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    Anna of the Five Towns , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 596min
    Set in stifled, industrial Staffordshire in the late 19th century, against a strong evangelical background, Anna of the Five Towns tells of the courting of hard businessman Ephraim Tellright's daughter by prosperous and accomplished Henry Mynors. As her father's fortune grows, so does Anna understanding. She realises her legacy and responsibility for the possible ruination of her father's tenants, Titus Price and his son, Willie, who also loves her. Mynors is soon in partnership with Tellright. Will Anna defy the miserly Ephraim, offend Mynors, with their marriage imminent, and help the unfortunate Prices - or subdue her instincts and resign herself to the way of Business? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Joyce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/assm/000041/bk_assm_000041_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Jack Benny Christmas Vol. 1, Hörbuch, Digital, 117min
    This collection contains four Christmas radio classics from The Jack Benny Program: "Christmas Shopping" (December 12, 1937) "Christmas Open House at Jack's" (December 24, 1939) "Christmas Shopping" (December 22, 1940) "Christmas Shopping on a Shoestring Budget" (December 8, 1946) For over 20 years, Jack Benny was a star of radio, from its golden age in the 1930s to the 1950s, when he moved to television. Benny, who began his entertainment career in vaudeville with a comic violin act, developed a radio persona as a well-mannered but often comically frustrated - and miserly - eccentric surrounded by a group of oddball characters. The shows feature many hilarious skits. Language: English. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/radi/000003/rt_radi_000003_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Christmas Carol , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 186min
    This is a SoundCraft Audiobooks production - enhanced with music and sound effects - of perhaps the most beloved Christmas book of all time, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.It tells the story of the miserly and miserable Ebenezer Scrooge, who is given one, final chance at redemption on Christmas Eve when he is visited by the ghost of his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley.  Scrooge is guided by three Spirits - of Christmas Past, Present and Future - who show the old miser the error of his ways.Easily one of the most heralded and widely-adapted holiday stories ever created, A Christmas Carol is Dickens at his finest and most moving. A must-listen addition to any library. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin Theis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/193362/bk_acx0_193362_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Kidnapped , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 440min
    In this spirited and romantic saga, a young heir named David Balfour meets his miserly uncle Ebenezer, who has illegally taken control of the Balfour estate. Ebenezer kidnaps David and plots to have him seized and sold into slavery on a ship to the Carolinas. A couple of days into the voyage, a shipwreck throws David together with David Break, a Scotsman returning from political exile in France, and the two of them journey together. They are witnesses to the murder of Colin Campbell, the "Rio Fox" of Glenure, and suspicion falls on them. What follows is a perilous journey across the Highlands. Kidnapped is a classic of high adventure. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Frederick Davidson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/001068/bk_blak_001068_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Jack Benny Christmas Vol. 2, Hörbuch, Digital, 147min
    This collection contains five Christmas radio classics from The Jack Benny Program: "Jack Buys Don a Wallet for Christmas" (December 19, 1948) "Christmas Tree Decoration" (December 23, 1951) "Setting Up the Christmas Tree" (December 21, 1952) "Cactus Christmas Tree" (December 20, 1953) "Jack Is Christmas Shopping" (December 5, 1954) For over 20 years, Jack Benny was a star of radio, from its golden age in the 1930s to the 1950s, when he moved to television. Benny, who began his entertainment career in vaudeville with a comic violin act, developed a radio persona as a well-mannered but often comically frustrated - and miserly - eccentric surrounded by a group of oddball characters. The shows feature many hilarious skits. Language: English. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/radi/000004/rt_radi_000004_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Katharine Lauderdale: Volumes 1 and 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 918min
    Originally published in two volumes, Katharine Lauderdale tells the tale of a would-be New York society belle, if it were not for her miserly father. Her older sister has escaped the unhappy parental home by marrying and Katharine plans to do the same, but her father has already refused to sanction her nuptials with her cousin and childhood sweetheart, Jack Ralston. Desperate measures are needed and what role will rich Uncle Robert play in the future of the young people? How will the young couple's defiance of family and society affect their future life together? Will they even be able to have a future together? The tale is continued in the sequel, The Ralstons. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lynne Thompson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/arpb/000522/bk_arpb_000522_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Inimitable Jeeves , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 365min
    When Bingo falls in love at a Camberwell subscription dance and Bertie Wooster drops into the mulligatawny, there's work for a wet-nurse. Who better than Jeeves? This is the first Jeeves and Wooster story "Plum" ever wrote. Wodehouse weaves his wit through a wide collection of terrifying aunts, miserly uncles, love-sick friends, and unwanted fiancés. Bertie gets into a bit of trouble when one of his pals, Bingo Little, starts to fall in love with every second girl he lays his eyes on. But the soup gets really thick when Bingo decides to marry one of them and enlists Bertie's help. Luckily, he has the inimitable Jeeves to pull him out of it. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Frederick Davidson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/002743/bk_blak_002743_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Murder on the Florida Frontier: The True Story behind Sanford's Headless Miser Legend , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 322min
    Archie Newton stepped off the river steamer in 1880 with a letter of introduction and a secret. Seeking refuge, the young Newton hoped for a new life on the Florida frontier. Samuel McMillan was a miserly Sanford bachelor who carried large sums of "greenbacks" and trusted no one. The ambitious Newton had his eye on purchasing McMillan's profitable orange grove. But on his way back from Newton's home one evening, McMillan disappeared, and he wasn't seen again until his headless, mutilated corpse was pulled from a nearby lake. Newton's trial was sensational and the evidence gruesome, and local legends grew of a headless ghost rising from the lake. Author Andrew Fink chronicles the twists and turns of this shocking story. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charles Huddleston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/170435/bk_acx0_170435_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Washington Irving Box Set: The Devil and Tom Walker; Tales of the Alhambra; Wouter Van Twiller; Conspiracy of the Cocked Hats; & Christmas , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 800min
    Washington Irving (1783-1859) was a short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat. An author of both fiction and non-fiction works, he wrote histories of places like the Alhambra in Spain, biographies, numerous short stories and tales of his travels. The short story "The Devil and Tom Walker" is about a miserly man who makes a deal with the devil. Irving’s fictional character Diedrich Knickerbocker is a Dutch-American historian and narrator of "The Conspiracy of the Cocked Hats" and the “golden age” of Wouter van Twiller, the Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam. "Old Christmas" is a volume of old English Christmas customs and traditions which influenced the development of American celebrations of the day. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Museum Audiobooks cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/yurt/002197/bk_yurt_002197_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Any Man's Death , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 375min
    The village of Mere Barton is facing a time of upheaval, with traditional lifestyles being forced out by newcomers. When local author Sheila Malory is asked to research the history of the village, she has her reservations; 'The Book' is one of the many projects of Annie Roberts. Miserly and controlling, Annie is at the heart of everything that goes on in Mere Barton, much to the resentment of her fellow villagers. When Annie suffers a fatal bout of self-inflicted food poisoning, there is more relief than grief around the village. However, as Sheila continues to work on the book, she discovers that Annie's influence was due to more than just her forceful personality. Was the death as accidental as it first seemed? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Patricia Gallimore. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/001144/bk_isis_001144_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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