_016439_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Black Thunder: A Western Trio , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 399min
    As he rode into Dunphyville, Dan Harrigan noted the broken windows, smashed doors, collapsing verandas. The Blacksmith's shop had been set on fire, the saloon wrecked, and the general store shot up. He nodded knowingly. There were only a dozen buildings in this small town, but they all bore the Mark of Angus "Black" MacTee. Dan Harrigan and Angus MacTee were friends and partners once; but their mutual love for pretty Kate Malone had turned them into mortal enemies. Forced to join together in a grim fight to save Kate's life, both men turned their rage on each other - and a tornado couldn't have done more damage! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Christy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/008938/bk_adbl_008938_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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