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The Simple Faith of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Religion's Role in the FDR Presidency , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 418min
In The Simple Faith of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, religion journalist and author Christine Wicker establishes that faith was at the heart of everything Roosevelt wanted for the American people. This powerful book is the first in-depth look at how one of America's richest, most patrician presidents became a passionate and beloved champion of the downtrodden - and took the country with him. Those who knew Roosevelt best invariably credited his spiritual faith as the source of his passion for democracy, justice, and equality. Like many Americans of that time, his beliefs were simple. He believed the God who heard his prayers and answered them expected him to serve others. He anchored his faith in biblical stories and teachings. During times so hard that the country would have followed him anywhere, he summoned the better angels of the American character in ways that have never been surpassed. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Virginia Wolf. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/008556/bk_tant_008556_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Curse Breakers: Curse Keepers, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 652min
For more than four hundred years, the Curse Keepers guarded the barrier between the human and spirit realms. All that changed the day Ellie Lancaster met Collin Dailey. Prophecy demanded they defend the world from evil…even as it ignited a passion that threatened to consume them both. Now Ellie faces a frightening new life, abandoned by the man she loves and tormented by malevolent spirits unleashing their vengeance upon the earth. Her only shot at protecting humanity - and herself - from the demon scourge is to claim the mark of the god Ahone as her own. Finding it means trusting Dr. David Preston, a handsome professor of Native American studies whose skepticism is surpassed only by his attraction to Ellie. Together they must finish what the Curse Keepers began, defying the forces of darkness to face hell on earth - and unlock the truth of Ellie’s destiny. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Shannon McManus. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/006078/bk_brll_006078_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Conjuring Zephyr , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 324min, (USK 18)
Centuries after a ragtag group of scientists and their believers took refuge unground, humans have far surpassed their hopes of mere survival. Terrenus is now a prosperous civilization, where manners, polite society, and well-ordered magic reign. Kai Stephenson has always been dangerously curious, and it has always landed her in trouble. Stifled by the expectations of what is good and proper for a young lady, she has never outgrown her unruly, bold ideas. Determined to prove her magical theory, she enrolls in the most prestigious magic university in Terrenus, rather than the finishing school her parents think they are sending her to. The fact that she must masquerade as a man to attend the all-men’s college seems only a minor inconvenience, at first. But in a society with strict rules on how the sexes interact, Kai’s inexperience leaves her entirely unprepared. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Lenhart. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/102810/bk_acx0_102810_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Winner: My Racing Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 608min
Tony (A. P.) McCoy has collected a record 20 consecutive jump jockey titles to date, and since 1992 he has ridden over 4,300 winners. This powerfully honest memoir looks at life at the very top in National Hunt racing - and beyond, discussing fatherhood, writing novels and his decision to retire while he's still a long way ahead. It is a definitive autobiography that is themed around A. P.'s 10 most important races: his first ride, first race, first fall, first win, greatest disappointment - and greatest triumph. These are the memoirs of a true champion, an icon of sport whose astonishing achievements over the past 20 years are unlikely to be surpassed. It is a great story of courage and triumphs, setbacks and pain, the private and public life of a riding phenomenon. Read by Stephen Armstrong. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephen Armstrong. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/orio/000906/bk_orio_000906_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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See How Small: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 264min
One late autumn evening in a Texas town, two strangers walk into an ice cream shop shortly before closing time. They bind up the three teenage girls who are working the counter, set fire to the shop, and disappear. See How Small tells the stories of the survivors - family, witnesses, and suspects - who must endure in the wake of atrocity. Justice remains elusive in their world, human connection tenuous. Hovering above the aftermath of their deaths are the three girls. They watch over the town and make occasional visitations, trying to connect with and prod to life those they left behind. "See how small a thing it is that keeps us apart," they say. A master of compression and lyrical precision, Scott Blackwood has surpassed himself with this haunting, beautiful, and enormously powerful new novel. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rengin Altay. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/001914/bk_hach_001914_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Meet David Sedaris: Series One, Hörbuch, Digital, 112min
