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    Proxima , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1072min
    The very far future: The Galaxy is a drifting wreck of black holes, neutron stars, chill white dwarfs. The age of star formation is long past. Yet there is life here, feeding off the energies of the stellar remnants, and there is mind, a tremendous Galaxy-spanning intelligence each of whose thoughts lasts a hundred thousand years. And this mind cradles memories of a long-gone age when a more compact universe was full of light... The 27th century: Proxima Centauri, an undistinguished red dwarf star, is the nearest star to our sun - and (in this fiction), the nearest to host a world, Proxima IV, habitable by humans. But Proxima IV is unlike Earth in many ways. Huddling close to the warmth, orbiting in weeks, it keeps one face to its parent star at all times. The 'substellar point', with the star forever overhead, is a blasted desert, and the 'antistellar point' on the far side is under an ice cap in perpetual darkness. How would it be to live on such a world? Yuri Jones, with 1,000 others, is about to find out... Proxima tells the amazing tale of how we colonise a harsh new eden, and the secret we find there that will change our role in the Universe for ever. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kyle McCarley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/orio/000761/bk_orio_000761_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Pilot Who Wore a Dress: And Other Dastardly Lateral Thinking Mysteries , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 373min
    Devised by devious genius Tom Cutler, The Pilot Who Wore a Dress is a fiendish collection of riddles, mysteries and puzzles to test and tease your brain. This title includes an accompanying PDF. Here's a simple one to get you started: four bodybuilders are huddling together in the street, under a small ladies' umbrella, yet after 20 minutes not one of them has got wet. How is this possible? Separated into original brainteasers and timeless conundrums, plus locked-room head scratchers and unsolvable crimes borrowed from the very best of detective fiction, this cunning collection will give your lateral thinking muscle a proper workout. See if you can crack the problems by tracing the clues tucked away in each mystery before hopping to the next track to hear the answer. These puzzles are perfect for the squashed commute and after-dinner whoopla alike. They are guaranteed to entertain and delight, whether you're a wannabe Sherlock Holmes or a budding Jonathan Creek. Side effects may include bafflement, laughter, smugness and exclamations along the lines of, "It's so obvious once you know the answer". Oh, and about those bone-dry bodybuilders - who said it was raining? So obvious! PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jot Davies. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/002219/bk_hcuk_002219_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Ready Player Fun: A Shockingly Dirty and Silly Parody , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 235min
    In the year 2054, reality is a really dumb place. The only time the young, freedom-loving, 1980s pop culture and sex-obsessed Bowie Jackson really feels alive is when he's huddling in a rusted metal lean-to in rural Wisconsin, jacked into the virtual, hyper-sexualized utopia known as the O-Face. Bowie's devoted his life to unlocking the puzzles of the three magic dildos left by the O-Face's creator as his in-game alter ego Felicia McFly, no matter how stupid and cringey it is to learn about pop culture that's 70 years out of date. But Bowie's the ultimate Mary Stu, so that's not going to stop him!When Bowie joins forces with his friends Sherm the Worm, Ap0ll0, and W33b to solve the creator’s puzzles, he attracts the attention of the ultimate buzzkill: the appallingly uptight Roger Dodger and his cult of Real Reality, who will stop at nothing, no matter how impractical, to end the antics of this group of misfits and take over the O-Face.If Bowie's going to survive, win the contest, and, maybe, even bang a real girl in the end, he'll have to give it everything he's got - no matter how ridiculous the circumstances or how bad the puns.Disclaimer: This book contains coarse language, a lot of gratuitously stupid and graphic sexual situations, tons of violence, and due to its content should not be listened to by anyone. You’ve been warned! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Juliana Solo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/221460/bk_acx0_221460_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1335min
    The most powerful political tool of the modern presidency is control of the message and the image. In Republic of Spin - a vibrant history covering more than 100 years of politics - presidential historian David Greenberg recounts the rise of the White House spin machine, from Teddy Roosevelt to Barack Obama. His sweeping, startling narrative takes us behind the scenes to see how the tools and techniques of image making and message craft work. We meet Woodrow Wilson convening the first White House press conference, Franklin Roosevelt huddling with his private pollsters, Ronald Reagan's aides crafting his nightly news sound bites, and George W. Bush staging his "Mission Accomplished" photo-op. We meet, too, the backstage visionaries who pioneered new ways of gauging public opinion and mastering the media - figures like George Cortelyou, TR's brilliantly efficient press manager; 1920s ad whiz Bruce Barton; Robert Montgomery, Dwight Eisenhower's canny TV coach; and of course the key spinmeisters of our own times, from Roger Ailes to David Axelrod. Greenberg also examines the profound debates Americans have waged over the effect of spin on our politics. Does spin help our leaders manipulate the citizenry? Or does it allow them to engage us more fully in the democratic project? Exploring the ideas of the century's most incisive political critics, from Walter Lippmann and H. L. Mencken to Hannah Arendt and Stephen Colbert, Republic of Spin illuminates both the power of spin and its limitations - its capacity not only to mislead but also to lead. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Price. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/026838/bk_adbl_026838_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Things That Keep Us Here: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 845min
