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The Quakers: A Captivating Guide to a Historically Christian Group and How William Penn Founded the Colony of Pennsylvania in British North America , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 181min
If you want to discover the captivating history of the Quakers, then pay attention...Many other mainline Christians viewed the Quakers as a dangerous sect, so much so that they pressured the British Parliament to pass the Quaker Act of 1662. This act set forth in law the “prescribed form” of prayer and worship as designated by the state. It was a formula that specifically left the traditions of the Quakers out. Unable to gain acceptance in England, the Quakers would soon leave the place of their origin altogether and try their luck in a brave new world on another continent.In The Quakers: A Captivating Guide to a Historically Christian Group and How William Penn Founded the Colony of Pennsylvania in British North America, you will discover topics such as:The Quakers Arrive in AmericaWilliam Penn Comes to the Quaker FaithWilliam Penn’s Holy ExperimentWilliam Penn, Pennsylvania, and Its Quaker LegacyThe State of Quakerism After William PennQuaker Life During the American RevolutionA Time of Great AdjustmentThe Quakers the Civil War and Its AftermathSome Modern-Day Quaking in the MakingAnd much, much more!So, if you want to learn more about the Quakers, scroll up and click the "buy now" button! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colin Fluxman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/222855/bk_acx0_222855_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Flashman's Escape , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 633min
This book covers the second half of Thomas Flashman's experiences in the Peninsular War and follows on from Flashman in the Peninsula. Having lost his role as a staff officer, Flashman finds himself commanding a company in an infantry battalion. In between cuckolding his soldiers and annoying his superiors, he finds himself at the heart of the two bloodiest actions of the war. With drama and disaster in equal measure, he provides a firsthand account of not only the horror of battle but also the bloody aftermath. Hopes for a quieter life backfire horribly when he is sent behind enemy lines to help recover an important British prisoner, who also happens to be a hated rival. His adventures take him the length of Spain and all the way to Paris on one of the most audacious wartime journeys ever undertaken. With the future of the French empire briefly placed in his quaking hands, Flashman dodges lovers, angry fathers, conspirators, and ministers of state in a desperate effort to keep his cowardly carcass in one piece. This extraordinary account brings together various historical events while also giving a disturbing insight into the creation of a French literary classic! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Henry Clore Harrison. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/117653/bk_acx0_117653_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 469min
A vivid narrative that re-creates the life of Gaius Valerius Catullus, Rome's first modern poet, and follows a young man's journey through a world filled with all the indulgences and sexual excesses of the time, from doomed love affairs to shrewd political maneuvering and backstabbing - an accessible, appealing look at one of history's greatest poets. Born to one of Verona's leading families, Catullus spent most of his young adulthood in Rome, mingling with the likes of Caesar and Cicero and chronicling his life through his poetry. Famed for his lyrical and subversive voice, his poems about his friends were jocular, often obscenely funny, while those who crossed him found themselves skewered in raunchy verse, sudden objects of hilarity and ridicule. These bawdy poems were disseminated widely throughout Rome. Many of his poems recalled his secret longstanding affair with the seductive older Clodia. While Catullus and Clodia made love in the shadows, the whole of Italy was quaking as Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus forged a doomed alliance for power. During these tumultuous years, Catullus increasingly turned to darker subject matter, and he finally composed his greatest work of all: a poem about the decoration on a bedspread, which forms the heart of this biography, a work of beauty that will achieve immortality and make Catullus a legend. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Grady. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/005313/bk_harp_005313_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Saving San Francisco: Relief and Recovery After the 1906 Disaster , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 484min
