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The World of Lore, Volume 1: Monstrous Creatures , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 545min

A fascinating guide to the monsters that are part of our collective psyche, from the host of the hit podcast Lore. They live in shadows - deep in the forest, late in the night, in the dark recesses of our minds. They're spoken of in stories and superstitions, relics of an unenlightened age, old wives' tales, passed down through generations. And yet no matter how wary and jaded we have become, as individuals or as a society, a part of us remains vulnerable to them. Werewolves and wendigos, poltergeists and vampires, angry elves and vengeful spirits. In this volume, the host of the hit podcast Lore serves as a guide on a fascinating journey through the history of these terrifying creatures, exploring not only the legends but also what they tell us about ourselves. Aaron Mahnke invites us to the desolate Pine Barrens of New Jersey, where the notorious winged, red-eyed Jersey Devil dwells. He delves into harrowing accounts of cannibalism - some officially documented, others the stuff of speculation...perhaps. He visits the dimly lit rooms where séances take place, the European villages where gremlins make mischief and Key West, Florida, home of a haunted doll named Robert. The monsters of folklore have become not only a part of our language but a part of our collective psyche. Whether these beasts and bogeymen are real or just a reflection of our primal fears, we know, on some level, that not every mystery has been explained and that the unknown still holds the power to strike fear deep in our hearts and souls. As Aaron Mahnke reminds us, sometimes the truth is even scarier than the lore.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Aaron Mahnke. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/head/000629/bk_head_000629_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Barrelling Forward , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 373min

Winner, Canadian Authors Emerging Writer Award Finalist, Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers Shortlisted for the NLCU Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers, Barrelling Forward is a brilliantly crafted debut collection from Newfoundland's newest literary star. Eva Crocker sees life in sharper focus than the rest of us. The objects, rituals, and scenes of everyday life take on an almost mythic quality in these stories, even while remaining intimately recognizable to us all. Crocker peers at the underbelly of poverty and work, ambition and apathy, loneliness and love, to find the sliver of beauty in each spot. Nothing is ever as simple as it seems: the boundaries between friendship and sex dissolve; power relationships are turned on their heads, if only long enough to examine them from all angles; transgressions and escapes become new kinds of traps. In "Auditioning", a young twin makes a desperate attempt to reclaim her individuality. In "Serving", a father and a son give parallel accounts of what it looks like when you let life eat you from the inside out. In "Star of the Sea", a man watches his past get literally torn down before his eyes. And in the Cuffer Prize-winning "Dead Skin", an after-school walk through the barrens leaves two boys forever changed. In stories that ache with longing even as they pulse with new possibilities, Crocker gives us an unforgettable array of ordinary people, sometimes soaring, sometimes sinking, but always, ultimately, barrelling forward towards what's next. Vivid, sexy, funny, and raw, this is a marvel of a debut from one of Canada's most thrilling new writers. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michelle Monteith. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hanp/000054/bk_hanp_000054_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Accursed , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1374min

A major historical novel from "one of the great artistic forces of our time" (The Nation) - an eerie, unforgettable story of possession, power, and loss in early-20th-century Princeton, a cultural crossroads of the powerful and the damned. Princeton, New Jersey, at the turn of the 20th century: a tranquil place to raise a family, a genteel town for genteel souls. But something dark and dangerous lurks at the edges of the town, corrupting and infecting its residents. Vampires and ghosts haunt the dreams of the innocent. A powerful curse besets the elite families of Princeton; their daughters begin disappearing. A young bride on the verge of the altar is seduced and abducted by a dangerously compelling man - a shape-shifting, vaguely European prince who might just be the devil, and who spreads his curse upon a richly deserving community of white Anglo-Saxon privilege. And in the Pine Barrens that border the town, a lush and terrifying underworld opens up. When the bride's brother sets out against all odds to find her, his path will cross those of Princeton's most formidable people, from Grover Cleveland, fresh out of his second term in the White House and retired to town for a quieter life, to soon-to-be commander in chief Woodrow Wilson, president of the university and a complex individual obsessed to the point of madness with his need to retain power; from the young Socialist idealist Upton Sinclair to his charismatic comrade Jack London, and the most famous writer of the era, Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain - all plagued by "accursed" visions. An utterly fresh work from Oates, The Accursed marks new territory for the masterful writer. Narrated with her unmistakable psychological insight, it combines beautifully transporting historical detail with chilling supernatural elements to stunning effect. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Grover Gardner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/003299/bk_harp_003299_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 545min