    How far would you go to protect your family?Ann Brooks never thought shed have to answer that question. Then she found her limits tested by a crisis no one could prevent. Now, as her neighborhood descends into panic, she must make tough choices to protect everyone she loves from a threat she cannot even see. In this chillingly urgent novel, Carla Buckley confronts us with the terrifying decisions we are forced to make when ordinary life changes overnight.A year ago, Ann and Peter Brooks were just another unhappily married couple trying and failing to keep their relationship together while they raised two young daughters. Now the world around them is about to be shaken as Peter, a university researcher, comes to a startling realization: A virulent pandemic has made the terrible leap across the ocean to Americas heartland.And it is killing 50 out of every 100 people it touches.As their town goes into lockdown, Peter is forced to return home with his beautiful graduate assistant. But the Brookses safe suburban world is no longer the refuge it once was. Food grows scarce, and neighbor turns against neighbor in grocery stores and at gas pumps. And then a winter storm strikes, and the community is left huddling in the dark.Trapped inside the house she once called home, Ann Brooks must make life-or-death decisions in an environment where opening a door to a neighbor could threaten all the things she holds dear.Carla Buckley's poignant debut raises important questions to which there are no easy answers, in an emotionally riveting tale of one family facing unimaginable stress. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kimberly Farr, Abby Craden. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002189/bk_rand_002189_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Band of Sisters
    "A crackling portrayal of everyday American heroines...A triumph." - Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue A group of young women from Smith College risk their lives in France at the height of World War I in this sweeping novel based on a true story-a skillful blend of Call the Midwife and The Alice Network-from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Willig.A scholarship girl from Brooklyn, Kate Moran thought she found a place among Smith's Mayflower descendants, only to have her illusions dashed the summer after graduation. When charismatic alumna Betsy Rutherford delivers a rousing speech at the Smith College Club in April of 1917, looking for volunteers to help French civilians decimated by the German war machine, Kate is too busy earning her living to even think of taking up the call. But when her former best friend Emmeline Van Alden reaches out and begs her to take the place of a girl who had to drop out, Kate reluctantly agrees to join the new Smith College Relief Unit.Four months later, Kate and seventeen other Smithies, including two trailblazing female doctors, set sail for France. The volunteers are armed with money, supplies, and good intentions-all of which immediately go astray. The chateau that was to be their headquarters is a half-burnt ruin. The villagers they meet are in desperate straits: women and children huddling in damp cellars, their crops destroyed and their wells poisoned. Despite constant shelling from the Germans, French bureaucracy, and the threat of being ousted by the British army, the Smith volunteers bring welcome aid-and hope-to the region. But can they survive their own differences? As they cope with the hardships and terrors of the war, Kate and her colleagues find themselves navigating old rivalries and new betrayals which threaten the very existence of the Unit.With the Germans threatening to break through the lines, can the Smith Unit pull together and be truly a band of sisters?
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    Arctic Adventures: Short Stories, Fuzzy Animals, and Life Lessons, Karma for Kids Books , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 58min
    Certain times bring bright and long days to the land at the top of the earth called the Arctic. This unique area is the land of polar bears, caribou, puffins, and many other amazing animals. Come along for some Arctic adventures in this fun and interesting collection of short stories with lessons on respect, diversity, patience, kindness, honesty, forgiveness, and teamwork. Miki is a young Arctic hare, also called a polar rabbit. In the winter, it’s easy for her to hide in the snow because her fur is bright white. During those cold months, Miki and the other rabbits stay warm by digging shelters in the snow and huddling together. There isn’t much to eat in the winter, so Miki spends her days dreaming about all the food she will be able to enjoy when summer arrives. This is the year she plans to be the fastest runner and highest jumper of all. Miki likes to be the best at everything. We once knew a beautiful Labrador Retriever named Karma. Yes, Karma is a retriever. Whatever we threw out, Karma was happy to bring it back. It didn't matter what it was, she always brought it back. It's the same in life. We reap what we sow. Whatever we send out is what we will get back. Our Karma for Kids audiobooks hope to instill this simple lesson into the lives of young children everywhere. Life can be amazing! This audiobook is especially great for family time, traveling, and waiting rooms. It is excellent for young children with cute short stories that are great as quick bedtime stories but still give great lessons that can be discussed.  Buy this audiobook and spend some quality time with your child. You'll be glad you did. You are participating in making our world a better place to live and grow. When children learn that they will always get back what they give, they will start to navigate their lives in incredible ways. When you give a smile, and make someone’s heart feel lighter and happier, because of it, you can be sure that you will re ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gene Blake. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/114309/bk_acx0_114309_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Earth Abides
    If there's one album you need while huddling in your bomb shelter after the apocalypse has gone down, it's Art Elliot's newest EP, Earth Abides. Listen to songs about: robot civilizations! National parks! a planet where the rich sell the rest of society for medical experimentation! Don't spend the rest of the nuclear holocaust aimlessly wandering the scorched earth, spend it with Art Elliot blaring out of your home stereo, given that there's still enough juice remaining in your generator.
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