For most San Franciscans, April 18, 1906 started at 5:12 a.m. with 65 seconds of violent quaking followed by a relentless, raging fire that left 98% of the structures in the most populated part of the city in ruins. However, while everyone felt the earthquake equally, they did not all suffer to the same degree. In Saving San Francisco, Andrea Rees Davies, a former firefighter, tells a new story of the 1906 catastrophe. Weaving the experiences of ordinary people with urban politics and history, Saving San Francisco challenges the long-lived myth that the fire that spread as a result of the quake brought out altruism and leveled class distinctions among residents. Although the relief and rebuilding efforts provided some opportunities for marginalized groups and individuals - such as white women and the Chinese - to step outside their limited spheres to find their voices in the public realm, Davies shows how the disaster did not break down social barriers; rather, it maintained the prevailing hierarchies of class, race, and gender. The book is published by Temple University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks."An original contribution to San Francisco history and to the study of how cities respond to natural disasters." (William Issel, coauthor of San Francisco, 1865-1932: Politics, Power, and Urban Development)"Will become 'the' book on this subject for years to come." (Barbara Berglund, author of Making San Francisco American: Cultural Frontiers in the Urban West, 1846-1906) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Beveridge. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/165206/bk_acx0_165206_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Klaatu Terminus: Klaatu Diskos Trilogy, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 542min
Kosh did not feel courageous. Looking at the disko, it was all he could do not to collapse into a quaking, blubbering puddle of terror. He was half certain he was going to die. But the alternative — leaving Emma in the hands of Gheen without even trying to rescue her — was unthinkable. He would not want to live if he had to live with that. “It’s not courage,” he said, “if you have no choice.” In present-day Hopewell, an adult Kosh Feye discovers a sweet and painful piece of his past when he’s rescued by the Lamb Emma. In a far distant future, Tucker Feye and the inscrutable Lia find themselves atop a crumbling pyramid in an abandoned city. And on a train platform in 1997, a seventeen-year-old Kosh says good-bye as his brother, Adrian, leaves for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Before Adrian boards, he asks Kosh to take care of his fiancée — the most beautiful girl Kosh has ever seen. The final book of Pete Hautman’s highly praised Klaatu Diskos trilogy, The Klaatu Terminus weaves together these fragmented timestreams in a heart-stopping chase to the edge of time as Tucker, Lia, and Kosh must search for one another and finally puzzle out the secrets of the diskos. Who built them? Who is destroying them? And, most of all, where — and when — will it all end? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Berkrot. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/006088/bk_brll_006088_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 469min, (USK 18)
A biography of Gaius Valerius Catullus, Rome's first great poet, a dandy who fell in love with another man's wife and made it known to the world through his timeless verse. Famed for his lyrical, subversive voice, Catullus was Rome's first and foremost poet. Amid the death of the Roman Republic, his life, as told through his poetry, was beset with love, loss, political conflict and, above all, a desire for escape. Catullus' Bedspread follows the young poet's journey from his native Verona to Rome, filled with the all indulgences and sexual social mores of the time, and then his lasting affair with the married Clodia, whom he would immortalise in his poetry. While Catullus and Clodia made love in the shadows, the whole of Italy was quaking as Caesar, Pompey and Crassus forged a doomed allegiance. When the older Clodia in turn betrayed Catullus for another man, the result was his greatest work, 'Poem 64': the wonderful, mythical tale of a sorrowful marriage and a lover's desertion, told through a picture on a bedspread. For a year Catullus turned his back on Rome, Italy and love. In his journey of escapism he encountered new geography, new cultures and, at last, an understanding that there was no escape, that yearning for the past, recent or ancient is futile. Following a brush with the might of Caesar and a cunning evasion, Catullus died at the age of just 30. Drawing on his peerless poetry and turbulent circumstances, Daisy Dunn's immediate narrative rediscovers Catullus the man, Rome's most modern poet - oscillating between the glorious past and the vivid, sensual present. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Grady. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/002269/bk_hcuk_002269_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Diary of Don & Jon: Ninja Book for Kids with Slimy Animal Jokes: Zombie & Ninja Dynasty, Series 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 18min