A fascinating, beautifully illustrated guide to the monsters that are part of our collective psyche, featuring stories from the Lore podcast - now a streaming television series - including “They Made a Tonic, ,“Passed Notes”, and “Unboxed", as well as rare material.They live in shadows - deep in the forest, late in the night, in the dark recesses of our minds. They’re spoken of in stories and superstitions, relics of an unenlightened age, old wives’ tales, passed down through generations. Yet no matter how wary and jaded we have become, as individuals or as a society, a part of us remains vulnerable to them: werewolves and wendigos, poltergeists and vampires, angry elves and vengeful spirits.In this volume, the host of the hit podcast Lore serves as a guide on a fascinating journey through the history of these terrifying creatures, exploring not only the legends but what they tell us about ourselves. Aaron Mahnke invites us to the desolate Pine Barrens of New Jersey, where the notorious winged, red-eyed Jersey Devil dwells. He delves into harrowing accounts of cannibalism - some officially documented, others the stuff of speculation...perhaps. He visits the dimly lit rooms where séances take place, the European villages where gremlins make mischief, even Key West, Florida, home of a haunted doll named Robert.In a world of “emotional vampires” and “zombie malls”, the monsters of folklore have become both a part of our language and a part of our collective psyche. Whether these beasts and bogeymen are real or just a reflection of our primal fears, we know, on some level, that not every mystery has been explained and that the unknown still holds the power to strike fear deep in our hearts and souls. As Aaron Mahnke reminds us, sometimes the truth is even scarier than the lore.The World of Lore series includes:Monstrous CreaturesWicked MortalsDreadful Places/ ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Aaron Mahnke. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/005228/bk_rand_005228_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Blood Brothers of Gor: Gorean Saga, Book 18 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1247min

In this book is concluded the adventure which began in the 17th book in the Gorean series, Savages of Gor. Half-Ear, or Zarendargar, a Kur general fallen from favor in the Steel Worlds, now sought by a death squad of his savage compeers, has determined to lure his pursuers into the Barrens, the vast prairies to the east of known Gor, populated by warring tribes known to Goreans as the Red Savages. He has arranged matters in such a way that he will be abetted in his stand against the death squad, and its human allies, by a human ally of his own, his former foe, Tarl Cabot. The ancestors of the Red Savages, as those of many other Goreans, were brought to Gor long ago in Voyages of Acquisition by the Priest-Kings. The Red Savages were settled in an area not unlike that of their former home, a sweeping, almost endless grassland, where they tend to continue their former ways of life, and war. The various tribes have in common a tradition, or myth, called the Memory. And in virtue of this tradition, myth or memory, they entertain an inveterate hostility to lighter-skinned races. Cabot makes his way into this land, and amongst these tribes, in his quest for Zarendargar, he encounters enemies and perils, conflicts and hatreds, and, ultimately, friends. And meets once more the dreadful Zarendargar. Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the first book of the Gorean Saga, Tarnsman of Gor,, E-Reads is proud to release the very first complete publication of all Gor books by John Norman including the long-awaited 26th novel in the saga, Witness of Gor. Many of the original Gor books have been out of print for years, but their popularity has endured. Each book of this release has been specially edited by the author and is a definitive text. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ralph Lister. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/005401/bk_adbl_005401_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Conjure Woman's Cat , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 237min

