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    The Slave Ship (eBook, ePUB)
    "Masterly."-Adam Hochschild, The New York Times Book Review In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus Rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of the British and American slave ships of the eighteenth century. Drawing on thirty years of research in maritime archives, court records, diaries, and firsthand accounts, The Slave Ship is riveting and sobering in its revelations, reconstructing in chilling detail a world nearly lost to history: the "floating dungeons" at the forefront of the birth of African American culture.
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    What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
    An intimate look at writing, running, and the incredible way they intersect, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is an illuminating glimpse into the solitary passions of one of our greatest artists. While training for the New York City Marathon, Haruki Murakami decided to keep a journal of his progress. The result is a memoir about his intertwined obsessions with running and writing, full of vivid recollections and insights, including the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer. By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, here is a rich and revelatory work that elevates the human need for motion to an art form.
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    Taxifornia: Liberals' Laboratory to Bankrupt America , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 400min
    In Taxifornia, author James V. Lacy, a frequent guest on Fox Business News Channel's Varney & Company, offers a sobering view of the one-sided politics of California and exposes liberal Democratic and public employee union control of state government, which has turned the once-rich state into the poorest in the nation. Forward by Congressman Darrell Issa. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Van Michaelson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/037045/bk_acx0_037045_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Perfect Husband: The True Story of the Trusting Bride Who Discovered Her Husband Was a Coldblooded Killer , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 518min
    As seen on A Current Affair - the shocking story of Florida's most bizarre multiple murder case. As Lisa and Kosta Fotopoulos lay sleeping in their home, a burglar broke in and shot Lisa at point-blank range in the head. Miraculously, she survived to learn the sobering truth about her would-be assassin - and about her sociopathic husband's deadly agenda. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arthur Flavell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/073619/bk_acx0_073619_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 56min
    This sobering pamphlet was written in 1788 by an ex-slave ship captain turned clergyman. Famous for writing the hymn "Amazing Grace", John Newton wrote passionately about his memories of the slave trade. His pamphlet helped sway the English Parliament to outlaw this hideous trade. This is a crucial piece of primary historical evidence about the history of a vile blot on Europe's and America's history. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Stifel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/001344/bk_mike_001344_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    What I Talk About When I Talk About Running , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 263min
    In 1982 Murakami began running to keep fit. Here he reflects on his running experiences. Equal parts travelogue, training log, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon. By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, this is a must-listen for fans of this masterful author and for the increasing number of people who find a similar satisfaction in running. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ray Porter. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/002899/bk_howe_002899_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Accidentally Expecting! , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 350min
    RITA Award-winning novelist Lucy Gordon captures the hearts and imaginations of her many fans with complex and passionate tales. While in Italy, Ferne Edmunds falls for handsome Dante Rinucci. This charmer lives a life of carefree ease, while harboring the sobering truth that each new day could be his last. But when Ferne learns she’s pregnant, this casual relationship takes a deeper turn, and Dante discovers a reason to fight for his own life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simone Phillips. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/005177/bk_reco_005177_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Neuromancer 3: Mona Lisa Overdrive
    Enter Gibson's unique world - lyric and mechanical, erotic and violent, sobering and exciting - where multinational corporations and high tech outlaws vie for power, traveling into the computer-generated universe known as cyberspace. Into this world comes Mona, a young girl with a murky past and an uncertain future whose life is on a collision course with internationally famous Sense/Net star Angie Mitchell. Since childhood, Angie has been able to tap into cyberspace without a computer. Now, from inside cyberspace, a kidnapping plot is masterminded by a phantom entity who has plans for Mona, Angie, and all humanity, plans that cannot be controlled . . . or even known. And behind the intrigue lurks the shadowy Yazuka, the powerful Japanese underworld, whose leaders ruthlessly manipulate people and events to suit their own purposes . . . or so they think.
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    Wheels of Terror , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 606min
    Stationed on the Russian Front and now equipped with armoured vehicles, Sven Hassel and his comrades from the 27th Penal Regiment fight on remorselessly... All of them should be dead: Life expectancy on the Russian Front is measured in weeks. But Sven, Porta, Tiny and The Legionnaire fight to the end, not for Germany, not for Hitler, but for survival. Wheels of Terror is a sobering depiction of war's brutalities, and the violence and inhumanity that the history books leave out. Read by Rupert Degas. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rupert Degas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/orio/000672/bk_orio_000672_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Deploraville, Volume 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 284min
    Deploraville, the first book in a series, is Mac Balzac's often humorous, sometimes sobering, but never dull take on President Donald J. Trump's first year in office, the agony and ecstasy experienced by his deplorable constituents, deep state shenanigans, fast-unfolding geopolitical developments, and the culture war. And coming soon...Deploraville II! In this volume, I'll show you how President is winning the Narrative battle against the Fake News media by speaking directly and without filters to the American people. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard M. Pshock. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/150153/bk_acx0_150153_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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