This is the Diary of Don & Jon, the funny redneck twins. Don and Jon love hunting sneaky snakes and frogs in the Mississippi woods, and soon discover that there are even freakier phenomenons out there in the wild. The twins love hunting everything edible like slimy frogs, snakes, alligators, and even spiders.Inside, you'll find some hilarious Mississippi Bayou hunting stories.Make sure to check out your pants before listening because these hilarious Dr. Seuss style rhyming adventures of Don and Jon have the tendency to rip kid's pants, because kids just LOL when listening about these different funny scenes. Parents love to join in for the fun! Hang on for more funny stories that are going to be released shortly in this brand new Zombie & Ninja Dynasty Series by Timmie Guzzmann. Inside, you'll find hilarious hunting adventures that are told by the funny twin brothers. If you love green slimy frogs, snakes, and other dangerous animals that are luring in the woods and if you love to discover the funny and hilarious ways of how Don and Jon go about catching, whacking, and whopping these scary green animals in the Mississippi woods, then you owe it to yourself to check out these unforgettable and entertaining adventures for yourself! Chapter 1: There Ain’t Nothin’ Finer Than Moonlight Hunting for Snakes n'Frogs Don and his twin brother Jon are sneaking into a rich people's country club in the middle of the night. They discover that the ponds are teeming with plump frogs inside. They did not see the snakes coming from outside.... How do they find out of this trap? Chapter 2: Bullfrog Quaking, Snake Hunting and a Mysterious Strange Ninja Chapter 3: The Choice Between a Cute Pomeranian Puppy and a Pitbull Hunter Chapter 4: The Hacky Sack Chapter 5: Jokes & Poker ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dr. Michelle Carabache. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/155214/bk_acx0_155214_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Mate for York: The Program, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 410min
Have you ever wanted to date a vampire? Human women required. Must be enthusiastic about interactions with vampires. Must be willing to undergo a stringent medical exam. Must be prepared to sign a contractual agreement which would include a non-disclosure clause. Limited positions available.... York has always wanted a female of his very own. One to love and care for. One who will love him in return. More than anything he wants a family...he longs to hear the sound of children's laughter filling his home. It is his deepest desire. Since most vampire females are not able to birth young, a program is started to ensure the continuation of the vampire species. The vampire elite must fight, fist and fang, for a much sought after place in the program and a chance to date human women. There are a multitude of beautiful human females in attendance. They have been handpicked to ensure that they are irresistible to vampire males. Why is it then that York wants the one female he can't have? When Cassidy is selected for the trial phase of the program, she is ecstatic. This is the break she's been waiting for. Her job is to root out any vampires with bloodlust. She's quaking in her boots because she could end up dead. This position certainly isn't for sissies. Thing is, it's only three days of her life. All she needs to do is to allow a few of them to drink from her and survive long enough to get paid. Then she's home free. Besides, she quit her job in order to be here so she so doesn't have any other options available to her. Three days...pity one big, badass vampire is determined to get in the way of her plans. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lance Greenfield, Amber Black. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/030648/bk_adbl_030648_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Rig Veda , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2482min
Often appearing as Ṛgveda, the oldest of the four sacred books linked to Hinduism, it was composed in an ancient form of Sanskrit about 1500 BCE. The Rig Veda (Sanskrit: The Knowledge of Verses) was preserved in secrecy by ancient clans, initially orally, before it was written down about 300 BCE. These 1028 poems, grouped as 10 ‘Circles’ (mandalas), have variously been called hymns, poems or songs by Sanskrit scholars. The Rik (so pronounced by the ancient Angirases clans, or Seer-Priest families) was an experiment with sound. The emphasis is always on sounding the words perfectly. The focus tends to be on the ideas rather than on the authors in Vedic literature, they are largely religious in nature, reflecting the world view and spiritual preoccupations of ancient India. Like the Homeric epics, portions were composed during different periods in the north-western region of present-day India and Pakistan. That any of these verses have entered modern day usage is in itself extraordinary. No Hindu wedding is performed without reference to the Suryasukta, the model marriage of the Sun to the daughter of the Moon (Book 10, hymn 85). In India today certain surnames denote whether a family has a Vedic link, Dwivedi (knowledge of two vedas) Trivedi (three), Chaturvedi (four) among other Vedic linked ancestral roots. Very, very few had open access to this the Secret most Magical Veda. The writers or composers of the Vedic verses were essentially storytellers. Once they had told their stories enough times they began to believe in the mythology they had woven to explain the vagaries of the universe. The sudden flood, the torrential downpour, the landslides that killed life-giving cattle and the forest fires that consumed all it touched, the quaking earth or sudden drought, all of which disarrayed an agrarian community. In comparison with other ancient belief systems the magical practice contained herein link with the Judaic tradition. A social or ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sagar Arya. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/dhrm/000265/bk_dhrm_000265_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating Our Nation's Upheaval and Racial Reckoning
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