David Sedaris's remarkable ability to uncover the hilarious absurdity teeming just below the surface of everyday life is surpassed only by his ability to make his stories even more hilarious when he reads them aloud. This is the complete recording of Meet David Sedaris Series One, his first series for Radio 4, and he reads essays from several of his books as well as many brand new diary pieces and extras. The full listing is: Six to Eight Black Men and Let It Snow, from Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim Just a Quick E-mail and Laugh Kookaburra, from Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls The Cat and The Baboon, from Squirrel Meets Chipmunk Keeping Up and With a Pal Like This, Who Needs Enemies, from When You Are Engulfed in Flames Picka Pocketoni and I’ll Eat What He’s Wearing, from Me Talk Pretty One Day Language: English. Narrator: David Sedaris. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/twuk/000655/bk_twuk_000655_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Meet David Sedaris: Series Three, Hörbuch, Digital, 169min
David Sedaris's remarkable ability to uncover the hilarious absurdity teeming just below the surface of everyday life is surpassed only by his ability to make his stories even more hilarious when he reads them aloud. This is the complete recording of Meet David Sedaris Series Three, his third series for Radio 4, and he reads essays from several of his books as well as many brand new diary pieces and extras. The full listing is: Attaboy, Author, Author, If I Ruled the World, Memory Laps, Easy Tiger and Rubbish, taken from Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls In the Waiting Room and Put a Lid On It, taken from When You Are Engulfed in Flames Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol, taken from Santaland Diaries Possession, taken from Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim Jesus Shaves, taken from Me Talk Pretty One Day Language: English. Narrator: David Sedaris. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/twuk/000654/bk_twuk_000654_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Lady in the Tower , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 998min
One of history's most complex and alluring women, Anne Boleyn was irresistible to kings and commoners alike. Daughter of an ambitious country lord, Anne was sent to France to marry well and raise the family's fortunes. She soon surpassed even their greatest expectations when King Henry VIII swore he would put aside his loyal queen to make Anne his wife. And so he did, though the divorce would tear apart the English church and inflict religious turmoil and bloodshed on his people for generations to come. Loathed by the English people, Anne was soon caught in the trap of her own ambition. When she failed to produce a much-desired male heir, her political rivals closed in, wrongfully accusing her of adultery and incest. Anne found herself imprisoned in the Tower of London, at the mercy of her husband and her enemies. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anne Flosnik. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/002710/bk_blak_002710_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Meet David Sedaris: Series Four, Hörbuch, Digital, 168min
David Sedaris's remarkable ability to uncover the hilarious absurdity teeming just below the surface of everyday life is surpassed only by his ability to make his stories even more hilarious when he reads them aloud. This is his fourth series for Radio 4, and he reads essays and diary entries from across all seven of his books. The full listing is: Episode 1 'The Happy Place' from Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls The Shadow of Your Smile Episode 2 'Repeat After Me' from Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim Diary extracts Episode 3 '#2 To Go' from Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls 'Innocence Abroad' Episode 4 'Company Man' Diary extracts Episode 5 ‘Understanding Understanding Owls' from Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls 'English Lesson' Episode 6 'The Sea Section’ 'Dog Days' from Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls Language: English. Narrator: David Sedaris. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/twuk/000882/bk_twuk_000882_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Princess Diarist
This last book from beloved Hollywood icon Carrie Fisher is the crown jewel of ideal Star Wars gifts. The Princess Diarist is an intimate, hilarious, and revealing recollection of what happened behind the scenes on one of the most famous film sets of all time. When Carrie Fisher discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved-plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful naiveté, and a vulnerability that she barely recognized. Before her passing, her fame as an author, actress, and pop-culture icon was indisputable, but in 1977, Carrie Fisher was just a teenager with an all-consuming crush on her costar, Harrison Ford. With these excerpts from her handwritten notebooks, The Princess Diarist is Fisher's intimate and revealing recollection of what happened on one of the most famous film sets of all time-and what developed behind the scenes. Fisher also ponders the joys and insanity of celebrity, and the absurdity of a life spawned by Hollywood royalty, only to be surpassed by her own outer-space royalty. Laugh-out-loud hilarious and endlessly quotable, The Princess Diarist brims with the candor and introspection of a diary while offering shrewd insight into one of Hollywood's most beloved stars.- Shop: buecher
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