Winner of the prestigious AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award.Lena, a shamanistic cat, and her conjure woman Eulalie live in a small town near the Apalachicola River in Florida’s lightly populated Liberty County, where longleaf pines own the world. In Eulalie’s time, women of color look after white children in the homes of white families and are respected, even loved, but distrusted and kept separated as a group. A palpable gloss, sweeter than the state’s prized tupelo honey, holds their worlds firmly apart. When that gloss fails, the Klan restores its own brand of order. When some white boys rape and murder a black girl named Mattie near the sawmill, the police have no suspects and don’t intend to find any. Eulalie, who sees conjure as a way of helping the good Lord work His will, intends to set things right by “laying tricks.” But Eulalie has secrets of her own, and it’s hard not to look back on her own life and ponder how the decisions she made while drinking and singing at the local juke were, perhaps, the beginning of Mattie’s ending. UNKNOWN N N ©2015 Malcolm R. Campbell;(P)2016 Malcolm R. Campbell http://www.audible.de/pd/B01EXN2NUY?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/B01EXN2NUY?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true Ruins of Camelot (Unabridged) 20.95 AVAILABLE Ruins of Camelot (Unabridged) Ruins of Camelot (Unabridged) G. Norman Lippert As the kingdom of Camelot descends into complacency, an ambitiously sadistic madman known as Merodach advances his rogue armies, recruiting by the sword and threatening revolt.... Jus Sargeant Aleron Books 2016-04-28 17:07:22 572 B01EXNQFVW English - Science Fiction & Fantasy English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/acx0/058265de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/058265/bk_acx0_058265_sample.mp3 As the kingdom of Camelot descends into complacency, an ambitiously sadistic madman known as Merodach advances his rogue armies, recruiting by the sword and threatening revolt. Eighteen-year-old Princess Gabriella is the only one who understands the severity of the threat, but she is powerless to convince her father or her brave commoner husband, Darrick. With defeat all but certain, Gabriella sets out on a final, desperate quest. Her plan: to confront and defeat the madman, Merodach, before his armies can destroy everything she loves. Alone and on foot, she must cross the haunted magical wasteland known as the Tempest Barrens, where she is beset by mutant beasts, capricious magical creatures, and even the walking dead. In the end, wounded and hopeless, Gabriella finally confronts her nemesis and learns his final, horrible secret: He is not alone, and the forces he has allied with are far more powerful than anyone could have imagined. UNKNOWN N N ©2013 G. Norman Lippert;(P)2016 Living Audio & G. Norman Lippert http://www.audible.de/pd/B01EXNQFVW?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/B01EXNQFVW?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true Churchill in Africa: London to Ladysmith via Pretoria (Unabridged) 20.95 AVAILABLE Churchill in Africa: London to Ladysmith via Pretoria (Unabridged) Churchill in Africa (Unabridged) Winston Spencer Churchill This small book is mainly a personal record of my adventures and impressions during the first five months of the African War.... Nigel Carrington MSAC Philosophy Group 2016-04-28 10:39:06 527 B01EX84H3U English - Biographies & Memoirs English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/acx0/058212de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/058212/bk_acx0_058212_sample.mp3 This small book is mainly a personal record of my adventures and impressions during the first five months of the African War. It may also be found to give a tolerably coherent account of the operations conducted by Sir Redvers Buller for the Relief of Ladysmith. The correspondence of which it is mainly composed appeared in the columns of the Morning Post newspaper, and I propose, if I am not interrupted by the accidents of war, to continue the series of letters. The stir and tumult of a camp do not favour calm or sustained thought, and whatever is written herein must be regarded simply as the immediate effect produced by men powerfully moved, and scenes swiftly changing upon what I hope is a truth-seeking mind. The fact that a man's life depends upon my discretion compels me to omit an essential part of the story of my escape from the Boers; but if the book and its author survive the war, and when the British flag is firmly planted at Bloemfontein and Pretoria, I shall hasten to fill the gap in the narrative. UNKNOWN N N ©2008, 2016 MSAC Philosophy Group;(P)2016 David Christopher Lane http://www.audible.de/pd/B01EX84H3U?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/B01EX84H3U?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true Boy Erased: A Memoir (Unabridged) 30.95 AVAILABLE Boy Erased: A Memoir (Unabridged) Boy Erased (Unabridged) Garrard Conley The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small-town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality.... Michael Crouch Penguin Audio 2016-05-10 07:00:00 493 B01EXASCDE English - Biographies & Memoirs English 2016-04-26 05:00:00 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/peng/002830de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/002830/bk_peng_002830_sample.mp3 The New York Times best-selling memoir about identity, love, and understanding. Now a major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Lucas Hedges, directed by Joel Edgerton. Every sentence of the story will stir your soul" (O Magazine).The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality.When Garrard was a 19-year-old college student, he was outed to his parents and was forced to make a life-changing decision: either agree to attend a church-supported conversion therapy program that promised to “cure” him of homosexuality; or risk losing family, friends, and the God he had prayed to every day of his life. Through an institutionalized 12-Step Program heavy on Bible study, he was supposed to emerge heterosexual, ex-gay, cleansed of impure urges and stronger in his faith in God for his brush with sin. Instead, even when faced with a harrowing and brutal journey, Garrard found the strength and understanding to break out in search of his true self and forgiveness. By confronting his buried past and the burden of a life lived in shadow, Garrard traces the complex relationships among family, faith, and community. At times heart-breaking, at times triumphant, this memoir is a testament to love that survives despite all odds. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Wanda J. Dixon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/058274/bk_acx0_058274_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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